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5 Tewns Vol.13

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I’m a little late as i’m a bit poorly at the moment, nevertheless, here’s my top five tracks for this week…

Harvestman – Herne’s Oak

This deep, meditative track from Neurosis’ Steve Von Till — under his Harvestman project — has been soundtracking my misty morning dog walks all week. There’s a real brilliance in the way a solitary kick holds everything else in a sidechained push–pull during the intro, slowly guiding you into an epic drift through dark and light. It’s especially perfect for this time of year, watching the swollen river tear through the valley.

The Volume Settings Folder – Corporate Shamanism

The title track from The Volume Settings Folder’s latest album, ‘Corporate Shamanism’, on Lincolnshire’s White Lab Records, is an exercise in heartbreak-inducing, fractured, echoic magic and melancholy.

Llyn y Cwn – Barclodiad Uncovered

I only stumbled across this late last night during a random megalith-related search. Taken from Llyn Y Cwn’s 2025 dub reworking of 2024’s ‘Megaliths’, it’s exactly the kind of deep, hypnotic stuff I’d want in my ears while entering a burial chamber. Proper headphone music!

MARAUDEUR – EC Blah.Blah

Wickedly disjointed post-punk aus Leipzig — angular bass, mega dry surf-rock drums, strange discordant refrains, and shouty, snarky vocals drenched in a world of echo and weirdo synth flourishes. It’d be hard not to love it.

Jon Da Silva – Look At The Owl

Absolutely filthy, nightmare-inducing acid business from Jon Da Silva, taken from the latest Metro Jaxx sampler. As I write this, my seven-year-old is losing his shit dancing to it, so it’s 10’s across the board.

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Veils & Valleys w/Jammo 24/11/2025

Over the hill by Hen’s cottage is an old power line, long dead.
Once it filled this place with light.
As kids, under black night’s cloak, we went there just to hear it hum.

Tracklist*

  1. Delia Derbyshire & Barry Bermange – The Dreams (Land)
  2. Cerys Hafana – Carol Mynyddog
  3. Captain Beefheart – Flavor Bud Living
  4. Aksak Maboul – Sophie La Bevue (Cate Le Bon Interpretation)
  5. The Same – Hot & Cold
  6. Masayoshi Fujita – Blue Rock Thrush
  7. Bendik Giske – Void
  8. A Winged Victory for the Sullen – Steep Hills Of Vicodin Tears
  9. The Eigthsome Reel – Daylight Saviours
  10. Al Cisneros – Yerushaláyim
  11. Tapes Meets The Drums Of Wareika Hill Sounds – Dub
  12. Répéter – Corpse in the Attic
  13. SDK – Ogygia
  14. James Holden & The Animal Spirits – Go Gladly Into The Earth
  15. Galya Bisengalieva – Saryzhal (KMRU Reflection)
  16. Hans Berg – Ghost Band
  17. Neu! – Negativland
  18. Low End Activist – Airdrop 10 (Earl’s Skank)
  19. Sabres of Paradise – Theme 4
  20. Winkles – The Unavoidable Consequence Of Familiarity
  21. Two Lone Swordsmen – Machine Maid
  22. Zoid – No More Rice For Joe
  23. O-Wells – Planetary Shift
  24. Cignol – Suspicion
  25. Die Gestalten – Programmiert Isoliert
  26. London Modular Alliance – Walnut
  27. Om Unit – Lonely Cities
  28. Low End Activist – Airdrop 05 (Dion’s Amnesia)
  29. Cristoph De Babalon – Dearth Mill
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5 Tewns Vol.12

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Oh my god, we’re I’m back again, and it’s been an absolutely beautiful week here in Northern Portugal. I won’t bore you with more stuff about mountains, forests and rivers. Here’s my 5 tewns for this week…

Froid Dub – The Murderer [Delodio]

Froid Dub - The Murderer
Froid Dub - The Murderer

Taken from 2021’s brilliantly descriptive “An iceberg crusing the Jamaican coastline”. The Murderer opens with a threatening whisper: “There are many times, when all I can think about, is murdering someone.” A sentiment, I think, we can all quietly agree with, before the track descends into clinical Casio-dub of the highest order — bubbling bass, electric snares, and the ghosts of slide guitars. Heady stuff.

On a side note: I completely missed the record at the time, being skint and probably deep in one of my “fuck records, I’m buying tapes and CDs” phases. I tried to track it down the other day, only to find a reputable Berlin record shop — one I dislike immensely — flogging it for an extortionate amount. Let the filthy capitalist bastards eat their own scene. I’ll stick to my digital copy for now.

Death In Vegas – Death Mask [Drone]

Death In Vegas - Death Mask

I’ve been banging out this deeply melancholic, fractured acid track all bloody week. It’s built around a clattering rhythm: a giant kick at the top of each bar, sixteenths on the hats, looming drones and pitched, nervous arpeggios that long for a future already past. Electronic soul at its apex — a reminder of what man and machine can achieve together.

If the singularity sounded like this, I’d be on board quicker than you could say “Peter Thiel is a lizard.”

SCHWUND – Aus Platzgründen [Mangel]

SCHWUND - Aus Platzgruenden

Surprise surprise (Cilla Black): Berlin’s excellent Mangel Records have made it into this fanboy’s weekly list yet again — this time with this acid-dipped-synth-punk-wave-whatever wonder from SCHWUND’s latest offering, “Lebendige Lügengebäude” (“Living Structure of Lies”).

The Bug – Duppied (Brixton Rec) [Pressure]

Oh my giddy giddy gosh! Another one from the now-fully-released Bug vs Ghost Dubs album, and this one’s an absolute chest-rattler. It takes me straight back to the late ’90s, Cowley Road Community Centre dub nights — that serpentine bassline tearing the floor apart while duppy ghosts hang in the air, drowning in a sea of smoke and reverb.

Scott Walker – Rosemary

Scott Walker - Scott 3

I’ve been obsessing over Scott Walker’s back catalogue this week, especially Rosemary. As a devoted fanboy, it’s all too easy to gush, but beyond his spectral voice, few — if any — can write lyrics as haunting as:

“She hears the boats as they move down the river,
She sees a dog straining hard on his leash to get away,
She hears the clock and it strikes like a hammer,
Pounding the nails one day further in the coffin of her youth”

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5 Tewns Vol.11

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Greetings, earthlings. Another week has run away from me, and the blog slipped through my fingers once again. Still, like the dependable milkman of legend, I’ve arrived at your door with five tewns to end the week. No rankings as usual — just what’s been rattling round my head. Nowe, let us all join hands and begin…

Tortoise – Axial Seamount [International Anthem]

Shades of Neu! and Harmonia on this multi-layered, spaced-out track from the latest Tortoise album. Goes brilliantly with the epic levels of wind and rain we’re having at the moment.

Schimmel über Berlin – Eisenmund [Billo]

I’m absolutely obsessed with this overtly cinematic, goth-adjacent track from the debut album by the fantastically named Schimmel über Berlin. It’s snarky, it’s epic, and I love it. Forget Berghain techno and Marcel Dettmann’s zara sale black tee mucki-posing — instead look to Berlin for its DIY punk and new wave scene.

Mala x Magugu – Militant Don [Deep Medi]

Dubstep pioneer and bass alchemist Mala returns to Deep Medi for the first time in what feels like an age with this snare-and-bass workout. It has me walking around this little town in northern Portugal, chest puffed out, thinking I’m a badman (rather than the chubby, ageing Celt I am). Featuring the considerable talents of Nigerian-born, Cardiff MC Magugu on vocals, spitting bars like a machine gun. Heavy, heavy business.

Kali Malone & Drew McDowell – The Secret of Magentism [Ideologic Organ]

This distortion-soaked cyclical mantra from Kali Malone and Drew McDowall’s new album has an almost shamanic pull on me. I sit staring out at the Marão mountains in the distance, covered in fog and rain, and for those five minutes and 48 seconds, I’m just molecules floating over those beautiful mountains.

Low End Activist –
Airdrop 06 (Smithy’s Porsche) [Peak Oil]

I’ve long been a massive fan of Low End Activist. I love the narratives, I love his take on bass music, his ability to distil 30 years of UK hardcore energy into a kind of hypermodern musique concrète. I could go on, but I won’t. Listen to this if you know what’s good for you. Have a lovely weekend!

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5 Tewns Vol.10

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What a week! Hot on the heels of Samhain, and just before Magusto, the weather gods here on the Iberian Peninsula are really putting on a show. The rain is torrential, there are all manner of storm warnings, and — after 17 years in the godforsaken northern territories of Ewrop — I’m finally getting to enjoy real weather again. Watching the mountains in the distance as they disappear and reappear by the hour has made me shed a tear on multiple occasions. Our dog’s not enjoying it quite as much.

Anyway, with that in mind, here are this week’s top five records, tapes and digimals:

Ben Pest – Bad B [Cancel Couture]

Grotty, oversaturated acid electro forged on the anvil of master synthmonger Ben Pest.
I’ve been strutting around the countryside with this in my ears for so long it’d be weird not to include it here. It’s sweaty, and it’s naughty.

Paul Frick Ensemble Modern – Dach (Continuous) [Edition DUR]

From Paul Frick’s latest album of the same name, Dach is 27 minutes of frenetic, neo-classical brilliance.
Created using traditional instruments alongside arpeggiated synths and textures to stunning effect, Dach was recorded live at the Haus der Deutschen Ensemble Akademie, Dachsaal. I’m including the full 27-minute continuous version because it deserves your undivided attention.

Patrick Cowley – Tech-No [Dark Entries]

The latest in a series of re-releases of Patrick Cowley’s lesser-known work, Hard Ware features Tech-No — essentially the instrumental demo version of Tech-No-Logical World.
A masterclass in sparse, NRG-laced Italo brilliance.

Liiek – I’m a TV [Turbo]

Anyone who’s read my posts (hi Mum) knows I’m a huuuuuge fan of Mangel Records and the artists orbiting its general atmosphere.
So, it should come as no surprise that I adore this new release from the founding members’ band, Lieek — particularly the Fall-adjacent sleaze rock closer I’m A TV. Buy the album or else!

Monomyth – Spheres [Suburban Records]

It’s been absolutely chucking it down here, and I’ve been sitting inside watching the tempest rage over the mountains, listening to Spheres by Dutch space-rockers Monomyth.
Its drifting, Brian Bennett–oid intro morphs wildly into a naughty, fuzz-heavy stoner sensibility that suits the weather marvellously. I’ve no idea how I stumbled upon this album to be honest, but Christ on a bike, am I glad I did.

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Edges 001 w/David Kenney

Music for the Periphery.
The first in an irregular series of compositions exploring the outer edges of electronic and experimental sound by North East multidisciplinary artist David Kenney.

Tracklist*

  1. Robert Lax, Nicolas Humbert, Carina Khorkhordina, Miki Yui – Where do I begin (Part 4)
  2. Dj Gilb’r & Dj Sotofett – Concrete Guajiro
  3. Roomful of Teeth – Courante
  4. Katatonic Silentio – Murmurs Beneath
  5. Being – Being, then
  6. The Golden Filter – Back / Forth
  7. The Black Dog – Neeps & End
  8. The Black Dog – Town End Discussions
    Fletina – Basement / Washing Machine
  9. The Golden Filter – End of Times (Drone-apella)
  10. Claire Rousay – Just (Feat. M Sage)
  11. Daniela Huerta – Riachuelo
  12. Fletina – Kitchen / Electric Oven
  13. Leif Elggren – No Queen
  14. British Experimental Rocket Group – Science Expo 2007 Installation 5
  15. Fletina – Ground floor / Elevator
  16. British Experimental Rocket Group – Hadron Tunnel – Escape Velocity Festival – Paris 2018 (Hall Mics)
  17. Daniela Huerta – Seqvana
  18. Robert Lax, Nicolas Humbert, Carina Khorkhordina, Miki Yui – One Moment Passes, Another Comes On (Part 5)
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5 Tewns Vol.9

It’s been a slow week on the blog front — sorry, but I’m not paid for this. The prodigal son’s turned up from Berlin, and we’re going to wander around the mountains while he waxes lyrical about Deutschrap and rating his favourite kebab shops. I still love you though, dear reader — so here’s my tippity-top five for this week. x

Winkles – Semi Stretches [A Sky Full of Numbers]

Long-time friend Winkles finally puts some of his music out — and let me tell you, it’s fucking great. The debut release from Manc/Tokyo imprint A Sky Full of Numbers rests somewhere between the hypnotic techno ambience of Astral Industries and Voices from the Lake, and the sci-fi wonk of the Radiophonic Workshop. Full review to come.

Automatic – Mercury [Stones Throw]

Taken from the band’s album Is It Now?, Mercury has everything this chubby dad could hope for: organ stabs, saturated breaks, lacklustre dreamy vocals drenched in reverb, and some intermittent breakdowns that would make the best Beck releases jealous. Avant-garde pop doesn’t get much better.

Ghost Dubs – Into the Mystic [Pressure]

Taken from the forthcoming Head to Head, Implosion by The Bug and Ghost Dubs, Into the Mystic is a masterclass in control from one of my favourite producers around at the moment. It’s deep, it’s hypnotic, it’s brooding, it’s modern dub perfection.

Misty In Roots – Man Kind

Continuing the mystic, misty theme, I’ve been revisiting this classic. To celebrate their 50th anniversary, the legendary Misty in Roots are reissuing their back catalogue, including ’79’s seminal Live at the Counter Eurovision. If you’ve never seen them live, you really should.

Sessa – Vale a Pena [Mexican Summer]

It’s Friday, life’s good. The beauty of autumn has truly set in here in the valley, and I’m standing on the veranda, watching the rain — the fog rolling in off the mountain range — shedding a tear to this beautiful slice of melancholic tropicalia from São Paulo’s Sessa. Life is beautiful sometimes.

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