exhibit a.

Soggy albatross

Spring is hiding in plantpots and ashtrays, planning its assault, and to egg it on I've made a soundtrack of multi-coloured, fast-moving things. A new, happily un-named style of electronic music has been sprouting lately, spearheaded by my beloved Border Community and respected weirdos like Caribou and Four Tet. It's a sound that takes great pleasure in sticking its fingers up at some of the orthodoxy that's accrued itself around music like old, old cheese, and pursuing something simultaneously luscious and anarchistic. This collection embraces the new sound, and blends it with a field of influences, from stellar English lads, Delphic, to the serious maestro of techno past and present, Carl Craig. Whether it works is up to you to decide, but if it's interesting enough to make you react in some strong way then I'll be happy. One last thing - it's made with headphones in mind rather than hi-fis/monitors/car systems.

1. Hazard - Village
2. Cologne Tape - Render 4*
3. I:Cube - Grandes Orgues**
4. (a) Paul Kalkbrenner - Castenets***
(b) Fever Ray - Seven (Marcel Dettmann Remix)
(c) Thom Yorke - The Eraser (Sasha Invol2ver Remix)
5. (a) Sebo K and Anja Schneider - Rancho Relaxo
(b) Michael Cleis - La Mezcla (Paul Kalkbrenner Remix)
6. James Holden - Triangle Folds
7. Quince - My Life's Rhythm feat. Paris the Black Fu
8. Four Tet - Sing (Extended Mix
9. Vaghe Stelle - Ciclo 5
10. Four Tet - Angel Echoes (Caribou Remix)
11. James Holden - Triangle Folds Inside Out
12. Delphic - Counterpoint (Delphic's En-Route Mix)
13. Art Bleek - Future Memories (Joel Alter Perspective)
14. Carl Craig - At Les (Christian Smith's Hypnotica Remix)
15. Fuck Buttons - Sweet Love for Planet Earth (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
16. Wesley Matsell - Diffusion 27
17. Luke Abbott - Trans Forest Alignment

* contains samples from Jon Brion - Phone Call, and David Attenborough - Life in the Freezer
** contains a loop from Dan Deacon - Surprise Stefani (Luke Abbott Remix) and a sample from Wolf and Lamb - Monster
*** contains a loop from Modeselektor - The White Flash (feat. Thom Yorke)