ECLECTIC PICKS - 2024

Any artist is welcome to send us a track via freshonthenet.co.uk anytime between Monday lunchtime and Wednesday evening (or when we receive 200 submissions, whichever is sooner) - and all our moderators, including Tom Robinson, will listen to every track. This is our full inbox from the week beginning Mon 28th October 2024: from Friday afternoon you'll be able to hear our shortlist and pick your favourites on this week's Listening Post which will appear at freshonthenet.co.uk/batch547

If a track you submitted does not appear in this list, it’s probably because another of your tracks appeared in our Fresh Faves or on the BBC Music Introducing Mixtape during the last three months — we ask that artists featured on either wait three months before resubmitting to give others a chance. 

We also don’t accept short previews or SoundCloud Go tracks that can only be heard as 30 second previews, and tracks made private after submission, which cannot be included in playlists. You will be able to resubmit the track in future. Tracks (and remixes of tracks) that have been previously submitted, and tracks from banned artists will also be removed.

Christmas songs and the like are also not eligible for the Listening Post, although we will collect these into a playlist that will be published on 24 December.

ENTIRE INBOX: BATCH 547

Mav, L’engourdi

High Kingdom Pt. 1

Exist

Nina

Portamento

Disorder is taken from Keening's second album - James Francis Diaries.
Preorder available here - https://darkliberationrecords.bandcamp.com/album/james-francis-diaries-2
James Francis was the lead singer of the cult band Strange Ones. He disappeared in 1993 from the island of Losse in Scotland where he was recording his debut album.

In 2022, James’ tapes and diaries were given by James’ parents to the band Keening. Keening had discovered and fallen in love with the Strange Ones' records and learned about James’ disappearance. The original demos themselves, even with digital restoration are unlistenable as James distorted the recordings and overdubbed them with found sounds from the island. Instead of replicating the songs, Keening decided to write their own music inspired by James’ diary, the mystery surrounding his disappearance, his lyrics, and the island of Losse. James’ edited diary is included here for interest and with the permission of his family.

releases January 20, 2024

James Francis Diaries

Disorder

DOPAMINE by Bjørn Felle, out now on AnalogueTrash

Dopamine

The Wheel (Released)

Llygaid

This should - in some form - become part of the Airsongs album, which I had hoped to have completed by now, but hey... you know what it's like, it takes as long as it takes I guess.

Using a a single swell and fade from a sample of wind blowing across a gap in the window. I took some slices out and splurged them on top of each other. Along with some other FX.

Some fun sounds came out of it, and I've tried to blend them all together. It gets a bit trance like and psychedelic here and there.

This mix is the very very short version... hehehe

Whirly Wind (Dust Devil Mix)

Herald P. Cattie's Phantoms in the Dusk.

www.phantomsinthedusk.bandcamp.com

hide among the roses till the fire comes

into your arms

Jump Out

Insta

100mg estrodiol

Compilation of joy around the world

Lets make the world a better place

#B_Free

Peace Starts With a Smile

bloodstains

A fusion of energy & ambience with a chorus you won't forget this is a monster of a song , out on the 9th of October for download from all the usual download sites 

Monster

Play the Sax a bit. I really like to get up and dance.

Whirly Wind (Dust Devil Mix)

St3v3L33