Animal Collective
Friday 18 June 2004 22:15-23:30 (Radio 3)
Presented by Mark Russell and Robert Sandall and featuring a session by Brooklyn-based folk pop band Animal Collective.
Duration:
1 hour 15 minutes
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MIXING IT
Presented by Mark Russell and Robert Sandall
Produced by Felix Carey
Factsheet compiled by Sam Hickling
Tel. 020 7765 4661
Fax. 020 7765 4378
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Friday 18 June 2004, 10:15pm
Sufjan Stevens: All Good Naysayers, Speak Up! Or Forever Hold Your Peace! (4.35)
This is the first in a series of 50 albums by Sufjan Stevens dedicated to the various states of the USA. He has begun with his home state in the North. Sufjan Stevens also plays organ with the Danielson Famille, and lists his hobbies as graphic design, crocheting ski caps and writing short fiction.
album: Greetings from Michigan, the Great Lake State
Rough Trade RTRADCD170
http://www.roughtraderecords.com
http://www.asthmatickitty.com; http://www.sufjan.com/
Kim Hiorthøy: Soliga Dagens Släpigga Trosor (5.55)
Kim Hiorthøy is a Norwegian artist now based in Berlin, where he also designs all the sleeves for the Rune Grammofon label. Two new Kim Hiorthøy albums, Live Shet and For The Ladies, are due later this year.
EP: Hopeness
Smalltown Supersound STS070
http://www.smalltownsupersound.com
Animal Collective: Kids on Holiday (15.30)
David 'Avey tare' Portner (guitar/vocals/effects); Noah 'Panda Bear' Lennox (drums/vocals/effects); Joshua 'Deakin' Dibb (guitar/effects)
This track was recorded whilst Animal Collective were touring the UK recently. It features regular band members Avey tare, Panda Bear and Deakin. The other regular member, Geologist, was unable to join them.
Recorded 6 May 2004 at Snake Ranch studios, Chelsea, London; engineer: Gerry O'Riordan
BBC session - not commercially available
This song also appears on the Animal Collective album Sung Tongs (FatCat Splinter Series FAT-SP08)
http://www.fat-cat.co.uk
They will be touring the UK later this year with Black Dice; more details will be at the same website
Black Dice: Treetops (6.25)
Black Dice are now a three-piece of Aaron Warren (vocals/effects); Eric Copeland (vocals/effects) and Bjorn Copeland (guitar/effects)
album: Creature Comforts
FatCat FATCD32
http://www.fat-cat.co.uk
http://www.dfarecords.com/blackdice/dicemain.htm
Gravenhurst: Tunnels (4.35)
Gravenhurst is the work of multi-skilled musician Nick Talbot, who also founded the Bristol-based Silent Age Records (Mole Harness/War Against Sleep/Bronnt Industries Kapital)
album: Flashlight Seasons
Warp Records warpcd120
http://www.warprecords.com
http://www.silentagerecords.co.uk/
The Katia Labèque Band: Fields (6.05)
Katia Labèque began her career as a piano prodigy playing, alongside her sister Marielle, pieces from the outer reaches of the modern classical repertoire. She has also played in John McLaughlin's band.
The Katia Labèque trio is Katia Labèque (piano); Dave Maric (digital and analog electronics); Marque Gilmore (acousti-lectric drums)
album: Unspoken
Unspeakable Records UNSP.0001
http://www.katialabeque.com
http://www.unspeakablerecords.com
Bebo & Cigala: Veinte Años (4.00)
Recorded in Madrid, Autumn 2001
Dieguito el Cigala (vocals); Bebo Valdés (piano); Javier Colina (bass); Israel Porrina 'Piraña' (cajón)
Bebo Valdés is a Cuban composer/arranger/pianist who has been performing since the 1930s. He is also the father of Chucho Valdés. Deguito 'Diego' el Cigala is a celebrated Flamenco singer.
album: Lágrimas Negras
Calle 54 Records 82876559102
http://www.calle54records.com
A Hawk and a Hacksaw: Romceasca (7.05)
A Hawk and a Hacksaw is the project of Jeremy Barnes, a member of the bands Bablicon and Neutral Milk Hotel. This album was recorded in Saumur, France, 2001-2002.
album: A Hawk and a Hacksaw
Leaf Label Bay 35CD
http://www.theleaflabel.com
http://www.posteverything.com/leaf
Murcof: Ulysses (Deathprod Mix) (3.30)
Murcof is the alias of Fernando Corona. This is taken from the follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut Martes. Remixed by Helge Sten (aka Deathprod) of Supersilent at the Audio Virus Lab, Oslo
album: Utopia
Leaf Label BAY 38CD
http://www.murcof.com
http://www.theleaflabel.com
http://posteverything.com/leaf
Herbert Chappell: The Gonk (3.35)
George A Romero's Dawn of the Dead is still one of the most celebrated zombie movies of all time. It featured a score by the Italian prog rockers Goblin. However, there was other music in the film which has remained unreleased until now. Trunk Records have brought out this compilation featuring the best of the rest, including this piece by the composer Herbert Chappell.
album: Unreleased Soundtrack Music from George A Romero's Dawn of the Dead
Trunk Records JBH 0011CD
http://www.trunkrecords.com
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