Track Of The Day: F.U.S.E. - Into The Space (Warp)

F.U.S.E., aka Richie Hawtin, released back in 1993 and still sounding fresh. The album ‘Dimension Intrusion’ from whence this has been plucked, was one of the cornerstones of Warp’s ‘Artificial Intelligence’ series of albums, along with Autechre, B12 The Black Dog, Speedy J and Polygon Window. All of those records have stood the test of time, and have only increased in value. It might be difficult for some people to square the present day image of Richie Hawtin with the much younger version who produced this track, and it’s impossible to say if he is still capable of such innovation. That’s if there’s any more room to innovate. Throughout the nineties though, really up to the first five or six years of the noughties, RH was at the forefront of most that was vital regarding electronic dance music, then the hair got asymmetrical and Ibiza took over. I guess he figured that he’d already done everything he needed to, and he’s probably not wrong.

Track Of Yesterday: Talking heads - The Great Curve (Sire)

What a track! One of a few that marked Talking heads as being out on their own. Of course, like a lot on ‘Remain In Light’ the music is clearly influenced by a lot of what was coming out of Africa at the time. The horn stabs are pure Africa 70, but brought into an age and area where the glistening, sharp sound of video games was starting to evolve. The percussion takes James Brown a step further into the future, while the vocals work in perfect call and response harmony with each other. Dominating when it wants to though, is the guitar solo, which sounds like a tear in a time portal. Crying out for a chug edit this. Wouldn’t be easy though.

HELENA HAUFF B2B IMOGEN @ THE DRUMSHEDS LIVE 29.11.2025

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Track Of The Day: Peer Du - Spezial

Following on from ‘Fever’ a couple of days ago, this is another tune plucked from Sean Johnston & Vladimir Ivkovic’s ‘Live In The Adriatic’ mix from last summer. The whole selection is great, but it really takes off when the tunes flow, and what better way to do that than throw an Italo-inspired synth monster into the set. The vocoder really tops it off, turning the track into a euphoria-inducing, shape-throwing, feels-facilitating purveyor of disco heaven. 

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Track Of The Day: Miles Davis - Mtume (Columbia)

‘Get Up With It’, the Miles Davis album that this track has been plucked from, is the perfect music to listen to while cooking the Sunday roast. I’ve already featured ‘He Loved Him Madly’, Davis’ tribute to Duke Ellington, a long, careering 30 or so minute piece of abstraction, and now this, not as long, and maybe more coherent. Mtume provided percussion for Davis in the early 70s. “it is crazy to me that his hands didn't just fall off with the way he played those congas. Plus, he was blasting a drum machine into a mic in the early 70s. It's crazy how much Mtume's work with Miles during that period foreshadowed drum and bass music.” Quote from a Reddit post around the time of James Mtume’s death a few years ago. You don’t get a Miles Davis tune named after you just by making up the numbers.

Track Of The Day: David Shaw & The Beat - Fever (Virgin Music FR LAS S & D)

First released in the mid-fifties, popularised by Peggy Lee, and covered by everyone, form Elvis, to The cramps and Madonna, ‘Fever’, sung here by David Shaw, has never sounded so sleazy. There’s a low throb of longing throughout, as well as some crystalline highs, which makes it perfect for the ALFOS massive. And I guess it wouldn’t be here had I not heard its power channelled through Sean Johnston. Proper filth.

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Track Of The Day: 23 Skidoo: Just Like Everybody (Fetish)

The Second track in a row from 80s UK bastion of the out-of-kilter Fetish (I think this track first appeared on this label), ‘Just Like Everybody’ is typical 23 Skidoo. Grainy, disembodied and quintessentially political, it’s the type of that almost seeped out of the underground around the time of its release, and represented a distillation of industrial=leaning influences, as well as going on to be very influential in turn. It’s a soundscape which feels like it’s emerged from a ouija board experiment gone wrong. Voices from beyond the 5^th dimension listened toby Burroughs and Gysin as they discuss the proclivities of a new experimental kinaesthetic device.

Track Of Yesterday: Clock DVA - '4 Hours' (Fetish)

Coming from Sheffield and, therefore, sometimes mentioned in the same breath as contemporaries Cabaret Voltaire and The Human League; Clock DVA were a bit of a one-off and, as this track makes clear, not necessarily the same at all. ‘4 Hours’ is, I guess, very post punk but eschews the industrial that Clock DVA were always runmoured to be a part of. It’s a great tune. All because of an out of tune synth wail, that sounds like it may have been made on a wasp (look it up). Anyway, memories are hazy as to the exact provenance of said sound, which is as it should be.

Track Of The Day: L.B. Dub Corp - Only The Good Times (Dekmantel)

An absolutely incredible tune from Luke Slater, which is remixed by Burial on the B side. However, that remix is put in the shade by this, the original. It’s a unique piece of music which uses space as a weapon, and puts the vocals front and centre. Unusual for a techno track, if that’s what this is. It sounds amazing in the mix as well, particularly with added muscle.

Track Of The Day: Sparks - Beat The Clock (Virgin)

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