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25-mar-13 experimental guests and exclusives
James Poke presents a selection of exciting recent music on this month's Radio Icebreaker, featuring Scottish and Dutch hip hop in the shape of Young Fathers and Pete Philly, new tracks from Burial, Gazelle Twin, BJ Cole, The Knife, Grouper, NZCA/Lines, Woman's Hour, Otmar Binder, Steve Reich and Foxygen, plus music from Icebreaker's Apollo album and a tribute to Simeon ten Holt. |
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*basil
kirchin - a tribute
In 2003 I recorded a conversation
with the late composer Basil Kirchin. For those
that haven’t heard of Basil Kirchin, and
don’t
worry you are in the majority, he was a composer
of extraordinary talent who began his career
playing and leading 40’s and 50’s
big bands and went on to score soundtracks
and lead many library sessions for the Music
De Wolfe label.
His album Quantum, recorded
in 1973 but not released until 2003, mixed
jazz musicians, field recordings in the form
of wild birds, insects and trams, and autistic
children. It is both beautiful and disturbing
and unlike anything you have heard before.
It’s
within this album that Basil fully explores
his theory that when you slow down or speed
up sound, you open up doors and new sound is
revealed.
This feature is by
no means the complete story, rather a glimpse
into Basil Kirchin's world of sound, told in
his own words. In fact there are some glaring
omissions; Basil didn’t
really talk much about his time as a library
musician or his film soundtracks, instead he
spent much of our conversation talking about
his Quantum sound theories and some of the
techniques and tools used in the album's production.
Sadly
Basil passed away on June 18th, 2005.
For
further information on Basil and to buy his
albums, go to Trunk
Records.
Simon
James – 2006
www.simonsound.co.uk
Corky Burger presents
a special tribute to the life of Bob Moog (1934-2005)
with music that features his synthesizer inventions.
For more info go to www.moogmusic.com
You can buy the latest edition of Unknown Public from Amazon.co.uk,
from enlightened record shops and from the journal's own website www.unknownpublic.com
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dj profile |
 *corky
burger - a collector of synthesizers, theremins
and obscure records. Notorious for his unorthodox approach,
Corky is a leading light in the quest for undiscovered
life in radio presentation.
*icebreaker -
a 13 strong group that's gained cult status for playing
punchy, surging, effervescent music (some laid back bits
too!) Mixing extreme rock with pieces written for the
band by a group of radical composers.
 *unknown
public - an award-winning audio/journal (a combination
of hardback book and compilation CD) with subscribers
in more than 50 countries. On the U.P. debut, founders
Laurence Aston and John L. Walters present a wide variety
of compelling listening, incorporating electronica,
film music, jazz, world music and contemporary classical
composition.
*vicki bennett
aka People Like Us, Vicki has created ten solo albums,
as well as contributing to compilations and collaborations.
Using video/audio manipulation and editing, "found" sounds
are recontextualised into entirely new soundscapes to
expose both the ridiculous and the sinister. People
Like Us, narratives spoken in a voice unique in the
world of mixed-media appropriated art.
contact: peoplelikeus@mistral.co.uk
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