Monthly excursions into the esoteric, sublime, groovy and ever gorgeously selected musical wilderness with Woodland Creatures label head Skwirl and a lovely cast of special guest selectors. 

Exclusively broadcast on the mighty Threads Radio.

https://www.soundcloud.com/mr-squirrel

https://www.soundcloud.com/threadsradio

https://threadsradio.com/

https://www.mixcloud.com/ThreadsRadio/

Woodland Features w/Skwirl on Threads Radio

Woodland Features on Threads Radio

Woodland Features is a monthly series of freestyle and eclectic journeys curated and mixed by Berlin's Skwirl. Sometimes DJ sets, sometimes mixtape style tapestries: this is a space for the conceptual, the deep dive, and the vibey to converge and diverge. Get stuck in.

- Wychwood- The Transcendence Orchestra/14- SND
- Stormur Tvö- Yagya
- Mile Bush Pride- Underworld
- Diligam- Forss
- 150e Jour- Marc Leclair
- Material “Extended DUB”- The Emperor Machine/ Riding (Day)- Manaka Kataoke (The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild OST)
- Array- Poly Sone
- Deferr [M1.1]- Justin Margovan
- 5 Hard- Cuthead
- Beamer- The Crane
- P 2000- Psycholectric (LetKolben Muddy Edit)
- Believe- Portable Sunsets/ Wychwood- The Transcendence Orchestra


Episode 1: original broadcast 03 Sep '19

Listen to Threads* at www.threadsradio.com

@threadsradio

Woodland Features w/ Skwirl Episode 1:  03-Sep-19

Skwirl’s Woodland Features makes its first left turn (only one episode in) with a dense trip through musical foliage. Rather than a DJ set this is the first in a sub series of playful explorations of musical geography, pallets, styles and eras—with wisps of diegetic sound design. Plus there are jams init

- Stereolab- Brakhage 
- Àbáse- Sambo [feat. Stevo Atambire] 
- melodiesimphonie- Keep on Searching 
- Shinji- Second Wind
- Badbadnotgood- Confessions Pt II [feat. Colin Stetson]
- Louis Cole- When You're Ugly [feat. Genevieve Artadi]
- The Lewis Express- Dança De Duas Mãos
- Von Spar- A Dream (Pts 1 & 2 [feat. Eiko Ishibashi and Christopher Cummings])
- Yusef Rumperfield- Angelo 
- Trans 4M- Amma/Thomas Fehlmann - With Oil 
- Shīdo- A Gentle Hum

[if it matters to you: this is a vinyl only set. woot.]

Episode 2: original broadcast 01 Oct '19

Listen to Threads* at www.threadsradio.com
@threadsradio

Woodland Features

Woodland Features w/ Skwirl Episode 2:  01-Oct-19

For the second show in October, Episode 3 of Skwirl’s Woodland Features is a throw back mixtape exactly 10 years old when a young Skwirl was whipped up in a wistful storm of autumnal reverie. Floating from a Todd Terje remix of Jose Gonzales along a path that includes Portishead, Badmarsh and Shri and Pat Metheny before resting upon John Martyn... the mix covers a vast scope equal parts colourful and subdued.

Killing For Love (Todd Terje Brokeback Mix)- José González;
She's My Lover (A Song for R.)- Kid Loco;
It Could Be Sweet- Portishead;
Before Today- Everything But The Girl;
Wonderful World- Tin Star;
Turn It Round Again- Alexkid;
Soaring Beyond- Badmarsh & Shri;
Lakeside- Bibio;
Sculpture- Skalpel;
Rainbo Conversation- Stereolab;
Pop Art Blue- Zero 7;
Into The Dream- Pat Metheny Trio;
Ka7- Uchujin;
Simple Peal 1- Underworld;
Go Down Easy- John Martyn;

Episode 3: original broadcast 29 Oct '19

Listen to Threads* at www.threadsradio.com
@threadsradio

Woodland Features w/ Skwirl Episode 3: 29-Oct-19

With winter setting in Woodland Features episode 4 slips under the covers into that wonderful place between winter sleeps and joyful outdoor wanders...all under a subdued sky. Here’s a freestyle bit of blended chillscape from Marconi Union to Yesterday’s New Quintet and Teebs to Mount Kimbie.  Float in…

Always Numb:: Marconi Union/ 
Allow:: Morgan Packard/ 
Dead Arm Blues #b510:: The Internal Tulips/ 
Redux:: Halogen/
Sun Goddess:: Yesterdays New Quintet/ 
Wind Loop:: Teebs/ 
Emotional Draft:: Comfort Fit/ 
The Sound of Graffiti:: iprofess/ 
Hot Cargo:: Architeq/ 
Gentle:: Flako/ 
Dream Within a Dream:: Preybird/ 
Shay-Lo:: Oriol/ 
My Home Is Not Here:: Swede:art/ 
A Little Bit More:: Tim Exile/ 
Paradigm Shift:: Forss/ 
Children At Midnight:: Shigeto/ 
Flux:: Mount Kimbie

Episode 4: original broadcast 26 Nov '19

Listen to Threads* at www.threadsradio.com
@threadsradio

Woodland Features w/ Skwirl Episode 4: 26-Nov -19

All That You Give- The Cinematic Orchestra; 
Left Bank- Air;  
Glow- U.N.K.L.E.; 
Atoms For Peace- Thom Yorke;  
Soft- Lemon Jelly;  
Everything About You Is New- Massive Attack; 
Happy Toast- Underworld and Gabriel Yared; 
Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!- Enigma; 
Corsair- Boards of Canada/Blueski- Underworld; 
Deadweight On Velveteen- Jose Gonzalez; 
Tongue Tied- Aqualung; 
Great Expectations- Elbow; 
Ghost Ship In A Storm- Jim O'Rourke; 
Alone Again So- Kid Loco; 
Treefingers- The Tallywood Strings; 
Hong Kong- Gorillaz

This mix is originally from 2007. Episode 5 was going to be a leftfield Chrimbo mix...but indeed in response to all of the endless cycles of holiday tunes that consume the collective airwaves that was dutifully and rightfully scrapped. Instead here's a selection on an emotional and introspective tip from a very different period in life that forgoes the holiday standards for something deep and vulnerable but equally as warm.

Episode 5: original broadcast 01 Jan '20

Listen to Threads* at www.threadsradio.com
@threadsradio

M4 or Mr. Squirrel's Royale Collection

Woodland Features w/ Skwirl Episode 5: 01- Jan- 20

Having taken a few months off to recharge, Skwirl returns with a whirlwind of beats/grooves/and non sequitur interjections with a copious slathering of irreverence held together by shoe string and compressors. Lovingly dirtied with fresh coats of 40 year old dust is the typhoon of 70s jams that is Woodland Features Episode 12!

[also known internally as 'Skwirl (in) "Back at it Again With the White Vans" (The Mix)'"]

In honour of his new beat tape style cassette tape record "Planned Obsolescence" dropping back in June on Space Hardware, Skwirl has crafted a classic mix tape style 70s set with a cheeky bit of left-field circa Vine/TikTok era interjections woven into a hopeful plea that the boomers and the zoomers may one day come together for the good of stuff and that sort of thing. (In the meantime it's time to get down).

https://spacehardware.bandcamp.com/album/planned-obsolescence

Elements:

Sophie's Gift - Synthesis 1976

—Will Jordan on the Ed Sullivan Show 1968 

— Unknown Artist - The Groupies 1969

Rock Creek Park - The Blackbyrds 1975

—“Just Do It” Shia LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner- 2015

—Family Guy from: S3E4: One if by Clam, Two if by Sea - 2001

Lowdown - Boz Scaggs - 1976

“5 Conversation Mistakes That Instantly Turn Women Off” - Dan Bacon - 2015
“‘I Want A Divorce’ (Man With Arm Around Wife)” - ActingClassSarantos - 2011
“Sex Before Marriage? PREPARE TO DIE!” - Upload of early 90s Christian Abstinence Video - 2012 by Honeydew Wilkins

Solid Slider - Tatsuro Yamashita - 1977

Run Fay Run- Isaac Hayes - 1974

Stories - Chakachas - 1972

Dazz- Brick - 1976

Oye Como Va - Santana - 1970

--contains sample from Neel Kolhatkar: "European EDM DJs" - 2015

Excerpt from “Flying to Brazil” - FunForLouis - 2014 (Contains portions of “No Comprendo (Instrumental)” - Funky DL - 2011

Partido Alto - Azymuth - 1979

Myself When Young - Dorothy Ashby - 1970

A Tear To A Smile - Roy Ayers - 1975

Vitamin C - CAN - 1972

Helelyos - Zia - ~1970
--"Wrap it Up" Chappelle's Show S1E2- 2003

Funky Motion - Jiro Inagaki and Soul Media - 1975
Ft Dam Daniel and Davie504: “He Said I Couldn’t Play This On Bass… So I Played It” 2020

Vines selections from: 
VINES THAT WILL NEVER DIE
classic and rare vines to watch when you lose your will to live
vines that toast my buns
oh shit and there's a sample from Clue [film]- 1985 
and
An Unmarried Woman [film] - 1978


Episode 12 (S2;01) : original broadcast 27 Oct '20

Listen to Threads* at www.threadsradio.com
@threadsradio

gwan...download it...

Skwirl (in) "Back at it Again With The White Vans" (The Mix)

all enquiries can be made to skwirl@woodlandcreatures.space

Skwirl (in) "Back at it Again With The White Vans" (The Mix)

Skwirl/Shīdo