On this installment, we focus in on the work of the London-based label, ALTER. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the label that is run by Luke Younger, who is an active musician and sound artist, perhaps best known for his solo output under the name Helm and before that in the duo Birds of Delay. With ALTER, he has amassed an impressive back catalog over the past decade that skirts across quite a range of genres while retaining a certain rough hewn, post-industrial or post-punk edge to each release. I had a chance to speak with Luke this past week about his time running ALTER and some of the considerations that go into operating the label. We also discussed his own solo music as Helm and what it has been like to be creative during this period of lockdown and uncertainty. You’ll hear that interview throughout the show, along with a number of tracks from the ALTER catalog, including some new and forthcoming material. I hope you enjoy this new episode. Feel free to get in touch if you have any comments or questions. As always, thanks for looking and listening.
- ~Introductory Music: Helm “Saturnalia II” (excerpt)
- Hieroglyphic Being “The Electronic Belt” The Electronic Belt (ALT09)
- ÈLG “Pol Culte” Mil Pluton (ALT06)
- Liberez “Moved To Quell” The Letter (ALT05)
- ~Interview segment with Luke Younger~
- Anna Peaker “Helicidae” ALERT! (ALT50)
- The Pheromoans “The Sixth Bell” County Lines (ALT46)
- Total Control “Vanity” Laughing At The System (ALT38)
- Low Life “Dogging” Dogging (ALT36)
- ~Interview segment with Luke Younger~
- Malvern Brume “Dripped Log, Last Stretch” Tendrils (ALT54)
- Container “Trench” Scramblers (ALT52)
- H.M.S. RMA “Chaos In The Pigsty” (*forthcoming album)
- Cremation Lily “Coastal Path, If We Were Alone” The Processes And Instruments Of Normal People (ALT53)
- ~Interview segment with Luke Younger~
- Helm “Leave Them All Behind (version)” Oregon Crisis (ALT57)
- Helm “World In Action” World In Action (The Trilogy Tapes)
- Helm “I Exist In A Fog” Olympic Mess (PAN)
- ~Talk break to introduce last music block~
- Cube “Neighbor” Drug of Choice (*forthcoming ALT63)
- Tom James Scott “Nightshade 2” Nightshade (*forthcoming ALT62)
- ~Closing Music: Helm “Saturnalia II” (excerpt)
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