Inside No. 9, Season 3, Episode #26: From West to East
I initially kickstarted the year in full Lo-Fi/DIY mode with a collection of tracks from US/UK/AUS underground artists, which soon melded into more spaced-out music from のいづんずり (Noizunzuri) and, new to me, Mong Tong. So my listening headed east and I ended up compiling nine tracks from various artists from Japan, South Korea, China and Taiwan. Making this I returned to old favourites I hadn’t listened to for over a decade, including the wonderful Kim Doo Soo and OOIOO.
The DIY mix was too good to ditch so I thought I’d top and tail as a ‘double feature’. It’s January, and we need cheering up so why not have more music! The first half of the mix (1-9) is made up of music from some incredible records, many of which I would never have found had it not been for Heather Leigh and David Keenan’s Volcanic Tongue mailorder store. Through them, I discovered the delights of Index, The Bachs, Midnight Mines and Dredd Foole. They also had a part in the second half of this list turning me onto labels such as P.S.F.
Although this mix swings from West to East, many of these artists will be familiar to the same group of fans. (The Australasian artists scupper my west/east premise but I’ll stick with it for simplicity). I recently dug out the Extrafoxx tape which I found caked in dust with a load of old cassettes. Listening to it again brought me back to those awesome days blasting out psych/garage/bedroom rock on Albert’s Basement. Bands like Sky Needle and Extreme Wheeze had fallen from view and it was wonderful to reconnect after so long. They’re not on this mix but do seek them out as they are fantastic.
I can’t stop playing this collection of songs and I hope this will soundtrack your Jan/Feb. Here’s to a better 2024. Sadly I feel like this is a lost cause. Fuck populist politics. Let’s sing “I Resign” with Mike and watch it all burn. I do miss the resurgence of noisy home recordings that blasted in the early/mid 2000s. So here’s music from over 50 years of solid underground jams for you to get lost in. Happy New Year all.
West
Midnight Mine
Midnight Mines
Mystery Plane
2014
Fanatic Rail
Extrafoxx
Love is God
Albert’s Basement
2012
Rainy Starless Night
Index
Index
DC Records
1968
In No Sense
Jim Shepard
Slit And Pre Slit
Vertical Slit
1977
I Resign
Mike Rep And The Quotas
Closet King: ’75 To ’79
Old Age
1986
Answer to Yesterday
The Bachs
Out of the Bachs
Roto Recordings
1968
The Trench
People Skills
Tricephalic Head
Siltbreeze
2014
Rip up the Streets
The Spits
The Spits
Thriftstore Records
2009
So Tough
Dredd Foole & the Din
Songs in Heat
Religious Records
1982
East
ヌメヌメ
のいづんずり
人間は金の為に死ねるか
DIW
1986
Sham No Umi
Masaki Batoh
A Ghost From The Darkened Sea
The Now Sound
1995
Grey Rain
Kim Doo Soo
10 Days Butterfly
P.S.F Records
2007
なつめやし
朝生愛
カモミールのプール
Pedal Records
2007
Ask me how I sleep at night
Eiko Ishibashi
For McCoy
Black Truffle
2022
迷信
Mong Tong
Music From Taiwan Mystery
WV Sorcerer Productions
2021
Mountain Book
OOIOO
Gold & Green
Thrill Jockey
2005
Mirai No Hitomi
Doronco Gumo
Old Punks
Holy Mountain
2020
野兽
花伦
大象席地而坐
鼓樓唱片
2019
Inside No. 9 is an attempt to share unique narratives through the mixing of 9 songs. Every episode will showcase a new theme, opening up new tributaries of discovery. Inside No. 9 is presented by Peter Taylor, a former features writer for Foxy Digitalis from back in the late 2000s. Peter is a visual artist and musician and has been creating music as MAbH since 2008.
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