David Toop's book 'Haunted Weather - Music and Silence'
Friday 11 June 2004 22:15-23:30 (Radio 3)
Robert Sandall and Mark Russell are joined by author, musician and theorist David Toop, whose new book Haunted Weather - Music and Silence examines the way in which music has been affected by the digital revolution.
Duration:
1 hour 15 minutes
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MIXING IT
Presented by Robert Sandall and Mark Russell
Produced by Felix Carey
Factsheet compiled by Sam Hickling
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Friday 11 June 2004, 10:15pm
The special guest on tonight's programme is musician and writer David Toop. Many of the selections below appear on the CD 'Haunted Weather - Music, Silence and Memory' which accompanies David Toop's book of the same name.
http://www.davidtoop.com
The book Haunted Weather - Music, Silence and Memory is published by Serpent's Tail, ISBN 1 85242 812 0
http://www.serpentstail.com
Colin Black: Wish (5.05)
This is the opening section of the 2003 Prix Italia award-winning (Best Music Radio - Composed Work) piece by Australian composer Colin Black: he calls it a 50-minute 'snapshot of Australia'.
Featuring the Electra String Quartet: Mirka Rozmus (violin 1); Romano Crivici (violin 2); Rudolf Crivici (viola); Peter Morrison (cello)
album: The Ears Outside My Listening Room
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Acoustic Arts Unit)
http://www1.tpgi.com.au/users/cydonian/c_black.html
http://www.prixitalia.rai.it
Autechre: Parhelic Triangle (6.05)
album: Haunted Weather - Music, Silence and Memory (compiled by David Toop)
Staubgold 52
Originally appeared on the Autechre album Confeild (Warp WARPCD128) 2001
http://www.warprecords.com
Derek Bailey/John Stevens: Reflecters (5.25)
album: Haunted Weather - Music, Silence and Memory (compiled by David Toop)
Staubgold 52
Originally appeared on the album Playing (Incus CD14) 1993
http://www.incusrecords.force9.co.uk/
Mos Def & Diverse: Wylin Out (4.00)
A meeting of the Brooklyn-born rapper Mos Def and Chicago-born rapper Diverse, remixed by the West Coast producer/DJ Kutmasta Kurt, who first made his name working with Kool Keith.
album: Urban Renewal Program - supplement 1.5 (various artists)
Chocolate Industries CHLT040CD
Chocolate Industries, 1573 N. Milwaukee Avenue #442, Chicago, IL 60622 USA, visit http://www.chocolate-industries.com
Max Eastley and David Toop: Eyelash Turned Inwards (3.15)
album: Haunted Weather - Music, Silence and Memory (compiled by David Toop)
Staubgold 52
Taken from the album Doll Creature (Bip_Hop bleep 25) 2004
http://www.bip-hop.com
Matmos: l.a.s.i.k. (3.55)
album: Haunted Weather - Music, Silence and Memory (compiled by David Toop)
Staubgold 52
Originally appeared on the Matmos album A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure (Matador ole 489-2) 2001
http://www.matadorrecords.com
Christian Bouchard: Angle Mort Duel 1 - Accident (6.00)
This piece by the Québécois electro acoustic composer uses outside events such as mass demonstrations and noisy bars as a starting point. He describes the music as 'cinema for the ear; microscopic projections'.
album: Fractures
Empreintes Digitales IMED 0474
Empreintes Digitales, 4580 Avenue de Lorimier, Montréal, Québec H2H 2B5 visit http://www.empreintesDIGITALes.com
http://www.electrocd.com
Chris Watson: Vatnajökull (4.55)
album: Haunted Weather - Music, Silence and Memory (compiled by David Toop)
Staubgold 52
Originally appeared on the Chris Watson album Weather Report (Touch TO38) 2003
http://www.touchmusic.org.uk
http://www.chriswatson.net/
Christian Marclay: Jukebox Capriccio (3.05)
album: Haunted Weather - Music, Silence and Memory (compiled by David Toop)
Staubgold 52
Originally appeared on the Christian Marclay album Records (Atavistic alp62cd)
http://www.atavistic.com
Smadj: He Said (4.50)
Smadj is the name used by Jean-Pierre Smadja, Tunisian-born but based in Paris, and also a member of the duo DuOud. Guest vocalist on this track is Rokia Traoré.
album: Take it and Drive
Most Records MOST 1001
Most Records, 116 Brackenbury Road, London W6 0BD
http://www.mostrecords.com/
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