Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Page 2

Saturday 19 December 2015Saturday 13 February 2016

The Show: Farewell 2015

Last show of the year. We’ll be back some time in January. This will give Fraserhead some time to tidy up and organise his elephant’s graveyard of a studio which contains lots of DJ toys that he can’t figure out how to use properly. See evidence below.

And here’s the playlist in full…

Direct download: The_Joint_2015-12-19-12-14.mp3

12pm – 1pm

Mr Oizo – Being Flat
House Of Black Lanterns – Midnight Caller
Justin Rose – Speedy Gonzales (feat. Playboi Carti)
Aesop Rock & Homeboy Sandman – Get A Dog
Haan808 – Taste of Success **NZ**
Lowquid – Death Note **NZ**
Dion – Born To Be With You
Brian Tamaki and the Kool Aid Kids – Sick Sick Sick **NZ**
Tess Parks and Anton Newcombe – German Tangerine
Fews – The Zoo
Shmu – Diamonds
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – The World Is Crowded **NZ**

1pm – 2pm

Mexrrissey – International Playgirl
Erykah Badu – I’ll Call U Back
Mr Oizo – Hand In The Fire feat. Charli XCX
A Sunny Day In Glasgow – Hey, You’re Mine (The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart Remix)
Hazel English – It’s Not Real
Elan Vital – Albtraum **NZ**
Wiley – P Money
The Bug – Krak Teng
Matt Berry – Take My Hand
Cat 500 – Naturally
Kelsely Abaza – Hear Me Easy
Akcept – Panic Attack **NZ**
Antoni Maiovvi – Moor Teeth
Jagwar Ma & Dreems – Another Day In The Sun

Podcast Bonus

Jagwar Ma & Dreems – Another Dub In The Sun

Saturday 27 June 2015Monday 15 February 2016

The Show: Chapeau Melon et Bottes de Cuir

RIP Patrick Macnee (1922-2015)

With Fraserhead recently regaining his RDU DJ licence we’ve had various professionals drop into the show to audit and assess our performance. Yesterday it was the turn of Yvnalesca* to swing by and make sure we were doing the show properly. Ironically the biggest balls up was when we plugged Yvnalesca’s Sunday afternoon set at Civil & Naval. Fraserhead kept calling the bar “Civil & Union”. Apologies. Anyway, head on down to Civil & ~~Union~~ Naval in Lyttelton tomorrow afternoon for some mellow beats.

* Catch Yvnalesca, Scheme and Sheldon Williams on RDU’s newest show – HEDSPACE, Wednesdays 6pm-7.30pm, for their take on techno.

** UPDATE: Since this incident came to light RDU management have reassessed Fraserhead’s DJ licence and he will remain on a restricted licence for the next 6 months.

And here’s the playlist in full…

Direct download: The_Joint_2015-06-27-12-14.mp3

12pm – 1pm

S.O.N.S – Tribute To The Truth
Chris Moss Acid – Acid Tronic
The Galleria – Calling Card (Razor Dub)
Kiiara – Gold
Sbtrkt – New Dorp, New York (Funkabit remix)
Vic Mensa –Down On My Luck (Fingers Extended Version)
Peaches – Light In Places
C418 – Moog City
Dam-Funk – We Continue
Glenn Astro – Kilometer Disco feat. Max Graef
Doni Burdick – Bari Track

1pm – 2pm

Laurie Johnson – The Avengers, series 5 (1967) – closing credits
Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg – The Avengers 5×16 (1967) – closing scene
Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman – Kinky Boots
Container – Peripheral
Sextile – Can’t Take It
Motorhead – Thunder & Lightning
Brian Tamaki and the Kool Aid Kids – Eating Glue **NZ**
No Joy – Hollywood Teeth
Henry Nicol – Lacks Sleaze **NZ**
Seekersinternational – ShockoutGetWashout
Destruction Unit – If Death Ever Slept
Dungen – Akt Dit
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Ur Life One Night **NZ**
Diane Coffee – Everyday
Domenique Dumont – Comme Ça
Lianne La Havas – Unstoppable
Green Buzzard – Zoo Fly

Sunday 17 May 2015Monday 15 February 2016

The show: Morer betterer cowbell (but 25% less show)

Once again we struggled to come to terms with some of the new technology at our disposal in the relaunched RDU studio, so the show didn’t really get underway until 12:30. Some would say our obsession to set up cowbells next to the mixing desk caused the delay but they need to take a good, long, hard look at themselves. Priorities, people. Priorities.

But here’s that playlist in full…

Direct download: The_Joint_2015-05-16-12-14.mp3

12:30pm – 1pm

Pender Street Steppers – The Glass City
The Holydrug Couple – French Movie Theme
Nôze – Come with Me
Major Lazer – 2 Cups (Double Cup Theme) (feat. Riff Raff)
cnrboy & magu the Dog – footprints.on.the.moon
Caribou – Can’t Do Without You (Live At Brixton Academy 2015)

1pm – 2pm

Hackney Colliery Band – Africa (Chrome’s Yum Yum Version)
Metz – Kicking A Can Of Worms
The Trendees – Small Town/Dressing Gown **NZ**
Blanck Mass – Dead Format
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Ur Life One Night **NZ**
Artroniks – Trossen
Tyler, The Creator – FUCKING YOUNG / PERFECT
Ducktails – Headbanging In The Mirror
Keita Sano – Search
Prefuse 73 – Applauded Assumptions
Outfit – On The Water On The Way

Saturday 9 May 2015Friday 18 March 2016

The Show: And you may ask yourself, how do I work this?

Things got off to an amazing start when Fraserhead forgot which channel to plug his laptop into. — Things in the new studio got off to an amazing start when Fraserhead forgot which channel to plug his laptop into. Turned out to be the 19th channel from the right.

And here’s the playlist in full…

Direct download: The_Joint_2015-05-09-12-14.mp3

12pm – 1pm

Borrowed Identity & Mechanical Soul Brother – Groove On
Talking Heads – Once In A Lifetime (Nirobi Edit)
Nôze – Perdre son âme
Okmalumkoolkat – Ijusi (Jumping Back Slash Gqom Dub)
Red Axes – Bela Lugosi’s Dead
Alessia – Here
Princess Chelsea – Too Many People **NZ**
Father John Misty – The Night Josh Tillman Came To Our Apt.

1pm – 2pm

Tyler, The Creator – OKAGA, CA
Lethal Bizzle – Fester Skank (Remix) (feat. Chip, Wretch 32, Stormzy & Fuse ODG)
Roy of the Ravers – Melchester Acid (Part Two)
Urbandawn – Neon Nights
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – The World Is Crowded **NZ**
Noel Fielding – Jelly Fox
The Mattoid – The Love Boat
Hackney Colliery Band – Gold
The Lovely Eggs – Magic Onion
Tough Age – Snakes & Ladders
Honey Radar – Per Schooner Agro
Say Lou Lou – Julian
Blur – I Broadcast

Saturday 25 April 2015Friday 18 March 2016

The Show: (4) Year (s) of the horse (truck)

All good things come to an end. Today was our final show (touch wood) from the beloved RDUnit. Thank you RDUnit. You will be sorely missed.

Hard to believe we’ve been broadcasting from a converted horse truck for almost 4 years now.

How did it all begin?

As a consequence of the 22 February 2011 earthquake RDU was no longer able to broadcast from its premises in the University of Canterbury Students’ Association building on the Ilam campus. An automated playlist ran for several months while plans were hatched.

On Saturday 9 July 2011, after what seemed like a lifetime of aftershocks, the RDUnit was revealed to the world in a launch party at C4 on Tuam Street. It was a mean party too. Have a look at the poster.

Our first show from the RDUnit was 23 July 2011 when the RDUnit was parked at the Colombo/Wordsworth intersection in Sydenham. It was strangely reassuring to watching traffic go past and having people drop in. It was also good to see life carry on after such traumatic events. We needed that after not having our usual creative outlet for five months.

After a while the RDUnit moved to a yard round the corner on Hawdon Street. Surrounded by barbed wire, iron fences, warehouses and workshops it sure felt like being on the set of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels or Snatch.

And then the RDUnit moved to its current location, a residential backyard in central Christchurch. There’s something quite nice about having a lawn, a garden, trees and old villas just outside a studio.

From 1 May 2015 RDU will be broadcasting from a fresh new space in the ArtBox precinct on the Madras/St Asaph corner (across the road from CPIT).

During the show we talked about Mexrrissey – Mexico Goes Morrissey happening Saturday night at the Barbican in London. We won’t be able to get there in time but the Herb Whisperer is curious to know if The Smith’s lyrics will be lost in translation. Luckily Google Translate can shed some light on matters. For example, some of the delightful lyrics for “Ask”:

English: “…buck toothed girl in Luxembourg…”
Spanish: “…dientes de conejo chica en Luxemburgo…”

Don’t believe us? Have a listen for yourself…