FAVOURITE TEN TUNES OF 2009

KLIMEK - True Enemies And False Friends
MAYER HAWTHORNE - I Wish It Would Rain
JAMIE VEXD - In System Travel
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - My Girls
THE FIELD - The More That I Do (Thomas Fehlmann's Frantic Flow Remix)
SAINT ETIENNE - Method Of Modern Love (Richard X Join Our Clique Mix)
A MADE UP SOUND - Rework
KODE 9 - Black Sun
MOS DEF FT. THE RULER - Auditorium
MAJOR LAZER - Hold The Line FT. MR LEXX & SANTOGOLD

RETURN TO YOUR SEATS

LES BAXTER FEATURING BAS SHEVA - Terror

GRAVEDIGGAZ - Diary Of A Madman

AUTO-TUNE OF THE YEAR

JAHDAN BLAKKAMOORE - The General

LIONDUB & MATT SHADETEK - The General Riddim

WAREHOUSE EVERY WEEKEND FOR 2 YEARS

LFO - LFO (Leeds Warehouse Mix)

THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS PALESTINIAN

BIG STAR - Jesus Christ

THE MORE EXTENDED VERSIONS - Dondestan

HEAVEN ON EARTH

SPACEMEN 3 - Walking With Jesus

THE MUSLIMS - Walking With Jesus

DOUGLAS SIRK ON THE ROAD TO WIGAN CASINO

RITA & THE TIARAS - Gone With The Wind Is My Love

SUMMER LOVING HAPPENS SO FAST

LONE - Karen Loves Kate

EARLY 70s TV THEMATICS

CALIFORNIA MUSIC - California Music

KEBABTRAUMA

RALPH MARTERIE - Shish-Kebab

AFRICA AIN'T KANSAS

DJ BC - Stop The Violence In Africa (Toto vs. BDP)

BEFORE INDIE WAS A GENRE

THE DELMONTES - Tous Les Soirs

BLUE-EYED INDOPHILIA

PAÏKAN & THE SADHUS - Dance Floor Fight


GOLD PANDA - Quitter's Raga

BUNKA FUNK

BETTY DAVIS - Game Is My Middle Name

COMPRESSING THE 80s POWER BALLAD

HUDSON MOHAWKE - Shower Melody

IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM

BILLY BOYO FEATURING LITTLE JOHN - Janet Sinclair

DASH AND LILY

LIZZY MERCIER DESCLOUX - Hard-Boiled Babe

CAN'T GET LOOSE WITHOUT THAT JUICE

POWER OF TOWER & THE KILLER FUNK RENEWABLE RESOURCE ALLSTARS BIG BAND - There's Only So Much Oil In The Ground So We Better Start Looking For Alternative Power Supplies

GOTTLE A GEAR

WALTER 'BUDDY BOY' HAWKINS - Voice Throwin' Blues

KRAFTWERK - The Voice of Energy

MUSIC FOR MINARETS

DUSK + BLACKDOWN vs. GRIEVOUS ANGEL - Rolling Raj Deep (Drum Ritual)

SURGE FUNK

Just when it seemed safe for Gunga Din to reveal that he was a double agent, Killer Funk exposed him to another of their 7" edits.

OBAMA & THE YES WE CAN LATIN FUNK EXPRESS - Hold On! (Crackle + Pop Re Edit)

EASY LISTENING EBONICS

If it hasn't already been done, there's a history to be written of hip hop's love of James Last, Bert Kaempfert and other lounge orchestrations. Public Enemy in the boardroom with Herb Alpert. DJ Premier in a corner of the orchestra pit with his sampler. True to the ethos of sampling, Butch Cassidy Sound System has mutated into Pablo.

PABLO - The Story of Sampling

BITTERSWEET SOUL MUSIC FROM DETROIT

The Smiths might have recorded a version of these dark vibraphonics as a B-side for one of their singles


LITTLE ANN - Deep Shadows

TOUGH AS LEATHER

'We don't make too many speeches because it's all about the music'


BREAKAGE FT. DAVID RODIGAN & NEWHAM GENERALS - Hard

ALL MY TROUBLES SEEMED SO FAR AWAY

Didn't know until I listened to his film music that Serge Gainsbourg had such a flair for pastiche. Can't get enough of the chequered McCartneyism of this Jane Birkin song and I want to float forever in the Fender Rhodes of the instrumental.


JANE BIRKIN - Yesterday Yes A Day (from Madame Claude)

SERGE GAINSBOURG - First Class Ticket/Yesterday on Fender

COMPUTER LOVERS

Secondhand Deleuze, Guattari and electronica. Hyperdub's latest bright stars melt early Depeche Modalities into hundreds and thousands of plateaux.


DARKSTAR - Aidy's Girl is A Computer

OR WAS HE PUSHED

His royal bassness gives us an Indo dub take on Roy Budd's theme for the English northeastern gangster flick. This wouldn't have sounded amiss on Bim Sherman's Miracle.


JAH WOBBLE - Get Carter Version (Cliff Brumby Mix)

LICENCE DHIKAO

More sampled Hindi filmi dialogues (Shashi Kapoor?) on an instrumental version of a Dudley Perkins tune.

MADLIB - Muzak

NO XMAS FOR JOHN QUAY

BLUE ORCHIDS - Bad Education (1982 Radio Session Version)



"Through no fault of my own, I'm in a sticky situation. I'm suffering the consequences of a bad education."

PAKISTANI PLUGS

TAFO BROTHERS - Bhijli Bhari Hai

TIME FOR THE COUNTDOWN CONUNDRUM

SAINT ETIENNE - Stoned To Say The Least (Richard X mix)




Sarah Cracknell recites Jon Savage's London travelogue from the sleevenotes of Foxbase Alpha.

I GET DOWN ON MY KNEES AND PRAY

NEW ORDER - Bizarre Love Triangle (7" Version)

CALIFORNIA DREAMING

ALICE COLTRANE - Prema

WATER BUFFALO STANCE

DON CHERRY - Malkauns

WORKING ON THE MANUSCRIPT

A MADE UP SOUND - Rework

7 INCHES OF PLEASURE

Nick and I will be playing only seven-inch vinyl on The Basement this Saturday, 24 October from 4 - 6 pm New Zealand time. Listen to us streaming live on BASE 107.3 FM here

CHASING TIME

I will arrive at my destination
Upgrade upload slow

OH, DON'T ASK WHY

JAHMIGA - Whiskey Dub


Where are you Jim? I'm axing you. Where are you Jim?

NOT CRICKET

LUKE VIBERT - Batting For England

beyond a boundary

PLANETARY GEOMETRIES

JOHN MARTYN - One World

WHAT'S THAT MARK ON YOUR FOREHEAD?

KORLA PANDIT - Aicha's Dance (Moghul Suite)

FILASTINE - To The Motherfucking East

Why are the Iranians dreaming again?

BREATHLESS

MONOLAKE - Plumbicon (Rebreather Mix)

I SPIT ON YOUR FACE(BOOK)

I'm so hacked off with Facebook. Firstly, it doesn't load properly; secondly, the new interface is crap. Is that like the Woody Allen joke about the food being horrible and such small portions?

BLOCK PRINT VILLAGE

MORE DECKAGE

FAWZI & SAMIA

DECK RAIL

POP STARS

I saw Claire Grogan on Celebrity Master Chef once.

EVOLUTION

AISHA - The Creator
MARTYN - Natural Selection (Flying Lotus Remix)

FOR THE SLUM DWELLERS

SKATALITES - Tribute To Nehru