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Mixtape #157

01 March 2024

An active and inventive band since the early 2000s, GaBLé craft music that bristles with a DIY spirit, unpredictability and joyful madness. After seven years, the French trio of Mathieu Hubert, Thomas Boullay and Gaëlle Jacqueline, returned earlier this year with PiCK THe WeaK, a new album which they composed and recorded over two years and is a testament to their singular musical universe, blending an array of instruments and genres with experimental sounds and playful charm. We're excited they put together this superb mix for us, curated entirely from their CD collection! Press play and dive into their kaleidoscopic sonic world of influences.

  1. Brigitte Fontaine – Les Petits Chevaux [Saravah]
  2. The Books – Vogt Dig For Kloppervok [Tomlab]
  3. Sonic Youth – Bull In The Heather [Geffen / DGC]
  4. Tortoise – Ten-Day Interval [Thrill Jockey / City Slang]
  5. cLOUDDEAD – The Keen Teen Skip [Big Dada Recordings / Mush]
  6. Aphex Twin – QKThr [Warp]
  7. Yo la Tengo – Damage [Matador]
  8. Powerdove – California [Murailles Music / Africantape]
  9. GaBLé – it makes sens [Figures libres records]
  10. Boby Lapointe – Aragon et Castille [Fontana / Mercury]
  11. Beck – Deadweight [Geffen]
  12. The Legendary Stardust Cowboy – Nelson Mandela
  13. Herman Düne – Fire [Prohibited Records / Atmosphériques]
  14. James Holden – Lump [Border Community]
  15. Barbara – Moi, Je Me Balance [Philips]
  16. Sloy – Pop [Roadrunner Records]
  17. Etienne Jaumet – Entropy [Domino/ Versatile Records]

Mixtape #136

01 March 2022


A talented, versatile and visionary multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer, JP Coimbra has an impressive body of work spanning over two decades. Vibra, his first solo album under his own name, re-released worldwide last year, is a beguiling, delicate and adventurous instrumental album, fusing together his different musical influences, including neoclassical, jazz and electronic music. Needless to say we're stoked that JP compiled this month's wonderful mix, with songs from artists that have inspired him. Enjoy!

  1. Tones on Tail – Lions [Beggars Banquet]
  2. Ryuichi Sakamoto – B-2 Unit [Alf]
  3. Isao Tomita – Arabesque nº1 [RCA]
  4. Kraftwerk – Pocket Calculator [Deep Records]
  5. 808 State – Bird [ZTT]
  6. Steve Reich – City Life III, IV, V. [RCA]
  7. Philip Glass – Einstein on the Beach: Knee Play [Sony / CBC]
  8. Laurie Spiegel – Hall of Mirrors [Scarlet Records]
  9. Tortoise – Glass Museum [Thrill Jockey/ City Slang]
  10. Robert Wyatt – Ship Building [Rough Trade]
  11. Brian Eno – Brutal Ardour [Island Records]
  12. Mal Waldron – All Alone [Philips / GTA Records]

Mixtape #130

01 September 2021


We're big fans of Run Logan Run, the adventurous duo of Andrew Neil Hayes (saxophones and FX) and Matt Brown (drums and percussion). Based in Bristol and born out of a shared passion for improvisation, spiritual jazz and heavier experimental music, they are versatile and talented musicians who push the boundaries of jazz. Their upcoming and much anticipated third album, For A Brief Moment We Could Smell The Flowers, captures perfectly their energy and their intense, inventive, intricate and exhilarating sound. We asked them to put together a mix of some of the artists and bands that inspire them and we're thrilled to start September with this superb selection of tracks. So be sure to grab their new album when it comes out later this month, and right now, press play and enjoy the ride!

  1. Yacine Boularès, Vincent Ségal & Nasheet Waits – Dar Shems – The House of The Sun [Accords Croisés]
  2. The Meters – (The World Is A Bit Under The Weather) Doodle-Oop [Rhino Records]
  3. Cochemea – Tukaria [Daptone Records]
  4. Tortoise – TNT [Thrill Jockey / City Slang]
  5. Soccer96 feat. Alabaster DePlume – Children Will Dance [Moshi Moshi Records]
  6. Jon Hopkins – Open Eye Signal (Happa remix) [Domino]
  7. Tonbruket – Vinegar Heart [ACT]
  8. M.A.N.D.Y. vs. Booka Shade Feat. Laurie Anderson – O Superman (Matt John Remix) [Get Physical Music]
  9. John Pope Quintet – Plato  [New Jazz And Improvised Music Recordings]
  10. Tin Hat Trio – Bill (Nebraska Soundtrack) [Milan]
  11. Johnny Dyani Quartet – Angolian Cry [SteepleChase]

Mixtape #70 by Za!

09 March 2016

Spazzfrica Ehd (drums/keyboards/vocals) and Papa duPau (guitar/trumpet/samples/vocals) are the restless pair behind the experimental punk outfit Za!. Hailing from Barcelona, their euphorically inventive music defies conventions, seamlessly blending so many different genres that we would quickly run out of space trying to list them here. And the good thing is we don't have to since this month's mixtape, put together by the band, is probably the best illustration of the duo's far flung influences and disregard for boundaries. Enjoy the ride!


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Tortoise’s new album, The Catastrophist, arrives next month

07 December 2015

Tortoise - The CatastrophistChicago’s legendary quintet Tortoise have a new album on the way, following 2009’s Beacons of Ancestorship. Entitled The Catastrophist, the album’s first came to life in 2010, when the City of Chicago commissioned the group “to compose a suite of music rooted in its ties to the area’s noted jazz and improvised music communities”.  The band’s Jeff Parker explained that they reworked and restructured all of the songs quite heavily.  “We actually had quite a lot of material that we ended up giving up on. Oftentimes, we’ll shelve ideas and come back to them years later.”

‘Gesceap’ serves as the album’s first taste ahead of its release on January 22nd via Thrill Jockey. Here it is.