The Listening Club - 18th August 2024

Salutations folks,

Hope you're all doing good. It's Mid-August already? Dammit, I'm only just getting used to this sitting-around-in-considerably-less-clothes-than-usual-sipping-iced-drinks-whilst-pretending-to-be-a-sensible-person-online kind of thing (as usual). So it goes. Hype cat also continues to be very, very happy as the warmness continues, so it's best to follow his lead really... or else.

Also as the mid-August is falling on oddball days, it's a gonna be a #vortex next Sunday, so dig out those ideas and display them chez mastodon for all to see later on tonight!

Last Sunday, whilst astonishingly nursing a fractured tibia (such dedication!), @soundclamp got everyone deep into the fusion with Christer Bothén & Bolon Bata's "Trancedance" from 1984. Big thanks & get well soon wishes to Dan, and extra thanks extended, as before he headed off to A&E he managed to sail the frisb over to @holette, who is right here with tonight's intro...

"No prizes for guessing tonight's pick.  

Aficionados will be able to name that tune in one I expect.

I sensed a frisson of excitement rippling through some Listening Clubbers when I mentioned this band a while back,  so why resist the temptation to share?

For those who don't know it, this album is a wild ride of delicious affectation, darkly weird lyrics, outlandish experimentation and frankly bonkers synths.

Drinking club recommendation: a knock out Cosmopolitan."

Yes indeed. Download is here, stream's below.

See you at 20:00 BST (GMT+1) tonight!