Charlie Gillett

Charlie Gillett with sounds from around the world, and a studio session by one of New Zealand's finest, the Wellington-based seven-piece band Fat Freddy's Drop.

The band call themselves a 'seven-headed soul monster', but their musical range also stretches to roots, dub, reggae and jazz. A fiercely independent group, they forned their own label The Drop in 1999 to release their first tracks. They made their reputation as a live band playing long improvisations, then in 2006 they released their first full studio album, Based on a True Story, which became an international hit. They now regularly tour summer festivals across the world and their second album, Dr Boondigga and the Big BW - a reference to major record labels - was released in 2009.

World on 3

Presented by Charlie Gillett
Produced by Roger Short

Tel 020 7765 4661
Fax 020 7765 5052
e-mail [email protected]

Friday 18th December

Adewale: Nigeria
Segun Adewale
Album: Ase
Segun Adewale Records SARPS 5

Mandra
Kottarashky
Album: Opa Hey!
Asphalt Tango CD-ATR 2609

Walk on Guilded Splinters
Dr John
Album: Gris Gris
Atco 7567-80437-2

Chante avec Cithare
Francois Muduga
Album: Burundi: Musiques Traditionelles
Ocora CD HM83

Trouble's Braids
Tom Waits
Album: Swordfish Trombones
Island Records ILPS 19762

In Session

Fat Freddy’s Drop
Dallas Tamaira (vocals/acoustic guitar)
Chris Faiumu (MPC/mixing desk)
Iain Gordon (keys/synths)
Desmond Kerr (electric guitars)
Scott Towers (saxophone)
Toby Laing (trumpet)
Joe Lindsay (trombone)

The Raft
Fat Freddy’s Drop
BBC Recording by engineers Andrew Smillie, Maida Vale, 2009

Boondigga
Fat Freddy’s Drop
BBC Recording by engineers Andrew Smillie, Maida Vale, 2009

Trad: Amazing Grace
Fiji Police Band
Album: Fiji Police Band
ODE CDMANU 1489

Hwang Byeong-ki: Recitation of Pleasure in Zen, Part 4
Heo Yoon Jeong
Album: Geomungo Solo
C&C/EMI CNLR 0626-2

Yang Luang
Lai Muang
Album: Pin Phia -Old Harp of Lanna
Unknown record label

Kun-nu-shu
Blue Asia
Album: Sketches of Myahk
Vivid Sound VSCD 9692

Steel and Stone
Kris Drever
Album: Black Water
Reveal 12

Mackaly Hasan Tunc: Ben Seni Sevdiğumi
Sevval Sam
Album: Karadeniz
Kalan CD 454

Sebestyen: Vision
Marta Sebestyen
Album: I Can See the Gates of Heaven
World Village 450009

In Session - Fat Freddy’s Drop

Afrique
Fat Freddy’s Drop
BBC Recording by engineers Andrew Smillie, Maida Vale, 2009

Ray Ray
Fat Freddy’s Drop
BBC Recording by engineers Andrew Smillie, Maida Vale, 2009

Keita: Baba
Salif Keita
Album: Moffou
Decca 016906

Shobeni Zwelabantu Mayise: Sengizokufa
Odade Wethu
Album: Kuyoxaban' Amadoda
Gallo 505 1865 1745-5-4

Toure/Diabate: Ruby
Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté
Album: Ali & Toumani
World Circuit WLWCD083