27 August 2004
Friday 27 August 2004 22:00-23:30 (Radio 3)
Mark Russell and Robert Sandall feature a session with Los Angeles-based tuba player Tom Heasley, who creates ambient electro-acoustic music through digital processing and loops.
Duration:
1 hour 30 minutes
Playlist
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 27 August 2004, 10:00pm
Featuring Tom Heasley in session
Liaisons Dangereuses: Los Niños del Parque (5.00)
This is taken from a reissue of an album which originally came out in 1981. Liaisons Dangereuses were the trio of Chrislo Haas from DAF, Beate Bartel from Mania D and multi-lingual singer Krishna Goineau.
album: Liaisons Dangereuses
Hit Thing CD 005
http://www.liaisonsdangereuses.de
http://www.hit-thing.de
Siôn Orgon: Zena Gets the Vibration (7.25)
Siôn Orgon has collaborated with the likes of Thighpaulsandra, Current 93 and Coil, as well as leading his own band Rocket Gold Star. This track, which features the manipulation of voices, traffic noises, water noises and the sound of a washing machine, is a musical adaptation of a Zena the Warrior Princess comic strip.
Siôn Orgon (drums/vocal/synthesisers/atmospheres/bronze percussion/manipulations and interventions); Thighpaulsandra (Fenix modular synth); Seb Goldfinch (violins); Rob Green Smith, Sam Iles (spoken word)
album: Orgonised Chaos
Experimental Seafood Records EXP05CD
http://www.experimentalseafood.com
http://www.thighpaulsandra.com
El-P with the Blue Series Continuum: Get Your Hand Off My Shoulder, Pig (6.00)
The Blue Series Continuum is a jazz ensemble featuring Guillermo E Brown (drums), Roy Campbell (trumpet), Daniel Carter (reeds and flute), William Parker (bass), Matthew Shipp (piano) and Steve Swell (trombone). At the invitation of Matthew Shipp, hip hop producer El-P has produced and mixed their latest album for the Thirsty Ear label's Blue Series.
album: High Water
Thirsty Ear THI 57143.2
http://www.thirstyear.com
http://www.definitivejux.net/jukies/el-p/
Tom Heasley: Sweet Basilisk (8.45)
Live improvisation featuring Tom Heasley on tuba and effects
Recorded 6 August 2004 at Whitfield Street Studios, London
Tom Heasley has released 2 CDs:
Where the Earth Meets the Sky (Hypnos) and On the Sensations of Tone (Innova)
Tom Heasley, 9663 Santa Monica Blvd, suite 125, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 USA
http://www.tomheasley.com
http://kalvos.org/heasley.html
Susanna and the Magical Orchestra: Jolene (3.45)
Susanna and the Magical Orchestra is the duo of Susanna Karolina Wallumrød (vocals) and Morten Qvenild (keyboards/harmonium/autoharp). They are joined by Andreas Mjøs (vibraphone/guitar/timpani).
This is a cover of a song written and made famous by Dolly Parton.
album: List of Lights and Buoys
Rune Grammofon RCD2034
http://www.runegrammofon.com
http://www.ecmrecords.com
Mira Calix: NuNu - Royal Festival Hall Mix (11.40)
NuNu was commissioned by Geneva's Museum d'Histoire Naturelle. Mira Calix was invited to compose a piece of music using a range of insect noise recordings provided by the museum. On this particular version, she was working live with London Sinfonietta and Sound Intermedia at the Royal Festival Hall in London, to produce an interplay of orchestral strains and live insect noises.
EP: 3 Commissions
Warp Records warpcd124
http://www.miracalix.com/
http://www.warprecords.com/
Daby Touré: Kelimanta (3.10)
Daby Touré (low derbouka/guitars/bass/shaker/vocals); Stéphane Edouard (Indian rhythmic voice/triangle); Jean-Baptiste Nallet (electric guitar)
Daby Touré is from the West African country of Mauritania, but now lives in Paris. He describes this track as 'a homage to my ancestors and my grandparents on both sides: two young people are attracted to one another, but their shyness threatens to spoil everything.'
album: Diam
RealWorld CDRW121
http://www.realworldrecords.com/dabytoure
Tom Heasley: Chorus and Instrument A World To See (20.20)
Live improvisation featuring Tom Heasley on didjeridu, voice and effects
Recorded 6 August 2004 at Whitfield Street Studios, London
More details above
Venetian Snares: Prophylactic Eyehead (3.25)
Venetian Snares is the working alias of Aaron Funk, from Winnipeg in Canada.
EP: Horse and Goat
Sublight Records SLR201
http://www.vsnares.com/
http://www.sublightrecords.com
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: The Lyre of Orpheus (5.30)
The 2004 Bad Seeds are Nick Cave (vocals/piano), Martyn P Casey (bass), Warren Ellis (violin/mandolin/bouzouki/flute), Mick Harvey (guitars), James Johnston (organ), Conway Savage (piano) and Jim Sclavunos and Thomas Wydler (drums/percussion). Nick Cave is releasing two albums concurrently as a double CD: this is the opening track on the second.
album: Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
Mute Records CDStumm233
http://www.nickcaveandthebadseeds.com
http://www.mute.com
