The Fall In Fives

  Following on from the first instalment , which dealt with MES's guest appearances and collaborations up to 1999, we move into the 21st century... Mild Man Jan - Fistful Of Credits (2000) This atmospheric piece of downbeat electronica was recorded with Mild Man Jan aka Spencer Marsden, who co-wrote 'Mad.Men-Eng.Dog'. Like several other MES collaborations, it appeared on the 2001 compilation A World Bewitched  (apparently without Marsden being asked). Mouse On Mars - Cut The Gain / Sound City (2004) Before Von Südenfed (see below) Smith first worked with German electronica duo Mouse On Mars  (Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma) in 2004. These two tracks appeared on their EP Wipe That Sound .  Ghostigital - Not Clean (2005) Einar Örn is best known as a member of The Sugarcubes. He also organised The Fall's trip to Iceland in September 1981, where they recorded 'Look, Know', 'Hip Priest' and 'Iceland'. Ghostigital was his solo project, and this wonderfu...

  D is for... Daft Punk ‘ Cowboy George ’ features the unlikely scenario of The Fall sampling Daft Punk: the distorted robotic voice that appears nine seconds in is taken from the French electro duo’s 2001 single, ‘ Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger ’. Daily Mirror The death of John Peel in 2004 raised the The Fall's public profile considerably, as many mainstream media obituaries referred to Peel’s love of the group. As a result, the release of Fall Heads Roll generated more column inches than had been the case for many years. Even the Daily Mirror reviewed it: ‘The late John Peel’s favourite band are, as ever, masterminded by Mark E Smith who now looks like a scary toothless gargoyle. But the group’s ferocious blend of lo-fi intrigue and brain-busting underground rock is as strong as ever. Peel is no doubt smiling down.’ Ruth Daniel One of the 'in-The-Fall-for-a-day' club. Recruited by Ed Blaney, Daniel played keyboards for part of the 2002 Blackburn gig captured on the ...

  Mark E Smith had a generally disapproving attitude towards Fall musicians working with other artists. In a 1994  Melody Maker interview , he stated that 'I'm very down on working with other people... I think it's fucking phoney. I put all my bands on contracts, so they can't do it'. This was, for example, one of the causes of Marcia Schofield's dismissal in 1990. However, it was not a rule that he applied to himself. From the mid-90s onwards in particular, he worked with a range of artists to produce a series of intriguing and generally very rewarding side-notes to The Fall's back catalogue. This post focuses on guest appearances and collaborations that were not released under The Fall's own name. As a result, it doesn't include things like ' Calendar ', recorded with Damon Gough aka Badly Drawn Boy. Louie Louie - John The Postman (1978) Smith's first ever appearance on record. Jonathan Ormrod (known as both Jon and John the Postman ) w...

  Fi5 Main Page Downloads :  1-10      11-15      16-20      21-25      26-30      31-35 36-40 All of the individual shows are on Mixcloud Tracklists: Episode #1 (12 February 2021) The Fall - Ten Houses Of Eve (Remix) [Masquerade CD1 / The Fall Box Set 1976-2007] The Seeds – Evil Hoodoo [The Seeds 1966] The Fall - First One Today [The Garage Islington 28th April 2016] Jon the Postman - Louie Louie [John the Postman's Puerile 1978]  Adult Net - Naughty Or Nice [b-side White Night (Stars Say Go) 1986]  The Fall - Rebellious Jukebox [Peel session 15th June 1978] The Fall - Noel’s Chemical Effluence [The Twenty-Seven Points] The Deviants – Billy The Monster [The Deviants 3 1969] The Fall - Mansion The Fall - Fantastic Life [Wellington NZ 19th August 1982] Gene Vincent – Rollin’ Danny [Gene Vincent Rocks! And The Blue Caps Roll 1958] Tami Lynn – I’m Gonna Run Away From You [ Love Is Here a...