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Kleine Schweine - photographed by Tom Robinson



In the small hours of a Monday morning from 2-3am you can hear a selection of my favourite new tunes compiled into an hour-long mixtape of nonstop music. All the audio is sourced from the 主播大秀 Introducing Uploader - some of it recommended by friends and colleagues and some discovered via Twitter and my own Fresh On The Net blog.

From 3am each Monday the latest mixtape is normally available free via the 6 Music Downloads Page - along with archived episodes from the previous 4 weeks. All the tracklists and start times for each song are published below - together with a link to each artist's website. These are the listings for Monday, 12th November 2012:

DORA BRILLIANT - Talk It Up [starts 00:13]

Within the first three seconds of hearing this track in our inbox, London trio Dora Brilliant had already won themselves a place on my . From bar one Talk It Up goes straight for the musical jugular -听 I adored its vital, sharp & energetic musicianship 鈥� and the fact that it didn鈥檛 sound like anything else in the pile. 鈥榮 powerful, clean production doesn鈥檛 show off or draw attention to itself 鈥� you hear the song, not some clever-clever James-Blakey studio shenanigans. The band鈥檚 7-track EP Real Bombing has just been released and can be downloaded for whatever you think it鈥檚 worth 鈥� and frankly this is the kind of tight, classy musicianship that money can鈥檛 buy. Well it can, of course, but in the normal run of things it comes from top international session musicians and comes very, very expensive.

JENNIFER LEFT - Diggory [starts 03:13]

Originally from Newcastle, Jennifer Left is based in Brighton and her career appears to be really taking off with this sharp and upbeat second single - watch the excellent black and white video . Jennifer featured as Steve Lamacq's New Favourite Band on 6 Music just a couple of weeks ago and was interviewed on his show. As a matter of fact she'd do well to transcribe that lively and fascinating conversation to use as her official biog. The current on her website provides no sense of this funny and thoughtful artist and instead is larded with every pompous PR clich茅 in the book: "smoky", "pitch-dark", "poetic", "off-kilter", "undeniable", "breathtaking", "visceral", "infectious", "up-beat", "menacing", "bittersweet", "lush", "stuttered", "compelling", "soaring", "melancholic", "stunning", "visionary", "honest", "fragile"... you get the idea. If you'd actually like to know something interesting and factual about Jennifer and her music, check the audio of her interview with Lammo in full .听 She opens for Martin Rossiter at the Deaf Institute in Manchester on November 25th and London鈥檚 Borderline on the 26th.

KLEINE SCHWEINE - Pride (In The Name Of Yugoslavia) [starts 06:35]

You have to love a Northern political punk band obsessed with Eastern Europe and pork products and I like Kleine Schweine so much I've regularly played them on 6 Music ever since our paths first crossed. To declare an interest, their main profile picture (above) was taken by me on my phone and I sang backing vocals on their debut album 鈥� which is released next month and produced by the excellent Whiskas from Forward Russia.To finance the record on they offered various bonus enticements such as albums, exclusive previews, signed photos, pig masks, sauerkraut and鈥� the chance to sing backing vocals on their album. Well 鈥� who could resist? The launch party took place in their native Leeds at The Well a week last Friday with guests including The Chapman Family, Micky P Kerr, The Reacharounds and Guerin.

ORLANDO - Sleeping Lambs (SMALLFISH Remix) [starts 08:37]

Our friends Orlando are the Barcelona-based duo of Hilary James and John Stuart. You would never guess from the quality and delicacy of their recordings that they were made in a living room using Apple鈥檚 free GarageBand software. This is, they tell us, a remix of their recent scary folk tune, made by the estimable Jonathan Huxtable from 鈥� 鈥淟ars von Trier, are you listening?鈥� they ask. I thought of to ask 鈥� before realising I had found a bogus account. if only internationally famous avant-garde Danish film directors were as easy to reach on Twitter as that.

METAL MACHINE MUSIC - Breathing In [starts 12:41]

Darlington electro producer Roz C has the knack of making consistently appealing music - much of which we've enjoyed on 6 Music over the years, combined with a near-pathological disinclination to provide any kind of hard information about his background, his band or his music. Apart from the instruments he uses to make it with. These are, fact fans: a vintage monophonic Roland SH-101 synth, a Casio VL-1 (think Da Da Da by Trio), an unspecified Vocoder, and his own voice. Plus of course the judicous application of software - and plenty of it, from the sound of things.

MAZE HILL- Long Haul [starts 15:03]

Maze Hill is the brainchild of Hoodlums producer Andy Highmore, vocalist Holly Bestic (Field Of Wolves) and singer and spoken word artist Josh Idehen - whose work we've already enjoyed on the mixtape recently with Benin City. "When Josh and Andy first met", we're told "a mutual appreciation of synth-laiden soul and laid back spoken word lead to an intense 2 week writing spree resulting in tens of songs and ideas. They knew they were on to a good thing, and that they needed a singer. A Gumtree advert or two later, and Holly became the final piece of the puzzle. This new trio brings together their influences including Beach House and Grizzly Bear with production delivering reverbed out electronica, and more than a little soul and even elements of jazz." They're signed to the Wah Wah 45 label run by the ever-discriminating Adam Scrimshire.

HEAD OF LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT - Nip It In The Bud [starts 18:09]

Head Of Light Entertainment are an alt.pop band from Teesside in North East England who we first played back in December 2009. Their two albums to date have received airplay on 主播大秀6 Music and 主播大秀 Tees, and many excellent reviews. The band have supported the likes of Hyde & Beast, Mark Morris and Beth Jeans Houghton and they continue to gig around the Northern region. They start work on their third album over the coming months and play The Lord Elgin Bar in Redcar a week on Tuesday - 20th November 2012. Somebody once described their music as "wonderfully original- beautifully sung and produced with rare, lean economy鈥�. Oh hold on, that was me.听 听听

IKO - Kites [starts 21:16]

This track comes from Dazed & Confused - the new EP by Exeter band Iko which is released today, Monday 12th November 2012. It was recorded at Rockfield Studios in Monmouthshire by core members Kieran Scragg and Neil Reed who were joined on the sessions by ex-Counting Crows drummer Steve Bowman. Steve was so impressed with the original demos he flew across the Atlantic to play on the recordings. Iko have the distinction of one of their songs being featured on the newly released and final Twilight movie, Twilight Breaking Dawn Pt 2 - in company with acts such as Green Day, Ellie Goulding and Christina Perri. The title track of their EP will also be featured in the new series of Grey's Anatomy. Nice work, those men.

YOUR NEW ANTIQUE - Chemistry [starts 26:27]

This is Huddersfield outfit YNA's current single, which has been supported by Alan Raw at 主播大秀 IIntroducingin Leeds. They have another of those flowery biogs full of adjectives, from which here are a few choice extracts: 鈥渄elivering killer hooks with feverish speed, beguiling power and an expansive sound palette... Dark yet endearing lyrics supplied by deep, baritone vocals, distinct harmonies and thunderous rhythm complete YNA鈥橲 captivating noise... Drawing from influences such as Joy Division, Mogwai, Interpol, Radiohead and The National, YNA conjured their own battle plan: Go out, all guns blazing, equipped with their musicality, strong sense of melody and an added dash of audacity...." So now you know. The music's great though - which is why they've been signed by London label the Animal Farm, who released this single in June.

HOT FEET - Under October [starts 31:21]

Another beautiful recording with clear-as-a-bell folk vocals, immaculate fingerpick guitar and lovely ensemble playing from the whole band. No wonder so many people rated Under October by Hot Feet in their favourite five tracks at my Fresh On The Net blog the other week. Their EP Wood House was written in a cabin on the coast of Sweden and recorded in the remote Scottish Highlands. However its five songs are set in the Cotswolds where Marianne (vocals) tends to goats and sheep when she鈥檚 not playing music, and Lachlan (bass) builds dry stonewalls. The record was produced by , longtime sideman of Laura Marling and a gifted songwriter in his own right. The band are currently on the road promiting said EP: they play Woodbridge tonight (Monday November 12th), followed by shows in London, Ramsgate, Brighton, Bristol, Leeds and Ipswich.

KENWORTHY - Heartache [starts 34:55]

Kenworthy were formed in January 2011, consisting of Jack Kenworthy on Piano, Guitar and Vocals, Dom Potts on Bass and Lee Masters on Drums. The trio started out in Leicester playing well supported gigs at places like The Musician and The Shed, through this they entered the local (OBS) Leicestershire competition held at the two venues. They then went on to win the competition and, for the prize, play at Summer Sundae Festival. Heartache is the opening track from their EP Doors - from which we played the title track earlier this year, while Heartache has been championed by the ever-reliable Dean Jackson, whose show The Beat represents 主播大秀 Introducing in the East Midlands.

CLEFT - Trapdoor [starts 38:21]

A few months ago the world had never heard of this Mancunian instrumental math-rock duo, but since then they鈥檝e pretty much taken Fresh On The Net and the 主播大秀 Introducing Mixtape by storm. It鈥檚 not a genre that often points at the high road to mass popularity, and the warmth with which their music has been received seems to have taken John and Dan by surprise more than anybody. The tightness of their playing and composition skills clearly has a lot to do with it but so do their production skills. There鈥檚 a real art to recording a guitar鈥檔鈥檇rum two piece with overdubs so subtle that the tracks sound wonderful on your hifi, yet still sound exactly like the noise they make live. Their factual yet entertaining biog reveals that Dan discovered the joys of cheese in Brighton, while John had to move away from Lancaster after a bad experience with a three foot garden gnome and a bucket. You couldn鈥檛 make it up. Their debut EP 鈥淯tter鈥� was released in June 2012, and they have a second one 鈥渋n the oven鈥� right now.

SOMETHING BEGINNING WITH L - Say [starts 43:15]

Jen and Jon met at university, forming a band called Blusher. Jen and Jon went on to play for Chris T-T and Stuffy/thefuses when they met Lucy who then in turn also played for Chris and Stuffy. "We have been together ever since" they say. Jon (Clayton) is the creator of and plays a wonderful cello - while Jen and Lucy have sung backing vocals for those lovely chaps Graham Coxon and Robyn Hitchcock - and indeed any other records they are allowed on.

THE LINDSAY TIN - Fire At Will [starts 46:27]

It seems like at least one great new track a week has to emerge from the North East of England on our mixtape, and this deliciously understated gem ticked all the boxes 鈥� with its careful, thoughtful instrumentation and arrangement. The Lindsay Tin is a 鈥渘ew musical endeavour鈥� from Paul Christian Patterson (a founder member of the splendid ) and Paul Jeans (the sole member of ) who began writing together in the early winter months of 2012 in a small attic room in South Shields, overlooking the North East coastline. Astonishingly, given the assurance of this performance, they only played their first gig in July this year. The next is at The Cluny 2 in Newcastle with Hooded Fang and Dead Indians tonight: Monday 12 November 2012. Fire at Will is their debut single, due out on November 26th with an EP to follow in the New Year.

NO CEREMONY - FeelSoLow [starts 49:16]

This is the latest single from the mysterious Mancunian outfit NO CEREMONY/// - whose identity has baffled even The Guardian's New Band Of The Day blog. It's currently available as a free download from their website and has an official release date of a week today - Monday 19th November 2012. We can't tell you any more than that.

5TEVEEBEE - Sophomore Kiss [starts 53:57]

The project of Steve Brady in Portsmouth. "Used to be in a couple of bands, playing hardcore punk, 60's covers, and acoustic rock originals, and while waiting to decide whether to go through the rigmarole of finding new band mates etc, I got a copy of Ableton Live, some samples, an MPK Mini, with the aim to create music I'd want to listen to myself, and fingers crossed a few others would too!" Steve's plan seems to be working just fine, so far :-)