Hot Chip steps in for the latest instalment in the LateNightTales mix series
The long-running band led by Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddard released an album, A Bath Full Of Ecstasy, last year, but beyond Hot Chip, its members keep themselves busy with DJing and a number of side projects. That makes them a natural fit for LateNiteTales, and their selections are all over the shop, including modern experimentalists like Christina Vantzou and Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, along with the likes of Fever Ray, Rhythm & Sound, Planningtorock and Suzanne Kraft.
Per LateNiteTales tradition, Hot Chip’s mix includes exclusive tracks—a new tune called “Nothing’s Changed” and a cover of the Velvet Underground classic “Candy Says”—and ends with a reading of an excerpt of James Joyce’s Finnegan’s Wake by Taylor’s father Neil. The 19-cut mix also includes a cut from Taylor’s other project, About Group. The band’s entry in the series follows the RA-recommended LateNightTales from Floating Points.
Hot Chip’s LateNiteTales will come out digitally, on CD, double-vinyl and limited white vinyl. The band will stream a one-off concert with full-scale festival production this Saturday, September 5th. For more info and tickets check out the event listing below.
Listen to Hot Chip’s version of “Candy Says.”
Tracklist
01. Christina Vantzou – At Dawn
02. Hot Chip – Nothing’s Changed”
03. Rhythm & Sound – King in My Empire feat. Cornell Campbell
04. Pale Blue – Have You Passed Through This Night
05. Suzanne Kraft – Femme Cosmic
06. Fever Ray – To the Moon And Back
07. PlanningToRock – Much to Touch
08. Charlotte Adigery – 1,618
09. Mike Salta – Hey Moloko
10. Matthew Bourne – Somewhere I Have Never Travelled
11. Hot Chip – Candy Says (Velvet Underground Cover)
12. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – Who I Am & Why I Am Where
13. About Group – The Long Miles
14. Beatrice Dillon – Workaround Two
15. Hot Chip – Worlds Within Worlds
16. Daniel Blumberg – The Bomb
17. Nils Frahm – Ode
18. Hot Chip – None Of These Things
19. Neil Taylor: Finnegans Wake (Excerpt)
Late Night Tales will release LateNightTales on October 2nd, 2020
Photo credit: Ronald Dick
