10 September 2004
Friday 10 September 2004 22:00-23:30 (Radio 3)
Presented by Mark Russell and Robert Sandall and featuring highlights from a concert given as part of this year's "Feedback" Contemporary Music Network tour and including improvisations by Otomo Yoshihide, Nicolas Collins and the tour's curator Knut Aufermann. Recorded at Jerwood Hall, LSO St Luke's, London in June.
Duration:
1 hour 30 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 10 September 2004, 10:00pm
Ux: Cortina (1.40)
A rap track in the unusual time signature of 7/8, written and performed by Richard Donnelly, currently residing in Berlin
http://www.uxmusic.net
Subtle: F.K.O. (3.50)
Subtle are a group of six musicians from the Bay Area of San Francisco and include Doseone of cLOUDDEAD in their ranks. This is the lead-off track from their new single. The K.O. stands for Kelly Osbourne: you'll have to try and work out what the F could stand for.
CD single
Lex Records LEX027
http://www.lexrecords.com
Ilaiyaraaja: Chinna Rasavae (5.10)
Ilaiyaraaja is one of India's most prolific film composers with over seven hundred scores and four thousand songs on his CV. His fans include the likes of guitarist Fred Frith.
The featured vocalists on this track are Mano and S Janaki
album : Wings vol.1
I dischi di angelica IDA 019
http://www.raajangahm.com/
http://www.aaa-angelica.com
Feedback: Improvisation (6.55)
Otomo Yoshihide (turntables/guitar)
This recording was made during the Contemporary Music Network/London Musicians' Collective tour of June 2004, entitled Feedback: Order from Noise. The tour curated by Knut Aufermann and featuring a rare British appearance from Alvin Lucier, gathered together eight major names from the worlds of free improvisation.
Recorded Sunday 27 June at Jerwood Hall, LSO St. Luke's, London
http://www.cmntours.org.uk/
http://www.l-m-c.org.uk/
Ommm: Somb (2.25)
Ommm is the name used by British musician Edmund Davie. This comes from a compilation of artists on the Ad Aad At label, which also has the likes of Utabi, Ove-Naxx and (the other) Donna Summer on its roster.
album: Trade and Distribution Almanac vol.2
Ad Aad At ADA0004
Ad Aad At, PO Box 39025, London E2 8WP
http://www.adaadat.com
Bill Frisell: Stringbean (5.55)
This is from the new Bill Frisell album, on which he and producer Hal Willner (Laurie Anderson/Lou Reed) have used samples of old soul, funk and jazz records as their starting point.
Bill Frisell (guitar/string arrangement); Tony Scherr (bass); Kenny Wollesen (drums); Don Alias (percussion); Hal Willner (turntables/samples); Steven Bernstein (trumpet/horn arrangement); Briggan Krauss (baritone sax); Curtis Fowlkes (trombone); the 858 Strings: Jenny Scheinman (violin); Eyvind Kang (viola); Hank Roberts (cello)
Based on a melody from ‘Play It Cool’ by Alan Parker and ‘Sprightly Spirit’ and ‘Funky Dromedary’ by Anthony King
album: Unspeakable
Nonesuch 7559-79828-2
http://www.songtone.com/artists/frisell_link.htm
http://www.nonesuch.com
Feedback: Improvisation (6.35)
Nicolas Collins (Hilbert Transform/backwards electric guitar/assorted circuitry)
Another exclusive recording from the recent Feedback tour
Recorded Sunday 27 June at Jerwood Hall, LSO St. Luke's, London
More details above
Massive Attack: Danny the Dog (6.50)
Massive Attack are these days almost the sole province of Robert Del Naja aka 3D. He has been working on the soundtrack to a dark film called Danny the Dog, which stars Bob Hoskins as the owner of a slave boy, who has been raised to take part in illegal fight clubs and win money for his master.
Additional programming and arrangements by Alex Swift
album: Danny the Dog – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Virgin CDVDJ2988
http://www.massiveattack.co.uk/
Howe Gelb: Re-envision stream block and then fumble (4.00)
This is taken from a new album of piano instrumentals released by the Giant Sand frontman, which has been described in some quarters as a 'cross between Thelonius Monk, Jelly Roll Morton and Les Dawson'. The album also features Joey Burns and John Convertino of Calexico, Naim Amor, Nick Luca and Craig Schumacher.
album: Ogle Some Piano
Ow Om Recordings OWOM07
http://www.giantsand.com
Juana Molina: Yo sé que (5.35)
Originally from Buenos Aries, but now based in Los Angeles, Juana Molina was one of Argentina's leading television comediennes before she began to concentrate on her music.
album: Tres Cosas
Domino WIGCD146
Domino Recordings Ltd, PO Box 47029, London SW18 1WD
http://dominorecordco.com
Feedback: Improvisation (5.25)
Otomo Yoshihide (turntables/guitar); Toshimaru Nakamura (no-input mixing board); Sarah Washington (Sektion Physik Elab/feedback phone/open circuit no-tape machine); Xenots 'Fray' Bentos ('unstruments'); Knut Aufermann (feedback mixer/hearing aids/customised electronics)
Recorded Sunday 27 June at Jerwood Hall, LSO St. Luke's, London
More details above
Planet Mu competition
Please send answers to [email protected] or Mixing It, BBC Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA
For the question, please listen to Mixing It, 10 September 2004
Two pairs of tickets available for the Planet Mu showcase night at Electrowerx, Angel, London, 10:00am Friday 17 September - 06:00am Saturday 18, featuring the following two artists among others:
The Gasman: Imodium (5.25)
The Gasman is another name for Christopher Reeves from Portsmouth.
album: Children of Mu
Planet Mu ZIQ060CD
Venetian Snares: Whiskydrunk (2.35)
Venetian Snares is another name for Aaron Funk from Winnipeg
album: A-mu-nition
Planet Mu ZIQ095CD
Planet Mu Records, PO Box 276, Worcester WR5 2XJ
For more details, and details on the event on the 17th:
http://www.planet-mu.com
Howe Gelb: Splendid in a way and especially unseething in its most popular format (3.35)
Another track from the new album
album: Ogle Some Piano
Ow Om Recordings OWOM07
http://www.giantsand.com
Hanne Hukkelberg: Little Girl (2.50)
Hanne Hukkelberg is a multi-instrumentalist and song writer from near Oslo in Norway. This album features contributions from the likes of Jaga Jazzist and Xploding Plastik, and was recommended to Mixing It by David Kosten
Hanne Hukkelberg (Casio keyboard/vocals); Martin Taxt (tuba); Erland Dahlen (pots and pans); Mike Hartung (banjo)
album: Little Things
Propeller Recordings PRR 02
http://www.propellerrecordings.no
Todd Colby: Cake (0.55)
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). Todd Colby is another poet resident in New York, who was lyricist and vocalist for the band Drunken Boat.
album: The Agents of Impurity
Sonic Arts Network SAN 2004
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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