You gotta feel for Colin de la Plante. His Modern Deep Left Quartet pals went off and formed Cobblestone Jazz and now tour the world without him. His girlfriend broke up with him. And just this past week he broke his collarbone*, which explains why we don't have a tracklisting ready for you. Can you blame him for making a mix entitled Music for Make-Ups and Break-Ups?
That said, there is that niggling "make-ups" part. Things aren't all bad for The Mole. He's just released one of the year's finest full-lengths, As High As the Sky, which is a journey deep into the heart of organic loop-based house music with a soulful tinge. He's back recording with the Cobblestone guys, in preparation for a long overdue second Modern Deep Left Quartet release. And now he's got an excellent leftfield RA podcast to his name. Full of old soul, funk, disco, and R&B classics that'll have you typing lyrics into Google, hoping to pull track IDs out of the digital ether. (Believe us, we tried too.) It's one of the best we've heard this year - and we hope you enjoy it too.
*We at RA towers wish The Mole all the best in making a quick and full recovery.