Our first session in 2.5 years sees us joined by good mate from England, Jon Kidd. Despite being a Man United fan, he has great taste in music and loves the podcast so what better way to reward him by having his show us his ten best for his life's journey. Enjoy!

With a decorated career in Commercial Radio, Ian Skippen has had a life surrounded by music. As an Uncle of mine (who always was King of Dad-jokes) I always felt he would be one to really enjoy doing a Scotch Session of his ten most memorable songs of his life. It's a rare candid glimpse into the other side of a man who rarely had control of the playlist at work, yet appreciates a wide variety of styles and a fine dram at the same time. Sit back and say 'Slainte Mhath' with us on this family affair. Stuart Cox (Tracks not listed)

Recorded across some dodgy communication lines between Copenhagen and Sydney in 2017, Stuart Cox and Peter Curtis had been talking this session up for some time, as the eighties represents the glory of our childhood. The bigger question which songs to choose? Get your leg warmers out, crimp your hair and put on a fluoro puffer vest as Scotch Sessions takes you back to the eighties in style with ballads, synths and cheese. Of course, there has to be a sequel also! Scotch: Balvenie Carribean Cask (Peter drank wine) Tracks not listed (we love suspense).

Some people are loud. Some people have opinions. Some are simply from Long Island. This one guy called Dylan is a music boffin who I am glad has joined my group of friends to add a bit of colour and the best mane of grey hair one has seen. A former frontman himself of bands that probably offended and pushed the envelope, Dylan Farrell is a passionate and eclectic connoisseur of music. This is at odds with our guest co-host Joel Maloney who likes 4/4 beats with lyrics probably written by Pit Bull.   This was the first session in absence of Pete and let's just say things went a little off track. Apologies to all people of ethnic minorities, my Mum and any artists who regarded their work in the nineties as a work of art. It's a battle to keep the circus together so listen up and enjoy Dyl's picks of his halcyon days. 05/05/15 Scotch: Bunnahabhain 12 Tracks: Primus My Name is Mud RATM Settle For Nothing The Cure High Portishead Strangers Gravediggaz - Graveyard Chamber My Bloody Valentine -  To Here Knows When Ice - Devils The Orb - Montagne D’Or Nearly God - Make a change EyeHateGod -Shinobi Soundgarden  - 4th of July Beck - Ramshackle Iceburn - Blacksmith: Creation, Hammeranvil

Twas very wet for our second session of the Way Out West 2016 excursion and due to the restrictions around getting alcohol in Sweden, we failed to get Scotch. Never mind, since we had other supplies and always plenty more tunes to share. Strap yourself in as the dribbling duo do their best to keep the weather demons at bay. Ten tunes like the old sessions, I promise.

Formerly known as session 13, 'twas the year 2013 and Pete decided to commence proceedings with Patron Tequila while Stuart claims to have the best five tracks of the year following the Strugglers AGM. Listen out for the falling chairs, the dropped glasses and general looseness that insued in one of the all-time great sessions. We really don't know how this even got finished and how to really categorise it. Electronic belters start things and shots disperse the Scotch in what is a truly grand session. Saddle up. Even Juzzy drops in at the end for Pete to discuss the old junior soccer team line-up! Scotch: Cragganmore 96 Mood: Hungover but full 'o beans Johnny Jewel - Mirage/Let's Kiss Daniel Avery - Drone Logic Hayden James - Permission to love Röyksopp - Running to the Sea (Man without Country remix) Olympic Airs - Magic (Jordan F) The Field - They won't see me Moby - Everything that rises Arthur Oskan - Omega man Darkside - Paper Trails DJ Yellow and Flowers and Sea Creatures - No One Gets (Guy J remix) ....ten extra random tracks inbcluding Tropic of Cancer, Cuttooth, The Dandy Warhols, Nine Inch Nails, Massive Attack, Moby.

It is here, the Big Daddy,  the Grand Poobah, the songs that shaped the life of a manchild from Brisvegas called Stuart Cox. Hosted by Pete Curtis in Gothenburg on the weekend of Way Out West festival, expect an in-depth exploration of genres and scotch flavoured banter. From the suburbs of North Brisbane to the chilly waters of the Outer Hebrides, let yourself be taken far and wide by the Coxinator. Plenty of family and friends play part so listen out for the name drops! Lagavulin 16 year was the duty-free tipple of choice and one litre almost got us there. This session will be followed by a mini-vodcast soon so lookout for the accompanying festival footage and Gothenburg Apartment dance moves. Enjoy. Track list is below but please look after listening. The Scotch Session of Stuart Cox (August 2016) Scotch: Lagavulin 16 Fleetwood Mac - Dreams Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer Guru Josh - Infinity (1990's_ Time For The Guru) (1990) Nirvana - Territorial Pissings Faith No More - The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies Jeff Buckley - Dream Brother The Prodigy - Firestarter Orbital - Satan (Industry Standard Edit) Tool - Sober Nine Inch Nails - Ruiner Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out) The Killers - Mr. Brightside Bloc Party - Banquet Unklesounds featuring Roots Manuva - GDMFSOB (U.N.K.L.E. Uncensored) Slipknot - Pulse Of The Maggots M83 - skin of the night Mike + The Mechanics - The Living Years Lana Del Rey - National Anthem The Weeknd - 01 High For This Burial - Archangel Skaters - Miss Teen Massachusetts Jamie XX - Loud Places (feat. Romy)

This twelfth Scotch Session was long lost and only created from metadata hacked off the governement's spying computers with the help of Ed Snowden. With Pete still firmly in married mode and the Coxinator sacrificing major social time to get to the Bronte pad they imbibe the fine Bowmore smoky goodness and Glenfiddich 18 year. Pete goes more rock in the music department while Stuart goes folder digging to find some classic and underrated gems. Studio calamity ensues. Scotch Session 12 (recorded May 2014) Scotch : Bowmore; Glenfiddich 18 Track listing: Boards of Canada - Gemini Queens of the Stone Age - I appear missing Slipknot - Circle Black Cab - Go slow Incubus - Wish you were here The Cruel Sea - Anybody but you Sneaker Pimps - Half-Life Man Without Country - Flammable BT - Fibonacci Sequence Doves - Slipstream

Today we are joined by Peter Curtis's Canberra childhood friend and face of eternal youth, Michael Rossiter. Unfortunately that also meant a group of noisy hangers-on who care not for microphone sensitivity in the Tamarama pad. So we let Rossy go through his most influential tracks while accompanied by a very fine drop in Ardbeg Uigeadail, the fine drop that was awarded 2009 World Whisky of the Year by Jim Murray. A solid drop to accompany a solid session full of variety and colourful banter. Check the track listing below folks gang. Slainte! Scotch Session with Michael Rossiter Scotch: Ardbeg Uigeadail Track listing: Absolute Magnitude - Sonic Generation Ambrosia - Inside Your Arms Groove Armada - Suntoucher The Streets - Weak Become Heroes Smashing Pumpkins - 1979 Interpol - Wrecking Ball Tame Impala - Gotta Be Above It NWA - 100 Miles and Runnin Jam n Spoon - Stella Underworld - Jumbo Arcade Fire - We Exist Groove Armada - Ooh Baby

As we delve into songs that define your lifelong musical journey, it's time to turn the focus to our host sometimes DJ and musical guru Peter Curtis. Recorded in May 2015, this podcast preceded his relocation to Copenhagen and the streamlining and migration of our site.  The restriction for Pete was a ten-song Scotch Session which was always going to be a struggle as recent sessions have shown his propensity to overindulge. So grab your bevvie, some quality sound equipment and come on a long ride through the Pete Curtis life soundtrack. Track listing: Vangelis - Blade Runner Theme - Tears in Rain Icehouse - Man of Colours The Church - Under the Milky Way The Cure - Burn Live - Lightning Crashes Public Enemy - Pollywannacraka The Prodigy - Climbatize Leftfield - A Final Hit Cafe Del Mar - Energy 52 (Michael Woods Ambient Remix) Narcotik - Blue Pole Folder and CP - Apollo Vibes Massive Attack - Safe from Harm Freeland - Supernatural Thing Interpol - Hands Away Kasabian - Club Foot James Holden - Kaern Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows (UNKLE Remix) M83 - Couleurs Black Cab - Go Slow LSB - All of my love Alicia Keys - Rethinkable (Unknown artist DnB remix)