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March 26, 2016 Radio1000BC presents Black Boxsss #36. The Milquetoast.
BB36. The Milquetoast by Simon Saint-Simon for Radio1000bc Designed and composed by Simon Saint-Simon Sounds: The honest truth this time? You want gleam in the gloam? My child I am old and no less difficult than I was as a youth. If you must know I was cleaning up the old lighthouse at Milson’s point, bequeathed to me by the Macquarie family before the second world war (if you didnt know). I found myself one evening in the bulb of said house. There is a rudimentary office in an ingress to the side of the spinning torch, which gives the helmet of the building it's peculiar shape. That night i was picking through the old letters, records and tapes i had stored up there and I was overcome (as much as an autistic little serpent may be) by a crushing sense of both nostalgia and the undone. The achingly beautiful emptiness of this malaise led me to abort the glans of the tower and pace the circular track of the room, in desperate absolution, and then, at its height, it pinned me to the leaded pericarp of the inverted globe itself. The light swung by again and again like the eye of a mentally disabled cyclops trying to peer into my heart or butthole (dependent on the gain of my weep), yet lacking the concentration to get beyond my own carapace. So stuck, surface layer to surface layer, like warm child skin on the burning hot leatherette of mother's old DAF, I stayed, staring out beyond the harbour and the headland into the bright gloom of the warm, depthless Pacific...1 Gigi Masin - The Word Love 2 Fennesz - Glass Ceiling 3 Population One - Musical promises 4 Clark - Strength Through Fragility 5 Black Light Smoke - Firefly 6 Arca - Zen 7 Caribou - Mars (Head High’s Core Remix) 8 Paul Johnson - Give Me Ecstasy 9 Steve Poindexter - Computer Madness 10 Hieroglyphic Being - How Wet Is Yr Box 11 Vereker - Flesh and Blood 12 Aleister Crowley - The Poet 13 KMFH - Dr. Crunch 14 Tirzah - I’m Not Dancing 14 Luke Abbott - White Box 15 Lee Gamble - Jove Layup 16 Falty DL - Dos Gardenias 17 Etienne Jaunet - Metallik Cages (Acid Arab Remix) 18 Mykki Blanco - For the Homies 19 The Stooges - TV Eye 20 Ornette Coleman - Science Fiction 21 Ornette Coleman - Times Square 22 The Ecstasy Of Saint Theresa - Surfing On Steam (Band du Lunar mix by Bandulu) 23 Sanctified - Rick Ross, Kanye West and Big Sean (Brenmar remix) 24 Michel Cleis & Klement Bonelli Feat. Martin Wilson - Marvinello 25 KMFH - Crushed 26 GQ - Lies (Theo Parrish edit) 27 Call Super - Sulu Sekou 28 Waze & Odyssey - Bump ’n’ Grind (Special Request Remix) 29 The Kop Choir - Enough is Enough
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June 13, 2015 Radio1000BC presents Black Boxsss #35. Deathchance (innamillion)
BB35. Deathchance(innamillion) by Simon Saint-Simon for Radio1000bc Designed and composed by Simon Saint-Simon Sounds: Fatima Al Qadiri - Hydra Flowdan - Ambush Tink – Kardashian Gucci Mane (feat. Chief keef) – Top in the Trash Travis Porter – Do A Trick (Suicideyear remix) Seahawks – Visions of Green Mathematiques Modernes – Disco Rough (Long Version) Chicago Underground Duo – January 15th Zut Zut feat. Lao – Momentos de xtc (cypher remix) Danny Weed – Creeper (murlo refix) Anthony B – Party Hard Land of Giants – Cannibal Dolls Spooky – Baby (Mista Men Remix) A$AP Ferg feat. Shabba Ranks, Busta Rhymes and Migos - Shabba (rmx) (dirty) End of Data – Dans Votre Monde Bookworms – African Rhythms Fennesz – Grey Scale Eddie C – O Ye Omar-S – Leave Minoru Muraoka - The Positive and the Negative Trackman Lafonte & Bonquiqui – Pacific House Marcos Cabral – Dancing on Manhattan Cute Heels – Watch The Neon Todd Terje – Swing Star (Part 2) Africaine 808 – Lagos, New York Moodymann – Got 2 Make It
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April 04, 2014 Radio1000BC presents Black Box 23. Wet Jam
BB23. Wet Jam by Simon Saint-Simon for Radio1000bc Designed and composed by Simon Saint-Simon Sounds: William Onyeabor / Everyday DJ Stingray / Assassin Four Tet / KoolFM (Container Remix) Anthony Naples / Moscato B Sky Ferreira / Boys Ron Morelli / Radar Version Floating Points / Vacuum Boogie Hot City x Lol Boys / Hot Boys Ritzi Lee / Detect Signal David Bowie / Love is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy for the DFA) Vakula / For Juju and Jordash Torn Hawk / Born To Win (Life After Ghostbusters)
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June 27, 2012 Black Box 22. The Gelding Of the Lily.

BB22. The Gelding of the Lily by Simon Saint-Simon

Designed and composed by Simon Saint-Simon

Peni-ultimato. The beginning of the end. Second to last of the interstellar mohawks. Enjoy before the impending instruction to leave earth, surfing the solar slagheap on an endless cosmic vacation...aww \/\/hatever! just bang up & slay the shits.

Sounds:

01 Bandulu - Revelation
02 Peter Dundov - Distant Shores
03 The KLF - Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard
04 D'Eon - Prochaine Station
05 Glass Candy - Warm in the Winter
06 Lou Reed - Real Good Time Together
07 Machinedrum - Come 1
08 Tiger & Woods - Gin Nation

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April 05, 2012 Black Box 21 :: Numéro Deux (part deux!)

BB21 :: Numero Deux (Part Deux!) by Simon Saint-Simon

Designed and composed by Simon Saint-Simon
The abyss is alive with perversity and inflammation!
Sounds:

Fasti II
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01 You Lost Your Neon Haze - Altar Eagle
02 Sunday - Echo Lake
03 I Was A Prisoner In Your Skull - Swans
04 Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica
05 Thrusty Bob's Hardcore Lounge - Miranda Sex Garden
06 Discipline - Throbbing Gristle
07 Surface - Pure X
08 Purple Splashz - Actress
09 Dr. Seuss - James Ferraro
10 Conjoined - Demdike Stare
11 Boggy Creek - Bourbonese Qualk
12 Congo - Peter Gordon and the LOLO
13 A Walk - Belong
14 See Birds - Balam Acab
15 In Violet (Salem Remix) - Health

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January 15, 2012 Black Box 20 :: Numéro Deux

Designed and composed by Simon Saint-Simon
'Posse' by Brothers Bear Arms and their groopies.
Simon Saint-Simon and pals are accompanied by the self-styled executioners of 'guilt-edge' pre-hardcore Brothers Bear Arms for a rambunctious re-live of TwentyLeven. Hold on to your twats! It's going to be a zany, zip open funride to Gagtown!
Sounds:

Fasti I
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01 Yonkers - Tyler The Creator
02 Where Did The Night Go - Gil Scott Heron
03 Infinity - Jesu
04 Omens And Portents: The Driver - Earth
05 Infinity - Jesu
06 Hoylake Mist - Forest Swords
07 Dancing Gods - Silver Apples
08 In Khartoum - Men's Recovery Project
09 Good Morning Story - Holgar Czukay
10 Showstopper - Gonjasufi
11 Showstopper - Magic Latern
12 You Lost Your Neon Haze - Altar Eagle

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August 07, 2011 Black Box 19 :: Efil4Onket

BB19 :: Efil4Onket by Simon Saint-Simon
Efil4Onket
Designed and composed by Simon Saint-Simon
C Ya Simon Pukey

It is with deep regret and sadness that we must confirm to the listenership the departure from The Ark of Simon Clifford Pukey. Not only was he the chief engineer of Black Box and an expert in his field but he was also a dear friend.

Not citing ill health as a reason he referred to a desire to pursue more pure and consistent political and philosophical aims with his group Brothers Bear Arms. With this in mind Simon has issued the following statement (referenced in part below) on his Facebook account

'I hereby recognise myself as a sovereign state and here forth remove myself from the digital media light district, severing all ties forthwith. Like all organic creatures I find repose in shadows. I find myself an auratic, autonomous and uncommodifiable individual and refuse any longer to support exploitative frameworks in exchange for vicarious identity & second hand love. Safe voyage my brothers and sisters. The night is long but i will be at your shoulder always. Dont forget.'

This is my musical farewell (i only know how to party not how to grieve) at a loss of a dear brother as relevant as Ersnt, Mayakovsky, Bakunin, Cendrars, Kerouac, Levan, Alkan, Fellini, Prince and every other anarcho-disco legend not mentioned.

Sounds:
01 Loose Joints - Is It All Over My Face
02 Bobby Konders - Nervous Acid
03 DJ Hell ft. Bryan Ferry - You Can Dance (Carl Craig Remix v.2)
04 Errorsmith and Fiedel - Nous Sommes (MMM Original Mix)
05 Mattias Aguayo - Walter Neff
06 Sandwell District - Silent Servant (Regis edit)
07 Casioware, Chip E and the OGs - I Wanna See You Freak (Like Dis)
08 Allez Allez - Allez Allez (Lindstromm and Prins Thomas Mix)
09 Fresh - Dum Dum Part 2
10 CLS - Can you Feel It
11 Anthony 'Shake' Shakir - The Floor Filler
12 Tensnake - Keep Believin'
13 Hercules and Love Affair - My House
14 Motor City Drum Ensemble - Shine On (Warehouse Dub)
15 Anthony 'Shake' Shakir - Plugged In
16 Rick Wilhite - Drum Pattern and Memory (MM mix)

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December 28, 2010 Black Box 18 :: Annual Report 2010 (Part Un)

Annual Report 2010 Part Un
Illustrated by Milla Galea

Composed by Simon Saint-Simon
On a wintry and treacherous December 17 2010 Simon Saint-Simon was joined by Harrison Prickles in the overtly comfortable, air-conditioned halls of the Heyward Gallery, South Bank, London. Here in front of a partially live audience they met to discuss the years highlights thus far. However neither expected the dead air that ensued to result in their incarceration. A breif relaxation of the ancient sphinctal libel laws means that a show that was quickly banned can now have the first putrescent corpse of its visi-gogging aired here today now. FREE THE RACECASTE 2!!
Sounds:
(Intro) Daphne Oram - Power Tools

Forest Swords - Rattling Cage
Gil Scott Heron - I came from a broken home
Oneohetrix Point Never - Betrayed in the Octagon
Organ Freeman - Laura Jones
The Good, The Bad and The Queen - Herculean
Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band - Electricity

(Beds) Stan Getz - I remember When

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December 27, 2010 Black Box 17 :: Swallows' Pit

Swallows' Pit
Illustrated by Milla Galea

Composed by Simon Saint-Simon
3/3 recorded live at Westminster Road Necropolis. Twilight has fallen upon the terminal dawn and no day to speak of lies crooked between atrium panes. Feathers have been spilled upon lost marble flooring but before these petrifications, a lively August swaying brought to fruit the globular and monal last spits of Simonhain which was accompanied, as is the tradition, by the bearing aloft of chairs, arms and other instruments of love.

This year the females and males played in honour of Dickie Hyde who came northwards to suprise himself square within the pyramid, laid-bare as he was with gauntlets and down-laden with dumb number.
Sounds:
01 Fuck Buttons - Surf Solar
02 Coil - The Snow
03 Sorcerer - Surfing At Midnight (Prins Thomas Miks)
04 LCD Soundsystem - Bye Bye Bayou
05 Moodymann - It's 2 Late 4 U and Me
06 Nosaj Thing - Heart Entire
07 John Robie - Vena Cava
08 Pacific and Loverman - From Outer Space (Moxie edits John Cooper Clarke)
09 Omar feat. Stevie Wonder - I'm Feeling You (Henrik Schwarz Remix)
10 Rocha - Hands of Love
11 Phenomenal Handclap Band - You'll Disappear (Horse Meat Disco Remix)
12 Phoreski - Slow Me Down
13 Professor Genius - Night Games
14 Subway - DBO
15 Holy Fuck - SHT MTN
16 Wire - Three Girl Rumba

'Now summer's tumult through sweet clover has been clasped to the hold I ask you, sizzled brethren, to drop your rates, break water, cease your faring and bubble up sotto voce to just touch Saturn's ring of hearts'.

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November 07, 2010 Black Box 16 :: L'Eternel

Illustrated by Milla Galea

Composed by Simon Saint-Simon
2/3 recorded LIVE at the Frog and Nightmare, as part of Chester's 'Simonhain' festivities celebrating the end of summer, the dead and the return home of a heavily corrupt and compromised political careerist who cares not a jot about the Wales he isn't from.

Local bumfunsters 'What Do You Do?' egg-on Simon to loosen the swelling gourd of his glans into the divinely unbalanced ampola of bass bin and tweeter and then leer in character at the salivating throng as they lasciviously ululate at the trough. In a heavy trance this is the midpoint of the rite.
Sounds:
01 Justin Vandervolgen - Better Middlands
02 Village People - Fire Island (Horse Meat Disco edit)
03 Everything Everything - Suffragette Suffragette
04 Eyeko Syko - Loverde (Horse Meat Disco 'Eyeko Dyko' edit)
05 Mindless Boogie - Hot Boogie
06 Wu-Tang Clan - Rush
07 Mobb Deep - Shook Ones Pt.II
08 Whitesnake - Still of the Night
09 Todd Rundgren - International Feel
10 Massive Attack - Paradise Circus (Gui Boratto remix)
11 The Crystal Ark - The City Never Sleeps
12 Charlotte Gainsbourg - The Operation (Superpitcher Remix)
13 Ron Hardy - Sensation
14 Ministry - I Wanted To Tell her (Naum Gaubo edit)
15 Moxie - Use Me John
16 C2C4 (Carl Craig) - Specimen 2 (Talking Heads) (Moxie)
17 Radiohead - Reckoner (Nosaj Thing remix)
18 Fuck Buttons - Surf Solar

'...And as the universe was spat out circular, with no legs or feet, so it was St.Simon who tore asunder the annular muscle, passed through the mirror and man-made the mortals dance, in the image of the Olympian gods'.

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