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Ask anyone in Belfast who the unsung hero of the city is and most will reply with 'Jamie Nelson'. One of the North's capitals most talented selectors, Jamie has a knack for finding the sweet spot between old funk records, R&B, garage and soul that just feels oh so good.

Pre-pandemic, Jamie played for us as part of a b2b garage all-nighter at beloved (and now closed) venue The Menagerie alongside Carlton Doom, and also held down residency at that little black box on the edge of the city alongside soul luminary Kaidi Tatham.

Here, Jamie takes us through his most cherished garage records (99% old skool). Dare you not to move your feet to this.

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Jamie Nelson (99% Old School UKG mix) - 032

To mark World Oceans Day 2021, we partnered with Concentric Records, TBA-21-Academy and Ocean Archive for a full day of broadcasts based on and inspired by sounds from the oceans.

 The incredible Ocean Archive is a sound library of the seas and harbours of the world, from Galapagos to the North Atlantic. It includes many types of whale, fish, earthquake, seismic explosions, methane seeps, tectonic plates and deep water drilling.

 The artists invited to make broadcasts based on this archive are Jake Muir, Izabel, Beluga, Carl Michael von Hausswolff / Dark Morph, Baby Vulture, Terrence Dixon, Jana Winderen reporting live from the seas, and finally Refuge Worldwide programmer Richard Akingbehin.

World Oceans Day - Jana Winderen

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Excited to share the recording of a 3hr set live from Waking Life festival in Portugal from earlier this summer. This set is one of my favorites of the year, full of ‘Mister’ anthems for a fresh audience and 2024 favorites that have been working a treat on home soil at Nowadays

Truth be told I hadn’t heard too much about the festival before receiving the invite to come play and so travelled to Portugal with an open mind and a managed expectation. What I experienced was one of the most fulfilling festival experiences I’ve ever had as a DJ or punter. There was joy, freedom, mischief and a sense of acceptance in the air which I quickly felt and rode as best I could for the next 3 hours. 

Major props to the folks working hard to produce and preserve a truly special vibe in a truly magical location. 

- Eamon Harkin (@eamonharkin)

Eamon Harkin at Waking Life - June 21st 2024

TRACKLIST 

1. Tullis Rennie - An Array of Buckets
2. wolle. - Longing
3. corto.alto - Bye (Yoofee Remix)
4. Leod - Untitled 01
5. Ross from Friends - Love Divide (Bubble Love Remix)
6. Villager - Sculptor
7. Jorja Smith - Little Things (Floating Points Mix)
8. corto.alto - Latency (Bakey Remix)
9. Knucks - Alpha House (TorbM Baile Refix)
10. kas rizvi, bsterthegawd - yoncé
11. TorbM - ID
12. Jasper Tygner - Eyes (Villager Remix)
13. Leod - Untitled 04
14. ANOTR - Relax My Eyes (NIVEK Edit)
15. Paradox - Kampala
16. p-rallel, Greentea Peng - soulboy (IZCO Remix)
17. Cleo Sol - Golden Child (Shekdash Remix)
18. KAYTRANADA - Spit It Out (Shekdash Remix) 
19. Bobby Caldwell - What You Won't Do (Muztang Edit)
20. TorbM - Cortex
21. Champion, Four Tet, Skrillex, Naisha - Talk To Me
22. NOTION - TV DREAMS
23. Sam Gellaitry - SOLARIUM	
24. Sam Gellaitry - SUN COME UP

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This recording demonstrates what any obsessive knows: how many memories can be held within a single moment on one track from one record, and how much influence that can have on one’s own musical identity. The piece acts as a meta-text, revealing various layers to the act of listening.  

Graham and I met aged 18, in the first few days of us both beginning a music degree at the University of Manchester. There’s a chance we were both even geekier then than we are now. We haven’t really stopped talking about music since. It turns out that I’m quite rude when I’m excitable - sorry to interrupt you so much, mate.

Duration of full piece: 12 mins 30 seconds.

"We are listening to two guys talking about something that they love as they listen to it, and we therefore become rapidly complicit in their act of listening. We are simultaneously listening to them, and listening at one remove to what they are listening to. But of course our entire listening experience is also framed by the fact that this is a piece, a work. We are sitting in a performance space listening to a piece of soundscape, sonic art, electroacoustic composition, documentary—which of these is as yet unclear. There’s a sense in which, initially, we are simultaneously in the place of the performance, yet unsure of where we are, or of the status or mode of our listening, without this being in any sense uncomfortable or disorientating. Compositionally then, the piece is already addressing the different ways in which we habitually listen."

Simon Waters (2015) 'Tullis Rennie's Muscle Memory: Listening to the Act of Listening', Contemporary Music Review, 34:1, 22-32.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07494467.2015.1077563

Muscle Memory

Muscle Memory with Graham South (trumpet) *excerpt*

For those who know, Bambooman is one of the most sought after, probing, and distinctive voices in UK electronic music right now.
 
The Yorkshire born producer’s catalogue builds into an aural mosaic, comprising everything from scrunched up hip-hop to techno deviance, all delivered with an impish sense of individuality.
 
Yet now, after six meandering but inspired EPs, Bambooman is ready to break with all this and drop his debut album ‘Whispers’. “I choose to release an album at this point as I felt I was finally confident enough with my sound and techniques to make the album I wanted to make,” he says. “I was careful to make it as honest and original as possible, whilst at the same time paying homage to the music and artists who have most inspired me.”
 
“It’s more honest than my previous work,” he insists, “and it resonates with me more.”
 
‘Whispers’ certainly resonates. It’s a lengthy, bucolic work, an album of great breadth but also one of sustained mood – think those hazy summer evenings when shadows stretch out across the road, and autumn lingers around the corner.
 
In contrast to last year’s ‘Feel’ EP – his first on new home Accidental Recordings – this new album has a dusty, organic, and decidedly personal feel, much more at home with Jon Hassel’s ‘fourth world’ aesthetic than the club.
 
“I used lots of music concrete and electro-acoustic style processing techniques on the recordings across the album, which helped to give the sounds a more other-worldly aesthetic.”
 
“I tried to demonstrate the more personal techniques and processes I have developed over the years within the tracks, to give them more character and originality.”
 
The results are also imbued with an incredible sense of mystery, with Bambooman’s productions frequently being shot through with a hallucinatory sense of the uncanny. Entirely self-composed, ‘Whispers’ utilises “lots of field recordings that I’ve collected over the last few years, while within the tracks you can find lots of the instruments, percussion, bells and whistles that have been gathered throughout my life.”
 
In certain ways ‘Whispers’ is entirely autobiographical: Bambooman reaches back to his varied alter egos, to the ambient releases, art commissions, and soundtrack projects that litter his discography. The cover art was even pieced together by Oliver Pitt – of Glasgow group Golden Teacher – who was an early ally in the producer’s sonic quest.
 
Stylistically ‘Whispers’ veers from avant hip-hop of Flying Lotus to the theoried composition of Terry Riley, from the future-forward percussive energy of Battles to the ever-evolving electronics of Mark Pritchard. It’s a record marks by a fiercely independent spirit, but also by a close-knit cast of collaborators.
 
King Kashmere takes a starring turn, following the pair’s collision on the recent ‘SUPERGOD’ EP. “To me he was and still is the most talented and forward thinking MC in the UK, and has proven this time and time again,” explains Bambooman. “He’s a true wordsmith and has the great voice and clarity to match.”
 
Segilola is becoming a permanent fixture in the producer’s work, and her voice helps push him down fresh avenues. “It didn't make sense to make a debut album without her powerful and beautiful voice making an appearance on it,” he admits.
 
Each vocal is recorded, chopped up and then spliced across the album, with Elsa Hewitt also making a number of appearances and re-appearances. “It’s been really interesting working with her vocals,” he enthuses. “I sometimes think she sounds quite 90s on my tracks – but in a good way, if that makes any sense!”
 
A wonderfully picturesque, intensely visual experience, ‘Whispers’ is set to be followed by a number of live shows. Bambooman will launch the LP at East London’s creative hot-house Total Refreshment Centre on August 10th, before flying out to Montreal for the ever-vital MUTEK Festival.
 
The ‘Whispers’ album was partly funded by PRS Foundation.

Muscle Memory with Matthew Bourne (Memorymoog) excerpt

Tullis Rennie

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Muscle Memory with Matthew Bourne (Memorymoog) *excerpt*

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Muscle Memory with Matthew Bourne (Memorymoog) excerpt