Track Of Yesterday: The Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea (Andrew Weatherall Mix) (Jumping' & Pumpin')

 

Off to Convenanza tomorrow so any remix from AW is appropriate and, although I don’t think this is one of his best, it would sound great within the confines of the chateau in Carcassone. It takes a different route to the original in that while the sound is less dense and less evocative of the landscape it sonically describes, it’s more danceable due to being infused with break beats. Not just your normal linear beaks either. There’s a pitch change shortly after the eponymous spoken word. Breaks have been subtly dominating a lot of modern electronic music recently so I guess what sets this apart are its early nineties analogue production values. It feels a lot more raw than a lot of today’s efforts. The tribal chanting that rise up in the second half of the tracks feel a little odd by today’s standards. However, they also feel very much on the spirit of the cut up. The only bit I really don’t like that much are the symphonic episodes, which feel a little over-produced by comparison. That doesn’t mean to say I won’t have my hands in the air as soon as I hear them though.

Track Of The Day: Liquid, Liquid - Cavern (99 Records)

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Track Of Yesterday: A Certain Ratio - Shack Up (Factory Benelux)

 

Probably A Certain Ratio’s break out track. This cover of Banbarra’s release of about six years earlier came after ‘All Night Party’ and the amazing ‘Flight’. It’s this though that ultimately did the most damage. Thanks, no doubt as much to the deadpan vocals of Simon Topping as to the full-bodied, and at times brittle funk of the band itself. This is another slant of the sound of the smoke-filled bedrooms of my youth. And in those days we could find somewhere to dance to it that didn’t mean travelling to a boutique event in some far-flung corner of the country. I must have seen ACR five or six times n the early eighties, and I’m off to see them again in a week or two in London. Should be ace.

Helena Hauff b2b DJ MELL G | themuddshow x JUICY GANG RECORDS

 

Track Of The Day: Prince Jammy- War In The Asteroid Belt (Greensleeves)

 

Plucked from the fabulously named ‘Prince Jammy Destroys The Invaders’ I suppose albums like this, and that of Scientist ‘Scientist Meets The Space Invaders’ documented changing trends as well as new social norms. Back then it was arcade games, now I guess it would be a slant on social media. Whatever. The fact that what passes for something new nowadays hasn’t been immortalised in dub is very telling. Prince Jammy is 78 now and I guess could still possibly tour, just like Scientist is early next year. Anyway it’s Sunday, September and the sun is still shining. Play this loud and then get to grips with the rest of the album.

Track Of The Day: The Orb - Perpetual Dawn Ultrabass 2 (AW Remix) (Big Life)

 

This is another of those tracks that revels in its cross-pollination and takes you back to a time when you had the feeling that things were a little bit more under control. They weren’t really, it was just an impression. And it’s another that could only have come out of The UK. We’ve always been good at making music focussed on dancing, hedging the boundaries cheese in some cases. I don’t think that this is one of AW’s best. It really feels like he’s thrown a lot of stuff in to the mixer and not given a damn to a certain extent. That type of approach can often go wrong. What saves this is the bass and other low end fidgeting. 

Track Of The Day: Les Rita Mitsouko - C'est Comme Ca (Virgin)

Uncatergorizable, but very French. So that’s a type of oxymoron innit. Energetic and with a riff to die for. It gets more and more intense. This is very much of its time, but if it were to be released now it would be at the vanguard of pop. There’s o doubt that this is one of the grooviest pieces of pop ever recorded. Amazing voice which slid off its mortal coil earlier this week. So this is a belated recognition of its greatness. 

Barac - Shamandrum Session 003

Barac · Barac - Shamandrum Session 003

Vera b2b Eli Verveine at Trädgården

 

eli verveine · Vera b2b Eli Verveine at Trädgården

subglow/Live 13: Darwin @ memòri Festival 2026

 

subglow · subglow/Live 13: Darwin @ memòri Festival 2026

Track Of The Day: Decius - X-Ray Shocks (Decius Trax)

 

A tricky piece of techno with a spring in its step that one could imagine slipping into the set of Sean Johnson or Jeff Mills. Decius played Convenanza in 2022, the comeback! This was the first one I went to and they were brilliant. A lot of that was down to their front man Lias Saoudi also of Fat White Family. The other members were a lot more static but are responsible for a sound that comes correct when blending acid house, techno and the outer limits of electronic disco. They take no prisoners innit.