TWO AND UNDER collected (because I love it)

Originally aired on City Wall Radio on the 5th of August 2023.

This is Vol. 7 of <2 (two & under). An hour of songs/sounds/pieces under two minutes in length, miniature masterpieces woven in and out of one another(and occasionally combined). A continuous mix from the shortest to the longest. Perpetual motion.

For previous volumes visit: https://www.mixcloud.com/thelastdinosaur/

Tracklist:
Come Back by Electrelane
Yeti by A.R. Kane
Blueprint by Klein
this.is.not.a.dream by The Breathing Effect
Terzo intermezzo by Fabrizio De André
Dandrufff by Chad VanGaalen
Interlude - 2 by Sam Amidon
Someday… by Disclosure
THANK U by DOMi & JD BECK
Latin Cobra Coda (Demo) by Stereolab
Oak by skirts
Bonanza by The Books
La lune by Mark Fry
Jenga by Community College
Unremarkable Wilderness by Dummy
Radial H by The Clientele
Flames? by Opie F.
Silta by Rauelsson
Melancholia XI by William Basinski
Wave Field by The Goodbye Party Caterpillar by Cosmic Neighbourhood
Bandit by The Crying Nudes
Golden Lady Sauerkraut by Merce Lemon
Have You Ever Bean Grean? by Soft Machine
canine teeth by Orchid Mantis
Monsieur Freeze by No Tongues
Fired from the Vogue Pt. 2 by Ovens
莊子 by Flavien Berger
Bird by Rubik
do you light up? by Dijon
Girl by John Parish & PJ Harvey
Ikaria by Laura Veirs
I'm tired (see page 28 and 200) by Slauson Malone 1
Entends-Tu Ma Voix by Halo Maud
13:21 by Lowly
There’s something about it by Micah Preite
wooddrifts by Mira Calix
L Ron Hubbard Was Way Cool by Home Is Where
Plant Music by Chad VanGaalen
Under The Water by Hand Habits & Amelia Meath
January 11 by Pat Benjamin
 Interlude by Julian Lynch
no sleep no dream by Gia Margaret
Concession Stand Girl by Naomi Alligator
What Would by Boyhood
Notes With Attachments by Pino Palladino
Low by Allegra Krieger 
2021 by A. G. Cook
Ym Mhorthcawl by JC Flowers
Yellow Cabi by Arima Ederra

<2 (two and under): Vol. 7

Originally aired on City Wall Radio on the 2nd of September 2023.

This is Vol. 8 of <2 (two & under). An hour of songs/sounds/pieces under two minutes in length, miniature masterpieces woven in and out of one another(and occasionally combined). A continuous mix from the shortest to the longest. Perpetual motion.

For previous volumes visit: www.mixcloud.com/thelastdinosaur/

Intro
mixed with
Moon things by What Moon Things (Excerpt)
Four by Dean Blunt
Doings by Paul De Jong
Powder of Sympathy by Ruth Garbus
diolch yn fawr by f.f. ivanovski
Dominoes (Take 1) by Syd Barrett
Silence by Field Music
Bubun by Cornelius
A2 by Clever Austin
A Wren Flew In by The Magic Lantern
Talk Radio by Atronauti
Smoke Eyes by Michael Cera
Here We Go by Tex Crick
Pollen Henges by Desertshore
He Wishes His Beloved Wife Were Dead by The Speakers
Linier by Aus
A Romantic Interlude Will Soon Come Your Way by Genevieve Artadi
Oliver / Letter to ATL by Puma Blue (ft. Breantonia)
Temptation Reduced by James Krivchenia
recurse by umru
Untitled 3 by Panda Bear
Aggregate by Beige Palace 
mixed with James’s Dream (Pt. 1) by Alfie
The Florist Wears Knee Breeches by M. Sage & Joseph Edward Yonker
A Fairly Normal Guy by Dick Stusso
Matter of Moons by Caleb Groh
00000 by ACO
Holidays by The Dodos
Parapet by @
west End vs warri by Klein
Skateboarding by the Lake by Charlotte Cornfield
The Deer in the Forest Part One by Arthur Russell
Secret Lovers at the Heaven’s Gate Ranch by I Hate Myself
Deer People by Doran
There’s something about it by Micah Preite
Eyelids by Katy Kirby 
A Is to B as B Is to C by Boards of Canada
Cyclops’ Eye by The Cradle
mixed with Prairie by Oliver Coates
Rise by Beach Fossils
Hello Mirage by Dylan Moon
Sunset on Jgelu by Rob Frye
Apples, I’m Home by Adam Green
Karl Blau by The Microphones
The Favourite by Smerz
The World Was Her Notebook by Alex Kozobolis
Balayage by Roméo Poirier
I’m Free by Yves Jarvis
Lil Song by A. G. Cook 
Radio by Francobollo
Pick Me Up, Turn Me Upside Down by Another Michael
Father, Father #1 by Super Furry Animals

<2 (two and under): Vol. 8

Originally aired on City Wall Radio on the 7th of October 2023.

This is Vol. 9 of <2 (two & under). An hour of songs/sounds/pieces under two minutes in length, miniature masterpieces woven in and out of one another(and occasionally combined). A continuous mix from the shortest to the longest. Perpetual motion.

For previous volumes visit: www.mixcloud.com/thelastdinosaur/

The Sky is a Harpsichord Canvas by The Olivia Tremor Control
Logotone II - The New Traffic Signs by The Advisory Circle
Tuning a Stray by Deerhoof
Static Sound Effect (Intro) by The Misfits
I Gotta Go by Larry Goldings
Ping Pong by Can
Movement I by Mahogany
mixed with
Test Test by U.S. Girls
Swim - Prelude by The Glands
Our Dirty Clothes by Micah Preite
Muddy Mouse (a) by Robert Wyatt
Streaming Consciousness by Lymbyc Systym
Guru Vandana by George Harrison
Nebulous Tango by Hether
mixed with
More Rhymin (acapella) by MF DOOM
Where’d You Put Me by @
Doubtful Guests by Larry Goldings
Plead the Blood by The Crying Nudes
Driftglass by Cole Pulice
New Beginnings by Sylvester
Deepest Heart by Prince Enoki
EKG by Wilco
Brush by Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Emile Mosseri
mixed with
Nothing Unless Good by Gaya Feldheim Schorr
Cobalt by Dawn Richard and Spencer Zahn
Francesca by Roy Harper
August 31 by Los Angeles Police Department
Willkommen by Silicone Prairie
In the Chestnut Tree by Ivor Cutler
mixed with
Cargo Voyage by Gabriel Yared
Well Nigh by Opie F.
Magnolia Symphony by Yussef Dayes
You Up by Good Morning
unexplainable by Fousheé
Sorrel Juice by dj blackpower
Fucking Despair by Bad History Month
Night So Kissedof by Bar Italia
Oxford Town by Bob Dylan
Milling Around The Village by Broadcast
Arrivée a Can Bogdanowicz by Ubaldo
Lying Legal Horror Lawyers by Fake Fruit
Crawfish by Elvis Presley
Slab by Wombo
John Brady by Connie Converse
Some Questions About Hats by Slapp Happy
I Can Feel U by Voice Actor
All We Can’t See (Piano Version) by Alaskan Tapes
Stars (Twllight Mix) by Hydroplane
No Face by Haley Heynderickx
Luz Lilás by Jose Mauro
SK-1 by The Vernon Spring

<2 (two and under): Vol. 9

Originally aired on City Wall Radio on the 4th of November 2023.

This is Vol. 10 of <2 (two & under). An hour of songs/sounds/pieces under two minutes in length, miniature masterpieces woven in and out of one another(and occasionally combined). A continuous mix from the shortest to the longest. Perpetual motion.

For previous volumes visit: www.mixcloud.com/thelastdinosaur/

Reprise by Jacqui Wheeler, Sam Hollis & Sebastian Bloom
Intro by Trash Girl
Vada Vada by The Garden
Time Piece by Sampha
Julian 9cm by NINA
Green and Blue by Pearls Before Swine
Að vökva blóm (og að vökva ekki blóm) by Supersport!
The Long Room by Gazelle Twin
Intro by Camera Obscura
Wave Therapy by Sampha
Showtime by Djo
Family Slides by Horn Horse
I Can’t Wait Too Long (Acapella) by The Beach Boys
Yes by Louis Prince
Tracing Nature by Matthew Halsall
mixed with
“Where late the sweet birds sing…” by Robert Creeley
Evangeline by Loren Connors ft. Suzanne Langille
Say My Name by Packs
King Kong (its magnificence as interpreted by Dom DeWild) by Frank Zappa
Water by Jodi
At Home Among Strangers (Final) by Eduard Artemyev
I’ll Mind You by The Wrens
Plant Shop by Omni Gardens
Zombie by MIKE
Radio Lean by jonatan leandoer96
Everything I Want by Ilsey
Rotten by Kenny Beats
Moon’s Detail by Nicholas Krgovich
Leo by Dreamcastmoe
Destroyer X by Slauson Malone
Steps by Sarah Meth
The Light by Cate Le Bon & Group Listening
Drive Up Drive Thru Solitude by Monde UFO
My Friend by Palmistry & Nation
Jenny Put The Kettle On by Nora Brown
Away Birdies With Special Sounds by Grandaddy
Get With U by Clairo
mixed with
Titanic (excerpt) by Earl Sweatshirt
Choral Fragmentation *latenights* by Alliyah Enyo
Little Bird by The Beach Boys
Curb Dance by Harmony Korine & Brian Kotzur
Morning Arrive on the Island by Chihei Hatakeyama
Tom Was Supposed to be Indiana by Serengeti
Ethel’s Merman by Dubi Dolczek
Here by Allegra Krieger
Sly Grog by A.R. Wilson
Netflix (Interludio) by León Cordero
The Way It Was by Jana Horn

<2 (two and under): Vol. 10

A.S.N is a journey of a night out, from a woman's inner monologue of how the night is going from pre's to being at the club making the most of their night with their closest friends.

Another Saturday Night

Originally aired on City Wall Radio on the 2nd of December 2023.

This is Vol. 11 of <2 (two & under). A continuous stream of short musical creations, each under two minutes, miniature masterpieces interwoven, transitioning seamlessly from the briefest to the longest—a perpetual motion of sound.

For previous volumes visit: www.mixcloud.com/thelastdinosaur/

Intro
(extract from) Effect #6/Five-Five by Raymond Scott The Code by The Apples in Stereo
Second Thought (Interlude) by Sassy 009
Interlude II: Subi Power Waltz by Sufjan Stevens
Beauty by Lily Konigsberg
Am by LA Timpa
mixed with
Kurt Audio Collage by Kurt Cobain
Moss by Andrew Huang
mixed with
Munch (Acapella) by Ice Spice
Perhaps, the Joy of Giving by The Tokens
I Run New York by Dean Blunt
song i made up to stop myself from having a panic attack just now by Field Medic & Rich
Intro at the Piano by Kishi Bashi
outro by Casper
ttoe - S_M by Sam Gendel & Ugné Uma
Interlude by Marina Herlop
After the Beep by Sirens of Lesbos
God’s Tinnitus by Frog
Each Pool A Lifetime by Asa Tone
Don’t Stop by Qendresa
Q’s Interlude by Qendresa
Volcanic Institutions by Celer & Forest Management
Something Old by Linda Smith
After the Elephants by Damien Jurado
Hiatus (Waiting) by Ravyn Lenae
The Purpose (Free Jazz) by String Boys
Chatter by Lusine
Curtain Speech by DM Stith
Uncle Greg by Terry
Bruma by Nuno Canavarro
They Called Me To The Window by Josephine Foster
On n On by Resavoir
Take Me Home by Kelly Quigley
A Faint Signal by Infinity Frequencies
A Cool Dad by Owen Pallett
Wean by 100%
Rotation by H31R, JWords & maassai
Arise (Reprise) by Lynda Dawn
You’re the Only One by Benny Yurco
Le tout pour le tout by Brigitte Fontaine
No Run by À trois sur la plage
Girlhood by girlfriend.
Microphone pt. 1 by The Microphones
Blissfully Unaware (Of You) by Jonnine
Synesthesia by deer scout
This Could Build Us A Home by The Garden
Klaverstemmeren by Cisser Mæhl
game1 by jj18
In The Morning When Linda Dies by Paleo

<2 (two and under): Vol. 11

The first year at the University of Glamorgan, probably late 2002. I only attended 3 lectures or so my entire career, preferring instead to plumb the depths of my soul and examine my mind from both micro and macro viewpoints, like a man standing between 2 parallel mirrors. After doing something that tends to keep you awake for too long, then doing it again, again, & then again. A marathon. 3 days later and still no sleep, a spider absailed down the curtains in my Halls cell-like box room. For some reason this produced an intense few hours of nightmarish arachnids lurking on ceiliings, chasing me down corridors, webs thick across the common room. God knows what I looked like, tearing wild-eyed past the silent doored & slumbering student rooms. Eventually managing to wake Matt, Apprentice Green's drummer, multi-instrumentalist & all round good egg. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the spider invasion had not occurred & I had not, in fact, been whisked off as the Devil's plaything to the caverns of Hell. Even the original rappelling spider was actually a bit of fluff suspended on a thread of curtain material. Ah well. Stay in school kids. 

The song was written a year or so later, morphing through a few forms. Special mention goes to Brummy's loping bassline & Matt's guitar overdubs. All recreated here. I have no idea how I wrote the piano riff. Probably just mashed the keys until it sounded good. Much like I do now.

Apprentice Green

Nightspiders

Originally aired on City Wall Radio on the 5th of October 2024.

This is Vol. 20 of <2 (two & under). A continuous stream of short musical creations, each under two minutes, miniature masterpieces interwoven, transitioning seamlessly from the briefest to the longest—a perpetual motion of sound.

- by wist
blahblahblah (Reversed) by Melrose
<2 Intro
Life Study IV by Max Richter
wingspan by ABUNAI
Cigarettes and Coffee by Duster
<3 by duendita
Carve the Runes (Mvt. 1) - Pt. 1 “bouncing and bending in the harbour” by Erland Cooper
Ken Burns Effect by Seteve Slagg and AAESPO
Caterpillars 3 by Andre Ethier
Green is Good by Rival Schools
mixed with
Cruiser Weight Coke by Griselda
Bo by Clark
Continuum 5 by Nala Sinephro
Mr. Maze by CV Vision
Spiral Cartography by Dialect
Suo by Talulah
Sugar by Ryland Bouchard
Professor Shepp’s Agenda 3 by Damu the Fudgemunk, Archie Shepp, Raw Poetic & Luke Stewart
Future by Shelf Life
Death Spiral by Horse Jumper of Love
True Blue Interlude by Magdalena Bay
Savoir Taire by cabane & Lonny
Encerrado contigo (en la prisión) by Prison Affair
How to Say by Mamalarky
I Took The Shot by Why Bonnie
William Brown by Randy Newman
Forecast by Photay
I Gotta Go to Work! by DJ Harrison
Once You Have The Knife by Gabe Goodman
Donkey Horse by Horse Vision
41 by Retail Drugs
Dragons II by Being Dead
New Valley, Pt. 2 by 22° Halo
Le Temple Volant by Crumb & Melody’s Echo Chamber
Theories by Jonny Nash
Juicy Lucy by Kareem Rahma & Tiny Gun
Come Together by Snõõper
Diets by Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn
Seringueiro 2 by Luiz Bonfá
Purrfect Day by Tomasz Bednarczyk
First Time by Greg Mendez
Rain (Excerpt) by Janet Jackson

<2 (two and under): Vol. 20

emotional hygiene 

I'm a cynical, old man, neuroatypical lost cause     
A broken alabaster box                                               
They say, "Brother, better change your socks."
I've got this tendency to sing about me
Describe my gentle flaws
Receding gum line, enamel loss
Fighting the urge to use that dental floss.

They say I need a lesson in emotional hygiene                   
As they try to cleanse my brain, I like to bathe it in this pain  
Towel off the mental image that defines me
Wear some brand new clothes, it's time to start again.

My radar's receiving, crossed signals achieving this bold chagrin
Another lesson from the look within
Beyond the static where the sound begins
Taste the tendency another secrecy 
This gap of time and space 
They feel the need to lather up my face
Wash off the meaning, it will not erase

Always selling me these lessons on emotional hygiene 
Repeat and then reframe: The lamb, the limb, the lame 
Cast off and cure the madness that defines me 
Recalibrate, they say, Please start again
 
Deodorize and sanitize me                        
Popularize and categorize me 
Verbalize, decentralize me
Something smells rotten in there               

I'm a stereotypical, old man, apolitical lost cause
A broken alabaster box
A walking talking  Mr. Paradox
Taste the tendency another secrecy 
This gap of time and space 
I feel the need to lather up my face
Wash off the meaning, it will not erase

Feeling dirty, all this talk of emotional hygiene 
This grime to grease my brain
Seems I need this psychic pain
Embrace the vicious memory that defines me 
So I can investigate that purpose once again 












emotional hygiene

Ellen Beth Abdi- Sad Chord

Memories

Higher Than High (Release Date 11th April)

Let's set the world on fire, shall we?

"The End of the World" is a mesmerizing blend of grit and melancholy, inspired by the final, iconic moments of the movie Fight Club. Anchored by brooding guitar riffs, ethereal vocals, and eerie sounds the track builds an atmosphere both haunting and hypnotic. It paints a vivid picture of a crumbling world, where love and destruction entwine in a bittersweet dance. This is a song for the romantics of ruin—a call to embrace the chaos, set the world on fire, and watch it all fall apart together.

lyrics
V:
You and I, we're watching the mold
Eating away the things that we've been told
You and I, we're living the heat
Don't be scared, no need, no need

You and I, unified
In cloudless skies and rain of ice
You and I, in the storm of truth
Love me darling like I love you

Ch:
So please set the world on fire (one last time)
One last dance, while we wait for the tide  (one last time)  
Please, please set the world on fire
I will hand you, gladly hand you, I will hand you the light

Please set the world on fire
One last apple, one last bite
On fire, one last time, on fire
Set the world on fire

It’s the end of the world
It’s the end of the world
I will hand you, gladly hand you the light

V:
You and I, we're watching the mold
Eating away the things that we've been told
You and I, we're smiling at the end
Hand in hand, my love
In the darkened land


credits
releases April 4, 2025
Written, performed & produced by Valeska Rautenberg
Guitars by David Ossa
Mixed by Marian Kuch
Mastered by Zino Mikorey Mastering

Cover pic taken by Catty Rogalski
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The End Of The World

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New single from Beauty Sleep
taken from their upcoming album 'The Whole Damn Cake' due October 2025 via Alcopop! Records

Radical Happiness

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Black and White Memories Ignited by the Scent of Springtime (w/ Lila Tristram) out now:
https://thelastdinosaur.bandcamp.com/album/black-and-white-memories-ignited-by-the-scent-of-springtime-explode-in-colour

"As if airing some precious lost and unmixed tapes from a recently discovered secret studio session involving Vashti Bunyan and guest players that Ivo Watts-Russell once conscripted from his extended 4AD family for This Mortal Coil albums." Concrete Islands

"This album is wistful and downbeat, yet comforting and captivating. It's a beautiful work of art, and a wonderful display of musical talent. Brilliant stuff." Fog Songs
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https://thearteriesofnewyorkcity.bandcamp.com/album/the-arteries-of-new-york-city

“A soundtrack to a movie whose images have been deleted” Marc Masters (Pitchfork, Bandcamp) - Best of Bandcamp Experimental
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Wholeness (released 2020): https://thelastdinosaur.backl.ink/wholenessalbum

"Wholeness is wonderful. Rarely has sorrow sounded so seductive." Elizabeth Alker, BBC Radio 3

"A deeply personal record and all the more affecting for it." Electronic Sound

"A very personal & artistic triumph, ‘Wholeness’ shimmers and dazzles like no other. Truly outstanding."
★★★★★ Get Ready to Rock

"The ultimate message of the album is that hope remains possible even in the hardest of circumstances. Demons can be conquered, at least for a time, long enough to declare the essential goodness of life." A Closer Listen

"Wholeness speaks to the heart with unrelenting intensity." Echoes and Dust

"This follow-up is poles apart from its predecessor. To use a Talk Talk analogy, if The Nothing was the semi-mainstream The Colour of Spring, Wholeness is a leap into Spirit of Eden/Laughing Stock territory." No More Workhorse

"Prepare yourself for a timeless moment of twenty-six minutes of delicate reverie between trembling folk, orchestral, and rainy ambience."
★★★★ 1/2 Sound of Violence

“Life is a muddled melting pot of uncertainty, joy, emptiness, confusion, hope and longing, one that we only drift through for a brief time before realising that everything is temporary and there are no real answers, and this album is no different.”
82% Belwood Music

"Wholeness is an acknowledgement that a human’s state is always temporary and mostly random, whilst at times exponentially breathtaking."
7.5 out of 10 Live4Ever
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The Nothing (released 2017): smarturl.it/TheNothing

"Elegiac, cathartic, rewarding, and beautifully moving."
★★★★ Uncut Magazine

"A labour of love about life's transience and fragility."
★★★★ Mojo

"An extended meditation on life, death and memory."
★★★★ The Independent

"This profoundly personal album will linger long."
★★★★★ Music News

"All told, it’s the kind of record you could obsess about; the kind of record you’ll foist on friends, music that you know you’ll be playing months from now. Highly recommended."
★★★★ The Skinny

"Poignant."
★★★★ Classic Pop

"A wide-screen dreamscape of a record, brimming with emotion without ever becoming maudlin."
★★★★ NARC

"It's one of the albums that just needs to be heard."
★★★★ Norman Records

"An outstanding second album & mesmerising musical journey."
★★★★ AmericanaUK

"To say this is one of the best albums of 2017 doesn't do it any justice. It's beautifully written & composed, from its delicate atmospheres to its sweeping harmonies and bright, elaborate arrangements. One of the most accomplished indie folk albums you'll come across this year besides Father John Misty's Pure Comedy."
91% Sound & Silence

"It's soul bearing, heart wrenching & most importantly; breathtakingly honest. These qualities are the hallmarks of truly great artistry and Jamie Cameron has firmly cemented himself as a time transcending artist of impeccable quality."
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"The Nothing manages to be elegant without pouring into the lachrymal or the neurasthenic. And just for that, it deserves all your attention." TSUGI

"The Nothing is an album of transcendent beauty and is one of the finest pieces of music I’ve had the privilege of reviewing."
93% -Belwood Music
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Hooray! for Happiness was home recorded + released April 2010. Listen: smarturl.it/hoorayforhappiness

BBC 6 Music "One of the most underrated bands in the country."

Uncut Magazine "An album that's warm, engrossing and impressively original."

The Line of Best Fit "One of the most refreshing, creative and inventive records of the year."

4or The Record "This is a masterpiece, and each second is a reminder of that"

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God Is In The TV "Hooray! For Happiness is a revelation."

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<2 (two and under): Vol. 20

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