Steinski and the Mass Media - The Motorcade Sped On (NME, 1987)

Utter genius cut'n'paste business from 1987.

This came on a covermount 7" with the NME in 1987 and I was utterly obsessed with it for years, vowing to top it if only I could get a better high-speed-dubbing-tape-to-tape machine.

I never did.

Pretty much unreleasable due to the sheer number of samples (Prince and Queen, for starters), it's a mash-up of the shooting of JFK. The utter mundanity of "the motorcade sped on" commentary lends it a surreal edge, especially given the level of repetition.

A completely seminal piece of early plunderphonics.

Download Steinski and the Mass Media - The Motorcade Sped On (NME, 1987, Plunderphonics mp3)

Ruffneck ft Yavahn - Everybody Be Somebody (Peppermint Jam Extended) (MAW, 1995)

Wonderfully brash thumping House track.

As is the case with most great music, it's hard to fathom how the such simple elements have been combined to create magic.

There's not much to this track but it creates a unique feel, winding itself up into a frenzy. Simple, effective, almost punky House.

Download Ruffneck ft Yavahn 'Everybody Be Somebody' (House mp3) (Rapidshare)

Beach House - Myth (Sub Pop, 2012)

New dreamy loveliness from Beach House.

Very much picking up where the last album left off but a gorgeous swirl of 'Victorialand'-era Cocteau Twins loveliness nonetheless.

Download Beach House 'Myth' (Shoegaze, Dreampop mp3) (via Beach House website)

The Wedding Present - Bewitched (Live, 1989)

Recorded live for John Peel's 50th.

'Bewitched' is one of the key tracks on the 'Bizarro' album, signalling The Wedding Present's shift from wrist-wrecking jangle to guitar-twisting squall.

It lopes along on a circular riff, breaking down to a gentle strum before kicking back in with a crunch that Mogwai would be proud of.

This live version for John Peel's 50th birthday also possesses some of the most reverb-heavy drums I can remember hearing.

Download The Wedding Present 'Bewitched (Live for John Peel's 50th birthday) ' (indie mp3, Wedding Present mp3) (Rapidshare)

Four Tet & Burial - Nova (Text, 2012)

Rolling Deep House through a haze of urban cold. 

Another Four Tet and Burial collaboration. Maybe we can expect a full album?

Fuses dubstep bleakness with Deep House patter what sounds like Eastern atmospheric samples.

Think the Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence soundtrack remixed by Photek.

Very subdued but very intriguing. Soon come on Four Tet's Text label (TEXT013).

Four Tet & Burial 'Nova' (Text, Dubstep, Deep House, Electronica) (Soundcloud)