Digital Island Discs...

Today we bring you the first in a very occasional feature, Digital Island Discs. We've (lovingly) borrowed the desert island discs format and given it a modern twist: You've been washed up on a desert island with nothing more than a laptop & and a usb stick for company. Being the industrious chap (or chapette) that you are, you've managed to fashion a sound system from coconut shells and bamboo shoots. The usb stick has enough room for:

1 album
3 tracks (1 original/1 remix/1 cover)
1 DJ set/live performance
1 film
1 Tv series
1 ebook

What would you choose? First up is DC Recordings superstar Kelpe. Here's his selection..

Album:

Papa M - Live from a Shark's Cage
This is an album that I never tire of - I think I'd be safe to take this one as I've been listening to it for ten years and still not bored of it.

Tracks:

Remix
Robot Koch vs Cerebral Vortex – Vortex Cookies (fLako Instrumental Remix)
I think this is the slowest, funkiest thing and it always makes you wanna dance.

Original Track
Bullion – Get Familiar
A very short track but it gets a lot of what I need out of a track - great arpeggiated synths, great beats, great production.

Cover Version
The Wedding Present – She's My Best Friend
This is a great cover version of the Velvet Underground - it just so happens that David Gedge's works so perfect for this tune.

Film:

Stand By Me. Its a classic and really nostalgic, i think that's what you'd need on a desert island.

TV series:
I'm Alan Partridge - Perfect to cheer you up whenever you are in a bad mood. Series 1. I'd take series 2 as well if possible.

Book:
Argh, I don't really like reading books more than once but it would probably be something by Paul Auster - possibly "The Music of Chance".

Kelpe's new LP 'Cambio Wechsel' is out now.

Kelpe- Moving Picture Three (Download)

Hey Deadhead. Take a bite of peach..

Legends of Benin is a sublime collection of of danceable gems from four of the countries most celebrated artists: Gnonnas Pedro et Ses Dadjes, Antoine Dougbé, El Rego et Ses Commandos and Honoré Avolonto. The sleeve notes are just as entertaining:

Honoré Avolonto: " I was composing so many tunes that some producers would run out of cash and pay me with goods instead, I remember receiving a torch for a track once which would later become a huge hit."

El Rego, for instance, doesn’t only work in music: Over the years he has been president of Benin's boxing federation as well as the mayor of Cocotomey, and now runs a brothel in Cotonou. Nice.

El Rego et Ses Commandos- E Nan Mian Nuku (Download)

We've features Nigeria 70: Lagos Jump on these pages before, one tune in particular has been on heavy rotation recently: Eric 'Showboy' Akaeze's 10 minute heavyweight opus will be sure to have your chicken head nodding...

Eric 'Showboy' Akaeze- Wetin De Watch Goat, Goat Dey Watcham (Download)

Just Press Play: 5th December 2009

It's my great pleasure to announce the first in a series of monthly evening events: Just Press Play kicks off on Saturday 5th December at the Black Lion in Salford. To celebrate this we've put together a special disc jockey mix to get you in the mood:

Just Press Play Mix 01:

1 Intro
2 Health- Die Slow (Pink Stallone Remix)
3 Sister Sledge- Lost in Music (Revenge Remix)
4 Bee Gees- One (Rayko Edit)
5 Hot Chocolate- Heaven's in the Back Seat of my Cadillac (Revenge Remix)
6 Walter Jones- Living Without Your Love
7 Altair Nouveau- Space Fortress
8 In Flagranti- EFEX 10-11
9 Metronomy- Do The Right Thing (Wild Geese Remix)
10 The Glass- Wanna be Dancin' (In Flagranti Remix)
11 Skatt Brothers- Walk The Night
12 Jeanne Shy- Night Dance (Beat Broker Dub)
13 LCD Soundsystem- Bye Bye Bayou
14 Disco Deviance- Do it Nice & Easy (With Love) (GW Edit)

Download

For all the details head over to the imaginatively titled Just Press Play Night blog. Hope to see you there..

Your Father is a Sack of Excrement..

A couple of first class covers to feast upon over the weekend: Skip along to ISO50 and pick up an excellent EP which contains reworks of Aphex Twin, Ravi Shankar, Beirut & this Elvis rejiggle. Total murder ballad vibes..

800Beloved- I Can't Help Falling in Love With You (Download)

Young Beck Hansen has been keeping himself busy with Record Club; It's basically a bunch of Beck's muso mates hanging out & covering classic records, so far they've tackled Leonard Cohen & The Velvet Underground. You can grab them from The Record Club site, here's a little taste:

Beck & Friends- Sunday Morning (Download)

I'm sorry, are you from the past?

Seems a very appropriate week to feature a couple of Berlin based records- Berlin Express is a one time collaboration between Peter Baumann (Tangerine Dream), Conrad Schnitzler (Kluster, Tangerine Dream) and his son Gregor Schnitzler. They released 'The Russians are Coming' in 1982, from it here is the fabulous 'The 4.08 to Paris'. Many thanks to Ste Downdime for the heads up on this record.

Berlin Express- The 4.08 To Paris (Download)

And from the excellent compilation 'The In Kraut' here is Heidi Bruhl. You should check this album chock full of hip shaking grooves, if you haven't already done so.

Heidi Bruhl- Berlin (Download)

I don't wanna see that smile or smirk ever again, ok?

Details emerged last week of Four Tet's new record: 'There is Love in You' comes out late January 2010, he's also got a few dates lined up around the same time. Check his website for all the details. 'Love Cry' surfaced last week on 12", grab one whilst you can...

Four Tet- Love Cry (Download)

Another Hebden treat for you in the shape of this new remix of Joe Goddard's (Hot Chip) 'Apple Bobbing'. It features on this remix EP which is out this week.

Joe Goddard- Apple Bobbing (Four Tet Remix) (Download)

Good morning my little chicks and cocks..

Subeena's latest 12 comes out courtesy of Planet Mu and it's a cracker- The A side features the vocal talents of Jamie Woon & Sa-Ra's Om'Mas Keith, while the flip is this divine piece of dancefloor electronica. Get the full release at Boomkat.

Subeena- Analyse (Download)

Bibio's 'Ambivalence Avenue' was beautifully augmented by the dog days of Summer, he's now slipped out a new EP which contains 4 new songs and some album tracks remixed by the likes of Clark, Lone, The Gentlemen Losers & a host more. Here's 'Fire Ant' as remixed by Keaver & Brause, who add a nice low end touch. As ever head on over to Boomkat for the real deal.

Bibio- Fire Ant (Keaver & Brause Remix) (Download)