01. Magic Bullet - Optional Reality (I Think We're Flipped) (3:49)
Yes, it's 2024, election year in the USA,
Russia (wonder who'll win that one?) and the UK. And we're picking on all of
them, starting with the delusional orange one. Originally recorded for Le
Colibri Nécrophile's "The World Is Over" series in June 2020, but suitably
cleaned up for broadcast...
https://zonefusion.bandcamp.com/album/the-world-is-over-b-side
02. Invisible Illusion - Unreal Mixtape (10:52)
And this from just one of the recording
projects of the man behind that label, Ed End, much of whose own work can be
followed on this link...
https://yoshiwaku.bandcamp.com
03. Magic Bullet - Пятьсот (3:00)
Turning our attention to Russia now, this
track setting up some music from Vladivostok based Alexey Kondart, the man
behind the Broken Tape Records label. We did this track, roughly pronounced
"pyat'sot" (Russian for 500), for Alexey's incredible labour of love,
"International Experimental Music Compilation (500 Way Split)", the release
of which was finally achieved last July. And while we're there...
04. rådiövölnå - На Oрбите (8:22)
..."In Orbit", this is a track from Alexey
himself. Much more of his output can be found on his Bandcamp, along with
said monster compilation and more...
https://brokentaperecords.bandcamp.com
05. V. Poiskah DoDo - Колись Побілені Стіни (1:57)
To the other side of the Russia - Ukraine
conflict now, our friend in Kyiv, Vladimir Vpdodo, the man behind the
innovative Shorty Music series, sadly silent for the last year and a half
because of the war. This show was actually recorded before Christmas, things
being a tad hectic at this time of year, and I said in it that we had seen
nor heard nothing from Vladimir in all that time and that one could only
hope; I'm pleased to say I received a message from him on New Year's Day and
he is actually alive and well, which is a great relief. This is one of his
own works, roughly translated as "Once Whitewashed Walls"...
https://vpoiskahdodofriends.bandcamp.com
06. EMERGE - drench (7:49)
On the subject of war, I wanted to draw
attention to Attenuation Circuit's
compilation album "Стоп!"
It's the word 'stop' in Cyrillic, undoubtedly just to make sure Putin can
understand it, and it's a running collection, the title of each track upon
which is "Stop All Wars" in one language or another, and contributions
continue to be accepted until the madness finally ends. Whether the world
sees sense or it becomes the biggest compilation album in human history, who
knows, but a noble project indeed. The label is run by Sascha Stadlmeier,
whose own musical project is EMERGE...
https://emerge.bandcamp.com
07. Michael Ridge - Empty Predawn Gaze (Pond Contemplation Mix) (7:13)
And back home to the UK, where the Tory
government had us applauding NHS workers on our doorsteps every Thursday
evening at 8:00 throughout the pandemic, but in the aftermath, when they
simply asked for a fair wage and the respect they deserved, we saw how
little the government really cared. The reason I'm bringing in Michael
Ridge, aka Zebra Mu, at this point, is his support for NHS charities with
his "Quagga Curious Sounds Loves The NHS" benefit compilation, making him
far more worthy of a vote than the Tories come the election, though I
realise that isn't setting the bar very high!
https://mridge.bandcamp.com
08. Gerardo Colin - El Poema Politico (3:12)
And the final word goes to our friend in
Mexico, the man behind the Otcrah Records label, Gerardo Colin. This is one
that you won't find on Bandcamp, still keeping the golden age values of the
underground alive with actual hard copy releases. No election looming (that
we know of), but this 192 seconds of distorted anger somehow captures the
spirit of it all...
https://otcrahrecords.wordpress.com
09. Magic Bullet - Medley A Política (3.27)
This month's playout is a little ditty we
recorded especially for a session on Neil Crud's "Punk & Beyond" show on
Louder Than War Radio, which also gave us the idea for the framework of this
edition of our own show. The first part is "Chumpy Chumpy Trump Trump",
messing with the old Middle Of The Road hit and the experimental pigman; the
second is "Slap Putin", which we think is no less than the murderous cunt
deserves (I say that here because I'm not allowed to on the show!); and we
conclude with "Tory Pigs", messing with Julian Nott's iconic "Peppa Pig"
theme and those that claimed we were all in this together whilst stuffing
their own Cayman Island bank accounts...
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