Greetings! After an extended summer break (summer seems a long way behind these grey-weighted early winter days), it was good to get back on air last night and be able to go on a sonic tour of Europe, hopefully demonstrating the rich diversity of sounds being created across the continent - if you don't think this was accomplished, well - at least it was my aim.....
Where did I begin this slightly less than 60-minute mini sonic odyssey? With a slab of wonderful brooding dark metal from

ITALY      1) UFOMAMMUT - Stigma /7.12/ from 'Idolum'/ Supernatural Cat Records 2008
                More info: www.myspace.com/ufomammut
FRANCE  2) COLLEEN - Blue Sands /5.10/ from 'Les Ondes Silencieuses'/ The Leaf Label 
                 2007
                More info: www.colleenplays.org
SPAIN     3) THE JOE K PLAN - Lete De La Course /1.57/ 
              4) THE JOE K PLAN - Gongus Dei /3.08/ both from 'Rigan Asesino Olibia 
               Vencera'/ Aloud Music 2008
               More info: www.myspace.com/thejoekplan
UK          5) SHACKLETON - Shortwave /5.44/ from 'Soundboy's Gravestone Gets
               Desecrated By Vandals'/ Skull Disco 2008
               More info: www.skulldisco.com
HOLLAND 6) THOMAS KONER - Hour Nine /5.05/ from 'La Barca'/ Fario Records 2009
               More info: www.thomaskoner.com
GERMANY 7) KITTY EMPIRE - Meanwhile /2.49/ from 'Peep! Peep! Donkey'/ Red Can
               Records 2009
               More info: www.myspace.com/kttympre
                               www.myspace.com/redcanrecords
DENMARK 8) OBSTACLES - Insurgents /3.12/ from 'Decomposition Of Movement'/
               2008
                More info: www.myspace.com/obstaclesband
SWEDEN   9) MOKIRA - Skaka Hund Skaka /5.10/ from 'Whispers From The Forests,
                Screams From The Mountains' compilation/ 2007
                More info: www.myspace.com/mokirafan
POLAND 10) PARISTETRIS - Electrodomestics /5.20/ from 'EMFP01' compilation/ 2009
                More info: www.paristetris.com
CZ         11) THE PLASTIC PEOPLE OF THE UNIVERSE - Magicke Noci /6.13/ from
               'Egon Bondy's Happy Hearts Club Banned'/ Globus Music 2001
                More info: www.myspace.com/plasticpeopleoftheuniverse

And that classic, recorded back in December 1974, hidden from the Communist regime in Hrad Houska, with the Czech Republic being a member of the EU seeming as likely as the Golem seen walking in Vaclavske namesti on a bright afternoon, brought this round-Europe tour to a close.....
Regarding Thomas Koner - as explained on the show, I was briefly under the impression, given by some article on the net which called him a native of Holland, that he was Dutch - too late, I discovered him to be born in Bochum - hopefully his representing Holland on the show won't have upset anyone - I'll try to make up for it by including some music by Dutch residents on the show before too long!
Before bringing this to a close, a note of thanks to Peter Kling/Kitty Empire, Obstacles and The Joe K Plan - help much-appreciated!
'Til next time, wish you all hours of sonic fun,
Shiny x