guest session
10.30.25
Telepathic Fish was a series of ambient parties held in South London, UK in the early 90s by a group of four housemates that then spread outwards into the capital and beyond. Alongside Mixmaster Morris and Matt Black (Coldcut) they helped pioneer ambient ‘clubbing’ with DJs, VJs and decorated venues, making the chill out room the main event.
A new compilation on the Fundamental Frequencies label, ‘Telepathic Fish: Trawling the Early 90s Ambient Underground’, showcases some of the sounds from this era, wrapped in a sumptuous package illustrating the story and the people who made it happen.
DJ Food:
Strictly Kev (DJ Food, one of the original Telepathic Fish crew) and Doug Shipton (Fundamental Frequencies label owner) pay homage to the genre in this two hour set. Kev’s set is based on mostly new sounds from current releases whilst Doug’s harks back to the 90s and further into new age and Kosmische territory.
Doug Shipton:
Renowned record hound, LP compiler, international DJ, co-founder of accidental world music label Finders Keepers Records and owner of Fundamental Frequencies, South London rare-disc-detective Doug Shipton divides his time not only in unearthing schizoid channel-hopping artefacts from the alternate annals of pop history but also lesser-spotted, sought-after and unreleased choice cuts of jungle, acid, ambient, techno, hardcore, breakbeat (and the galaxy of genres scattered in-between) that helped shape and in some cases bridge the scenes.
Tracklist:
FLOAT IVSTRICTLY KEV MIX Patrick Carpenter – Santosha (Bandcamp) Space Drum Meditation – Yarra (Space Drum Meditation) Lo Five – Unbecoming You (Castles In Space) Paul Cousins – Blueprint (Castles In Space) Advisory Circle – Gog (Cafe Kaput) Listening Centre – The Death of Group D Meter (Castles In Space) Loula Yorke – I Felt A Melting In Me (Castles In Space Subscription Library) Dub Squad – Blown Fruit (Music From Memory) Multicast Dynamics & Sid Hille – Metamorphosis – Part 1.1 (Astral Engineering) Eurythmics – This City Never Sleeps (acappella) (RCA) John Lennon – Space (Mind Games Meditation Mix Binaural ∿Theta Waves∿ 8Hz) (Universal) Klaus Back & Tini Beier – Interferences (Buried Treasure) Kosmologic Research Society – Rift (Confused Machines) Multicast Dynamics & Sid Hille – Metamorphosis – Part 1.2 (Astral Engineering) Spooky – Orange Coloured Liquid (Test Pressing) Dream 2 Science – My Love Turns 2 Liquid (acappella) (Confusion Records) Multicast Dynamics & Sid Hille – Metamorphosis – Part 1.3 (Astral Engineering) LF58 – Radials Part 1 (Astral Engineering)
DOUG SHIPTON MIX Reload – The Enlightenment (Infonet) Christ. – Arctica (Benbecula) Biosphere – Decryption (Apollo) William Orbit – Silent Signals (I.R.S.) Kat Epple & Bob Stohl – Spiritus Sanctus (Dead Cert) Global Communication – 14.31 (Dedicated) Some Other People – Relativity (Infinite Mass) Black Dog – Raxmus (Warp) Ami Shavit – Alpha 3 (Amis) Gescom – Cicaca (Skam) Emerald Web – Ice Caves (Stargate) Bola – Aguilla (Skam) Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Providence (Constellation) Essential Chrome – Mika (Wide Area Network) Deuter – Ecstasy (Kuckuck)
