Y.W. Eleven

Y.W. Eleven is the last Andrew Weatherall release that was in place before his passing in February 2020, a two sided 12" single on DisDat. It was up for pre- order way back in the spring of this year and copies finally began to surface a few weeks ago. Y.W. Eleven is seven minutes thirty three of your typically, understated Weatherall brilliance- that stop- start, push- pull dynamic (a rhythm and sound he was all over on his 2017 Qualia album), propulsive mechanical drums, distorted fuzzy synth sounds and echo. There have been some complaints online out the quality of the pressing with some copies reported as being almost unplayable, loads of surface noise and sound dropping out. Weirdly this upload on Youtube seems to be ripped from one of those. The unspoiled version sounds infinitely better- you'll have to take my word for it. 

There have been a couple of previously unavailable mixes from Mr Weatherall which have surfaced recently, made their way to The Flightpath Estate and are now on the internet for your listening pleasure. The first is a thirty- seven minute mix from 2010 when he played records at the Cosey Club supporting Factory Floor. Opening with Chris and Cosey then Fad Gadget's apocalyptic synth classic Back To Nature, Weatherall sticks to the industrial/ experimental end of acid house- regular and longstanding Weatherall favourites Fini Tribe, Killing Joke and Les Liaisons Dangereuses all appear.  Very, very good if a tad short. It's at Mixcloud here. 

This mix from 2001 is more unusual. Titled The Chairman's Choice it was a mix done for the legendary Jeff Barrett to celebrate the opening of The Islington Social and sees Andrew venture down a funk and soul route taking in The Memphis Horns, Benny Gordon, Stainless Soul, Assagai, Bobby Rush, Black Heat (among others) before finishing with Johnny Jenkins rocking cover of I Walk On Gilded Splinters. Quite the excursion. It's at Mixcloud here.