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Hot Roddy "Pessimism" 2005,
heres my card records uk CARD005

1 Pessimism
2 Corks
3 Noris McWhirter

Like all Heres My Card Records releases, this is a mini card shaped CDR which plays for about 5 minutes and costs £2. Big up Sean!

review: see below

from Setting Sun website

Hot Roddy for those not in the know is the alter ego of Same Actor aka Chris Cook in Brighton who Setting Sun interviewed fairly recently. Hot Roddy perhaps in contrast to Same Actor is a much looser project and possibly more slight commercial in contrast to his darker leanings as Same Actor. However, this does not make Hot Roddy anywhere less a appealing prospect. Far from it. This three track single "Pessimism" released on HMBC Records is a excellent little single, little being the operative word as it is that small you could literally fit it into your bus card or your credit card folder. Yes, that small but yet within that tiny frame lies a three track single, which clocks in just under 5 minutes of music.

The first track the title track "Pessimism" is the full length track off the three which is kind of like Same Actor expect possibly more commercial, but cool still… However, the second and third tracks "Corks" and "Norris McWhirter" are the real surprises of the three, with both tracks seemingly finishing before they actually get going clocking in under a minute each, but done so quickly you actually find yourself playing them again just to try and work out whether you missed anything in the first place.
Very, very clever. An excellent EP / Single / God only knows what.

compilation appearances
remote: gamelan twelve step on spirit of gravity volume 1
remote: minute on spirit of gravity volume 2
remote: spirit of gravity on spirit of gravity volume 3
remote: war on bongos on totally bored volume 1
hot roddy ramshaw: cook roach and churchill square on totally bored present please copy this tape
hot roddy ramshaw: pub rock on ear cleaners (klove records)
hot roddy ramshaw: permanently fucked on now that's what i call wrong music 2
hot roddy ramshaw: i think i know what happens next on now that's what i call wrong music 3
hot roddy: metronome filth (live at po na nas) and same actor: dulcimer scramble suit (live at st georges church) on spirit of gravity volume 4
same actor: seagulls can be noisey fuckers at 5am now that's what i call wrong music 4
hot roddy: december will be magic again on spirit of gravity volume 5
hot roddy: repetoire and rashamon: ador and sleep mighty (hot roddy cheese cabassa remix) on Dizzy Tiger sun in wintertime tape
hot roddy: elsewhere on This Window Only Opens Halfway CD (passive aggressive)
hot roddy: imbalance and same actor dulcimer scramble suit 4 on totally bored 3 kiss kiss bang bang CD
hot roddy: conditioner on board meeting (heres my card records uk) tiny card shaped CD
hot roddy: skeleton emotion on Whatever CD (Wrong Music)
hot roddy: lively appreciation of doom on litmus 1 double CD
same actor: iceberg vastness and hot roddy: a lively appreication of doom on spirit of gravity promotional CD
hot roddy: accapella on Devolution to the Frontline CD (Ordio Enjinn )
same actor: nothing yet on Folk Off! Sunday Best CD
hot roddy: flush and wash hands on board meeting (heres my card records uk) tiny card shaped CD
same actor: feb 11 2006 on Dizzy Tiger anti tape
hot roddy: mulholland drive on spirit of gravity 7 soundtracks comp CD
same actor move your body on forthcoming nature and noise downloadable comp on netlab
hot roddy: white magnum please
hot roddy:multiband depressor on Unsafe Sonic art CD
hot roddy: fest on spirit of gravity comp
same actor: autumn on ligeti tribute website curated by tophee cheesecake
same actor: i know what happens next (remix) on can buy me love 4 comp on digital vomit
hot roddy: magnum please on vestige: a selection from clean 3 and 4 CD on bit phalanx

remixes on CDs/ downloadable

rashamon: ador and sleep mighty (hot roddy flammable step paranoia mix) on rashamon gravity people remix comp passive aggressive
oom - black heart (hot roddy mix) downloadable from their site
pidgin: Blavlsklava (hot roddy dayglodisco sitar version) on Lundy Pollen Crew Oval Eggsperiments (Internation Dub Plate Mafia Records) 3" CD
bela emerson kissing nettles (same actor remix 5) on totally bored 3 kiss kiss bang bang CD
shitmat: figroller (hot roddy mix) on forthcoming Spirit of Gravity 6 CD
rashamon: plane as ya honey (hot roddy remix) on Rashamon "The Power Of Hatred" (Dizzy Tiger ) 3" CDR
elmaes: 5 same actor security remix, same actor security remix edit, same actor kitchen sink rmx
listen with sarah: animal hop same actor more an more finite dissection mix on Listen With Sarah Animal Hop remixes CDR