24 September 2004
Friday 24 September 2004 22:15-23:30 (Radio 3)
Mark Russell and Robert Sandall present a mix of musical styles and influences.
Duration:
1 hour 15 minutes
Playlist
MIXING IT
Presented by Mark Russell and Robert Sandall
Produced by Felix Carey
Factsheet compiled by Sam Hickling
Tel. 020 7765 4661
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Friday 24 September 2004, 10:15pm
Brooks: Bedbugs (5.45)
Andy Brooks used to live in Manchester, making deep house music and remixing the likes of Human League, Outkast and Scissor Sisters. He has since moved back to his native Derby, where he was punched in the face for holding his boyfriend's hand in a bar. This incident unlocked his musical imagination and set him on the path to this new album for Matthew Herbert's Soundslike label.
album: Red Tape
Soundslike SL16
Soundslike, c/o Accidental Records, PO Box 44426, London SE1 2UW
http://www.magicandaccident.com
Marika Papagika: Galata Manes (3.30)
Rebétika is the music of the Greek underworld, and its heyday ran from the country's declaration of independence in 1924 into the 1950s. Drawing on influences from Turkish and Iranian music, as well as Greek music, Rebétika focuses on subjects like hopeless love, drugs, death and imprisonment.
Marika Papagika (vocals) accompanied by her husband Konstantinos on cembalo
album: The Rough Guide to Rebétika
World Music Network RGNET 1142 CD
Originally appeared on the album Marika Papagika: Greek Popular and Rebetic Music in New York 1918-1929 (Alma Criolla Records ACCD802)
World Music Network, 6 Abbeville Mews, 88 Clapham Park Road, London SW4 7BX
http://www.worldmusic.net
http://www.rembetiko.gr/
Minimal Pig: Autoharp of Moby (3.30)
All we know about Minimal Pig is that he is in his early 20s, lives in a sleepy Somerset village and plays a variety of unusual instruments. The featured instrument here is autoharp: when he recorded this tune, there was a spider living in the soundbox of the instrument.
album: Alternative Blueprint - volume 1
Alternative Blueprint ALTBLUE001
http://www.alternativeblueprint.com
Little Axe: Go Away Devil (4.40)
Little Axe is Skip McDonald. In the early 80s he was guitarist in the Sugarhill Gang house band, which also featured Keith Le Blanc on drums and Doug Wimbish on bass. After that he met up with British dub producer Adrian Sherwood and got involved in the Tackhead project.
album: Champagne and Grits
RealWorld CDRWDJ119
http://www.realworldrecords.com/littleaxe
Adcock and Bell: Infanta (5.00)
Clive Bell and Mike Adcock have been playing together for many years, originally getting together in the 'avant-dance' band Accordions Go Crazy. The inspiration for this new recording came from a Festival in Berlin at which the theme was reed instruments.
Clive Bell (shakuhachi); Mike Adcock (prepared piano)
album: Sleep it Off
Emanem 4077
Emanem, 3 Bittacy Rise, London NW7 2HH
http://www.emanemdisc.com
Read a review of this CD at http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/experimental/reviews/adcockbell_sleep.shtml
Ear and Delia: Sychrondipity Machine (0.55)
Delia Derbyshire was one of the pioneers of electronic music who worked at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop during the 1960s, where perhaps her most famous creation was the theme tune to Doctor Who. She retired from music making during the 1970s, but shortly before her death in 2001, she began working with Pete Kember, aka Sonic Boom from Spacemen 3 and Spectrum, who was now going under the name EAR (Experimental Audio Research). This short track comes from a compilation made by former Add N to (X) member Ann Shenton for her own record label.
album: The Electronic Bible - Hymn Book (the unorthodox electronic edition compiled by Ann Shenton and Andy Fraser)
White Label Music WLM 004
http://www.electronic-bible.co.uk
http://www.whitelabelonline.com
http://www.delia-derbyshire.org
Savath & Savales: Sota l'Aigüa (3.35)
Savath is the hip-hop producer Scott Herren, also know as Prefuse 73. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, he now lives in Barcelona, where he collaborates frequently with the acclaimed Spanish vocalist Eva Puyeulo Muns, also known as Savalas.
album: Mañana
Warp Records WAP177CD
http://www.warprecords.com/
http://www.prefuse73.com/
Fred Frith: Le jour se lève; Middle of the moment (title theme) (10.55)
This is from a re-release of an album originally released in 1995, on which the guitarist and former Henry Cow member mixes field recordings of traditional singing and drumming and a travelling circus troupe with more conventional instruments. It was made as the soundtrack to the Nicolas Humbert/Werner Penzel film of the same name, which looked at the life of the nomad.
Fred Frith (guitar/bass/violin/keyboards/percussion); Tim Hodgkinson (clarinet)
On Le jour se leve: Idaman walat Akhmudan (girl singing)
On Middle of the moment: Mikaela Dietl (accordion)
album: Middle of the Moment
Fred Records (ReR) FRO 05
ReR Megacorp, 79 Beulah Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey CR7 8JG
http://www.fredfrith.com
http://www.rermegacorp.com
Read an interview with Fred Frith at http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/experimental/interviews/int_frith.shtml
Radian: Shift (5.10)
Radian are a trio from Vienna. This is from their latest album, which was produced by John McEntire of Tortoise. Martin Brandlmayr (drums/vibraphone/electronics/computer); Stefan Nemeth (synthesisers/guitar/computer); John Norman (bass)
album: Juxtaposition
Thrill Jockey THRILL 147
Thrill Jockey Records, Box 08038, Chicago IL, USA
http://www.radian.at
http://www.thrilljockey.com
Read a review of this CD at http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/experimental/reviews/radian_juxta.shtml
Fiery Furnaces: Blueberry Boat (9.10)
Fiery Furnaces are the Brooklyn-based brother and sister duo of Matt and Eleanor Friedberger.
album: Blueberry Boat
Rough Trade RTRADCDP182
http://www.thefieryfurnaces.com
http://www.roughtraderecords.com
Mike Henry: In Our Lifetime (7.25)
This is taken from a compilation of works from the first four editions of the CD/publication Unknown Public, which has been promoting new music since the early 1990s. This piece, by the Belize-born composer Errollyn Wallen, was written in 1990 for Nelson Mandela on his release from prison. It features the multi-tracked vocals of Mike Henry, and incorporates snippets of the African National Congress song Nkosi Sikelel'iAfrika.
album: Unknown Public 01-04 volume one - music and more from the first four issues
Unknown Public UP01-04
Originally appeared on the Errollyn Wallen CD The Girl in my Alphabet (Avie AV 0006)
Unknown Public, PO Box 354, Reading RG1 5TX
http://www.unknownpublic.com
http://www.errollynwallen.com/
Polysics: New Wave Jacket (2.40)
Polysics are from Tokyo.
CD single
Sur la Plage Records SLURP013
Taken from the album Polysics or Die!!!!
http://www.polysics.com
http://www.surla.co.uk
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