Hyperdub

#280 – 700 Bliss, Minyo Crusaders and Frente Cumbiero, SRS, Nahash, Mighty Lord Deathman

17th June 2020

From the very top of this week’s podcast we’re dealing with a contradiction of styles from across the globe. There’s remapped jungle from Shanghai, cumbia from Japan, Kenyan luo music from Michigan, tropical psych from Amsterdam and lots more.

Elsewhere, there’s the latest from Moor Mother and DJ Haram’s phenomenal 700 Bliss project, cutup hip hop from canooooopy, the new side project from Giant Swan’s Robin Stewart and Sunun and much more.

Tracklisting
Nahash – The Horns feat. Osheyack (Svbkvlt, China)
Winsome – SUG002-A (Sugar Records, UK)
Minyo Crusaders and Frente Cumbiero – Cumbia del Monte Fuji (Mais Um, UK)
Mighty Lord Deathman – Tolomei Exidy (self-release, UK)
canooooopy – 並行世界の基礎数学 [parallel maths (basic)] (self-release, Japan)
700 Bliss – Sixteen (Adult Swim, USA / Hyperdub, UK)
Lola’s Dice – Cacri ‘e Playa (Music With Soul, Netherlands / Names You Can Trust, USA)
SRS – Spit Fossil (Bokeh Versions, UK)
ESTHER – App Green (POLAAR, France)
Dr. Pete Larson and his Cytotoxic Nyatiti Band – Abiro (Dagoretti Records, USA)

Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston. Hit him up for any and all audio work at nickamc.com and follow him on Twitter @nickamc

#258 – Filthy Gears, Nazar, OOIOO, Ans M, Pö

20th January 2020

Some rough, brilliant experimental sounds this week, one highlight being the brilliant rough Kuduro from Angola’s Nazar, who follows his brilliant Enclave EP with a first LP for Hyperdub. Also from Africa there’s Ghanaian experimentation from Phillipines label Syrphe, we also have punk from Atlanta, psych from Japan, Greek folk, and loads more good stuff.

*Please note: this episode was recorded and released before Wiley outed himself as a racist anti-semite. If he had done this before, we would not have aired his music and will not do so in future*

Tracklisting
Filthy Gears & Wiley – Step Up Two (self-release, UK)
Tiña – Dip (Speedy Wunderground, UK)
Pö – Laydo (Syrphe, Phillipines)
Bruxa Maria – The Void (Hominid Sounds, UK)
Vangas – Dog Walker (Chunklet Industries, USA)
Gary, Indiana – Berlin (self-release, USA)
Nazar – Diverted (Hyperdub, UK)
Hatzihristos Apostolos – The Sun Is Setting on the World (Death is Not the End Records, UK)
Ans M – Haptic Wetness on Your Waterproof Skin (TT, UK)
OOIOO – walk for “345” minutes, while saying “Ah Yeah!” with a “Mountain Book” in one hand, until a shower of light pours down (Thrill Jockey Records, USA)

Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston. Hit him up for any and all audio work at nickamc.com and follow him on Twitter @nickamc

#218 – Tzusing, USA Nails, Leafcutter John, Mana, Asher Levitas

4th March 2019 01:04:48

From Ukrainian grime to Japanese Geisha music, you’re in for an unusual journey through this week’s podcast. Between those two stops we have new noise from ex-Future of the Left and Kong member project USA Nails, Chinese techno from Tzusing, stunning modern classical from Austria’s Martin Ptak, reggae out of Jamaica and Devon and a lot more

Tracklisting
Alyona Alyona – Рибки (self-release, Ukraine)
Tzusing – Circa Taipei (PAN Records, Germany)
USA Nails – Smile (Dipped in Gold Recordings, UK, Big Out Records, France, Hex Records, USA)
Martin Ptak – Merging (Col Legno Records, Austria)
Leafcutter John – Yes! Come Parade With Us (Border Community, UK)
Dignitary Stylish & Interrupt – New Idea (Ram Goat Records, UK)
Asher Levitas – Splintered (Too Fucked to Dance, UK)
Mana – Seven Steps Behind (Hyperdub, UK)
Northwest – London (Tempel Arts, UK)
Kouta Katsutaro – Shima No Museum (Death is Not the End, UK)

Thanks to Nick McCorriston for editing this week’s show. Visit his website at nickamc.com and follow him on Twitter @nickamc

#210 – Favourites of 2018 (not the best of 2018) – part two

17th December 2018 01:20:13

We continue our journey through the exceptional music we’ve enjoyed this year with another batch of music that’s worth looking back on. From the brilliant and silly Marie Davidson track ‘Work It’ through the exquisite sounds of Low and Cucina Povera, this is another cross-section of the stunning independent music released this year.

Tracklisting
Jean Grae & Quelle Chris – Ohsh (Mello Music Group, USA)
Kamasi Washington – Fists of Fury (Young Turks, UK)
Amnesia Scanner – AS Unlinear feat. Pan Daijing (PAN, Germany)
Hilary Woods – Kith (Sacred Bones, USA)
Nazar – Warning Shots (Hyperdub, UK)
Low – Dancing and Blood (Sub Pop Records, USA)
Cucina Povera – Huhuilu (Night School Records, UK)
Marie Davidson – Work It (Ninja Tune, UK)
Throwing Snow – Vulpine (Houndstooth, UK)
Gnod – Donovan’s Daughters (Rocket Recordings, UK)

Listen to part one here

#203 – Meridian Brothers, Nazar, Marie Davidson, Lokier, Donny McCaslin

29th October 2018 01:02:04

You don’t get many better hip wigglers than Colombia’s finest Meridian Brothers, whose latest slice of cumbian delightfulness gets us going this week. Elsewhere, Gareth has a lot of electronics on the heavier side of the spectrum, not least the Japanese collaboration of Shun Konno and Blind Beast bringing the abrasive. Anthony has amazing, amusing techno from Marie Davidson, afro acid Congolese music, Russian punk and a whole lot more.

Tracklisting
Meridian Brothers y Grupo Renacimiento – La Policia (Names You Can Trust, USA)
Nazar – Enclave (Hyperdub Records, UK)
Marie Davidson – Work It (Ninja Tune, UK)
Make’Em – Trava (Silo Rumor, Portugal)
Mirrored Lips – Мать (Cruel Nature Recordings, UK)
Lokier – Screws in Paradise (Pinkman, Netherlands)
Donny McCaslin – Beast (Motéma Music, USA)
Shun Konno and Blind Beast – 竈馬 (Luau Records, UK)
Zazou Bikaye – Na Kenda (Afro-acid mix) (Crammed Discs, Belgium)
Lueke – Champion (Version) (Editions Gravats, France)

#160 – Diron Animal, Peter King, Fatima Al Qadiri, Dagshenma

16th October 2017 01:07:19

We’re a hot mess this week as Anthony has returned from Brugge with a handful of Belgian beers and a whole host of musical treats. We have experimental electronics from Kuwait and Japan, synth ambience from Pittsburgh, Angolan afrofunk, Chicago punk, Australian digidub, Mexican acid cumbia and loads of industrial, rock, and stunning folk music

Tracklisting
Fatima Al Qadiri – Alkahaf feat Bobo Secret & Chaltham (Hyperdub, UK)
Dagshenma – Fryerfry (Chinabot, UK)
Diron Animal – Don’t Stop (Soundway Records, UK)
The Seven Fields of Aphelion – Drift (Losing Light) (Rad Cult, USA)
Melkbelly – Off the Lot (Wax Nine Records, USA)
Peter King & Art + Naram – One Shot of Vodka (Jahtari, Germany)
Shit & Shine – That’s Enough (Rocket Recordings, UK)
Mareaboba – Sueños Lucidos (Pakapi Records, Argentina)
Peter Broderick – A Ride On The Bosphorus (Erased Tapes, USA)
Messe Julligan – Murder the Murdochs (self-release, New Zealand)

#118 – Hey Colossus, Delia Derbyshire, The Wharves, Silkie

28th November 2016

This week Gareth is playing records that are for sale via new IMP-affiliated record store RIYL. It’s an hour in familiar territory for podcast regulars, moving seamlessly between heavy riffage rock, through techno, Finnish jazz edits, library music, Gqom and German Christian funk, with new releases from Surgeon, Silkie, The Wharves, and Delia Derbyshire amongst others. RIYL.co.uk

Tracklisting
Hey Colossus – Hot Grave (MIE Music, UK)
Kari Komppa – 458 R.T. (DJ Sotofett Edit) (Jazzpuu Recordings, Finland)
Silkie – It Wasn’t You (Deep Medi Musik, UK)
Peter Janssens – Eingangslied (Die Rocker) (Tramp Records, Germany)
The Wharves – Sweet Merry Time (Gringo Records, UK)
Delia Derbyshire – Circle of Light OST Side One (Trunk Records, UK)
Surgeon – Bland Ambition Pt.1 (Dynamic Tensions Recordings, UK)
Grandmaster Gareth – The Bigger the Bassline / The Bigger the Waistline (GM Sounds, UK)
Okzharp & Manthe Ribane – Maybe This (Hyperdub, UK)
Oribata – Batuki (Tiff’s Joints, UK)

#111 – Gnod & Surgeon, Blackmass Plastics, Magicpockets, Oribata

10th October 2016

After a week in the wilderness, we’re back with great unknown artists, cult legends and some incredible collaborations – not least the one between Gnod & Surgeon. We kick off with a demo from jazz rockists Blegology and soon mix things up with dystopian electro, flute folk, Brazilian funk, and heavy hitting Soweto. We have collaborations between techno legend Surgeon and Manchester psych rockers Gnod, as well as Portugeses psych band Black Bombain and saxophonist Peter Brötzmann. Throw in some Half Man Half Biscuit and you’ve got yourself an immensely enjoyable hour of independent music.

Tracklisting
Blegology – We’ll Be Free (self-release, UK)
Blackmass Plastics – Twitch Pitch (Ugly Funk, UK)
Black Bombaim & Peter Brötzmann – Part II (Lovers & Lollypops, Portugal)
Michael Dues – Goodbye Rainbow (Tramp Records, Germany)
Magicpockets – Buckle (Penske Recordings, UK)
Oribata – Batuki (Tiff’s Joints, UK)
Gnod & Surgeon – Behind the Lids (Tesla Tapes, UK)
OKZharp & Manthe Ribane – Teleported (Hyperdub, UK)
Grumbling Fur – Heavy Days (Thrill Jockey, USA)
Half Man Half Biscuit – Tending The Wrong Grave for 23 Years (Probe Plus, UK)

#98 – Ela Orleans, The Invisible, Hedge Maze, Swans

27th June 2016

Stunning electronic pop music from Ela Orleans and Alessi are two highlights from this week’s podcast. New tracks also from The Invisible, Endgame, SeekersInternational, KETEV, Hedge Maze and Swans make this a very packed new music podcast

Tracklisting
Ela Orleans – Ghosts and Whispers (Night School Records, UK)
The Invisible – Best of Me (Ninja Tune, UK)
Endgame – Sittin Here Redux (Hyperdub, UK)
Alessi – Love Travels (self-release, UK)
Chipzel – Courtesy (self-release, UK)
SeekersInternational – LoversDedication (Bokeh Versions, UK)
KETEV – I Know No Weekend (Portals Editions, Germany)
Swans – When Will I Return (Mute, UK)
Hedge Maze – Kerb Hits (Lobster Theremin, UK)
Tim Maia – Rational Culture (Luaka Bop, USA)

#92 – Jessy Lanza, Arşivplak, Noveller, Spectre

16th May 2016

Our featured released from Turkey’s Arşivplak is just one of many highlights on this week’s podcast. We’ve also got new tracks from Hyperdub’s latest Jessy Lanza, France surfers Juniore, Colombian electronics from Titanik, Balam Acab, the brutal sounds of Spectre, and another one from the mind-bending I Know I’m An Alien. We also have a recent one from loud Japanese band Otoboke Beaver, and older sounds from Camberwell Now

Tracklisting
Otoboke Beaver – いまさらわたしに話ってなんえ [What do you mean you have talk to me at this late date?] (Damnably Records , UK)
Arşivplak – Volga Nehri (Arşivplak, UK)
Noveller – Pulse Point (Fire Records, UK)
Jessy Lanza – It Means I Love You (Hyperdub, UK)
Juniore – La Route (A+LSO, France)
Titanik – Costradamus (Pakapi Records, Argentia)
Camberwell Now – Working Nights (ReR Megacorp, UK)
Spectre – Enter the Holy Terror (Small but Hard Records, UK)
I Know I’m An Alien – The Anunnaki (self-release, UK)
Balam Acab – Underwater Forever (Orchid Tapes, USA)

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