Archive for the ‘Office Listening’ Category
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

Back in the day
No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. Clacking rolling luggage signifies the rising tourist influx to the island. Mark is standing shoulder to shoulder against a common cause with a UK reggae selection. Ruairi’s vegetable garden is feeling the relief of intoxicating April showers. Andy has begun moonlighting in
graphic design.
Mark…
Aswad – Warrior Charge
Steel Pulse – Ku Klux Klan
UB40 – Tyler
Ruairi…
Kim Ann Foxman – Creature
Nostalgia 77 feat. Alice Russell – Seven Nation Army
Oh No Ono – Eleanor Speaks (Caribou Remix)
Andy…
Midnight Magic – Beam Me Up (Jacques Renault Remix)
Nôze – Remember Love
Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy (Paul Oakenfold Mix)
Tags: Alice Russell, Aswad, Caribou, Download, Jacques Renault, Kim Ann Foxman, Massive Attack, Midnight Magic, MP3, Nostalgia 77, Noze, Oh No Ono, Paul Oakenfold, Steel Pulse, UB40
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Thursday, March 17th, 2011

#Miami crew
Fresh from their stateside adventure involving traditional run-ins with airport security and large pastrami sandwiches: Mark brews some 80s Balearic belters, with thanks to DJ Harvey (for the FKITUSA tip-off), while and wondering
what the fuck has happened to the charts today? Andy shows some Detroit love fresh from The Shelborne pool (and obligatory gangsta rap).
Ruairi stayed behind in Ibiza, if you like puzzles you can help him piece together his weekend, answers on a postcard please.
Mark…
David Bowie – Sound & Vision
It’s Immaterial – Driving Away From Home
Debbie Harry – French Kissin’ In The USA (French Version)
Ruairi…
Lil Wayne – A Milli (James Blake’s Harmonimix Remix)
Lykke Li – I Follow You (Tyler, The Creator Mix)
Neon Canyon – Fleties
Andy…
Inner City – Good Life (Magic Juan Mix 12”)
Mos Def & Pharoahe Monch (ft. Nate Dogg) – Oh No
Octave One Feat. Ann Saunderson – Blackwater (Extended Vocal Mix)
Tags: Ann Saunderson, David Bowie, Debbie Harry, Download, Inner City, It's Immaterial, James Blake, Juan Atkins, Lil Wayne, Lykke Li, Mos Def, MP3, Nate Dogg, Neon Canyon, Octave One, Pharoahe
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Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work
All Nature seems at work. Slugs leave their lair -
The bees are stirring – birds are on the wing -
And WINTER slumbering in the open air,
Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring!
And I, the while, the sole unbusy thing,
Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge



Ruairi’s gone all millennial pop with these brassy re-edits from some guys at the top of that game while Andy charges forth with his brazen, ill-bred odd future.
Ruairi…
Destiny’s Child – Bills Bills Bills (James Blake’s Harmonimix Remix)
Theo Parrish & Amerie – Just 1 Love Bug
Janet Jackson feat. Q-Tip and Joni Mitchell – Got ‘Til It’s Gone (Nellee Hooper Master Mix)
Andy…
Tyler, The Creator – Yonkers
Bill Withers – Who Is He (Henrik Schwarz Remix)
Fagget Fairys – Feed the Horse
Tags: Amerie, Bill Withers, Destiny's Child, Download, Fagget Fairys, Harmonimix, Henrik Schwarz, James Blake, Janet Jackson, Joni Mitchell, MP3, Q-Tip, Theo Parrish, Tyler The Creator
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Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

Tigger wears a wig
Tiger, tiger burning bright
In the forests of the night
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
We found a key and instructions towards a locked box in which we found Mark’s choices for January’s office listening. Even when trekking in disaster prone foreign climes he can transfer his office listening desires back to us at HQ as a musical time capsule.
Since she buys us sweets and laughs at Andy’s bad jokes, Jade gets an honorary mention, this weekend.
Mark…
Gonjasufi – Duet
Ramadanman – Humber (Sven’s Rumber Remix)
Andreya Triana – A Town Called Obsolete (Mount Kimbie Remix)
Andy…
R.E.M – Losing My Religion
Q – The Voice Of Q (Original 12′ Mix)
Jehst – Bluebells
Ruairi…
Maxmillion Dunbar – Girls Dream
JJ – New York
David Lynch – Good Day Today
Jade…
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – Jade
Tags: Andreya Triana, David Lynch, Download, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Gonjasufi, Jehst, JJ, Maxmillion Dunbar, Mount Kimbie, MP3, Q, R.E.M., Ramadanman
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Monday, November 22nd, 2010
Tags: Andreya Triana, Blood Sisters, Bonobo, Chairlift, Chopped and Screwed, Cream, Download, Glasser, KIDKANEVIL, Klashnekoff, Lil Waynes, Michael 5000 Watts, MP3, SPIDER▲WEBS, The Eagles
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Monday, November 8th, 2010
Tags: 2020Soundsystem, Burundi Black, Charles Aznavour, Download, Grinderman, Gruff Rhys, I Am Kloot, Jay-Z, Landscape, Love, M.I.A., MP3, Nirvana, Prince, Space Dimension Controller
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Listen ear
You can tell the
opening party is only a matter of days away from Julie’s dancey picks this week. Ruairi supports his anarcha-feminist comrades and keeps up the strive against patriarchy as an
essential part of post-Marxist class struggle. Mark selects some “real” sunny Balearic beats from the
Boys Own catalogue of cool. The reason for the long wait between the last listening session and this one was Andy trying to find the title of one of his choices. By humming, whistling and mumbling the melody to anyone who would care to listen, after four weeks of thought, we got there.
Julie…
Double You – Please Don’t Go
Hot Chip – Over And Over (Justus Köhncke’s Baking Horse Club Mix)
Dunne – Espiral
Ruairi…
Ani DiFranco – In or Out
Kate Nash – Mansion Song
Ivor Cutler & Linda Hirst – Women Of The World
Mark…
Cola Boy – Do You Dream In Cola
Saint Etienne – Like A Motorway
August Darnell – Friendly Children (Todd Terje Edit)
Andy…
Stevie Wonder – As
Hot Chocolate – Cadillac (The Revenge Re-Edit)
Escape From New York – Fire In My Heart
Tags: Ani DiFranco, August Darnell, Cola Boy, Double You, Download, Dunne, Escape From New York, Hot Chip, Hot Chocolate, Ivor Cutler, Justus Köhncke, Kate Nash, Linda Hirst, MP3, Saint Etienne, Stevie Wonder, The Revenge, Todd Terje
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Monday, April 26th, 2010
Tags: Andrew Weatherall, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Calexico, Cali Agents, Download, Editors, Espiritu, Evelyn Evelyn, Marshall Hain, MP3, Muse, Romanthony, Sabres Of Paradise, The Clash, The Flaming Lips, The Jesus Lizard, The Octopus Project
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Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Test track
“There’s a rat in my kitchen, what am I going to do?” These wise words from
Mr Ali Campbell way back in 1986 have clearly inspired Mark’s choice this week. Ruairi had an unpleasant alcohol fueled
dream in which he had to DJ to a room of judgemental hipsters and dropped those three tracks, true story. Andy chooses three from an album in commemoration of a
1967 Arab-Israeli war. Since it’s budget week Sarah is opening
offshore accounts for everyone! Our friendly window cleaner Pedro proved his worth this morning by walking face-first into our freshly wiped plate glass terrace door muttering those immortal words “está limpia”. Therefore, he be dedicated with the world’s
only two songs on the subject of window cleaning. Thanks Pedro, you made my day.
Julie…
U2 – Where The Streets Have No Name
Depeche Mode – Home (LFO Meant To Be)
New Order – Blue Monday
Ruairi…
Delorean – Seasun (John Talabot’s Kids & Drums Remix)
Boys Noize & Erol Alkan – Avalanche
T++ – Audio1995#8
Sarah…
The Beatles – Taxman
Butthole Surfers – Alcohol
Orbital – P.E.T.R.O.L.
Pink Floyd – Money
Mark…
The Boomtown Rats – House On Fire
Swamp Rats – Louie Louie
The Rats – Ventures
Andy…
Colonel Bagshot – Tightrope Tamer
Colonel Bagshot – Lord High Human Being
Colonel Bagshot – Six Day War
Pedro…
George Formby – When I’m Cleaning Windows
Van Morrison – Cleaning Windows
Tags: Boys Noize, Butthole Surfers, Colonel Bagshot, Delorean, Depeche Mode, Download, Erol Alkan, George Formby, John Talabot, LFO, MP3, New Order, Orbital, Pink Floyd, Swamp Rats, T++, The Beatles, The Boomtown Rats, The Rats, U2, Van Morrison
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
Tags: Babe Ruth, Black Eyed Peas, Download, Dubstep Devils, Echo & The Bunnymen, Eurythmics, Moondog, MP3, Pat Daly, Ry Cooder, Talking Heads, The Beatles, The Chieftans, The Dubliners, Thin Lizzy, Tom Caruana, Tom Waits, Wu-Tang Clan
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