Animal Collective Broadcast Second Transmission

Animal Collective promised DIY something ‘harmonious with the vibe of the album, just really fun’ when we spoke to them a while back, and you can’t get more original than the band’s 4 week radio station Centipede Hz, which goes out at 2am (GMT) every Sunday until the album’s release.

Titled after the forthcoming album, due 3rd of September, the station is hosted by a different band member each time. Last week saw Panda Bear unveil ‘Today’s Supernatural’, the first preview from ‘Centipede Hz’; this week was the turn of newly returned member Deakin. Spinning everything from Micachu & the Shapes to our new personal favourite ‘Orgullo’ by Las Grecas, Deakin (along with a little help from Turquoise Wisdom, DoodCast and Pantha Du Prince) delved even deeper into the world of psychedelic music.

There were sadly no new cuts from the album this time round, but Deakin and Co. produced an entertaining and diverse sound collage. Far from being a silly promotional gimmick, Centipede Hz. is well worth a listen - you can catch up using an embeddable on-demand player, or stream the show in the following 24 hours on the website

If you fancy having a go at some late night pirate radio yourself, the ‘You Mix’ section of the website gives further details. The band even provide a downloadable package of space-age sounds to help you get started. As part of ‘The Creators Project’, Animal Collective are keen to get people making mixes, with their favourite shows winning test press vinyls of ‘Centipede Hz.’

The tracklisting for Transmission 2 is as follows:

Deakin

1. Conrad Schnitzler – “M5-477” – Consequenz
2. DJ RASHAD – “Drop Juke Out”
3. George Harrison – “On the Bed” – Wonderwall Music
4. Francois de Roubaix – “Chapi Chapo” – Pinwheel
5. Broadcast & the Focus Group – “Excerpt from side 1” – Broadcast and the Focus Group investigate…
6. Owombo Wa Agola – “Ahenda” – Bellyacher, Listen (songs from East Africa, 1938-46)
7. Traxman – “Lifeeeee is for Ever” – Da Mind of Traxman
8. Unknown Tuareg woman – “Berceuse, Bell’Ilba” – Voices of the World (Anthology of Vocal Expression)
9. Hikmet Gunsel – “Kucuk Gemi” – Cocuklarimiz Icin Sarkilar, Turkuler
10. Hype Williams – “Track 8 Side 1” – Ebony + Count Ossie – Poem (side 2) – Grounation/The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari
11. Silver Apples – “Lovefingers” – Silver Apples
12. Micachu & the Shapes – “OK” – Nothing
13. Australian – “B) Partie Vocale” – Voices of the World (Anthology of Vocal Expression)
14. Electric Prunes – “I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night” – s/t
15. Irmin Schmidt – “Im Tempel” – Kamasutra Soundtrack
16. Amps for Christ – “6sn7 Pipes” – Beggars Garden
17. Ariesta Birawa Group – “Kr Bunga Nusa Indah” – Vol. 1
18. Broadcast & the Focus Group – “I See, So I See So” – Investigate Whitch Cults of the Radio Age
19. Spectrum – “I Know They Say” – Highs, Lows and Heavenly Blows
20. Aphrodite’s Child – “Loud Loud Loud” – 666
21. Monoton – “Hz Waltz” – Monotonprodukt7

Turquoise Wisdom

1. Opening sound collage containing elements from: Daphne Oram, Voyager Golden Record, “F for Fake”, and the “Walkabout” score by John Barry.
2. Codek – “Tim Toum”
3. This Heat – “Sleep” – Deceit
4. J Dilla – ‘Nothing like this – Ruff Draft
5. Steve Reich – “Come Out” – Early Works
6. Daphni – “Ne Noya” – 12’ – Jiaolong
7. Can – “Vitamin C” – Ege Bamyasi
8. Michael Rother – “KM8” – Katzenmusik
9. Robert Wyatt – “Fragment” – Comicopera
10. Alice Coltrane – “Going Home” – Lord of Lords
11. Spectrum – “Indian Summer” – 45

DoodCast

1. Nikos Xydakis, E. Arvanitaki – “Tha Valo Sto Mantili Sou”
2. Gift – “Bad Vibration”
3. Groundhogs – “Body Talk”
4. Las Grecas – “Orgullo”
5. Ofege – “Ofege In Concert”
6. Neil Michael Hagerty – “Whiplash In Park”
7. Fikret Kizilok – “Koyverdin Gittin Beni”
8. Thin Lizzy – “Sha-La-La”

Pantha Du Prince

1. [Unknown]
2. Sun Ra – “There are other worlds they have not told you of”
3. United States of America – “Cloud Song”
4. Poppol Vuh – “Dream”
5. Bach – “H Moll Messe”
6. Terry Riley – “In the summer”
7. Sing Swan Song – “Can”
8. Glühen 4 – “Klarseen”
9. Ursprung – “Mummenschanz”
10. Kraftwerk – “Vom Himmel Hoch”