The Underground of Happiness

rotterdam to osaka. surabaya to dublin. montreal to portland. enjoy x Playlist 1. Tulpa – Let’s make a Tulpa! (Skep Wax) 2. M(h)aol – Pursuit (Tulle) 3. Men I Trust – Heavenly flow (bandcamp) 4. Miss Grit – Tourist mind (Mute) 5. Nobukazu Takemura – deep sea’s rainbow part 2 (Thrill Jockey) 6. Pictish Trail – Hold it (Fire Records) 7. Rats on Rafts – Painting roses (Fire Records) 8. Robin Kester – The daylight (Memphis Industries) 9. Seamus Fogarty – I passed your house (Lost Map Records) 10. Barry Walker Jr feat. Rob Smith & Jason Willmon – Quiessence (Thrill Jockey) 11. Stereolab – Melodie is a wound (Duophonic/Warp) 12. Stuart Moxham – Do the locomotion (Stuart Moxham vs Radio Boy radio mix) (Tiny Global Productions) 13. The Attendant – Beautiful humans (faux lux) 14. Thee Marloes – What’s on your mind (Big Crown Records) 15. Truthpaste – See you around (Memorials of Distinction) 16. Vanbur – My own (Manners McDade) 17. Ways of Seeing – USA 94 (ban...

dublin to berlin. new orleans to belfast. brooklyn to cork. enjoy x Playlist 1. Adrian Crowley – Brother was a runaway (Valley of Eyes Records) 2. Midori Hirano – Oto, Kioku (Thrill Jockey) 3. Naim Amor & Kid Congo Powers – Tucson safari (In The Red Records) 4. Chalk – Pool scene (Nice Swan) 5. Clementine March – Fireworks (PRAH Recordings) 6. Cormac O Caoimh – The heart of the human race (bandcamp) 7. Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek – Cool hand (Big Crown Records) 8. Julie Odell – Disappearing act (Frenchkiss Records) 9. Donna Regina – Nothing heavy (Karaoke Kalk) 10. Dreamwave – Moon buggy (Stolen Body Records) 11. EERA – I’ll stop when I’m done (Test Card Recordings) 12. Elaine Howley – Hold me in a new way (Modern Love) 13. Half Japanese – Step on up (Fire Records) 14. Haylie Davis – Golden age (Fire Records) 15. I Dreamed I Dream – Fags (bandcamp) 16. J Appiah – Forget about it (Vero Music x 19Fifty7) 17. Jeanines – Coaxed a storm (Slumberland R...

himeji to los angeles. glasgow to berlin. belfast to nashville. enjoy. x Playlist 1. Oh No Noh – Dog years (Teleskop) 2. Bella Wakame – Shades of Nambei (Umor-Rex) 3. Echolalia – Little bird (Full Time Hobby) 4. Geckos – Lo Hice (Org Music/PIAPTK Recordings) 5. Junk Drawer – Nids Niteca (Pizza Pizza Records) 6. Keeley Forsyth & Matthew Bourne – Talk to me (Fat Cat Records) 7. Pierre Bastien & Michel Banabila – Closing time: The party is over (Pingipung) 8. Quinie – Macaphee turn the cattle (Upset The Rhythm) 9. Albertine Sarges – Stand near your fire (Moshi Moshi) 10. Deradoorian – Digital gravestone (Fire Records) 11. Le Volume Courbe – Two love (Duophonic Super 45s) 12. Sam Prekop – Light shadow (Thrill Jockey) 13. Water Machine – River (Fat Cat Records) 14. Damian O’Neill – Inside out (Tompkins Square) (Imaginational Anthem XIV) 15. Me Lost Me – A souvenir (Upset The Rhythm) 16. Lael Neale – Tell me how to be here (Sub Pop Records) 17. Eddie M...

hny everyone we're flicking from berlin to milan, glasgow to brooklyn, helsinki to dunedin in this first look back at the year that was enjoy x Playlist 1. Jimi Tenor Band – Selenites (Tapete Records) 2. Lande Hekt – Favourite pair of shoes (Tapete Records) 3. Prolapse – The fall of cashline (Tapete Records) 4. Astral Bakers – Healing (Sage Music) 5. claire rousay – somewhat burdensome (Thrill Jockey) 6. Cloth – Pink silence (Rock Action) 7. Lucy Gooch – Like clay (Fire Records) 8. Marta Del Grandi – Antarctica (Fire Records) 9. Prima Queen feat Girl Group – The prize (Submarine Cat) 10. Lightheaded – Same drop (Slumberland Records/Skep Wax) 11. The Chills – Dolphins (Fire Records) 12. The Cords – Fabulist (Skep Wax) 13. Joasihno – Characa orb. (Alien Transistor) 14. Anushka Chkheidze & Robert Lippok – Rainbow road (Morr Music) 15. The Alien Dub Orchestra – Vine and fig tree (Alien Transistor) 16. The Notwist – X-ray (Morr Music) 17. Emma Polloc...

enjoy people x Playlist 1. Cluster & Eno – Ho Renomo (bureau b) 2. Midori Hirano – Oto, Kioku (Thrill Jockey) 3. Jimi Tenor Band – Selenites (Tapete Records) 4. Lucy Gooch – Clouds (Fire Records) 5. Barry Walker Jr feat. Rob Smith & Jason Willmon – Quiessence (Thrill Jockey) 6. The Notwist – X-ray (Morr Music) 7. Bill Callahan – The man I’m supposed to be (Drag City) 8. claire rousay feat m sage – just (Thrill Jockey) 9. Clementine March – Fireworks (PRAH Recordings) 10. Lande Hekt – Favourite pair of shoes (Tapete Records) 11. Prima Queen feat Girl Group – The prize (Submarine Cat) 12. Anna Prior – True for you (Beat Palace Records) 13. Hater – This guy (Fire Records) 14. Haylie Davis – Country boy (Fire Records) 15. Homer – Chrysanthemum (Big Crown Records) 16. The Cords – Just don’t know how to be you (Skep Wax) 17. Ladytron – I believe in you (Nettwerk) (playing Gorilla, Manchester, Mar 21) 18. lucky break – Burning string (Fire Records) 19. Ma...

we're all round the world in this mix osaka to glasgow, berlin to surabaya, tyrone to helsinki to new orleans enjoy x Playlist 1. Brian Bilston & The Catenary Wires – Might have, might not have (Skep Wax) ( playing Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Nov 24 ) 2. Damian O’Neill – Inside out (Tompkins Square) (Imaginational Anthem XIV) 3. Joasihno – Crackleboom (Alien Transistor) 4. Madi Diaz – Why’d you have to bring me flowers (Anti) 5. Emma Pollock – Rapid rush of red (Chemikal Underground) ( playing Oran Mor, Glasgow, Oct 29 ) 6. The Alien Dub Ensemble – Pundit dub (Alien Transistor) 7. Eera – Celebrate (Test Card Recordings) 8. Geckos – Lo hice (ORG Music/PIAPTK Recordings) 9. Mark McCausland feat Pieta Brown & John Parish – Sweet Thursday (Delatasonic Records) (from the soundtrack of the film The Spin ) 10. Barry Walker Jr feat. Rob Smith & Jason Willmon – Quiessence (Thrill Jockey) 11. Prolapse – Swearing for decoration (Tapete Records) ( play...

the search for new sounds does not have to be a treadmill enjoy x Playlist 1. CV Vision – R.T.B. (Bureau B) 2. Prolapse – The fall of cashline (Tapete Records) 3. claire rousay – somewhat burdensome (Thrill Jockey) 4. The Saxophones – Too big for California (Full Time Hobby) 5. Joasihno – Characo orb. (Alien Transistor) 6. Anushka Chkheidze + Robert Lippok – Rainbow road (Morr Music) 7. Kathryn Williams – Goodbye to summer (One Little Independent) ( playing The Folk House, Bristol, Oct 31 ) 8. Cian Nugent – I am asleep and do not wake me (Tompkins Square) (Imaginational Anthem XIV) 9. Ailbhe Reddy – Align (Don Giovanni Records) 10. Stereolab – Aerial Troubles (Duophonic/Warp) ( playing Cyprus Avenue, Cork, Feb 19 ) 11. Linda Smith – So long ago (Upset The Rhythm) 12. Cardiacs – Downup (The Alphabet Business Concern) 13. Me Lost Me – Ancient summer (Upset The Rhythm) 14. Chantal Acda – Hit the verge (Starman Records) 15. Clock DVA – Consent (Mute) 16. EERA...

middle of the year but not middle of the road a compilation of my favourite tunes of the year so far enjoy people x Playlist 1. Pierre Bastien & Michel Banabila – Closing time: The party is over (Pingipung) 2. Men I Trust – Heavenly flow (bandcamp) 3. Stereolab – Melodie is a wound (Duophonic/Warp) 4. Water Machine – River (Fat Cat Records) 5. Bella Wakame – Shades of Nambei (Umor-Rex) 6. Lightheaded – Same drop (Slumberland Records/Skep Wax) 7. Elaine Howley – Hold me in a new way (Modern Love) 8. Lael Neale – Tell me how to be here (Sub Pop Records) 9. Cloth – Pink silence (Rock Action) 10. Albertine Sarges – Stand near your fire (Moshi Moshi) 11. M(h)aol – Pursuit (Tulle) 12. The Chills – Dolphins (Fire Records) 13. Keeley Forsyth & Matthew Bourne – Talk to me (Fat Cat Records) 14. Echolalia – Little bird (Full Time Hobby) 15. Oh No Noh – Dog years (Teleskop) 16. Adrian Crowley – Brother was a runaway (Valley of Eyes Records) 17. Derya Yildi...

some summery tunes for your heatdome go well brian x (pic far out magazine) Playlist 1. Ensemble – Proposal 1 (Fat Cat Records) 2. Emil Friis – For goodbyes (Fat Cat Records) 3. Studio Electrophonique – David and Jayne (Valley of Eyes Records) 4. Heavenly – Portland Town (Skep Wax) 5. The Alien Dub Orchestra – Vine and fig tree (Alien Transistor) 6. Astral Bakers – Vertical life (Sage Records) 7. Ways of Seeing – USA 94 (bandcamp) 8. Lightheaded – The garden (Slumberland/Skep Wax) 9. Jeanines – Coaxed a storm (Slumberland/Skep Wax) 10. The Beach Boys – Feel flow (Brother Records) 11. The Beach Boys – Til I die (Brother Records) 12. Bea Elmy Martin – Born to fly (Indigo Kin) 13. Half Japanese – Step on up (Fire Records) 14. Guerilla Toss – Red flag to angry bull (Sub Pop Records) 15. Cory Hanson – Lou Reed (Drag City) 16. Ty Segall – Buildings (Drag City) 17. Sebastian Reynolds & Myles Cochran feat. Kelly Michaeli – IYCSM (Pindrop) 18. Later Youth...

enjoy the (pink) silence x Playlist 1. Keeley Forsyth & Matthew Bourne – Talk to me (Fat Cat Records) 2. North Sea Radio Orchestra – All Alice like (Believer’s Roast) 3. Deradoorian – Set me free (Fire Records) 4. Le Volume Courbe – Two-love (Duophonic Super 45s) 5. Robin Kester – Happy sad (It’s a party) (Memphis Industries) 6. Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek – Cool hand (Big Crown Records) 7. Echolalia – Little bird (Full Time Hobby) 8. Cormac O Caoimh – You help (bandcamp) (playing Coughlans, Cork, Aug 24) 9. Eera – Forget her (Test Card Recordings) (playing The Lexington, London, Oct 14) 10. Lucy Gooch – Clouds (Fire Records) 11. Lael Neale – Tell me how to be here (Sub Pop) (playing The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, May 31) 12. Louis Philippe & the Night Mail – The road to somewhere (Tapete) 13. Sufjan Stevens – Mystery of love (demo) (Asthmatic Kitty) 14. Richard Hawley – Coles Corner (acoustic) (BMG) 15. Junk Drawer – Nids Niteca (Pizza Pizza Record...

tis the season for ... ...truth enjoy x Playlist 1. Yann Tiersen – Caledonian Canal (Mute) ( playing Barbican, London, Apr 19 ) 2. Conrad Schnitzler - Ballet statique (bureau b) (Krautrock Eruption – An Introduction to German Electronic Music 1970-1980) 3. Simon Fisher Turner and Mike Smalle + Bring Your Own Hammer – Exile (Dimple Discs) 4. Peter Baumann – From a far land (bureau b) 5. Bella Wakame – Shades of Nambei (Umor-Rex) 6. In-Flight Movie – Passenger (bandcamp) 7. Tropical Fuck Storm – Bloodsport (Fire Records) ( playing Manchester Psych Festival, Aug 30 ) 8. Albertine Sarges – Blue lagoon (Moshi Moshi) ( playing Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh, Nov 7 ) 9. Kris Kristoffersen – Me and Bobby McGee + Dialogue (Fire Records) (from the OST of the film The Last Movie ) 10. I Dreamed I Dream – Fags (bandcamp) ( playing Bello Bar, Dublin, May 3, w Echo Northstar & Jean Pack ) 11. Quinie – Macaphee turn the cattle (Upset The Rhythm) ( playing Mono, Glasgow, May ...

a spring for your step enjoy x Playlist 1. Robert Forster – Strawberries (Tapete Records) ( playing National Concert Hall, Dublin, Oct 15 ) 2. Louis Philippe & The Night Mail – Pictures of Anna (Tapete Records) 3. The Saxophones – Burning with desire (Full Time Hobby) 4. Cormac O Caoimh – The little things (bandcamp) ( playing Coughlans, Cork, Aug 24 ) 5. Lael Neale – Tell me how to be here (Sub Pop Records) ( playing The Workman’s Cellar, May 10 ) 6. Preen – I know (Small Matter Records) ( playing Jacaranda Basement, Liverpool, May 5 ) 7. Tropical Fuck Storm – Goon show (Fire Records) ( playing Manchester Psych Festival, Aug 30 ) 8. The Fun Years – Auto show day of the dead (Keplar) 9. Saeko Killy – Next time (bureau b) 10. HAAi – Can’t stand to lose (Mute) ( playing Primavera Sound, Ports, June 15 ) 11. Oh No Noh – Dog years (Teleskop) ( playing Madame Claude, Berlin, Apr 11 ) 12. The Burning Hell – Luna FM (BB*Island) ( playing De Nieuwe Anita, Amsterda...

new music for your january enjoy x Playlist 1. Ex-Void – Down the drain (Tapete Records) 2. Saeko Killy – Dream in dream (bureau b) 3. Clever Bunny – Rolling in the hay (Slowfoot Records) 4. youbet – Deny (Hardly Art Records) 5. SPINNEN – Geister (Alien Transistor) 6. Chalk – Afraid (Nice Swan) ( playing Ulster Sports, Belfast, Apr 10 ) 7. Propaganda – World out of joint (bureau b) 8. Tarwater – Spirit of flux (Morr Music) 9. Adrian Crowley – Brother was a runaway (Valley of Eyes Records) 10. Albertine Sarges – Girl missing (Moshi Moshi) 11. The Burning Hell – Bottle of Chianti, cheese and charcuterie board (BB*Island) 12. Cloth – Polaroid (Rock Action) 13. Deradoorian – Digital gravestone (Fire Records) 14. Echolalia – Blood moon (Full Time Hobby) 15. Elephant – 20k (Excelsior Recordings) 16. Hiro Ama – Everything is going to make sense in the end (Daniel Brandt Remix) (PRAH Recordings) 17. House of All – The good Englishman (Tiny Global Recordings) ( pl...

visiting tokyo, cork, boston, melbourne, berlin, london, sunderland, rotterdam, belfast and dublin enjoy x Playlist 1. Bananagun – Free energy (Full Time Hobby) 2. Chalk – Tell me (Nice Swan) 3. Sprints – Up and comer (City Slang) 4. Rats on Rafts – Japanese medicine (Fire Records) 5. Memorials – Acceptable experience (Fire Records) 6. Silverbacks – Selling shovels (bandcamp) 7. The Last Sound – Sting Possible Combinations (Cruel Nature Records) 8. Albertine Sarges – Stand near your fire (Moshi Moshi) 9. Marcel Wave – Something looming (Upset The Rhythm) 10. Field Music – The waitress of St Louis (Memphis Industries) 11. The Silver Abduction – Remember my heart (Lightwell Recordings) 12. Katrina Ford – Dundalk dungeon (Violin Films) 13. Oslo Twins – Sally (Half Normal Records) 14. Hilary Bow – Fall fall (bandcamp) 15. Kugelschreiber – (me x u) ≠ (u x me) (Wamho Records) 16. muckno – manboy (bandcamp) 17. Throwing Muses – Drigstore drastic (Fire Records) ...

tripping through sheffield, surabaya, los angeles, navan, fermanagh, helsinki, cork, copenhagen & montreal in this batch enjoy x Playlist 1. Minwhi Lee – Mirror therapy for phantom pain (Alien Transistor) 2. Ella Raphael – Tangled love (Fire Records) 3. Yosa Peit – Shelly (Fire Records) 4. Naima Bock – Takes one (Sub Pop Records/Memorials of Distinction) 5. Bobby Oroza – Goddess (Big Crown Records) 6. David Murphy – An Draigheann (Rollercoaster Records) 7. Hiro Ama feat. Keeley Forsyth – Billowing (PRAH Recordings) 8. Golden Bug feat. The Liminanas & Vega Voga – Hi No Tori (La Belle) 9. Jessica Pratt – Life is (City Slang) 10. Matthew Bourne – The mirror and its fragments (The Leaf Label) 11. Róis – Caoine (bandcamp) 12. William D Drake – The flickering shade (Zebedog Records) 13. Myriam Gendron – Long way home (Thrill Jockey & Feeding Tube) 14. Oisin Leech – Colour of the rain (Outside Music/Tremone Records) 15. Mary Lattimore & Walt McClem...

odd energy is right let the music help you through enjoy x Playlist 1. The Attendant – eden rock (faux lux) 2. Trust Fund – Leaving the party early (Tapete) 3. The Gentle Spring – Sugartown (Skep Wax) 4. Echolalia – Odd energy (bandcamp) 5. Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek – Yakamoz (Big Crown Records) 6. Homer Steinweiss feat girl named GOLDEN – Wishing well (Big Crown Records) 7. eat girls – Para los pies cansados (Tapete Records/bureau b) 8. Oslo Twins – Sally (Half Normal Records) 9. Westside Cowboy – I’ve never met anyone I thought I could really love (until I met you) (Nice Swan) ( playing The Castle Hotel, Manchester, Dec 3 ) 10. Organi – Babylonia (Alien Transistor) 11. Tarwater – USA (Morr Music) 12. Adrian Crowley – Tangled (Valley of Eyes Records) ( playing Project Arts Centre, Dublin, Apr 11 ) 13. Albertine Sarges – Blue lagoon (Moshi Moshi) 14. Bananagun – With the night (Full Time Hobby) 15. Barry McCormack – You would hardly know I’m here (...

massive tunes backlog alert enjoy x Playlist 1. Amy Rigby – Bricks (Tapete) 2. Trust Fund – Has it been a while (Tapete) 3. David Murphy – Eleanor Plunkett (Rollercoaster Records) 4. The Byrds – You ain’t going nowhere (Columbia) 5. Sandy Denny – Blues run the game (Earth Recordings) 6. Trust Fund – The mirror (Tapete) 7. Stuart Moxham – Suburban Monochrome (Tiny Global Productions) 8. Minwhi Lee – Penitentiary (Alien Transistor) 9. The Music of Sound – Inner London Lullaby (Monochrome Motif Records) 10. ERNIE – Vineyard towns (ERNIE) 11. Aislinn Logan – Stolen days (soundcloud) 12. Albertine Sarges – Stand near your fire (Moshi Moshi) 13. Bananagun – Free energy (Full Time Hobby) 14. Derya Yildirim & Grup Şimşek – Cool hand (Big Crown Records) 15. Les Imprimés – With you (Big Crown Records) 16. Ella Raphael – Tangled love (Fire Records) 17. Naima Bock – Feed my release (Sub Pop/Memorials of Distinction) ( playing Deaf Institute, Manchester, Nov 13 ) ...

spring has sprung in this neck of the woods tunes for your spring enjoy x Playlist 1. Amy Rigby – Dylan in Dubuque (Tapete Records) 2. Marewrew – Sikata kuykuy / Snow falling from a tree (Pingipung) 3. Daisy Rickman – Falling through the rising sun (Fire Records) 4. Ariel Sharratt & Mathias Kom – Never work (BB*Island) 5. Pupkulies + Rebecca & Tibau Tavares – Nha badjam (Normoton) 6. claire rousay – it could be anything (Thrill Jockey) (playing Project Arts Centre, Dublin, June 1) 7. Myriam Gendron – Long way home (Thrill Jockey) 8. Oisin Leech – Malin gales (Outside Music) (playing Another Love Story Festival, Aug 24) 9. Big Brave – canon: in canon (Thrill Jockey) (playing Portals Festival, London, May 25) 10. Bjork & Rosalía – Oral (Olof Dreijer Remix) (One Little Independent) 11. Chalk feat Fears – Bliss (Nice Swan Records) 12. English Teacher – R&B (Island Records) (playing Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, Nov 12) 13. Human Interest – S...

Playlist 1. Daisy Rickman – Signpost to the stars (Fire Records) 2. Ariel Sharratt & Mathias Kom – Never work (BB*Island) ( playing Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, Apr 16 2024 ) 3. The Go! Team – Junior kickstart (Memphis Industries) ( playing The Button Factory, Dublin, Sept 30 2024 ) 4. Kelsey Michael – Music of the waves (Dimple Discs) 5. Ella Ronen – Truth (BB*Island) 6. Hochzeitskapelle – Silver rider (Alien Transistor) 7. Magic Tuber Stringband – Days of longing (Thrill Jockey) 8. Marie Klock – Se goinfrer de rage (Pingipung) 9. Saicobab – Nyrtaman (Thrill Jockey) 10. Martin Rev – Mari (bureau b) 11. Elsa Hewitt – Citrinitas (Tompkins Square) 12. Dumbo Tracks feat Rubee Fegan – Daughter of flood (bureau b) 13. John Hynes – In over my head (bandcamp) 14. Harry Taussig – Etude in G Major #7 (take 2) (Tompkins Square) 15. Manu Delago feat Mad About Lemon – Paintings on the wall (One Little Independent) 16. Bobby Oroza – Queen of the barrio (Big Crown Records) 1...

new year new vibes ceasefire now enjoy x Playlist 1. Laetitia Sadier – Panser L’Inacceptable (Duophonic Super 45s) 2. Penny Arcade – Jona (Tapete Records) 3. Chalk – Claw (Nice Swan Records) ( playing Oslo, London, Mar 21 2024 ) 4. Graham Reynolds feat Marta del Grandi – Linger in silence (Fire Records) ( playing Earth, London, Apr 27 2024 ) 5. The Gentle Spring – Dodge the rain (Skep Wax Records) 6. William Doyle – Now in motion (Tough Love) ( playing Deaf Institute, Manchester, Mar 24 2024 ) 7. Yosa Peit – Shelly (Fire Records) 8. Richard Hawley – Two for his heels (BMG) ( playing Olympia Theatre, Dublin, May 24+25 2024 ) 9. The Pheromoans – Downtown (Upset The Rhythm) 10. Crumbs – You’re just jealous (Skep Wax Records) ( playing Wharf Chambers, Leeds, May 31 2024 ) 11. Mikado Koko – Piano in a cage No. 2 (Caliban Sounds) 12. Astrid Sonne – Staying here (Escho) 13. Ellen Arkbro & Johan Graden – Postcard greetings (Thrill Jockey) 14. Avice Caro – At ...