Tune Yards
Great, great show
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On bus just about to see Todd Terje and the Idjut Boys at Phonox 
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Did a bit of traveling there in October and loved it. It is a chaotic concept, but combined (or maybe anchored by) the Bowie center, I felt that even all of the Victorian era housewares made sense with the preserved post war flats made sense. Anti-curation. Agree re: Raiders of the Lost Arc. Top men. 
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ALFOS was such good fun in Barcelona last night. Theyâd installed a new system at this venue called La Nau and it sounded mega. Sean was at floor level and took us through 5 hours of heatbombs, everything from memory⌠Trickski pill collins to Superpitcher spaceship via Soulwax/Tame Impala, the LCD/Talking Heads mashup, Bill Withers who is he, grace Jones bumper, Charles B âlack of loveâ, the klf without the rapper, a nice âfloatationâ remix tribute to dave ball, human league being boiled (maybe?) + a whole load of obscurities/new stuff I couldnât hope to id. Nods to Full Pupp probably, French deep house, maybe Kuniyuki too. That on 75% of a âsoundcloudâ, whoosh. Great to see @del & crew after so long. Strong celtic / brighton contingent in the place alongside seasoned catalan ravers. Nights out like this are as rare as henâs teeth these days, you really go in all guns blazing.
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That was a great night. The Catalan folk were as warm and welcoming as ever. Absolute diamonds. Seanâs tunes and the sound system were excellent.
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I love hearing that Withers track out, fucking immense.
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The Pure Trance ones or later remixes without Ricky
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Round 2 this evening saw us at another club called Laut, which is a dark, industrial looking club with a fiercely uncompromising music policy. The warm up Melina is a naturalised Uruguayan DJ who bangs heavy âslow technoâ interspersed with the odd break or apocalyptic dialogue. She was followed by Lena Wilikens who lays down a slightly more accessible soundscape with a lot of subtle acid, brooding rhythms and old tech house, akin to what craig richards used to play at fabric? Still pounding but with occasional respite. Nothing remotely recognisable, or related to the night before.
There was a second room Iâd never noticed before with cinema-style seats and people sat around on cushions watching a chillout dj and a huge audiovisual display on a big screen. In all these years Iâd only ever made it to Laut twice (Loud E and someone else). Tried to see Awesome Tapes from Africa once too but that was roadblock. I canât remember the last time I did a weekend double header outside of festies. Talking years! Anyway, with that I return to hibernation albeit with ringing ears.
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I loved the twisted dubby facemelters. Ended up at a great bar playing tunes after the club. Again blown away by the Catalan warmth. Met so many great folk and hilarious characters.
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Sounds great, how was it?
Yeah it was superb. Iâve seen Todd Terje a few times (even put him on myself @ Plastic People back in the day) but embarrassed to say its the first time Iâve seen the Idjut Boys DJ. Terje was on really good form, not too much cheese and played some synth bangers. But I really loved the Idjut Boys - got really deep, tribal and very trippy at times. Hardly recognised any of it (although had that same feel as their early records from the 90s)
Not sure what / how the Idjuts DJ but they def had a really good use of delay / reverb and EQ thatâs up there with Francois K.
And very much my kind of clubbing these days - was absolutely lost in an acid monster at about 7pm and back home on the sofa by 10.30pm
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Did the Manc show last week - brilliant.
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Anyone got a link to this version? Recently picked up a monster 9 min 12â of the Creative Source version (link below) which draws out the intro for 4 mins or so but not heard this Bill Withers one
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I guess this one?
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slightly off topic, more of a âwhat iâm not going to but wish i wasâ⌠luke una playing 8 hours at Om on Saturday night
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Just listening to his 2025 We Out Here set, really great so far. Not sure I could last 8 hours of anybody though to be honest.
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The recording probably sounds better than it was live, we had to leave as he was overdriving the speakers and making ears hurt. Sound engineer booth wouldâve helped.
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Caught Minami Deutsch last night (Dingwalls), was just as you described! Real head trip that attacks all the senses at once. But you could still hear some lovely melodies buried in the wall of noise they built up to. The drummer in particular knows exactly how to really lift the music and change the energy levels.
We missed the support band - but they joined Minami Deutsch on stage for the last song (as think it was the final one of the tour). Very crowded stage but looked like everone was having fun!
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Nice one. Theyâre so good. 
*If anyone knows any other current exponents of trippy kraut/motorik please share! I really like the Portuguese outfit 10000 Russos who are usually on tour somewhere
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