In this week's blog post, there's another radio show to sink into as I return to my quarterly Vervine show. As always, these go deeper than the monthly shows we do for CAMP Radio or Brewing Folk, as they're not only two hours long but they also push the genre boundaries much much wider.

To recap for those new to the show, Vervine started out in 2022 born out of my wide and varied taste in music and reputation as a crate digger. I wanted to create shows that share my eclectic taste, beyond Ambient music, and in a similar vein to John Peel or my DJ hero Gilles Peterson. The name Vervine takes the word 'verve' (meaning flavour) and 'ine' at the end, meaning 'of' something - so this series essentially means 'of flavour'. I hope the sounds and cultures you'll hear gets this sense of unpredictability across.

In this episode, there's plenty of Ambient records, as this year has been particularly strong Ambient-wise. Or maybe it's our new Wall Of Ambient blog, opening my eyes and ears even wider than usual? Built around these Ambient sounds, you'll hear all kinds of oddities from the Jazz, Post Rock, Folk, Modern Classical and even Dub Techno scenes. I'm currently preparing for a live vinyl-DJ gig, which in many ways will be a 'Vervine Live' experience - and a few of the records in this playlist are in my set box. I'll be sure to share back anything I capture from the event - maybe even an excerpt of the live performance?

The cover for this show was captured on our short family break by the sea in Norfolk, back in July. Distant wind turbines and gentle, green, crashing waves - somehow felt apt for this show; I've no idea why.

You can listen to Vervine017 now by hitting the play button below, or visiting the Mixcloud page HERE. If you like what you hear then below is the tracklist so that you can explore the music further. I hope you enjoy!

Tracklist:

1. Ground Cascades - Slow Ascent
2. The Durutti Column - Your Shadow at Morning
3. Tides - Tender
4. Tracy Chow - Owl
5. Brad Rose - Part 2
6. Many Pretty Blooms - Immense Holds
7. blochemy - sol
8. Frail Talk - Sets of Five (M. Sage Recompose)
9. Misha Panfilov - Away We Drove
10. Stereolab - Brakhage
11. David Cordero - La forma invisible del aire
12. Sven Laux & Logic Moon - All Is Not Lost
13. Marysia Osu - melting timbers (feat. Plumm)
14. Walrus Ghost - You Should've Come By
15. morimoto naoki - Recover
16. Boozoo Bajou - Same Sun
17. Andy Shauf - All Of My Love
18. Jack Wylie - Green Lights
19. Akira Film Script - Pan Am Port Regalia
20. Ian Hawgood - i love you, big red light
21. Sofie Birch - Sefirot Surfa
22. Calm Pieces - Return
23. Simon Goff - Sun
24. Marc Leclair - 114e Jour
25. Ring - Rotation 1
26. Martin Schulte - Floating
27. Jack Hyde - Sea-stone

I hope you enjoy listening to these selections! I'll be back with the next one in 2027, as my next big show will be my top 20 albums of the year! I'll be exploring my record collection much more deeply in 2027 with a weekly post to the Whitelabrecs Substack page. Click HERE to subscribe and you'll start to receive these next year. My aim as always, will be to help connect people with records that perhaps they may have not discovered yet.