16 September 2005
Friday 16 September 2005 22:15-23:30 (Radio 3)
Robert Sandall and Mark Russell present a mix of musical styles and influences.
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 16 September 2005, 10:20pm
Jah Wobble: Universal Dub (4.25)
Originally conceived as a 5.1 surround sound recording, the latest album from Jah Wobble takes its title from an old Zen Koan. Jah Wobble puts it himself in these terms: 'the moment I hit that low E on the bass…That's Mu!'
album: Mu
Trojan Records TJYRPR290
http://www.trojanrecords.com
http://www.30hertzrecords.com/
http://www.jahwobble.co.uk/
Clive Bell & Sylvia Hallett: Love for Shale (4.57)
On this track, Clive Bell plays a Thai mouth organ known as the khene, while Sylvia Hallett leaves her musical bicycle wheel to one side and provides violin, voice and field recordings.
album: The Geographers
Emanem 4112
http://www.emanemdisc.com
http://www.sylviahallett.co.uk/
Click here to read a review of this album
John Parish: Boxers (5.03)
John Parish (guitar/vocals) has played in the past with Giant Sand, Eels, and most notably PJ Harvey. For this, his second solo album, he has recruited a mainly Italian band: Marta Collica (keyboards/vocals), Giorgia Poli (bass/vocals) and Jean-Marc Butty (drums) with Jeremy Hogg (slide guitar/lap steel)
Recorded by Marco Tagliola at Perpetuum Mobile, Nave, Italy
album: Once Upon a Little Time
Thrill Jockey thrill157
http://www.johnparish.com
http://www.thrilljockey.com
Click here to read a review of this album
Yuichiro Fujimoto: Afterrain (3.53)
Yuichiro Fujimoto was an economics student living in the Japanese city of Urayasu when Kim Hiorthoy heard his music and recommended him to the Smalltown Supersound label, who released his debut. This follow-up was recorded at home between 2002 and 2004, and has been released by the Portland, Oregon-based Audio Dregs label.
album: Kinoe
Audio Dregs ADR 059
http://www.yuichirofujimoto.com
(this website also showcases some of Yuichiro's visual work)
http://www.audiodregs.com
Luigi Archetti/Bo Wiget: Stück 14 (3.05)
Luigi Archetti is an Italian-born multi-media artist with a particular interest in guitar and electronics, while Bo Wiget is a classically trained cellist from Switzerland with a similar tangential approach to his instrument.
album: Low Tide Digitals II
Rune Grammofon RCD2046
http://www.runegrammofon.com
http://www.luigiarchetti.com
http://www.bowiget.com
North Sea Radio Orchestra: The Flower (3.44)
The North Sea Radio Orchestra was formed by Craig and Sharon Fortnam in Summer 2002. Previously they had worked together in psychedelic acoustic band Lake of Puppies. The words sung by Sharon on this track are Alfred Tennyson's.
EP: The Flower
Oof! Records OOF002
http://www.nsro.co.uk
http://www.oofrecords.co.uk
The North Sea Radio Orchestra are playing at St Giles in the Fields, London on Saturday 22 October
Baïkonour: 60 to 0 (2.31)
Baïkonour is the recording alias of Brighton-based Jean-Emmanuel Krieger, who records and edits on his computer using an array of instruments (guitars/bass/keyboards/mandal), and also employs the services of drummer Lee Adams from the group Imitation Electric Piano.
album: For the Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos
Melodic melo031cd
http://www.melodic.co.uk
TriO & Sainkho: Seven Corners. Wind (5.56)
Sainkho Namchylak is a singer from Tuva on the Siberia/Mongolia borders. She studied singing in Moscow during the 1980s, which is where she hooked up with the jazz improvisers TriO.
Sainkho Namchylak (voice); Sergey Letov (baritone & soprano saxes/bass clarinet/flute/Chinese flute/piccolo/swanee whistle); Alexandr Alexandrov (bassoon/swanee whistle); Yury Parfenov (trumpet/althorn)
album: Forgotten Streets of St. Petersburg
Leo Records CD LR 439
http://www.leorecords.com
Murcof: Razón (en 3 partes) (7.11)
Murcof is Mexican composer Fernando Corona, who also goes under the name Terrestre, and was formerly a member of Nortec. As well as remixing the likes of Miles Davis and the Kronos Quartet, Murcof has had his music used at Sadler's Wells ballet, and as the soundtrack to an Alexander McQueen fashion show.
album: Remembranza
The Leaf Label BAY 47CDP
http://www.murcof.com
http://www.theleaflabel.com
http://www.posteverything.com/leaf
Black Carrot: The Sweat Of The White Man (5.18)
This comes from a self-released album by Oliver Betts (tenor sax), Stewart Brackley (vocals/electric bass/piano) and Tom Betts (drums), who call themselves Black Carrot and operate from Market Harborough in Leicestershire.
album: Cluk
Moon City Music MCITYM02
http://www.blackcarrot.net
http://www.mooncitymusic.co.uk
Sigur Rós: Haysátan (Haystack) (4.04)
The new Sigur Rós album was mainly recorded at their own studio: a converted swimming pool in the Reykjavik area.
album: Takk
EMI 337 252 2
http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/
http://www.sigur-ros.is/
Miasma and the Carousel of Headless Horses: The Optician (5.20)
Miasma and the Carousel of Headless Horses consists of Guapo's Daniel O'Sullivan (guitar/harmonium/autoharp) and David Smith (drums/percussion), with Orlando Harrison from Alabama 3 (piano/organ/glockenspiel), David Ledden from the band Knuckles (bass), Sara Hubrich (violin/viola) and Jaime Gomez Arellano (sound); with Sarah Measures (flute)
album: Perils
Web of Mimicry WoM 025
http://www.webofmimicry.com
http://www.headlesshorses.co.uk
Morwell Unlimited Meets King Tubby's: Lightning and Thunder (3.33)
Mixed by King Tubby, produced by Maurice 'Blacka' Morwell and Bingy Bunny, and featuring The Morwells: Fish Clarke (drums); Flabba Holt (bass); Chinna (guitar); Theo Beckford (piano); Ansel Collins and Ossie Hibbert (organ); Sticky and Shorty the President (percussion)
album: The Rough Guide to Dub
World Music Network RGNET 1149 CD
World Music Network, 6 Abbeville Mews, 88 Clapham Park Road, London SW4 7BX
http://www.worldmusic.net
This track originally appeared on the album Morwell Unlimited Meet King Tubby's: Dub Me (Blood & Fire BAFCD018)
http://www.bloodandfire.co.uk/
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