On my show this month:
Four hours that positively throb with the beating heart of new music from Leo this month. Tracks from the stunning, excoriating new album by Kim Gordon, as well as super-strength tunes from ENOLA, Scott Lavene, Alessandro Cortini & Baseck and (band name of the month) IRKED. He has also uncovered a tune that combines sufi and flamenco influences (yes, really) by Aziz Balouch, and has two songs from the Czech Republic in the shape of Ruce naší Dory and Pavel Richter. Even more exciting than all this, Leo has his first session, from multi-instrumentalist Magana. Turn your radio on!
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Biography:
I am in many ways your typical John Peel fan. I grew up listening to his shows from the era of punk rock until his death, and, with increasing obsessiveness, compiled cassettes, mini discs and finally mp3 playlists of the best tunes. Music runs through my family’s veins, and in me this takes the form of a compulsive search for new sounds. As John Peel used to put it, what I really want to hear is something I haven’t heard before.
Envy fills me when I read what my Dandelion collaborators have achieved in promoting, making and playing music, but my life as a teacher for the past quarter of a century has squeezed out any time for, well, pretty much anything apart from listening to and appreciating what continues to be made musically across the world. At last, though, I have found the space to pursue what has long been an ambition and can attempt to meet the stellar broadcasting standards set by my volunteer colleagues by sharing my love of new music with Dandelion listeners. I really hope at least some of what you hear gets its hooks into you.
Tracklistings and listen again to the previous shows:
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