GUTTERBREAKZ FM: PLAYLIST ARCHIVE

TRANSMISSION #16: PITCHFORK SPECIAL

Kode 9 - Lime (Hyperdub cd-r promo)
Atki 2 & Indi Kaur - Zig Zag (cd-r dub)
Geiom - Berkane Sol (Berkane Sol 12")
Shackleton - Tin Foil Sky (Skull Disco cd-r promo)
Secret Agent Gel - Toady (cd-r dub)
Soundbox - ???? (cd-r dub)
Jakes - Merciful (cd-r dub)
Wedge - Monkey Puzzle (cd-r dub)
Drop The Lime - Creepycrawler (cd-r dub)
Starkey - Marsh (cd-r dub)
Forsaken - Faith (cd-r dub)
Headhunter - Late Night Sanctuary (cd-r dub)
Monkey Steak - Lighthouse Dub (Pinch Rmx) (Punch Drunk cd-r promo)
Stormfield - Haiku (Monkey Steak Rmx) (Combat cd-r promo)
Narcossist - Filter Skank Rmx (cd-r dub)
Kode 9 & Spaceape - Victims (Hyperdub cd-r promo)
Forensics - Endgame (cd-r dub)


TRANSMISSION #15: JULY 2006

The Caretaker - Untitled (V/Vm Test)
Boards Of Canada - Left Side Drive (Warp)
Blackdown - Crackle Blues [Burial Mix] (Keysound)
Shackleton - Hamas Rule (forthcoming on Skull Disco)
Sandoz - I and I Meditation (Soul Jazz)
Various Production - Co Beat (Various Production)
Headhunter - The Arrival (Ascension)
Distance - Cyclops (Planet Mu)
Skream - Blipstream (Tempa)
Digital Mystikz - Misty Winter (Soul Jazz)
High Planes Drifter Vs. Goldspot - Sholay (Tempa)
MRK 1/Sizzla - I Got To [Virus Syndicate Instrumental] (Contagious)
Spac Hand Luke - Synkik (Rephlex)
Johnny Dark - Can't Wait (Kin)
V/Vm - You're So Sick (V/Vm Test)
Sleeparchive - Bleep 04 (Sleeparchive)
Madtone - Emerald (Blossoms Kitchen)
Amit (with Outrage) - Unholy (Commercial Suicide)

TRANSMISSION #14: JUNE 2006

Once 11 - Bottled Paycheck (The Agriculture)
Burial - Wounder (Hyperdub)
Blackdown - Lata (forthcoming on Keysound Recordings)
The Herbal Medium - Patch (dub)
Geiom - Shock On The Rocks (Berkane Sol)
Upstart - Subtrank (dub)
Narcossist - Terrorist (dub)
Tech Itch - Know (forthcoming on Ascension)
Kion - Yard Music (forthcoming on Clandestine)
Headhunter - 7th Curse (Ascension)
Skuba - Plate (Hotflush)
Slaughter Mob - Born Under Cow (Halo Beats)
Warlock - Cellar Door (Rag & Bone)
N-Type - Way Of The Dub (Dub Police)
Digital Mystikz - Earth Run A Red (Soul Jazz)
Kope 9 & Spaceape - Backwards (Hyperdub)
Digital Mystikz - Ancient Memories [Skream Rmx] (DMZ)
D1 - Bamboo (Road)
Caspa - For The Kids (Dub Police)
Grim Feast - Metropolis (dub)
The Kilamanjaro Darkness Ensemble - Lobby (Planet Mu)

TRANSMISSION #13: MAY 2006 (1st Anniversary Special)

Delia Derbyshire - Happy Birthday (BBC Records)
Forensics - Warm Storm (dub)
White Boi - Abel Sinner (dub)
Cogent - Dirt Bag (dub)
Secret Agent Gel - Banker (dub)
Appleblim - Fear (dub)
Tech Itch - Implant (Ascension)
Skream - I [Loefah Rmx] (Tempa)
N-Type - Ghetto Yout Rmx (dub)
Bass Clef - Untitled Strings (dub)
Mathhead - Stagger (forthcoming on Pitch Black)
Starkey - Strike Now (Werk)
Kion - Nusrah (dub)
Elemental - Deep Under (Hotflush)
Takomo - Bomb Man (dub)
Amit - I'll Hunt You (forthcoming on Commercial Suicide)
Atomly - Hotdougs Riddim (dub)
J@kes - 3.09 v.1 (dub)
DJ Distance - Temptation (forthcoming on Tectonic)
Atki 2 - Guilty Pleasures [Pinch Rmx] (Werk)
Monkey Steak - Lighthouse Dub (dub)
Moving Ninja - Alien (dub)
Peverlist - All this talk of blood and iron is the cause of all my shaking (dub)
Serantis - Senseless Riddim (Senseless)
Forsaken - Thunder (dub)
DJ Wedge - Dogtown (dub)
Boxcutter - Hyloz (Planet Mu)
Emalkay - Frequency (Boka)
Headhunter - Final Cut (dub)
DJ Kudos - No Man's Land (Soundproof Recordings)
Skuba - Dream (Hotflush)

TRANSMISSION #12: APRIL 2006

Nikki St. George - Attack Of The Alien Minds (Trunk)
Pinch - Qawwali V.I.P. (Planet Mu)
DJ Wedge - Fever (dub)
Shackleton - Hypno Angel (forthcoming on Skull Disco)
luke.envoy - Honour Kill (Hotflush)
Vex'd - Bombardment Of Saturn (Planet Mu)
Grim Feast - Monopoly (dub)
Boxcutter - Bad You Do [Halfstep] (Planet Mu)
Digital Mystikz - Anti-War Dub (DMZ)
Richard H. Kirk - BN2 (Dust Science)
Uniform - He's Above His Station (Planet Mu)
Kyler - Brewster Baked A Sour Apple Memory (Planet Mu)
Breakage - The 9th Hand (Planet Mu)
Equinox - Do You Understand Me? (Planet Mu)
Bizzy B - Flava (Planet Mu)
Exile - Openable Dog (Planet Mu)
The Gasman - Flatus (Planet Mu)
Drop The Lime - Mathhead Megamix (Reduced Phat)
Dolphin - Soul Cannibal (Planet Mu)

TRANSMISSION #11: MARCH 2006

b0a - Big Block (dub)
Headhunter - Sleepwalker (dub)
Skream - Hag (Tempa)
Dev 79 - From The Get (Slit Jockey)
Waifer - Fire Rmx (Slew Dem Productions)
Jammer - Murkle Man [instrumental rmx] (promo)
Wiley - Carnival (Southside)
Newham Generals (Footsie) - Dirtee Skankin (Dirtee Stank)
Blackmass Plastics - Sickostep (Dirty Needles)
Search & Destroy - Candy Floss [Loefah Rmx] (Hotflush)
Darquan - Bigga Times (Storming Productions)
Chris Clark - Urgent Jell Hack (Warp)
Spank Rock - Backyard Betty (Big Dada)
Jimmy Edgar - Semi Erotic (Warp)
Omen - Frontline (forthcoming on Tectonic)
Moving Ninja - Uranium (dub)

TRANSMISSION #10: FEBRUARY 2006

Boxcutter - Hayfever Dub (forthcoming on Planet Mu)
QPE - Kitty (The Agriculture)
Copy - Plagiarhythm (Audio Dregs)
Secret Agent Gel - Reprise (dub)
Kion - Kubla Rmx (dub)
D1 - Identify (Tempa)
Cyrus - Prophesy (Tectonic)
Scuba - Thank You (Hotflush)
Starkey - Shoot The Messenger (dub)
Fuze - Noizu (The Thing Is...)
Mathhead - South Bronx (dub)
Atki2 feat. Renee Silver - Shocking Out Proud [DTL Salty Mix] (Shadetek)
Various Production - In This (Various Production)

TRANSMISSION #9: JANUARY 2006

Bass Clef - Welcome To Echo Chamber (dub)
DJ Distance - Taipan (Boka)
Cogent - Sundayz (dub)
Mark One - Tomb Raider (Southside Dubstars)
Shackleton - Majestic Visions (Skull Disco)
L-Wiz - Girlfriend (Dub Police/Storming)
Loefah - Root (DMZ)
Search & Destroy - Mark Of The Beast (Combat Wax)
Warlock - Full Tilt (Rag & Bone)
DJ Charmzy - Banger (Black Ops/L.D. Cats)
DJ Mondie - Pull Up Dat VIP (Foot In The Door)
Mr Keys - Merkin (Southside)
Forsaken - Smerins (dub)

TRANSMISSION #8: DECEMBER 2005 (XMAS SPECIAL)

Sy Mann w/Jean Jacques Perrey - Jingle Bells (Pickwick)
DJ Charmzy - Ghost (L.D. Cats)
AFX - Snivel Chew (Rephlex)
Luke Vibert - Dirty Fucker (Planet Mu)
LFO - Flu Shot [kringlan] (Warp)
Sleepachive - Research (Sleeparchive)
DMX Krew - Brain Location Service (Rephlex)
A Guy Called Gerald - Tajeen (!K7)
Coki - Officer (DMZ)
S.N.O. - Bring Da Beat (Terrain)
Skream - Midnight Request Line (Tempa)
D1 - Belong (Soulja)
DJ Pinch & P. Dutty - Alien Tongue (Tectonic)
Digital Mystikz - Neverland (DMZ)
DJ Distance - Saints 'n Sinners (Boka)
John Baker - Xmas Commercial (BBC Records)
V/VM - Cocaine (V/VM Test)
Vex'd - Fire (Planet Mu)
Jon E. Cash - Cash Beat (L.D.Cats)
Roll Deep - When I'm 'Ere (Relentless)
Eastwood & Oddz - Champion VIP (Southside)
Waifer - Grime Instrumental (Slew Dem Prod.)
2nd 2 None - Toxic (A.R.M.Y.)
Monkey Steak - Ruff Ting King (Werk)
Toasty - Angel (Hotflush)
Loefah & Skream - 28g (Tectonic)
Burial - Southern Comfort (Hyperdub)
The Gasman - Ice Dance (Planet Mu)
Venetian Snares - Szerencsetlen (Planet Mu)
Boards Of Canada - Dayvan Cowboy (Warp)

TRANSMISSION #7: NOVEMBER 2005

Hell Science Dept - Cold Tap (dub)
Appleblim - Girder (forthcoming on Skulldisco)
S.N.O. - God Loves a Tryer (Terrain)
Skream - Skunk Step (Big Apple)
Skream - Affekz Rmx (Southside)
SLT Mob - Pull Up (Urban Graffiti)
Search & Destroy - Killamanjaro (Destructive)
Warlock - TV Controls Your Mind (Rag & Bone)
F1 - I Hate You (Southside)
Agent X - Killohertz - Alias Rmx (Heatseeker Recordings)
Imp Batch - Fusion - EJ Rmx (A.R.M.Y. Bullet)
Black Ops (DJ Dread-D) - Are 1 (L.D. Cats)

TRANSMISSION #6: OCTOBER 2005

Boxcutter - Gave Dub (dub)
Loefah & Skream - Fearless (forthcoming on Tectonic)
Pressure feat. Warrior Queen - Money Honey (Hyperdub)
Professor J-S - Militia (Boka)
Vexin - Killa Switch (dub)
Forsaken - Grimeminister (dub)
Baddie - Technique (dub)
Geroyche - Great Expectations (Ventilator Tontrager)
Glass Candy - Lovin' Machine [Nite Vocode] (Troubleman Unlimited)
Giedo Primo - An Idle Celebration (dub)
Scary - Irate Jungle (dub)
Jackson & His Computer Band - Radio Caca (Warp)
Boards Of Canada - Tears From The Compound Eye (Warp)

TRANSMISSION #5: SEPTEMBER 2005

Various Production - Faller (Various Production)
Geroyche - Death (Ventilator Tontrager)
Appleblim - Cheat I (forthcoming on Skull Disco)
Kode 9 - Kingston Dub (Hyperdub)
D1 - Steam Roller (Soulja)
Skuba - Sleepa (Scuba/Hot Flush)
Search & Destroy - Cave Dweller (Halo Beats)
Moving Ninja - Lost Tribe (Tectonic)
Roi Masters - Bedoin (dub)
Mark One - ???? (Southside)
DJ Oddz - Strung Out VIP (Black Majik)
Macabre Unit - Lift Off (Terrorhythm)
Forensics - Hiding Place (dub)
Mathhead - Skyjacker (forthcoming on Ruff/Peace Off)

TRANSMISSION #4: AUGUST 2005

Glen Brown & King Tubby - Version 78 Style (Blood & Fire)
Burial - Nite Train (Hyperdub)
Mark One - Bad Mood (Soulja)
Barry Lynn - Grub - Half-Step Mix (MP3 dub)
N-Type - Square Off (Southside Dubstars)
SLT Mob - Guts 'n' Bones (Hot Flush)
Flatline - Auto (Destructive)
Big Shot - Nuclear Waste (Southside)
DMX Krew - The Monsignor (Rephlex)
Chontaduro - Cientosesenta 8 (MP3 dub)
Baddie - Lazor Gun Dub (MP3 Dub)

TRANSMISSION #3: JULY 2005

Go West - We Close Our Eyes (Chrysalis)
Vex'd - Cold (Planet Mu)
K-Punk & Friends - London Under London - extract (cd-r)
Gutterbreakz - Bickle Skank (MP3 dub)
Plasticman - Section 7 (Southside Dubstars)
N-Type - Tibetan Shadow (Southside Dubstars)
Shackleton - I Am Animal (Skull Disco)
Macuso - One Mudda (MP3 dub)
DJ Pinch - Nightmare Prt.1 (cd-r dub)
Coki - Mood Dub (DMZ)
Toasty - Take It Personal (Hot Flush)
Distance - Empire (Hot Flush)
Hell Science Dept. - Predator (MP3 Dub)
Anonymous - Grim Dubs Vol.4 side A (Werk)
Forensics - Gunshot (cd-r dub)
Chase (US) - Slowlow Bounce (MP3 dub)

TRANSMISSION #2: JUNE 2005

T'Pau - Heart and Soul (from the album 'Bridge Of Spies', Siren records, 1987 - this one comes from my wife's collection, honest!!!)
Gutterbreakz - Halflite ('brutal & british' mix, unreleased)
Roll Deep - Heat Up Instrumental (from 'In At The Deep End' 12" album sampler, Relentless Records)
Anonymous - Grim Dubs Vol.3, side 2 (Werkdiscs 12" test pressing)
Forensics - Blunted (cd-r, unreleased)
Barry Lynn - Ricta (MP3, forthcoming on Hot Flush (?))
DJ Distance - Drop 1 (from 'Closer Than You Think' 12" EP, Sting Recordings)
Amen Andrews - Red Hot (MP3, forthcoming on Rephlex)
Kyler - Grand Coulee Dam (cd-r, forthcoming on P.Mu)
Donea'o - My Philosophy (Bounce) (Social Circles 12" test pressing)
Anonymous - Grim Dubs Vol.4, side b (Werkdiscs 12" test pressing)
Vex'd - Crusher Dub (from the album 'Degenerate' on P.Mu)
Appleblim - Mystikal Warrior (cd-r, forthcoming on Skull Disco)

TRANSMISSION #1: MAY 2005

Vibert/Perrey - Moog Acid - Plasticman Rmx (forthcoming on Lo Recording)
Mark One - The Greatest (Boka 12")
DJ Q - Random (Southside 12" test pressing)
Big $hot - Killa Bee(?) (Southside 12" promo)
Macabre Unit - Crusher (B-Line 12" promo)
Dusk & Blackdown - Submerge (cd-r - should be coming out on vinyl shortly)
Gutterbreakz - Keep It Twisted (original Gutter material)
J8 - Boppity (from demo cd-r sent to me by the guy who runs Pin Prick records. might be getting released, but no firm plans yet)
Roi Masters - Sixshooterriddim (unreleased MP3 demo from Khalil, Montreal Grimist previously mentioned in one of my 'Gutter people' posts)
Quatar 330 feat. Black Ops- 8-Bit Grime (Japanese guy who's a mate of Minikomi - unreleased as far as I know)
Nice Nice - I'm A Human Person (from "Yesss!"promo cd-r sent to me by Audraglint Records, Portland Oregon. released 21st June)
Barry Lynn - Brood (MP3 sent to me by Barry, still unreleased to my knowledge)
Starkey - Read Your Mind (MP3 sent to me by Minikomi from forthcoming Kidmagnet EP)
Virus Syndicate - Taxman (cd-r, forthcoming on the Planet Mu album "The Work Related Illness", released 30th May)

BENEATH THE FLYOVER

Straddling the muddy, swollen waters of the River Frome between Bromley Heath and Hambrook, the grey Ballardian lines of the flyover defile the gentle walkways and peaceful, ancient woodland. I walked these paths with my father many years ago, and now I walk them once more, with my own offspring. Little has changed in the intervening years, except (naturally) for the layers of graffiti art. It's a post-Hip Hop world now. Beauty within ugliness, ugliness framed by beauty...I like it here, still...

BLACKPOOL

I saw some interesting, even beautiful places during a recent tour through the North of England, but nothing quite as obscenely fascinating as Blackpool's famous promenade. The architecture is simply astonishing...a strange mish-mash of styles from Victorian pomp to disgusting 60's vulgarity, all crushed together and wrapped in a permanent disorienting swirl of light and spectacle. Growing up in Bristol, I spent my childhood holidays at resorts on the south coast, never encountering anything like this.

Sod the bloody Tower or the piers, for me the most mindblowing piece of architecture was this weird thing covered in rectangles with rounded-edges (see below). I was totally gripped by it's guady stupidity, and the way it was gradually falling into disrepair and neglect. I can imagine that, if they closed-down the arcade that occupied it's ground floor, the entire building would just collapse in an exhausted heap of rubble.

It's external stairway fucked me up...it was like walking into the pages of a Jack Kirby comic - an angular, snaking monstrosity...the jaws of fucking doom...

Speaking of disrepair, the Big Dipper at Pleasure Beach was a thing of wonder. Despite obvious attempts to update Pleasure Beach as a modern day (Americanised) theme park, much of the old world remained, including the Big Dipper, now completely dwarfed by the Pepsi Max roller coaster. It looks like a fucking shambles, it's rickety wooden structure gradually rotting in the salty air, paint peeling, rust seeping from the bolts that hold it together.

The Big Dipper's main entrance is a scream - a pointless expanse of orange shades, like something Kirk and Spock might've visited in the future of the '60s. I felt like I was walking onto the set of Barbarella, or the film adaptation of Moorcock's The Final Programme.

There's nothing like the desolate working men's club atmosphere of the Central Pier's family bar at lunchtime. Old England prevails here. You can smoke a cigarette anywhere you damn well like in Blackpool - nobody seems to give a shit (apart from me who's recently given up and my pregnant wife). Blackpool is a nicotine smoker's paradise. I felt utterly alienated, as though I was the only lower-middle-class Southerner on the planet. It was an interesting feeling.

Blackpool at night should be wonderful, but actually feels slightly seedy and unsafe. Behind the flashy razzmatazz lurk unshaven men, counting their money. Seemingly all the people doing the menial work in the service industry have eastern European accents. There's a vague smell of mobsterism, opportunism and exploitation.

Alarmingly, the poster below would appear to be designed to appeal to people of my generation. How mortifying.

Couldn't finish without a mention for the Doctor Who Exhibition, which was originally located at Longleat but now resides on the Promenade at Blackpool. Nice to see it still exists in some form. I was impressed to note that, amongst the many collectible items on sale in the shop, was an original 7" single by The Human League - the one with a Radiophonic Workshop homaging b-side called Tom Baker. I also felt vague pangs of sadness at the array of original Target novels, toys and mags, many of which I once owned, most of which have long gone from my life and now act as forlorn beacons to memories of an expired childhood.