There's a lot of subgenres of techno. This includes most of those. Photo: Kelly Lee Owens in Knoxville

TECHNO - DJ

[Weekly Mix] 2022.07 (2)

New Music Friday UK

CC:DISCO!'s track IDs

Leon vynehall

No Estás

Music By Attawalpa - linktr.ee/Attawalpa
Recorded at Eastcote studios in London
Engineered by Clem Cherry at Eastcote Studios
Produced, Performed, Engineered and Written by Luis Felber and Matt Allchin at Off Liscence Recordings in Camberwell, London.
Drums performed by Henry Danowski
Bass performed by Matt Allchin
Wurlitzer performed by Adam Sopp
Synths performed by Matt Allchin
Guitars by Luis Felber
Backing vocals Lena Dunham Felber
Mixed by Eduardo De La Paz
Mastered by Dyre Gormsen
Photo by Dan Martensen
Creative Emma Chitty
Extra art by Justine Figueiredo and Luis Felber

Ignore the pollution .

Cool morning 
Take me away,  I’m tired of today
Smooth driver
Get outta town , Turn me around 

I’m cracking up while I’m  just cracking jokes 
My minds made up there’s nowhere else to go
ignore the pollution 

I feel lighter 
But Only in dreams , I don’t care what it means 
Heavy hunger 
I can’t really choose , I guess I’m old news 

I’m cracking up while I’m  just cracking jokes 
My minds made up there’s nowhere else to go
I’m cracking up while I’m  just cracking jokes 
My minds made up my minds a cloud of smoke  
ignore the pollution 

Ooooh

The shadows in time challenge my/kind(ness)

Ignore the pollution

Neptune's Lair

Running out of Space

Out now, Mother Tongue's 'Message is Love'.

Vinyl: https://www.rushhour.nl/record/vinyl/message-love
Bandcamp: https://rushhourmusic.bandcamp.com/album/message-is-love

The United Kingdom has long been an ardent supporter and consumer of African-American music. Dating back to the electrifying earliest performances of blues artists like Big Bill Broonzy during the early 1950s – an influence on Eric Clapton and John Lennon – right through to the dawn of Chicago house and onwards. In fan clubs, like the Tamla Motown Appreciation Society, started by soul writer Dave Godin, to the numerous fan magazines that have documented dance music culture from Blues & Soul to Mixmag, there has been an extended obsession with black music culture.

This lineage continued into the house era, our generation’s defining dance genre, and one with which British producers were swift to adopt. This record is a prime example of this. Although Mother Tongue was a one-off project, its history is rooted in this long-standing culture stretching back decades. The main man behind Mother Tongue was a drummer and record producer named Richie Stevens. Stevens was steeped in music and the industry, thanks to his father, John Stevens, also a professional drummer. Stevens senior played in numerous jazz ensembles during the 1960s and onwards, including performing with Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Scott, Evan Parker, Derek Bailey and was a session player with John Martyn (among numerous others) during Martyn’s finest period (it’s John’s drumming you can hear on ‘Big Muff’).

His son, Richie, was playing professionally while still a teenager for the Dennis Bovell Dub Band and has subsequently backed everyone from Tina Turner and Simply Red to Hugh Masekela and George Clinton. He is also a long-term collaborator with Boy George. But the story of Mother Tongue begins with a band called Well Red. This group, effectively a studio creation by Richie and his then manager Martin Poole, recruited vocalist Lorenzo Hall, a fixture on the London reggae scene and sold the concept to Virgin Records. Well Red yielded two albums – Motion and Respect Due – but never really got the crossover success their songs perhaps deserved. “Virgin were very supportive of us,” recalls Poole, today. “They gave us a lot of money. They pumped money into it, and it never quite paid off, but we did okay. We recouped and got to make a second album with George Clinton. It was a good move, recording with him. It did us a lot of good here and in America. We did pretty well in the US. We were very well-supported over there.”

This same team, working in a tiny studio near Richie’s house in Wood Green, north London, called The Watershed, produced ‘Message Is Love’. It features the vocals of Syn-Dee (Sindy Finn) and Lovebase (Louise Porter), who co-wrote the track with Richie and Alan Lane, another Stevens collaborator, and Ian ‘Spy’ Austin, who’d previously played in the same reggae band, The Instigators, as Lorenzo Hall from Well Red. “Remember it well,” says Martin Poole. “We were just writing it there and then in the studio. It was me, Richie, Spy, and I think Syn-Dee was there as well. When I got home later, Richie played it to me over the phone and I said, ‘That just sounds brilliant,’ from how we'd started it off, you know?” Thanks to their experience in the studio with Well Red, they managed to produce a song that has the timeless feel of all good music.

Mother Tongue was the opening track on a compilation called On The Loose Volume 1 on their own Furious Fish Records. Every track on the album, despite having different artist credits, was done by Stevens and Poole, often using a rotating cast of characters that had also appeared on ‘Message Of Love’. Although it did not sell especially well at the time, it’s become a collector’s item over the years. This is the first time Mother Tongue has appeared as a 12-inch single, a long overdue (but very welcome) happening.

(Notes by Bill Brewster)

Mother Tongue - Message Is Love

Stream & Free Download: https://idol-io.link/dessert-for-dinner

Written by Esther Henderson & Will Henderson
Vocals & Violin by Esther Henderson
Vocals, Guitars & Bass by Will Henderson
Drums by Myka Wallace
Synths by Harry Sutherland
Produced by Gimme Gimme & Miggy
Mixed by Dan Nave
Mastered by Darren Ziesing

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Gimme Gimme - Day Drinking (Lyrics)

Day drinking and I'm thinking of you
 Night scheming that my dreams will come true
 Day drinking and I'm thinking of you
 
 Am I hooked on wishful thinking
 Did you wink or were you blinking
 Champagne glasses almost chinking
 Got a bike we could be could be dinking
 
 Day drinking and I'm thinking of you
 Night scheming that my dreams will come true
 Day drinking and I'm thinking of you
 
 Package up my heart
 And throw around the parts
 Cos you don't have to handle with care
 How do I keep myself in check
 When I'm training like a wreck
 Come join me for some truth if you dare
 You've blown away my mind
 Just like a dandelion
 I'm scattered by the wind of desire
 How do I keep myself together
 When I'm floating like a feather
 And I never ever thought I could fly
 
 Are you keen or are you tricking
 Cos my love's ripe for the picking
 Time goes slowly heartbeat ticking
 Now I'm stuck cos you're not sticking
 
 Day drinking and I'm thinking of you
 Night scheming that my dreams will come true
 Day drinking and I'm thinking of you
 
 Package up my heart
 and throw around the parts
 cos you don't have to handle with care
 How do I keep myself in check
 when I'm training like a wreck
 Come join me for some truth if you dare
 You've blown away my mind
 Just like a dandelion
 I'm scattered by the wind of desire
 How do I keep myself together
 When I'm floating like a feather
 And I never ever thought I could fly

Day Drinking

Hate

Nobody Really Cares

After delighting so many with his impressive ‘Good Dog’ EP in September last year, which went onto find support from Jack Saunders (BBC Radio 1) and Zane Lowe (Apple Music 1), as well as being curated on Spotify playlists like ‘Fresh Finds’, ‘Melomania’ and ‘Garden Indie’, fast-rising artist Trunky Juno returns to deliver his first piece of new material for 2022, the vibrant new single ‘Oxford English Dictionary’.

Continuing his venture through the rich and woozy realm of the psych-pop sound, ‘Oxford English Dictionary’ offers up yet another wonderfully infectious delight from the Newcastle native. Brimming with fresh and sun-kissed textures, a sweeping atmosphere, and his own captivating vocals at the helm, he is kicking off the next phase of his career with one of his most loveable offerings to date.

Speaking about the new offering, he said, “I still find it difficult to spell Mississippi, but I did manage to write a fun song. It's a hooky Alt-Pop that will confidently power walk you straight back to the Trunky Superstore for more Trunky. Oxford English Dictionary was one of those tracks that sounded great as soon as I made the demo, lot's of those parts made it into the final version because they're so full of that sense of initial inspiration.”

Behind a well-established moustache and deadpan inclinations, North Eastern indie maverick Trunky Juno resides within his own sphere of off-kilter artistry. Known for his masterful lyricism, warped sounds and bold ideations, the Durham native brings a spritely disposition to the alternative music scene, twisting the mundane into something entertaining. Now backed by a diverse and relatable repertoire, the zany universe of Trunky Juno is beginning its glorious expansion. 

The original dream was to be a Backstreet Boy, a far cry from his current musical positioning. However, in some metaphysical way, we can all agree that Trunky Juno is their sixth unofficial member. Truly a musician who’s done it all, he is a name well-known to his locale having cut his teeth in many a jazz, punk and indie bands. Elsewhere inspired by the 90s slacker rock of Weezer and Beck, as well as the psychedelic tendencies of The Flaming Lips and quirky offerings of Mac Demarco, Trunky Juno finds no better way to spend his time than spinning idiosyncratic tales of our society and the pop culture that engulfs it, covering every corner of our sonic landscape. 

Outside of his attributions to the alternative music scene, Trunky Juno is an avid admirer of all forms of creativity, oft finding beauty in the abstract, be it his deep-rooted love for professional wrestling, 80s horror films or sculpting plasticine expressions onto hard-boiled eggs. He says, “I always wonder what it would be like to hear music without knowing anything about music, and that’s what I like about other art forms. I like that I know nothing about them and I can just appreciate them in a more abstract way without thinking about the gritty details.”

Trunky Juno’s new single ‘Oxford English Dictionary’ will be available to stream from the 29th June 2022 via Silent Kid Records.

L I V E
29th July 2022 - Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival – Inverness, Scotland
15th October 2022 – Live At Leeds Festival – Leeds, England

Oxford English Dictionary

Written, produced and performed by Spirits of Leo
Ryan Santos Phillips - vocals, guitars, bass and synthesizer
Alex Lichtenstein - drums

Album Art by Coward's Way
Engineered and mixed by Ryan Santos Phillips at Lux Perpetua NYC
Assistant engineering by Blaine Bailey and Joni Kyynäräinen
Mastered by Justin Colletti at Joe Lambert Mastering

Spirits of Leo Live is:
Ryan Santos Phillips - vocals, guitar
Ant Taboada - backing vocals, guitar
Nick DiPillo - bass guitar
Alex Lichtenstein - drums

Something in the darkness dwells
Like voices from your insides squall
Buried deep in shame, and regression
God’s rejected ones
Shade beneath my cast of faith
Tremored ground attest my strength

I know the plan for God’s rejected ones

Ash in hearth, I seek your shelter
Storming, rushing, bounding, assailing me
Entering my spine and crawling out my palms
The spirit is now ascending me
Commanding motion
Don’t fight, infernal eyes don't lie

Faith is learned or not realized

Something in the darkness dwells
Like poison on your lips, the sickness swells
The devil never comes if you don’t believe him
The curse relinquished
Scepter come, incarcerate
Where I'm captive, I am safe

I know the plan for God’s rejected ones

Ash in hearth, I seek your shelter
Storming, rushing, bounding, assailing me
Entering my spine and crawling out my palms
The spirit is now ascending me
Urging devotion
Don’t fight, infernal eyes don't lie

And nothing ever comes if you won’t believe it

Asylum

Missing You / Something About Your Love

Missing You

Endless (I)

Part Of The Band

Love, Damini

For My Hand (feat. Ed Sheeran)

My dearest Roselle is out everywhere now. A tale for all the ones that are bounded by tradition, this seed, the flower Hibiscus. We are strengthened by our common existence.

Listen on all platforms:

Production by Sim Fane & SIROJ
Mix by Cambrian Studios
Master by David van Dijk

- Nine And A Half -

Roselle

Brandi Wells - Watch Out

Album POWERS OF TEN out June 12th

https://www.facebook.com/StephanBodzinOfficial

Stephan Bodzin - Singularity

The first Musik For Autobahns was a delight: softly-softly ambient and subtle cuts from the likes of Move D, Suzanne Kraft, Roman Flügel and plenty more besides. Even amongst Rush Hour's bounty that year, it stood proudly out. A ripple of excitement went through BR HQ upon finding out Gerd Janson was lining up a second, with no shortage of marquee signings all coming correct with their A game.

A number of heads come together to translate these thoughts into sound - from Fort Romeau's Drive-esque "Seleno" joyride through to the propulsive "Melancholy" of Disco Nihilist. Perhaps none elicit as many feels as the enveloping opener from Leon Vynehall though.

As well as being a mesmeric mimic of accelerating down Bundesautobahn 5 at daybreak, "Midnight on Rainbow Road" got our Debut nod for three main reasons: firstly, it kicked off last year's sublime set from Gerd & Ata (so, about time); second, it's a welcome return for Mr Vynehall after a richly deserved breakout year; third, dude's got previous with N64 titling. And that's something we can all get behind.

Musik For Autobahns 2 is out in September. Pre-order it here: rushhourmusic.bandcamp.com (digital) + http://bit.ly/Autobahns_2 (physical)

Pre-order

Leon Vynehall "Midnight On Rainbow Road" - Boiler Room Debuts

Italiana Vol. 2

It's Your Move (2001 Remaster)

Stephan Bodzin - Liebe ist

The Debut Album "Nothing Is Still", out now on Ninja Tune.
Buy / Stream: https://leonvynehall.lnk.to/nisYo

Follow Leon Vynehall  -
Spotify: http://found.ee/lv-sp
Apple Music: http://found.ee/lv-am
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Twitter: http://found.ee/lv-tw
Soundcloud: http://found.ee/lv-sc
Youtube: http://found.ee/lv-yt

Envelopes

Envelopes (Chapter VI)

The Debut Album "Nothing Is Still", out now on Ninja Tune.
Buy / Stream: https://leonvynehall.lnk.to/nisYo

Follow Leon Vynehall -
Spotify: http://found.ee/lv-sp
Apple Music: http://found.ee/lv-am
Facebook: http://found.ee/lv-fb
Twitter: http://found.ee/lv-tw
Soundcloud: http://found.ee/lv-sc

Nothing Is Still

Movements (Chapter III)

Leon Vynehall - Gold Language (Gang Colours Remix)

Ducee's Drawbar - from forthcoming DJ Kicks Album.

Ducee's Drawbar

Free Lunch

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