Mixing It - Tom Verlaine
Friday 18 August 2006 22:00-23:30 (Radio 3)
Mark Russell and Robert Sandall are joined by singer and guitarist Tom Verlaine from the legendary new wave band Television. He talks about his recent double album.
Duration:
1 hour 30 minutes
Playlist
MIXING IT
Presented by Robert Sandall and Mark Russell
Produced by Philip Tagney
Factsheet compiled by Sam Hickling
Tel. 020 7765 4661
Fax. 020 7765 4378
e-mail [email protected]
Friday 18 August 2006, 10:00pm
Hellwood: Man in a Plaid Suit
Hellwood is a collaboration featuring Johnny Dowd (vocals/guitar) with his regular drummer Willie B (drums/bass pedals/keyboard) and fellow purveyor of twisted Americana Jim White (banjo/bass/percussion/vocals). This song was previously featured on Mixing It when Johnny Dowd came in to record a session in April 2003.
album: Chainsaw of Life
Munich Records MRCD 277
http://www.johnnydowd.com/
http://www.jimwhite.net/
http://www.williebmusic.net/
http://www.munichrecords.com/
Click here to find out more about the film Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus, featuring Jim White and Johnny Dowd
Root 70: Get Things Straight
Root 70 is a jazz quartet consisting of Nils Wogram, Jochen Rueckert, Matt Penman and Hayden Chisholm. On this album they tackle the music of Mixing It regular Burnt Friedman and his projects The Nu Dub Players and Flanger.
album: Heaps Dub
Nonplace non 20
http://www.nilswogram.com/
http://www.nonplace.de/
2Mex & Life Rexall are $Martyr: Jerry Reuss
This collaboration features two stalwarts of the LA hip hop scene: 2Mex is also a member of Visionaries, SunGodSonz and Of Mexican Descent, while Life Rexall is a member of The Shape Shifters. This track also features fast-talking LA rapper Busdriver.
Produced by Life Rexall; additional keys by Polyhedron
album: Money Symbol Martyrs
Cornerstone Ras CRAS-CD-051
http://www.cornerstoneRAS.com/
http://www.MySpace.com/2Mex
http://www.MySpace.com/LifeRexall
http://www.LA2theBay.com/
Derek Bailey: Play 4
Derek Bailey's final solo recording was this session, originally taped for David Sylvian's Blemish album in 2003. David Sylvian booked Derek Bailey into the Moat studio in London and urged him to provide him with something that would challenge him as a vocalist.
album: To Play - the Blemish Sessions
Samadhisound sound cd ss008
http://www.samadhisound.com/
http://www.incusrecords.force9.co.uk/
Tom Verlaine interview
Tom Verlaine came into the Mixing It studio to discuss his recent solo albums: the instrumental album 'Around', and 'Songs and Other Things', his first solo vocal release in 15 years.
Music details:
Tom Verlaine: The O of Adore; Eighty Eights; Peace Piece; Blue Light; Lovebird Asylum Seeker
Television: Marquee Moon
album: Marquee Moon
Elektra 7559 606162
Tom Verlaine: The Earth is in the Sky
The O of Adore and Eighty Eights appear on the album Around (Thrill Jockey thrill 174) featuring Tom Verlaine (guitar), Patrick A Derivaz (bass) and Billy Ficca (drums)
Peace Piece, Blue Light, Lovebird Asylum Seeker and The Earth is in the Sky appear on the album Songs and Other Things (Thrill Jockey thrill 173)
http://www.thrilljockey.com/
Click here for reviews of these albums
John Tchicai/Charlie Kohlhase/Garrison Fewell: Ramana Maharshi
John Tchicai (tenor sax/bass clarinet/voice/percussion); Charlie Kohlhase (tenor sax/alto sax/baritone sax); Garrison Fewell (guitar/chopsticks/slide/percussion)
Recorded live at the Unitarian Meeting House, Amherst, Massachusetts, 13 December 2003
album: Good Night Songs
Boxholder Records BXH 050/051
http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/%7Ejomnamo/
http://charliekohlhase.com/
http://www.garrisonfewell.com/
Humcrush: Cyborg II
This is from the second album by the Norwegian duo of Thomas Strønen of Food and the Bobo Stenson Quartet (drums/live electronics) and Ståle Storløkken of Supersilent and Cucumber (keyboards). They originally got together at the Jazz Academy in Trondheim.
album: Hornswoggle
Rune Grammofon RCD2055
http://www.runegrammofon.com/
http://www.thomasstronen.com/
Arno P Jiri Kraehahn: Supafly Rmx
This comes from a CD curated, at the behest of the Sonic Arts Network, by Japanese-born, Berlin-based performance artist and dancer Junko Wada. Arno P Jiri Kraehahn is another Berlin resident who works as a sound designer and composer for theatre, dance and installation. This piece was written for 'Die Familie Schroffenstein at the Schauspielhaus, Zürich, in 2003.
album: Music Dances Itself
Sonic Arts Network SAN 2006
http://www.sonicartsnetwork.org/
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/
Esbjörn Svensson Trio: Brewery of Beggars
Esbjörn Svensson (piano); Dan Berglund (bass); Magnus Öström (drums)
album: Tuesday Wonderland
The ACT Company ACT 9016-2
http://www.est-music.com/
http://www.actmusic.com/
Amy Kohn: My Epoxied Rose
Amy Kohn (voice/piano/accordion/glockenspiel); Nikki Scheller (harmony); Peter Hess (flute/saxes); Robert Carlisle (French horn); Erik Jekabson (trumpet); Tom Gavin (banjo/guitar); Jonathan Dinklage (violin/viola); Wolfram Koessel (cello); Benjamin Rubin (bass); Scott McLemore (drums)
This track refers to a rose made of leather that Amy was wearing during a show at Joe's Pub in New York. The rose was falling apart, and was glued together with epoxy. The condition of the rose felt like a metaphor for a relationship she was in at that time.
album: I'm in Crinolene
Amymusic AM 2006
http://www.amymusic.com/
Fluorescent Grey: Drawer full of booster seats (pt 2 of 3); Indian classical beat sliced and sautéed
Fluorescent Grey is Northern California-based producer Robbie Martin.
album: Lying on the floor mingling with God in a Tijuana motel room next door to a veterinary supply store
Isolate Records iso-11
http://www.isolaterecords.com/
Howe Gelb: Underneath The Arches
This comes from a compilation that was put together by the Thrill Jockey label in collaboration with 'Stop Smiling': a self-styled magazine for 'high-minded low-life'. The CD appears as a cover-mount on the magazine's all English edition, which is why the label chose to ask its artists to cover the song Underneath the Arches, made famous by 1940s English comedy/musical duo Flanagan and Allen.
album: Stop Smiling & Thrill Jockey present Songs inspired by Underneath the Arches
Thrill Jockey/Stop Smiling CD
http://www.thrilljockey.com/
http://www.stopsmilingonline.com/
http://www.giantsand.com/
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