20 May 2005
Friday 20 May 2005 22:15-23:30 (Radio 3)
Mark Russell and Robert Sandall present a unique mix of musical styles and influences.
Duration:
1 hour 15 minutes
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 20 May 2005, 10:15pm
Andrew Bird: A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left (4.56)
Andrew Bird (Vocals/violin/whistling); Nora O'Connor (vocals)
album: Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs
Fargo FA20527
http://www.andrewbird.net
Fargo Records, 9 Passage de la Boule Blanche, 75012 Paris, France
http://www.fargorecords.com
Acoustic Ladyland: O Konz (5.49)
Describing themselves as 'a jazz group that plays dirty rock and roll', Acoustic Ladyland are the London-based quartet of Sebastian Rochford (drums), Tom Herbert (bass), Peter Wareham (saxes) and Tom Cawley (keyboards). They started off covering Jimi Hendrix, but this track is their tribute to Olivier Messiaen and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
album: Last Chance Disco
Babel BDV2555
http://www.acousticladyland.com
(Full tour dates are available at this website)
http://www.f-ire.com
http://www.babellabel.co.uk
See and hear Acoustic Ladyland in session at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A3971135
The Broken Blackbird Ensemble: Gadzooks Part 2; The Scaley Protectors (6.12)
The Broken Blackbird Ensemble, from Sheffield, are James Green (cello/autoharp/xylophone/organ/pipes); Fred Bellis (drums/percussion/melodica/organ/voice); David Jaycock (acoustic guitar/pipes/electric guitar/drums); Lindsay Aitkenhead (viola/bowed cymbal/pipes/thumb piano); Andres Sotorrio (electric guitar/acoustic guitar/jaw harp/harmonica/voice); J 'Chrome' Smith (electric guitar/pipes)
album: Gadzooks!
Early Winter Recordings EWR2
http://www.earlywinterrecordings.co.uk
Pajo: War is Dead (4.14)
David Pajo was a founder member of the band Slint, and went on to play in Zwan and on albums by Stereolab, Royal Trux and Tortoise, as well as releasing solo records under various names, such as M, Aeriel M and Papa M.
album: Pajo
Domino Records WIGCD159
http://www.papa-m.com/
http://www.dominorecordco.com
Giuseppe Ielasi: Untitled (3.31)
All instruments played, recorded and mixed by Giuseppe Ielasi, February - September 2004
Giuseppe Ielasi is an Italian guitarist and doctor in chemical engineering.
album: Gesine
Häpna H21
http://www.hapna.com
Martin Grech: Erosion and Regeneration; I Am Chromosome (10.01)
Martin Grech began making music 10 years ago, when he was twelve, after buying a copy of Radiohead's album The Bends. Four years late he teamed up with producer Andy Ross, and over the next three years they put together the tracks which would become debut album Open Heart Zoo. This track comes from the imminent follow-up.
album: Unholy
Island UNHOLYCD1
http://www.martingrech.co.uk
http://www.islandrecords.co.uk
RandomNumber: Hawthorn (3.55)
Mixing It met Matt Robson, aka RandomNumber, when visiting Leeds last February. He describes his music as 'machine-made music from human beings'.
EP: EP Charge
Vacuous Pop Recordings vpop08
http://www.vacuouspop.com
http://discontents.teamcatmobile.com
RandomNumber plays live on Monday 4 July at the Fenton in Leeds, with A Hawk and a Hacksaw and Birds of Delay
Deathprod: Orgone Donor (8.05)
Helge Sten, aka Deathprod, presents his first solo album in 8 years, having spent the intervening time concentrating on his band Supersilent.
Deathprod (audio virus); Hans Magnus Ryan (harmonium); Ole Henrik Moe (violin/saw)
album: Morals and Dogma
Rune Grammofon RCD 2035
http://www.runegrammofon.com
Read a review of this artist at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/experimental/reviews/deathprod_deathprod.shtml
Mice Parade: Nights Wave (6.20)
Mice Parade is the project (and anagram) of American multi-instrumentalist Adam Pierce. This is from his forthcoming 5th album, and features the vocals of Kristin Anna Valtysdóttir from Icelandic band Múm.
album: Bem-vinda vontade
FatCat fatcd35
http://www.fat-cat.co.uk
King Creosote: Circle My Demise (3.07)
King Creosote was formerly singer/songwriter with Skuobhie Dubh Orchestra and Khartoum Heroes, but when his songs began to come adrift of those bands' styles, he went solo. He works on the principles that if a part can't be recorded in one take, record something else, samples should be under four seconds, in time, in tune, but not necessarily both, and 'no noodling virtuosity'.
album: Rocket D.I.Y.
Fence Records FNC27
http://www.fencerecords.com
Kate Westbrook & Mike Westbrook: Whose Wolf Art Thou? (5.33)
Kate and Mike Westbrook are the husband and wife team who have been at the forefront of British jazz since the 1960s. She is a versatile singer and lyricist, while he is a band leader and composer. This album is a tribute to the 18th century Swiss Alpine painter Caspar Wolf.
Kate Westbrook (voice/tenor horn); Mike Westbrook (piano/euphonium); Pete Whyman (soprano sax); Chris Briscoe (soprano sax); Jon Hiseman (drums)
Dedicated to Caspar Wolf (1735-1783); commissioned by Aargauer Kunsthaus
album: Art Wolf
Altrisuoni AS 186
http://www.westbrookjazz.co.uk
http://www.aargauerkunsthaus.ch
http://www.altrisuoni.com
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