56. “Unitas XXVI”

“My name is Elling Lien... I live in... something called RPM Challenge, a creative challenge to people to record music in the month of February...  Magic Bullet is one of many... Magic Bullet is... Magic Bullet...”

The RPM Challenge is not a label... it does not release music as such... but it captured our interest... something called REM Challenge too... an extension of... creative challenge to people to record music EVERY month... for a year... we like...

Run by Elling Lien from his base in Newfoundland, Canada, we thought there was something quite inspirational about this concept to encourage creativity, non genre specific, and decided to follow it all the way down the rabbit hole. By the time we reach the bottom, we will have a set of 13 works at 35 minutes apiece, which we intend to release as one mega collection in tribute to this noble project. Label or not, it is more than worthy of inclusion here. Our thanks to Elling and all involved.

Official Website: https://www.rpmchallenge.com

Soundcloud:

https://soundcloud.com/rpm-challenge

57. “George’s Tool (7 Incher)” - Magic Bullet

And here’s one we did earlier! This is the cut down mix of “George’s Tool (At Full Length)”, our duet for drums and angle-grinder (thanks, George!), or ‘7 Incher’ as we like to call it. This is, of course, a reference to the glory days of the vinyl single, but then what else could it be? We do these shorter versions especially for the listening party broadcasts, because basically, Skit and I have a streak of kindness running through us. You know, like Blackpool rock. There’s also a ‘12 Incher’, which you’ll be pleased to hear comes as a bonus track with this album.

58. “Unitas XXVII”

“Yeah, there he goes, that’s Mick Magic, Magic Bullet, yeah, Mick Magic, Magic Bullet.”

Yes, the first bit is Kev Ellis again. We like Kev Ellis.

Sascha Stadlmeier... Attenuation Circuit... yeah, I think we’ve already established I should write these things down at the time, something about the hood, I think... das ist EMERGE...”

SASCHA STADLMEIER (Attenuation Circuit)

I don’t honestly know Sascha too well as yet, we only actually got to be on his Attenuation Circuit label via a third party in the first place. It was our good friend Mr. Eel, you see, he solicited a track from us for a compilation he was well... compiling... for an as yet unknown releasing label. We trust Mr. Eel, so we gave him one. Sascha’s was the label it was released on. The rest, as they say, is history.

59. “drench” - EMERGE

EMERGE is inspired by the minimalist traditions of experimentalism and non-academic noise music, focusing on generating sound structures intended to make atmospheres emerge that are open to each listener’s own interpretation. The choice of sound sources used is usually very limited. In most cases only rudiments of the original sounds are recognizable due to various treatments. EMERGE also uses and recycles raw material from a variety of artists/musicians.

original field recordings by Leonardo Granchi (Bad Girl)

composed and produced by EMERGE

exclusive for this compilation

https://emergeac.wordpress.com/

https://immerge.bandcamp.com/

60. “Unitas XXVIII”

KEITH WOODHOUSE (Radio Woking): This is Magic Bullet. Back in the day, they were from Frimley.

THE MACHINES: The Planet Frimley.

KEITH WOODHOUSE: But now they are based up on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire. I think that’s round Blackpool and that way. I may be wrong, I have been called geographically challenged.

KEITH WOODHOUSE: You chant the name of the person who’s putting it together.

LADY WE HAD TO PAY LOADS OF MONEY TO MAKE HER SAY THIS: Pete Cole, he’s so hunky.

KEITH WOODHOUSE: And then call the song “We Love The Farnborough Groove”. So this is Magic Bullet, and “We Love The Farnborough Groove”.

THE MAGIC BULLET: We love the Farnborough Groove, yeah.

ED LINER (Kick Radio): There we go... that was... that’s a classic... Magic Bullet.

PETE COLE (Farnborough Groove Music)

Pete is not actually a muzo himself, but there was no way I was going to leave him without a heartfelt acknowledgement on here.  MMATT first appeared on one of his compilations 29 years ago, and there was no way we were going to miss out being included on the 30th anniversary special, however much he begged us to. He even tried saying he didn’t like the opening line of the track and asked us to get rid of it, presumably thinking we’d get all ‘art dahling’ on him, stamp our feet and refuse flatly. Not us, we soon worked out what he was up to, and in spite of the fact we’d had to pay the lady who’d read it for us quite a lot of money (our fault for showing her his picture first, top centre), we swallowed the out of pocket expenses, chopped the offending line off and returned the track anew. His cunning plan had failed. We could almost hear his sobbing from up here. And that’s how we got on the 30th anniversary special. True story.

Many thanks also to Keith (top right, Blackpool way is spot on, incidentally) and Ed (top left) for the airplay, much appreciated.

https://farnboroughgroovemusic.bandcamp.com

Whilst Pete watches over Farnborough,

his cat has its eyes firmly on Poland...

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