Records I Forgot I Owned

#2 Spinform - Bryter Tysnaden 

Nope, no recollection of buying this one at all - I gave a slightly baffled look when I came across it as to exactly what it was. It's from 2006 and was clearly bought new - was it a present or did I buy it myself? Then I put it on and memories came flooding back - it's very much in the spirit of early Four tet, with a health dose of found sounds, acoustic guitars and pianos amidst the clicks and cuts. It could've easily been released this year. Its much better than a lot of records I never forgot about.

Records I Forgot I Owned

#1Microdisney - Everybody is Fantastic

It's inevitable - you buy a lot of records and some fall to the back of your mind.

I can't recall when I bought this, the 1983 debut by Microdisney, but what I do know is that it offers the best advice on the back cover: "For optimum listening pleasure, please listen to this record at least four times". I'm glad I took note as I was distinctly underwhelmed with it at first, but by the 3rd or 4th listen the beauty of the songs began to shine through.

It's always a joy to hear someone singing in their own accent too.