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The Shock World Service is a 100 episode collection of painstakingly assembled audio collages of soundtracks, electronic oddness & spoken word.

Started in 2007 by Jon Averill as a way to further explore & expand musical horizons beyond the mainly dance floor-centric music he was playing at the time & as an antidote the cheapening of the mixtape format by the glut of .mp3 mixes online with no track listing, no artwork & no real attention to detail applied to them.

"A provider of collage-heavy, loosely hauntological soundscapes" – Fact Mag

"One of the most enlightening and entertaining track lists we’ve ever been sent, nay of all time" – It's Nice That

Shock World Service Jon Averill

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The Shock World Service is a 100 episode collection of painstakingly assembled audio collages of soundtracks, electronic oddness & spoken word.

Started in 2007 by Jon Averill as a way to further explore & expand musical horizons beyond the mainly dance floor-centric music he was playing at the time & as an antidote the cheapening of the mixtape format by the glut of .mp3 mixes online with no track listing, no artwork & no real attention to detail applied to them.

"A provider of collage-heavy, loosely hauntological soundscapes" – Fact Mag

"One of the most enlightening and entertaining track lists we’ve ever been sent, nay of all time" – It's Nice That

    099: Emil's Home (Princess P)

    099: Emil's Home (Princess P)

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    Shock World Service 099:
    Emil's Home(Princess P)
    18/3/2021 Bern, Switzerland

    1. Tarotplane – Shatner's Bassoon
    Shatner's Bassoon is the first track on the just released Horizontology album by Tarotplane. You fly through a soft universe, eager to hear what comes next. The cover tempts you to dive in.

    2. Helado Negro – Pais Nublado
    When i saw Helado Negro live i was blown away. His appearance combined with his bilingual poetry about personal and political issues immediately captivated me. His voice feels as warm as the Florida sun playfully flooding the room. The big sticker on my fridge reminds me every time 'this is how you smile'.

    3. Pierre Barouh – Le Pollen (only intro)
    A conversation in a bar, cafe or bistro. Glasses clinking, a phone is ringing, probably people are smoking at the tables, pretty accents.

    4. Silver Leaf – Hey!
    Sweet voice calls hey! and laughs. Here it comes. But it doesn't matter if nothing else comes. Let's go.

    5. Serge Gainsbourg – Strip-Tease Instrumental
    I left out Juliette Gréco's voice, I hope you don't mind. So the melody could also come from a carnival, a merry-go-round, Paris in the 60s.

    6. Il Quadro Di Troisi – Non Ricordi
    What could be better than two artists you love making an album together? I follow both Eva Geist & Donato Dozzy musically. This project is totally successful, a beautiful pop album.

    7. Jean-Pierre Decerf – Surrounding Seas
    Jean Pierre Decerf recorded the Tracks for Space Oddities in the mid 70s. Surrounding Seas sounds just as the title promises. A dreamy flight around the seas.

    8. Ssiege – Regina
    What an album! Luckily it's out on vinyl now, I don't buy tapes anymore. Regina is so good, the sounds, the mood, a perfect track. Ssiege is definitely one of my favourite artists at the moment.

    9. Roy & The Devil's Motorcycle – We Don't Know
    The Roy's are a swiss rock band, consisting of 3 brothers with guitars and a drummer. One of them usually stands with his back to the audience. I have heard them live many times. The song 'We don't know' is the B2 on a 7" with a slightly larger hole than necessary. I love this song it sounds so drunk. The larger hole makes it wobble, which sounds even more drunk.

    10. Julianna Barwick – Flowers
    Barwick's meditative blend of electronica, ambient and pop has an effective healing effect. 'Healing is a Miracle' came out last summer. The basslines, the echoing pads, together with her voice are amazing. The repetitive nature of this song is like a huge thunderstorm approaching or a storm passing by. The album feels so real, accompanied by a magnificent artwork.

    11. Squid – Broadcaster
    “Lyrically the track was inspired by the visual artist Naim June Paik & his TV Garden installation,” the band’s drummer/vocalist Ollie Judge said “I thought it blurred the lines between a dystopian and utopian vision. I imagined what it must be like living synonymously amongst nature & technology in the most literal way I could imagine, with TVs towering over me amongst forests.” Let's take this psychedelic voyage.

    12. Black Marble – Johnny And Mary
    A song born in 1980 and still so fresh 40 years later. A successful homage, it moves you to dance (also good for driving, I tried it).

    13. Finis Africae – El Abrazo De La Selva
    This piece speaks a beautiful peace between modern electric instruments and traditional acoustic instruments from many cultures. Fortunately, you can travel with music.

    14. Neo Museum – Area
    I discovered the song on a compilation of 'Light in the Attic'. It's sung in such a wonderfully weird way.

    15. Burnto Bertolucci – Bake Me Dome Tonight
    This track is a remake of Schneider TM 'The Light 3000', in turn based on The Smiths classic.

    16. The Schmutz Sisters – La Folle
    Finally, one of the best songs i know. The Schmutz Sisters was a Swiss project founded for a performance. Recently reissued on Optimo's So Low lab

    • 1 hr
    098: The Day’s Eye (Patrick Savile)

    098: The Day’s Eye (Patrick Savile)

    Shock World Service 098:
    The Day’s Eye (Patrick Savile)
    19/1/2021 London, England

    1. Absolute Body Control - Numbers 06
    Nice bit of melody

    2. Big In Japan - Nothing Special
    Cost a lot to buy this, so had to put it in

    3. King Tubby - Fire Dub
    Perfect track. Re-released by the v nice Pressure Sounds

    4. Beat Detectives - New Chilled Funk Five
    I’ve always had a soft spot for these guys out in Brooklyn, they have a good sense of
    humour

    5. Robin Stewart - Time Travel
    Wicked release from Robin, of Giant Swan, Avon Terror Corps crew. xx

    6. Bourbonese Qualk - Erector
    From the Japanese noise comp Sexorama vol 3. All sexy tunes

    7. Medio Mutante - Another Land
    Fun tune

    8. Doxa Sinistra - Entomorbide
    Nice one

    9. Dr Dre - Genocide (Official Instrumental)
    Despite its name, I’m not sure its official. It’s pretty low bitrate

    10. Suns Of Arqa - Acid Tabla ( Adrian Sherwood remix)
    I only play the first half of this track. but it goes on and gets better.

    11. Marie Moor - Pretty Day
    I never tire of this track. It’s quite sexy

    12. Ruff Sqwad - Misty Cold
    This fits well with Marie Moor in my head

    13. Jonquera - Jonquera at Caluire On the Rocks
    Some dub from Lyon

    14. A Guy Called Gerald - Cybergen
    I love Black Secret Technology, this track is very much an album track, feels like its
    part of a soundtrack to a movie

    15. DJ Rashad - Let It Go
    A perennial track one of my favourite bits of music

    16. Bay B Kane - Jungle Warriors
    Bonkers bass on this one

    17. LiL JaBBA - Waila
    released on Local Action a while back. Nice vocals on this

    18. Jana Rush - Frenetic Snare
    Lives u p to the name, wicked energy on this

    19. тпсб - Pacifier Habits
    Emotional Jungle sound. Always on my iPod shuffle

    20. Death In June - This Is Paradise
    David Tibet is having a wonderful time it seems

    21. Soichi Terada - Yokozuna Beach Chillin’
    I love the 90’s Japanese jungle aesthetic, very clean, very Japanese. I have to have
    it near at all times. Off Sumo Jungle Grandeur

    22. 4hero - The Paranormal In 4 Forms
    Nice bit off Parallel Universe

    23. Novo Line - Aurora
    One that doesn’t really sound like Novo Line, who’s usual mad energy is so amazing to see live

    24. Portion Control - Sentenced To Die
    Love the cover on this

    25. Brood Ma - ESTEEM RAW SAVER (Recsund Remix)
    Wicked Recsund madness on Quantum Natives, who are THE BEST LABEL

    26. Karima F - Random Loop From Doepfer Site
    I like how snappy this is. Need to get that chainsaw looked at

    27. Junior Loves - Yantlet (First Passage Version)
    Solid release from the man Junior Loves. Cannot fault this

    28. Coil vs The Eskaton ‎– First Dark Ride
    Off the Nasa-Arab release, this is Coil vs their alter egos The Eskaton. Its good have to have some coil in a mix

    29. Recsund - Forsaken
    I found this on my computer, no idea who did it, I thought I made it for a while, then worked out it was Recsund, which makes it better I think.

    https://patricksavile.com/
    Patrick is a freelance Graphic Artist and Art Director based in London

    • 1 hr 14 min
    097: An Effigy Hologram (David Kitt)

    097: An Effigy Hologram (David Kitt)

    Shock World Service 097:
    An Effigy Hologram(David Kitt)
    1/12/2020 Dublin, Ireland

    1. Sansbut - Clothes On The Line, Carnsore Point
    2. Mona Lo - Parting Song
    3. Cornaleena - The Hare
    4. Sansbut - Cantus In Memoriam
    5. David Kitt - Wishing Well
    6. Mona Lo - Heavy
    7. Sansbut - Rêve Élève
    8. Spillcrane - Too Long(Everything In Dub)
    9. Cornaleena - Dead Esso
    10. Sansbut - Skip An' Trample
    11. David Kitt - Every Little Drop Of Fallen Rain
    12. David Kitt - Not So Soon
    13. Cornaleena - Frankie Floats
    14. Sansbut - Tir Ami

    Sansbut Vol 1 is out now on Awayday
    https://sansbut.bandcamp.com

    Jon has been asking for something for something for Shock World Service for quite a while now and it's a great honour to finally deliver something for the legendary series. Congratulations to Jon for leaving behind such a rich musical archive.

    My mix features all new unreleased work and mainly features music incoming on my new label Awayday, collaborations with Kevin Barry as Cornaleena, Margie Jean Lewis as Mona Lo, Catherine Sikora as Sansbut and with Stano as Spillcrane.

    Also featured are three new David Kitt songs from a record due for release on All City in May 2021 with Katie Kim on vocals. It represents a good overview of a lot of what I've been making in the last while and was put together in Paris during an artist residency at Centre Culturel Irlandais.

    To me it captures the atmosphere of those initial months of coming to terms with this unexpected version of reality we all found ourselves in.

    – David Kitt

    Artwork by Mel Keane

    • 51 min
    096: I Didn't Want The Night To End (Cian Ó Cíobháin)

    096: I Didn't Want The Night To End (Cian Ó Cíobháin)

    Shock World Service 096:
    I Didn't Want The Night To End (Cian Ó Cíobháin)
    19/10/2020 Galway, Ireland

    1. Phil Lynott - One Wish (Demo with Huey Lewis)
    Phil Lynott’s friendship with Huey Lewis dated back to the mid-70s and this extraordinary demo, one of the last songs Lynott wrote, was never officially released.

    2. John Cale - Dying On The Vine
    The eternally creative John Cale recorded this around the same time that Lynott collaborated with Lewis on the previous track.

    3. OMD - Souvenir
    Possibly the most beautiful song in the entire OMD catalogue features the band’s keyboard player Paul Humphreys on vocals.

    4. Karen Marks - Cold Café
    Wistful new wave track from Melbourne from ’81.

    5. Clannad - Theme From Harry’s Game
    Regularly played on the radio in the 80s, I had almost forgotten about it until I happened upon a Twitter thread admiring it no end.

    6. Lani Hall - Never Say Never Again
    From an unofficial Bond movie from ’83, I’ve always had a soft spot for the title track, sung by Lani Hall, who was married to Herb Alpert and briefly fronted Sérgio Mendes & Brasil ’66.

    7. Sparks - I Want To Hold Your Hand
    Stunning cover from 1976 of The Beatles standard which was introduced to me by Barry Murphy of The Last Sound.

    8. Chris Clark - How About You
    Chris Clark is one of a very small number of white performers who recorded on Motown during the 60s.

    9. Love - My Little Red Book
    I first heard this when composer Burt Bacharach performed it at Galway Arts Festival in 2019. Next morning, I was on the hunt and discovered a number of covers, including this one from 1965 from the mighty Love.

    10. BEAK> - Yatton
    From one of Geoff Barrow’s post-Portishead Bristol bands.

    11. De Ambassade - Geen Genade
    Like the previous track, this Dutch song has the spirit of 1980s new wave all over it, though it came out in 2016.

    12. Turquoise Days - Grey Skies
    Astonishing synth-pop classic from ‘84 from a duo based in Jersey on the Channel Islands, who released a number of cassettes in the 80s.

    13. Ariel Pink - Stray Here With You
    Only a genius like Ariel Pink would have an unreleased pop gem like this in his locker. It surfaced last year on his ‘Oddities Sodomies Vol 2’ compilation of previously unreleased tracks.

    14. Toasted Heretic - Another Day, Another Riot
    I’ve been after a good quality version of this track for ages - one of Toasted Heretic’s greatest moments, which will forever remind me of moving to Galway. I was thrilled when Neil Farrell, who used to record with the band (and also records as The Melancholy Thug), gifted me with a high quality version a few months ago. Indeed, I borrowed from the lyrics to give this podcast its title.

    15. Jan St. Werner - VS Cancelled
    Jan St. Werner of Mouse On Mars collaborated with The Fall’s Mark E Smith as Von Südenfed. This track features Smith reading an email from Domino detailing why the band had been dropped by the label.

    16. The Fall - Paint Work
    The Fall’s 8th studio LP ‘This Nation’s Saving Grace’ is a masterpiece and this ramshackle track is one of its defining moments.

    17. Billy Fury - I’m Lost Without You
    This track almost sounds like a blueprint for the music of early Tindersticks. Indeed, Morrissey was also a huge fan of this 60s Scouse singer.

    18. The Kinks - I Go To Sleep (Demo)
    We kicked off with a demo and so we’ll part with one. Written by Ray Davies, it was never formally recorded by The Kinks, but has been covered many times since.

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    • 1 hr 6 min
    095: Shahee Al Ni3na3 [Mint Tea](Moving Still)

    095: Shahee Al Ni3na3 [Mint Tea](Moving Still)

    Shock World Service 095:
    Shahee Al Ni3na3 [Mint Tea](Moving Still)
    12/6/2020 Dublin, Ireland

    There is nothing nicer than getting up in the morning and making myself a cup of Arabic mint tea - this is a tradition I was exposed to growing up in Saudi. The songs I picked for this mix are songs that would go well with a nice cup (finjan) of mint tea (shahee ni3na3). I wanted to bring you through my cassette collection but also show you some songs that I hope to find on cassette. Every single song in this mix has a distinct memory that I truly love, and I hope they become special to you too. I highly recommend making a pot of mint tea, sitting on the floor, and mindfully listening to this mix.- Jamal Sul/ Moving Still

    1. Ferqat Al Dana - Labod Nerjaa
    This is a band from Kuwait and the album was recorded in 1993. This song is a classic!
    It was pretty unusual to hear this type of Jazz from a Middle Eastern band. This is one of my favourites.

    2. Bouchenak - Salam Alikoum
    This is a lovely cassette from Morocco that was released in 1992. This one has a lovely bassline and a melodic lead line that grabs you throughout.

    3. Zeinab - Ya Hawly
    Zeinab released only two albums, and this song was released in 1985 on Delta Sounds. It is a lovely slow Egyptian Disco banger.

    4. Faris - Ya Tayer
    Faris is an Egyptian singer and actor. This track was released as part of an Egyptian compilation called “Njoom Al Sharq”.

    5. Simone - Zey Ma Matideny
    Simone is known for her Arabic covers of very popular pop songs. This cover of Janet Jackson’s “What Have You Done For Me Lately” is superb! This is the last track on her 1992 album “Merci”.

    6. Mona Abdel Ghany - Ashab
    The name “Ashab” translates to “friends” in Arabic. Mona’s singing in this is one of a kind, and the hook melody is very soothing.

    7. Americana Show - Taht Al Dila
    Americana Show were an Egyptian artistic trio founded by Hamid El Shaeri & Tareq Nur in the late 1980s. Members were Hisham Abbas, Aliya Saleh and Ahmed Al Gibaly. Taht Al Dila, which means under the shade.

    8. Ali Bahar- Tesadeq Aad
    Ali Bahar is a Bahrani singer that was nicknamed “the Bob Marley of the Gulf”. This was released on great label called Al-Nazaer.

    9. Cheb Arab - Yama Eouny
    This song is timeless, and those gated reverb snares and claps are key in this one. I would highly recommend listening to the entire album “Lo Kan” released in 1991.

    10. Hany Shnoda Farkat Maserrian - Lama Kan El Bahr Azraa
    This song is very dear to me. You can literally float away listening to it.

    11. Hamid El Shaeri - Oudah
    His mixed roots of being both Libyan and Egyptian gave his music a complete fresh taste during the boom of the cassettes industry in the 80s. The entire song is an acoustic guitar breeze and very different from his other tracks.

    12. Azza Kamal - Maadna Bukra
    Azza Kamal only released one album, was an actress for a few years, and disappeared from the entertainment industry in the 90s. The edit is on the way!!

    13. Laila Ghofran - Muhtagah Atghayar
    This is another cassette that was just collecting dust and I had no idea what was on it. This is an 80s banger and really love her singing on this particular song.

    14. Sahar & Hamid El Shaeri - Rajer
    This is a song I recently discovered and would love to have this on cassette. I was really blown away by Sahar’s singing and the main lead guitar. I highly recommend listening to this one with mint tea.

    15. Etteb - Ghourabah
    Etteb is my favourite female Saudi musician. As far as I know, she is the first female singer to emerge from Saudi. She moved to Egypt to continue her singing career and she was an advocate for women in music, and a member of the Union of Arab Artists and the Musicians Syndicate in Egypt.

    16. Fatima - Douz Douz
    This one was released in 1984 on Atoll in France. The chorus on this track is absolutely amazing, and the Arabic percussion mixed in with Disco elements really give this song its signature.

    • 1 hr 10 min
    094: Will You Ever Feel Okay (Gadget & The Cloud)

    094: Will You Ever Feel Okay (Gadget & The Cloud)

    Shock World Service 094:
    Will You Ever Feel Okay (Gadget & The Cloud)
    18/4/2020 Dublin, Ireland

    1. The Appleseed Cast - The Last In Line
    Deep Elm Records’ finest at their most expansive and lush.

    2. The Antlers - Kettering
    Taken from their 2006 masterpiece Hospice. Few songs hit me as hard as this.

    3. Ricky Eat Acid - Three Love Songs
    Twinkling sounds that feel like being reborn.

    4. A monologue from Synecdoche, New York

    5. Teen Suicide - Haunt Me (x3)
    Bedroom pop with the catchiest damn melody.

    6.Teen Daze - Longing
    It captures exactly what it says on the tin.

    7. Lana Del Rey - Video Games (Balam Acab Remix)
    Sad girl springtime but make it experimental

    8. Mount Eerie - Emptiness Pt 2
    Phil Elverum’s unapologetically emotionally upfront lyrics are unlike anyone else. A Crow Looked At Me is essential listening.

    9. Eluvium - Chime
    A haunting cut from Explosions in the Sky collaborator Matthew Cooper.

    10. Lights & Motion - Only You
    Another Deep Elm Records deep cut.

    11. Boards Of Canada - Amo Bishop Roden
    The OGs of emotional bleepcore.

    12. Gadget & The Cloud - Quiescence
    My own track taken from the wonderful Bandcloud compilation Missives.

    13. Mount Alaska - Lunar
    Dublin duo who released their LUSH debut album Wave Atlus: Season One last year.

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    • 43 min

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8 Ratings

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Accidentally played on my Alexa when asking for BBC World service, Listened for hours, now obsessed

How has this podcast only have a small following? The quality of the assembled music deserves an audience in the 50ks at least.

I’m sad nothing new has been released In almost a year, this podcast is truly an undiscovered gem and an instant favourite.

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Shock the world

A superb mix of fantastic music
You’ve got to love this show
Thoroughly recommend
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Best music podcast going.

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