11 February 2005
Friday 11 February 2005 22:15-23:30 (Radio 3)
Presented by Mark Russell and Robert Sandall and featuring an interview with Doseone and Dax Pierson, both members of the San Fransisco-based group Subtle. Inspired by Can, De la Soul and Matmos as well as the work of Dylan Thomas
and the Beat poets, the music of Subtle is part hip-hop and part electro-acoustic experimentalism: thought-provoking and surrealist rhymes delivered over drum loops created from the sound of dictionaries, money and suitcases.
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 11 February 2005, 10:15pm
Wobbly: Wild Why (part one) (2.25)
San Francisco's Jon Leidecker, aka Wobbly, created this piece specifically for live performance, and he has performed it about twenty times in all. This recording is described by Wobbly as being an 'extremely condensed' version.
All source material stolen from corporate hip hop radio broadcasts in the San Francisco Bay area January 1999 - March 2002
album: Wild Why
Tigerbeat6 MEOW055
http://www.detritus.net/wobbly
http://www.tigerbeat6.com/
David Sylvian remixed by Readymade FC: A Fire in the Forest (5.05)
David Sylvian's 2003 album Blemish saw him collaborate with the likes of Derek Bailey and Christian Fennesz. This new album takes tracks from Blemish and features them in remixed forms. The remixers include Ryoji Ikeda and Burnt Friedman. Readymade FC, responsible for this track, is the working name of Jean-Philippe Verdin.
album: The Good Son vs. The Only Daughter - The Blemish Remixes
Samadhi Sound sound cd ss005
http://www.davidsylvian.com
http://www.samadhisound.com
http://www.readym.com
Zu vs. Okapi: Beta (Franco Battiato) (3.15)
Franco Battiato is something of a legend in his home country of Italy, but not so well known elsewhere. A composer, keyboard player and flamboyant performer, he has been likened to Peter Gabriel. This track comes from a tribute compilation put out on the label owned by Italian psychedelic band Jennifer Gentle. Zu are a three-piece from Rome, and they have been collaborating with Italian DJ Filippo Paolini, aka Okapi, since 2000.
Luca Zu (saxophone); Jacopo Zu (drums); Massimo Zu (bass); Okapi (turntables/samples/chaos pad)
album: What’s Your Function - a tribute to Franco Battiato
Sillyboy SB007
http://www.sillyboy.it
http://www.zuism.com/3en.html
BJ Nilsen: Let me know when it's over (5.20)
Benny 'BJ' Nilsen, who also records as Hazard, lives in Stockholm. This album, however, was recorded in many different locations throughout northern and central Europe, using a blend of ambient field recordings and electric and acoustic instruments recorded outdoors.
album: Fade to White
Touch TO:65
http://www.touchmusic.org.uk
http://www.bjnilsen.com
Subtle interview (23.00)
Subtle, from the Bay Area of San Francisco, are Adam 'Doseone' Drucker, formerly with cLOUDDEAD (voice/synth), Dax Pierson (keyboards/sampler), producer Jeffrey 'Jel' Logan (drum machine), Alexander Kort (cello/bass), Marty Kalanf Dowers (woodwind/synth) and Jordan Dalrymple (drums/guitar/sampler).
Doseone and Dax came in to speak to Mixing It whilst on their British tour last October.
Music details:
Subtle: I (heart) LA; The Hook; Silence…; Last Populated Earth; The Long Vein of the Law
All tracks except Last Populated Earth appear on the Subtle album A New White (Lex Records LEX029); Last Populated Earth is from a currently unavailable CD which was released to support their tour. Subtle will be releasing The Long Vein of the Law as a 12" only single in the spring: it will also include Long Voice, their collaboration with Mike Patton of Faith No More.
http://www.lexrecords.com
http://www.subtle6.com
Blevin Blectum: Benadrilled and taking on water (3.10)
Another artist from the Bay Area, Blevin Blectum was one half of Blectum from Blechdom. She is now a member of the multimedia outfit known as Sagan, and she has also released this album, described as 'a prog-rock fantasy gone horrible awry'.
album: Magic Maple
Bleakhouse/Praemedia praecdb01
http://blevin.LSR1.com
http://sagan.LSR1.com
http://www.praemedia.com
T.V.La.S.Un.Or: Grand Hall (3.35)
A French Godspeed You Black Emperor? T.V.La.S.Un.Or is short for The Very Large Structure of Universe Orchestra: the duo of Manel Bigot (guitar/drums/programming/cornet) and Jean-Marc Wadel (bass/prepared guitar/piano/programming/voice).
album: Grand Hall
Partycul System PS 006
Partycul System, 14 Rue des Tournelles, 51100 Reims, France
The Very Large Structure of Universe Orchestra, c/o Bigot-Wadel, 44 Rue du Bastion, 51100 Reims, France
http://www.multimania.com/partyculsystem
The Fiery Furnaces: Smelling Cigarettes (5.30)
Brother/sister duo Matt and Eleanor Friedberger, aka The Fiery Furnaces, present their latest album, which collects all the singles and b-sides that never appeared on their previous two albums, along with a couple of new songs.
album: EP
Rough Trade RTRADECD211
http://www.thefieryfurnaces.com
http://www.roughtraderecords.com
Tim Robinson: Curve (7.45)
This is from a 4-track demo sent in by the Bournemouth-based composer. Mixing It played a track of Tim Robinson's last year called 'I'm coming to eat your babies'. He describes this tune, which consists of digitally treated clarinet, as 'probably the happiest tune I've ever written'.
[email protected]
Quasimoto: Greenery (2.25)
Quasimoto is the helium-voiced alter ego of producer Madlib, who has also been behind projects such as Madvillain, Jaylib, Yesterday's New Quintet and Lootpack.
EP: Bus Ride/Rap Cats
Stones Throw (PIAS) PIASXD53T
http://www.stonesthrow.com/quasimoto/
http://www.stonesthrow.com/madlib/
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