Fantastic design work from Argentinian born Veronica Ditting, now working in both London and Amsterdam.

Fantastic design work from Argentinian born Veronica Ditting, now working in both London and Amsterdam.

Radio Jiro #27 — MaccaAs any sensible person knows, The Beatles are the greatest band/creation ever in the entire universe but to choose 4 Beatles tracks would be completely pointless because I’m sure everyone knows every single Beatles track off by heart. So instead of that I’ve gone for 4 tracks by my favourite Beatle and quite possibly my favourite human being, Sir Paul McCartney, these are 4 post Beatle tracks that maybe slipped the radar for some people for some reason. First up a balearic classic, ‘Goodnight Tonight’, all about Macca’s brilliant bass line! Next up ‘Pretty Little Head’ from the album Press to Play, not a particularly great Macca album but a couple of nice tracks with this one being my favourite. The video to this track has Trigger from Only Fools & Horses in it but I wouldn’t bother with this version as it’s a pointless jazzed up version of the superior LP version. This next track I’ve actually had to take from my favourite radio show Noise In My Head, the track is ‘Ou Est Le Soleil?’, it’s been given the cosmic treatment and slowed down by Michael Ozone and is absolutely fucking amazing and shows the diversity and genius of the man. Finally I’ve gone for a track from one of my favourite albums of all time and definitely the best post Beatle solo album by any of the band, McCartney II. The album was absolutely slated when released mainly because critics didn’t get it (as usual) and felt Macca’s ego was getting the better of him and he was messing around with new technology making stupid music. This album has so many superb tracks including ‘Frozen Jap’, ‘Temporary Secretary’, ‘Coming Up’ and ‘Secret Friend’ but I’ve actually gone for a track that wasn’t even included on the original release and only officially released last year on the excellent re-issue and the song is ‘Blue Sway’. Also check out the video for it by surf filmaker Jack McCoy, so good!

Radio Jiro #27 — Macca

As any sensible person knows, The Beatles are the greatest band/creation ever in the entire universe but to choose 4 Beatles tracks would be completely pointless because I’m sure everyone knows every single Beatles track off by heart. So instead of that I’ve gone for 4 tracks by my favourite Beatle and quite possibly my favourite human being, Sir Paul McCartney, these are 4 post Beatle tracks that maybe slipped the radar for some people for some reason. First up a balearic classic, ‘Goodnight Tonight’, all about Macca’s brilliant bass line! Next up ‘Pretty Little Head’ from the album Press to Play, not a particularly great Macca album but a couple of nice tracks with this one being my favourite. The video to this track has Trigger from Only Fools & Horses in it but I wouldn’t bother with this version as it’s a pointless jazzed up version of the superior LP version. This next track I’ve actually had to take from my favourite radio show Noise In My Head, the track is ‘Ou Est Le Soleil?’, it’s been given the cosmic treatment and slowed down by Michael Ozone and is absolutely fucking amazing and shows the diversity and genius of the man.

Finally I’ve gone for a track from one of my favourite albums of all time and definitely the best post Beatle solo album by any of the band, McCartney II. The album was absolutely slated when released mainly because critics didn’t get it (as usual) and felt Macca’s ego was getting the better of him and he was messing around with new technology making stupid music. This album has so many superb tracks including ‘Frozen Jap’, ‘Temporary Secretary’, ‘Coming Up’ and ‘Secret Friend’ but I’ve actually gone for a track that wasn’t even included on the original release and only officially released last year on the excellent re-issue and the song is ‘Blue Sway’. Also check out the video for it by surf filmaker Jack McCoy, so good!



Radio Jiro #26 — ECM Records Next up, German record label ECM (Edition of Contemporary Music) I wanted to leave the music to do the talking on this one but to set the tone heres ECMs motto ‘The Most Beautiful Sound Next to Silence’ Listen & Enjoy!

Radio Jiro #26 — ECM Records

Next up, German record label ECM (Edition of Contemporary Music) I wanted to leave the music to do the talking on this one but to set the tone heres ECMs motto ‘The Most Beautiful Sound Next to Silence’ Listen & Enjoy!

Radio Jiro #25 — El Cometa de Madrid El cometa de Madrid was created by Spanish musician Luis Delgado as a sub label to Grabaciones Accidentales. A label that produced a number of beautifully crafted Spanish records throughout the 80’s with a mix of traditional Spanish guitar combined with ambient, Mediterranean and Asian sounds with all albums produced by Delgado himself. First up one of the first tracks I heard from the label, ‘El Viento’ by Miguel Herrero, an absolutely stunning track that has that bass sound that I have no idea what it’s called but is very 80’s and European sounding (which is a great thing). One of the many bands Delgado was involved in and who also released an LP on el cometa de Madrid was Ishinohana and their track ‘Lucia’ is a beautiful Asian influenced piece. Another LP from the label that was heavily inspired by Asian sounds and in particular the sounds of India was Luis Paniagua’s fantastic Neptuno with the track of the same name being a definite highlight. Finally a track from the man himself and the only album he actually released on el cometa de Madrid under his own name, ‘El Llanto De Nouronihar (Trompa Marina)’ is like everything else on the label an incredible ambient textured piece of music.

Radio Jiro #25 — El Cometa de Madrid

El cometa de Madrid was created by Spanish musician Luis Delgado as a sub label to Grabaciones Accidentales. A label that produced a number of beautifully crafted Spanish records throughout the 80’s with a mix of traditional Spanish guitar combined with ambient, Mediterranean and Asian sounds with all albums produced by Delgado himself. First up one of the first tracks I heard from the label, ‘El Viento’ by Miguel Herrero, an absolutely stunning track that has that bass sound that I have no idea what it’s called but is very 80’s and European sounding (which is a great thing).

One of the many bands Delgado was involved in and who also released an LP on el cometa de Madrid was Ishinohana and their track ‘Lucia’ is a beautiful Asian influenced piece. Another LP from the label that was heavily inspired by Asian sounds and in particular the sounds of India was Luis Paniagua’s fantastic Neptuno with the track of the same name being a definite highlight. Finally a track from the man himself and the only album he actually released on el cometa de Madrid under his own name, ‘El Llanto De Nouronihar (Trompa Marina)’ is like everything else on the label an incredible ambient textured piece of music.

Fantastic hand cut collages by London based artist Seana Gavin

Fantastic hand cut collages by London based artist Seana Gavin