Melodica 21 January 2013

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Chris Coco’s weekly radio broadcast. An eclectic selection of brilliant new music starting with house and moving on to electronica, downtempo, acoustic and all sorts of other styles loosely connected to dance and electronic music. Let tastemaker Chris Coco guide you through his selection of the week’s best new music. This Episode – a whole album of free music from Four Tet, Pantha Du Prince and a church full of bells, Palma Violets going Balearic (probably) and an old school record box full of house music vinyl. It’s all here and it’s all very 2013. [setlist] 1 Jack The Box – The Way We Walk – Moodmusic 2 Equation – I’ll Say A Prayer For You – Rush Hour 3 Fur Coat – Fall’s Away (Just Be Remix) – Crosstown Rebels 4 Laura Jones – Let Me In – Visionquest THAT FUZZY FEELING 5 Four Tet – 0181 – Digital File 6 Synkro – Recognition – Apollo 7 Ben Hauke – Don – Digital File STRINGS, WOOD AND A BOX OF AIR 8 Villagers – In A Newfound Land You Are Free – Domino LIFE’S A BEACH 9 Palma Violets – Step Up For The Cool Cats – Rough Trade 10 Horace Andy – Skylarking (Oliver Frost Version) – Echo Beach Life fidelity 11 Crazy P – Changes (Mario Basnov Remix) – 2020 Vision 12 Arcadis – Angel – Cheap Thrills 13 Pantha Du Prince & The Bell Laboratory – Spectral Split – Rough Trade

Melodica 14 January 2013

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Chris Coco’s weekly radio broadcast. An eclectic selection of brilliant new music starting with house and moving on to electronica, downtempo, acoustic and all sorts of other styles loosely connected to dance and electronic music. Let tastemaker Chris Coco guide you through his selection of the week’s best new music. It’s funny, you expect a new year to bring a complete change, of course, because it’s a random moment invented by humans it doesn’t, so after a fantastic break it’s back to business as usual here at Melodica HQ with a flow of great new, deep, electronic music releases for us to enjoy. [setlist] 1 Satin Jackets + Ejeca – Dee Baby – House Of Disco Records 2 Waze & Odyssey – Feel My Voices – Wolf Music Records 3 Slow Hands & Tanner Ross – All The Same – Wolf & Lamb 4 Crazy P – We Can Only Be (Wolf & Lamb Remix) – 2020 Vision THAT FUZZY FEELING (TUNE OF THE WEEK) 5 Synkro – Acceptance – Apollo 6 Deux – Golden Dreams – Minimal Wave STRINGS, WOOD AND A BOX OF AIR 7 Atoms For Peace – Judge, Jury & Executioner – XL 8 Wild Beasts – Stray – Domino LIFE’S A BEACH 9 Ravi Shankar – Tala Tabla Tarang – Crescendo Music 10 S Janaki – Sree Ganatha – Koel 11 Flunk – Queen Of The Underground (Athome Rework) – Beatservice 12 Hot Coins – The Only Way – Sonar Kollectiv 13 Benoit & Sergio – Bridge So Far – Hot Creations

Melodica 7 January 2013

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Chris Coco’s weekly radio broadcast. An eclectic selection of brilliant new music starting with house and moving on to electronica, downtempo, acoustic and all sorts of other styles loosely connected to dance and electronic music. Let tastemaker Chris Coco guide you through his selection of the week’s best new music. This Episode there are some fresh tunes and a few dubby diversions to calm the confusion, ease the hangover pain and help us glide effortlessly into the new year. [setlist] 1 Arash – Distant Voices (Shade Remix) – Silver Network 2 Finnebassen – Footsteps (Adriatique Remix) – Supernature THAT FUZZY FEELING (TUNE OF THE WEEK) 3 Crazy P – We Can Only Be (Wolf & Lamb Remix) – 2020 Vision 4 Prince Fatty Vs Richard Burton – Under Milk Wood – CDR 5 The Upsetter Vs Marx Vs Gil Scott Heron – Unknown Dub – CDR 6 Didz & Chico – When I Say (Chris Coco Old School 7″ Remix) – Melodica Recordings STRINGS, WOOD & A BOX OF AIR 7 City Reverb – Give Away – Melodica Recordings LIFE’S A BEACH 8 James Mason – Nightgruv – Rush Hour 9 Tiger Cubes – 2012 Thinking About You (Lipelis Dream Mix) – Nang 10 Pachanga Boys – Fiesta Forever (Reprise) – Hippie Dance 11 James Zabelia – The Healing (Gang Colours Remix) – Born Electric 12 Burial – Truant – Hyperdub

Melodica (best of 2012)

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Chris Coco’s weekly radio broadcast. An eclectic selection of brilliant new music starting with house and moving on to electronica, downtempo, acoustic and all sorts of other styles loosely connected to dance and electronic music. Let tastemaker Chris Coco guide you through his selection of the week’s best new music. It’s Christmas week, there’s no denying, which mean everything stops, we look back at the year and get a little melancholy and tearful about all those magic moments and lost opportunities. So, instead of a countdown or a chart or anything too nerdy, here’s a selection of tunes that will help with the contemplation of time passing. The songs are taken from some of my favourite albums of 2012. And I’ll tell you about them briefly as we go along. OK? Good. Let’s do it. [setlist] 1 Idjut Boys – Rabass LP: Cellar Door 2 Taken By Trees – In Other Words LP: Other Worlds 3 Levek – Solemn Feeling Forever Healing LP: Look A Little Closer 4 The Gaslamp Killer – Apparitions (With Gonjasufi) LP: Breakthrough 5 Peaking Lights – Beautiful Dub LP: Lucifer In Dub 6 The Orb feat Lee Scratch Perry – Golden Clouds LP: The Orb Presents The Orbserver In The Star House 7 Grizzly Bear – Gun Shy LP: Shields 8 Tame Impala – Music To Walk You Home By LP: Lonerism 9 Flying Lotus – DMT Song LP: Until The Quiet Comes 10 Dirty Projectors – Dance For You LP: Swing Lo Magellan 11 Alabama Shakes – Be Mine LP: Boys & Girls 12 Bobby Womack – Nothing Can Save Ya (feat Fatoumata Diawara) LP: The Bravest Man In The Universe 13 One Little Plane – Hold You Down LP: Into The Trees 14 Chilly Gonzalez – Kenaston LP: Solo Piano 2 15 Brian Eno – Lux 1 LP: Lux

Melodica 17 December 2012

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Chris Coco’s weekly radio broadcast. An eclectic selection of brilliant new music starting with house and moving on to electronica, downtempo, acoustic and all sorts of other styles loosely connected to dance and electronic music. Let tastemaker Chris Coco guide you through his selection of the week’s best new music. This episode is another catch up on a fine selection of new house music, plus Peaking Lights in dub, some Public Information about Everest, Four Tet, Herbert, Jack Dixon and Ian Pooley. Nice. [setlist] 1 Ha-ze Factory – A Bit Of Redemption – K7 2 Metro – Brownstone Express – Rush Hour 3 Will Saul & October – Light Sleeper (Michael Mayer Remix) – Aus Music THAT FUZZY FEELING (TUNE OF THE WEEK) 4 Herbert – It’s Only Love (DJ Koze Remix) – 5 Vondelpark – Dracula – R&S 6 Four Tet – Jupiters (Jamie XX Remix) – Text 7 Blackbird Blackbird – Keep It Up (Sun Glitters Remix) – Digital File 8 Public Service Broadcasting – Everest (Leftside Wobble Remix) – LIFE’S A BEACH 9 Peaking Lights – Cosmick Dub – Weird World 10 Jack Dixon – Margo – Digital File 11 Ian Pooley – Tale Of The Big City – Pooled Music 12 James Priestley & Marco Antonio – Speed – Secret Sundaze