See you in January. Bye for now.

The Advisory Circle present - 'Cold Wintersong' by Cafekaput on Mixcloud

It's time to put the chairs on the tables and declare the Café closed for Yule. It's been a creative year and quite a lot of good work has been done, so I'm thankful. If you bought any of the Café Kaput releases, or Advisory Circle stuff, said anything good about them, wrote anything good about them, or recommended them to someone in some way... thanks very much.

So much good music has been made by so many artists this year - it's been a vintage one for sure. And labels - Ghost Box, TriAngle, Pye Corner Audio Transcription Services, Gecophonic, First Fold, Clay Pipe, the list goes on.

I wouldn't want to leave you all without a Winter mixtape, would I? Certainly not, as my friend The Head Technician would probably start his menacing, now-almost-legendary *slow clapping* routine. So... whilst Rev. Jim was outside, directing the vicarage gardeners on how to fleece trees for the cold season, I came up with a special formula to help you keep warm, keep well this winter. I hope you enjoy it.



See you all in 2012. Blessed Yule.

- Jb.

Clutch It Like A Gonk!

... "That's the trouble, it's *always* a party". A new album from the Moon Wiring Club is always an occasion, always a party. This time, the standard CD album comes with a beautiful little 3" CD of miniature (beatless) versions of the album tracks. As if that wasn't enough, Ian Hodgson has taken it upon himself to produce a veritable smörgåsbord of badges, as seen in the photo here. I think the idea is that you get a randomly-selected badge sent with your package... but when I opened the door to the postman, I was presented with a coal sack, full of the buggers. :-/

Pay a visit to Clinkskell and order your Gonk today.

- Jb.