Got a sort of tribute track posting this evening. The lovely lady pictured above is moving from the nations capital, as of tomorrow, and is heading back to family, friends and better fortunes down in Southsea. I guess home really is where the heart is...

I'm not very often a fan of blog bands. What is a blog band you might ask? Well it's my own term for those bands that don’t really seem to feature on the radio, or ever really make much of a name for themselves in magazines or TV, but are still heavily blogged and often end of up with albums in the end of year "Best Of," lists.

Some classic electro for your Friday I'm thinking. Mind you I did think the same thing last Friday, and so I've had to erase what I typed back then and start this one over. Looking to be a quiet one indoors for me, though that is fairly standard issue these days anyway! Well I'm hopefully getting someones party started with todays upload, and if that is the case then it's job done for me. Have a good weekend one and all!

Deep, dark and druggy we go today with this 2001 release dance track from Kompakt label man - Superpitcher. Not sure how best to sell this tune to you all, as it doesn't do all that much, though equally therein lies the magic I think. Best left to the dance music fans this one I feel. A real match for todays UK weather I feel, as the tune itself paints a feeling of a cold, grey and bleak landscape. Terrific stuff really.

You wont find that much love for the singer/songwriter on these pages, though from time to time I get bowled over by something great, and this is very obviously one such example. I dont know if they're still doing it, but the people from SXSW put out a huge download pack of all/some of the artists who they had featuring in their 2006 line-up, and this (among many others) was a nice little addition to the TSID music vaults. 

Over 5 minutes of joy for you in the form of todays post upload. Given to me originally just a few days back to lift my mood and make me smile, and now the same positive thought process is being employed by my good self in passing this on to you lot.

I really do annoy myself in doing these extended post gaps. Sorry peeps! I do always try and return with something special for you as recompense, and this time around I'm super happy with what I've got on the up today. All in thanks to my erstwhile German pal, Sarina - who has very recently just returned from our mutual friendship exile baring gifts in the form of a sweet little collection of music bits and pieces.

Now I've been wanting to drop this electrofunk jam for a minute! Cue then one sweet little early evening trip through my darker electronics over the past hour or so, and the feeling that it was time to have a switch up in styles, and I just thought - why not? No major bells and whistles on this one. Just a damn good example of a simple and effective groove that builds and builds nicely in what really is "the spirit of boogie..." Oooh... Ahhh...

A treat for the ears this is! Anyone remember how effective this was in soundtracking the harshness of all that is the Requiem For A Dream movie? I found it showing over the weekend at around 2am in the morning, and must have only managed about a half hour before deciding to pack it in for fear of what was still to come. Strange, this is perhaps the only film I know that gets me feeling the way I do.

Another cracking recent pick-up for me this was. I cant say that I've ever been one for streaming radio stations online, though I guess it was just a case of finding the right selector upon which to place some tune choice trust, and I'm so far finding that you cant go wrong with the (recently) much mentioned Andrew Weatherall at the controls.

Carrying on with a classical slant for today. The Beethoven posting from a few weeks ago proved fairly popular, and so has given me the idea to try and do a few more music selections from the tiny classical side of my music collection. This one was actually brought to my attention by the missus following that very same Beethoven post, and I hope that it finds favour with yourself in much the same way as it did me.

Super power dance from the French masters Daft Punk today! I'm of the opinion that Daft Punk's 1996 release "Homework," album is about one of the best electronic albums ever put out, though for me the love affair kind of started and ended there. I mean Daft Punk are still as great as ever, it's just that I was happy to take on the efforts from Homework, and that was about it for me I guess.

Feeling the chilled vibes, on this equally chilly UK Monday morning, with this Belgian choir cover of the hit track by Swedish electro-poppers : The Knife. Not amazing, not wow, not you-gotta-hear-this, though a nice enough little listen, and something that might find a position in your relaxed festive playlist for the end of the year. See how you go.

Just beautiful this is. Sat at home, tired and cold on a Friday evening alone here in SW19. Yes, this is perfectly suited to how I'm feeling musically right about now. Been enjoying a fair few of these long rock based sort of instrumentals recently, where before I'd not typically been a fan. Perhaps then like Bob Dylan said - times they are a-changin'..? Anyway it's 8mins and 17secs of loveliness and I hope you be diggin'.

God damn! I be droppin' crazy ill bombs right here son! One huge as you like dancefloor ROCKER from the baddest of bad bwoy dance styles : Drum & Bass! A simple process really. Thinking it was time to flip da script musically on TSID just quick. I then went on over to the top class Drum & Bass Arena website. Had a look for their current number one selling record. Original Sin - Therapy. Test run it via a Youtube clip. Confirmed : It's fierce!

What a cool track this is. I finally played the brilliant / special / amazing / excellent / awesome Fact 085 mix by UK DJ hero : Andrew Weatherall tonight, and just adored the entire set..! So much so that I went and purchased 4 tracks as I was hearing them playing through my system for the very first time. Got a good couple re-re-rewinds (bo' selecta!) thrown in by myself along the way too.

Loving this track from UK band Half Man Half Biscuit! It pretty much nails the thinking behind this site, and so has kind of become my TSID anthem. Well certainly for today it has!

Super dreamy lush techno in effect today. UK DJ Lee Burridge put together an amazing mix for the Resident Advisor website this time last year, and from that mix this was easily my standout track. The problem was no tracklisting was ever put together for it. Bummer. So yeah fast forward to today and it's while playing said mix again that I'm reminded to go in search of "that," track.

I'm a bit of a Pete Doherty fan and have had the pleasure in enjoying the live Babyshambles experience on a number of rather raucous occassions. Today I look to re-live some of those live shows with one of my favourites from the bands many rocking sing-alongs, and one that always seemed to down well with the always enthusiastic audience. A definite Best of British tag from me.