2011 has saw some fantastic music floating through the ether and despite the sheer amount of it, I have managed to get this podcast out to you. To be fair, had we have done this podcast 3 weeks ago, the tracklist might have been different but thats the beauty of the music isn’t it?

So whether you agree with us or not, check out the podcast to hear myself, Chris Jones and Paul McCarthy project our favourite tracks of the year that was 2011.

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There have been many local electronic artists that have graced the ranks of this humble podcast over the years, not to mention my student radio show before this. Suffice to say, some have stood the test of time and have been around this entire time. This reminds me of a story (segway much?) of me living in a skanky little Botanic flat back in 2005 - I was going to see a band called When Pilots Eject a lot and one of their members, Graham, started a small side project called Miracle Boy - I really liked it and told Graham as much leading to him sending me a CD. Then… no more.

Jump to 2011 and I’m booking the Solar Bears show in the Menagerie and I’m sitting thinking to myself, “Man, I wish Miracle Boy was still around, he’d be a great support for this”. So randomly, I emailed Graham and lo and behold he was working on some new stuff. He nervously accepted the gig and played a wonderful set - a set that was featured on Radio Ulster. So, as if by magic - we have him back in for a podcast session. Its awesome - enjoy it.

Tracklist below…

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newworldaquarium - avon sparkle
shed - increase that
even tuell - tube dive
komet - weiss

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Miracle Boy - live in session
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byetone - golden elegy
scb - mace
lowtec - coldred
skudge - surplus
scuba - adrenalin

So - I’ve been gone for a long time. Sorry about that one. Loadsa new tunes here and a short feature with Martin Byrne about his Song A Day For A Year project. Beezer.

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tim hecker - sketch 5
fennesz - seven stars
lee noble - ghost of structure
walls - drunken galleon
m83 - soon my friend
neon indian - halogen (I could be a shadow)
lana del rey - video games (balam acab rmx)

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SADFAY feature
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ADR - post pc
kuedo - memory rain
plaid - at last
alva noto - uni dia
space dimension controller - last sunset on planet earth

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SertOne steps up for the first in a new series of mixtapes here at imprintthisonyourmind. The man himself drops a fresh set of beats for you all here in the run up to his forthcoming support of Solar Bears at the upcoming imprint gig.

Get down and see the man perform - gonna be fly.

Track list below…

Young Montana? - Repetition
Bibio - Chancylvania
Fulgeance - Glamoure
Dizz1 - Rirrr
Fog - A Word of Advice
Solar Bears - Crystalline (Letherette Remix)
Busta Rhymes - Still Shining
Danny Drive Thru - Psychedelia Smith [unreleased]
Madvillain - Borrowed Time
S.Mahbra - Something In The Way She Moves
Samiyam - Cushion
Deviant & Naive Ted - Overheard (SertOne Remix)
Mump - CRSSWREE [unreleased]
Raekwon - Striving For Perfection
Harmonic 313 - Cyclotron
Clipse - Mr. Me Too
SertOne - Mount (Isn’t It) [unreleased]

I have met a lot of people across the years - its kinda of a given that when you put yourself into the internet world like this, you tend to get the odd hello. Some years ago I came across a guy putting music out called Filaria - I met him and his name was David Baxter. I then met his counterpart Brian Greene - they had a band together called Kinnego Flux. Turned out I knew Brian’s dad. Small world. Then a few years after this, I met a bloke called Connor Dougan who you’ll all know a little bit better as Defcon.

Suffice to say, the common theme here was that these were three of the best musicians, composers and producers I had came across in this city. So when I heard that they had joined forces with a guy called Kaidi Tatham from world renowned Bugz in the Attic to form a jam band, I literally left the party I was at and went straight to the menagerie to record it.

I’ll say no more - its good stuff and pretty much jammed out only semi rehearsed. Get it listened to. Loadsa new tunes as well.

Don’t forget about the upcoming Solar Bears Gig too!

Tracklist below…

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clouds - rest of the cycle
balam acab - apart
solar bears - trans waterfall

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Brian Greene Live
accompanied by Kaidi Tatham
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sertOne - past present and future
samiyam - lifesized stuffed animal
knxwledge - loavhorts
future cruiser - the other girls

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the reset jam band
feat: David Baxter, Brian Greene, Connor Dougan & Kaidi Tatham
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yoru - that old thing
martin blank - deconstructed (de-twisted remix)
falty dl - make it difficult
tiger & woods - crying in cambodgia
objekt - clk recovery

imprintthisonyourmind presents

Solar Bears (planet mu)

with support from

SertOne (melted music)
Miracle Boy (bored audio / when pilots eject)

+ the imprint deejays

Friday 19th August 2011
9PM - The Menagerie
£5 before 11pm / £7 after

PLEASE NOTE: Solar Bears will be on after midnight to give any people who want to see Primal Scream time to get to this as well!

Solar Bears features two members, John Kowalski and Rian Trench. The group released their debut EP Inner Sunshine and album She Was Coloured for Planet Mu to worldwide critical acclaim in 2010. Both received glowing praise from Pitchfork, Gorilla VS Bear, FACT Magazine, The Fader, Rough Trade, NME and The Irish Times. The album also featured heavily in best of end of year lists, taking influence from Moroder, Neu, Bjork, Morricone and Aphex Twin. Tape machines and handheld recorder are used to created a dated recording sound while blending analogue and digital technology as well as acoustics with electronics. It has created a huge impact on the blogosphere and in music publications simultaneously. The band also remixed artists such as Keep Shelly In Athens and Sun Airway.

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This young Irish artist based out of Liverpool is elbowing his way to the top of the electronic beat scene after his debut release ‘The View From Above’ EP and he’s been notching up a serious amount of synth heavy, bass driven remixes in recent months. With his passion of hip hop infused with wild synths and off kilter beats, his live set is not to be missed.

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Miracle Boy is the new guise of Graham Ginty, one fifth of When Pilots Eject. Just as influenced by disco as he is by post rock, his music takes basic audio recordings and turns them into something much bigger, wider and much more than the sum of it’s eclectic parts. He has previously remixed Italian post rock legends Port Royal and Belfast’s Jane Bradfords and returns now to release new music on Derry based Boredaudio.

I moved to Belfast in 2004 and the city was really only starting to pick up - it seemed like a really slow start and there was a sheer lack of good electronic music shows. Well - it turned out there was a lack of good shows that I KNEW about. I remember we heard of these guys who ran a label called electrotoxic and we ended up going to a Wrong Music rave one of their guys was running. Turned out to be a 12 hour sesh and I believe I had a hollowed out computer monitor on my head at one stage.

Since then Acroplane has supplied me with some serious tunage and I featured them loads on my old QR radio show. Its with great pleasure that I help them celebrate their 5th birthday with an Acroplane mini mix in the podcast. Stellar.

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alva noto & ryuchi sakamoto - by this river
bvdud - descent to the end
matthewdavid - like you mean it
tokimonsta - little pleasure

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dj acroplane record in the mix

Opti - Between My Eyes And Everything I Look At
Baconhead - Ghetto Buffet
Koen Park - Pastoral
Egon Fisk - Urge Vomitrax
Shepherd - Kantknellt
Baconhead - Goonies
Electromeca - Cruisin for Concrete
Ruby my Dear - mashed Rope
Baconhead - Wookie

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deepchord presents echospace - summer haze
kangding ray - OR
resoe - mutation
sigha - a2
cosmin trg - fizic
john tejada - unstable condition
untold - cool story bro

So, I know what you’re thinking. Where have you been Matt? We’ve been sitting waiting patiently for you to spit some knowledge our way? Whats that? Oh… you didn’t notice I was gone.

Ahem. Well, life has surely got in the way of this podcast. One time, a good while back, I decided to have this messed up thing called a job and by george it has been getting in the way. I was also victim to the South Belfast Burglar Squad who took great pleasure in popping into the house while I was sleeping and acquiring my podcast making machine for themselves to sell the next day on Gumtree.

Well, anyway, I’ve been holding onto this one for too long - not too much new music for you but a whole plethora of content recorded at Head Record Store on Record Store Day.

We have live recorded tracks from Charles Hurts, Third Man Theme and Sea Pinks. We also have interviews from the bands, plus interviews with Jonny Tiernan and Kenny who runs Head.

I’ve put a few new tunes in there, namely a cracking new rocker from Comply or Die who will be stepping up into the session very soon.

Tracklist below…

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low - nothin’ but heart
comply or die - official secrets

**charles hurts live and in interview**

**third man theme live and in interview**

**sea pinks live**

battles - ice cream

Well - what serious weather we have been having lately eh? Probably one of the nicest Springs ever - and hopefully this podcast can be the perfect accompaniment to the great sunshine.

We have the magnificent Defcon in the session - it was recorded live when he supported Knxwledge and the last imprint gig - its a seriously cracker set. If you were there, you will get to relive it again and if you weren’t, well now you get to join all the lucky people who were. We also snagged a rare interview with Knxwledge over a herbal cigerette before he slayed at the menagerie - its a great insight into the man’s life and processes.

There’s also a whole list of cracking new music in there - so find a spot in the sun - kick back - put the headphones on - and enjoy.

Tracklist below…

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beat connection - in the water
daedelus - penny loafers
lorn - stranger

- Interview with Knxwledge / Mar ‘11

co.fee - spark plug

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Defcon - live from imprint # 2

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fluxion - tides
peveralist - dance till the police come
lone - explorers
autechre - accelera 1 & 2
panda bear - surfers hymn (actress primitive pattern remix)
burial - nyc
kode9 & spaceape - otherman

So - I’ve disappeared for a while - it seems most years in the post christmas madness, I tend to retract and try to take stock of it all. 2011 has already bitchslapped me with so much music I’ve ran out of money and resorted to revisiting a lot of stuff I got in late 2010. Hopefully, quarter number two will continue to impress and we can get a few more podcasts your way.

Number 17 comes with an injection of space-traversing drone pop from the wonderful lads at Documenta. They’ve rocked out two of their own plus a cover here. I’ve straddled that with some lovely new music all backended by a new opus from the almighty strangeloop - when you make it there - let it come on slow. Its such a tune.

Tracklist below…

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tim hecker - the piano drop
peaking lights - all the sun that shines
visions of trees - cult of cobras
puro instinct - lost at sea
charles hurts - austerity drive
young prisms - sugar

**documenta live in session**

dntel - on your shore
bibio - excuses
boxcutter - allele
falty dl - gospel of opal
matthewdavid - all you’ll never know
strangeloop - breaking open the head