Diagonale Du Vide

w/ Lake Ruth, The New Lines, The Sea And Cake, Plone, Tortoise, Bertrand Burgalat, The High Llamas, Jim O'Rourke, Monade, Giorgio Tuma, Caverns Of Anti-Matter, Stereolab, Adrian Younge, Imitation Electric Piano, Le SuperHomard, April March, more

The recent amazing Stereolab reissues have propelled me back into the "comfort food" of my tastes, which is not at all a bad thing.  A much more "straightforward" mix, and one I actually really like.  It may actually be my favorite at this moment (though I feel that way about most of them at some point or another).  Dots And Loops changed my life when I was 16 (not remotely being hyperbolic there), and the genealogy of Stereolab and the doors opened that led to their peers was incredibly important.  I'm not saying the bulk of this is reminiscent of 'Lab, but they were the key that opened the door for me.  This mix is a bit of a palate cleanser I guess, nothing too weird, just incredibly damned great songs.  

I would also urge anyone reading to check out Lake Ruth's latest 7-inch, which you can get here.  I can't recommend it enough.  You can hear some of it in this mix - they're a great band that seem to just get better with every release, they hold their own alongside the greats like the aforementioned Stereolab et al, and they're also lovely people and a band very much worth of your support.  

I hope you enjoy the mix!

xx
Nick

Sans Issue

w/ Cobalt Chapel, Pram, John Cale, Comus, Moon Wiring Club, Broadcast, Brainticket, The Advisory Circle, Egg, Ennio Morricone, Goblin, Fusioon, Magnetic Systems, Lena Platonos, Bruno Nicolai, Simon Park, Stereolab, Boards Of Canada, Armando Sciascia, Julian's Treatment, Jean-Pierre Massiera, Grazie Zia, Hax Cel, Strawberry Alarm Clock, The Vampires Of Dartmoore, Caravelli & Vasori, Syd Barrett, Vandroogenbroeck & Allen + Reidy, Manfred Hubler, more

Slightly (and initially unintentionally, or at least unconsciously) somewhat Halloween-esque - but only a little, I think.  

Generator Foxtrot

w/ Jacques Thollot, Cavern of Anti-Matter, Moon Wiring Club, Cosmic Analog Ensemble, BBC Radiophonic Workshop, David Axelrod, Death And Vanilla, Belbury Poly, Time Attendant, Tony Iglio, Argo, P Wilsher & K Chesher, Broadcast, Richard Norris, Forever Pavot, The Advisory Circle, Paul Guiot, Giampiero Boneschi, Eddie Warner, Don Harper, Cecil Leuter, Franco Mincalizzi, Simon Park, Frank Dukes, Mario Molino, Lamprot's Group, more

Pendulum

w/ Harmonia, Broadcast, Atomic Forest, The Galaxy Electric, Uilab, Klaatu, Lake Ruth, Moon Wiring Club, Stereolab, Brian Eno, Jacco Gardner, The New Lines, The Torchbearers, Christophe, Fuehrs & Froehling, Gila, Europa 51, Chrysalis, April March & Aquaserge, Irmin Schmidt & Bruno Spoerri, Giles, Giles and Fripp, more