Modular 32

So it’s January again, that stressful time of the year when the internet collectively looses it’s mind over the preposterous idea of an absolute best. So here are our own picks to had to the frenzy.
Halfway through, sit back for an exclusive (almost) pastoral mix by friend of the show Batente Malandro, his third in our series and my personal favorite to date.

MODULAR #32

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1.Teengirl Fantasy – All of the Time
2.Jane Weaver – The Lightning Back
3.Jakuzi – Koca bir Saçmalik
4.Moon Diagrams – Moon Diagrams
5.Caterina Barbieri – Scratches on the Readable Surface
6.Varg – Platforms Surrounded by Fences (EU)
7.Vex Ruffin – 0.125
8. FISHBACH – Le Château
9. Chino Amobi – Nkisi (Edit)
10.Nmesh – Cocktails In Space
11.Ulrich Schnauss & Jonas Munk – Ao Hinode
12.James Holden & The Animal Spirits – Each Moment Like The First

13- MIX by Batente Malandro

14.TRST – Bicep
15.I hate models – Cyanure Dance
16.John Maus – Touchdown
17.LCD Soundsystem – Tonite
18.Austra – 43
19.Slowdive – Sugar for the Pill
20.Phoenix – Ti Amo
21.MGMT – Little Dark Age
22.Surma – Nyika

Modular 31

Essa Entente

This month we bring you a small selection of portuguese contemporary synth sounds, with digs by Aquaparque, Gala Drop, Surma, Essa Entente and Ocaso Épico, among many.  Get familiar with the new Jonti, James Holden‘s probable masterpiece with The Animal Spirits and some sweet bedroom pop by Lisbon project Marty Was Right.

And right in the middle you’ll find, like in an icecube sandwish, a 30 plus minute selection of great coldwave essentials  in today’s exclusive mix, courtesy of Miss Zwitter.

 

MODULAR #31

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1.Marty Was Right – Past Tense (feat. D)
2.Kelly Lee Owens – More Than A Woman
3.Atlea – Beyond
4.Dave Clarke – Frisson (feat. Mt. Sims)
5.Lawrence English – Exquisite Human Microphone
6.EERA – Christine
7.Kate Bush – Curtains
8.Jonti – Sleeping and Falling
9.Jonti – Island Rose (feat Sampa the Great)
10.James Holden & The Animal Spirits – Each Moment Like The First
11.James Holden & The Animal Spirits – The Animal Spirits
12.Laurel Halo – Zoo Hypothesis
13.Lena Platonos – Bloody Shadows From Afar

14.Zwitter – Mix by Zwitter

15.Luis Severo – Escola
16.Capitao Fausto – Amanha Tou Melhor
17.Primeira Dama – Rua das Flores
18.Surma – Miratge
19.Sensible Soccers – Fernanda
20.Aquaparque – Para Além do Bronze
21.Essa Entente – Festa Final
22.Ocaso Épico – Uma Bica e um Neubaten
23.Ghost Hunt – Red Zone
24.Gala Drop – You and I
25.Iguana Garcia – Cabaret Aleatório

 

MODULAR #7

Get a mojito and sit back because this one deals heavily with the balearic gods before coming down on folk.

Get hyped for chinese synth prodigy ZHU and the inspired new album by indies Wild Beasts, before collapsing on some classics that never were by the late brilliant Li Garattoni and some 80’s revisions of Justin Bieber.

For the major highlights of this program, we gotta pick the new vaportrack by friend of the show Batente Malandro out our main course for the evening, a dynamic (yet pretty balearic) exclusive mix my our friend Dj Bammer.

Program fully spoken in portuguese and music.

1. Batente Malandro – Lemmingswave.wav
2. Bryan Ferry – Midnight Train (Man Power Remix)
3. Ross From Friends – Talk To Me, You’ll Understand
4. Suuns – Paralyzer
5. Mitch Murder – Interceptor
6. Justice – Safe and Sound
7. ZHU – Cocaine Model
8. ZHU – In the Morning
9. Holy Fuck – Caught Up
10. Teeth Of The Sea – Reaper
11. Bammer – Mix
12. S Olbricht – Ovacrwded (Fast)
13. Wild Beasts – Celestial Creatures
14. Wild Beasts – 2BU
15. Roosevelt – Wait Up
16. Masahiko Sato – Andy Warhol
17. Li Garattoni – Dornröschen
18. Li Garattoni – Rain Rain
19. Nobuo Uematsu – 雨の日、子供達は
20. Douglas Wood – Silhouettes
21. t e l e p a t h テレパシー能力者 – 彼女は夜に訪問
22. Rad Magma – Perspective
24. Justin Bieber – What Do You Mean its 1985

MODULAR #5

Modular number five has a lesser number of songs and yet it’s full has an egg. Let’s underscore the brilliant pop extravaganza that was 1979’s The Ann Steel Album, perfectly conducted and inspired by Roberto Cacciapaglia, and point up the general great choices that make up the soundtrack of Love, the new flick by Gaspar Noé.

All of this won’t prepare you though for the savage new wave beating of this week’s special mix, courtesy of Mr. Gui Gó.

Program fully spoken in portuguese and music.

1.Roberto Cacciapaglia – Sport Et Divertissement
2. John Carpenter – Assault on Precinct 13 (Main Title)
3. Death in Vegas – Dirge
4. Brian Eno – Always Returning
5. Koudlam – Transperu
6. Koudlam – Nostalgia
7. Ellen Allien – Sun the Rain
8. Sebastian – Embody
9. GUI – MIX
10.Laure Briard – Dalida
11. Pete Namlook & Klaus Schulze – III/4 Phantom heart brother
12. Roberto Cacciapaglia – 5th Movement
13. Roberto Cacciapaglia – My Time
14. Roberto Cacciapaglia – Quite Still
15. Jane Weaver – Don’t Take My Soul
16. Roberto Cacciapagli – Portrait
17. Suicide – Rocket Usa
18. John Bender – 35A9
19. T e l e p a t h テレパシー能力者 – 彼女は夜に訪問
20. Sean Nicholas Savage – Spotted Brown

GUI GÓ´s mix:

Desire – Montre Moi Ton Visage
Geike – In Gold
Human League – I Am The Law
Hot Chip – Need You Now
La Roux – Silent Partner
Sleigh Bells – Rachel
Beak> – Remember
Propaganda – Strength To Dream

 

 

MODULAR #3

Modular number three highlights the new soundtrack by Sébastien Tellier for Marie et Les Naufragés, the outstanding compilation of synth jams from Cabo Verde named “Space Echo” and the weird pop mastery in the work of japanese legend Miharu Koshi.

Approximately 50 minutes in, enjoy the first of our special exclusive mixes, done by friend of the show Batente Malandro. Check his soundcloud page, pretty bitchin’.

Program fully spoken in portuguese and music.

1.Pedrinho – Ódio Sem Valor
2.Umberto – Initial Revelation
3.Tobias Bernstrup – Into the Abyss
4.APX – 1p String
5.Aragon – Polaris
6.Miharu Koshi – Parallelisme
7.Miharu Koshi – Capricious Salad
8.Jamie XX – Girl
9.Thundercat – Tenfold
10.Liima– Amerika
11.Denge Denge Denge – Chichón
12.Wolf Parade – Secret Knives
13.Batente Maladro – MIX
14.Klaus Johann Grobe – Ohne Mich
15.Sébastien Tellier – Un géant dans la mer
16.Sébastien Tellier – La fille de l’eau
17.Midnight Juggernauts – Memorium
18.Isabelle Adjani – Beau Oui Comme Bowie
19.Sébastien Tellier – Cocho Ville
20.Sébastien Tellier – Triste Soirée III
21.Tó Neto – Zuzu
22.António Sanches – Pinta Manta
23.Xiu Xiu – Packard’s Vibration
24.Hartley C. White & Blanche Blanche Blanche – An Argument
25.Julian Casablancas + The Voidz – Human Sadness