A dozen picks from my weekend music haul, half-and-half new releases and newly discovered.
I've been dipping into the PRAH label archives, including their annual 'Scratching The Surface...' samplers, mostly name your price and bursting with curiosities from their catalogue. Choice picks here are from Gentle Stranger and Raven Bush, plus a remix of Stroud-based 4-piece The Umlauts by label mate Hiro Ama. All good stuff and well worth a visit.
There's quite an electronic lean to this selection, spanning Prins Thomas, Luke Vibert and Soulwax, from 10:40 to Pye Corner Audio via 100 Poems, with a bold Bowie cover.
Autumns are new to me and I've been listening to the Through The Re-Construction Of Grace EP on repeat. The remix of Trolley Coin featured here has a real Mark Stewart vibe, which I love. A perfect counterpoint is DJ Lui's edit of a Fad Gadget classic, Lady Shave.
Wrapping things up is a remix of Not On The Radar, the title track of Mark Fry's 2025 album. As a teenager in 1971, Mark released Dreaming With Alice, which went on to become a psychedelic cult album. Three and a half decades later, the difficult second album appeared and Mark's been on a roll since, Not On The Radar being album #5.
And who to remix? None other than Richard Norris, delivering another slice of sonic sunshine.
It was such a fruitful shopping trip that a second 12-song selection will be popping up here sometime this week. In the meantime, try then go off and buy!
1) Boiler Suits & Combat Boots (Hiro Ama Remix): The Umlauts (2022)
2) Cycle: Pye Corner Audio ft. Andy Bell (2026)
3) Once In A While: Gentle Stranger (2021)
4) Løveskatt (Prins Thomas Diskomiks): Ora The Molecule (2025)
5) Winner: 10:40 (2026)
6) Perfect We Are Not: Soulwax (2026)
7) To Ziggy With Love (Cover of 'Ziggy Stardust' by David Bowie): 100 Poems (2026)
8) Floss: Raven Bush (2019)
9) Trolley Coin (Dyslexia Mix): Autumns (2026)
10) Lady Shave (DJ Lui Danceteria Edit): Fad Gadget (2015)
11) Don't Touch (Luke Vibert Remix): The Veees (2016)
12) Not On The Radar (Richard Norris Remix): Mark Fry (2025)
2015: Lady Shave EP: 10
2016: The Veees: 11
2019: Jeté EP: 8
2021: Phantom Thoroughfare: 3
2022: Boiler Suits & Combat Boots EP: 1
2025: Løveskatt EP: 4
2025: Not On The Radar: 12
2026: More Songs About The Sun: 2
2026: Partick Sailing Club Presents PSC#001: The Beautiful Flowers Wait For Peace: 7
2026: Perfect We Are Not EP: 6
2026: Through The Re-Construction Of Grace EP: 9
2026: Winner EP: 5
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