8 April 2005
Friday 8 April 2005 22:30-23:30 (Radio 3)
Mark Russell and Robert Sandall present a unique mix of musical styles and influences.
Playlist
MIXING IT
Presented by Robert Sandall and Mark Russell
Produced by Felix Carey
Factsheet compiled by Sam Hickling
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Friday 8 April 2005, 10:15pm
Metronomy: Trick or Treatz (4.40)
Metronomy is the working name of 22 year-old Brighton resident Joseph Mount. This is the first CD to be released on the label set up by saxophonist and composer Simon Yarde, whose Manhattan Suite featured on Mixing It back in 2001. This track features the vocals of Virginia Lipinski.
album: Pip Paine (pay the £5000 you owe)
Holiphonic HOLCD001
http://www.thefoodgroups.co.uk
http://www.holiphonic.com
Kerry Andrew and Paul J Abbott: Winkblink (from Sedna Stories) (5.48)
Kerry Andrew is a composer and performer based in York. She is a member of the vocal group Juice, but on this track she collaborates with the 'bad-ass' electronica artist Paul J Abbott. The track is taken from a longer work called Sedna Stories which is a piece of musical theatre that recently premiered at The University of York. It concerns the Inuit sea goddess Sedna.
album: Juice
CD-R demo - not commercially available
http://www.juicevocalensemble.net
Colleen: I'll read you a story (6.36)
On this album, Cécile Schott, aka Colleen, has eschewed the sampling of her 2003 debut Everyone Alive Wants Answers in favour of live acoustic instrumentation. This is reflected in the influences on the new record: Indonesian folk, gamelan, West African kora music and the 16th century lute songs of John Dowland (the album is actually named after one of these).
album: The Golden Morning Breaks
The Leaf Label BAY 48CD
http://www.colleenplays.org
http://www.theleaflabel.com
Spiritualized: Sad Days Lonely Nights (5.40)
Junior Kimbrough (1930-1998) released his first album aged 62. He was once described by rockabilly legend Charlie Feathers as 'the beginning and the end of music'. His record label have put together this compilation of performances of his songs by other admirers, including Iggy Pop, John Spencer, The Fiery Furnaces, and, here, Spiritualized.
J Spaceman (vocals/guitar); Kevin Bales (drums); Tom Edwards (percussion); Richard Warren (bass); John Coxon (guitar); Tony Foster (guitar)
album: Sunday Nights - the songs of Junior Kimbrough
Fat Possum Records FP1018-2
Fat Possum Records, PO Box 1923, Oxford MS 38655, USA
http://www.fatpossum.com
Read more at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/music/2004/02/sunday_nights.shtml
John Coxon/Evan Parker/Mark Sanders/Ashley Wales: Trio with Interludes (excerpt) (3.20)
John Coxon and Ashley Wales, aka Spring Heel Jack, have recently started their own record label specialising in free improvisation. This is from one of the label's first three releases. Inspired by Sun Ra's album Nuits de la Fondation Maeght, it features John Coxon (Roland MKS 80), Evan Parker (tenor sax) and Mark Sanders (drums/percussion) with grand piano and percussion interludes by Coxon and Wales.
album: Trio with Interludes
Treader trd002
http://www.treader.org
Philip Jeck: The Crypt (10.00)
Recorded 5 September 2004 in the crypt of St Peter's Cathedral, Geneva; this is from the second in a series of recordings of organ music of the past, present and future. The CD also features BJ Nielsen (aka Hazard), Christian Fennesz and music by Henryk Gorécki.
album: Spire - live in Geneva Cathedral Saint Pierre
Touch Tone 21
http://www.touchmusic.org.uk
http://www.philipjeck.com/
Robotobibok: Kamaji (5.10)
Robotobibok are Adam Pidur, Artur Majewski, Maciek Baczyk, Marcin Ozóg and Kuba Suchar. They are a Polish band formed in 1998 which fuses analogue electronics with jazzy improvisation. This album was recorded on vintage 60s and 70s gear.
album: Nawiyki Przyrody
Vytvornia Om CD 005
http://www.robotobibok.com
Dogon: Self Portrait With Carcass (5.00)
Maurizio Martusciello (drums); Okapi (turntables/sampler); Massimo Pupillo (bass). Massimo Pupillo is also a member of the trio Zu, featured on Mixing It last week. DJ Okapi is well known in Italy for his DJ sets consisting exclusively of children's music. And Maurizio Martusciello is known as an electroacoustic composer, releasing works on the Staalplaat and Recommended labels, but here he returns to his first instrument: the drums.
album: Before and After
Amanita amadog1
Amanita Records, 11 Rue Bourtayre, 64200 Biarritz, France
http://www.amanitarecords.com
http://www.zuism.it/
http://www.metaxu.it
DJ Spooky vs. Dave Lombardo: Assisted Suicide (3.16)
DJ Spooky is New York based musical polymath Paul D Miller; Dave Lombardo is the former drummer in rock band Slayer. They have teamed up and produced this new album featuring guest slots from the likes of Chuck D, Vernon Reid and Jack Dangers. Meredith Monk's vocals can also be heard here.
album: Drums of Death
Thirsty Ear THI 57161.2
http://www.djspooky.com
http://www.thirstyear.com/
Mandarin Movie: The Ghost Ship is Sinking (2.20)
Mandarin Movie is the latest project from Chicago Underground Duo/Trio/Quartet member Rob Mazurek. Although he now lives in Brazil, he has enlisted many names from Chicago's music scene.
Alan Licht (guitar); Matt Lux (bass guitar/electronics); Steve Swell (trombone); Jason Ajemian (double bass/electronics); Frank Rosaly (drums); Rob Mazurek (computer/electric eels/moog/pianette/cornet)
album: Mandarin Movie
Aesthetics AST41CD
Aesthetics, PO Box 82233, Portland, Oregon 97282 USA
http://www.aesthetics-usa.com
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