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Lockdown techno 101! Regular spotters will already know we love a bit of techno. Where better place to start (and end!) than with the golden era of The Orbit, Morley circa early to mid-'90s.

Honourable omissions (because they aren't on Spotify) include classics such as Bandulu 'Presence' and 'Crisis A Gwan', Dave Clarke's Red series, Morgan 'Flowerchild' and much of stuff from Joey Beltram's 'Places' and CJ Bolland's 'The 4th Sign' albums to name but a few. In naming no names, there's also perhaps some we'd like to forget?!

While we're sure many other Orbit devotees would be able to list classics post this period; we'd argue this was the heyday...and it's our list! The playlist is mostly all dead ahead main room techno from the era, but there are some chillout room classics as well.

There are more than 100 tracks on the playlist, so you’ll have to go to Spotify for the full-fat version!

Enjoy folks. Duffy

P.S. Happy to take suggestions to add to the list, subject to Kenny's approval!

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A wonderful track from the new Ben Lukas Boysen album "Mirage' released on 1st May on Erased Tapes.  The album is another stunning piece of work from the Berlin-based composer, and Ben says;

"A lot of the elements and instruments you hear on the album are either not what you think they are, or exactly what you think they are but behave differently or they’re elements you definitely know but they are hidden, processed, or morphed into something else.  With Spells and Gravity, I was trying to hide the machines.  On Mirage, I’m trying to hide the human” — Ben Lukas Boysen

We highly recommend you check his other albums 'Spells' & 'Gravity', which are both equally amazing.

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Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes - Nightrider (feat. Freddie Gibbs)

The magnetism of south Londons jazz scene is immense at the moment.  Yussef Dayes from Yusesef Kamaal and Tom Misch come together with guest Freddie Gibbs of ESGN (Evil Seeds Grow Naturally) for this absolute gem, taken from an incredible new album What Kind of Music on Bluenote! 

Seriously, it’s an album of the year contender in our opinion, and represents a foray into the deeper jazz world for Tom Misch.  He’s certainly hanging with the right crowd and taking his musical journey in incredible new direction, long may it continue!

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Listen/purchase: Courtyard by Laura Groves

We’re big fans of Laura Groves here at TMD and have been eagerly waiting for some new material from her.  She never disappoints, and Laura is also donating a portion of the profits from this release to an NHS charity.  So dig deep folks and have a listen to this in our difficult but necessary UK lock-down!!!  We also recommend you check her previous EPs ‘Committed Language’ and ‘Thinking About Thinking’.

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Listen/purchase: We Had A Good Time by Bullion

We’ve had this track on repeat, and it has been a welcome ear worm in our heads for the last week or so!  It’s sooo nice...and with a good dose of 80′s synth in it also.  Go check the rest of the EP on the fantastic Deek Recordings, who we’re big fans of here at Trainspotters.

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Revisited an old classic today, and it’s hard to believe it was released in 1996!  Mad Mike Disease, Dayride, Dark Eye Tango and Eurydice are all highlights but, to be honest, the whole album is a timeless piece of work.  And for just a fiver on download no less, how can you refuse!

https://ianobrien.bandcamp.com/album/desert-scores-1996

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Stumbled upon this recently in Caribou's 1000 songs list, love it!  Circa 1970 vibes...love the cover n'all!  Might have to go and hunt down the vinyl.

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Let's have some dark edgy Angola 🇦🇴 electronica, base or whatever u wonna pigeon hole it as! Good luck if you do? Released on Hyperdub a couple of years ago, and on here now coz we've dug it up for ya! Nazar with Air strike on the Eclave EP.

Bandcamp here

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Listen/purchase: CRIMECITY by Ann Margaret Hogan

Sometimes, a piano is enough. Simply beautiful.  Taken from the album ‘Honeysuckle Burials’ out at the end of March.  We recommend purchasing the full album as it’s all equally stunning!

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After a three year hiatus--mostly because family life got in the way, but also because after five solid years of running Trainspotters we couldn't be arsed anymore!--we are going to use this lockdown as a positive opportunity to get back to the project.  

Right now, we're not sure what that means!  However, we will start by updating our blog and social media with some of our recent favourite random audibles and see where it takes us.  

There are no plans for more radio yet, and it might be no one wants us back on the station at any rate!  That said, there's more than one way to skin a cat as they say...

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Just uploaded Show from 17.02.17 to Mixcloud! Listen now!

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Just uploaded Show from 22.01.17 - our first of 2017! Listen now!

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Just uploaded Show from 27.11.16 - Trainspotters do Jo Gee...again! to Mixcloud. Listen now!

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Here’s that Logos tune we played on the radio show tonight, bloody brilliant is all!

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Labels like UR have been pressing their stuff onto wax for years and years, no doubt helping to prop up the pressing plants during the lean years when no one wanted to buy vinyl! Now it seems the new found popularity of vinyl may mean they only release digitally. A crying shame and wrong on so many levels.

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Just been recommended this by a friend of a friend, and it's the kinda rock/metal we love! Slow head nodding, frown making cleverness. Heavy base guitars akin to Queens of the Stone Age, and a real sound of classic Black Sabbath to top it all off. We will be playing some on Trainspotters soon!!!

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Just uploaded Show from 04.09.16 - Trainspotters and Jo Gee! to Mixcloud. Listen now!