Adam Walton playlist and show info: Saturday 21 April 2012
Adam Walton
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It has been a busy old week. First off, I DJd a very good friend's wedding. It wasn't your typical wedding DJ set, featuring - as it did - wild handbrake turns from Steps to Mclusky, and the image of the groom up on everyone's shoulders, bellowing along to The Flaming Lips' Do You Realize??, will live with me for a very long time indeed.
Those raucous celebrations ran into the start of Focus Wales, a city-based festival held in Wrexham. The festival is in its second year. Ninety-ish artists played over four nights. In short, it was ACE, despite my only being able to attend for the first two nights. A review on the BBC Wales Music pages is imminent - for the time being, you can enjoy We Are Animal live from Central Station during this week's show. It's rhythmic, primal and blinking great.
Away from the festival stages and bars, Alan Holmes waxes Punjabi about Charged; Lara Catrin translates Gildas, and Ben 'Soundhog' Hayes treats us to a bit of Killer Watts.
In between the talkie bits, oodles of ace music. Including début plays for The Bagel Project, The Black Music Workshop, Jack Dixon, Ocean City, The Knuckledowns, Enbe, Gavner P, Ben Lloyd, Richard Readey, Silver/Back/Club, Tea That Burns and the Joe Webb Trio.
Shows stats for 2012 currently stand like this: 528 unique songs out of 621 Total. 351 Artists in 17 shows since 1 January 2012 (songs per show: 37; unique artists per show: 21) Welsh: 94%.
Not that I'm obsessed with statistics. Oh, no.
How to submit music:
- Be good
- Send your (single) best track to me. An mp3/download link to themysterytour@gmail.com
- I get a couple of hundred submissions every week. I'll get back to you if I play you, or if I think I can offer constructive advice.
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Adam Walton
CIAN CIARAN - 'You And Me [ Radio Edit ]'
Bangor
FAMILY OF THE YEAR - 'Stairs [ E P Version ]'
Wrexham / L.a.
SCHOOL, THE - 'Never Thought I'd See The Day'
Cardiff
BASTIONS - 'The Great Unwashed'
Anglesey
PERFUME GENIUS - 'Take Me Home'
Seattle / Welsh Management
RICHARD JAMES - 'All Gone'
Croes - Y - Ceiliog
BAGEL PROJECT, THE - 'Trippin''
Lampeter
BLACK MUSIC WORKSHOP, THE - 'Take Control'
Cardiff
HOI! - 'Backhanded Compliment'
Swansea
DDARQUE - 'Gone'
Unknown.
FUTURE OF THE LEFT - 'Tell The Truth About The Brace Position'
Cardiff
GRUFF RHYS - 'Gold Medal Winner'
Bethesda
CATE LE BON - 'Time Can Change Your Mind'
Penboyr
ALAN HOLMES - 'Spoken Contribution'
Bangor
CHARGED - 'Jaanwur'
?
JOY FORMIDABLE, THE - 'The Last Drop ( 2008 Session Version )'
Mold
BAREFOOT DANCE OF THE SEA - 'Sea Song'
Cardiff
TOYPOP - 'Persistent Secrecy'
Newport
EUROS CHILDS - 'Spin That Girl Around [ Single Version ]'
Pembrokeshire
JACK DIXON - 'Lose Myself [ Dauwd Remix ]'
London / Bangor Remixer
CLOCKWORK RADIO - 'Feel It Up'
Caernarfon / Manchester
BEN PARKER - 'It Goes Without Saying'
Anglesey
HEAVY PETTING ZOO - 'Night Train'
Swansea
OCEAN CITY - 'Arowana ( Featuring Laura Whiteside )'
Flintshire
KNUCKLEDOWNS, THE - 'Bill Hicks Saga'
Swansea
ENBE - 'Lean'
Cardiff
GAVNER P - 'Sacrifice'
Conwy
HALFLIGHT (2011+) - 'Echo'
Welshpool
WE ARE ANIMAL - 'Black Magic ( Live At Focus Wales 2012 )'
Bethel / Caernarfon
WE ARE ANIMAL - 'Luminous Lights ( Live At Focus Wales 2012 )'
Bethel / Caernarfon
WE ARE ANIMAL - '19:19 ( Live At Focus Wales 2012 )'
Bethel / Caernarfon
WE ARE ANIMAL - 'Work ( Live At Focus Wales 2012 )'
Bethel / Caernarfon
MONKY - 'Make 'em Clap'
Cardiff
SUBSTANCE - 'Come With Us'
Oswestry / Wrexham
BEN LLOYD - 'Pharma'
Swansea
LARA CATRIN - 'Spoken Contribution'
Bangor / Cardiff
GILDAS - 'Hyfryd Lun'
Cardiff
RICHARD READEY - 'Walk Alone'
Mold
SILVER / BACK / CLUB - 'Pale Face'
Connah's Quay
TEA THAT BURNS - '600 Light Years'
Cwmbrân / New York
BEN HAYES - 'Spoken Contribution'
Ruthin
KILLER WATTS - 'Hoots Mon'
?
JOE WEBB TRIO - 'Night Song / Fall In Love'
Swansea
