14 October 2005
Friday 14 October 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
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Friday 14 October 2005, 10:15pm
Sweet Billy Pilgrim: Experience (4.40)
'Sweet Billy Pilgrim scrape strings and tap away at laptops trying to make beautiful things.' This comes from the debut album, recorded in a warm shed by this British band.
album: We Just Did What Happened and No one Came
Wonderland Avenue WLMCD002
http://www.sweetbillypilgrim.com/
Sanhedolin: Untitled (6.53)
Sanhedolin is the power trio of Keiji Haino (guitar/voice), and Ruins members Mitsuru Nasuno (bass) and Tatsuya Yoshida (drums).
album: Manjo icchi wa muko
PSF Records PSFD-162
PSF Records, Terada Bldg 2F, 2-45-11 Matsubara, Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo 156, Japan
http://www.psfmm.com
http://www.psfrecords.com/
Lotek Hi-Fi: How It Go feat. Sandra Melody (3.03)
Lotek Hi-Fi is a new group put together by producer Wayne 'Lotek' Bennett (a long-time collaborator with Roots Manuva) and featuring the additional vocals of Aurelius and Wayne Paul.
album: Mixed Blessings
Big Dada BDCD082
http://www.bigdada.com/
Paper Factory: Gleich nach der Brücke rechts (3.47)
This music was improvised in the Faust Studio in Scheer, Germany in July 2004, and it features Faust's Hans Joachim Irmler on keyboards and electronics, American Frank Zappa and Stockhausen alumnus Mike Svoboda on trombone, alphorn, drainpipe and conch shell, Clive Bell (shakuhachi/khene/melodica), Sylvia Hallett (violin/musical saw/sarangi) and Mike Adcock (piano/accordion).
album: Schlachtfest-Session 1
Klangbad LC 02160
http://www.klangbad.de
Akron/Family: Raising the Sparks (3.59)
This burst of energy comes from a new album on Michael Gira, formerly of the Swans' label. It features Akron/Family on one half, and Gira with Akron/Family performing as Angels of Light on the other.
album: Angels of Light & Akron/Family
Young God Records YG30
http://www.akronfamily.com/
http://www.younggodrecords.com/
Boards of Canada: Satellite Anthem Icarus (5.52)
This is from the new album by the Scottish duo of Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin.
album: The Campfire Headphase
Warp Records warpcd123
http://www.boardsofcanada.com
http://www.warprecords.com
Field Music: If Only The Moon Were Up (3.07)
Field Music is the Sunderland-based trio of Peter Brewis, David Brewis and Andrew Moore. They have also featured members of similar north east angular guitar pop peddlers Futureheads and Maximo Park.
EP: If Only The Moon Were Up
Memphis Industries MI052CD
http://www.memphis-industries.com/
http://www.field-music.co.uk/
Click here to read a review of this band's album
Mei Han with Barry Truax and Randy Raine-Reusch: Bamboo, Silk and Stone (9.20)
Mei Han is a virtuoso on the Chinese zither-like instrument known as the Zheng, and a featured soloist with Beijing's acclaimed Zhan You Ensemble. This piece was written in collaboration with Canadian composer Barry Truax and multi-instrumentalist Randy Raine-Rausch.
album: Outside the Wall
Za Discs N-12
Za Discs/HMR3 Productions, Box 1119 Stn A, Vancouver BC, Canada V6C 2T1
http://www.asza.com/mh.shtml
Satanicpornocultshop: Shoplifter @ Wal-mart , Fundamentalist 59,054,087!!! (Satanicpornocultshop remix) (4.04)
This comes from a new compilation of rarities, remixes and single tracks by the Osaka, Japan-based group.
Original track taken from Baiyon and Hans Fjellestad - Jusco Punk (BESR-003) - additional remix production by Satanicpornocultshop - Meu-Meu (bells/Jews harp/vina), *Es (field recordings/turntables/guitar/vocal), Ugh (whistle/electronics/mixing/turntables), Kino (vocal)
album: Zap Meemees (singles, remixes and other compilations 2002-2005)
Sonore SON-22
http://www.nunulaxnulan.biz
http://www.sonore.com/
Ny Antsaly: Fokafoka (2.10)
This is the first time that this group from Madagascar has appeared on CD. Ny Antsaly were the first group to take the music of Madagascar to the rest of the world, in the 1950s and 60s, and they featured Sylvestre Randafison, the acknowledged master of the 21-string bamboo zither known as the valiha.
album: The Rough Guide to the Music of Madagascar
World Music Network RGNET 1163 CD
World Music Network, 6 Abbeville Mews, 88 Clapham Park Road, London SW4 7BX
http://www.worldmusic.net
Mise en Abyme: Reaching (4.15)
Mise en Abyme are the Portland, Oregon-based trio of M L Mae, Ahn Mae and Christopher Himes.
album: Jesquibel
Marriage Records m007
http://miseenabyme.com/
http://www.marriagerecs.com/
Lord Mongo and the Slate Pipe Banjo Draggers: henrietta two (5.34)
This track was improvised and recorded live in Manchester and mixed in Leeds, January and February 2005. It features Andrew Rowe (who also appeared in Mixing It's report on Leeds last March - he has since relocated to Stoke Newington in London) and his brother Greg Johnson, who goes under the name Lord Mongo, and can sometimes be seen terrorising audiences in the Manchester area performing in an array of cardboard famous-face masks with his band. Allan Hutchison plays percussion.
EP: henrietta one and two
Mandolin Records mando 0004
http://www.slatepipe.co.uk/
http://www.lordmongo.co.uk/
http://www.mandolinrecords.co.uk/
King Creosote: Boot Prints (3.42)
King Creosote is a name used by Kenny Anderson, one of the Fence Collective from Anstruther in Fife. Although he has already put out over two dozen albums himself, this is his first release with full national distribution, and it was recorded in Manchester with the Earlies.
album: KC Rules OK
Names Records IAMNAMES11CD
http://www.kingcreosote.co.uk/
http://www.679recordings.com/
Click here to read a review of this album
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