The Listening Club - 21st June 2026

Greetings folks,

Hope you're all doing okay. Yep, the warms are here, and I'm pleased, as is Hype Cat, although he's looking rather melted right now. Not much else needs to be said really... *sips iced drink* ... apart from a couple of PSAs - (1) as mentioned I'll be away first weekend in July so if you feel like helping out and filling in here, let me know, and (2) end of the month is coming up next week so it's vortex time again. Customarily at this time of year we have a #SummerVortex consisting of some of your favourite live / concert performances, but as always open to suggestion so if you have ideas, bring 'em on down to the hashtag later today.

Last Sunday we had @room2skank in the chair, getting everyone rocking out in complex time with "All Hail Bright Futures" from And So I Watch You From Afar, which did the trick, I'd say. Thanks extended for the pick, and for flipping the frisb over to Wales, where @holette is waiting with today's intro...

"It was watching this artist perform at Glastonbury this time last year (sadly I only saw it on TV) that turned me onto this album.

Me and a mate watched mesmerised as a nerdy looking bloke twiddled knobs on banks of gadgetry while an artist painted with light on a somewhat temperamental overhead projector. Maybe some of you were there?

This is electronic music which, like the artist who has an extraordinary range of other projects, resists pigeonholing.

This sophisticated producer and polymath really knows how to conjure a narrative of sound that pushes your buttons of sensation and mood.

So, let's see, how does this album make you actually feel?

I have little understanding but huge respect for the technical bobbins behind the music.  But I'm always up for knowing more about the nerdy stuff from you Listening Clubbers with production know how.

Drinking club: A Black Dragon cider on ice for me."

Right then, download's here, stream's below:

See you 20:00 BST (GMT+1) later on.