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Playlist - 9 th October 1999
CD Edition
Homelife: Thief
Homelife are a Manchester-based collective featuring up to 9 members, who are Paddy Steer (bass/double bass); Tony Burnside (guitar); Simon King (guitar/bass/percussion); Graham Massey
(clarinet/sax/flute/keyboards/formerly with 808 State); Seaming To (Clarinet/voice/stylophone); James Ford (drums/jews harp/bells/shakers/duck whistle etc.); Richard Harrison (likewise); Semay
Wu (cello); Rosie Lowdell (violin/keyboards/glockenspiel). This is taken from their second album.
album: Cho Cho
CD: Madwaltz HL 501
More info at homelife@madwaltz.freeserve.co.uk
Takahashi Yujiro and Friends: Yagi Bushi
“Traditional Japanese music with punk attitude.” Upturned saké barrels double as percussion instruments in this tale of a Japanese Robin Hood figure. Takahashi Yujiro plays the
long-necked Japanese lute known as the Shamisen . His friends are Katakura Yukiji (shamisen/vocal); Kikuchi Tomojiro (vocal/percussion); Abe
Hidesaburo (shamisen/percussion/vocal); Jin Chieko (vocal/percussion)
album: Min’yo - Folk Song from Japan
CD: Nimbus NI 5618
visit http://www.nimbus.ltd.uk
The Remote Viewers: Isolation in Compartment C
More experimentalism from the Leo Records label. This features saxophonist David Petts and vocalist Louise Petts.
album: Obliques before Pale Skin
CD: Leo Records LEO LAB CD 063
Echoboy: Touched
Echoboy, alias Richard Warren, formerly with 90’s trio the Hybrids, is now experimenting on his own.
EP: Frances says: the knife is alive
CD: Mute cdmute237
Kelly Joe Phelps: The House Carpenter
Acoustic country blues from Washington State, USA to finish.
album: Shine Eyed Mr Zen
CD: Rykodisc RCD 10476