Every week Signal Committee present an Eclectic Picks playlist. All tracks are selected from the full inbox of 200 tracks that are submitted each week to Fresh On The Net. This week all the credit goes to our special guest curator, Esslemont.
WHAT DO WE LOOK FOR?
Our playlists are orientated to the alternative music fan. Lyrics are not essential, abstract ideas are embraced and the fusing of different genres is encouraged. If you used to write band names on your pencil case at school, you’ll probably like our playlists.
INTRODUCING ESSLEMONT
Original Music & the Occasional Short Story… Esslemont has featured in the Eclectic Picks no less than 4 times with: Feathers, No Photographs of Me Exist, Brown Suits & Pale Blue Shirts & That Sky Was White, This Night Is Red… and two of those tracks also made the Fresh Faves. Cool artwork. Cool soundscapes. What’s not to like about Esslemont?
ARTISTS SELECTED THIS WEEK
- BAD’M D – Ghost Machina
- LUNAR BIRD – Firestorm
- MULELE MATONDO AFRIKA – Kinshasa Kiesa
- GECKOSEXSATELLITE – Yellow Jacket
- BALDERDASCH – Curtains
- FRITCH – Colour Running Away
- ARPRAXIS – Dreaming in Sine Waves
- JASON POTTER – Vulva
- ST3V3L33 – Firesong
- THE FADES – Off the Record
A FEW WORDS FROM ESSLEMONT
Good day to you, I’m Rob and it’s an absolute delight to be invited here to curate my personal favourite & Eclectic picks. With little surprises around every corner, a little chaos & intrigue is what we crave. This collection features relentless grooves & thumping bass lines, dramatic drones bellowing from the depths, experimental spoken word simply refusing to be tamed and lastly, the glittering guitars & synths drenched in the backdrop of 80s nostalgia. I’ve tremendously enjoyed witling this down to ten tracks, but my turn is now over – I now gleefully pass this over to you.
STEP 1 – LISTEN
Listen to this weeks Eclectic Picks playlist using your weapon of choice below:
After 7 days, the playlist will be updated with the next batch, and this week’s picks will be added to the 2023 playlists below.
STEP 2 – SPREAD THE WORD
Do you ever think, or hear people say, “there’s no good music any more”? Maybe they aren’t looking in the right places. Prove them wrong:
- Subscribe to the playlist
- Listen in each week
- Tell your friends
- Shout on social media
The more people listen to this playlist, the more exposure unsigned artists receive. So spread the word!
STEP 3 – MUSIC VIDEOS?
Music is great. Music videos are better. Keep the momentum going, send any music videos our way and, if we’re in a good mood, we’ll add the best ones to our music video playlist here.
ARCHIVE PLAYLISTS
The playlists above are updated weekly, then added to the playlists below:
2023 Playlist: Soundcloud | Spotify
2022 Playlist – Soundcloud | Spotify
2021 Playlist – Soundcloud | Spotify
2020 Playlist – Soundcloud | Spotify
RADIO OPPORTUNITIES
We all have ambitions to get on national radio, but in the meantime there are loads of great, independent radio stations that are always looking for new music of the alternative variety. They offer no promises, but the following hosts tell me they that, if you made this list, they’d like you to get in touch to be considered for their show:
- Joe Figueira of North Manchester FM, apply with MP3, short bio & twitter handle by e-mail to joefigueira@yahoo.co.uk)
- Del Osei-Owusu, aka Platinum Mind and fellow FOTN moderator, is happy to consider submissions for the Songbird Sessions, a 1 hour show for The Songbird HQ on Islington Radio. Just email Del with a bio and MP3 to del.owusu@gmail.com
- Neil March, Trust The Doc Radio Show (5PM BST, Exile FM). Submissions to dptmusicdigital@gmail.com.
If you are are radio presenter/DJ looking for someone to do all the hard work for you in filtering out the more alternative tunes hitting the FOTN inbox each, week, just give Signal Committee a shout!
