the vile arts radio hour SpinOza gets busy....

DJ SpinOza has always been a maverick presence in the Vile Arts: unlike the rest of the team, he never speaks, and can operate machinery. With big plans in the pipeline for the Radio Hour, SpinOza took control of this week's show, matching random beats with fragments of a lecture by Foucault. 

SpinOza's attempt to use a funky commercial house beat as a leitmotif dominates two thirds of the show, fading in and out between songs by Dan Lyth, Flying Lotus and, of course, the wonderful Kemadrin. Rather than building a set that follows a lineal narrative, he slips between moods and throws in snatches of Kemadrin to rescue him from the less interesting tracks. The sudden appearance of Kate Tempest and Shonen Knife are intrusions of more 'pop' elements, and the set climaxes with full on commercial techno from some outfit no-one at The Vile Arts knows.

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I Belong to You
Caro Emerald	Dramatico
Forgiveness Step 1
Martyn	Ninja Tune
Voice of the Bird
Reteo Sound Machine	Sound Way
Over Light Earth
Daniel Bjarnason	Bedroom Community
Posted by Anonymous
Shilpa Ray	White Label
Card Trick
Red Snapper	Lo
This Time in November
Dan Lyth	Armellodie
Cognetin
Kemadrin	White Label
The Truth
Kate Tempest	Big Dada
Low
Young Fathers	Ant
Kemadrin
Kemadrin	Unclassed Media
About that Time
Flying Lotus	White Label
Robots from Hell
Shonen Knife	Damnably
rec
Serocell	White Label
Liquesce
Illium Sphere	Ninja Tune
T'aint No Sin
Daniel Bjarnason	Bedroom Community
Desert Night
Rufus	Sony
Golden Calf
Doldrums	Souterain
Occupy Your Mind
THE VILLAGERS	Domino
Flute Dance
Vazz

Caro Emerald

Polished cabaret music that deservedly gets bumped before the second chorus.

Martyn

Relatively enjoyable ambient introduction to his album that is a relief after the poptastic beginning.

Daniel Bjarnason

Intriguing neo-classical music, probably from Scandinavia.

Dan Lyth

Pastoral and rather like Perfumed Genius (according to Lorna Irvine...)

Red Snapper

A return, but not to form, from the formerly jazzy club band.

Kate Tempest 

Doing her best impersonation of Lily or Kate N. Not hip hop in my opinion. Discuss.

Young Fathers

I liked them when I saw them live, but this is insipid and full of easy couplets. It's all a bit 1980s, but people love them, don't they?

Flying Lotus

Responsible for some of the most tedious DJ sets of all time, FL hits the target on his own tracks. Gets a bit 8 track.

Shonen Knife

A bit of a refreshment for the palate before...

The Villagers

It deserved no more than a wee tinkle. 

Illium Sphere

Doldrums

More dark electronica... a little bit generic but filled with intriguing noises. Doldrums give it some beats.

Rufus

Commercial techno, does what it is meant to. I suppose.

Vazz

A post set whisper.

Kemadrin and Serocell

The best bits that litter the session. Noise given content.