A while back Tom Furse and Rhys Webb spent a six-month sabbatical from The Horrors completing Spider and the Flies’ staggering dreadnought of a debut album. It was a crushing prolapse of influences and innovations and it rocked. As these two are the biggest record freaks we’ve ever met we asked them to record us a couple of mixes for us, being the cool guys they are, they said yes.
The first, Up has been playing out across the VICE office for weeks and proves that bestial kraut zombies aren’t as morose as you’d have thought. Anyone who can work out the track-listing wins a car*. Keep your eyes out for pt.2. Down, coming soon.
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*Of course you won’t, grow up, enjoy your free mix, and stop asking for the moon on a stick.
March 11th, 2009 @ 05:10
Reader Comments
March 11th, 2009
this is fucking amazing.
March 11th, 2009
Yay!
wow, this is awesome.
fantastic.
March 11th, 2009
i listen to this whilst cooking my din dins
March 11th, 2009
This is a fantastic mix, I can’t seem to be able to download it so I can have it on my mp3 player - any ideas?
March 11th, 2009
its pretty good, but these cunts haven’t paid my friend Ben yet for the artwork.
March 11th, 2009
“This is a fantastic mix, I can’t seem to be able to download it so I can have it on my mp3 player - any ideas?”
right-click “Spider and the Flies - Up mix” right above the mini-player and select either “save target as…” (IE) or “save link as…” (firefox)
March 11th, 2009
fab mix, by the way. have a feeling i’ll be playing it non-stop for the next little while…
March 13th, 2009
traclisting?
March 14th, 2009
One is kraftwerk-ätherwellen
March 15th, 2009
what a load of shit
March 16th, 2009
The Horrors were rubbish but Spider has an amazing record collection.
PS - the second song is Film 2 by Grauzone.
March 16th, 2009
Average at best, its not shit - but its nothing special.
March 16th, 2009
What’s the title of that so far away song, anybody?
March 18th, 2009
24:43 - Petrol (Alternate Version)by Severed Heads.
March 19th, 2009
Does anybody know the name of the Do you have fantasies song?
March 26th, 2009
This is shit! and those posh cunts are ripping off Can and Neu!
March 26th, 2009
If you guys don’t like this then you obviously have no taste at all.
March 27th, 2009
[...] Spider and the Flies mix, pt.1 - ‘Up’ [...]
March 31st, 2009
The (Hypothetical) Prophets - Person To Person
April 12th, 2009
anyone know what the first up-beat song is?
April 14th, 2009
wowzaaaaaa
April 14th, 2009
Does anyone know what the song after Person to Person is called and who sings it starts at about 12:48?
April 15th, 2009
It’s “I See The Light” by Model 500, everything he (Juan Atkins) does is amazing..
April 15th, 2009
Whoo hoo thanks Tom I’ll check out more of his stuff.
April 25th, 2009
This is utter shit
May 2nd, 2009
Wonderful!
May 7th, 2009
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June 25th, 2009
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July 8th, 2009
[...] Spider and the Flies mix, pt.1 - ‘Up’ [...]
August 22nd, 2009
1. (0:00) - ?
2. (3:40) - Film 2 by Grauzone
3. (6:45) - Person to Person by The (Hypothetical) Prophets
4. (12:50) - I See The Light by Model 500
5. (18:35) - ?
6. (24:45) - Petrol (Alternate Version) by Severed Heads
7. (28:30) - Ätherwellen by Kraftwerk
8. (33:00) - Interlock by Glass Domain
9. (34:50) - Dance To The Music by Junior Byron
10. (43:00) - The Disco Spaceship by Laurie Marshall
can you help my out with the two missed songs?
September 23rd, 2009
[...] The Horrors‘ Tom and Rhys, aka Spider and the Flies, made a pair of mixtapes for us called Up and Down. You all loved Up, but I think you were a little darked-out by Down. Since then, The [...]
October 27th, 2009
Where can I find this songs?
Please help me…
xx
Spider and The Flies - Space Walking
Spider and The Flies - jungle planet
October 27th, 2009
Where can I find this songs?
Please help me…
xx
Spider and The Flies - Space Walking
Spider and The Flies - jungle planet
November 3rd, 2009
sounds like penis envy