You're a nice girl. But you've got clothes like a fricking dorkhead..

A couple of excellent Kraut features to draw your attention too: Last week BBC 4 ran a superb doc entitled 'Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany' featuring all your favourite German hero's. If you missed it head on over to the Iplayer sharpish. Rough Trade have also compiled a nifty box set featuring seminal releases from Can, Faust, Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream & Neu! & tonight they host a launch for 'Krautrock' the book. Head over to RT for the deets. A couple of tunes then, first up is Can:

Can- Father Cannot Tell (Download)

And here's a fresh new remix of Harmonia & Eno's 'Sometimes in Autumn' by darkdubstepper, Shackelton.

Harmonia & Eno- Sometimes in Autumn (Shackelton Remix) (Download)

You've got 24 hours to sort out your policy on Eastenders..

Leftside Wobble have been bashing out some fine re-edits of late, have a peek at their blog for all the details (and some fine mixes too). They've recently tackled 'Tomorrow Never Knows', elongating The Beatles most acid house moment & adding some nice touches too. Check it:

The Beatles- Tomorrow Never Knows (Leftside Wobble Edit) (Download)

Vitalic's new LP 'Flashmob' is out now, it contains many tracks that'll cause major dance floor merriment. Here's the closer 'Station Mir 2009' which sounds a lot like electro used too, before it went all GrrwhumpBrrrrGrrrTccccccchhh etc. Buy the record here.

Vitalic- Station Mir 2009 (Download)

Had lots of fun DJing at the Manchester Blog Awards with Yer Mam!, cheers to Black Country Grammar for organising the musical side of things. Congrats to all the winners.

Double Wank & Shit Chips..

What to do when the internet goes away? Snatch little Wifi moments here & there, that's what. Will keep this brief then, here's a smashing Captain Beefheart cover performed by The Black Keys. It came out as a split 7" with the Flaming Lips as part of this years Record Store day:

The Black Keys- Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles (Download)

Floating Points new EP 'Vacuum' is simply marvelous. It's being spun by a whole load of jocks including Mary Anne Hobbs, Gilles Peterson, Erol Alkan & Simon Mayo:
"Kicking off with the ecstatic soul of the title track, sucking dub house styles in a boogie disco vortex with enough room for dancefloor slickness but leaving the room breathless after the intense peaks and ass grappling bass are done with you"
Head over to Boomkat to pick up the full release, here's a track from previous single 'Love Me Like This'.

Floating Points- Love Me Like This (Nonsense Dub) (Download)

She's a seductress, she's a siren, she's a virgin, she's a whore..

Memory Tapes is just one of the nom de plume's adopted by one man electronic band Dayve Hawk. 'Seek Magic' is his new record and it's a fine collection of dreamy, motorized pop music. He's also responsible for Weird Tapes, you can visit his blog 'We're Tapes' here which contains many nice giveaways for you to gorge on.

Memory Tapes- Pink Stones (Download)

Finishing the week in fine style with this superb edit from the King of edits, Greg Wilson. Eddie Drennon's 'Do It Nice & Easy' with Donna Summer's 'Love to Love you' vocals over the top? Yes bloody please. Gorgeous disco grooves, buy the 12" here.

Disco Deviance- Do it Nice and Easy (With Love) (Download)

Fundamentals are a crutch for the talentless..

Linkwood's new long player 'System' is out now: On it he expertly blends Detroit Techno, Chicago House, Disco & Soul into an extremely coherent release, check the android funk of 'Robot Parade' for starters. Buy the record here.

Linkwood- Robot Parade (Download)

We featured a track from Volcano Choir not so long ago, you can now get their debut LP from your local record boutique. Some records just seem to fit the season, can't think of a better recent release to soundtrack your Autumnal movements. Make your purchase here.

Volcano Choir- Husks and Shells (Download)

Just an average guy with exceptional hair. Nothing more, nothing less..

Been a bit heavy on the leccy lately, lets have a couple of tracks from the archives. You'll be very familiar with John Kongos "He's Gonna Step on You Again", it's well worth your time tracking down the accompanying album 'Kongos' which contains many fuzzy gems:

John Kongos- Tokoloshe Man (Download)

Adam & The Ants second single didn't make the pop charts, but it's easily the best thing they ever recorded. 30 years old this year:

Adam & The Ants- Xerox (Download)

No, for your information I have full sized balls..

Architeq's debut LP 'Green & Gold' is out now and it's a supreme combination of electronic music in it's many guises. Excellent dubhopdiscosoul to nod ya head and move ya feet. I was lucky enough to have an interweb chat with the man behind Architeq, Sam Annand.

Can you tell us about your musical history?

I don't have much history cause I'm still pretty young as it goes... I was really into the guitar when I was younger, I jammed in a lot of bands and started playing around with recording and from there got into making stuff on my own with some synths and what ever I had to hand. At about the same time when I was 17, I got a job with sound system company in Dundee lifting enormous speakers and amp racks all over Scotland in a van. After a year or 2 the guys who ran the company must have figured I wasn't blagging anymore and started letting me behind the desk. A lot of the work was Ska or Reggae bands which was wicked cause those guys always wanted you to dub them + they were all like 5 to 20kw systems which was shit hot for testing tracks out on...

I learnt a lot from that job and the guys I worked with. From there I started getting more recording work in studios and that's what I do now... I've always made my own tracks at the same time as engineering for work, they go together hand in hand... Last year I must have recorded around 30plus albums worth of East End hiphop and grime alone, along with all sorts of other stuff including reggae musical soundtracks and Islamic prayers... It can be quite out-there. There was a guy who came in to record one day, he carefully placed a rusty saw against the wall of the studio and proceeded to make up songs about this rusty old saw and how much it meant to him. That was probably the first time I experienced true fear....

Favourite current tracks/albums?

I'm really loving everything that's coming off the Swedish "Information" label recently... The Fontan and Dan Lissvik albums are unique and brilliant. Very psychedelic but the melodies are sublime, highly recommend both.
The Samoyed album "Always From This Point" is another, I think it came out last year but I only got a copy recently and it's been the soundtrack to my mornings ever since. It seems to be out on an island on it's own with all the other stuff that's going on in electronic music at the minute.

Favourite track(s)/album of the decade?

Shit, there is a lot....

The Analord series by AFX is up there for sure. Dunno if that counts as an album though... Loved the Tuss EP's too.
Dabrye's "Instrmntl" , BoC's "Geogaddi" and Chris Clark's "Empty The Bones of You" are up there. Emperor Machine's "Aimee Talluah is Hypnotized", everything Squarepusher did, Lightning Bolt's "Wonderful Rainbow", Matthew Dear's "Leave Luck To Heaven", Wight Light Orchestra 12"s, Ilija Rudman 12"s, Syclops 12"s on Tirk/DFA, Lindstrom's "Another Side of Lindstrom" there's been a lot of good electronic music...

There are a few guest vocalists on the record, anyone you'd like to work with in the future?

I'd like to do a track with Steve Mason from The Beta Band/King Biscuit Time. I can't get enough of the vocals on the first Beta Band album, like the Fife equivalent of Brian Wilson or something. Lots of layers and echo, lurvely...

Which actor/actress would play you in the film of your life?

I reckon Michael York from his Logan's Run days. He's got the hair + it'd be worth it just to hear him try a Scottish accent...

Favourite Insult?

Plum

Who do you think would win in a fight between Grace Jones & Brigitte Nielsen?

My money's on Grace Jones for sure...

'Green & Gold' is out now on Tirk recordings.

Architeq- Twilight (Download)

And young Architeq also features on a new compilation from Radio 1's first lady of bass™, Mary Anne Hobbs. 'Wild Angels' brings together artists such as Mark Pritchard, Hudson Mohawke, Rustie, Floating Points and many more on this excellent collection of all things bass. Buy the record here.

Tranqill- Payroll (Paul White's Clean Dub) (Download)

Ah, I recognize your scent. Do you recognize my essence?

Warp aren't a bad little label are they? Their twentieth anniversary celebrations have been in full swing for a while now with a multitude of events and releases. The chosen and recreated sets are particularly good value, head on over to Bleep and avail yourself. From the chosen by the fans set here is Plaid.

Plaid- Eyen (Download)

I wonder what type of stuff Hyperdub will be releasing in fifteen years time? They've just clocked up their 5th anniversary and to celebrate this milestone they've put out a wonderful compilation featuring rarities, classics and exclusives from the likes of Burial, Zomby, Joker, Flying Lotus & label owner Kode 9 amongst many others. The whole thing is available at Boomkat for the bargain price of £6.99. From it here's the future skank of King Midas Sound whose debut LP is due very soon.

King Midas Sound- Meltdown (Download)

If you won't listen to my words, then listen to my dancing feet..

Phoenix have been heavily spun threw the remix machine this year: They've an official remix album ready to drop which features reworkings from Yacht & Devendra Banhart amongst others. Animal Collective step up and offer a sumptuous version of 'Love Like a Sunset' adding their own blissful melodies to an already blissful jam. Spectacular.

Phoenix- Love Like a Sunset (Animal Collective Remix) (Download)

The next edition of the Cliche Breaks series is out now and features re-edits from Jacques Renault, Cosmo Vitelli, Richard Sen & this one from Pierre Wax who gets busy with 'Shack Up'. Buy the 12" here.

Pierre Wax- Shack (Download)