The Bug presents Killing Sound Chapter 6: Blue

I turned to the blue side many moons ago… maybe as an only child Gemini it was inevitable from birth, lol. But my favourite musical colours have always been red for fire and blue for immersion.
Maybe it’s because misery seeks company and we all feel better knowing someone else has been to the same zones of null. Maybe it’s the craving to know someone else is articulating loss so perfectly, but BLUE is a racially universal state of mind that unites us all in the need for release… and the need to drop some tears occasionally. The anatomy of melancholy is irresistible to me. There’s a beauty in sadness that goes way beyond self-pity, and magnetizes me to the purest of emotions. So many of these tracks have been my companions at difficult times, and some have even provided the catalyst for Bug eye droplets hitting the floor.
In this instance this mix is as deep as the ocean to me and twice as welcoming.

 - Kevin 'The Bug' Martin

Tracklist:
1 Talk Talk – Myrrhman (Verve)
2 The Velvet Underground – Candy Says (MGM)
3 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – I Need You (Bad Seed Ltd.)
4 Bohren & Der Club Of Gore – Prowler (Wonder)
5 Fennesz – A Year In A Minute (Mego)
6 David Bowie – Warszawa (RCA)
7 Antony & The Johnsons – Swanlights (Rough Trade)
8 Robert Wyatt – Shipbuilding (Rough Trade)
9 Miles Davis – Générique (Fontana)
10 Chet Baker – My Funny Valentine (Pacific Jazz)
11 Sparklehorse + Fennesz – Goodnight Sweetheart (Konkurrent)
12 Vincent Gallo – Honey Bunny (Warp)
13 Vincent Gallo – Lonely Boy (Warp)
14 Angelo Badalamenti – Moving Through Time (Warner)
15 John Lurie – Sad Trees (Made To Measure)
16 Bonnie "Prince" Billy – Death To Everyone (Palace)
17 Roger Robinson – Running (Self-Released)
18 Zomby – Witch Hunt (4AD)
19 A.R. Kane – Baby Milk Snatcher (Rough Trade)
20 The Weeknd – What You Need (Self-Released)
21 Portishead – Undenied (Go! Beat)
22 Arve Henriksen – Recording Angel (ECM)
23 Gil Evans – Where Flamingos Fly (Impulse!)
24 Grouper – Call Across Rooms (Kranky)
25 This Mortal Coil – Song To The Siren (4AD)
26 David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto – Forbidden Colours (Virgin)
27 Kevin Shields – City Girl (Emperor Norton)
28 Mazzy Star – Into Dust (Capitol)
29 King Midas Sound – Without You (D-Bridge Revoice) (Hyperdub)
30 Aphex Twin – Rhubarb (Warp)
31 Jon Hassell – Amsterdam Blue (Cortege) (Interscope)
32 Povarovo – 66 Breath (Aquarellist)
33 Stars Of The Lid – Central Texas (Kranky)
34 Big Star – Holocaust (PVC)
35 Tim Hecker – Studio Suicide (Kranky)
36 Billie Holiday – Strange Fruit (Clef)
37 Joy Division – Atmosphere (Factory)
38 Paul Giger – Zäuerli (ECM)
39 Erik Satie – Gnossienne No. 1 (La Voix De Son Maître)
40 Sleep Research Facility – 79ºs 83ºw (Cold Spring)

Listen

HERE

Previously:
Part 1 (Dub Mutations)
Part 2 (Inner Space)

Part 3 (Black Wax Attack)  

Part 4 (Poems & Drones)

Part 5 (Radio Voodoo)