21 July 2006
Friday 21 July 2006 22:15-23:30 (Radio 3)
Robert Sandall and Mark Russell present an eclectic mix of musical styles and influences, and talk to the intriguingly named American singer/songwriter Joan as Police Woman.
Duration:
1 hour 15 minutes
Playlist
MIXING IT
Presented by Robert Sandall and Mark Russell
Produced by James Parkin
Factsheet compiled by Sam Hickling
Tel. 020 7765 4661
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Friday 21 July 2006, 10:15pm
Revox: Can't Remember (3.34)
Revox is Brian Duffy (also of The Modified Toy Orchestra and Spectrum Orchestra). This track was originally conceived as part of a dance score based around the theme of human memory. It comes from a multimedia compilation, limited to 300 editions, on the 3 Pin Recordings label. The compilation also features the likes of Daniel Padden (Volcano the Bear), Disinvectant and Sara Ayers, and contains exclusive and previously unreleased material.
album: Electricity is your Friend (various artists)
3 pin recordings vhf-005
http://www.3pinrecordings.com/
[email protected]
Cut Chemist: The Garden (6.15)
Cut Chemist is Los Angeles resident Lucas Macfadden, a member of Jurassic 5 and Ozomatli.
album: The Audience Is Listening
Beatdown Recordings (Warner Bros.) SAM01160
http://www.cutchemist.com/
Terry Day: Oriental Theme 1 (3.07)
Terry Day was a founder member of the People Band in the 1960s, and went on to work with many leading improvisers as well as being a member of groups such as Four Pullovers, Alterations, Company and the Loverly Band.
Voices, Chinese flutes, African thumb piano, mandolin, poppers, percussion and ping pong balls by Terry Day
Recorded at Steim in Amsterdam, 1978 and at Weemeenit Studios in London in 1979
album: Interruptions (multi-tracks, solos, words and whims by Terry Day)
Emanem 4125
http://www.emanemdisc.com/
Interview: Joan Wasser aka Joan as Police Woman (24.12)
Joan Wasser has been a member of Antony and the Johnsons, Those Bastard Souls and Rufus Wainwright's band. She has just released her solo album. Joan as Police Woman the band also features Ben Perowsky on drums and Rainy Orteca on bass and vocals.
Recorded at the Spitz, London, 19 June 2006
Joan as Police Woman: Real Life; I Defy; Eternal Flame; Flushed Chest; Christobel
The Joan as Police Woman album 'Real Life' is released on the Reveal Records label (Reveal 10Pa)
http://www.joanaspolicewoman.com/
http://www.reveal-records.com/
Click here for a review of the Joan as Police Woman album
Terrestrial Tones: The Sailor (6.31)
Brooklyn’s Terrestrial Tones is Eric Copeland of Black Dice and Dave Portner of The Animal Collective. This album was recorded in their apartment while they were living in Paris last year.
album: Dead Drunk
Paw Tracks PAW 9
http://www.paw-tracks.com/
Camille: Senza; Janine II; Vertige; Au port (9.15)
This album by the French singer (who also provided vocals for the Nouvelle Vague project) has been a huge hit in her home country.
Camille (bourdon - continuous note/vocals/beatbox/percussion), Martin Garnet (bass/rhythm arrangements), Matthew Ker aka MaJiKer (percussion/synthesiser), Julien Chirol (trombone), Sébastien Martel (elastic guitar)
album: Le Fil
Angel CDANGE 11
http://www.camille-lefil.com/
Click here for a review of this album
Ross Bolleter: Save What You Can (for Vivienne Robertson) (2.41)
Australian pianist Ross Bolleter is a keen enthusiast when it comes to instruments that have seen better days. This track was played on two pianos: a 1920s Gulbransen upright which was for thirty years the bar piano in the Fremantle Club in Perth, Western Australia, and a 1901 German Ronisch Three Crown from the Sandstone Hotel, 750km north east of Perth.
album: Secret Sandhills and Satellites (2001-2005) for ruined pianos and pianos on the edge of ruin
Emanem 4128
http://www.emanemdisc.com/
http://www.warpsmusic.com/
Tuxedomoon: The Show Goes On: Baron Brown, Jinx, Loneliness (3.16)
Described as ‘a road movie of the mind’, this new album by the San Francisco/Belgium/Mexico City-based group was made to accompany a film that the band is currently shooting with Greek visual artist George Kakanakis.
Blaine L Reininger (violin/guitar/computer), Steven Brown (saxes/clarinet/keyboards/tapes), Luc Van Lieshout (trumpet/flugelhorn/harmonica), Peter Principle (guitar/bass)
album: Bardo Hotel Soundtrack
Made to Measure MTM 38
http://www.tuxedomoon.com/
http://www.crammed.be/
First Nation: Monkey (4.00)
First Nation, from New York City, are Kate Rosko, Nina Mehta and Melissa Livaudais.
album: First Nation
Paw Tracks PAW11
http://www.paw-tracks.com/
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