Independent Music Podcast

There are a few sound issues in this week's show due to technical issues... sorry about that! Another week with slow, contemplative, exquisite sounds from across the globe. It all starts with Moroccan field recordings spliced into excellent techno, we have Japanese experiments, drones about water heating appliances and a whole lot more Tracklisting HAAi - It's Something We Can All Learn From (self-release, UK) Jatinder Singh Durhailay & Suren Seneviratne - Petit Oiseau (Poetic Pastel Press, UK) Takahiro Mukai - #212 (Cruel Nature Recordings, UK) M. Aviz - Londres (Favela Discos, Portugal) Merlin Nova - Boiler & I (self-release, UK) Centrum - Stjärnor (Rocket Recordings, UK) Bajram Bili - No Fugue (Lumière Noire, France) Mecánica Popular - Estridentismo (Rub-a-Dub, UK) Mattias Gustafsson - 4th movement: Allt som andades har tystnat (B.A.A.D.M., Belgium) Roméo Poirier & Lars Haga Raavand - Kystwerk (Kit Records. UK)

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 h

After the mellow nature of last week's podcast, this week we've dug out a bit more of the nasty. Not least some cracking synth-led sounds from Serbia, Uruguay, and Israel. We also have new ones from old favourites Pye Corner Audio and Matmos amongst tuba toting Theon Cross, Indonesian house and loads more. Tracklisting Stevie Whisper - The Crying Wolf (YES, Serbia)Mark Pritchard - Come Let Us (Warp Records, UK)Black Chama - God of Chama (Raash Records, Israel)Matmos - Plastic Anniversary (Thrill Jockey, USA)Somesurprises - What Makes (Crash Symbols Records, USA)Theon Cross - The Offerings (Gearbox Records, UK)L’orgasme Masochiste - Electrocutofilia (self-release, Uruguay)Pye Corner Audio - Hollow Earth (Ghost Box, UK)Artificial - Adios Amigo (Aditya Permana Deeper Version) (Talking Machine, Indonesia)Paisel - Satellite (Rocket Recordings, UK)  

Taking ambience to the extreme this week, there is a lot of beautiful music on podcast 216, not least the absolute exquisite records from Cucina Povera and Faten Kanaan. Amongst the picks this week is Iranian spike fiddle, screaming Scottish acapellas, sound recordings from the Argentinian jungle and more.

If you're looking for unusual sounds, you don't have to search far into this week's podcast. The opening noise of Colombian noiseniks Chupame El Dedo (trans. Suck the Finger) is the type of tropical Cumbia you won't find anywhere else.  Moving on from that this week, there is stunning dub music from the exceptionally exciting Bristol scene, abrasive rock music, soul music from Germany, and more synths than you can shake a theremin at. It's a good week... Tracklisting Chupame El Dedo - No te Metas con Satan (Discrepant, UK) Sandy Lynch - Schway Dub (Avon Terror Corps, UK) Bruxa Maria - Purple Aki (God Unknown Records, UK) Acidliner - Die As He Pan (New Atlantis Records, UK) Nihiloxica - Dubigwanjuba (Nyege Nyege Tapes, Uganda) Black Midi - Speedway (Rough Trade Records, UK) The Polyversal Souls -Feqer Feqer Nèw (feat. Alemayehu Eshete) (Philophon, Germany) Lower Slaughter - The Measure of a Man (Box Records, UK) Baïkonour - Urusvati (self-release, UK) AK/DK - Defragment to Survive (Little Miss Echo Recordings,

Rare new sounds from the underground on this week's show as we have self-released experimental Mapuche music from Chile, field recordings from Indonesia, and intense music from Kenyan producer Slikback.  Tracklisting Cocaine Piss - Pretty Pissed (Hypertension Records, Belgium) Tecnología Para Ser Libres - Nguillatun (self-release, Chile) King Midas Sound - You Disappear (Cosmo Rhythmatic, Germany) Aesop Rock & Tobacco - Corn Maze (Rhymesayers Entertainment, USA) Black to Comm - Double Happiness in Temporal Decoy (Thrill Jockey, USA) Slikback - Rage (Hakuna Kulala, Uganda) Housewives - SmttnKttns (Blank Editions, UK) Semut Ireng - Daul (Aural Archipelago, Indonesia) Alameda 5 - CDTE (Instant Classic, Poland) Mighty Lord Deathman - Modern Art (self-release, UK)

On this week's show we kick things off with the latest weird hiphop drop from Germany's Prrrrrrr Records, we have pleasant jazz from Norway, beautiful guitar from William Tyler, an early contender for record of the year from Krikor, and some hefty noise from all corners. Tracklisting edac - onto (Prrrrrrr Records, Germany)William Tyler - Call Me When I’m Breathing Again (Merge Records, USA) USA/Mexico - Matamoros (12XU Recordings, USA / Riot Season Records, UK) Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Ole Morten Vågan - Far Ago and Long Away (Odin, Norway) Krikor - T-800 Factory / The Austrian Oak Take 1 (self-release, France)Test Dept - Landlord (One Little Indian, UK) Chiclosx - Paso (DesembocadurA, Mexico)Tanya Tagaq - Snowblind (Six Shooter Records, Canada) Bremen - Aimless Cruising (Blackest Ever Black, UK)Deafkids - Mente Bicameral (Neurot Recordings, USA)

Music from Belize and Sweden, as well as brand new experimentation from across the globe

Anthony is still away so this week we have a recording from Gareth's show on NTS Radio in which he plays music that's exciting him this year.  Recorded live, it includes the blistering sounds of 14 year old Tanzanian singeli artist Dogo Janja, first plays of brand new Pye Corner Audio and Jay Glass Dubs, experimental percussion from Indonesia's DIVISI62, Ghanaian reggae, UK grime, acid cumbia and Georgian modern classical We will be back to normal next week! Tracklisting Jay Mitta - Tatizo Pesa feat Dogo Janja (Nyege Tapes, Uganda) Szare - Miner (Polity Records, UK) Nazar - Warning Shots (Hyperdub Records, UK) Jay Glass Dubs - Laid Down (Bokeh Versions, UK) wahono - Prambanan (DIVISI 62, Indonesia) Karsten Pflum - Fishes and Plantses (Touched Electronix, UK) Y-Bayani and his Band of Enlightenment, Reason, and Love - Asembi Ara Amba (Philophon, Germany) Cass x Rida - Devil Emoji (Pirate Culture, UK) Pye Corner Audio - Mindshaft (GhostBox, UK) Romperayo - Ay Que Pulguita (Discrepant, UK) Julia Kent - Imbalance

The guys are on holiday until 14 January, so in the meantime here's a cracking episode from early last year. There's music from industrial pioneer Chris Carter (ex Throbbing Gristle / Chris & Cosey) and breakcore pioneer Venetian Snares. There's also exceptional contemporary sounds from Russian jazz punks Сольвычегодск and spoken word dub from Leslie Winer and Jay Glass Dubs  Tracklisting Warmduscher – Big Wilma (The Leaf Label, UK) Chris Carter – Blissters (Mute Records, UK) Solo Banton – Super Lyrics (Reality Shock Records, UK) Paper Dollhouse – Haze (MoonDome, UK) Сольвычегодск – Ко мне (self-release, Russia) UUUU – Verlagerung, Verlagerung, Verlagerung (Editions Mego, Austria) Leslie Winer and Jay Glass Dubs – Woodshedded (Bokeh Versions, UK) Golden Retriever – Thread of Light (Thrill Jockey, USA) Bisk – Neo-noir (self-release, UK) Venetian Snares – The Shriek She Made When She Died Was Erased By The Sound of Lightning (Mute Song, UK) Support

Our third part of our 2018 review has heavy rock railing against gentrification, North African-infused jazz, Chilean techno, Ugandan bass, Thai noise, and sea creature folktales. Thank you for listening this year. To listen to our fourth and final part of our review, support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/independentmusicpodcast Tracklisting Anthroprophh - Housing Act 1980 (Rocket Recordings, UK) Khalab - Cannavaro feat. Clap! Clap! (On the Corner, UK) Emanative - Spice Roots feat. Nat Birchall (Jazzman Records, UK) Ecko Bazz - Tuli Banyo (Hakuna Kulala, Uganda) Rival Consoles - Dreamer’s Wake (Erased Tapes, UK) Tomás Urquieta - La Sustancia de la Materia (Infinite Machine, Mexico) Sealionwoman - Remain (Antigen Records, UK) Hekla - Muddle (Phantom Limb, UK) Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs -  Shockmaster (Rocket Recordings, UK) Pisitakun - SOSLEEP03 (Chinabot, UK)

The last podcast before we move into reviewing another amazing year of independent music sees another phenomenal batch of new releases.  Starting with some experimental music from the New York underground we move swiftly through new music from Lebanese duo Praed, Japanese illbient, the latest single from the amazing HHY & The Macumbas LP, stunning violin electronics from Machinefabriek and Anne Bakker, through to excellent releases from 2019 with the new Gum Takes Tooth and Man From Uranus releases. Tracklisting Hontos - 1 (BANK Records NYC, USA) Praed - Doomsday Survival Kit (Akuphone Records, France) Meitei / 冥丁 - Jizo / 地蔵 (Evening Chants, Singapore) HHY & The Macumbas – Swisid Mekanize Rejiman (House of Mythology, UK) Machinefabriek with Anne Bakker - Scene 2 (self-release, Netherlands) Lia Mice - Overwrite the Past (Optimo Music, UK) Modeselektor feat. Flohio - Wealth (MonkeyTown Records, Germany) Gum Takes Tooth - Borrowed Lies (Rocket Recordings, UK) Andrea - Future Atmo (Ilian Tape, Germany) M

**There was an error in the original upload, this is the full episode** As we close in on the year end, the exceptional new independent music just isn't drying up. This week we take in the sounds of Somalia, Turkey, Indonesia, and more on our usual traipse around new interesting, independent sounds. Tracklisting Sofheso - 0102 (First Terrace Records, UK) Deft - Bellyboy (feat. BUCHANAN) (20/20 LDN Recordings, UK) Italia 90 - New Factory (Box Records, UK) Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek - Oy Oy Emine (Les Disques Bongo Joe, Switzerland) Andrew DR Abbott - Daisy Hill (Bloxham Tapes, UK) Bad@Maths - Levin B w/Dodgelodge - Gravey Milks Toi Truth (Slip, UK) Randall Dunn - A True Home (feat. Zola Jesus) (Figureight Records, USA) OCnotes - Somebody Loves You (self-release, USA) Dur-Dur Band - Yabaal (Analog Africa, Germany) Jonathan Kusuma - Edit 003 (Dekadenz Records, Indonesia)

It may feel like we're playing everything from Uganda's Hakuna Kulala label, but we're cherry picking the best music from the uber prolific label. This week it's the exceptional face off of Kampalans Ecko Bazz and Bigga Yut trading verses over the production of Nihiloxica's pq. Elsewhere there's new music from Throwing Snow's third LP, two batches of Polish experimentation, synth pop from Free Love's luxury hits, Finnish pop rock and lots more. Tracklisting Ecko Bazz feat Bigga Yut - Tuli Banyo (prod. by pq) (Hakuna Kulala, Uganda) Káryyn - Segment and the Line (Mute Records, UK) Rättö ja Lehtisalo - Valonnopeus (Ektro Records, Finland) Makaya McCraven - Young Genius (feat. Joel Ross) (International Anthem, USA) Throwing Snow - Simmer (Houndstooth, UK) WIDT x Christoph de Babalon - Awlatan (Bocian Records, Poland) Jérôme Noetinger / Robert Piotrowicz / Anna Zaradny - The One Who Searches for Cracks (Musica Genera, Poland) Jibóia - Diatessaron (Discrepant, UK)  Free Love - Tomorrow Could Be Heaven (Full Ashram

Bookended by pioneers, this week's episode of the Independent Music Podcast is a really special one. To open we have the first taste of Throbbing Gristle legend Cosey Fanni Tutti's new solo LP due next year. To close we have throat singing Indonesian experimentalists Senyawa, whose new LP is out through US label Sublime Frequencies. Elsewhere there's Lewisham grime from the exciting Flohio, some South American tinged German cold electronics from Japan, a awesome back of the tour van slice of techno and some David Lynch jazz... Tracklisting Cosey Fanni Tutti - Tutti (edit) (Conspiracy International, UK) Flohio - Wild Yout (Alpha, UK) Acid Cannibals - Life’s Alright (Hominid Sounds, UK) Pessimist - SPRTLZM (Pessimist Productions, UK) Thought Gang - Logic and Common Sense (Sacred Bones, USA) Sueño Sueño - Nao (MIND Records, Japan) Audiobooks - Dealing With Hoarders (Heavenly Recordings, UK) Debmaster - Space Tribe (Hakuna Kulala, Uganda) Drumm Chimp - Moominal (self-release, UK) Senyawa - Tanggalkan Di Dunia (Un

This week our selection of new exciting music starts us off in Germany, where Berlin quintet Onom Agemo & The Disco Jumpers have a new afrobeat-flavoured record to get us going. Elsewhere we have more danceable music from the Capo Verde, Cambodian techno, South Yorkshire dancehall, Danish acid and lots more. Tracklisting Onom Agemo & The Disco Jumpers - Super Cannes (Agogo Records, Germany) Claiana - Bizness (Favela Discos, Portugal) E-Talking - Telephone Rose (Whities, UK) Colin Stetson - Relapse (Anacapamusic, USA) Parly B - You Mi a Look (ft Mungo's Hi Fi & Charlie P) (Scotch Bonnet, UK) Workin' Man Noise Unit - Sloucher (Riot Season Records, UK) Lafidki - The Ceremony of the Drowned (Bezirk / Chinabot, UK) Anchorsong - Testimony (Tru Thoughts, UK) Karsten Pflum - Red Roof (Moniker Eggplant, Germany) Caterina Barbieri - We Access Only a Fraction (Important Records, USA)   Support the podcast on Patreon: https://patreon.com/independentmusicpodcast

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)

A special one hour show from Gareth playing some of his favourite discoveries from his time in Indonesia. Having spent time exploring music scenes in both Jakarta and Bandung, he's picked out ten stunners that range from breakcore madness, to surf, house, jazz, grindcore, psych, and a whole lot more. Tracklisting Tesla Manaf - Opaque ft. Rio Abror (Mabes Music, Indonesia) Noxa - Dimusnahkan Diabadikan (self-release, Indonesia) The Southern Beach Terror - Tsunami Bomb (Elevation Records, Indonesia / Sonic Funeral Records, Indonesia) Sunmantra - When You Bite My Lips (Roam Recordings, USA) Superfine - Rabbit Hole (Bhang Records, Indonesia) Bottlesmoker - Bonet Circle (Yes No Wave Music, Indonesia) Sigmun - Behelit (Orange Cliff Records, Indonesia) Rafi Muhammad - Break the Rules (Berita Angkasa Records, Indonesia) Godplant - Radikal (Lawless Jakarta Records, Indonesia) Duo Kribo - Uang (Keepkeep Musik, Indonesia)   With thanks to the British Council for funding the trip

This week we're keeping it local to where we record the podcast, with eight of our ten tracks being released on UK-based record labels. That doesn't stop the international flavour of the artists though, and Estonia's Maarja Nuut has just released a record that is amongst the best we've heard all year. We also have Polish sci-fi dubs from Dreadsquad released via Glasgow's Scotch Bonnet Records, we have London-based Indian jazz musician Sarathy Korwar, noisy new tracks from Part Chimp and Blóm and a whole lot more. Tracklisting Baïkonour - Runner I (Embassy Recordings, UK) Maarja Nuut & Ruum - Haned Kadunud (130701 Records, UK) Dreadsquad - Space (Scotch Bonnet Records, UK) UUUU - Electric Blanket (Editions Mego, Austria) Alma Negra - Sedowa (Lumberjacks in Hell, Netherlands) Part Chimp -  Doctor Horse (self-release, UK) Sarathy Korwar - Earth (Gearbox Records, UK) Los Bitchos - The Link is About to Die (self-release, UK) Map71 - Primary Radioaction (Foolproof Projects/Fourth Dimension Records, UK) Blóm - T

The morning after the night before! We're super grateful to all our amazing listeners, and we got a huge amount more for podcast 200. Hopefully those of you who came in on #200 are ready for #201, because we've got a whole new batch of amazing new sounds for your ears. First up there's the fantastic percussion of João Pais Filipe, who's a member of Porto's ace HHY & The Macumbas (featured on #197). In keeping with percussive experiments we also have the Domadana Kadodi Performers from Uganda released (of course) on the excellent Nyege Nyege Tapes.  Elsewhere we've got super experimental sounds from Emerging Industries of Wuppertal via Singapore's ShanGORIL La Records, we have something closer to home in the UK's nasty, noisy Blood Claat Orange. To wash that down with got sublime jazz from Swindle, stunning folk from Sharron Kraus and a whole lot more... Tracklisting João Pais Filipe - Kavusan (Lovers & Lollypops, Portugal) Rabit - The Quickening (Halcyon Veil, USA) Sharron Kraus -Something Out of Noth