WE FORFEIT :: Radio Relativa #43 — Top tracks of 2023

 2024 is well underway. Nevertheless, We Forfeit returns to one of their many, many traditions; their favorite records of 2023!

We Forfeit’s top tracks of 2023

WE FORFEIT · Radio Relativa #43 – Top Tracks of 2023

2024 is well underway. Nevertheless, we return to one of our many many traditions; our favorite records of 2023! The releases that improved our life, the gold of 2023. Styles, as ever, are far and wide. Acid. Braindance. Electro. House. Italo. Techno. Synthwave. It’s been a busy year and the quality is as high as ever for this all vinyl selection. Tracks from across the globe with Analogical Force, Bordello a Parigi, Ernest’s Way, Frigio, Gated, To Pikap and loads more in the mix.

As always, thanks so much to our listeners, to Radio Relativa, our guests, and Igloo!

Tracklist ::
Kreggo :: Smalltown Girl (Nottetempo)
Bronski Beat :: Smalltown Boy (Warner)
Lords of the Future :: Nothing Lasts Forever (Bordello A Parigi)
Elfenberg:: Sphere of Missing Out :: (Bordello A Parigi)
Lauer :: Frizzante (Bordello A Parigi)
Schneebezen :: Can’t Remain A Friend (Dance Version) (Mecanica)
Cinema 90 :: In Ultra-Violet (Mecanica)
Neud Photo :: Spark Knock (Frigio)
Eye BM :: Eye BM 2 (Slow Motion)
As One :: Descent Module (De:tuned)
As One :: Goodbye Mr Schülz (De:tuned)
Featherstone :: Contact (Ernest’s Way)
Manasyt :: Lothar Schramm (Lunatic Rec.)  
Featherstone :: Arrival (Ernest’s Way)
Somoah :: Illumination (Malmo Traxx)
Francois Dillinger :: Agitated Particles (Gladio Operations)
Unknown Artist :: Functional (Analogical Force)
Poladroid :: Codex (Science Cult)
Generali Minerali :: Batteries Aren’t Low (RFR)
Dj Tsoug :: Broken Dreams (To Pikap)
Klangklang :: To Tell You He Truth I Lied (Withhold)  
Dipshim :: Mälmo Midi (Gated)
Body Power :: Nothing (ZYX Music)

WE FORFEIT :: Radio Relativa #42 — 7″s from Salvation

 A show that’s been in the making for well over two decades, two hours dedicated to the most minute of the vinyl formats: seven inches! Robbie goes deep digging into the seven-inch shoebox and comes up with a glut of gold from far and wide.

Deep digging into the seven-inch shoebox

Ashow that’s been in the making for well over two decades, two hours dedicated to the most minute of the vinyl formats: seven inches! Robbie goes deep digging into the seven-inch shoebox and comes up with a glut of gold from far and wide. We get started in and around the year 2000, and revisit the turn of the millennium throughout this episode. The perverse world of V/Vm gets the platter spinning, the lager and fag ash stained “Rompford Rap” followed by some proper blip hop from Kid606 before Planet Mu sevens from Venetian Snares and o9.

Softer tones abound in this show with warm clicks and gentle electronics from Isan and Geiom. In a similar vein, Lowfish and the superb Skanfrom are well represented with some quality tracks from imprints like A.D.S.R. and Awkward Silence.

Heavier electro offerings arrive care of The Exaltics and The Suiciders. Much of this transmission is dedicated to a favorite genre of the seven inch format, synthwave. Gems from labels like Anna Logue, Genetic Music and Kernkrach shine with well crafted works of tear jerker machine pop. Never ones to shy away from some Italo Disco, Fake and Transport both feature for some mid 80s joy. The close is a shout out to our good pal Mark and a favorite of his from Nervous Assistant on Blind Prophet.

WE FORFEIT · Radio Relativa #42 – 7"s from Salvation

Thirty 7”s to enjoy ::
V/Vm :: The Romford Rap (Hareward The Wake Mix) (V/Vm Test Records)
Kid606 :: Straight Outta Compton (V/Vm Test Records)
Venetian Snares :: (Planet Mu)
o9 :: No Delay for Days (Planet Mu)
Isan :: Hugs Now No Kisses (Hugo’s Sleep Time) (Static Caravan)
Geiom :: Blanket (City Centre Offices)
The Exaltics :: Simple Answers (Solar One Music)
The Suiciders :: Sex Mask (X0X)
Nachtliche :: Fullmoon (Cytown)
Death Domain :: Ethidium Bromide (Dark Entries)
Beograd :: T.V. (Anna Logue)
Umrijeti Za Strojem :: Strana A (Genetic Music)
Südeten Creche :: Wound (Anna Logue)
Bloodygrave & Die Lust! :: Rattengift (Hertz-Schrittmacher)
Gertrud Stein :: Blümchen (Hertz-Schrittmacher)
Arnaud Lazlaud :: Le Malade Roi (Hertz-Schrittmacher)
ADULT. :: Modern Romantics (Ersatz Audio)
Lowfish :: Subs In The St. Lawrence (A.D.S.R)
Lowfish :: The Superuser (Awkward Silence)
Skanfrom :: Fragment (A.D.S.R)
Skanfrom :: Cashier (A.D.S.R)
Bakterielle Infektion :: My Life’s Unreal (Multi National Disaster)
Abfarht Hinwil :: The Light (Expanding)
Abfarht Hinwil :: Radio Wellen (Toytronic)
Legowelt :: Berlin Ostbahnhof (Eat This)
Le Syndicat Electronique :: The Builders (Beta Bodega, Mass Transit)
Fake :: Brick (Passion) (CBS)
Transport :: Emotions (No More Pop)
Roger Van Lunteren :: Suspect (Heimelektro Ulm)
Nervous Assistant :: There Ain’t No God in the Sky (Blind Prophet)

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