LEISURE CENTRALE: 2013

Monday 30 December 2013

SAVATH & SAVALAS

Found this record under my bed at my parent's house. It's a real gem. Produced by John McEntire of Tortoise.

MAGAZINE 60

Possibly a re-post. But a very worthy re-post.

Sunday 29 December 2013

Saturday 28 December 2013

SECONDO

Uproarious stuff! Compliments the prosecco afternoon wonderfully.

FLAYER

Soaring italo as featured on the first Originals compilation.

Thursday 26 December 2013

TIMOTHY J. FAIRPLAY

This sounds as good in the flooded countryside. I've played this everyday for the last month and a half or so.

CALE PARKS

Happy Boxing Day! Music to accompany digestion.

Sunday 22 December 2013

FOREST SWORDS

Spending the holidays catching up on music I have missed over the course of 2013.

DONALD BYRD

Has the same sort of optimistic approach to the experience of air travel as 'Welcome Aboard' by the Love Unlimited Orchestra.

Thursday 19 December 2013

Thursday 12 December 2013

U2

Shimmering U2 instrumental ie. Bono free!

Wednesday 11 December 2013

BEACH BOYS

The Beach Boys head to the disco all buzzed on amyl.

Tuesday 10 December 2013

ROY AYERS

Fugazi and the Thievery Corporation never made D.C sound this sultry. I trust Roy.

CAL TJADER

Here's the title track from Tjader's 1975 LP produced by Airto Moreira. Hermeto Pascoal and Egberto Gismonti also feature. Cruising along the Amazon. Piranha free.

Wednesday 4 December 2013

DAN AR BRAS

French folk with a mystic atmosphere. Couldn't recommend the LP highly enough!

Monday 2 December 2013

ART GARFUNKEL

Albert Hammond's tear-soaked number made infinitely more wistful here.

LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY

Idjut Boys remix the most beige group on Earth.

MAD PROFESSOR

In the lab with Professor Wacky. Such a jam!

PAGES

At the crossroads between 'SMOOTH' and 'GROOVE.'

EROT

Gorgeous Norwegian disco gem from Tore Kroknes.

Wednesday 27 November 2013

Sunday 24 November 2013

Saturday 23 November 2013

Wednesday 20 November 2013

POLLYESTER

Great remix from Baris K! Really love his new release on (Emotional) Especial.

Monday 18 November 2013

TOSHIFUMI HINATA

Piano sentimentale. Taken from Sarah's Crime, Toshifumi's first album.

CLAUDE YVANS

Great and strange avant-folk complete with tape hiss.

Thursday 14 November 2013

BRAINTICKET

Don't listen to this while walking down a busy street. Very disorientating.

Monday 11 November 2013

LEISURE CENTRALE 5 / SOUNDCLOUD

Sunday 10 November 2013

CLEANERS FROM VENUS

Thanks for the hook up, Flashback Records in Crouch End!

Saturday 9 November 2013

FIRST CHOICE

Extremely tight cut from The M+M Mixes Volume 2. Thanks for the hook up Mr Fear-Rodas!

SAMMY BARBOT

From the cover alone you can tell this is gonna be a good one.

PARLOUR

So many great tracks on Test Pressing's YouTube channel!

Wednesday 6 November 2013

LOREDANA BERTE

Just got hold of a copy of Translocando. This number's a big highlight!

Tuesday 5 November 2013

Saturday 2 November 2013

Thursday 31 October 2013

Happy Birthday to my pals at Field Work! If you're in London tomorrow, make sure you head to this. Great music, lovely vibe, bewitching lasers. With Kommune live (Land of Light/Black Merlin) and the ever fantastic Bahamian Moor.

MASSIMILIANO PAGLIARA

Was slow to this one. On constant rewind

RENE & ANGELA

Thanks to Rebekah!

HARRIS SIMON GROUP

Sums up the slow grind of factory toil very evocatively. Complete with the inevitable lunchtime jazz-samba breakdown by the water cooler.

Monday 28 October 2013

HERB ALPERT

Lifting off with Herb. Farewell, Tijuana Brass. Farewell!

Sunday 27 October 2013

LOU REED

RIP Lou.

LINX

Thanks for gifting me this 12" single, Penny!

BARRABAS

Hoping this mellow blow will counter the not-so-mellow blow about to hit southern England. Thanks to Bahamian Will for the hook up!

Thursday 24 October 2013

JACOB DESVARIEUX

This is one of the best tunes I've stumbled across in a while. Jacob of Kassav fame.

Wednesday 23 October 2013

FELIX KUBIN

Agitation Hamburg-style.

RISQUE

Stop badgering the DJ, Risque.

SHALAMAR

Mid-week shuffle.

Saturday 19 October 2013

MALO

AOR meltdown over at LCHQ.

ELOISE WHITAKER

No turning back.

JIM CAPALDI

Wild dawgs.

Wednesday 16 October 2013

CARLY SIMON

One of the greats.

EMTIDI

Sowing seeds one by one.

DOPEGEMS

Slick cover of the Roy Ayers produced It's Your Love by Ethel Beatty. Nice.

GIGI MASIN & ALESSANDRO MONTI

Music From Memory are set to release Talk to the Sea in November, a new compilation of highlighting Gigi Masin's ambient wizardry. This beauty will feature.

Sunday 13 October 2013

MONSOON

Sheila Chandra's gang.

Wednesday 9 October 2013

FLASH & THE PAN

Beware the midnight man!

Tuesday 8 October 2013

PUNCH

Thanks to Laurence for hooking me up with this Field Work classic!

Monday 7 October 2013

ROYALLE DELITE

Le freak.

Saturday 5 October 2013

MASAKI MATSUBARA

Yes!

Wednesday 2 October 2013

ARTO LINDSAY

Taken from 'Noon Chill.'

Tuesday 1 October 2013

MACADAM

I would advise telling your mama and papa if you're about to embark on a party weekend in Rio. Better to be cautious...

MWENDO DAWA

Jazz combo from Sweden. This is taken from their 1986 LP 'Dimensions.'

Sunday 29 September 2013

STRINGTRONICS

Perfect companion for a sore head.

Wednesday 25 September 2013

OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN

Here's Olivia Newton-John on French television singing Lesley Duncan's masterpiece.

ARAWAK

Despite the fact that I might have to live off toothpaste for the couple of days before pay day, I decided to go ahead and order the remaster of Arawak's 'Accadde A.' I'm sure it'll be worth it.