Besti-mix 76: Crazy P

Ladies and gentlemen, we're casting off the winter blues in true summer fashion with this week's Besti-mix, compiled by one of the best live dance acts around, those reliable good times bringers, Crazy P. Stalwarts of the UK club scene, Crazy P formed in Nottingham in 1996 and have made their name with five albums of lush structured songs and live power, whilst never forgetting their roots on the dance floors of the late '90s house, disco, and soul clubs. And they've been on fire in 2011. The start of the year saw them releasing ‘Crazy P presents MTS Vol.1’ - a two track EP of ‘bangers’ influenced by their increasingly busy DJ and Soundsystem show schedule, and more recently they unleashed their new album, 'When We On', a certified and justly acclaimed gem.

Now comes the greatest honour of the lot (ahem), a Besti-mix. Download, turn this up loud and let Crazy P do their thing...

Download: Bestimix 76 Crazy P

Bestimix 76: Crazy P by Bestimix on Mixcloud

Radio da Bank: Future Garage Special from Maida Vale

Rob da Bank decamps to the BBC's Maida Vale Studios for a brilliant Future Garage Special with the legendary DJ Zinc (pictured) joining him in the studio!

With interviews and live performances from 14th and Hackman and a DJ set from Mosca - the future's bright, the future's Future Garage!

Click here to catch up with the show via the BBC iPlayer

Tracklisting:
Hackman — You Deliver - Ramp Recordings
Eats Everything — Entrance Song (Remix) - Dirty Bird
Double 99 — Ripgroove - Satelitte
Julio Bashmore — Jack Got Macked - Future Boogie
DJ Zinc & MC GQ — 138 Trek - Phaze:one Records
Roy Davis Jnr & Peven Everett — Gabriel - Telstar
Zinc — Juicy Fruit - Rinse
Zinc — Sprung

Hackman live at Maida Vale
Hackman — Cares With A Warning (feat. Binisa Bonner)
Hackman — You Come Down (feat. Marita Hackman)

Jamie xx — Far Nearer - Numbers
Metronomy — Everything Goes My Way (Jesse Rose Mix) - Big Beat
Det Boi B2B Haus — Too Much Trouble
SBTRKT — Hold On - Young Turks
2 Bears — Work - Southern Fried
Bass Boy — Yes
Lethal B — Leave It Yeah (feat. JME & Fire Camp)
Wiley — Boom Blast
Scuba — M.A.R.S
Mosca — Dom Perignon - 3024
R.I.P. Productions — Deep In You - Ice Cream
Rozzo — I Wish I Was A Balck Cat - Track Down
Ziro — Coded - White
Benny Stock — I Don't Deserve You
Mellow Bee — Tick Tock VIP (Mosca Dubplate Special)
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs — Garden - Greco Roman

14th live at Maida Vale
14th — Hide Yourself
14th — Take Me There
   
Feed Me! — What You Want

Besti-vid of the week: The Weeknd 'The Knowing'

The Weeknd - The Knowing (Official Video)

Yes, friends, Romans and fellow Bestivalites, you're quite right...it has been quite some time since we've showcased a Besti-vid of the week. But hey, when you come back, come back strong...

This amazing mini sci-fi epic short film - which features Aslan (yes, from Narnia), Emperor Haile Selassie III (legendary Ethiopian dude who Rastas reckon is the incarnation of God) and some ideas surely swiped from Stargate (no bad thing) - for one of 2011's genuinely brilliant breakthrough acts, The Weeknd, is just so bonkers is might just be the best music vid of the year...

Besti-mix 75: Psychemagik

Bringing you a blast of summery Balearic-style dancefloor action to blow away the winter blues, our latest Besti-mix is the work of one of the UK's hottest production duos, Psychemagik, whose tasty re-edit of Fleetwood Mac's classic 'Everywhere' has been ripping a giant size hole in the interweb and clubs from London to Ibiza this year, while their Discotheque Wreckers vinyl imprint - home to a series of gorgeous disco oddities - is fast becoming justly lorded by those in the know.

And their Besti-mix, a perfectly poised 4/4 club set that kicks off with their own reworking of Azari & III's 'Reckless With Your Love', is sure to win them yet more converts... get stuck in.

Download: Bestimix 75 Psychemagik

Tracklisting:
01 Reckless With Your Love - (Psychemagik Remix) - Azari & lll
02 Breathe & Pop - Ultrasome
03 Buffalo Bill - Cole Medina
04 Everybody feat. Evelyn Champagne King - Miguel Migs
05 I Know The Way (Tommy Disco Remix) - Lou Teti
06 Just Think About (Art of Tones Remix) - Mario Basanov feat. Miss Bee
07 Stop Your Hate - Maceo Plex  
08 Lezgo - Justin Martin & Ardalan 
09 Beat My House - Kenny K Collins
10 Abstraxion - Jaipur's Elephant
11 La Musica (Azari & II Remix) - Munk
12 Tetra (Leisuregroove & Rustem Rustem Remix) - Hollywood Hills & Drew Scott
13 Smash & Grab - Joe Europe

Bestimix 75: Psychemagik by Bestimix on Mixcloud

Rob da Bank's Music Club

Back in September this year, just a few weeks after Bestival itself, Rob da Bank and The Bestival Foundation held the inaugural Rob da Bank's Music Club, in partnership with the Isle of Wight Youth Trust and hosted at Quay Arts on the Isle of Wight.

As Rob da Bank explains: “I’ve been thinking about starting a musical youth club for a while now.  The more time I spend on the Island, the more talent I discover, but I can see the problems of transport, equipment and talent actually making it to the Island outside of festival time...  I really hope we can start a credible, educational and fun Music Club that will continue for years.  Hope to see you there!” 

Rob da Bank's Music Club is held on the last Tuesday of every month and is somewhere for teenagers to go to after school to hang out, be inspired, entertained...  and learn the occasional thing along the way! 

Each month they have instruments to try and on which to watch demonstrations, inspirational speakers (from both a local and global level) to give a talk each month and to talk afterwards – encouraging and answering questions.

The next one is on Tuesday 29th November (5 - 7pm) and will feature a Q&A Session with Rob da Bank, a Music Production workshop with Brighton DJ and producer Dan Ascherl and Lo (who worked as part of legendary producer Martin Hannett’s New Order production team), Guitar, Bass, Drum and Singing workshops, DJ and CDJ Decks workshops, an AV workshop, a Street Dancing workshop and a Jam Session. Plus you'll also find Graphic Design from IOW College, and a new Jewellery workshop.

And all for FREE! :)

Watch Animal Collective live in New York

Animal Collective have just posted a bizarre but kinda brilliant video on their Facebook page documenting the performance piece they created for New York’s Guggenheim Museum last year, which you can watch here.

The work, a collaboration with Danny Perez, was entitled Tranverse Temporal Gyrus. Three hours in duration, it featured original music by Panda Bear and chums, “played through a 36-channel speaker set-up around the museum’s ramp.”

Some of this music features in the pretty out-there (even by Bestival's standards!) six minute video clip, which was filmed by Bobby Boothe and edited by Perez.

Radio da Bank: The A to Z of Wretch 32

If you missed it on BBC Radio 1 last night you can catch up with the latest in Rob da Bank's series of musical A to Zs, this time with Jermaine Scott aka Wretch 32.

Click here to catch up online via the BBC iPlayer

Tracklisting:
Akon - Sorry Blame It On Me
Bob Marley – Three Little Birds
2Pac – Changes
Kanye West feat Jay-Z – Diamonds Are Forever (Remix)
Elephant Man – Log On
Chipmunk – Flying High
Bob Marley – Get Up Stand Up
Dizzee Rascal – Just A Rascal
Nas – One Love
Jay Z – Girls Best Friend
Kanye West – Family Business
Kano – London Town
Michael Jackson – Bad
Nas – Made You Look
Aaliyah – One In A Million
P Diddy feat Mace - Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down
Q-Tip - Breathe & Stop
Roll Deep – When I’m ‘Ere
So Solid Crew – 21 Seconds
Tinie Tempah - Pass Out
Usher – Burn
Major Lazer feat Vybz Kartel – Pon De Floor
Beenie Man – Who Am I
DMX – X Gon Give It To Ya
R Kelly – You Remind Me Of Something
Jay-Z feat Rihanna & Kanye West - Run This Town

Demos, Demos, Demos ...

Sunday Best receives thousands of tracks a year through our Soundcloud account from bands who want to play at Bestival and Camp Bestival.

We take the time to go through all the tunes sent in and we get to discover some real little gems as a result.

Unfortunately, it would be impossible to give everyone who wants to play a slot, even if we think they're ace, but we can take this opportunity to highlight some of the great tracks that have come in over the last year and celebrate how much great music there is out there.  Keep it coming!

Let's theme them as fictional football teams, for absolutely no reason whatsoever...

THE DREAM TEAM
To ease you into the listening process, here are the dreamy, soothing, low key favourites we've had in from the UK and across the pond:

The Perennials (pictured) - When I Met You
The Perennials - When I met you

Elsa Hewitt - Wet Denim
  Wet Denim by Elsa Hewitt

Ivan Campo - Diceman


Folly and The Hunter - Cost
  Cost by follyandthehunter

Message To Bears - Mountains
  Message To Bears - Mountains by The Sound Is Not Asleep

Childhood - Blue Velvet
  Blue Velvet - Childhood by El Hunt

The Cush - The Drone



JOLLYSVILLE FC
This lot should put you in a good mood with their little ditties:

Bill Davro - And Even Though
  And Even Though by billdavro

The Sun Electric Band - Shock Town


Speakeasy - Young Love
  Young Love by SpeakeasyMusic


ELECTRO SYNTHONIA
To love Bestival is not just to love classic acts, Rock and Pop legends, Hip Hop winners, scorching Indie newcomers and all round musical oddballs, to love Bestival is also to love a bit of wobble, click, hiss and bleep....

Here are some Electronica tracks to get you in the mood for Bestival at night:

Flipbook - The Hilo Bay Halfway
  The Hilo Bay Halfway by Flipbook

Stendek - Yume
  Stendek-Yume by stendekaudio

Okinawa Lifestyle - Wir Sind In Der Zukunft Geblieben
  Wir Sind In Der Zukunft Geblieben by Okinawa Lifestyle

Wave Department - Cycle Surf
  CYCLE SURF by WAVE DEPARTMENT

Throwing Snow - Un Vingt
  Un Vingt by Throwing Snow

Shadow Orchestra - Sweet As A Nut
  04 Sweet as a Nut by Shadow_Orchestra


THE INDIE WANDERERS
These dudes really know how to write Indie bangers.  Get your ear-holes on the end of this:

Napoleon in Rags - Don't Let it Out
  Don't Let It Out by napoleoninrags

Capitals - Hello World
  Hello World by Capitals

I Am Harlequin - The Liberty
  I am Harlequin - The Liberty by I am Harlequin

Key.To.Machinery - Recite.This.Clock.Stopwatch
  Recite.This.Clock.Stopwatch.(DEMO) by Keys.To.Machinery.

The Paris Mob - Health
  Health by theparismob

Pickpockets Love Tourists - Anything In This World Could Be Yours
  01 Anything in this world could be yours by PickPockets Love Tourists

Letters To Fiesta - Traveller
  Traveller by Letters To Fiesta

Civil War - Fairwell on Thursday
  Farewell On Thursday (Home Demo) by civilwar

We Are Animal - Luminous Lights
  Luminous lights by We are animal

Jay Brown - Video
  Video by JAY BROWN

Vault of Eagles - Taken From Love Inside
  Taken From Love Inside MASTER by vaultofeagles


THE AFROBEAT ROVERS
Let the jittery rhythms of these Afrobeat belters and other quirky numbers keep you up all night doing the Watusi...

London Afrobeat Collective - Lagos Junction
  London Afrobeat Collective - Lagos Junction by fvfestival

Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra - Crosstown Traffic
  Crosstown Traffic - Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra by djgilla

Kalakuta Millionaires - Bukon Mashie
  Bukom Mashie by KalakutaMillionaires

Hackney Colliery Band - Africa [Cover of Toto]

Spoek Mathambo - Mishini Wam
  02 Mishini Wam by BGMC


THE DOWNERTOWNERS
We can't always be happy.  Sometimes it's good to take the energy down a notch and have a bit of a reflective one.  That's where these guys come in, easing you back down from the dizzying heights you've scaled enjoying all those great tunes, and easing you back into the slightly-less-thrilling reality of life.  But don't panic, next year there will be more musical offerings to look forward to.  Hurrah!

Nick Hudson - Birth Guilt of the Misconceived
  Birth Guilt of The Misconceived by nickhudsonmusic

Music of Seville - My Grand Tour
  My Grand Tour by Music of Seville

Please do keep sending us your music via soundcloud.com/sundaybest/dropbox ... we can't promise to give you any feedback, but we can promise to give em all a listen :)

ps... BIG thanks to Julian Peck for putting this article together.

Radio da Bank: The Shivers in session

New York duo The Shivers, aka Keith Zarriello and Joanna Schornikow, jet into the BBC's Maida Vale Studios for a beautiful da Bank Session. They were so excited to be recording in the legendary studios, Keith was even running around taking photos of the Beatles plaques! More details in the session interview.

Plus: Rob's High Five - his 5 hype tracks of the week that you need in your life; da Bank's Guide to Unbelievable Genres - Rob delves into the world of Nu York Disco; and, as always, an early morning Saturday Skank. Then there's music from DJ Shadow, Major Lazer, 14th, Dauwd and Speech Debelle.

Click here to catch up with the show via the BBC iPlayer

Tracklisting:
Major Lazer — Original Don - Downtown Records
The Correspondents — Cheating With You
Julio Bashmore — Ensnare - Futureboogie
Wise Blood — Loud Mouths - Dovecote Records
    
Rob's High Five #5
14th — Hide Yourself - 14thMusic
        
Dauwd — Whats There? - Picture Music
Charlie XCX — Nuclear Seasons (Hackman Remix) - This Is Music
Speech Debelle — Studio Backpack Rap - Big Dada

The Shivers Maida Vale Session
The Shivers — Kisses

FC Kahuna — Hayling - Skint
Skream — Anticipate (Cassius Remix) - Disfigured Dubz
    
Rob's High Five #4
Zulu Winter — Lets Move Back To Front - Double Denim
        
Talk In Colour — Nightshift (Microburst Remix) - XLR8TR
    
Saturday Skank
Max Romeo — I Chase The Devil - Island
        
Mia Dora — Hypnotise
Florence + the Machine — What The Water Gave Me - Island
    
Rob's High Five #3
James Blake — At Birth - R and S
        
Jack Beats — End Of Love - Columbia / Deconstruction
    
The Shivers Maida Vale Session
The Shivers — More
The Shivers — Silent Weapons In Quiet Wars

Tom Gandey — The Piano Track - Southern Fried
Washed Out — Amor Fati - Domino
    
Rob's Guide To Barely Believable Genre - Nu York Disco
Holy Ghost! — Hold My Breath - DFA
        
Tom Vek — Someone Loves You - Island
    
Rob's High Five #2
DJ Shadow — Scale It Back (feat. Little Dragon)
        
Wretch 32 — Forgiveness (Todd Edwards Remix) (feat. Etta Bond) - Ministry Of Sound
King Krule — Noose Of Jah City - True Panther Sounds
    
Rob's High Five #1
2 Bears — Work - Southern Fried
        
Serenades — Come Home - Bluebird Records
RedLight — Get Out My Head - MTA

Sound of Rum on tour with Billy Bragg... now!

Since taking over the running of the Left Field at Glastonbury Festival in 2010, Billy Bragg has made an effort to showcase young artists who are mixing pop and politics. And his Left Field in Motion Tour has now taken that concept on the road, with a ticket price pegged lower than usual in an attempt to connect a new generation to the power of music with something to say.

Writing in the NME recently, Bragg recognised that the English riots had created a unique moment for young artists to step up and offer their perspective: “The disturbances of the past weeks have stirred up a shit storm of opinion in the mainstream media, much of it from people who have no real experience of the pressures faced by this generation, the first in a century that are likely to grow up worse off than their parents. Though this situation has been building for some years, the disturbances have created an opportunity for young people to provide an alternative commentary.”

Bragg followed that call to arms by bringing together a brace of contemporary artists whose songs are full of social comment on the Left Field In Motion Tour, including the astounding genre defying hip hop poetry of Sound of Rum as they continue to attract endless superlatives in their unshakeable quest to make everyone "hear what we are doing".

Ska/punk radicals The King Blues will also be joining him for selected dates bringing their acclaimed righteous sense of ire and fervour, frustration and celebration. And for the remaining dates, and in recognition of what is currently the most political music scene in the UK, MOBO Award winning hip hop artist and founder of The Hip Hop Shakespeare Company, Akala will also be joining the tour.

Bragg says “Music helped me to make connections when I was growing up – between the situation I found myself in and the powerful people who put me there. Artists need to start engaging in this debate again and The King Blues, Akala and Sound of Rum are inspiring examples of those prepared to push against the power.”

Read Billy Bragg’s NME article ‘Why Music Needs To Get Political Again’ here.

Tickets for all shows are available at musicglue.com/billybragg

Besti-mix 74: Pete Gooding

As the much-loved decade-long resident of Ibiza's Cafe Mambo, Pete Gooding cemented his place in the hearts of clubbers worldwide, renowned for his suitably Balearic open-minded approach to both DJing and making music, winning the coveted 'Best Ibiza DJ' award in 2002. But Pete's tastes and notoriety extend way beyond chill out; he's spun everything from bleeding edge techno to wistful electronica at Renaissance parties all over the globe since the late '90s, and since 2006 has been producing dance hits like 'Runnin' (1.8 million YouTube hits and counting) with James Doman as well as under the alter-ego The Machine, recording underground club tracks for the likes of Size, Audio Therapy and Stereo Productions, as well as on their own imprint, Superficial Recordings.

As you might expect, there's nothing superficial about Pete's Besti-mix - a riot of upfront club tunes and heavy bass rattlers from the likes of Fever Ray, Modeselektor and Crystal Fighters. For Pete's sake, get involved people...

Download: Bestimix 74 Pete Gooding

Tracklisting:
01. Fever Ray - Triangle Walks (Ben Hoo's Still Frame mix) [Rabid]
02. Composer - Aqualung [Infine Music]
03. Modeselektor ft Miss Platnum - Berlin [Monkeytown]
04. Mario & Vidis ft Giedre - Slow [Silence Music]
05. Afterlife & Pete Gooding present No Logo - This City Never Sleeps (Max Essa Dub) [Melodica]
06. Crystal Fighters - Plage (Compuphonic Remix) [Wall Of Sound]
07. Pillow Talk - Long Lost Friends [Life And Death]
08. Dj Nibc - The Doorman (Casino Times Remix) [Trunkfunk]
09. 1Blip2 - Alone [Melodica]
10. Above and Beyond ft Zoe Johnston - You Got To Go (MJ Cole Remix0 [Anjuna Beats]
11. Modeselektor with PVT - Green Light Go [Monkeytown]
12. Gangcolours - Fireworks In Pocket (Alex Patchwork Remix) [Brownswood Recordings]

Bestimix 74: Pete Gooding by Bestimix on Mixcloud

Besti posters - the perfect Xmas gift!

As those of you who attend the open air musical marvel that was Bestival 2011 will no doubt remember, for the first time this year we created a series of beautiful limited edition posters of your favourite artists (The Cure, Shadow, PJ Harvey, Bjork and more) with original artwork from a collection of the UK's finest. Several of these babies sold out like proverbial hotcakes but there are still a smattering available to pick up, making for the ideal Xmas gift for your mates, mum or trendy Auntie. Just head over to the Screenadelica shop to persuse the selection in full and snap up one today!

While you're there, you'll be able to read interview with several of the artists, including Toby Whitebread, whose DJ Shadow poster is pictured here in all its cat-friendly glory, and whose words of wisdom and inspiration you can divulge right here...

Where are you from/ Where do you come from?
I'm from Kent originally, but have spent time living in the Midlands, Liverpool, Manchester and Sydney. Right now, I'm back in Manchester one of the most creative and inspiring places that I have had the pleasure of living in.

How would you describe your work?
On a personal level, my work is about the development of my visual language, about change and adaption. I love the notion of instilling narrative to poster design. Visually my work contains references to cultural and social obsessions of mine. There's a lot of 60's TV, Sci Fi, 2000AD and large love of music to what I do.

How did you start designing posters?
I started producing posters and flyers for a promoter friend of mine while I was studying my MA at Manchester Metropolitan. As a freelancer I produce a wide range of work, from beer bottle wraps to album covers to clothing. Over the last few years the number of clients asking for posters has really grown, I think my enthusiasm for the medium has rubbed off on quite a few of them. I'm a huge fan of vintage film posters and a passionate screen printing.

What’s the nicest thing anyone has said about your work?
I'm really not sure, I tend to tune out when I hear people discussing my work in case they don't like what they see. I feel quite honoured that people like my work enough to buy it, especially as we all have to watch the pennies these days.

What have you got lined up for the future?
I'm continuing to produce posters for live music events in Manchester, over the next couple of months I have posters for The Field, DJ Vadim & The Electric and for the Sun Ra Arkestra. There may be another album in the works, and next year will see my first of two clothing lines for Fenchurch.

Radio da Bank: Golden Fable in session

Tim and Becca, aka Golden Fable, de camp from North Wales and perform a beautiful session at the BBC's Maida Vale Studios.

Plus Rob's High Five, his 5 hype tracks of the week - and, as always, a chance to skank with your breakfast in the Saturday Skank.

Also with music from Niki & The Dove, Azealia Banks, Chairlift, Worship and Bombay Bicycle Club.

Click here to catch up with the show via the BBC iPlayer

Tracklisting:
DJ Rashad & Gant Man - Heaven Sent (Planet Mu)
Crystal Fighters - Champion Sound (Mustang Mix) (Zirkulo)
Azealia Banks - Slow Hands (White)
Shaolin Jazz - Gil’s Pinky Ring
Starkey - Blood Roses (White)

=Rob’s High Five #5=
Niki & The Dove - Mother Protect (Phaelehs Rave Remix) (Sub Pop)

Chairlift - Sidewalk Safari (Young Turks)
Eugene McGuiness - Lion (Domino)

=Golden Fable Maida Vale Session=
Golden Fable - Always Golden

Hybrid Theory – Whispers (Whole Sick Remix) (Four 40 records)
Zomby - Labyrinth (4AD)

=Rob’s High Five #4=
Dot Rotten – Keep it on a Low (Mercury)

Lone – Cobra (White)
Hackman – You Deliver (Ramp)

=Saturday Skank=
The Bamboos - The Wilhelm Scream (Ft. Megan Washington) (Tru Thoughts)

Chocky – Down With Idris (Chockys THC remix) (DSCNTD)
Ford & Lopatin - I Surrender (Kemado)
Friendly Fires - Blue Cassette (Tiga Remix) (XL)

=Rob’s High Five #3=
Mwen – Bones (White)

Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell - Stand Up Show (Rabble Rouser)
Dinky – Teka (Visionquest)

=Golden Fable Maida Vale Session=
Golden Fable - The Chill Part. 2
Golden Fable - Be Alive

DJ Ketchup - O Babo (Mental Groove)

=Rob’s High Five #2=
King Krule - The Noose of Jah City (True Panther Sounds)

Dr. Horse - Jack That Cat Was Clean (Trikont)
Ed Sheeran - Lego House (Goldie’s Mechano Remix)
Sepalcure - Pencil Pimp (Hotflush)
Worship – House of Glass (Killing Moon Records)

=Rob’s High Five #1 aka The Greatest Record In The World Right Now=
Hans-Peter Lindstorm - Du Javu

Citizens! - True Romance (Kitsune)
Bombay Bicycle Club - Leave It (Island)

Rob da Bank crowned Independent Entrepreneur of the Year at AIM Music Awards

Last night saw the inaugural AIM Independent Music Awards take place at Floridita in London's Soho, presented by Steve Lamacq and Huw Stephens. And team Sunday Best were there in force to see Rob da Bank win the award for Independent Entrepreneur of the Year. Big up da Bank!

Sunday Best Recordings artist Beardyman was also up for the Hardest Working Artist Award but lost out to Frank Turner. He made up for it though by replacing Bjork as the closing act and then performing classic Bjork tracks using only his voice and his customised samplers!

Congratulations too to all the other winners... including Bjork for her Outstanding Contribution to Music, Adele for Best 'Difficult' 2nd Album and Most Played Independent Act, SBTRKT for Independent Breakthrough of the Year, John Robb for Indie Champion of the Year and Laurence Bell from Domino Recordings for his well-deserved Pioneer Award. And thanks to AIM for putting on the event... bring on next year!

10 Classic David Lynch Soundtracks

In celebration of the fact that David Lynch released his debut artist album 'Crazy Clown Time' on our very own Sunday Best Recordings this week our friends at FACT have chosen the Tinsletown legend's top 10 soundtracks, and handily included audio from each of them for you to while away your wee hours to. Enjoy!

Besti-mix 73: Sly and Reggie (The Middle Class Sound System)

Our latest Besti-mix is a dub-heavy head-ride jam packed with exclusive cuts created by two self-confessed "middle class white boys". Sly and Reggie first took to the streets of Dulwich on The Middle Class Sound System - a black Morris Minor Pickup and a pile of speakers - fusing old school reggae with 'white toasting', a mixture of spoken word and rant. Their debut album, Middle Class Dub Volume One, pricked up the ever-attuned ears of local boy made good Rob da Bank, who invited them down to Camp Bestival and Bestival in summer 2011. Their second album Sly and Reggie Vs The World (Middle Class Dub Vol 2) is set for release in later in the year and is sure to catapult them into the dub-reggae stratosphere, or thereabouts.

Between now and then, there's this: a 16-track dubwise session that contains a stack of exclusive Sly and Reggie soundclashes with the likes of Richard Burton, William Burroughs and, erm, the Arab Spring(!) alongside the dub poetry (ahem) of Philip Larkin and the proto rap genius of The Last Poets. Seriously...

Download: Bestimix 73 Sly and Reggie (The Middle Class Sound System)

Tracklisting:
01 Sly and Reggie Vs Richard Burton
02 Sly and Reggie Vs  William Burroughs
03 Mark Rylance - Acceptance Speech
04 The Last Poets - Black Thighs
05 Sly and Reggie Vs Gill Scott Heron
06 Sly and Reggie Vs Kate Tempest
07 Sly and Reggie Vs The Redgraves
08 Sly and Reggie Vs The Bourgeois Ballsup
09 Philip Larkin - This Be The Verse
10 Sly and Reggie Vs The Beat Generation
11 Sly and Reggie Vs Ian Dury
12 Sly and Reggie Vs The Arab Spring (featuring John Farnham)
13 Sly and Reggie Vs Allen Ginsberg (Listen To The Jew In Your Heart)
14 Sly and Reggie - Streetsweeper
15 Sly and Reggie - Shelter From The Money Storm
16 Sly and Reggie Vs The National Anthem (Dub Save The Queen)

Bestimix 73: Sly and Reggie (The Middle Class Sound System) by Bestimix on Mixcloud

Bestival 2011 by Jamie Baker

Re-live Bestival 2011 with these stunning photographs by Jamie Baker accompanied by the Fear of Theydon remix of 'Plough & Orion' by Skinny Lister.

Click here to watch the video slideshow if it doesn't appear above

Bestival returns September 6th-9th 2012 with early bird tickets on sale now here.

David Lynch guest-edits The Guardian's Film&Music

David Lynch, the director-turned-musician, turned into an editor last Friday for The Guardian's Film&Music pages where they discovered that sometimes a fish will tell you how it wants to be cooked, the block-and-tackle is a mysterious and powerful device, Duran Duran ought to have scored a Hitchcock film, precisely what will four 21-year-old men from the Ozarks make of Lynch's new album… or, for that matter, a blond high-school girl from Columbus, Ohio?

If you missed Friday's print edition you can catch up with it all online here.

David Lynch's album Crazy Clown Time is out this week on Download, Deluxe CD and Double Heavyweight Gatefold Vinyl (with free download code). Click here for all the info

Radio da Bank: L-Vis 1990 in session

L-Vis 1990 are in session at Maida Vale for Rob, there's a new featurette called 'Rob's High 5', and 'Belgium Step' features in Rob's Guide to Barely Believable Genres.

Click here to catch up via the BBC iPlayer

Willy Moon — I Wanna Be Your Man (Drop The Lime Remix) - Loog
Yuksek — Always on the Run (Peter & the Magician Remix)
Traits — Fever (feat. Elizabeth Troy) - Digital Soundboy
Hooray for Earth — True Loves (Cereal Spiller Mix) - Memphis Industries
    
Rob's High 5: no5
Redlight — Get Out Of My Head
        
Dirty Beaches — Lord Knows Best - Badlands EP, ZOO MUSIC
Cos-Ber-Zam — Ne Noya (Daphni Remix)
Roots Manuva — Get The Get (Miadora Remix) - Big Dada

Maida Vale Session
L-Vis 1990 — Tonight
   
5kinandbone5 — Stomp (feat. YG)
    
Rob's High 5: no4
L.A. Salami — Monday Maybe Coming
        
Gold Panda — An Iceberg Hurtled Through The Clouds (Peaking Lights Vocal Mix) - !K7
    
Saturday Skank
Lord Echo — Long Time No See - Bastard Jazz Recordings
        
The Living Graham Bond — Group Logic
Florence + the Machine — Spectrum - Universal
Justice — Helix - Ed Banger
Gruff Rhys — Whale Trail - Turnstile
    
Maida Vale Session
L-Vis 1990 — Lost In Love
L-Vis 1990 — I Feel It

Tommy Kid — Alarm Riddim

Rob's High 5: no3
Lianne La Havas — No Room For Doubt (feat. Willy Mason)

Trim — Moments In Trim (Chrissy Murderbot Remix) - Planet Mu
Grimelock — Total Recall
Apashe — Excision

Rob's Guide to Barely Believeable Genres: Belgium Step
Science — Blow Up - Warriorz Records

The Juan MacLean — Happy House (Cut Copy Remix)

Rob's High 5: no2
Eats Everything — The Size - Dirtybird

Rob's High 5: no1
Friends — I'm His Girl - Lucky Number

Crystal Fighters — Champion Sound - Zirkulo

Dandelion Radio keep the spirit of John Peel alive with the 2011 Festive Fifty... get your votes in!

The Festive Fifty is an annual chart featuring the previous year's best tracks, as voted for by listeners of Dandelion Radio. Legendary BBC broadcaster John Peel presented the first ever Festive Fifty on Radio 1 back in 1976, and continued to do so until his sad death in October 2004. Our very own Rob da Bank then hosted the poll in 2004 and 2005 as part of Radio 1's One Music show, before Peel's former production team asked Dandelion Radio to become the new home of the Festive Fifty from 2006 onwards.

So get yourselves over to dandelionradio.com/festive50.htm to vote for your favourite tracks of 2011 and keep the spirit of John Peel alive. Voting closes on 30th November and each entry gets a chance to win CDs and copies of Mark Whitby's book 'The Festive Fifty'.

Besti-mix 72: David Lynch

Unless you've been living under a rock on the Outer Hebrides for the past year you'll be aware Tinseltown legend David Lynch has created a genuine wave of excitement and interest across the  music spectrum in 2011, releasing his debut single - an acclaimed electronic masterstroke - on our very own Sunday Best Recordings back in January.

Now comes his debut artist album, Crazy Clown Time, recorded with his long-time musical partner 'Big' Dean Hurley and featuring a remarkable guest spot from Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, out this Monday. To whet your appetites (even more) David and Dean have put together a collection of tunes that they've been digging, featuring classics from Gary Clark Jr, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Elvis and the like, as well as contemporary offerings from James Blake, The Kills and Gnarls Barkley. You don't need us to tell you this is pretty much unmissable - dig in, and drift into the Twilight Zone.

Download: Bestimix 72 David Lynch

Tracklist:
1. Gary Clark Jr. – Bright Lights
2. Sonny Boy Williamson II – Bring It On Home
3. The Kills – The Search for Cherry Red
4. Gnarls Barkley – Who’s Gonna Save My Soul
5. Conway Twitty – It’s Only Make Believe
6. Kitty, Daisy & Lewis – Going Up The Country
7. Elvis Presley – That’s All Right Mama
8. Big Brother & The Holding Company feat. Janis Joplin – Ball & Chain
[Live recording from Monterey International Pop Festival]
9. James Blake – Limit To Your Love
10. Morris Stoloff & The Columbia Pictures Studio Orchestra – Moonglow
[Theme from 'Picnic']
11. This Mortal Coil – Song To The Siren

Bestimix 72: David Lynch by Bestimix on Mixcloud

The Cure to release Bestival Live 2011!

Good news Bestivalites! The Cure are to release a recording of their headline set at this year's Bestival, an amazing night of back-to-back Cure classics and new material.

Due out via our very own Sunday Best Recordings on December 5, Bestival Live 2011 documents the band’s two-and-a-half hour set on the festival’s main stage across two CDs (it’s also available as a digital download). There are 32 songs in total, including such classics as ‘The Lovecats’, ‘Close To Me’, ‘Friday I’m In Love’, ‘Just Like Heaven’ and ‘Boys Don’t Cry’.

Rob da Bank, Bestival and Sunday Best mainman, says: “Since I was 15 and backcombing my hair, donning my sisters eyeliner and singing the lyrics to ‘A Forest’ into my hairbrush I’ve had an unhealthy fascination with The Cure. To say it reached its peak at Bestival 2011 is an understatement, as after seven years of pestering I not only landed The Cure to headline Bestival, but now appear to be putting out one of their live records on my own record label. How strange! For any of the 50,000 who were at Bestival and saw all or some of the two and a half hour set, this live album will transport you back. For fans of The Cure who didn’t make it I know this will be a legendary addition to your Cure collection!”

The Cure’s Robert Smith adds: “We had such a great time in the Isle of Wight at Bestival that we wanted to release this show as a way of thanking fans and islanders alike. Bestival is the best!”

All profits from the sale of Bestival Live 2011 will go to a registered charity, the Isle of Wight Youth Trust, which “offers counseling, advice, information and support services to young people aged 25 and under on the Isle of Wight (the home of Bestival) and, in some cases, their parents or carers.”

Bestival Live 2011 tracklist:

CD1
:
01. Plainsong

02. Open
03. Fascination Street
04. A Night Like This

05. The End Of The World
06. Lovesong
07. Just Like Heaven

08. The Only One

09. The Walk

10. Push

11. Friday I’m In Love
12. Inbetween Days

13. Play For Today

14. A Forest

15. Primary

16. Shake Dog Shake

CD2:
01. The Hungry Ghost

02. One Hundred Years

03. End

04. Disintegration

Encore 1:
05. Lullaby

06. The Lovecats
07. The Caterpillar

08. Close To Me

09. Hot Hot Hot!!!
10. Let’s Go To Bed

11. Why Can’t I Be You?

Encore 2:
12. Boys Don’t Cry

13. Jumping Someone Else’s Train

14. Grinding Halt

15. Saturday Night

16. Killing Another

Radio da Bank: The A to Z of Bombay Bicycle Club

Recorded for BBC Radio 1's 'Stories' show, Bombay Bicycle Club head off on a musical journey through the alphabet with Rob da Bank. Recorded backstage in Oxford on their recent UK tour. Expect some acoustics tunes that influenced their second album Flaws, a few old skool hip hop tunes they use before going on stage and the odd curve ball.

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Tracklisting:
AZ - The Come Up
Bon Iver - Perth
Gillian Welch - Caleb Meyer
Dog is Dead - Hands Down
Ennio Morricone - Ninna Nanna Per Adulteri
The Flaming Lips - Race for the prize
Binary Star - Glen Close
Bibio - Haikuesque
Iggy pop - Gimme danger
Joanna Newsom - Emily
Broken Social Scene - KC
Arthur russell - Love is overtaking me
John Martyn - May you Never
Nas - N.Y state of mind
Amerie - One thing
Stereolab - Peng! 33
Reptar - Blastoff
Lucy Rose - Scar
Talking Heads - This must be the place
ustad abdul karim khan - piya bin chain nahi aavat
Can - Vitamin C
Washed Out - Feel It All Around
Xploding Plastix - Funnybones & Lazylegs
Sam Cooke - You Send Me
Frank Zappa - Peaches en Regalia