Every week TOW is lucky enough to pick two songs for Tom Robinson’s brilliant BBC 6 Music show, the spot goes out every Monday morning at around 2:30am. Here are our picks for the this week:
Pick 1 – Akiko Kiyama – Flesh Got Spirit
Akiko Kiyama is from Japan, and although she makes fantastic minimalist techno she was classically educated as a young girl. At the age of 14 she discovered drum ‘n bass and the rest is history. She now lives in Berlin, as you’d expect – and sent me new tracks recently, one of which I played for Tom. Richie Hawtin is a fan of her spacey techno and it’s the details you have to listen out for. Click on her link above to listen to tracks on her myspace page.
Pick 2 – Drunk Granny – Our Song of the Lady Sasquatch
We love Drunk Granny on TOW! Debi and Sam are two rockers who make short, punchy, queer punk songs and they just get better. They’ve recently worked with Annie Gardiner from The Hysterical Injury (another awesome Bristol band fronted by another fabulous singer) and that will be out later in the year. This track is inspired by a Canadian artist Allysen Mitchell who makes the most incredible Sasquatch puppets! More here