On the eighth day of Choonsmas Mrs. Claus said "oh shit god damn"... cus up next we've got The Drips of Fosterham...
The Drips of Fosterham is a project birthed & curated from the illustrious, creative minds of Sam Pilbeam and Skye Turner. The project takes the form of an avant-garde industrial, story tape, filled with comedic and sometimes sinister tales told over the raw, atmospheric beats produced by the duo. Both have been very good friends of ours for a while, with the bond starting with our very own EJ & Sam way back in 2015 - when they quickly established themselves as Bristol's Pinky & the Brain. Sam and Skye's creativity has never been in doubt as both are accomplished artists in their own rite, so the merging of their minds, which has manifested as Drips, has been one of the things which has best got our eyebrows furrowed and lips pursed this year. Nothing but love for these freaks of fine pedigree!
As both are practicing filmmakers, performance artists, and generally very good storytellers, we hope you will enjoy the writings within their comprehensive list of the alternative audio that has accompanied them over the last year!
On the eighth day of Choonsmas Mrs. Claus said "oh shit god damn"... cus up next we've got The Drips of Fosterham...
The Drips of Fosterham is a project birthed & curated from the illustrious, creative minds of Sam Pilbeam and Skye Turner. The project takes the form of an avant-garde industrial, story tape, filled with comedic and sometimes sinister tales told over the raw, atmospheric beats produced by the duo. Both have been very good friends of ours for a while, with the bond starting with our very own EJ & Sam way back in 2015 - when they quickly established themselves as Bristol's Pinky & the Brain. Sam and Skye's creativity has never been in doubt as both are accomplished artists in their own rite, so the merging of their minds, which has manifested as Drips, has been one of the things which has best got our eyebrows furrowed and lips pursed this year. Nothing but love for these freaks of fine pedigree!
As both are practicing filmmakers, performance artists, and generally very good storytellers, we hope you will enjoy the writings within their comprehensive list of the alternative audio that has accompanied them over the last year!
Tried to keep it as weird as possible. And shed some light on some smaller acts from Bristol to Chicargooooooo.
Sam: Wicked ‘n bad choon. I just love M.I.C’s sense of humor, and for me, really sets a new standard for these bangers which get you up in the morning. All their songs have been on a constant rotation all year-ah.
Skye: Sophrosyne is in the Bristol music collective Avon Terror Corps, I saw him perform at the ATC residency at Strange Brew, it was my first real heart-felt mosh after lockdown with my pals. This was actually my first time hearing his latest album of the same name, absolutely captivated by the way he merges a nostalgic metal sound with violent techno beats.
Skye: Sludgy sad sound that still somehow has you feeling like you’re floating in the soft waters of ecstasy. Hearty percussive bass and haunting poetry. We saw Deliluh play at the end of Summer, and maaan they can play their instruments.
Sam: Hectic Venetian-Snares-y breakcore with a Chicago Footwork twist. What's not to love?
Sam: Vegyn makes really slick electronica cut with this noughties garage-y wifey-riddim vibe which I think really makes it stand out from other glitchy rave* artists. This tune has a sexy overdrive bass line which I think electro often misses out on. (*tried really hard to not say IDM here)
Skye: Absolute angry banger that shakes the dust from my brain folds in the morning.
Sam: Great album dropped this year from the patron saints of Bristol noise cru. Fave tracks: ‘Tetsuo 2019’ great dubbiness with crispy vocal effects. Also ‘Com’eee???’ sounds like it's been mixed by Caretaker. Like a sparse rave in the giant basements of the future. Really inspiring tunes by some lovely boys.
Skye: Listening to this 44 minute and 50 second long track feels like you’re travelling through the venous system of a powerful sleeping giant. ‘I consider Mollusk to be a mix of hard shell and soft tissues, a mix of dead bones and flesh’- Gooooose. Mollusk was released on Drowned By Locals, a record label coming out of Amman, Jordan, they’re my fave label of 2021.
Just seeing everyone come out of Lockdown with a new sense of vigour and creativity. All the events have just been so worthwhile and creative in Bristol. RP BOO was pretty tear out. The integration of LARPING at the ATC residency. M.I.C on the M.I.C and live salmon dissections on Halloween. Shout out Mickey Zoggs and Strange Brew. We owe them a lot. Also big thanks to The Brunswick Editions for putting out our tape of short stories, really it's been a year of reassurance that your creative endeavours can come to fruition & flourish with the right people around.
More of the same really.
Beautifully spooky folk choon from the 1970’s The Wickerman Original Soundtrack. This film has been very influential to us over the last few months and its soft gothic melancholia would suit a brisk Christmas morn.
We’re Emma and Jonah, old friends and lifelong music obsessives. We both share a love for tunes that make us nostalgic for a neon lit past that didn’t happen. If it clears the floor, we want more.
This has been a weird af year but here are some highlights from us which we hope you enjoy. Special shout out to Goutham for having the self control to not list Cockroach - Pearl (Bright Edit) [COMPOSE] {1996} multiple times.
Not much new music in here (we’re crap at keeping up to date), but lots of goodies that we’ve played and enjoyed both inside and outside the space this year
d. clemente: Same as last year, I am here with a whole selection of dance music (sorry I actually don’t listen to anything else lol) that made me go like “wow, yeehaw, yes, alright alright, mmmmm”. DJ SWEAT: *siren plays* D-D-D-D-DJ SWEAT on tha haus! *toilet sound* merry all! *jingle jingle*
MLE: Hi, you may remember me from radio stations such as Balamii, Noods, Worldwide FM and the occasional guest appearances on NTS. Find my 2020 highlights alongside my fav bunch of dawgs…May 2021 be infinitely less painful. Solway Canine Collective: Ruff noises straight from the kennel. Another year of gutter tunes from the junkyard dawgs.
Robbie: "Some highlights from a rollercoaster year, remembering the soundtrack of initial lockdown turmoil to reminiscing about the last tunes heard in the club." David: "As someone whose main hobby is clubbing and nightlife, this year I haven't stopped listening to dance music. Here's some new tunes I really look forward to listening to on a big soundsystem."
We’re Emma and Jonah, old friends and lifelong music obsessives. We both share a love for tunes that make us nostalgic for a neon lit past that didn’t happen. If it clears the floor, we want more.
Here’s a lil selection of a few of my fave tracks that have gone into Ambient Babestation Meltdown mixes this year, and a few tracks that I plan to feature in upcoming mixes. Finding new music was never a problem working at Rye Wax, but as we’ve been shut since March I’ve been having to dig A LOT DEEPER and I think it’s helped make my mixes a lot weirder haha. Please enjoy my selection and dream of the day we can all float about the club in silly outfits and silly states once again.
2020 has been tough, and we’ve been fortunate enough to get through it with the help of those close to us. Now we hope you can join us in looking to 2021 as another year to be inspired by one another, and to keep on keeping on together.
I mostly mix techno / breaks / house / fusion music. So I’ve tried to include six tunes that showcase these genres as much as possible! One thing I’ve learned from mixing is that there is endless music to explore and to never make your mind up on whether or not you like an entire genre! Fusing elements of one genre into another is a real game changer for me :)
We’re long time friends and musical collaborators born and raised in Sheffield and now living West of the Pennines in Manchester. We spent some years in Sheffield running ‘Don’t Look Now’, a series of ludicrous parties, expressing our shared love of club culture and the musical heritage of the Steel City. Having temporarily taken a step back from promotion we now also host a monthly radio show called Roadside Picnic in which we can explore our more otherworldly thoughts and dreams.
Tracy: The selections picked by us are tunes that we’ve rinsed a lot this year and played quite often on our radio shows. I think they represent our sound as individual DJs but also as a collective.
Ed: My selections reflect exactly what I’ve been listening to over the last year or two - lots of slow music to soundtrack many days spent at home. I’ve thrown one freaky dance tune in there for good measure, to keep the aliens over at Semi Peppered happy. Ben: Mad dog by name mad dog by nature, woof woof MLE: I am so strong haha
We hope you enjoy sifting through our proper mixed bag of tunes that have soundtracked an incredibly west period in history. We feel these releases have been on the ride with us and deserve acknowledgement. What better way than a big old peppered round up eh?
This has been a weird af year but here are some highlights from us which we hope you enjoy. Special shout out to Goutham for having the self control to not list Cockroach - Pearl (Bright Edit) [COMPOSE] {1996} multiple times.
The Trouserlings + Papi Ruari bring you another collection of varied morsels to warm the cockles. Here is to another year of following the Semi Peppered boys blindly into the sun.
Thank you to everyone that has been a part of Choonsmas this year, it's been a lovely way to end a turbulent year <3
Here's some choons, new and old that kept us going in this weird as hell year. Hope you enjoy.
Some of the stuff we have been digging this year and personal finds!
SP: It's actually entirely to do with the pubs reopening. Enjoy with caution
SP: Huge shouts to everyone who was there for us and supported us in music and beyond last year, we look forwards to sharing good times together again soon!
In no particular order these are our top releases from 2020. Coincidentally featuring plenty of previous Cue guests (we’re not biased, honest) alongside some other favourites.
Our top 8 tracks of 2020 (we’ve listened to tonnes of old ones from the 80s through out the digging process but we’ve tried to keep this strictly 2020 - with some of our fave oldies thrown in) but also less club focussed as clubbing seems so redundant right now (although we have thrown a few heaters in for you). A mixed bag for a funny old time!
What ho!? The sun has shone, the birds have tweep tweeped and the second edition of our Peppered Digs is launched for public enjoyment. Celebrate the springtime harbingers with some bangers in bloom :)
ETN: "We've spent most of the year agonisingly far apart from each other so our choices and highlights feel very unconnected. Doing our Noods shows as socially-distanced fb-chat b2bs has been an interesting diversion, but we're longing for the affectionate chaos of the studio sessions. We all miss each other and hopefully next year will be full of the shared experiences and connection that are the best things about being a Shrubbery!" Chukwudi: "Having blown my last ETN royalty cheque investing in phonecards, I've asked the band to get together for one last reunion gig so that I can keep the lights on this Christmas. Unfortunately all the clubs are closed so I've had to make do with an (apparently unpaid) spot on the semi peppered xmas countdown instead."
A varying degree of musical tastes seem to exist within the Left, Right & Centre camp between ourselves so there may be a bit of disparity between each of our selections. However I think we can both agree that it’s been a topsy turvy year, but there has been lots of highs for us as a label and party, as well as individually. Huge shout out to all the crews doing the do and pushing things along in Manchester and further afield, and of course a big thank you to the Semi Peppered dons for getting us involved.
Here are some of my top listens this year - ones that I've been playing and replaying. Most have been released in 2020, with a sprinkle of oldies too. I inevitably remembered loads that should be in here after making this, but I hope in sifting through this list there will be some enjoyable/meaningful listens in store for Semi Peppered friends and followers 🐇
Taïga: There’s going to be no jungle / 160 I’m afraid, if anyone wants to hear our fave selections from that genre they can just listen to any of our sets! Mia: 2021 has been a great year for music, much like last year, the year before that, and all the other years. I don’t really think it’s possible for there to be an entire year where the whole planet collectively just puts out shit music, even if artists like Burial are giving it their best shot.
I really had to stop myself from putting Babyfather’s ‘Meditation’ as my sole entry to this list because I’ve been playing that every day for the last three years. I thought it would be best to solely focus on tracks that have been released this year so here’s a list of my faves. Most of them have been included in mixes and radio shows and danced to in my parents’ living room.
Apologies! I’ve not bought a new release since the Music from Memory Almost Grown record, which was still a reissue haha! These ones are some of my fave digs from the year - a mixture of cheap and hard to find stuff, records that I have wanted for a while but managed to cop this year. Lots of digging and hermiting time, hope you like them/find them interesting! Merry xmas 💖💖 xx
Compiling this list for the SP crew made me realise how many amazing releases came out this year, a cause for celebration in a year of woe. This list scrapes the tip of the iceberg in terms of what I’ve enjoyed, but I have somehow narrowed it down to 8 LPs of 2020 that I have been rinsing and repeating.
