My guest mixer this week is Gavin Watts

Gavin is one half of the duo (along with Steve) that is responsible for the We Are The Fall podcast, which I appeared on recently.

He is also a musician in his own right: his Bandcamp page is here.

He and Steve do a great 'deep dive' job with The Fall on their podcast, and his enthusiasm makes him a pleasure to talk to - a top notch guest.

It's about time we had a Fall-related  playlist...

I recorded this in a hotel room in Future Inn, Cardiff Bay, the same place where I recorded my interview with Gavin Watts for his We Are The Fall podcast (who will be the guest mixer on next week's episode).

It was a very good day: a pleasant journey in the sunshine, accompanied by a playlist of perfect length, and an excellent curry at one of my regular haunts, Zaika.

It's a selection of Fall and Fall-related tracks that I had a lot of fun putting together - I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed compiling it.

My guest mixer this week is Ian Grice aka Gricey aka Iggy.

Known to the good folk of the Wedding Present Forum as Iggy, to the rest of the world he's Gricey. A primary school teacher for 32(!) years, he and I first met and bonded when I was working in the secondary school down the road. One of the joys of doing this podcast has been catching up with some old friends that I haven't spoken to for far too long, and this was a prime example...

My guest mixer this week is David Quantick

Music journalist, novelist and comedy writer whose credits include Harry Hill’s TV Burp, On The Hour/The Day Today, Mitchell & Webb and Smack The Pony, he has even won an Emmy in 2015 for his writing for Armando Iannucci’s political satire Veep.

Another  guest mixer, but this time one submitted via email...

'Caped Hector' is - like Eric (ep004) and Richard (ep005) a regular contributor to the Fall Online Forum. He is, I think it's fair to say, one of the more eccentric members, seemingly obsessed with women wearing capes, whelks and Slade. 

He sent me his mix via email, describing himself as a 'retired crime-fighter.' I do know his real name, but he asked that, 'in the interests of national security please don't reveal my secret identity to anyone.'

Hector seems to have been under the impression that he was appearing on Desert Island Discs, and sent me his chosen book and luxury item as well as his ten songs...

My guest this week is Neil Syme.

Neil is another acquaintance made via the Fall Online Forum, where he goes by the name 'Cactus' (for, as we discover, for no particular reason).

My guest this week is Sally Hamilton.

Like Gavin Morgan, my guest on Steve's Mix Tapes #003, I originally know Sally from the Wedding Present forum - and if you were paying attention to that episode, you might have worked out that she is Gavin's better half!

Sally has worked in education and publishing and is currently doing a PhD in English Literature. As well as 'alternative music culture', she lists her interests as First World War literature and art, hauntology, psychogeography, Gothic and the uncanny and dystopian literature - so I was all geared up for a highly intellectual discussion...

My guest this week is author and music journalist JR Moores.

John is the author of Electric Wizards: A Tapestry of Heavy Music, 1968 to the Present and Off the Ground: Paul McCartney in the 1990s, both of which are excellent books (and I'm not just saying that because my name appears in the former!)

He also writes the psych-rock column Columnfortably Numb for the Quietus, and he has also written for Record Collector, The Wire and The Guardian.

We knew already that we have a very healthy musical Venn diagram intersection, so it was no surprise that his mix was right up my street...

My guest this week is none other than founder member of The Fall Martin Bramah.

Martin very kindly took some time out from preparing for House Of All's upcoming tour to share and talk about a mix he put together for me.

Amongst other highlights, he used the word 'sexy' more often than I'd anticipated...

After a run of excellent guests, I'm taking back control of the compiling for this episode...

Although she was very positive about my first episode, it was pointed out to me by Joanna Burnett (a fellow member of the Wedding Present forum) that mix #001 was 'a bit male' - and she does have a point. And when I looked at my planned tracklist for mix #006, it was another set of male artists.

Therefore, I have revised my choices and come up with a mix that features some of my favourite female artists. If you reckon that that makes me a woke snowflake, then I'm proud to be so 😝

Also: thus far, the guest editors have stayed faithful to the default order of the categories; this time, I've tweaked it a little for the flow of the mix.