7 July 2006
Friday 7 July 2006 22:15-23:30 (Radio 3)
Mark Russell and Robert Sandall present a unique mix of musical styles and influences.
Duration:
1 hour 15 minutes
Playlist
MIXING IT
Presented by Robert Sandall and Mark Russell
Produced by James Parkin
Factsheet compiled by Sam Hickling
Tel. 020 7765 4661
Fax. 020 7765 4378
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Friday 7 July 2006, 10:15pm
Morpho: Straight to Video (2.53)
Morpho is the Australian duo of avant-jazz guitarist Dave Brown (guitar/bass/samples/treatments/re-structuring/production) and surrealist pop artist David Wadelton (guitar/theremin/synth/vocal/samples/field recordings/structure). They met at art school in the 80s where they formed post-punk group Signals. Dave Brown is also part of the Pateras/Baxter/Brown trio and the group Bucketrider, and he records under the name Candlesnuffer.
album: Morpho
Dr Jim's Records DRJIM36
http://www.drjimsrecords.com.au/
Orriel Smith: Winds of Space (2.36)
This comes from a new release on the Trunk Records label, described as 'a small collection of rare, delightful folk oddities for strange adults and maybe their children too'. Winds of Space is from a rare 7-inch single originally released on Tudor Records, a label set up by the American soundtrack composer Philip Lambro, who is also the arranger on this track.
album: Fuzzy-felt Folk
Trunk Records JBH018CD
http://www.trunkrecords.com/
http://www.fuzzyfelt.com/
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy: The Signifying Wolf (3.41)
This is the b-side to the new Bonnie 'Prince' Billy single Cursed Sleep, which itself is a taster for his forthcoming album 'Then the Letting Go'.
Emmett Kelly (guitar); Dawn McCarthy (voice); Paul Oldham (bass); Jim White (drums); Valgeir Sigurdsson (recording)
EP: Cursed Sleep
Domino RUG230CD
http://www.bonnieprincebilly.com/
http://www.dominorecordco.com/
How To Swim: When the Rain Comes (3.33)
Glasgow's How to Swim consist of Ink Wilson (guitars/vocals/ironing board/songwriting), Sean Callaghan (guitars/vocals), Martin Docherty (bass guitar/vocals), Chris Brown (drums/percussion/vocals), Anna Webster (glockenspiel/keyboards/vocals), Jenny Wan (keys), Heather North (flute), Euan Allardice (trumpets), Ross McCrae (trombones), Mhairi Ross (violins), Paddy Johnson (cellos)
album: The Littlest Orgasm
Electric Honey Recordings EH0602
http://www.howtoswim.net/
http://www.electrichoney.co.uk/
Carr/Nord/Hofmann/Maddox: Ants (3.41)
Richard Carr (violin/viola), Mike Nord (electric and acoustic guitars/electronics), Georg Hofmann (drums and percussion) and Art Maddox (piano) recorded this album without any prior rehearsals or even discussions. They named the tracks once they heard them back, based on the impressions they created.
album: Biosphere
Leo Records CD LR 456
http://www.leorecords.com/
Labtekwon: Due Time (3.51)
Labtekwon is from Baltimore and has over 20 albums to his name, as well as the endorsement of Public Enemy's Chuck D, who calls him 'the Thelonius Monk of hip hop'.
album: The Ghetto Dai Lai Lama v.777
Ankh Ba Records DFM-U-078
http://www.ankhba.com/
http://www.morphius.com/morphiusurban
Ryukyu Underground: Suminashi (5.49)
Ryukyu Underground consists of Keith Gordon (drums/drum programming/percussion/keyboards/fx), an English teacher living in Okinawa, Japan, and American musician Jon Taylor (guitars/bass/keyboards/drum programming/percussion/fx). This track also features Toru Yonaha (sanshin/koto) and Mika Uchizato (vocals)
album: Shimadelica
Respect Records RES-110
http://www.ryukyu-underground.wwma.net/
http://www.respect-record.co.jp/
Dave Swain: Sportive (3.22)
Dave Swain is a musician based in County Down, Northern Ireland. This track has received airplay all over the world, and it features the voices of Marta Silbernaglová and Alina Poliakaité. The lyrics come from genuine internet dating profiles.
album: Istvan Zsolt's Plane Ticket
Gore Infidel Records G.I. 11CD
http://goreinfidel.tripod.com/
Las Malas Amistades: El Country; La Maratón De San Vito (3.48)
Las Malas Amistades came together in 1994 at art college in Colombia's capital city Bogotá. Although they were all music-lovers, none of them could play anything. This never stopped them, though, and not caring for any kind of commercial success, they subsequently released two albums. These have now been put together on this compilation from the label run by the West London record shop Honest Jons, and Blur/Gorillaz man Damon Albarn.
album: Las Malas Amistades
Honest Jons HJRCDDJ26
http://malasamistades.com/
Plaid and Bob Jaroc: Super Positions (6.58)
The electronic duo also known as Ed Handley and Andy Turner present a new album. It's described as a 5.1 surround sound Audio Visual album, and has an accompanying DVD showcasing the work of their new collaborator: film and video artist Bob Jaroc. This project has been developed over four years.
album: Greedy Baby
Warp Records WARPCD139
http://www.warprecords.com/
http://www.softloader.com/
The Mile End Ladies String Auxilliary: Sequences of a Warm Front (5.38)
The Mile End Ladies String Auxilliary is named after the area of Montréal which is home to most of the city's alternative music community. Beckie Foon (cello) is also in the bands A Silver Mt Zion and Esmerine; Genevieve Heistek (viola) is a member of Sackville and Hanged Up, and Sophie Trudeau (violin) plays in Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
This was recorded at Hotel2Tango, Mile End, Montréal
album: From Cells of Roughest Air
Bangor BANG001
http://www.bangorrecords.com/
http://www.southern.net/southern/band/MILEN/
Moondog: Frog Bog (2.09)
This is a Quintet in 5/4 meter featuring the Weiner-Sabinsky Duo. It comes from a new collection of rare works by Moondog: the blind American street musician also known as Louis Hardin. It is being released to commemorate what would have been his 90th birthday.
album: Moondog Rare Material
Roof Music RD2633272
This track originally appeared on the album Moondog (Prestige, 1956)
http://www.moondogscorner.de
http://www.roofmusic.de
Pumajaw: Outside it Blows (3.59)
Pumajaw is a new name for old Mixing It favourites Pinkie Maclure (voice/concertina/organ/coat hangers) and John Wills (guitars/bodhran/lyre/e-bow loops/table). This track is an 'existentialist song-poem' with a meteorological theme.
album: Becoming Pumajaw
Trefingle TreCD102
http://www.pinkiemaclure.co.uk/
http://www.myspace.com/pumajaw
Pumajaw play the Luminaire, Kilburn, London on Saturday 8 July
Brunnen: Rupert Writes a Rainbow (4.17)
Brunnen is a name used by Dutch musician and singer Freek Kinkelaar. He began using it in 1989, and this album brings together songs from the albums he has released in the intervening years. His idea was to combine these songs with abstract soundscapes.
album: The Beekeeper's Dream
Beta-lactam Ring Records mt076
http://www.freekkinkelaar.nl/
http://www.blrrecords.com/
Freek Kinkelaar loves correspondence: write to him at Schoolstraat 9, nl-6512 Ja Nijmegen, The Netherlands
The Piggleswick Folk: Teddy Bears Picnic (1.31)
More from this compilation to finish: Piggleswick Folk spent much time in the early 1970s touring with Pam Ayres. Two members of the group still perform as part of the barn dance band Tumbledown Dick.
album: Fuzzy-felt Folk
Trunk Records JBH018CD
http://www.trunkrecords.com/
http://www.fuzzyfelt.com/
http://www.tumbledowndick.com/
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