22 October 2004
Friday 22 October 2004 22:15-23:30 (Radio 3)
Robert Sandall and Mark Russell present a mix of musical styles and influences. Tonight, composer and lyricist Van Dyke Parks talks about his involvement in Brian Wilson's Smile project.
Duration:
1 hour 15 minutes
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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 22 October 2004, 10:15pm
The Beauty Shop: Hatchet Job (3.35)
The Beauty Shop are an Illinois-based trio consisting of John Hoeffleur (guitars/vocals), Ariane Peralta (bass guitar) and Brett Sanderson (drums). The aim of this track was to combine guitar effects and banging pots and pans to achieve 'maximum spook factor'.
album: Crisis Helpline
Shoeshine Records SHOECD018
Shoeshine Records, PO Box 15193, Glasgow G2 GLB
http://www.thebeautyshopband.com
http://www.shoeshine.co.uk
Julio d'Escriván/Andreína Farfa: Bajana (5.15)
Julio d'Escriván (vocal processing/sampling/composition); Andreína Farfa (vocals/phonetic transcription of Guajibo language); Paul Desenne (cello)
This is 'Avant-ethnic' according to its composer, Julio d'Escriván, a Venezuelan composer now living in Cambridge. This album received many plays on Mixing It-type programmes in Caracas, the Venezuelan Capital.
album: Vox
Bongo Musique BME002
http://www.bitbongo.com/
http://groovylab.com/sundays/index002.html
Four Tet: Castles Made of Sand (3.35)
This is a taken from a collection of tracks selected by Kieran Hebden, aka Four Tet, and is a cover of the song from Jimi Hendrix's 1967 album Axis: Bold as Love. It's the only one of his own tracks on an album which also features music by diverse artists from Terry Riley to Manfred Mann's Chapter 3. Fellow Fridge member Adem appears on double bass.
album: LateNightTales
Azuli Records ALNCD12
http://www.fourtet.net/
http://www.azuli.com/
Interview: Van Dyke Parks (34.30)
When Brian Wilson began work on the new recording of abandoned Beach Boys masterpiece SMiLE, he brought in Van Dyke Parks to help complete the work they had first begun in late 1966. Working with Darian Sahanaja of LA group the Wondermints as a kind of 'musical secretary', they pieced together the abandoned fragments and in a burst of activity, recorded the three movements that make up the album in a week this April, at Sunset Sound in LA: one of the studios which had hosted the original sessions.
Brian Wilson: Wonderful; Heroes and Villains; Surf's Up; Cabinessence; Good Vibrations
Featuring the Wondermints: Darian Sahanaja (vocals/keyboards), Probyn Gregory (vocals/guitar/banjo/French horn/muted trumpet/tannerin) and Nick Walusko (guitar/vocals) with Jeffrey Foskett (vocals/guitar); Nelson Bragg (percussion/vocals); Jim Hines (drums); Bob Lizik (bass); Paul Mertens (harmonica/woodwinds/conductor); Scott Bennett (vocals/keyboards/melodica/glockenspiel); Taylor Mills (vocals); The Stockholm Strings 'n' Horns
album: SMiLE
Nonesuch 7559-79846-2
http://www.vandykeparks.com
http://www.brianwilson.com/
http://www.nonesuch.com
For all things SMilE-related, try:
http://www.thesmileshop.net
Ed Lawes: Oohs Pastiche (1.50)
Ed Lawes is a Birmingham based composer. This comes from an album which mixes electronic tracks with studies for various chamber instruments.
album: 14 tracks/pieces
Planet Mu ZIQ110CD, Tr.12
Planet Mu Records Ltd, PO Box 276, Worcester WR5 2XJ
http://www.planet-mu.com
Talib Kweli: Broken Glass (3.10)
Produced by Neptune; additional vocals by Faith Evans. This track tells the tale of a young girl trying to make it in the big city but being drawn into a world of drugs and prostitution.
album: The Beautiful Struggle
Rawkus 9864081
http://www.talibkweli.com
http://www.spitkicker.com
http://www.islandrecords.co.uk
Metalycée: Ironmade (4.25)
Metalycée are Armin Steiner and Nik Hummer, also members of thilges3. On this album they have taken samples of heavy metal guitar and drums and turned them into electronic pieces.
album: Another White Album
Mosz 004
http://www.mosz.org
http://www.thilges.at/
Black Francis: Subbacultcha (2.40)
Frank Black Francis and two pale boys: Subbacultcha (2.50)
Here are two versions of the song which originally appeared on the final Pixies album Trompe le Monde. The first version is Pixies' chief songwriter Black Francis' solo demo recording, made in 1987 before any Pixies records had been released. It consists of Francis accompanying himself on acoustic guitar and singing into a cassette recorder owned by Gary Smith, who produced the first Pixies album Come on Pilgrim. The second version was recorded in Hackney, London in July 2003 with two pale boys Andy Diagram (trumpet/electronics) and Keith Moliné (guitar/violin/electronics).
album: Frank Black Francis
Cooking Vinyl COOKCD291
http://www.frankblack.net/
http://www.cookingvinyl.com/
Brian Wilson: Mrs. O'Leary's Cow (2.25)
When Brian Wilson recorded the original version of this in 1967 he was alarmed to hear that the same evening two fires had broken out in the same LA district. He was rumoured to have destroyed the master tapes as a result. The same piece of music, reworked and retitled Fall Breaks and Back to Winter appeared on the Beach Boys' 1967 album Smiley Smile.
Mrs O'Leary's Cow was the animal which supposedly started the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 by kicking over a lighted lamp.
Brian Wilson, Jeffrey Foskett, Darian Sahanaja, Probyn Gregory, Nick Walusko, Taylor Mills, Scott Bennett (vocals); Bob Lizik (fuzz bass) Jim Hines, Nelson Bragg (percussion) with the Stockholm Strings 'n' Horns conducted by Paul Mertens
album: SMiLE
Nonesuch 7559-79846-2
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