24 June 2005
Friday 24 June 2005 22:15-23:30 (Radio 3)
Mark Russell and Robert Sandall introduce a recording of Jonny Greenwood's BBC commission Popcorn Superhet Receiver, performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Robert Ziegler.
Duration:
1 hour 15 minutes
Playlist
MIXING IT
Presented by Mark Russell and Robert Sandall
Produced by Felix Carey
Factsheet compiled by Sam Hickling
Tel. 020 7765 4661
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Friday 24 June 2005, 10:15pm
Fennesz/Sakamoto: Sala Santa Cecilia (excerpt) (7.39)
This is taken from a 19 minute overture recorded by Claudia Engelhart at Sala Santa Cecilia, for the Romaeuropa Festival, Rome, 28 November 2004.
album: Sala Santa Cecilia
Touch Tone 22
http://www.fennesz.com
http://www.sitesakamoto.com
http://www.touchmusic.org.uk
the primeTime sublime Community Orchestra: Curb Your God (4.09)
the primeTime sublime Community Orchestra is a project devised by American composer Paul Minotto, with a cast of extras that includes Lee Sanford (organ/piano), Tony Macaroni (piano/keyboards), Luigi Minotta (alto sax/percussion), Tommy Gee (drums/percussion), Frankie Lane Ross (bass fiddle), Bob Donahue, Leon ‘ol’ Red Eyes’ Sinatra, Sally Fartsburg, Dick Castrato, Sister Mary Pignewton, Giuseppe Fellatio and Mary McGee (vocals). This track features a fragment of Burt Bacharach's What the World Needs Now, sung by a robot, and the Ken-L-Ration dog food jingle ('my dog's better than your dog…').
album: Songs That Will Never Win A Grammy
Corporate Blob Records CBR 003
http://www.primetimesublime.com
Elliott Sharp feat. Tracie Morris: Got it? Get it! (7.21)
All music by Elliott Sharp; lyrics and vocals by Tracie Morris
This comes from Elliott Sharp's latest album of collaborations, which he describes as a 'commentary on the state of things'. He has been working with Tracie Morris since 1981, and on this piece he gave her a rhythm track which he thought would suit her vocal cadences, and after she had completed her parts, Elliott cut and layered them with his own instruments.
album: Radio Hyper-Yahoo
zOaR 024
http://www.elliottsharp.com
Interview: Jonny Greenwood and Robert Ziegler
Recorded in front of an audience at LSO St Luke's, London
Popcorn Superhet Receiver (Johnny Greenwood) (19.13)
A Popcorn Superhet Receiver is a type of radio
Performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Robert Ziegler
Recorded at LSO St Luke's, London, 23 April 2005
http://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/concertorchestra/
Lali Puna remixed by To Rococo Rot: Grin and Bear (4.42)
This is taken from a new album of rarities, b-sides and remixes of the four piece from Munich in Germany. Lali Puna is Marcus Acher (The Notwist/Tied and Tickled Trio), Valerie Trebeljahr (LB Page), Christoph Brandner (Tied and Tickled Trio/Console) and Florian Zimmer (Iso 68/Fred Is Dead). This remix is by their compatriots To Rococo Rot.
album: I thought I was over that – rare, remixed and b-sides
Morr Music mm 056
http://www.lalipuna.de
Morr Music, PO Box 550141, 10371 Berlin, Germany
http://www.morrmusic.com
Ryan Teague: Prelude I (5.32)
Ryan Teague is a composer from Cambridge, who originally trained as a classical guitarist, before discovering electronic music and experimental rock.
On this track: Ryan Teague (clarinet/guitar/programming); Martin Hughes (violin); Chloe Leaper (vocals)
album: Six Preludes
Type Recordings TYEP002
http://www.typerecords.com
Agents XI: Altarima (5.25)
This comes from the second album by France's Agents XI, which is the middle part of a trilogy focussing on prehistoric man and his imagined survival in the modern world.
album: Altarima
Génie ou Rien GoR 0079
http://www.altarima.net
Led Bib: Work Prospects (5.33)
Led Bib are a London-based quintet led by Mark Holub, who grew up in New Jersey, influenced by New York's downtown jazz scene.
Mark Holub (drums); Liran Donin (electric and acoustic bass); Toby McLaren (Fender Rhodes); Pete Grogan (alto sax); Chris Williams (alto sax)
album: Arboretum
SLAM Productions SLAMCD 261
http://www.ledbib.com
SLAM Productions, 3 Thesiger Road, Abingdon OX14 2DX
http://www.slamproductions.net
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