3 June 2005
Friday 3 June 2005 22:15-23:30 (Radio 3)
Mark Russell and Robert Sandall present a unique 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
Fax. 020 7765 4378
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Friday 3 June 2005, 10:15pm
Drowsy: Some Cursing (4.36)
Drowsy is 22 year-old singer/songwriter Mauri Heikkinen, from the village of Joutseno in Finland. Could this be the beginning of a new movement: AFAL - Acid Folkies Against Laptops?
album: Growing Green
FatCat FATCD34
http://www.fat-cat.co.uk
Hanged Up: Alarm (5.03)
Hanged Up is the Montréal-based duo of drummer Eric Craven (also of Sackville) and viola player Geneviève Heistek (also of Set Fire to Flames and Pest 5000).
Recorded by Efrim Menuck (Godspeed You Black Emperor/A Silver Mt Zion) at Hotel2tango in Mile End, Montréal
album: Clatter for Control
Constellation CST034-2
Constellation, PO Box 42002, Montréal, Canada H2W 2T3
http://www.cstrecords.com/html/hangedupmain.html
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band: God Bless Our Dead Marines (11.40)
From the new album by the Montréal collective, which they describe as '6 busted waltzes for world wars 4 through 6'
Beckye (strings/vocals); Efrim (guitar/vocals); Ian (guitar/vocals); Jessica (strings/vocals); Scott (percussion/vocals); Sophie (strings/vocals); Thierry (bass/vocals)
album: Horses in the Sky
Constellation CST033-2
Constellation, PO Box 42002, Montréal, Canada H2W 2T3
http://www.cstrecords.com/html/asmz.html
http://www.southern.com/southern/band/ASILV/
Jon Hassell: Divine S.O.S. (7.14)
This is from Jon Hassell's first new album since 1999's Fascinoma. In the interim, he has been concentrating on touring. Indeed, the basic tracks for this album were recorded live in Milan, Montréal and Paris, 2002-2003.
Jon Hassell (trumpet/keyboards); Peter Freeman (bass/programming/percussion); Rick Cox (guitar); Dhafer Youssef (voice/oud)
album: Maarifa Street: Magic Realism 2
Label Bleu LBLC 6674
http://www.jonhassell.com
http://www.label-bleu.com
Jay Haze: Down and Out (3.36)
Jay Haze grew up in Pennsylvania, and then moved to San Francisco, where he was homeless for a time. With just a small suitcase, he relocated to Europe, making Amsterdam his home. However, it was when he moved to Berlin that his music really began to take off. He also runs the labels Contextterrior, Textone, Tuning Spork and Future Dub.
album: Love for a Strange World
Kitty-Yo KY05095
http://www.kitty-yo.com
http://media.contexterrior.com/
Stromba: Invisible Stink (5.00)
Stromba is the duo of Tom Tyler and James Dyer, who started out in 1998 making sample-based music on an Akai S950. Since then, they have expanded their line-up, and this new album features contributions from seven other musicians. However, it was still recorded in Tom Tyler's sitting room, hence the title.
album: Tales From The Sitting Room
FatCat FATCD19
http://www.fat-cat.co.uk
Chang Wording Girl: Neon Eon (excerpt) (10.00)
Chang Wording Girl evolved from South Korea's 'chong-um' scene, which re-interprets the traditional mask dances of the country. The basis of the band is the three Korean guitarists, but for this release they have enlisted the help of a Japanese vocalist (Aki Matsunaga) and another (Janet Chua) from Singapore.
Kim Kyung-Soon (guitars); Serendipity Jin-Ho (guitars); Mun Yong-Chik (guitars); Aki Matsunaga (vocals); Janet Chua (vocals)
album: Neon Eon
Tag Monkey TAG041
http://www.tagmonkey.com
George Haslam's Freetime: Wails from the Crypt (5.21)
Recorded at the Jazz Club Železná, Prague, 11 November 2002; this band came together in spring 2002, when the Jazz Club Železná and Czech National Radio put British sax player George Haslam in touch with a group of Czech musicians. They describe the music as 'freely based improvisation over positive rhythms'.
George Haslam (baritone sax); Swetja (saw); Jozef Láska (upright bass); Jaroslav Korán (drums)
album: 2002*2003*2004
SLAM Productions SLAMCD 320
SLAM Productions, 3 Thesiger Road, Abingdon OX14 2DX, UK
http://www.slamproductions.net
http://www.jazzclub.cz/
Brian Eno: Bonebomb (3.09)
This is perhaps the least song-like piece on Brian Eno's new song album.
album: Another Day On Earth
Hannibal HNCD1475
http://www.enoweb.co.uk/
http://www.rykodisc.com/
Read a profile of this artist at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/profiles/enobrian.shtml
Tod Dockstader: Lala (6.24)
Tod Dockstader is a pioneer of electronic music who has influenced the likes of Matmos and Autechre. He is 73 years old and still making challenging and innovative records. This is from his new one, which creates an aural collage from cassette recordings of short wave radio broadcasts.
album: Aerial vol.1
Sub Rosa SR223
http://www.subrosa.net
http://dockstader.info/
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