Episode 22: Best of 2008 part 2
This is the twenty-second edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the blog entry to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. This particular show is the second of two ‘Best of 2008′ specials, with well over an hour of some of the best tracks from 2008. There is no feature album this time because I’m focusing on my 13 favourite albums from 2008, but there’s the usual diverse selection of styles and genres, including prog rock, Canterbury, folk rock, electronica, chamber pop, ambient, jazz rock fusion and general strangeness. Below you’ll find the track list, plus weblinks from where you can find more information about each artist. Total running time: 1 hour and 59 minutes. Downloaded file is 109.2 MB.
1. Love No Mew (1:58) – Arik Hayat (Taken from the album ‘Doing Life’; see http://www.archive.org/details/DoingLife_456 where you can download the entire album for free)
2. Vehicles (6:38) – Braintoy (Taken from the album ‘Vehicles’; see www.braintoy.net/ or www.myspace.com/braintoy)
3. Foreign Aeroplanes Upset Sleeping Tirana (3:45) – Big Block 454 (Taken from the album ‘Bratislava (An Investigation By Big Block 454)’; see www.myspace.com/bigblock454uk or cdbaby.com/cd/bigblock454)
4. Non Error Minor (3:55) – Luctone (Taken from the ‘Luctone EP’ ; see www.myspace.com/luctone)
5. The misplay (4:33) – Nosound (Taken from the album ‘Lightdark’ ; see www.nosound.net)
6. Clouds? Or Smoke? (6:31) – Ex Reverie (Taken from the album ‘The Door Into Summer’ ; see www.myspace.com/artist/exreverie)
7. Chakra Kahn (5:57) – Birds And Buildings (Taken from the album ‘Bantam to Behemoth’ ; see www.myspace.com/birdsandbuildings)
8. In Tongues (3:30) – Nunbient (Taken from the album ‘One’ ; see www.tfs.co.uk or www.myspace.com/nunbient)
9. Love Is Pure (6:55) – Mercury Rev (Taken from the album ‘Strange Attractor’ ; see www.mercuryrev.com)
10. Billy Evil (3:41) – Howl (Taken from the album ‘Party’; see www.myspace.com/badband69)
11. Lost Boys (7:05) – Jade Warrior (Taken from the album ‘Now’ ; see www.jadewarrior.com)
12. London to Shanghai via Chipping Norton (5:01) – Sundae Club (Taken from the album ‘British Summer Time‘; see www.s-club.co.uk/)
13. A Boy and A River (6:11) – Pia Silvi (Taken from the album ‘Virtually Handsewn’; see www.piasilvi.com or http://cdbaby.com/cd/piasilvi)
14. I Scared (7:38) – Pia Silvi (Taken from the album ‘Virtually Handsewn’; see www.piasilvi.com or http://cdbaby.com/cd/piasilvi)
15. Chameleon (9:01) – Thieves’ Kitchen (Taken from the album ‘The Water Road’; see www.thieveskitchen.co.uk/ or http://cdbaby.com/cd/thieveskitchen4)
16. The Water Road (11:13) – Thieves’ Kitchen (Taken from the album ‘The Water Road’; see www.thieveskitchen.co.uk/ or http://cdbaby.com/cd/thieveskitchen4)
Thanks as always to all the musicians who helped to make 2008 such a great year and to all the listeners who have helped this show go from strength to strength. Send me comments if you like what you hear (or even if you don’t… feedback is so important!). See you for the next episode when we’ll be ‘back to normal’ plus there will be an interview with Karda Estra.
Episode 21: Best of 2008 Part 1
This is the twenty-first edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the blog entry to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. This particular show is the first of two ‘Best of 2008′ specials, with well over an hour of some of the best tracks from 2008. There is no feature album this time because I’m focusing on as many albums from 2008 as I can, but there’s the usual diverse selection of styles and genres, including prog rock, math rock, electronica, post rock, ambient, jazz rock and general strangeness. Below you’ll find the track list, plus weblinks from where you can find more information about each artist.
Total running time: 2 hours and 9 minutes. Downloaded file is 118.97 MB.
1. Bulldozer (5:55) – Jo Gabriel (Taken from the album ‘Fools and Orphans’ ; see www.myspace.com/jogabriel or www.jogabriel.com)
2. Nobot (3:35) – Persona Grata (Taken from the album ‘Frienemies’; see www.myspace.com/personagrata)
3. Part 1 – The Dream: Revolution’s Son (6:43) – Audiocracy (Taken from the album ‘Revolution’s Son’; see www.tobinmueller.com/music/audiocracy & www.myspace.com/audiocracy)
4. Colours (4:21) – PinkLogik (Taken from the album ‘Learning To Trust Higher Frequencies’ ; see www.pinklogik.makessense.co.uk/ & www.myspace.com/pinklogik)
5. Moving Bones (5:38) – Carrigan (Taken from the album ‘Young Men Never Die’ ; see www.carriganclub.com or www.myspace.com/carriganclub)
6. Spaceport (3:26) – Alpha Seven (Taken from the album ‘Space’ ; see www.sofacom.co.uk or www.myspace.com/alphaseven)
7. On The Count Of 13 (2:22) – You Slut! (Taken from the album ‘Critical Meat’; www.myspace.com/youslut1)
8. Back Porch Floating (3:22) – Experimental Dental School (Taken from the album ‘Jane Doe Loves Me’; www.experimentaldental.com/ or www.myspace.com/experid)
9. vii (4:41) – The Cancer Conspiracy (Taken from the album ‘Ω‘ ; see www.myspace.com/thecancerconspiracy)
10. Solitario (4:20) – Peter Greenstone (Taken from the album ‘Broken Symmetries’; see http://petergreenstone.com/ or www.myspace.com/pgreenstone)
11. Big K (5:39) – Goat (Taken from the album ‘Special Agent‘; see www.gregsinibaldi.com/goat.htm or www.myspace.com/goatisevil)
12. Let Me Remain (3:46) – All India Radio (Taken from the album ‘Fall’ ; see www.myspace.com/allindiaradio or cdbaby.com/cd/allindiaradio9)
13. Transmutation (7:02) – Make A Rising (Taken from the album ‘Infinite Ellipse And Head With Open Fontanel’; see www.tonewplanet.com/MAR.html or www.myspace.com/makearising)
14. In The Crash, We Die (5:29) – Every Other Fate (Taken from the album ‘Phantoms Fill The Skies’; see www.everyotherfate.com or www.myspace.com/everyotherfate)
15. Biodiversity (4:55) – Stig (Taken from the album ‘Biodiversity’ ; see www.stigmusic.com/biodiversity.htm)
16. Summer Lover (5:20) – From The Side (Taken from the album ‘Starting Point’; see www.myspace.com/fromtheside)
17. Grace (6:27) – +1 (Taken from the EP ‘1000 Satellites’ ; see www.precognitiverecords.com or www.myspace.com/precognitivemusic)
18. Vultures And Sheep (5:31) – Damon Shulman (Taken from the album ‘Vultures and Sheep’ ; see www.damonshulman.co.uk or www.gentlegiantmusic.com)
19. Deceive. Explode. (3:51) – (Taken from the album ‘Linear Lullabies’ ; see www.myspace.com/projectserendipity)
20. I Can See Where You’re Coming From (4:40) – Antiqcool (Taken from the album ‘Songs of Hope and Despair’ ; see www.antiqcool.co.uk)
21. Crashmind (10:52) – Fromuz (Taken from the album ‘Overlook’; see www.fromuzband.com or www.myspace.com/thefromuz)
Thanks as always to all the musicians who helped to make 2008 such a great year and to all the listeners who have helped this show go from strength to strength. Send me comments if you like what you hear (or even if you don’t… feedback is so important!). See you for the next episode when I’ll present my top 13 albums of 2008.
