The Listening Club - 12th June 2022

Hey there folks and all that.

Yes, @kleptones back here again, tanned and happy after a Barcelona sojourn. Primavera Sound definitely has a lot going for it musically (Saturday night's wham-bam of Einsturzende Neubauten > Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds > Idles > Squarepusher will take some beating), but shoddy organsation (fixable) and awful over-branding (que sera) made it a bit of an"enjoyed despite" event, instead of an "enjoyed because" event, if you know what I mean. Still, Barcelona remains a grand place, the temps were very bon, and you can't go wrong with that.

Thanks to @JimMcCauley for minding the house in our absence, which saw @IamWahl getting smooth with his pick of David & David's "Boomtown" from 1986, which seemed to trigger some serious genre discussions, from what I can see. Thanks extended for the pick, and for the sail of the frisb across to @SimonLandmine, who has finally decided on his pick, it seems...

"As usual, I had a few ideas for my selection this time around, but one of them gave me second thoughts, and I was undecided between the next two, as one seemed more summery, but the other longer one was possibly better. And then I remembered an event that was on this weekend, and I decided a change of style was required, because me doing the selection this weekend could be some kind of sign. Or something. So I looked further down my 'short' list and this jumped out at me.

What you have here is an album of collaborations, but it shouldn't take some of you too long to identify who the common factor is. They're someone justifiably renowned within their scene, and for a lot more than the act that initially brought them to fame. Due to the range of collaborators there is more variety in this album than is often found in 'solo' albums - this is someone willing to take cues from others and work with them. And at least one of the collaborators was quite a surprise, branching out into a genre that they're not really known for.

I know it may not be a genre that you're all big fans of, but I hope that you'll give it an hour of your Sunday, and hope that you find something to appreciate it in, or can at least play "identify the collaborator". At least it's not Duran Duran covering Public Enemy this time ...

For #DrinkingClub ... it's got to be Jack Daniels, really, but with a variety of mixers, much like this album."

Right then. Download's here in dropbox or google flavour, and the stream's below:

See you 8pm BST (GMT+1) tonight.