Tag: Jon Hopkins
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RC 220: The Quiet Hours (Harmonices Mundi)
Kepler’s Supernova (1604) in the constellation of Ophiuchus Music of the Spheres, Clocks, Stars, Einstein on the beach, Ships in rain, Harmony of the universe, Tidal pools, Kepler, Dr Dee, Philip Glass, Shrigley’s StrangeFruit, Supernovas and bad record release dates all in this ambient episode of Radio Clash – from 90’s electronica to modern hypnagogic,…
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Little Boots (Tensnake Remix) and Record Store Day
Yes I did Record Store Day, I travelled down to Rough Trade East (there aren’t any record stores near me anymore apart from another smaller Rough Trade in the west!) and found I had to queue (see picture – oh by the way I’ve sold my photographic soul and joined Instagram). Also they inflicted two…
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RC 211: Mercury Rising
Hottest October for two centuries, warmest September in about 30 years, riots, no podcast for over 2 months, music prize surprises…(ok maybe not the last one). Chaos? Discordianism? Bolivian Cats? Need to send a message to the God of Luxury Bags: What in hades is going on? And put on the tea, I’ll be there…
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Sitting on the Fence
Was listening to the 6Music show about King Creosote and Jon Hopkins ‘Diamond Mine’ (well worth listening to both the show and the album, fave of this year so far) and I still think they wuz robbed of the Mercury Prize. Yes ‘Let England Shake’ is good, but PJ’s squawking gets irritating after a while,…
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Wild Beasts go Gaga
It takes a lot after the lacklustre Born This Way album to pay attention to La GaGa but it looks like she’s not counted out yet – asking Wild Beasts to remix her You and I song (sorry can’t be bothered with the umlauts either, they’re as tiresome as that album!) which you can hear…
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RC 208: Drowning in The Sun
(Weymouth collage, by Tim B) From walks along cliff tops to the deaths of red tops, the paper sea keeps rolling on, so rains the British Summer. I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide, Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied…