The Crow Versus Crow Radio Show #43

'There's mad potential in anonymity.'

For episode #43 Benbow returns with a selection of records, including new and unreleased tracks from releases on his own Horrible Injury label, to bolster selections from the records I've been listening to over the last couple of weeks between the recording of episodes. Demos, new releases, previews of soon-to-be-released records, remixes, tracks mined from the archives...independent / DIY vibesin'.

If you are at all interested in the work of the artists featured in this episode, please support the artists and labels through purchasing their records and attending their shows where possible.

This episode originally aired in a far inferior mono form on 96.7 Phoenix FM (Calderdale) on Sunday 11th November 2012 between 6 and 8pm.

1. Runners - Tranquillity Base I (Galaxians / Runners 12" split / Stargaze)

2. Oren Ambarchi/Robin Fox - Trios (Connected / Kranky)

3. Abe - Daunt (Abe EP / Not on Label)

4. Flash G - Pearl (Snake in the Grass EP / Grizzaleng)

5. Umez - Airship (BBBlood / Umez / So I Buried Records)

6. BBBlood - Breathe in the Fumes (BBBlood / Umez / So I Buried Records) 

7. The Phantom - Connect the Dots (The Phantom EP / Senseless Records)

8. Ashtray Navigations - 2 (The Cream Wheel / Not on Label)

9. Ithaca Trio - Cortical Node (New Music from the Delta Quadrant / Hibernate Recordings)
10. Tindersticks - Trouble Every Day (Trouble Every Day OST / Beggars Banquet)

11. Slowcoaches - Tummy Bug (Tummy Bug / Not on Label)
12. Tuff Sherm / PMM - Lyre (The Pagan Cinema / Opal Tapes)

13. Mazes - Bodies (Hookworms Remix) (Bodies / Fat Cat Records)
14. Bardo Pond - The Crawl (Yntra (Latitudes) / Southern Records)#

15. Mister Mitch - Bethlem Royal (Mind Machine EP / Slit Jockey Records)
16. Bobby Womack - Jubilee (Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around) (The Bravest Man in the Universe / XL Recordings)

17. DJ Ford Foster - Gargoyle Track (Gargoyle / Primitive Dancer)
18. Matt Miles-Dixon - 2.50.2 (Passing by with Beer / Horrible Injury)

19.The Secret - Daily Lies (Agnus Dei / Southern Lord)
20. Wode - Last Days (Demo / Not on Label)

Thank You.

The Crow Versus Crow Radio Show #41

Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero, or some shit...

So, it's the 41st anniversary of the Crow Versus Crow Radio Show's birth and the weight of the encroaching end lies heavy on sallow, worn skin. We are balding, fallen and wise...r.

We are mixless and proud this week, with Benbow (Horrible Injury) joining the recording, presenting a selection of tracks to compliment/contrast/boost the credibility of my own selections.

If you are at all interested in the work of the artists featured in this episode, please support the artists and labels through purchasing their records and attending their shows where possible.

This episode originally aired in a far inferior mono form on 96.7 Phoenix FM (Calderdale) between 6 and 8pm on Sunday 14th October 2012.

Tracklisting

1. Nisennenmondai - Itkyokune (Neji/Tori / Smalltown Supersound)

2. Forgets - Deliberately (And My Equal Vegetates for Her Boy / Not On Label)

3. Galaxians - Mermaids of Miami (Nighthammer Remix) (Unreleased / Not On Label)

4. Idea Shower - The Fool (Paradigm Shift / Not On Label)

5. The Pixies - (In Heaven) Lady in the Radiator Song (At the BBC / 4AD)

6. Rufige Kru - VIP Riders Ghost (The Origin) (Doc Scott / Rufige Kru - VIP Drumz / VIP Riders Ghost (The Origin) / Metalheadz)

7. Diddy & Benbow - Mod Night (Unreleased / Not On Label)

8. Abe - Drazz for Junks (Unreleased / Not On Label)

9. Pjaro - Need Parmesan (Unreleased / Not On Label)

10. MS30 - NDAR (excerpt) (NDAR / Idiosyncratics Records)

11. DJ Nate - Free (Da Trak Genius / Planet Mu)

12. Moloch - All Eyes Blinded (Moloch / Closure / Feast Of Tentacles)

13. Closure - Constant Pain (Moloch / Closure / Feast Of Tentacles)

14. John Shuttleworth - Excerpt from Seven Songs By Sunset (Self Released)

15. Barrington Levy - Here I Come (Barrington Levy's DJ Counteraction / Greensleeves)

16. Esoteric Youth - Cannis Pullus (Demo / Church of Fuck)

17. Woods of Desolation - Within a Crimson Tide (Sorh / Eisenwald Tonschmiede)

18. Miles Davis - Black Satin (On the Corner / CBS)

19. Skitz Beatz - Man in the Boot (John Halifax Refix) (Unreleased / Not On Label)

20. Offthesky & Man Watching The Stars - Star Crossed Through Empty Thick (Afar, Farewell / Rural Colours)
21. Rrose - White/Drip (Artificial Light (1969 - 1909) / Sandwell District)

22. Roll Deep - People Don't Know (In at the Deep End / Relentless Records)
23. C_C - So Devil (Retro Action / Bedroom Research)

Thank You.

Benbow / Leeds \ Grime

Here is a 12 minute mini-mix of Leeds-ish Grime-ish tracks made by Benbow, freely available to download and/or stream, featuring Rian Treanor, Mossmade Beatz, Sarantis ft. Dialect and Pak-Man.

Benbow / Leeds \ Grime by Crow Versus Crow on Mixcloud

Thank You

The Crow Versus Crow Radio Show #37

'We've Set Up our Variables and We're in the Mix'

So, here it is, this, episode #37 of The Crow Versus Crow Radio Show. After a while of being lonesome, mixless and forlorn, I am joined in the studio by my good friend Benbow, of Horrible Injury infamy, who has brought along a damn fine set of records for us to listen to.

Doubly excellently, this episode also features a specially composed mix from Richard Knight (Slumberjack Records). It's a whopping 32 minutes long and worth every second of your attention. Thank you very much to Richard for contributing this work. It is an absolute pleasure to include it within this show.

If you are interested in the work of any of the artists featured in this episode, please support the artists and labels through purchasing their records and attending their shows, where possible.

This episode originally aired, in a far inferior mono form, on Phoenix 96.7 FM (Calderdale) on Sunday 19th August 2012 between 6 and 8pm.

Tracklisting

1. Hapsburg Braganza - In Holland Cloth (Recurring Dreams / Alt.Vinyl Records)

2. Gil Scott-Heron - Message To The Messengers (Spirits / TVT Records)
3. Chimpo - Blowfish (Blowfish / Estate Recordings)

4. Talvihorros - Etude IV (Some Ambulance / Denovali Records)
5. Zelienople - Coloured (The World Is A House On Fire / Type)

6. Perspex Flesh - False (Demo / Not On Label)
7. Basic House - O' Solitary Sisters (O' Solitary Sisters/Bread Doll / Not On Label)

8. Petrels - On High Savannahs (On High Savannahs/Talus Dice / Not On Label)
9. Neck Vs. Throat - Why Not Just Fucking Shut Up (Neck Vs. Throat / Agrafobia)

10. Richard Knight - A Purse of Overdue Pennies (A Work Composed For The Crow Versus Crow Radio Show)

11. Sloth Hammer - There Is An Evil Hidden In Every Corner ('The Improvised Torture Sessions' Volume 2 / Not On Label)  (Special mention for Raw Nerve Zine)
12. Chrome Sparks - Marijuana (Aaural / GRL MTN)

13. Black Sabbath - A National Acrobat (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath / Vertigo)
14. Action Beat - The Dolphin (The Condition / unreleased)

15. Trumpets of Death - I Hear You Call My Name (Weekend Series / Not On Label)
16. Distinction - Only The Ghost Will Listen (Only The Ghost Will Listen/No Reason / Music Of Distinction)

Thank You