17 September 2004
Friday 17 September 2004 22:15-23:30 (Radio 3)
With Mark Russell and Robert Sandall. Featuring an interview with Durban-born electronica artist Mira Calix, whose recent work has incorporated the sound of insects inside an anechoic chamber.
Duration:
1 hour 15 minutes
Playlist
MIXING IT
Presented by Robert Sandall and Mark Russell
Produced by Philip Tagney
Factsheet compiled by Sam Hickling
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Friday 17 September 2004, 10:15pm
Featuring an interview with Mira Calix
Jon Balke and Magnetic North Orchestra: Nutating (3.55)
This CD explores the sound of a jazz trio, a string trio and a percussion ensemble playing together.
Jazz trio: Per Jørgensen (trumpet/vocals); Fredrik Lundin (bass flute/tenor sax/soprano sax); Jon Balke (piano/keyboards)
String trio: Bjarte Eike, Peter Spissky (violins); Thomas Pitt (bass violin)
Percussion ensemble: Helge Andreas Norbakken and Ingar Zach
album: Diverted Travels
ECM 1886 9818791
ECM Records, Postfach 600 331, 81203 München, Germany
http://www.ecmrecords.com
Elsa Soares: Haiti (4.25)
Raised in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro, Elza Soares escaped poverty by becoming a famous samba singer. This song, composed by Tropicalia legends Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, first appeared on the collection Tropicalia 2: an album themed around the urban chaos of Brazil.
album: The Rough Guide to Brazilian Hip-Hop
World Music Network RGNET 1141 CD
World Music Network, 6 Abbeville Mews, 88 Clapham Park Road, London SW4 7BX
http://www.worldmusic.net
Andrew Hodson with Deneside Primary School: Twink (6.05)
Mixing It first came across Andrew Hodson on a visit to Newcastle Upon Tyne about a year ago. This is an example of his latest work, and is a collaboration with the children of Deneside Primary School in Seaham, Tyneside. The piece was commissioned by the Creative Partnerships organisation, and features cut-up recordings of instruments found at the school.
http://www.thematineeorchestra.co.uk
James Yorkston and the Athletes: The Snow it Melts the Soonest (5.40)
This is taken from James Yorkston's new album, which has been produced by Kieran Hebden of Fout Tet and Fridge.
album: Just Beyond the River
Domino WIGCD142
Domino Recordings Ltd, PO Box 47029, London SW18 1WD
http://dominorecordco.com
Interview: Mira Calix (20.00)
Mira Calix, aka Chantal Passamonte from Durban in South Africa, was working as a publicist at Warp Records when the label's founder Steve Beckett heard her music and decided to release it.
Music details:
Mira Calix: Nunu
2003 CD single
Warp Records FLY1
Mira Calix: Nunu (RFH Mix)
With the London Sinfonietta and Sound Intermedia
EP: 3 Commissions
Warp Records warpcd124
Mira Calix: I may be over there (but my heart is over here)
album: Skimskitta
Warp Records WARPCD104
Mira Calix: le jardin de barbican
EP: 3 Commissions
Warp Records warpcd124
http://www.miracalix.com/
http://www.warprecords.com/
Clinic: August (2.40)
This comes from the third album by the Grammy-nominated, Radiohead-endorsed quartet from Liverpool.
album: Winchester Cathedral
Domino WIGCD144
Domino Recordings Ltd, PO Box 47029, London SW18 1WD
http://dominorecordco.com
Efterklang: Prey and Predator (6.20)
Efterklang are a ten-piece from Copenhagen: founding members Mads Brauer, Casper Clausen and Rasmus Stolberg have since been joined by Rune Mølgaard Fonseca (piano), Thomas Kirirath Husmer (percussion), Karim Ghahwagi (video), Kristina Schjelde (trumpet) and Hildur Ársælsdóttir and Edda Rún Ólafsdóttir of the Amina String Quartet.
album: Tripper
The Leaf Label bay 40cd
http://www.efterklang.net
http://www.theleaflabel.com
Eugene Chadbourne: Georgie Buck (4.35)
The Chadbournes was a group started by American maverick Eugene Chadbourne in which the aim was to blend old-time country music and old-time electronic musique concrete. This recording was made at Roulette in New York City in 1996.
Eugene Chadbourne (vocal/guitar/banjo); Bob Jordan (toy instruments/Portuguese Man O’ War guitar/voice); Barry Mitterhoff (mandolin); Chuck Rosina (electronics/tape manipulation/sound effects)
album: The History of the Chadbournes: Honky-Tonk Im Nachtlokal
Leo Records CD LR 406
http://www.eugenechadbourne.com/
http://www.leorecords.com
Reese Williams: Excerpt from The Sonance Project (5.00)
This is taken from a compilation put together by the New York poet Kenneth Goldsmith, who is the founder of the online resource UbuWeb (see link below). Reese Williams is an enigma: this recording was given to Kenneth Goldsmith at a New York record fair by his fellow DJ Tony Coulter.
album: The Agents of Impurity
Sonic Arts Network SAN 2004, Tr.6
Sonic Arts Network, Jerwood Space, 171 Union Street, London SE1 0LN
http://www.sonicartsnetwork.org
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk
http://www.ubu.com
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