The Rope Factory this week indulges in some reflecting, looking back at the tunes of 2020 – those who we kept coming back to, those we missed, and those from our favourite artists or compilations. Oh, and a couple wee Christmas numbers too.
The Rope Factory – Birdsong
The Rope Factory returns for it’s thirteenth outing..
The Rope Factory – The Qualification Zen Garden
Neil Dargie returns with the Rope Factory for another hour of beats, grooves, soundscapes and general tuneful goodies.
The Rope Factory – Spooky Special
Neil Dargie dons his vampire costume for a Rope Factory Spooky Special, celebrating unearthly oddities, sinister sounds and not to mention that all important glimmer of hope and light, just when you thought it was safe.
The Rope Factory – Ten Bi-Weekly Meanderings Young
Neil Dargie returns with the Rope Factory for a 10th outing, with tunes by Sault, Sun Ra, Tamar Osborn & Idris Rahman, Rogér Fakhr, Carla Dal Forno and an exclusive outing for a tune by Neil’s very own brother Jamie Dargie.
The Rope Factory – A Nod to Biblical Terror
The Rope Factory resumes service for a jaunt between traditional Scots folk and song, to country gospel, electro pop and hip hop.
The Rope Factory – Tattie Holiday
The Rope Factory returns with a freshly harvested haul of tunes, this month taking in some new music from Banana Oil, Tara Clerkin Trio and Fabiano Do Nascimento, alonside some oldies by Paul Hart, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Brian Eno & +++
The Rope Factory – Big Trouble in Little Sparta
This week The Rope Factory explores the ‘The Sorrow of Derdui’ by Mac Talla Nan Creag – who said second albums were difficult? – and further takes in some German nu-disco, Sudanese rhythms and Greek paradise music.
The Rope Factory – Conditions that Exist
After a short break Neil Dargie returns with The Rope Factory for more musical map making.
This week, we take a look at 70’s versus modern day free jazz, Ivor Cutler makes a welcome and reassuring appearance and we delve deeper into the Latino scene of 1970’s New York City.
The Rope Factory – Pure Rockets
Neil Dargie returns with The Rope Factory for another episode, this week exploring Hawain, English and Irish folk, European experimental electronica and punk from Japan to New York.