20 August 2004
Friday 20 August 2004 22:15-23:30 (Radio 3)
Presented by Mark Russell and Robert Sandall and featuring an interview with Bjork about her new album "Medulla", which explores the human voice as sound source and includes contributions from Robert Wyatt, Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq, and Rahzel of The Roots.
Duration:
1 hour 15 minutes
Playlist
MIXING IT
Presented by Robert Sandall and Mark Russell
Produced by Felix Carey
Factsheet compiled by Sam Hickling
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Friday 20 August 2004, 10:30pm
Featuring an interview with Bjork
DAT Politics: Go Pets Go (2.55)
This new album release from the Lille, France-based laptop trio was recorded following two years of international touring. The vocalist on this track is Tigerbeat6 artist Nathan Michel.
album: Go Pets Go
Chicks on Speed Records CoSR15CD
http://www.ski-pp.com/
http://www.chicksonspeed-records.com
Spring Heel Jack: Autumn (5.50)
This is taken from Spring Heel Jack's fourth release on the Thirsty Ear label's Blue Series imprint, which, under the artistic vision of pianist Matthew Shipp, aims to blur boundaries between jazz, hip-hop and other leftfield genres. This track features Mark Sanders (drums), Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet) and Ashley Wales (samples/electronics). John Edwards (bass) and Evan Parker (saxes) appear elsewhere on the album.
album: The Sweetness of the Water
Thirsty Ear THI 57146.2
http://www.thirstyear.com
Homelife: Windytreehouserollerdisco (4.40)
Homelife are a large collective with a fluid line-up based around founding members Paddy Steer (bass and a whole lot besides) and Tony Burnside (vocals/guitar/etc.), who are based in Manchester, and once played together in the group Yargo.
album: Guru Man Hubcap Lady
Ninja Tune ZEN CD93
http://www.madwaltz.com/
http://www.ninjatune.net/ninja/
Mum: This Nothing Blowing in the Faraway (4.35)
Mum is the multi-instrumental Icelandic trio of Gunnar Örn Tynes, Örvar Thóreyjarson Smárason and Kristin Anna Valtysdóttir, whose sister Gyda has now left the band. This track, like their new album, was written in a remote lighthouse in the north west of Iceland and recorded at an empty weather station on the country's south west coast.
EP: Dusk Log
FatCat cd10fat03
http://www.randomsummer.com
http://www.fat-cat.co.uk
Interview: Bjork
Recorded in Reykjavik, July 2004, Bjork was discussing her new album Medulla (the title comes from the Latin word for 'marrow'), on which she explores the many qualities of the human voice.
Music details:
Desired Constellation
Performed by Bjork with the Icelandic Choir; programming by Oliver Alary
Triumph of a Heart
Human trombone: Gregory Purnhagen; Beats: Rahzel; Dokaka; programming: Valgeir Sigurdsson; Mark Bell; Bjork
Mouths Cradle
Performed by Bjork and Tagaq with the Icelandic Choir; beats: Rahzel; bass synth: Mark Bell; programming: Bjork; Valgeir Sigurdsson; Mark Bell
Ancestors
Performed by Bjork and Tagaq; piano and programming: Björk
Who Is It (carry my joy on the left carry my pain on the right)
Performed by Bjork and Tagaq; Beats: Rahzel; bass synth: Bjork; programming: Valgeir Sigurdsson; Mark Bell; Bjork; Matmos
Submarine
Performed by Bjork and Robert Wyatt; programming: Valgeir Sigurdsson
album: Medulla
One Little Indian TPLP358CD
http://www.bjork.com/
http://www.indian.co.uk/
Opto: 04:34 a.m. (4.25)
Opto is Carsten Nicolai from Berlin and Thomas Knak, aka Opiate, from Copenhagen. This collaboration came about when Nicolai found a cassette tape in some woods near Berlin. The tape contained lo-fi recordings of a guitar interspersed with the forest ambiance. He cleaned up the recordings and sent them to Opiate, who added the beats and ambient sounds taken from a forest near Copenhagen. The times at which he made his recordings give the tracks their titles.
album: 2nd
Hobby Industries HI 016
http://www.hobbyind.com/
Carter Tutti: The Streets of London Fields (5.10)
CABAL is the latest release from Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti, who were formerly half of the Industrial music pioneering group Throbbing Gristle. Cosey Fanni Tutti provides the vocals, guitar and cornet alongside Chris Carter's instrumental structures.
album: Cabal
CTI CT00104
CTI, London WC1N 3XX
http://www.cartertutti.com
http://www.throbbing-gristle.com/
Aufgehoben: Avant Primitiv (7.20)
Recorded 21 August 2001 at Moat Studios, Brixton, London. Aufgehoben never say who they are. All we know is that they are a Brighton and London 3-piece who collaborate with the guitarist Gary Smith (Mass/Glass Cage/Powerfield). They rarely meet, never rehearse and never write. When they want to record, they get together and record in one burst then spend months, even years, editing and processing the results until they are barely recognisable. They take great delight in making challenging listening.
album: Avant Primitiv
Riot Season REPOSECD05
http://www.aufgehoben.org
http://www.riotseason.com
Homelife: Banjo (2.35)
Another track from the new Homelife album featuring a spoken word contribution from Maanila Santos, one of the group's four vocalists
album: Guru Man Hubcap Lady
Ninja Tune ZEN CD93
http://www.madwaltz.com/
http://www.ninjatune.net/ninja/
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