12 August 2005
Friday 12 August 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
Tel. 020 7765 4661
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Friday 12 August 2005, 10:30pm
Mahala Raï Banda: Mahalageasca (4.04)
Under Ceausescu's reign, the Romanian army had more than 30,000 musicians in its ranks. Mahala Raï Banda consists of retired musicians from the Moldavian army and the grandsons of the late Neascu, who played with perhaps Romania's most famous gypsy band: Taraf de Haïdouks.
album: The Rough Guide to the Music of Balkan Gypsies
World Music Network RGNET 1159 CD
World Music Network, 6 Abbeville Mews, 88 Clapham Park Road, London SW4 7BX
http://www.worldmusic.net
This originally appeared on the Crammed Discs album Mahala Raï Banda (Crammed Discs CRAW31).
http://www.crammed.be/craworld/mahala/
Polar Bear: Beartown (5.54)
Polar Bear are a young British jazz group led by drummer Sebastian Rochford, who is also a member of Acoustic Ladyland, and was voted Rising Star of the year at the 2004 BBC Jazz Awards.
Mark Lockheart (tenor sax); Pete Wareham (tenor sax); Tom Herbert (double bass); Sebastian Rochford (drums); Leafcutter John (electronic improvisations) with Jonny Phillips (guitar); Joe Bently (trombone); Emma Smith (violins)
album: Held on the Tips of Fingers
Babel BDU2552
http://www.polarbearmusic.com
http://www.babellabel.co.uk
http://www.f-ire.com
Click here to read a review of this album
Sara Ayers: A Million Stories (excerpt) (5.27)
Sara Ayers is a Canadian singer and composer who has released this album consisting of one 38 minute continuous piece mostly created from the sounds of her own voice. She was sampled on the latest Chemical Brothers album.
album: A Million Stories
Dark Wood Recordings 013
Dark Wood Recordings, PO Box 1786, Albany, NY 12201 USA
http://www.saraayers.com
Toy: Sedan Through Tunnel (4.16)
Toy is the duo of British composer Alisdair Stirling and producer Jorgen Træen from Bergen in Norway. This is a 7" single limited to 500 copies.
Smalltown Supersound STS0947
http://www.smalltownsupersound.com
Vladimír Václavek: Za svítání (in the dawn) (4.20)
Vladimír Václavek played in the influential 80s/90s Czech alternative rock band Dunaj, alongside Iva Bittová and Pavel Fajt. This album was first released in the mid 90s.
Vladimír Václavek (guitars/bass/keyboards/vocal/percussion); Zuzana Jelínková (vocal)
album: Jsem hlína, jsem strom, jsem stroj (I'm the soil, I'm the tree, I'm the machine)
Indies Records MAM244-2
Indies Records, Štefánikova 8, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic
http://www.indiesrec.cz
http://vaclavek.host.sk/venca.html
The Nevermet Ensemble: Gastrix Reloaded (1.53)
In the words of Portuguese experimental musician Miguel Cabral, who put this group together: 'The musicians never met. They don't even know each other. Recordings were sent by mail from Belgium, France, Italy, Japan, Spain and the United States, to be mixed in a small room in Lisbon, Portugal.' The album title (translated as 'Dark Room') comes from a children's game where the participants try to identify each other using touch only.
Miguel Cabral (voice/drums/percussion/electric guitar); Emmanuel Ferrand (organs/synthesizers/circuit bendings/effects); Alex Temple (synthesisers)
The album also features Brekekekexkoaxkoax (Josh Ronsen), Godfried-Willem Raes and his Automats, Paco Balbuena, Remedios Ayala, Phobode (Giuseppe Mileti) and Tetsuro Yoshimitsu.
album: Quarto Escuro
Rudimentol RUD003
Rudimentol Records, Av. República 62, 1 dto, 1495-108 Algés, Portugal
http://www.rudimentol.com
Harry Partch: The Bewitched - A Dance Satire, scene 1: Three Undergrads Become Transfigured in a Hong Kong Music Hall (5.32)
Performed by the University of Illinois Musical Ensemble, conducted by John Garvey
This comes from the maverick American composer and instrument inventor's dance/theatre piece 'The Bewitched', which was first performed in 1957, and has only been staged three times since. It draws on influences from Greek Theatre, Chinese Opera and African and Balinese traditions, and utilises invented instruments such as cloud chamber bowls and Wang Gun, around which the dancers dance.
album: The Harry Partch Collection volume 4 - The Bewitched
New World Records 80624-2
New World Records, 16 Pen Plaza #835, New York, NY 10001-1820 USA
http://www.newworldrecords.org
http://www.corporeal.com/
Scorch Trio: Furskunjt (6.12)
Raoul Björkenheim (electric guitar/electric viola da gamba); Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (double bass/bass guitar/electronics); Paal Nilssen-Love (drums/percussion)
album: Luggumt
Rune Grammofon RCD2040
http://www.runegrammofon.com
http://www.raoulbjorkenheim.com/home.htm
http://www.ingebrigtflaten.com
http://www.paalnilssen-love.com
Click here to read a review of this album
Djivan Gasparyan: Tonight (2.53)
Djivan Gasparyan, from Armenia, is acknowledged as the master of the duduk: a traditional double reeded wind instrument usually made from aged apricot wood.
album: Moon Shines at Night
Hannibal/All Saints Records HNCD1482
http://www.allsaintsrecords.com
http://www.rykodisc.co.uk
OOIOO: Mountain Book (5.35)
OOIOO is led by Yoshimi from Japanese band and Mixing It favourites the Boredoms. She was also the inspiration for the Flaming Lips album 'Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots'.
Yoshimi (guitar/vocals/trumpet/flute/synth2000/Casiotone/body drums/mini drums/santoor/bar chime/energy chime/djembe/triangle/surdu/vibra tone); Kayano (guitar/vocals); Maki (bass); Yoshico (drums/maracas) with Kyoko (vocals); Yuka Honda (piano); Sean Lennon (mount. melody chorus); Yoshida Atuhisa (bass/santoor); Yuzawa Hironori (tabra); Yamamoto Seiichi (mount. book melody)
album: Gold & Green
Thrill Jockey thrill 160
Thrill Jockey Records, Box 08038, Chicago, IL 60608 USA
http://www.thrilljockey.com
http://ooioo.jp/
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