Radio da Bank: Laidback Luke stands in for Rob

While Rob was away on holiday, Laidback Luke laid down a two hour retrospective mix of Dutch house music from past to present. With messages from Shapeshifters, Afrojack, Rehab, Mason and Sidney Sampson, plus music from Tiesto, Steve Angello, Swedish House Mafia and Example.

Click here to listen again to the show

Kitty, Daisy & Lewis: New UK Tour, Single & Video

The Durham siblings 2nd album 'Smoking In Heaven' is a bona fide classic. Yeah we would say that, but we do really mean it, passionately, and we implore you to check it out. Check this interactive YouTube player to preview all the tracks.

They are also an incredible live band, infused with a raw energy and musicality that's rare these days. In fact at this year's Bestival, Robert Smith from The Cure told us they were the best band he saw all weekend... high praise indeed!

They have a short UK Tour coming up in late November - visiting London, Sheffield, Liverpool, Lancaster, Cambridge and Brighton. Head here for the dates and ticket links.

Their latest single 'Don't Make A Fool Out Of Me' came out this week. It features Lewis on vocals and is available on heavyweight 45rpm 7" vinyl, limited edition 78rpm vinyl and no-inch download. Buy it, love it.

Check the stylish video here...



And preview the album here...

Freak Out with Chic feat Nile Rodgers live - 'The greatest disco group ever'

Everyone who caught Chic feat Nile Rodgers on the Main Stage at either Bestival 2010 or Camp Bestival 2009 was blown away by the experience, stunned to learn of the amazing array of classic songs written by Nile for the likes of Madonna, Diana Ross, David Bowie, Eric Clapton (and many more) and, of course, Chic! It is thus with very good reason that The Guardian have labeled them "The greatest disco group ever", and we concur!

They make a welcome return to the UK to preform live at the HMV Forum in Kentish Town on Thursday 10th November and we have some special discounted tickets to offer you.

Click here for tickets at £18.50 (instead of the usual £23.50)

Their live shows have always been rare and selective and even during their big hit days the band NEVER toured, so we suggest you snap up this chance to see them live while you can!


Nile Rodgers' BioClip™ from REDfish9 on Vimeo.

Florence x Lagerfield x The Weeknd

Our friends at The Vinyl Factory, who produced a lovely David Lynch vinyl for us earlier in the year, are now set to release Florence + the Machine's new single 'Shake It Out' on white vinyl, featuring a remix by The Weeknd and cover photography by perma-sunglass-sporting silver fox fashion legend Karl Lagerfield.

Released as a limited edition of 500 hand numbered copies, each cover has been screen printed, silver foiled and hand numbered on pristine white card and features photographic portrait of our Flo' personally taken by the Chanel head honcho.

The record itself is the only physical release of 'Shake It Out', and includes the much sought after remix by The Weeknd, which you can listen to below.

Sunday Best Halloween Party feat Drums of Death, Rob da Bank & more - this Sunday!

We return to The Lock Tavern, our favourite London boozer, this coming Sunday (30th October) for an evil night (& day) of wicked fun and hauntingly good music featuring Drums of Death (live), Rob da Bank, iLLBiLLY HiTEC (live), Sombrero Sound System, Electro Future Beard Club (live) and Kaptin Is Dead.

Starting at 3pm with Roasts, Apple Bobbing and some Trick-or-Treating and FREE to get in if you're dressed up appropriately. Also FREE to get in if you're not ;)

More info here

Boo x

ps... for a free Drums of Death track click here

Besti-mix 71: Ulrich Schnauss

As any of you who delved into our aptly-named Ambient Forest at this year's Bestival can attest, we're massive fans of dreamy mood music here at Bestival. Which is why we're giddy with excitement to be able to present an exclusive Besti-mix from one of the genre's true legends... the one and only Ulrich Schnauss.

Combining multilayered synthesizers with beats and ethereal vocals, the German producer's music is at once both uplifting and otherworldly. "I've always used making and listening to music as a way to escape," he says, "putting on headphones is a great way to leave reality behind for a while, reminding yourself why it still makes sense to carry on." Inspired by British alt.indie bands like Chapterhouse and My Bloody Valentine as well as acid house and widescreen electronica (Tangerine Dream, The Orb) Schnauss began releasing records in 2001 after moving to Berlin from his rural German home. Perhaps still best known, and loved, for his brilliant album 'A Strangely Isolated Place', Schnauss continues to keep us smiling with his melodic electronic odysseys.

A new album is set to come soon, but for now, do as the man himself would, pop on your headphones, leave reality behind and drift away to the lush sounds of our latest Besti-mix...

Download: Bestimix 71 Ulrich Schnauss

Tracklisting:
01 Sensa & Haste "The Place" (Audio Danger)
02 Shimah "Swordfish" (Playaz)
03 Bungle "The Source" (Critical)
04 Nu:Tone "Balaclava" (Hospital)
05 BCee "Captured In Time" (Spearhead)
06 Command Strange "When The Morning Comes" (Antillectual Beats)
07 Technicolour "Half A Chance" (Technique)
08 Bungle "Constant&Clear" (Spearhead)
09 Artificial Intelligence "Stand Alone" (V)
10 Qns "Qns1" (Qns)
11 Instra:Mental "Photograph" (Darkestral)
12 Nu:Tone "Set Me Free" (Hospital)
13 Anile "Last March" (Deep Soul)
14 Synkro "Summer Blues" (Blackout)
15 Logistics "Slow Motion" (Hospital)

Bestimix 71: Ulrich Schnauss by Bestimix on Mixcloud

Radio da Bank: Summer Festival Flashback

Rob da Bank brings you a summer festival flashback with live music from Radio 1's Big Weekend, Green Man, T in the Park, Glastonbury, Sonar and more!

Listen again now via bbc.co.uk/radio1/robdabank

Tracklisting:
Bart B More — The Bass (Ft. Drop The Lime) - Trouble & Bass Recordings
Joe Goddard — Gabriel (Ft. Valentina) (Compound One Mix) - Greco Roman
Dutch Uncles — The Ink - Memphis Industries

Live music from Green Man Festival
Other Lives - Untitled

Eats Everything — Entrance Song - Pets Recs
SebastiAn — C.T.F.O (Ft. M.I.A.) (Nero Remix) - Ed Banger

Live music from Sonar Festival
Toro y Moi — Still Sound

Lucy Rose — In The Middle Of The Bed - Fauna
Bwana — Baby Let Me Finish - Infinite Machine
Unicorn Kid — Chrome Lion - Unicorn Music

Live music from Glastonbury Festival
Friendly Fires — Live Those Days Tonight

Echo Park — Fiber Optic (12th Planet & Finch Mix) - Disfigured Dubz
St Lucia — All Eyes On You - Heavy Roc Records
Plaid — Missing - Warp

Live Music from T in the Park
Chase & Status — Flashing Lights

Paul White — A Weird Day (Ft. Homeboy Sandman) - One-Handed Music
Marina & The Diamonds — Radioactive - 679

Live Music from Rob da Bank's Wig Party at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Ibiza
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs — Stronger

Djanjo Django — Waveforms (Wild Geese Mix)
Gemini — Graduation - Titan Records

Live music from Underage Festival
Bombay Bicycle Club - Shuffle

Foster the People — Pumped Up Kicks (Soul Clap Mix) - Sony
Subscape — Turn Me On - Play Me Records

Live music from Green Man Festival
Fleet Foxes — Helplessness Blues

Duck Sauce — Big Bad Wolf (Gesaffelstein Remix) - 3Beat

Rob’s Best and Improbably Greatest In The World Now … Possibly … Maybe
Florence & the Machine - What The Water Gave Me - Island

Besti-mix 70: Luv*Jam

This week's Besti-mix come courtesy of Coley who produces under the name of Luv*Jam, the name of the parties that a small north Welsh tribe developed to pursue their musical tastes in Wrexham. Some of you might have had the pleasure of experiencing their no-holds-barred party for yourself at this year's Bestival or at any of the unusual party locations they've made their own over the past 12 months; this lot have had it away everywhere from concrete bunkers to the terrace at Space.

Now, comes their own music and art project, Crow Castle Cuts - named after a local medieval fort in Llangollen, whose third release is out on November 11 (lovingly packaged on vinyl only and including ancient text about sacred fairies!), the same date as their next Luv*Jam party.

Right now though, tuck into their Besti-mix, a 23-track vinyl-only recording starring Aphex Twin, Jason Fine and F.U.S.E. (aka Richie Hawtin)...

Download: Bestimix 70 Luv*Jam

Tracklisting:
01 Glyn Ceriog / Froncystyllte Swamp / Crow Castle Cuts
02 Jason Fine / Secret Order / Kontra Music
03 Aphex Twin / i / R&S Records
04 Ubik / Harmonise Me / Zoom Records
05 Automatic Nasty / Welcome Ohm Luv / Lunar Disco
06 Mark Du Mosch / Swingin It / Tabernacle Records
07 Mark Du Mosch / Captain Bligh (Luv Jam Outro Edit) / Moustache Records
08 Mark Du Mosch / Outer World / Moustache Records
09 Alden Tyrell / Rendezvous at Rimini / Clone Records
10 R-Tyme / Illusion (Juan Mix) / Transmat Classics
11 Earth People / Reach Up To Mars (808 Mix) / Champion Music
12 Analogue Cops  & Blawan / 45 Dollars / Restoration Records
13 Mr. Tophat / High Valley / Junk Yard Connections
14 Adalberto / One Lesson / Acidicted records
15 Dynamo Dreesen & Eric P / House House House / Acido Records
16 F.U.S.E. / Dimension Intrusion / Plus 8 Records
17 Free Fall / Sofa Surfing / Full Frequency Range Recordings
18 Katorski / Chains / Lany Recordings
19 Moody Manc / Joy (RL Dub) / 2020 Vision Recordings
20 S.A.S / You Gotta Think (Luv Jam Short Edit) / Foot & Mouth
21 Mark Du Mosch / Shields Up / Moustache Records
22 Aphex Twin / Selected Ambient Works vii / Warp Records
23 Glyn Ceriog / Knaresborough Bird / Crow Castle Cuts

Bestimix 70: Luv*Jam by Bestimix on Mixcloud

Stream: Lana Del Rey 'Video Games' (Joy Orbison remix)

2011's brightest burning pop-star in waiting Lana Del Rey has cited Sunday Best's very own David Lynch as a key influence and you can hear his filmic Americana in her impossibly catchy ‘Video Games’ tune - which has been given a typically twilight remix by Bestival-fave Joy Orbison. Stream it right here...

David Lynch In-Studio Footage

Get a behind the scenes peak of David Lynch himself in the studio creating 'Crazy Clown Time'.

Visionary filmmaker David Lynch will make his solo debut as a musical artist this fall with 'Crazy Clown Time'. Produced and written by Lynch, the album’s 14 original songs spotlight him on guitar and vocals. The album will be released internationally on November 7th (November 8th in North America) by Sunday Best Recordings / [PIAS] America

The album will be released as a Deluxe CD, Double Heavyweight Gatefold LP, Digital Download and a limited Super-Deluxe Collectors Edition - all with original artwork by David Lynch himself and design by Vaughan Oliver (v23).

Click here to visit David Lynch's website where you will find album pre-order links for all worldwide territories.

You can also find a free download of the album's title track 'Crazy Clown Time', which is as creeping and surrealistic as you'd expect from Lynch, via David Lynch's Facebook page.

Besti-mix 69: Timo Garcia

This week's Besti-mix is by much-loved big room house don Timo Garcia. Here's his set from this year's Bestival which ranges from a respectable 122bpm to no-holds-barred 130bpm because when Timo started playing there was only a small crowd but by the time he finished he had a few thousand heads going nuts in front of him!

As you'd expect from a former Ministry of Sound resident and man who's released on such sterling 4/4 imprints as Sharam's Yoshitoshi as well as Audio Therapy, Cr2, Nervous and more, this is a masterclass in house: featuring tracks by Azari & III, Romanthony and X-Press 2 as well as a healthy smattering of his own tracks and re-edits, including ingenious reworks of Musical Youth's 'Pass the Dutchie' and Ian Brown's 'Stellify'. Get involved...

Download: Bestimix 69 Timo Garcia

Tracklisting:
1. Kraak & Smaak - Let's Go Back feat Romanthony (Solomun Remix) [Jalapeno Records]
2. Timo Garcia - F#cking Bats
3. Timo Garcia - Thief [Nurvous Records]
4. Azari & III - Hungry For The Power (Jamie Jones Ridge Street Remix) [Turbo Recordings]
5. Deetron - Starblazer [Rejected]
6. Teva - Public Life! [Alive Recordings]
7. X-Press 2 & Timo Garcia - Frayed Of The Light feat. Amber Jolene (Wehbba Remix) [Skint Records]
8. Timo Garcia ft Amber Jolene - Lady Luck (Solee Remix) [Yoshitoshi Recordings]
9. Tom Glass - Time [Hope Recordings]
10. Sharam - God Always (Take It) [Yoshitoshi Recordings]
11. Timo Garcia vs Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie [Bootleg]
12. Timo Garcia vs Ian Brown - Stellify [Bootleg]

Bestimix 69: Timo Garcia by Bestimix on Mixcloud

Radio da Bank: Diagrams in session

Diagrams session it up this week, Burial remixes Massive Attack and The Weeknd fiddles with Florence and the Machine.

There's also new music from James Blake, Nero and Portishead; Kutski introduces Rob to French-core; and there's a remix of Chris Isaak to get your Saturday Skanking... Saturday or not.

Listen again now via bbc.co.uk/radio1/robdabank

Tracklisting:
Nero — Crush On You (Brodinski Mix) - Mercury
Black Samurai — Information Critic (Ft. Daddy Freddy & Ragga Twins) (Benny Page Mix) - Nice Up! Records
Chairlift — Peculiar Paradise - Terrible records
Modeselektor — German Clap - Monkeytown
tUnE-yArDs — You Yes You - 4AD
Vetiver — Can’t You tell - Subpop
Seams — Focus Energy - Pictures Music

Diagrams Maida Vale Session
Diagrams - Woking

Mickey Moonlight — Close to Everything (The Martin Brothers Mix) - Ed Banger
Porter Robinson — Spitfire - OWSLA

Saturday Skank
Chris Isaak — Wicked Games (TM Dubby Games Mix) - Warner Bros

Jack Beats — End Of Love - Columbia
Star Slinger — Dumbin (feat Reggie B) - Green Label Sounds
Portishead — Chase The Tear - XL Recordings
Radiohead — Lotus Flower - SBTRKT Remix

Diagrams Maida Vale Session
Diagrams - Tall Buildings
Diagrams - Hill

Fanfarlo — Deconstruction - Atlantic
Atlas Sound — Lightwork - 4AD
Lianne La Havas — No Room For Doubt (Ft. Willy Mason) - White

Rob da Bank’s Guide To Barely Believable Genres: Frenchcore!
Human Resource — Dominator (DJ Smurf Remix) - White
The Big Pink — Stay Gold - 4AD

SebastiAn — Love In Motion (Ft. Mayer Hawthorne) (Skrillex Funk-t Out Mix) - Ed Banger

Rob’s Greatest Record In The World Right Now… Possibly… Maybe
Massive Attack — Four Walls (Burial Remix) - The Vinyl Factory

Florence & the Machine — Shake It Out (The Weeknd Remix) - Island
Azealia Banks — 212 - White

Stream: Massive Attack vs Burial

youtube.com/watch?v=VisKkedFZjw

Besti-mix 68: Greg Wilson (Reels of Steel live at RizLab at Bestival '11)

Our latest Besti-mix is a wee bit special. Granted, all our mixes are special affairs, lovingly crafted by the world's finest DJs and compiled exclusively for your listening pleasure. Legendary Manchester DJ Greg Wilson - a man famed for helping break electro and house in the UK and one of the first dudes to cut-and-splice tracks together in what was essentially an early form of remixing -  spent the last year digging through his extensive video archive to compile a show-reel of delights that was projected live at RizLab at Bestival 2011 to accompany this signature mix of disco, house, electro, funk and all the rest, all worked through his trusty Revox reel-to-reel tape machines and computer. Like we said, it's pretty special...

Download: Bestimix 68 Greg Wilson (Reels of Steel live at Bestival '11)

Tracklisting:
1.Project Tempo - Get Up And Clap Your Hands
2.Paula Cole - Feelin’ Love (Psychemagik Reem Mix)
3.Gary Byrd - The Crown (Tabro T & Chris Yardley Edit)
4.Late Nite Tuff Guy - One Nite In The Disco (Greg Wilson Edit)
5.Paul Simon - Diamonds Dub (Todd Terje Edit)
6.Gino Soccio - Try It Out
7.Gina X - No GDM
8.Subvader - Each Time We Touch (Ebar Mix / Greg Wilson Version)
9.Ooft! - Make U Mine
10.Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome (Robot 84 Rework)

Bestimix 68: Greg Wilson (Reels of Steel live at RizLab at Bestival '11) by Bestimix on Mixcloud

PS... The closing track of Greg's full Bestival set was in fact his amazing re-edit of Electronic's 'Getting Away With It' and you can hear (and see!) this via YouTube here

The Underground Food Rave

Kerstin Rodgers, aka food blogger MsMarmitelover, introduced her Underground Restaurant to Bestival and Camp Bestival this year with huge success. Well now she has introduced the concept of an Underground Food Market to the world with 2 events taking place over Bonfire Weekend - 4th & 5th of November.

There will be a bonfire, a cocktail bar on the ironing board, live music, hot food stalls, crafts and food to buy to take home. And on Saturday afternoon they will again have the foodie 'dragon's den' in which start up entrepeneurs in the food world can show their products to an expert panel and get feedback.

Click here for more info and to buy tickets.

Radio da Bank: Zola Jesus in session

Zola Jesus, aka Nika Rosa Danilova from Wisconsin, joins Rob da Bank for an exclusive Maida Vale session. She tells us about the making of her new album Conatus and how she goes about writing and recording tracks.

This week's Saturday Skank comes courtesy of El-B, plus Rob's got new music from the likes of James Blake, Diplo, Jamie N Commons and Mr Oizo.

Listen again now via bbc.co.uk/radio1/robdabank

Tracklisting
Scuba — M.A.R.S - !K7
Larry Heard — And So I Dance (Julio Bashmore mix) - Alleviated
Modeselektor — Shipwreck (feat. Thom Yorke) - Monkeytown
SebastiAn — Love In Motion (feat. Mayer Hawthorne) (Skrillex remix) - Ed Banger
Kuedo — Reality Drift - Planet Mu
Luca C and Brigante — Space Lullaby - Southern Fried
Jamie N Commons — The Preacher - Luvluvluv
Fracture & Neptune — Hush The Crowd - Blackout

Zola Jesus in session at Maida Vale
Zola Jesus — Skin - Sacred Bones
Zola Jesus — Lick The Palm Of The Burning Handshake - Sacred Bones

Clock Opera — Lesson No. 7 (Tom Vek's Tripping remix) - Moshi Moshi
Phil Kieran & Green Velvet — Free Yourself - Phil Kieran Recordings

Saturday Skank
El-B — Slow (feat. Ether Banks) - DPR

Mr. Oizo — Douche Beat (feat. Ether L Banks) - Ed Banger
Bombay Bicycle Club — Lights Out, Words Gone - Island
Azealia Banks — 212 - White Label
M83 — Midnight City - Naïve
Leonidas and Hobbes — Driftin - White Label

Zola Jesus in session at Maida Vale
Zola Jesus Zola Jesus — Seekir - Sacred Bones
Zola Jesus — Vessel - Sacred Bones

Diplo — Horsey - Mad Decent
Mozart Parties — Black Cloud - Merok

Rob da Bank's Guide To Barely Believable Genres: Moombahcore
Radiokillaz — Murda Sound (J Trik's Moombahcore mix) - Rogue Industries
Elephant — Assembly - Memphis Industries
Dems — House - Bad Life

James Blake — We Might Feel Unsound - Atlas

Rob's Greatest Record In The World Right Now... Possibly... Maybe
Feist — How Come You Never Go There? - Cherrytree

Birdy — People Help The People (Two Inch Punch remix) - 14th Floor

3 days in the life of a Bestival Wedding Photographer

The Big Love Inflatable Church returned once again to Bestival this year for its 7th year running and the giant blow-up church was bursting at the seams with more excitement and mayhem than ever before. And Isle of Wight Wedding Photographer Chris Cowley was on standby to capture every magical moment from start to finish.

A grand total of 48 weddings took place over the weekend with Reverend’s ‘Nickerless’ and ‘Randy Johnson’ preforming ceremonies with the help of dishevelled bridesmaids, a mother in-law and a maid of dishonour.

A wide variety of ceremonies took place over the weekend including numerous blessings, vow renewals (one only a week after the couple were legally married), civil partnerships and a stand-in wedding for a couple who couldn’t afford the one they initially planned.

Whilst every wedding was memorable for its own unique reason, a few in particular services stood out from the rest, including an Island group who have gotten married every year at the Big Love Inflatable Church for the last 7 years. A pirate wedding who were getting married for their 3rd time in a row (this time in the presence of their new-born daughter), another wedding who were led down the aisle by Edinburgh brass band ‘Horndog’ and the grand finale which was a special wedding for the Inflatable Church company director Tristram (a former Inflatable Church vicar) and his partner Sophie.

A full gallery of photos from the weekend can be found at isleofwightweddingphotographer.co.uk/bestival

Bestival Bugle - (download &) read all about it

If you weren't one of the early(ish) risers who managed to grab their daily copy of the Bestival Bugle this year, fear not. Bugle editor Toby Collard's just woken from his post-Bestival slumber and pinged over the PDFs of this year's editions, and they're available for download for free here - along with every single copy since the Bugle was born in 2005.

"7,000 copies get distributed each day onsite, but they're always snapped up by the early afternoon," confirmed a still-yawning Toby, "but if you missed out at all, get yourself over to the Bestival website where you can enjoy the Bugle in all its monochrome splendour."

"Is the kettle on?" he continued, before apparently heading off for a quick nap. Bless.

Radio da Bank: Sage in session

This week Rob had new MC Sage in session from Maida Vale Studios. Plus he plays the hottest new remixes of Florence & The Machine, Givers, Alex Winston and L-Vis 1990.

Listen again now via bbc.co.uk/radio1/robdabank

Tracklisting
Mr Nô — The Snake - Different Recordings
L-Vis 1990 — Lost In Love (Neon Dreams Club Mix) - PMR Records
The Magician — I Don’t Know What To Do (ft Jeppe) (Erkka Mix) - Kitsune
The Drums — How it Ended - Moshi Moshi Records
Psycatron and Paul Woolford — Stolen - Hot Flush Recordings
Friends — My Boo - Lucky Number
Swimming — Neutron Wireless Crystal (Trenchurian Mix) - Tummy Touch
Torb — Forever Young - Cassius Records

Maida Vale Session – Sage
Sage — Groovy Mojo

DJ Friction & K.Tee — Jupiter - Shogun
Nautiluss & Lord Sky — Ultraviolet - Hemlock

Saturday Skank
White Town — Your Woman (Seekae Resmash Mix) - Chrysalis

Hackman — Sunburst - Greco Roman
Florence and The Machine — Shake It Out (The Weeknd Remix) - Island
Laura Marling — The Beast - Virgin

Maida Vale Session – Sage
Sage — Swing Ting
Sage — Lonely People

Actress vs Dave ID — SUMR (Azd Rain Mix) - White
Real Estate — Green Aisles - Domino
Korrallreven — As Young As Yesterday (Girl Unit) - Svensk Musik
Tracey Thorn — Night Time - Strange Feeling
Givers — Meantime (Bombay Bicycle Club Remix) - Island Records
Alex Winston — Velvet Elvis (Crystal Fighters Mix) - Island Records