Whilst researching a shortwave radio mix for the Imaginary station WREN – Renaissance Radio we came across Memotone out of Bristol on Bandcamp. There was some great music on there including a haunting track from a chap called O.G. Jigg (Willl Yates/Half Nelson/Memotone) called Earth Memories. On the shortwave mix we went for the 0808 version which like the original is short and sweet but oh what a tune! One to listen to while doing a windmill on a sheet of lino on the top of Maiden Castle upon a solstice eve.
Time is strange. We as gardeners have been waiting patiently throughout the spring, holding back sowing those seeds just in case it’s “too early”, checking if they’ll be late frosts and hardening off seedlings and before you know it, it’s the summer.
Big shout to our good friends Dr Strangedub and DJ Baby Swiss for getting us off to a good start with some sunny tunes on this week’s Echo Chamber on KFAI here featuring Gingermon, Omar Perry, Sandra Cross & Vibronics and lots lots more!
This week there was also a rebroadcast of (part of) “In The Garden Of Dub”, a mix from a few years ago by Dr Strangedub featuring Singers & Players (ft. Prince Far I), Madtone, Leroy Sibbles, Jah Wobble, Lee Perry and lots more which goes out to all dub gardeners everywhere!
Big shout to another friend “across the pond” Justin Moore (who has a great piece on the strange world of Fred Judd here) for letting us know of some gardening zen dub in the form of Memotone with Sidewise dub, heavy and on the out there tip!
And to finish off another horticultural related track by Errol Grandson with Jah Garden. May the weather be with you as old Eric Robson used to say.
Weeds up to me knees 