5 Tewns Vol.20
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"Oh, but he's back, He's the man behind the mask, and he's out of control" (Alice Cooper).
That’s right, kittens, another 7 Earth rotations and 5 tewns returns. It’s been another mad week, as usual. A week that’s seen tangerine fascists negotiating with themselves and more market corruption, in this massive Orwellian comic opera that is 2026. Anyway, the sun’s come out to play, so let’s enjoy whatever time we have with another top five.
µ-Ziq – Tango N’Vectif
Because I’m old and decrepit, I’ve been on a heavy nostalgia trip this week, complete with ranting to anyone who’ll listen about how everything modern is utter shit. Obviously, that’s not true. I’m just desperately trying to assert dominance as a response to my ever-weakening mind and body. That said, this is exceptional music. Paradinas was always a force to be reckoned with. I won’t bang on about things being too clean nowadays, but what a time to be alive, when an umami banger like this, corrupting sweetheart melodies with nasty drums, was the soundtrack to many a hazy eve. It still is to be fair.
Mecánica Clásica – Pulsación
Taken from the album Una Teoría Del Ritmo by Mecánica Clásica on Valencia’s Abstrakce Records, this wonderful nebulous krautdub journey has been on repeat at Fuzz HQ all week. The computerised melodies of Kraftwerk intermingle with the distant dub techno of Basic Channel. The whole album is fantastic, making it near impossible to pick a favourite. Just buy it!
DJ Marfox – Sem Fronteiras
This polyrhythmic bubbler comes from Lisboa Kuduro legend DJ Marfox’s seminal anthology of his earlier recordings. Offbeat adventures, lashings of percussion, weird intermittent noises, and Nintendo bass stabs. Sem Fronteiras (Without Borders) is Raw and unapologetic. Real dance music.
Pye Corner Audio – Cycle feat Andy Bell
Pye Corner Audio returns for the spring equinox with this aptly solar-centric shoegaze earworm, featuring none other than Ride’s Andy Bell. I love the way the reverb-soaked ambience winds itself around Pye Corner Audio’s more Krautrock-esque melodic stylings. The Sun’s out, the Marão mountains are looking stunning in the distance, and I’m sitting out with the dogs with this on the headphones. A timely bit of optimism, in these troubled times.
I Went to Walmart and They Were Out of 4% Milk – Spider Milk
I know nothing about this apart from that it’s top drawer kraut-infected post-rock music. Spider Milk is the opening track on this lactose-obsessed self-titled album, from I Went to Walmart, and They Were Out of 4% Milk, on Kitschy Spirit Records. Its mechanical drums, rolling bass, and long drawn-out sax/pad elements carry you away, until, as the machine speeds up, it spits you out and ejects you, kicking and screaming out into the cosmos. I’m off to get some milk!