On my show this month:
Leo takes you on a trip that loops through back alleys of post-punk, ambient futures, and borderless rhythm experiments. From Billy Bragg 's Hundred Year Hunger - still smouldering with protest - to Eliot Krimsky's dreamlike Feel I'm Getting Closer, we're floating between heart and circuitry. Expect shape-shifting soundscapes from Akira Umeda & Metal Preyers, Greg Freeman 's windswept Wolf Pine, and The Fall doing what The Fall always do—mither gloriously.
There's fizzing electronics from Rival Consoles and Aerae, neon jazz from Francesca Remigi , and dense nocturnal pop from Emma Pollock and Dry Cleaning . We'll dig deep into Nyege Nyege grooves with Katokye and Zig Zag Band before gliding into Dylan Henner 's star-blurred melancholy.
You'll hear cosmic whispers from Rien Virgule , raw swagger from SPRINTS , a strange hymn or two from Valby Vokalgruppe , and Alan Sparhawk closing the circle with quiet grace. From the noisy to the tender, every track sparks off the next - proof that connection still hums in the static.
Tune in, turn it up, and get gloriously lost.
On the show NEXT month:
Leo's December show assembles an impeccably disobedient assortment of tracks, curated with the guiding principle: why be coherent when you can be interesting?
We begin with Tibshelf 's "We Were Having Fun", a title that feels reassuringly optimistic before Sir Robert Orange Peel and Prolapse quickly remind us that fun is often just dread wearing a novelty hat.
Rian Treanor & Cara Tolmie 's "Endless Not" continues the theme of firm ambiguity, while TURNSPIT 's "Cinderella Girl" politely suggests that fairytales have finally given up trying.
Sweeping Promises bring some much-needed structural integrity, which Dylan Henner immediately dissolves into wistful daydream. Hand To Earth offer a moment of meditative calm—don't get used to it—before HAAi , Jon Hopkins and company catapult us upwards with "Satellite". Lana Del Rabies , Voka Gentle and Sorry contribute variations on the theme of "things aren't fine, but at least the soundtrack slaps." Lisa O'Neill shows up with a weather report that is frankly rude. Blawan , Sleaford Mods and Alpha Maid blast through the mid-section like a succession of alarms, while Soft Cell bring melodrama, naturally. From there: mirages, remixes, sea studies, cruise ships, golden hours, industrial exorcisms, butterfly-themed techno, and a final dissolve into People Like Us , who tuck the whole show into bed with a lullaby that may or may not be mocking us.
Strap in — it only sounds accidental.
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Biography:
I am in many ways your typical John Peel fan. I grew up listening to his shows from the era of punk rock until his death, and, with increasing obsessiveness, compiled cassettes, mini discs and finally mp3 playlists of the best tunes. Music runs through my family’s veins, and in me this takes the form of a compulsive search for new sounds. As John Peel used to put it, what I really want to hear is something I haven’t heard before.
Envy fills me when I read what my Dandelion collaborators have achieved in promoting, making and playing music, but my life as a teacher for the past quarter of a century has squeezed out any time for, well, pretty much anything apart from listening to and appreciating what continues to be made musically across the world. At last, though, I have found the space to pursue what has long been an ambition and can attempt to meet the stellar broadcasting standards set by my volunteer colleagues by sharing my love of new music with Dandelion listeners. I really hope at least some of what you hear gets its hooks into you.
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