WCR - Dark Train MA#8 - Soloman Tump's "Last Train At Reading Central" guest mix

I am excited to present the guest mix I prepared for Dark Train over at Warminster Community Radio - thanks to Kate for asking me to do this! It was great fun putting this vinyl only mix together, reminding me of the days when I used to spin wax on a weekly basis at a bar in the midlands. In true Tump style I also layered over some distorted field recordings (wind, random pocket recordings, that sort of thing) and some time stretched noise crust. Well, I couldn't make it too clean could I?

Initially I wanted to beat match a lot of this together, but I ended up picking a bunch of tracks from across a huge tempo range.  My decks are capable of +/- 50% pitch bend, so some of these are quite different to how the artist originally intended.... never mind. I decided not to obviously beat match as I am well out of practice.  Something I should really try and remedy. But either way, this was great fun to put together, and showcases my techno / electro / dancefloor love that I just cannot completely shake. It's all a bit weird end leftfield though!

Soloman Tump’s Last Train At Reading Central mix

Ben Pound vs James Holden - Kaern  (Easy Access 2002)

Grey Area - 002 #4 (GreyArea / Horo 2016)

Ekoplekz - A Caustic Romance (Planet Mu 2015)

Chris Carter - Not On The Heels Of Love (Mute / cc 2021)

Spiritflesh - Pimp Femme (No Corner 2018)

FilmMaker - Royal Dungeon (Opal Tapes 2020)

Aleksi Perala - UK74R1513080 (Clone Basement Dubs 2017)

Lyzza - Rifle (Houndstooth 2020)

Weird Weather - Paint [Black/Red/Green Mix] (Whip & Lash 2020)

Joy O & Ben Vince - Transition 2 (Hessle Audio 2018)

The End Of Steam - Nationalisation of Railways (BBC 1970s?)

Oliver Ho - The Serpent Devours Itself (Blueprint 2016)

Cloaks - R.F.I.D [Ancient Methods Remix] (3by3 2011)

Acid Tinged Orchestra - Fried Ice Cream (Warrior Records 1988)

Rhythmic Theory - Travelling Without Moving (Ancient Monarchy 2020)

Listen here and check out the rest of the tunes that Kate plays too!  A 2 hour show which is well worthy of your time each week, showcasing experimental and electronic vibes and a keen supporter of the underground.

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Having just observed the 2 week "Easter" break enforced by the local schools, I now find myself having the opportunity to work on Tump related content once again.

I have just completed an hour long mix of vinyl records for DARK TRAIN WCR which will be aired soon - watch this space for a bunch of electro, techno and electronic oddities blended together with added field recordings.  The mix is called "Last Train To Reading Central".

It was great fun to put together and gave me a chance to play some tracks that wouldn't make it to my Tump Clump show. So many thanks to Kate for the opportunity and I shall post the full tracklisting up on the blog soon - although if you have keen eyes you might be able to figure out from the photo above what way played....

Speaking of Tump Clump... Episode 13 is ready to go, hitting the airwaves on 3rd May (which will be the first anniversary show, huzzah) - more about that in the next post.

I am also working on a split release with DISTRAXI which is coming together nicely, and there are a couple of other projects in the embryonic stages that I don't want to talk about just yet.

Still got some zines left to flog / trade / barter if you want one?  Copies are now with Electric Knife distro in the UK, Scream & Writhe in Canada, and you might just also find a copy floating around at Cafe Oto in London if you are lucky.