Date: 23/06/2014
01. Forest Swords – Gathering
02. Ex-Easter Island Head – Mallet Guitars Two
03. David Borden – Enfield In Winter
04. Fatima Al Qadiri - Szechuan
05. Phil France – The Swimmer
06. Wild Beasts – Pregnant Pause
07. Vatican Shadow – Encryption Nets
08. Hercules and Love Affair ft John Grant – I Try To Talk To You
09. August Alsina – I Luv This Shit ft Trinidad James
10. Jeremih – Raindrops
11. Travi$ Scott – Upper Echelon ft T.I & 2Chainz
12. Ben Frost – Secant
13. Adrian Sherwood – Starship Bahia
14. Frida – I See Red
15. Peaking Lights – LO HI
16. Love Joys – Stranger
17. Susan Cadogan – Nice and Easy
18. Janet Jackson – Love Will Never Do (Without You)
19. Jade – Don’t Walk Away
20. copeland – Advice To Young Girls
21. Neneh Cherry – Blank Project
22. Dutch E Germ – Rani
23. Actress – Time
24. Muslimgauze – Every Grain of Palestinian Sand
25. Sd Laika – Meshes
26. Boothroyd – NYC
27. Raime – The Last Foundry
28. Unknown – Thor’s Stone No Love (Forest Swords ft MC Ride)
29. Richard Skelton – River Song
30. Steindór Andersen – Stephansson: Rammislagur
The main project of Matthew Barnes, we’ve been after a Forest Swords FACT mix for some time: in fact, we first asked after his first album Dagger Paths, a mesmerising blend of doom metal, Ennio Morricone and r’n'b, claimed the #1 spot on FACT’s best albums of 2011. The years since Dagger Paths have seen Forest Swords become a part of the Tri Angle stable, releasing his second album for the label Engravings, while also collaborating with How to Dress Well, Otto Baerst and more.
If you’ve followed Forest Swords’ music then the content of his FACT mix won’t surprise you: across one hour at 45 minutes, he reiterates his love for hip-hop and r’n'b (Jeremih, Travi$ Scott, Janet Jackson), gloomy long-form compositions (Muslimgauze, Raime) and, well, just good music (Hercules & Love Affair is a particularly fun curveball). Tri Angle stans can also rejoice: tucked away at the end you’ll find a track by the label’s new signing Boothroyd.
Forest Swords in the mix – it was worth the wait.
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