Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:10:13 — 128.6MB)
I was on a LIVE Internet Radio station http://www.illfm.net/ – 2 weeks ago, talking about my desert Island discs, my ‘EE’ show, internet radio in general, podcasts ?, music in the nineties, soundsystem culture + the future of radio …… whatever…. !!!
I was asked to bring along a selection of music that has shaped my musical direction to now:
With this, I took along the following beats as my “Desert Island Discs”
Year ……. Artist …………. Track Title ……….. Label
1972 – Curtis Mayfield – Superfly – [Music Club]
1983 – Cybotron – Clear – [Fantasy]
1983 – West Street Mob – Break Dance – Electric Boogie – [Disques Vogue]
1985 – Model 500 – Night Drive (Thru Babylon)
1991 – The Suburban Knight - Infra Red Spectrum – [UR]
1992 – Rage Against The Machine – Wake Up – [Epic]
1993 – Plastikman – Glob – [NovaMute]
1993 – Autechre – Basscadet – [Warp Records]
1995 – The Advent – Bad Boy – [Internal]
1995 – Jeff Mills – The Bells – [Axis]
1995 – Photek – UFO – [Photek]
1995 – Dave Clarke – No One’s Driving – Taken from Archive 1 – [Deconstruction]
1995 – Josh Wink – Higher State Of Consciousness (Original Tweekin’ Acid Funk Edit)
1995 – The Advent – Bad Boy – [Internal]
1995 – Leftfield – Storm 3000 – [Hard Hands]
1996 – Dopplereffekt – Speak and Spell – [Dataphysix Engineering]
1996 – Drexciya – Black Sea – [Warp Records]
1996 – Dave Clarke – Wisdom To The Wise (Red 2) (Robert Hood Mix) – [Deconstruction]
1996 – DJ Misjah & DJ Tim – Access – [Polydor]
1996 – Surgeon – Badger Bite – from Pet 2000 EP – [Downwards]
1998 – Jeff Mills – Condor To Mallorca – [Tresor]
1998 – The Advent – Another Planet – [Kombination Research]
1999 – The Aztec Mystic – Jaguar – [UR]
2003 – Philip Glass – Heroes (Aphex Twin Remix) – [Warp Records]
2004 – Datach’i – Ed’s Head – Taken from Mmale & Ffemale – [Planet Mu]
2004 – Milanese – Iacon – [Warp Records]
2004 – Squarepusher – Tundra4 – [Warp]
2005 – Bizzy B – Beats In My Head – [Planet Mu]
2005 – Andy Stott – Ceramics – [Modern Love]
2006 – Burial – Gutted – (Taken from Distant Lights EP) – [Hyperdub]
2006 – Datach’i – Twin Gant – [Sublight Records]
2006 – Loefah – Mud – [DMZ]
2006 – Pinch – Qawwali – [Planet Mu]
2006 – Milanese Vs Virus Syndicate – Deadman Walking – [Planet Mu]
2006 – Vex’d – Bombardment Of Saturn – [Planet Mu]
2007 – Aaron Spectre – Say More Fire – [Rag & Bone]
2007 – Jamie Woon – Wayfaring Stranger – [Live Recordings]
2007 – Ital Tek – Bloodline – [Planet Mu]
2007 – Quark, Ruckspin & Planas – Miserere – [Ranking Records]
2008 – King Cannibal – Aragami Style – [Ninja Tune]
2008 – Pangaea – Router – [Hessle Audio]
2009 – Mount Kimbie – Maybes – [Forthcoming 'Hotflush Recordings']
Of those tracks, I dropped these on the show:
70 minutes, with tunes to include:
1985 – Model 500 – Night Drive (Thru Babylon) – [Metroplex]
1996 – Dave Clarke – Wisdom To The Wise (Red 2) (Robert Hood Mix) – [Deconstruction]
2004 – Datach’i – Ed’s Head – Taken from Mmale & Ffemale – [Planet Mu]
2004 – Milanese – Iacon – [Warp Records]
2006 – Loefah – Mud – [DMZ]
2008 – Pangaea – Router – [Hessle Audio]
Top Tip:
2009 – Mount Kimbie – Maybes – [Forthcoming Hotflush Recordings]
A mix of my favourite tunes has now been completed and will feature on EE on the 24th January 2008 !!
December 15th, 2008 at 9:51 am
Interesting selection. Any chance that you will mix up the original track selection into one podcast, ie EE presents Rob Booth?
December 16th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
yeah ok … I’ll let you know when its done
January 23rd, 2009 at 6:08 pm
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