The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Tombes Oubliées, 2019

Dydd Iau. It’s 32°C in my small provincial town, nestled among the magic mountains of northern Portugal. The sky has that misty hue normally reserved for 1970s US road movies. So it seems fitting to be listening to this hazy, wide-angled meisterwerk from the band’s eponymous 2019 album.

The Strangest Idea in Science: Quantum Immortality

Harvestman – Clouds are Relatives (The Bug – ‘Amtrak Mix’)

I went for a walk down by the river, to a place where ancient rock formations meet the cold concrete of the motorway that cuts through the landscape. It’s not for everyone, but I love it. Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the tension between the ancient and the modern, and this track—Harvestman: Triptych Part Three by Steve Von Till, brilliantly dubbed by The Bug—feels like the perfect soundtrack.

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Angélica Salvi, Ece Canlı, João Pais Filipe e Pedro Augusto – Side A

16 and a bit minutes of mind-melting psychedelic joy from the ever-excellent Lovers and Lollypops. Gorgeous harps, spectral moans, roaring bass filters, and top-drawer drumming from João Pais Filipe. Shades of Jah Wobble, Can, Klaus Schulze and all that good stuff… what more could you want on a Tuesday morning?

Devon Rexi – Human Snax

Back to school, feeling weird. Let’s have some Liquid Liquid-esque dubbed-out funk from Amsterdam’s divine Devon Rexi.

Mark Fisher – No Time (Virtual Futures 2011)

5 Tewns Vol.4

compilation of album covers featuring plant43 Neuntage Alt Tortoise

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Sorry kittens, I was away last week, visiting fantasy island for the first time in nearly a decade (long story). A long weekend on the flagshagger-friendly east coast, complete with utterly depressing Stop the Boats union jacks and roundabout twattery. If that’s your bag, you’re a cunt, sir, and most certainly barking up the wrong digital tree with this blog — so off you fuck!

If you aren’t a little Ingland fascist, here are five tunes I’ve been bumping while staring at the clouds over the mountains.

**Plant43 – Anthropomorphic Algorithms, Plant43 Recordings**

Arpeggiated visions of hazy dystopian futures from one of the finest contemporary electro producers, Plant43. Taken from the latest album, Feeding the Machines, on Plant43 Recordings.

**Neuntage Alt – March, Tapetopia**

Ice-cold industrial post-punk from DDR outfit Neuntage Alt, lovingly reissued on Tapetopia / aufnahme + wiedergabe, Berlin.

**Tortoise – Layered Presence, International Anthem**

Nine bloody years since the last Tortoise album! A collective that has, more than most, become an intrinsic part of my personality. I’m over the moon about this one.

**Insides – Skinned Clean, Fundamental Frequencies**

Taken from the latest Telepathic Fish compilation: Trawling the Early 90s Ambient Underground and originally released on Geurnica, this gorgeous Steve Reich-esque bubbler has been soundtracking my misty morning walks for a while now.

**Blumes – Wondering Why, Mangel Records**

Beautiful, honest-to-God lo-fi pop music from Leipzig’s Blumes. It makes me smile from ear to ear.

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Oh Sees – Poisoned Stones, Castle-Face Records, 2019

It’s Friday, and I’ve woken up with this psychedelic afro-rock inspired mind melter by the wonderful OH SEES rattling around my neural network. Taken from 2019’s Face Stabber record! It’s a certified belter!