Skiddle Stereo Selections - Friday 18th September

Image: Craig David 

Drawn from the office stereo free-for-all that scales anything from Kraftwerk's The Man Machine being blared out at 9am Monday morning to the perils, or sometimes wonders of Throwback Thursday, we've picked out or quintet of stereo selections. 

As this is being written, office debate is centred on which era of trance should soundtrack the twilight hours of Friday night afternoon while weighing up the pros and cons of Tiesto's rework of John Legend. Without further ado, here's five tracks that have been frequenting our stereo this week. 

Craig David '7 Days'

Thanks in part to taking himself a little too seriously and more so to a lewd Leeds comedian, Craig David's been a bit of a comedy figure these past few years. Slowly but surely though his TS5 concept has been rightfully repositioning him as a UKG national treasure, and him smashing Bestival alongside this week's announcement of him and it heading to Blackpool Rocks made us head back to 2000's Born To Do It.

Off of all the tracks on that LP this is the one that still gets us. That epochal break down the week refrain is sooooo 2000 it hurts, but 15 years on as David plans to re-emerge it's stuffed with charm and radio genius. What else would you listen to chilling on Sunday?

Jimmy Coultas

Autechre 'Clipper'

The surprise announcement that Autechre would be returning to Manchester on November 7th got us all a bit excited at Skiddle HQ - well, some more than others anyway. Rob Brown and Sean Booth’s output alone is outstanding, but the visceral energy in their live shows is really something else. With that we got reliving some of our favourite Ae records, and there’s an awful lot to choose from.

We’ve gone for is their 1995 record ‘Clipper’ from the still brilliant Tri Repetae LP, which comprehensively shows off their electro hip hop background whilst displaying all the hallmarks of great IDM at the dawn of its reign. The rich, mournful synth lines and uncluttered percussion might be a million miles from where they are today, but it’s just as exhilarating. 

Mike Warburton

Tuff Love 'Duke' 

Grungey triumvirate Tuff Love are fast becoming one of the hottest bands on the live circuit and they're here to back that up with the upcoming Dregs EP.  

The Glaswegian outfit have lifted the lid on first track 'Duke' ahead of the November 6th release and it beefs up their credentials massively. Running on a bunk of dynamic drums and overcast guitar melodies, the grungey number harks back to the hey day of nineties alt-rock in the U S of A.  

Ben Smith  

DIIV 'Dopamine' 

Zachary Cole Smith and the band are back with 'Dopamine', the first track slithered from sophomore record Is the Is Are. If DIIV were a pub they'd have reverb and on tap and they're unlikely to veer away from the blueprint that formed debut LP Oshin on this listen. 

It's been well worth the wait, their signature glinting guitar riffs wash up less muddy and Cole's vocal rubs off more intelligible than previously heard. It seems like it's been an eternity, but DIIV's so called make or break album is set to front them at their stargazing, shimmering best.   

BS

Darius Syrossian 'Freaky D' 

The Ibiza season is very nearly over and some of the island's major club nights have already hosted epic closings parties, including Do Not Sleep. Launched by Darius Syrossian, Sidney Charles and Sante, the trio welcomed the likes of Paul Woolford, Dennis Ferrer and Flashmob to Vista Club for their Sunday party over the summer.

We've got an hour recording of the threesome's set at the Do Not Sleep closing over on our Mixcloud, and this gem from Syrossian pops up near the beginning. If you're struggling to imagine how the wobbly bassline and break down in the middle might have gone down in Vista Club, one of our writers was there to review the action. 

Becca Frankland

Keep up to date with our Stereo Selections via our Spotify playlist.