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Another cracking guest episode from djtc this week. As a remedy to the monotony of 4/4 time, it’s something subtly different…

why 5/4? well, it’s just different. but why? because, essentially, 5/4 has a flexibility that three- or four-time just doesn’t offer - a song can allude to speed or twitchiness, serenity or space in 5/4 just by how each bar is phrased.

5/4 can give a song a sense of propulsion that regular timings just can’t offer: splitting a bar in two and making the second half a beat shorter than the first makes a song feel like its falling over itself to reach the next down beat and, in doing so, quickens the pulse, raises suspense. see the mission impossible theme tune for a perfect demonstration.

then again, treated differently, 5/4 can serve to slow a piece down: a regular 4/4 bar can be cooled by adding an unexpected fifth beat; when a new bar is hinted at, there’s still one more beat to go, offering thinking space between each phrase and a more laid-back feel. the nick drake record in the mix does this pretty well.

but then sometimes, just sometimes, it simply feels right to have five beats in a bar - no matter how awkward it is to dance to or drum to. sometimes there’s a perfect melody that just fits into five, and that’s that.

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Tracklisting

 

Lalo Schriffin and his Orchestra - Mission Impossible (Theme)
Stereolab - Percolator
XTC - English
Sufjan Stevens - They Also Mourn Who Do Not Wear Black (For the Homeless in Muskegon)
M. Craft - Silver & Fire
Nick Drake - River Man
Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - Drake
PJ Harvey - Water
Radiohead - 15 Step
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five

 

Running time 42:28
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I don’t know if anyone got this the other day, i think the link might have been wrong. this should fix it.

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Just some things i’ve been listening to recently. No theme, just some lush music, hopefully suited to a warm friday afternoon.

Tracklisting

The Fairest Of The Seasons - Nico
The Girls With The Sun In Her Hair - John Barry
One Word - Brian Eno
Obsessed With Gloom - Campag Velocet
Happiness - Goldfrapp
I’m A loser - Marianne Faithfull
Clouds Across The Moon - The Rah Band
Get Innocuous (Geek Chic’s Harm-Free Retouch) - LCD Soundsystem

 

Running time 34:44
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Some of you might have heard about the Circle music club, some of you might even be members. This is an early version of my one done in december. Its quite varied and jumps all over the place, but I haven’t got another episode ready so I reckon i’ll put this out. Circle members get a neat mixed file for their ePods, and everyone else gets a glimpse into the Circle. I think there might be a ‘Best of Circle’ episode sometime in the next couple of months too. Once I’ve given them all a good listen…

There were a couple of Christmas songs on the end which i’ve cut off really roughly so sorry for the abrupt ending.

Tracklisting

Odeon Theme - Pearl and Dean
Intro (I am Circle) - Matt Cooper
Theme From The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 - David Shire
Tomorrow (Featuring Q-Tip and Debi Nova) - Mark Ronson
Diamonds - Roy Budd
This - Brian Eno
2000007 (featuring TTC) - Modeselektor
I Believe - Simian Mobile Disco
Golden Girl - John Barry
Idem - Eric Satie
Tir A Mor - Richard James
Art Beat - David Cain (BBC Radiophonic Workshop)
Don’t You Want Me (remix) - Human League
Zdarlight - Digitalism
Magpie/Rothbury Road/Cold Shoulder - Kathryn Tickell
Someone Great - LCD Soundsystem
Whole World - Aloe Blacc
Play The Game - Roni Size
Yegelle Tezeta - Mulatu Astatke
Ollufeme - Oscar Sulley & The Uhuru Dance Band
Brand New Drug - Huey Lewis and the News
Che Che Cole (Makossa) - Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
Silent Distance - Clara Hill
Music Box - Benga
The One - Limp Bizkit
Just An Illusion - Imagination

 

Running time 75:18
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Another one from DJTC, i’ll let him explain:

it really is a random mix, semi-inspired by your one the other week featuring the DPs for your trip along the river. Basically, i thought i’d make the imp a mix, so i put my itunes on shuffle for some inspiration, and the first thirteen tracks that came up were these. In this order.

Obviously that’s a lie, but heck - they could’ve been, and that’s the point. There is no theme or structure. It’s just Some Good Songs.

Tracklisting

the simpsons - police answering machine
blur - chinese bombs (performed live at peel acres)
dj shadow - why hip-hop sucks in ‘96
beastie boys - sure shot
alice gunn - lying low
jess bryant - the crossing
supergrass - st petersburg
elbow - the bones of you
sufjan stevens - a short reprise for mary todd, who went insane for very good reasons
erin mckeown - the little cowboy
pavement - gold soundz
david carradine and uma thurman - truly and utterly bill
yo la tengo - night falls on hoboken

 

Running time 44:06
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I can’t think of a clever name for this one. There isn’t a theme, or a concept. Or even a hour’s worth of music. Instead its 38 minutes of ’some music’, played in a row and slightly overlapping. What’s with Late Of The Pier, are they good or not? I can’t even tell anymore.

Playlist

 

The Smile - David Axelrod
Anne Mall (Radioclit Remix) - One-Two
Fake Emotion (With Paul St Hilaire) - Modeselektor
Colossal Insight - Roots Manuva
I Got You - Platinum Pied Pipers
Champion - Buju Banton
Fading - Rodney P
Just Another Day - Brian Eno
YOA (The Twelves Remix) - Theatre of Disco
Space and the Woods - Late of the Pier
Jigsaw Falling into Place - Radiohead

 

 

Running time 38:21
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This is the official return of the official Internet Music Programme. In the mix you will find, Thom Yorke, Eric Clapton, The Wiseguys, Flight Of The Conchords, Dining Rooms, PNAU, John Cale & Terry Riley and more.

Playlist
Fox Intro – The Kleptones
Re-introduction – The Wiseguys
Cocaine – Eric Clapton
You Really Got Me – The Kinks
Its Business Time (ATOM remix) – The Flight Of The Conchords
Dust – Recloose
GirlKillsBear (Lo-Fi-Fnk remix) – SoftLightes
Baby (Breakbot remix) – PNAU
The Eraser (XXXChange remix) – Thom Yorke
You – Dining Rooms
The Ides Of March – John Cale and Terry Riley
Valentine – Justice
Waterfall (Justin Robertson remix) – The Stone Roses
If We’re In Love – Roisin Murphy
Space March – John Barry
Paper Planes (DFA remix) – MIA
Blood And Fire (featuring Dynamite MC) – The Nextmen
Movin’ On Up – Primal Scream

 

Running time 58:50
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