Sup. It's June?!

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Nisennenmondai - NISENNENMONDAI LIV!!!

JR Seaton (yes him again) tweeted about this crowd, saying they were the best act playing at Sonar. The Japanese trio, named after the Y2K bug, make wild, guitar-led experimental jams, and this is a live set from a few years ago

Fraction - Dromos EP

Nicely varied set from the Paris-base InFiné label. Ominous ambience, gentle pop-inflected electronics, even some wah-wah noodling on the brilliantly titled 'Conversation With A God Killer'.

Steve Roach - Structures From Silence (30th Anniversary Remastered Edition)

I would love to tell you that I've soaked up every second of this ambient masterpiece, remastered for its 30th anniversary, but I've put it on while falling asleep a few times, and woken up here and there between. It's really good though.

Eomac - Spectre

Eomac's music moves from thumping industrial techno to garage to d'n'b-inspired workouts (check 'Rising 3'). It doesn't feature the really space-like ambient kinda stuff he's capable of, but there's a real breadth of style and substance on display here all the same. Good man Ian.

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Róisín Murphy - Mi Senti EP
Not sure why I haven't featured this already. Róisín Murphy sings Italo-disco-pop. Nailed it.

Jokers of The Scene - Endless Scene (Excerpt)
Jokers of The Scene have been around a while, but they've only just put out their debut album (stream here). This is a lengthy excerpt from Endless Scene, a track that originally featured on a Mount Analog tape for #RSD14 but has now been featured on a collection of tracks marking the 100th mix in the White Light series. It's surprisingly bright, expansive, wondrous (all those ambient buzzwords). Worth downloading the whole thing for this alone.

Rinse FM Podcast - Locked Berlin w/ Palms Trax & Steven Tang - 31st May 2014

Dean Driscoll's monthly Locked Berlin show on Rinse hosts man of the moment Palms Trax, who's also quite hilarious we must add, and Steven Tang. Dean's selections are pretty good too.

Madam X - Kaizen Movements Vol I
Manchester-based Madam X drops this free compilation of grime, instrumental and vocal. Kaizen is the Japanese for continuous improvement, so it's a good name to attach to start with. Chaka's 'Trap Door' is a favourite.

Stephen Lopkin - Nae Name

Glasgow's Stephen Lopkin posted this ethereal number, all claps and vibrant synths, that build to a solid beat midway through. Quite good aye. Untitled, or Nae Name as he put it.

Moiré - No Gravity
Moiré's barely put out the 'BBOY 202' release and now Werkdiscs have announced an album. This is the first track. Polished, vibey, danceable, it's great.

Automatic Tasty - Evening Coming Down, On A Hill Above The Town
I don't know anything about Automatic Tasty, this popped into my life via Violet, who tweeted about this during the week. It's a bit Aphex Twin, slightly booming bass leads, squawky synths, energetic claps. There's a track on this single called 'Jeremy Kyle's Righteous Indignation Silences Us All', so you know they've a sense of humour, whoever they may be. 

Kerri Le Bon - Difficult Behaviour Mix
Great stuff here, opening with some 3/4 woodwind harmonies, also featuring Muslimgauze, then moving into some heavy techno before taking it a bit wistful electro and dampening down with Blackest Ever Black stuff. 

TCF - 486669f0e9b8990384108f3d54c6a8f036adeb8bc7108f3d54c6a8f036adeb
Yes that is the title of the mix. It grabs from the word go with its heartfelt Morricone, overlain with clicks and whirs. Choppy noise and expansive territory, bits of TCF's own stuff, unrecognisable Japanese tracks. I debated not including this because it's been tweeted a load by better people than me, but it deserves its inclusion nonetheless.

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C'est tout. Peace.

All the best,

Aidan