Pathetic Earthlings
Ming the Merciless’ desert island discs includes Tortoise, Coldcut, Jacques Brel, Prefuse 73, Keith Jarrett, Aphex Twin, Nobukazu Takemura and Julianna Barwick. Intergalactic indeed!
Pale Fire
The following note is not an apology of suicide – it is the simple and sober description of a spiritual situation. The more lucid and overwhelming one’s belief in Providence, the greater the temptation to get it over with, this business of life, but the greater too...
Future Perfect
In the future music will be perfect, this mix is what that sounds, with BADBADNOTGOOD, The Thing With Five Eyes, Ambrose Akinmusire, The Books, St Vincent, Mick Jenkins, Thundercat and Skinny Pelembe.
Chill Hop
When I was a boy, I think this style of music would have been called instrumental hip hop or trip hop or even ambient beats, but now we have lo-fi beats and chill hop. Same same! Fortunately the music’s as good as ever and I’ve found a few good playlists...
My Brilliant Friend
On December 31st of 1958 Lila had her first episode of dissolving margins. The term isn’t mine, she always used it. She said that on those occasions the outlines of people and things suddenly dissolved, disappeared. That night, on the terrace where we were celebrating...