Next up in our Record Club Guest Mix series is Paul Hillery of the Folk Funk & Trippy Troubadour blog. Paul is a hugely respected collector of private press obscurities, lost loner folk, strange musical fauna and intricately played floral powered wonders. Known in collectors’ circles for his deep digging adventures and his immersive mix series on the Folk Funk & Trippy Troubadours blog (FFTT), Paul has gained a reputation as the go-to man for compilers and labels seeking information pretty much unavailable anywhere on the net. 

He recently released his FFTT compilation on the ever excellent RE:WARM records and it has become a firm favourite here at Mr Bongo HQ. To dig deeper into this rich seam of lost treasures and obscurities we asked if he would contribute a mix in our Record Club series. He’s a DJ / Selector of some pedigree, having played alongside The Polyphonic Spree, Arthur Lee & Love, Bonnie Dobson, Spiritualized, 4 Hero, Happy Mondays, Simian, The Bees, Julian Cope, Courtney Pine and many, many more. So, being the top gent he is, a sublime 2hr mix was promptly delivered and is now available for all to enjoy here. 

You can read more about his compilations, mixes and the music he loves in our Digging Deeper interview here - https://www.mrbongo.com/blogs/news/digging-deeper-an-interview-with-paul-hillery-folk-funk-trippy-troubadours

Mr Bongo Record Club Guest Mix - Paul Hillery : A Folk Funk & Trippy Troubadours Mix

Nico Lahs @ Alcazar Live (Rome) - 07.10.23

https://soundcloud.com/cosmosofi 17.02 at Sameheads...

These girls ripped it up.... Here are the proceeds.. Lap it up.

xxx

Basement Parties

Cosmo Sofi - Algo Ritmos @ Sameheads 17.02.24

The breezy sound of the Canadian Riviera, from Mood Hut's Pender Street Steppers.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/pender-street-steppers/episodes/pender-street-steppers-20th-august-2024

Pender Street Steppers w/ Adam 2 200824

Patience in Exile with Universal Cave's Ryan Todd and Shawn Ryan. A space of possibility, generously furnished with post-punk, synth pop, and all things wave.

~Tracklist~
01. Populäre Mechanik - Scharfer Schnitt (No 1) [Optional Music, 1981]
02. Thomas Leer - Don’t [Cherry Red, 1981]
03. The Pedestrians - Commuter Fantasy [F1 Team, 1981]
04. Victrola - Maritime Tatami [Dark Entries, 1983/2014]
05. Plain Characters - I Am A [1,000 Only Records, 1981]
06. Cee Farrow - Don’t Ask Why [Rocshire Records, 1983]
07. Cipher -  [Right-Brain Records, 1981]
08. Ellie Medeiros - Fugu [Barclay, 1987]
09. Weekend - Past Meets Present [Rough Trade Records, 1982]
10. Music For Pleasure - Debris [Rage, 1981]
11. O.B.X. - Sailplane [Cara, 1981]
12. Camilla Motor - Rosa Video [Jupiter Records, 1982]
13. Missing Presumed Dead - Family Tree [Sequel Records, 1979]
14. Pauline Murray and the Storm - Aversion [Polestar, 1984]
15. Grafik - Hrollaugsbunga [GRAF, 1981]
16. La La - Do The Kangaroo (Dub) [Parsley, 1981]
17. Jaz - The End [STUDS, 2017]
18. New Asia - Angels Dream of Eternity [Situation Two, 1982]
19. Trio - Da Da Da Ich Lieb Dich Nicht Du Liebst Mich Nicht Aha Aha Aha [Mercury, 1982]
20. The Names - Spectators of Life [Celluloid, 1980]
21. Insulin Reaction - Differences [Bobok, 1988]
22. The Krauts - America [Modell Records, 1985]
23. Panico - Lupita (K.I.M. Remix) [Tigersushi, 2005]
24. Paradox - Sequence of Events [Seeing Ear Records, 200?]
25. Loveland - Stop The Evolution [Font Records, 1989]
26. Remain - Alone [Death On Wax, 2024]
27. 34 Trolly - Relaxation [Feel The Four, 2024]
28. Units - The Right Man [Up Roar Records, 1982]
29. Tone Set Calibrate - Life Is Busy [Generating Noise, 1983]
30. M.A.D. - Craving [Criminal Damage, 1984]
31. Bauhaus - Terror Couple Killed Colonel [4AD, 1983]
32. Mary Kelley - Ghostriders In The Sky [Materiali Sonori, 1988]

Patience In Exile

Patience In Exile w/ Shawn Ryan and Ryan Todd - 16Oct2024

Monthly sessions from Zaltan, the mind behind Paris-based leftfield dance, electronic & downtempo imprint Antinote, with occasional appearances from friends and artists on the label.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/zaltan/episodes/zaltan-23rd-january-2025

Antinote w/ Zaltan 230125

Sonic Residue broadcast live on Circl8radio.com on the 12th May 2025

M.Standish - Untitled
Ministry - Where Are You At Now
Fugazi - Casavette
Group Modular - Shaking The Grid
GTA San Andreas Playback FM Intro
Tangerine Dream - Diamond Diary
The Human League - Dignity Of Labour Pt 3
Blackhouse - Voices of Angels
Blackhouse - We Will Fight Back
Heaven 17 - We Don't Need (This Fascist Groove Thing)
Urban Tribe - Program 1 or 8
Gaz Nevada - I.C. Love Affair (Italian Version)
Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin - Mean Machine
Mann Parrish - Boogie Down Bronx
Art Of Noise - Moments In Love
X-103 - Thera
Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains - Buckethead
Boards of Canada - Jacquard Causeway
Germ - Ssong
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Fela's Cock
Ministry - Golden Dawn
Peg Leg Howell - Blood Red River

Sonic Residue 12th May 2025

00:00:00  1 Art Of Noise - Love Beat
00:05:14  2 Art Of Noise - The Spring Flowers
00:06:59  3 The Art Of Noise - (Three Fingers Of) Love
00:11:21  4 Art Of Noise - Love Beat
00:15:25  5 Art Of Noise - Love Beat
00:16:22  6 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Ballad Of 32 (Alternate Mix)
00:26:57  7 Pet Shop Boys - Luna Park
00:31:58  8 Cher - The Gunman
00:37:03  9 Pet Shop Boys - Numb
00:41:26 10 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love (Instrumental Mix ''...Best Listened to By Lovers'')
00:45:31 11 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love (Instrumental Mix ''Singlette'')
00:48:00 12 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love (Instrumental Mix ''Album'')
00:53:12 13 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love (Twelve Inches Mix ''Leave The Rest To The Lazy'')
01:01:57 14 Pet Shop Boys - Indefinite Leave To Remain
01:05:05 15 Art Of Noise - Moments In Love 
01:06:18 16 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - ''Who Than Devised The Torment''
01:06:47 17 Art Of Noise - Moments In Love
01:21:43 18 Art Of Noise - Moments In Love (7" Master Rejected)
01:25:19 19 Art Of Noise - Moments In Love
01:34:51 20 Art Of Noise - Moments In Love (Beaten)
01:41:28 21 Art Of Noise - One Finger Of Love 
01:41:35 22 Art Of Noise - Approximate Mood Swing No: 2 
01:43:47 23 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - My Uncle Is A Monster
01:44:21 24 Art Of Noise - The Autumn Leaves
01:46:42 25 Pet Shop Boys - I Made My Excuses and Left
01:51:12 26 The Art Of Noise - Momento
01:53:13 27 Art Of Noise - Damn It All! 
01:54:08 28 Marc Almond - Trois Chansons de Bilitis - Extract
01:54:41 29 Propaganda - Dream Within A Dream (Within A Dream)
01:59:20 30 Propaganda - Dream Within A Dream
02:08:09 31 Malcolm McLaren - Legba
02:11:45 32 Art Of Noise - In The Balance (Across The Century)
02:15:19 33 Art Of Noise - Rapt: In the Evening Air 
02:19:11 34 The Korgis - Don't Look Back 
02:23:34 35 Grace Jones - Jones the Rhythm
02:28:53 36 Grace Jones - The Frog & the Princess 
02:32:13 37 Dollar - Videotheque (Alternative Trevor Horn 1982 Mix)
02:35:25 38 Mint Juleps - Girl (Instrumental)
02:40:07 39 t.A.T.u. - All the Things She Said 
02:43:01 40 MC Tunes - Pressing On
02:48:33 41 Malcolm McLaren - Soweto
02:51:47 42 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Ferry Cross The Mersey (And Here I'll Stay)
02:55:50 43 MC Tunes - Exactly What You Made Me
02:59:48 44 Bryan Ferry - Dance With Life (The Brilliant Light) (Full Version)
03:05:41 45 Propaganda - Femme Fatale (The Orchid)
03:09:16 46 Propaganda - Femme Fatale (The Woman With The Orchid)
03:12:01 47 Anne Pigalle - Hé Stranger (Parts I, II and III) 
03:19:10 48 Art Of Noise - And What Have You Done With My Body, God?
03:22:28 49 MC Tunes - Style Is Poetry
03:26:09 50 Philip Jap - Brain Dance
03:29:35 51 Malcolm McLaren - El San Juanera
03:31:11 52 Tom Marshall - Film Star
03:34:42 53 The Buggles - We Can Fly from Here – Part 2
03:38:52 54 Chromium - Castaway
03:42:13 55 Chromium - Star To Star

Go Check The Survey Vol. 5 (Trevor Horn 1)

I Feel You (Blaise Amoussou Long Play)

Buy on Bandcamp

Simon Sim's & Tymers feat Luny - I Feel You (Blaise Amoussou Long Play)

We spoke to Safe distribution, the creative powerhouse that put a small yet vibrant city in Denmark on the map in terms of forward-thinking, contemporary music. Renowned for their modest anonymity, bold D.I.Y. approach, and left-field output; anticipation around Safe’s next release is always as big as the last. 

We sat down with Safe family member C.K (Chris), who is at the forefront of all things Safe Distribution, to track the evolution of that particular arm. Read more at www.fourheadsmusic.com 

Keep an eye on our Instagram for the tracklist: https://www.instagram.com/fourheadsmusic/