The Radio Magnetic blog brings you the latest gigs, clubs, festivals and music news from throughout the UK and worldwide. Palace continue their series of collaborative events across Glasgow on Thursday, this time teaming up with Likwit Fusion.

Palace are currently on a hot streak of events across Glasgow, having played host to the likes of Lil B, Brenmar and Falty DL in collaboration with some of the city’s best promoters. This Thursday, Palace are pairing themselves with Likwit Fusion, one of Glasgow’s newest up and coming nights.

Headlining the event is American duo Nguzunguzu whose R’n'B tinged tribal house sounds have been setting dance floors ablaze for the last year and a half. Their Times Up EP was the debut release on Kingdom’s Fade to Mind imprint and this may well be your last chance to catch them in such an intimate setting.

Not much is known about elusive production duo Silk Cut. They have very little internet presence and instead rely on good old fashioned word of mouth to spread word of their music. Their live show is analogue equipment heavy and fuses Glasgow’s DIY ethos with the virtues of experimental dance music.

Support on the night comes from Likwit Fusion’s own Inkke and Shalla Aeons.

Likwit Fusion x Palace: Nguzunguzu & Silk Cut takes place on Thursday 24 May at The Berkley Suite in Glasgow. The event is free before midnight and £4 after.

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Radio Magnetic are proud to present the Shallow Rave podcast, bringing together members from Black Lantern Music, Little Rock Records (currently on hiatus) and a number of other projects. With a heavy focus on experimental and Net Audio releases, Shallow Rave covers everything from hip-hop and experimental music to dub and straight-up techno.

Their first for Radio Magnetic, and fourth experiment so far, this episode features a guest mix of stately dark electro and dream-pop from hip-hop witch house producer BLACK CEILING (Aural Sects / I Had An Accident / Black Lantern), and an extensive interview with Scottish hip-hop legend Loki who talks about his work with Volition, an organisation using rap to transform the lives of young Scottish people, upstaging Shakespeare and his experiences in the battle rap scene.

Tracklist

1. Death Grips – I’ve Seen Footage – Epic / Thirdworlds
2. Loki – Malady - Volition
3. mmpsuf – The Sailors - mmpsuf.lt
4. 808 State – Quincy’s Lunch (Testa) - 808state.com
5. Gravediggaz – Today’s Mathematics – Empire / BMG
6. Verseomega – Killface Feat. Loki - soundcloud.com/verseomega
7. Gasp – Boy Meets Girl - gasp.bandcamp.com
8. Loki – Wall of Silence - Volition
9. Spell Hound – I Challenge You - Aural Sects
10. Deadbeat & Dannel Tate – Lazy Jane - BLKRTZ
11. Mungo’s Hi-Fi – Indian Sun - Scotch Bonnet
12. Nina Kraviz – Ghetto Kraviz - Rekids
13. Bass Clef – Hackney-Chicago-Jupiter  - Punch Drunk

BLACK CEILING – CHLOROPHYLL MIX

1. Desire – Part II
2. White Ring – Eternia
3. Cosmetics – Soft Skin
4. L.A. Vampires – Instrumental
5. Geneva Jacuzzi – Clothes On The Bed
6. V O I D – Beta tape Warp
7. Stoned Boys – Ship Of Bones
8. Clark – Future Daniel
9. S. Maharba – Pianomouth
10. GH?L - Stonewish
11. Asakusa Jinta – Teppen

For more tracks, mixes and treats, visit soundcloud.com/danocean

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Starting out with Knockengorroch, the show features a preview of the festival taking place in the Gallowegian hills from Thursday 31 May to Sunday 3 June with an interview with festival director Katch Holmes.

Tracklist

1. Bob Marley & The Wailers – Nice Time – Lagoon Reggae
2. Lee Scratch Party – Having A Party – Ariwa Sounds
3. Toro Y Moi - Blessa (Live at Off 2010) – ?
4. Orchestre Super Borgou De Parakou – Hanoubian Gabou – Analogue Africa
5. The Destroyers – Out of Babel – Destroyers
6. Utah Saints – What Can You Do For Me? – London Records
7. Peatbog Fairies – A Taste of Rum – Peatbog Records
8. Will Hanson – The Bats – 12/26 Music
9. Roni Size – Brown Paper Bag – Talking Loud
10. Auntie Flo – Goa – Huntleys & Palmers
11. DJ Hype – Super Sharp Shooter – True Playaz/BMG
12. The Skatalites – You’re Wondering Now – Shanachie Entertainment
13. Rua Macmillan – Traditionally Incorrect – Greentrax
14. The Moulettes – Horses For Hearses – Balling The Jack
15. Gyume Tibetan Monks – Extract from Guhyasamja – Mandala Records
16. Mat Norris & The Moon – Eyes of A Storm – Mat Norris & The Moon
17. The Skatalites – African Version – Jam Sounds
18. Red Snapper – Hot Flush (Sabres of Paradise Mix) – Warp Records
19. Anyonmi – Bodhisattva – Little Rascal
20. Auntie Flo – I Want to Blow Your Mind – Huntleys & Palmers

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We’ve been excitedly following the Scottish Album of the Year Award since it was announced last month. Just this week, a panel of judges met and decided on just ten shortlisted albums from the longlist of 20 Scottish albums, all released in 2011. The winning album will be announced at an awards ceremony at Glasgow Film City on Tuesday 19th June, where each of the shortlisted acts will receive a £1,000 prize, and one luck winner will pocket the sizeable  £20,000 award. All ten shortlisted finalists will receive an artwork from the winner of a unique SAY Award art commission. The art commission, will be created by graduates from one of Scotland’s art schools.
In alphabetical order, the shortlisted nominees are:

• Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat “Everything’s Getting Older”
• Conquering Animal Sound “Kammerspiel”
• Happy Particles “Under Sleeping Waves”
• King Creosote & Jon Hopkins “Diamond Mine”
• Mogwai “Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will”
• Mungo’s Hi Fi “Forward Ever”
• Remember Remember “The Quickening”
• Rustie “Glass Swords”
• Tommy Smith “Karma”
• Twin Atlantic “Free” (public vote winners)

Last week, on form Glaswegian producer Auntie Flo was invited to perform on the Boiler Room. You might remember we recommended it.

The recording was uploaded today and as you can see, in a little over half an hour they blew everybody away.

You can download and stream the audio by itself from the Boiler Room Soundcloud page.

Auntie Flo’s mini album Future Rhythm Machine is out now on Huntleys & Palmers. You can purchase it from Juno and Boomkat.

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With previous years successes fresh in their minds, Stag & Dagger have upped their game yet again with a selection of forward thinking bookings across the best venues Glasgow has to offer. The full list of acts and venues is as follows:

ABC1
Django Django
The Phantom Band
White Denim

ABC2
Vigo Thieves
The New Picadillys
A Plastic Rose
Passenger
To Kill a King

CCA5
Willy Mason
Washington Irving
Eleanor Friedberger
Will Hansen
Chasing Owls

Stereo
Forest Swords
EMA
Bear In Heaven
Miaoux Miaoux

Chambre 69
Vitamins present: Unknown to the Unknown
Checan
DJ Haus & Makaveli
Capraca
Shaun and Sam Vitamins

The Art School
Niki and the Dove
Still Corners
Jonquil
Post War Years
White Arrows

Nice N Sleazy
Holy Mountain
Milk Music
Bwani Junction
Random Impulse
Adam Stafford

Captains Rest
Discopolis
Hidden Masters
Still Flyin’
The Hearbreaks
Ryan Keen
Holy Esque
Die Hard
Hot Panda
Michael Anguish

The Glasgow leg of Stag & Dagger is on Saturday 19th May in across several venues in Glasgow. Tickets are available from TicketWeb and the ABC box office.

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Following the announcement of the long list of nominees, the candidates for The Scottish Album of the Year are being whittled down to a much more manageable shortlist of ten, with the great Scottish public helping one act onto the list.

The Scottish Album of the Year (SAYA) is a new national prize established to reward and promote the creative diversity of music and art in Scotland. Developed by the Scottish Music Industry Association in partnership with Creative Scotland, the award recognises the most outstanding albums released by Scottish artists in 2011. The SAY Award will place it’s focus on artistic merit rather than sales history, genre or label affiliation, offering £20,000 to the winning album and £1,000 to each of the nine runners-up.

The relationship between music and art is recognised too, with a £20,000 art commission offered to graduates from Scotland’s four principal art schools with the successful candidate going on to create a unique piece for each of the shortlisted finalists.

The list of acts for The Scottish Album of the Year Award is as follows:

• King Creosote & Jon Hopkins – Diamond Mine
• Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat – Everything’s Getting Older
• FOUND – factorycraft
• Mungo’s Hi Fi – Forward Ever
• Twin Atlantic – Free
• Bwani Junction – Fully Cocked
• Steve Mason & Dennis Bovell – Ghosts Outside
• Rustie – Glass Swords
• Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will
• We Were Promised Jetpacks – In The Pit Of The Stomach
• Richard Craig – Inward
• Jonny – Jonny
• Conquering Animal Sound – Kammerspiel
• Tommy Smith – Karma
• Chris Stout’s Brazilian Theory – Live In Concert
• Muscles of Joy – Muscles of Joy
• Fudge Fingas – Now About How
• 6th Borough Project – One Night In The Borough
• Remember Remember – The Quickening
• Happy Particles – Under Sleeping Waves

The eleven strong judging panel will trim the list down to ten with the public being given the chance to vote for one act for 24 hours on 14 May using the SAYA app or through the SAYA website. If the public’s choice isn’t on the shortlist the judging panel will reconvene and cut one of their ten acts to make way for the chosen candidate.

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Following on from last week’s launch parties at Fabric in London and La Cheetah in Glasgow, Auntie Flo has been invited along to tonight’s Boiler Room with Debruit, Dauwd and Kuhrye-oo.

It all kicks off at 7pm tonight on the Boiler Room Site.

Auntie Flo’s debut album Future Rhythm Machine is out on 14 May on Huntleys & Palmers. Check out the promo video below.

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The Radio Magnetic blog brings you the latest videos, clubs, festivals and music news from throughout the UK and worldwide.

Palace is a project that celebrates Glasgow as a unique and open minded home for electronic music. From the heritage of institutions like the Sub Club and The Arches, to the energy that helped Numbers and Lucky Me grow from local parties to global collectives.

The programme aims to represent the city’s current and future  direction through a selection of unparalleled events with a choice selection of Glasgow promoters and venues including The Arches, Chambre 69, Mixed Bizness and Deadly Rhythm.

Tying the programme even tighter to the local scene will be appearances by a range of home grown producers and DJs, from established talent like Eclair FiFi and Boom Monk Ben to upcoming producers such as Dam Mantle and Sega Bodega.

Acts appearing at the month long series of events include; Lil B, Girl Unit, Jimmy Edgar, Brenmar, Egyptrixx, Holy Other and Falty DL plus many, many more

It all kicks off this weekend with Deadly Rhythm & Palace: Falty DL, Jon Phonics & Endian at Stereo. Tickets are £5 before midnight and £7 after. Check back on Radio Magnetic for details of forthcoming Palace events.

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To celebrate the release of Auntie Flo’s debut album Future Rhythm Machine, Highlife are throwing a Glaswegian launch party at La Cheetah Club on Saturday 5 May.

Auntie Flo AKA Brian D’Souza has been rather busy for the last couple of years, firstly with his monthly Highlife parties bringing the likes of Caribou, Shackleton and  Nicolas Jaar to Glasgow, and more recently with his own productions. Last years Goan Highlife and Oh My Days drew praise from across the musical spectrum including support from Optimo’s JD Twitch, Jackmaster and Ricardo Villalobos to name but a few.

Future Rhythm Machine is the follow up to these works and whilst not strictly a full length album, it is a brilliant example of the producers diverse set of influences. The album features collaborations with Chilean singer Mamacita and Glasgow’s favourite South African Esa Williams and will be available on vinyl and as a digital release.

The album’s title is a reference to British-Ghanian writer Kodwo Eshun. As Brian puts it:

Kodwo Eshun talks about the ‘futurhythmachine’ where he disputes the western futurist preoccupation with noise in favour of rhythm – it is the rhythm machine which joins the dots between all music of the black Atlantic from Afrobeat and Highlife to Techno, Soul and Hip Hop. Whilst I have always been interested in ‘black music’, I had less exposure to African and South American music until a few years ago, so there is still a freshness which is really exciting. I have always been drawn to the rhythm or groove of any piece of music, much more so than lyrical content for example. When I listen to African music i hear new rhythms, new possibilities and a glimpse into another world.

Future Rhythm Machine is released on 14 May on Huntley & Palmers. The Glasgow launch party is on Saturday 5 May at La Cheetah Club and is free before midnight and £5 after. For more information go to the Facebook event page.

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