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Poem: 4am Has Always Been The Worst

4am was the worst time to be awake – at 22 it was because I hadn’t been to bed at 42 i was up and off to work 4am has always been the worst

RNZ Feature: Damon Albarn – A Life In Notes

I’m usually on RNZ once a month to have a chat about some new albums. But now and then I present features on the show too. Most recently I got to talk about George Harrison’s music for almost a whole hour! And then the team behind the summer programming asked me along to chat about Damon […]

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November 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

DJ Setlist: Real Groovy, 11am-1pm Shift, Saturday, November 19, 2016

It was my second time playing in-store at Real Groovy, but first time in the new store. I played the 11am-1pm shift and had a good time…a few new things, a few old favourites, a few oddities…good times. Here’s the list of tunes I played: 1. Herbie Hancock, Palm Grease 2. Bobbi Humphrey, Harlem River […]

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September 2, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Four Tet: Morning/Evening

Four-Tet Morning/Evening Text Records/Temporary Residence Ltd Four Tet – aka Kieran Hebden – has released just over a half-dozen albums under his preferred moniker, then there’s collaborations and production work, mix albums, “solo” albums (under his birth name). And he’s in the middle of an exciting period, following up stints producing Neneh Cherry’s incredible “comeback” […]