October 21, 2019
Belters aplenty tonight from a fittingly doom ladened playlist. A sign of the times we hear you cry. Never fear, we’ll pepper it with some pure joy as always. No Nick tonight as he’s galavanting, so it’ll be twice as loud and twice as heavy in his absence.
All That Matters Is The Moments – The Comet Is Coming, Joshua Idehen
WIEM Breast Tax – COLOSSAL SQUID, Melt Yourself Down
トラップ – mouse on the keys
Anasickmodular – Floating Points
Death Sequence iii – The Physics House Band, Stewart Lee
Stikki – Joshua Blackmore
Lactic Tang – Alarmist
Ducter – black midi
Squirrel Song – Shellac
To Hell with Good Intentions – Mclusky
Career-Minded Individual – Enablers
Stolen – ISIS, Aereogramme
Sof – Ore
Troubled Air – Sunn 0)))
The Botanist – Sleep
Erosion always wins – François J. Bonnet, Stephen O'Malley
凶兆 – 勝井祐二
Sinking Ship – Jan Bang
Cut 3 – Viridian
Waiting – Bowditch
Santa Teresa – EOB
Gently - n/a
September 23, 2019
Nick and James are back with an absolutely pukka playlist overflowing with new noise. This month's racket features Bodyhound, Hackney Colliery Band, Dylan Carlson, M83 and an album of the month from The Utopia Strong.
7.3 - Supersilent
Crushing Lactic - The Hackney Colliery Band
Lifeforce Part II - The Comet Is Coming
Second Bend - Body Hound
Anna Painting - Four Tet
Swimmer - The Utopia Strong
Helix - Kelly Moran
Blood Rain - Ital Tek
fyrsta - Flughand, steichi
SOTRS - Caterina Barbieri
Brainsurgeons 3 - The Utopia Strong
Descending - Tool
Temple of Sorrow - M83
Cathartic Pressure Waves - Lightbath
Stone In Focus - Benoit Pioulard
Conquistador - Dylan Carlson
August 26, 2019
Otherwires returns with medium fanfare and great aplomb featuring noise from Thom Yorke, Sun Ra, John Coltrane, Fennesz, r beny and Daughters.
Fennesz - In My Room
Meitei - Chouchin
Sigur Ros - Svefn-g-englar
Eli Keszler - Measurement Doesn't Change The System At All
Daughters - Less Sex
Earth - Cats On The Briar
Abul Mogard - Bound Universe
Abul Mogard / Ayisha Devi - O.M.A.
Stereolab - Diagonals
Madlib - Stepping Into Tomorrow
Sun Ra - Today Is Not Yesterday
John Coltrane - Blue World
R Beny - Echo's Verse
Thom Yorke - Impossible Knots
Thom Yorke / Flea / Wynton Marsalis - Daily Battles 1+2
Tim Hecker - Into The Void
Nivhek - Walking In A Spiral Towards The House
Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent)
March 11, 2019
The final hoorah in this chapter of Otherwires sees Nick and James absolutely rinsing their album of the month from Anton Eger, punctuated by stunning cuts from Aqueduct Ensemble, Jimi Hendrix, Voces8, Skee Mask and many MANY more. This is all for now folks. Much peace and much love. x
Jimi's Juju - Leon Mobley & Umar Bin Hussan
You Haven't Done Nothin' - Stevie Wonder
Oxford Supernova - Anton Eger
Activate - Theon Cross
In Perfect Air - Aqueduct Ensemble
Floor Face Down - Ian Pooley
Broken Home - Burial
Rausch 6 - GAS
A Bright Resemblance - Light Conductor
Monolith - Anton Eger
CIYA - Theon Cross
C. Backlit - Aqueduct Ensemble
Kozmic Flush - Skee Mask
How Deep Is The Ocean - John Coltrane
Never Not - Anton Eger
Over and Out - Nine Inch Nails
Pyramid Song - Voces8
Machine Gun - Jimi Hendrix
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January 14, 2019
James Green & Nick Dawson round up a tumultuous 2018. The crushing return of Low, that track (and video) by Childish Gambino, further epic-ness from Kamasi Washington, all the way brilliance from Shabaka Hutchings... music for our times and no mistake.
3 albums absolutely demanding to be '...of the year' in the form of meticulous widescreen post-rock from Matt Calvert, absolute root deep hip hop from Kev Brown and all encompassing jazz for-the-people from Makaya McCraven. This is how I got through 2018.
Buhrstone - Sarah Davachi
Quorum - Low
My Queen Is Mamie Phipps Clark - Sons of Kemet
Medina - Kamaal Williams
Street Fighter Mas - Kamasi Washington
Good Friday (Boards of Canada Remix) - WHY?, Boards of Canada
This Is America - Childish Gambino
Neon Pattern Drum - Jon Hopkins
Terracotta - Tangents
Human Range - Nils Frahm
Dotwork - Delta Sleep
I’m Janick Gers - Vennart
Denise Paints - Colin Stetson
Back to Electric - Lori Scacco
Empty Grids - r beny
14.12 - Supersilent
Young Genius - Makaya McCraven
Suffer - Matt Calvert
M Go Round - Kev Brown
Time - Kev Brown
Computer Stuff - Kev Brown
Future Classic - Kev Brown
We Won - Kev Brown
December 17, 2018
Otherwires #50
Nick & James return for an unlikely 50th peek into the disparate worlds of jazz, post-rock and electronica. This time Matt Calvert of Three Trapped Tigers is in the studio to discuss his new solo album Typewritten. Album of the Month is Kev Brown's Delve into Classical Moog, there's new music from Anthony Shadduck, Ghost-Note and Ill Considered plus a dig back through the crates to find some gems which have lit up our lives over the past 4 years.
Ali Farka Toure - Ruby
Anthony Shadduck/Jeff Parker - The Story of Maryam
Ill Considered - White Christmas
Ghost-Note - Weedie B. Good
Kev Brown - Introduction/Robot Jungle/Victorious
Matt Calvert in conversation with James
Brokeback - We Let The 'S' Hang In The Air
Tortoise - Ten Day Interval
Jeff Parker - Visions
Moses Sumney - Quarrel
BADBADNOTGOOD - The Hyssop of Love
Yussef Kamaal - Strings of Light
Bohren und der Club of Gore - Unkerich
Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchinanda
November 19, 2018
Otherwires is back with a whole heap of brand spanking new jazz, featuring new music from Makaya McCraven and hot cuts from Yazz Ahmen, Miles Davis and Laurel Halo. This month's live session comes from Otherwires favourite Wil Bolton, who provides an absolutely stunning set of ambient heaven.
Osiris - Maisha
Holy Lands - Makaya McCraven
Organ Eternal - Yazz Ahmed
Honky Tonk - Miles Davis
Prosperity's Fear - Makaya McCraven
Voila - Makaya McCraven
The Creator Has A Masterplan - Sarathy Korwar
The Fifth Monk - Makaya McCraven
WIL BOLTON OTHERWIRES LIVE 1,2 & 3
Compact Rhythem - Graham Dunning
Raw Silk Uncut Wood - Laurel Halo
The Evening Hate - Chelidon Frame
October 22, 2018
Otherwires 48 featuring Slow Clinic Live in the studio. (there's no speaking for the first half due to a tech glitch, which is probably a bonus really)
Keyed Out - Tim Hecker
Suite Haus - Makaya McCraven feat. Nubya Garcia
Autumn - Wun Two
Seye - Fofoulah
Freedom Funk Chant - Damu The Fudgemunk/Raw Poetic
Yu or Me - Matt Calvert*
Volk - Thom Yorke
Morning Of - Colin Stetson
Interactivity in Plastic Space - Lori Scacco
SLOW CLINIC Live in session
Suffer - Matt Calvert*
White Lies - TATRAN
Tiger Song - Lori Scacco
Denise Paints - Colin Stetson
Ghost Ship - Matt Calvert*
Kind of Fuji - 1000 Kings
Butterss's - Makaya McCraven feat. Jeff Parker
Secondary Measure - Amulets
In Mother Earth Phase - Tim Hecker
September 24, 2018
Nick and James return with an ocean of sonic exploration, ranging from Low to Lightbath, Supersilent to The Beta Band and an album of the month from king of 11/8 Vennart. This month’s Otherwires Live session comes from Dead Circuits.
Surrogate Head (Live at The Garage) - Physics House Band
Komedahead - Andy Votel
Quorum - Low
Dancing and Blood - Low
Reflection (feat. Nat Birtchall and Liz Elensky) - Emanative
Binary - Vennart
OWLive Part One - Dead Circuits
Push It Out - The Beta Band
Flee - Mogwai
My Queen is Mamie Phipps Clark - Sons of Kemet
14.2 - Supersilent
Vestigial - R Beny
OWLive Part 2 - Dead Circuits
Castlefordian Girls - Vennart
Disarray - Low
Strange Cities - Lori Scacco
Loom 4 - Lightbath
It Was Late and We Watched The Motel Burn - Mary Lattimore
August 27, 2018
James and Nick introduce the first in a new series of OWLive studio recordings, courtesy of Rorquals. Album of the month is from Makaya McCraven and a report on the ArcTanGent festival.
Hall / McCraven on the Mic / Ox Tails - Makaya McCraven
Spice Routes (feat. Nay Birchall) - Emanative
Te’amir - Habesha
T69 Collapse - Aphex Twin
Good Friday (Boards of Canada mix) - WHY?
RORQUALS LIVE
Jamil Jamal (DJ Khalab remix) - Jazz Ahmed
4001 - Squarepusher
Earache - Mouse on the Keys
After Dark - Delta Sleep
Dontsendlovesendmoney - Codices
Mute Heart - Matt Calvert
The Glitter is Gone - Yo La Tengo
