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
8:29 am
this is fucking amazing.
March 11th, 2009
10:15 am
Yay!
wow, this is awesome.
fantastic.
March 11th, 2009
10:25 am
i listen to this whilst cooking my din dins
March 11th, 2009
4:41 pm
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
5:03 pm
its pretty good, but these cunts haven’t paid my friend Ben yet for the artwork.
March 11th, 2009
8:26 pm
“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
8:27 pm
fab mix, by the way. have a feeling i’ll be playing it non-stop for the next little while…
March 13th, 2009
1:45 pm
traclisting?
March 14th, 2009
12:08 pm
One is kraftwerk-ätherwellen
March 15th, 2009
9:51 pm
what a load of shit
March 16th, 2009
12:35 pm
The Horrors were rubbish but Spider has an amazing record collection.
PS - the second song is Film 2 by Grauzone.
March 16th, 2009
4:34 pm
Average at best, its not shit - but its nothing special.
March 16th, 2009
10:34 pm
What’s the title of that so far away song, anybody?
March 18th, 2009
5:43 pm
24:43 - Petrol (Alternate Version)by Severed Heads.
March 19th, 2009
9:32 am
Does anybody know the name of the Do you have fantasies song?
March 26th, 2009
7:58 am
This is shit! and those posh cunts are ripping off Can and Neu!
March 26th, 2009
9:39 am
If you guys don’t like this then you obviously have no taste at all.
March 27th, 2009
9:04 am
[...] Spider and the Flies mix, pt.1 - ‘Up’ [...]
March 31st, 2009
11:23 am
The (Hypothetical) Prophets - Person To Person
April 12th, 2009
8:19 am
anyone know what the first up-beat song is?
April 14th, 2009
4:33 pm
wowzaaaaaa
April 14th, 2009
6:00 pm
Does anyone know what the song after Person to Person is called and who sings it starts at about 12:48?
April 15th, 2009
3:26 am
It’s “I See The Light” by Model 500, everything he (Juan Atkins) does is amazing..
April 15th, 2009
5:51 pm
Whoo hoo thanks Tom I’ll check out more of his stuff.
April 25th, 2009
5:49 am
This is utter shit
May 2nd, 2009
4:18 pm
Wonderful!
May 7th, 2009
6:31 am
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June 25th, 2009
10:46 am
qN92S7 comment1 ,
July 8th, 2009
5:23 am
[...] Spider and the Flies mix, pt.1 - ‘Up’ [...]
August 22nd, 2009
2:17 pm
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
10:52 am
[...] 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
12:00 pm
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
12:02 pm
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
8:00 am
sounds like penis envy