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Melodic Randomiser: Isolation Radio, day thirty four.

Good morn-eve-ternoon to you, wherever you may be on this grey and rainy Tuesday.

Yes, rain!

Nobody mentioned there would be rain as well as a global pandemic, and a social lockdown; so I don’t even have the luxury of sitting in the garden to bring you the Isolation Radio show today, as the Melodic Randomiser isn’t waterproof and it is pretty miserable in our leaky shed.

So, a sofa-bound edition of the show starts like this…

My Morning Jacket, with “I Will Sing You Songs”, from 2003’s It Still Moves album…

…followed, by a truly amazing coincidence, by Dave Grohl; ex-Nirvana drummer and now Foo Fighters frontman, who once described MMJ as his favourite band.

Here he is in his current incarnation, with a song from the Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace album, beware the deceptively quiet intro to “Let it Die”

Which segues rather nicely into the jangly psychedelia of The Black Angels for our third and final track of the day, this is “The Executioner” from the 2014 album, Clear Lake Forest

I hope you have better weather where you are and whatever the climate, I aim to bring you more aural sunshine tomorrow.

Stay safe, stay dry, be froody to each other.

Peace

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Melodic Randomiser: Isolation Radio, day thirty three.

The start of another calender week (I’m not prepared to attempt anything more specific than that) means, well, it means exactly the same as every other day for the last 32, it’s time for more from the Melodic Randomiser, coming to you via the Isolation Radio show.

Dusting off a classic 1982 album to start with; The Party’s Over by a band which was the brainchild of the late, great Mark Hollis, this is “Mirror Man” by Talk Talk

And staying in the decade that fashion forgot, here’s some Gary Numan and an album track from 1980’s Telekon, called “Photograph”

https://youtu.be/Oi2aiWe9TP0

There is no obvious connection to the final song today, but that’s the nature of the Randomiser and its still a fine selection; The Wombats and 2015’s “Sex and Question Marks” from their Glitterbug album.

I hope your week has got off to a positive start, wherever you are and whatever you’re doing. I’ll be back here tomorrow, reality permitting, to provide the soundtrack to a small part of your Tuesday.

Have a marvellous Monday.

Peace

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Melodic Randomiser: Isolation Radio, day thirty one.

A full month by anybody’s standards, thirty one days old and the Isolation Radio show is still going strong, aided and abetted by the vicissitudes of the Melodic Randomiser, which has picked for today’s first audio delight…

…a 2013 rap supergroup; Run the Jewels and a track from their eponymous debut album, “36” Chain”, along with its…interesting video.

We follow that with a nice bit of minimal acid electro from Posthuman and a track off the 2018 Mutant City Acid album, this is “Gods of Technology”

And, closing today’s zigzag meander through the musical landscape, we come upon the self-titled, modern prog/space rock album by the always excellent Secret Machines and an 11 minute epic called “The Fire is Waiting”, enjoy.

How was that for a big finish? Fantastic stuff, I’m sure you’ll agree. Join me tomorrow for another blast of random tunage and in the meantime, as a wise man once said; always look on the bright side of life.

Peace

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Melodic Randomiser: Isolation Radio, day thirty

Thirty days since the Isolation Radio show hit the ether and the vibes just keep on pouring out of the Melodic Randomiser, so let’s see what it’s generated for us today.

The opener will certainly blow away a few cobwebs in a blast of saxophonic riffs, because it’s a tune by Brooklyn band Moon Hooch, from their 2016 Red Sky album, this is the official video for “Booty House”

Then it’s time for some Kraftwerk and a song from 1975’s Radioactivity, with another original promo clip, here’s “Antenna”

And, by another strange Randomiser coincidence, the final track today is from Belgian, commuter-obsessed Kraftwerk wannabes, Metroland.

From the 12×12 collection, here’s the 12″ mix of a song named after the designer of the London Underground map, “Harry Beck“, originally from their 2012 Mind the Gap album.

Which wraps up another show and hopefully eases you into your weekend, so I’ll say au revoir for now and catch y’all on the flip side.

Keep on keeping indoors and stay safe.

Peace

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Melodic Randomiser: Isolation Radio, day twenty eight.

It’s the end of week four on the Isolation Radio show and the lockdown shows no sign of stopping the Melodic Randomiser from cranking out cracking tunes.

The first platter that matters today is from the 2006 album, Eye to the Telescope, by the extremely talented KT Tunstall, here’s “Silent Sea”

After which we jump forward to 2015 and a fine return to form for eccentric ’80s electro-poppers Blancmange and “Bloody Hell Fire”, from their Semi-Detached album.

Purely by coincidence, our final track is by another band from the same musical ouevre, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark; only this is one from back in 1981, and their second album, Architecture and Morality, this is the epic “Sealand”

I enjoyed that little trio, it made nicely eclectic listening. I hope you’ve been finding something to interest you in some of these musical sojourns into the past, I know I’ve heard a few things I haven’t played in a while.

We will do it all again tomorrow, but I bid y’all farewell and wish you health and happiness until then.

Peace

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Melodic Randomiser: Isolation Radio, day twenty seven.

So…this would be…Tuesday?

If it’s all merging into one huge mega-day and you don’t know your ass from your metaphor, never fear, the Isolation Radio show is on hand with its trusty accomplice, the Melodic Randomiser to bring you bang up to date…

…to 1994, with Everything but the Girl and possibly their most famous hit, “Missing”, from the Amplified Heart album.

Not changing the pace too much, we go back a couple of decades and slip across the English Channel to France, for some Jean Michel Jarre and “Oxygène, part IV”, from 1976’s groundbreaking Oxygène album.

https://youtu.be/5DDEl7JnWvo

And we end up in 1977 with the proto-Human League and a track from The Golden Hour of the Future, this is “Disco Disaster”

A strange mix, I admit, but that’s what it’s all about here on the Isolation Radio show and there’ll be more tomorrow.

Stay safe and love each other.

Peace

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Melodic Randomiser: Isolation Radio, day twenty six.

It’s still Monday, right?

Whew, that’s good, just time to squeeze in your daily dose of tunes from the Isolation Radio show, brought to you as ever by the magic of the Melodic Randomiser.

First we have “Love Me and Leave Me” from the Do It Yourself album by The Seahorses, solo project of Stone Roses guitarist, John Squire.

Next it’s Bomb the Bass and their classic electro dance single “Beat Dis”

Ending with a nice bit of motorik Krautrock from CAN and “One More Night” from their 1972 album Ege Bamyasi

And with that, I wish you goodnight sweet dreams and happy risings.

Keep healthy, stay safe.

Peace

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Melodic Randomiser: Isolation Radio, day twenty five.

First out of the Melodic Randomiser box on the Isolation Radio show today is a track by a pioneering Jamaican production duo who helped popularise dub reggae in the ’80s, Sly and Robbie. This is “Back to Bass” from 1985’s A Dub Experience

Which is followed swiftly by a single from David Bowie‘s Low album, this is the timeless “Sound and Vision”

And we round off a short but sweet edition of your daily playlist with this offering from Grandaddy; taken from their Just Like the Fambly Cat album, this is “Elevate Myself”

And that’s your lot for this weekend, I hope you start the week happy and healthy and I’ll be back again tomorrow to serenade you further.

Peace

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Melodic Randomiser: Isolation Radio, day nineteen.

A bit late opening the Isolation Radio show today, but it’s a bank holiday so the Melodic Randomiser is a little slow to power up.

I have it running now, though, meaning it’s time to get this show on the road with our first tune.

There’s no shit here, despite the title of The Sherlocks‘ track, “Motions”, taken from their first album, Live for the Moment.

Next up, “Shake Your Shelter”, a song from an eponymous debut album by a band made up of Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay of Tunng, this is LUMP.

Lastly, mischievous Sheffield scallywags, Arctic Monkeys and yet another debut recording, Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not. This is a charming little ditty about, um…youthful exuberance in the face of authority, shall we say; here’s “Riot Van”.

And that’s it, short and sweet today, but I will return tomorrow and revibe your Tuesday.

Until then, be good and if you can’t be good, be careful.

Peace

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Melodic Randomiser: Isolation Radio, day fourteen.

Once more into the music library we venture, via another flight on the Melodic Randomiser, as it takes us by the ears and leads us astray for a while, courtesy of the Isolation Radio show.

A funky chunk of afro-centric hip-hop to start us off today, from the 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life of… album by Arrested Development, here’s “U”

From an African vibe to an African animal, but an Australian artist; next we have Tame Impala and a song from 2015’s Currents album, the chilled out psychedelia of “New Person, Same Old Mistakes”.

Which brings us to our last tune for the day, a slice of smooth English blues rock from 1979 and “Where do You Think You’re Going?” from Communique, the second album by mega-selling guitar musos, Dire Straits

And that is that, so from another gloriously sunny day in the garden, I wish you all well and hope you’re up for joining me again tomorrow for more musical malarkey.

Keep happy, stay safe and don’t let the bastards grind you down.

Peace

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