L'étranger first started to correspond with Dave Howell over twenty years ago, when he published the fanzine Obsessive Eye (tagline : electronica post-rock drum'n'bass), and played in the duo Antenna Farm. Dave subsequently went on to work at FatCat Records creating much of the labels early artwork, and being responsible for curating the Split Series, Splinter Series and 130701 imprints. Dave has signed / A&R'ed artists such as Animal Collective, Vashti Bunyan, Vetiver, Nina Nastasia, David Grubbs, Set Fire to Flames, Hauschka, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Dustin O'Haloran, XINLISUPREME, U.S. Girls, Crescent, Max Richter and many more.
For this week's show Dave put together two exclusive mixes which were sliced by a live telephone interview. The mixes draw on material Dave’s a&r-ed for FatCat / 130701 / Split Series / Splinter series + that of various allies / influences and some of his own field recording work.
PLAYLIST
Intro : Process - 'Shape-mod (B)' from ' Split Series #9' 12" (FatCat Records, UK, 1999)
MIX 1
1. Crescent - Shadow
from 'Collected Songs' LP (Swarffinger Records , UK, 1998)
2. Nina Nastasia & Jim White - Our Discussion
from 'You Follow Me' CD (FatCat Records, UK, 2007)
3. The Balky Mule – Chalk
from 'The Length Of The Rail' CD (FatCat Records, UK, 2009)
4. Black Dice - The Dream Is Going Down
from 'Beaches & Canyons' CD (FatCat Records, UK, 2003)
5. Kemialliset Ystävät - Himmelimenetelmä
from 'Untitled' LP (Fonal Records, Finland, 2007)
6. Mainpal Inv. - Lick Lick Flick Flick
from 'Narc Beacon' CD ( Ski-pp, France) 2001
7. QT? - qqq
from 'Split Series #13' 12" (FatCat Records, UK, 2001)
8. David Grubbs - You'll Never Tame Me
from 'A Guess At The Riddle' CD (FatCat Records, UK, 2004)
9. Animal Collective - Essplode
from 'Spirit They're Gone Spirit They've Vanished / Danse Manatee' CD ( FatCat Records Splinter Series, UK, 2003)
10. Vashti Bunyan - Wishwanderer
from 'Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind (Singles And Demos 1964 To 1967)' CD (FatCat Records, UK, 2007)
11. Autechre - FwzE
from 'Quaristice' CD ( Warp Records, UK, 2008)
12. Psychedelic Horseshit– New Wave Hippies
from 'S/T' 7" (Half Machine Records, UK, 2008)
13. Programme - N'importe Quoi Pour N'importe Qui
from 'Branches And Routes - A FatCat Records Compilation' CD (FatCat Records, UK, 2003)
14. U.S. Girls - I Won't Tell (Your Papa, No) Excerpts
from 'Split' LP ( Palmist, UK, 2011)
15. Alastair Galbraith - Money Is So Sad
from 'Mass' LP (Siltbreeze, USA, 2010)
16. Mark Gergis - Morning Exercise In The Coded Ether
from 'Radio Vietnam' CD (Sublime Frequencies, USA, 2005)
17. Dorine_Muraille - Le Supplice De La Baignoire
from 'Mani' CD (FatCat Records, UK, 2003)
18. Arthur Russell - Kid Like You
from 'World Of Echo' LP (Upside Records, USA, 1986)
19. Ensemble Skalectrik - Pharos Groove
from 'Split Series #22' 12" (FatCat Records, UK, 2012)
20. Colin Stetson - Red Horse (Judges 1)
from 'New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges' CD (Constellation, Canada, 2011)
21. Big Star - Downs
from 'Third / Sister Lovers' LP ( PVC Records, USA, 1978)
22. Body Four - VII
from 'Body Four' LP (Brunette Editions, Germany, 2017)
23. Christian Marclay - Pandora's Box
from 'Records' CD (Atavistic, USA, 1997)
INTERVIEW (EN)
MIX 2
1. The Ivytree - Palm Leaves
from 'Split Series #17' 12" (FatCat Records, UK, 2005)
2. Antenna Farm - untitled
from personal archives
3. Dave Howell - Self-build collage
from personal archives
4. Janek Schaefer - Tone Arm Two
from 'Above Buildings' CD ( FatCat Splinter Series, UK, 2000)
5. Dave Howell - field recording : freight train, Avonmouth
from personal archives
6. Silje Nes - Crystals (Antenna Farm remix)
from personal archives
7. Edward Artemyev - Train
from 'Solaris, The Mirror, Stalker' CD ( Torso Kino, Netherlands, 1990)
8. The Caretaker - Glimpses Of Hope In Trying Times
from 'Everywhere At The End Of Time - Stage 2' LP (History Always Favours The Winners, UK, 2017)
9. Kago - Kuukiirteha Kull
from personal archives
10. Dave Howell - field recording : fly-tipped pianos, Severn Beach
from personal archives
11. Ian William Craig - TEAC Poem
from 'A Turn Of Breath' LP (Recital, USA, 2014)
12. Sylvain Chauveau - Minéral Minéral
from 'Un Autre Décembre' CD (130701, UK, 2003)
13. Dave Howell - field recording : sea slaters, Black Nore
from personal archives
14. Motion - Condition 2.2
from 'Split Series #11' 12" (FatCat Records, UK, 2012)
15. Dave Howell - field recording : waves, pontoon, Eweleaze Bay
from personal archives
16. A.R. Kane- Spanish Quay
from '69' LP (Rough Trade, UK, 1988)
17. Main - Firmament ii
from 'Firmament' CD (Beggars Banquet, UK, 1993)
18. Various Artists - 8
from '8.8.5 9' 12" (FatCat Records, UK, 1997)
19. Resina - Tatry II
from 'S/T' CD (130701, UK, 2016)
20. Ensemble Skalectrik - Outer Phase
from 'Split Series #22' 12" (FatCat Records, UK, 2012)
21. Set Fire To Flames - Rites Of Spring Reverb
from 'Telegraphs In Negative / Mouths Trapped In Static' CD (130701, UK, 2003)
* mentioned in the interview: Dmitry Evgrafov's new album 'A Comprehension Of Light', released last week on 103701, Filip Topol obituary in New York Times.