Giovedì 1 Mar 2012, 4:04

Andrew Morrison:
Andy's 3-hour March offering features the second session for the show from Document 3. New music includes Yeti Lane, 2:54, Errors, His Electro Blue Voice, Burial, The Big Pink and Kuedo. Andy's Old Chestnut comes from industrial synthpoppers Mesh; Scott's introduces another Funky Five Minutes; plus there's a competition to win copies of the debut album from ?Redo From Start, previously known as my former session guest Block 45.

Marcelle:
'Family Entertainment'

Once again Marcelle provides entertainment for the whole family: courtesy of the Mississippi label we have electronic ‘way-out’ music for children (Bruce Haack), mutant techno for the black sheep of the family (Regis, Rrose). The nerds get their dose of electronics (Actress, Demdike Stare, Slant Azymuth, Oubys), the conservative elderly cheer the Look Back Bores Of March 1982 (The Fall, Josef K and Jah Wobble), whilst the animal lover of the family can enjoy the sound of the humpback whale, pressed onto vinyl! Furthermore the weird cousin can rejoice in new vinyl from Felix Kubin and Denmark's MX. Plus, the dancing members of the family will hop along to amongst others Beneath, Lowa and Coki. For the fool of the family Marcelle plays an old ska tune backwards and relentlessy plays some 18 minutes of Wax Across The Water noise from Marcus Schmickler. Grandmother and grandfather will dance along to a rereleased cumbia 78. There's even some music for the world-weary relatives who never got rid of their cassette player (Felix Kubin and Istari Lasterfahrer's Demo Dandies cassette). The title of Burnt Friedman's new double vinyl album sums up the atmosphere of this show really well: Bokoboko.

Mark Cunliffe:
There has been amazement at Derby Zoo where Tara the giraffe has been found to enjoy good music by stamping her hoof to the beat. I'd stick my neck out to say she'd be motionless on hearing Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds …
So, if you're listening on the iPhone app, what might you be enjoying on the hoof? Woman are dealing with organic Flora which ThorntonClough are fully appreciating. What So Not has done a bad thing which has Hiatus & Shura shaking their heads and caused Million Stylez & Frisk to take to the skies which J-Trick agrees with wholeheartedly. Tyvek are stuck on Alcatraz but Butta Fly might have got them a way out. D.N.S. are giving out duff cheques while Django Django are worried about bigger things and have gone to the IMF for a bail out but 123Mrk couldn't give a monkey's.
Derby's The Trinity Band have specially recorded a magnificent session which will have Tara stamping along more ferociously than Brian Moore in a Scottish ruck.

Mark Whitby:
With March as usual proving to be the time of year when the pile of new CDs keels over under its own weight, I sort through the resulting debris to bring a show that contrasts the melodic gems on offer in an exclusive session from ANT as well as tracks from Tear Talk, Carrie and Benjamin Shaw with the unholy rackets drummed up by At The Heart Of The World, Human Waste. Your Enemy and Fat Janitor.
Breaking out in between 'em like so many daffodils are new releases from Clark, Kiran Leonard, Dementio13 and The Pocket Gods. In the dunno-where-that-came-from-but-it's-bloody-great corner we have Amstatten Bedroom Punk and Manmachine while in the I-know-exactly-where-that-came-from-and-it's-still-bloody-great corner are releases from Pariah Carey, Battles (getting a makeover from The Field) and Kiki Hitomi among others. Plus the amazing I Blame The Parents chuck in a pre-release that stands among their very best offerings to date.
With brief but blissful glances into the past, a highly nostalgic Peel Back … offers a couple of blistering highlights from the Peel shows of thirty years ago as Bogus Ben Covington holds a conversation with his lunch and Capitan Pijama & The Fluorescent Detectives transform the journey to the top floor of a Travelodge into a thing of wonder.

Neil Jenkins:
This month, Neil gives you a couple of intriguing tasters from MJ Hibbett & The Validators' 'Dinosaur Planet' - their comic-indie 'War Of The Worlds'-esque homage. Also, with his ears still ringing beautifully from seeing Big Joan at their CD launch in Bristol, he has resolved to play you more from that fabulous CD 'The Long, Slow Death of Big Joan' in forthcoming shows, to add to those he featured in his January show. On reflection, it's a bit of a noisy, guitar-oriented one this month, so especially satisfying for those listeners with annoying neighbours.

Paul Ackroyd:
There are two shows from me this month. In my regular show there is all sorts including much from the dead, including recently departed Etta & Sandwell District and the long gone Usted Abdul Karim Khan. Probably half the folk on Dust-To-Digital have passed on too. Maybe even Stepen & Haigaz and Icemany Minas as well. I think everyone else in the show is still alive though.
For example, Giuseppe Ielasi has been lively as ever on the engineering side of things, lending his finely-tuned ear to both the new Andrea Belfi and Claudio Rocchetti albums, whilst Plinth go Victorian, and Daniel WJ Mackenzie goes Fibonacci. You will also find Harmonious Thelonious, Solomon Manori (whose CD is still permanently wedged in the Discman), and the final part of that Demdike Stare set arrives. There are other new releases plus in the Wax Across The Water this month, Marcelle sends me some Original Low Fi in exchange for the new Marcus Schmickler LP …
For the extra two-hour show, consider this.
What do Sahel Sounds, Canary Records, Sutro Park, Change, Cultural Knot, Little Axe, Social Music, Neros Neptune, and Domino Sounds all have in common?
Answer - they've all collaborated with Mississippi Records on a number of superb pieces of vinyl. Since the inception of the 'MRP' tag, this collorative work is now official business, and it appears that this enormous unionship of some of the finest crate diggers and sound architects in all the world is with us for every release on Mississippi Records forever more.

Pete Jackson:
March brings the long-awaited session debut of Dementio13 to the show, with another exclusive mix to follow the extraordinary one heard on Mark Whitby's show last month. Elsewhere, there's new, old and somewhere-in-between tunes from The Wedding Present, Gonjasufi, Mungo's Hi Fi and Stranger Son, Wooden Shjips and Battles both get a remixing and there's a proper rock 'n' roll classic from 1951.

Peter Nelson:
Two shows from me this time.

ECLECTIC MUSIC FOR MIND AND BODHI

EMFMAB is only an hour in length, this month, but an hour of precious things. Balkan Techno and New Zealand Dub from Green Queen Music.
Warlock returns with bassline. Glitchy beauty from Kappah and Blue Ducks. Ambience from Paneye. I don't know what from Jared C. Balogh, and I don't know what…er from Lovely Little Girls. What.What.

DANDELION ROOTS

What's new is the first edition of regular Reggae Show, called Dandelion Roots, at first hosted by me, but the idea is to include other Dandelion DJs as a stand alone show in the future.
This month features new music from Sizzla, Big Youth, Dolomoite, Ras Zacharri, Jigsy King, Pampidoo, Ras Zacharri.
Also, a couple of lovers rock beauties from a new Reggae Empress collection and re-issues from Rod Taylor and JStar.
The first in a series of bi-(or tri) monthly programs showcasing the many styles of reggae from all over the world. Roots, Dancehall, Lovers Rock, Ska, Rocksteady, Dub, Ragga and even Mash-Ups. In keeping with Dandelion Radio's ethos, the focus will be upon the original, the inventive and the unusual, and upon new, developing sub-genres.

Rocker:
A three-hour show featuring an exclusive new session from Milky Wimpshake, plus new tracks from One Happy Island; The Wedding Present; Peru; Eux Autres; Randolph's Leap; My Best Fiend; Allo Darlin'; Shrag; The Hardy Boys; Cats On Fire; Liechtenstein; The Whatevers; and Martha.
There's also electronica from Dub Phizix & Skeptical; Petar Dundov & Gregor Tresher; Tom Glass; and Pinch. Luis Junior remixes Darin Epsilon & Tom Sela; while Nick Dow wins a remix competition with his excellent new take on a classic by Sebastien Leger.
There's a short feature on my own Local Underground label, with tracks from Spectrasonic; Cake; and The Drain On The Balcony.
This month's Peel's Big 45 is a psychedelic classic from 1968, while this month's Educating Elizabeth 7" features the late Whitney Houston's mum.
As well as little known acts, here's a little known fact: Although Cissy Houston never had great success as a solo artist, she appears on hit records by artists including Elvis Presley, Van Morrison ('Brown Eyed Girl'), and Jimi Hendrix ('The Burning Of The Midnight Lamp') as a member of The Sweet Inspirations, a harmony backing vocal trio which also included Doris Troy and Dee-Dee Warwick.

Sean Hocking:
Not just Chinese & SE Asian music featured in this show as Chinese New Year came early this year which generally means not much happens in the region for the 2 weeks leading up to and the same period afterwards.
So although we do feature new Shanghai music from Stegasaurus and The Horses as well as a new track from Hong Kong's The Yours as well as a few other recent HK releases, we've given a lot of time over to new Australian electronic music from Guerre, Ollo & The Emergency.
Also a recent visit to the UK allowed some hanging out in favorite record stores and some enjoyable purchases including Brighton's Soft Rocks, new it band Django Django and a few other surprises for you.

Ste McCabe:
Hello chucks,
March is a tremendous month of queer-feminist delight, so keep glued to Dandelion for the next hour and you will surely earn yourself a place in hell!
Proving that there's a whole lot more to Edinburgh than an old castle and a very expensive festival in the summer, there's excellent bubblegum electro-pop from Her Royal Highness, beautiful queer indiepop from The Spook School and mind-blowing grrrl garage punk rock from The Fnords, all of whom are tearing up the city right now. Further afield than my current abode, there's new and lovely trans-positive pop from Leed's Jesus and His Judgemental Father, a song about camel toes from Australia's very queer Press Eject and so much more joy that I can barely contain myself.
See you in hell, you filthy swines!