MIXING IT

Presented by Robert Sandall and Mark Russell

Produced by Felix Carey

Factsheet compiled by Sam Hickling

Tel. 020 7765 4661

Fax. 020 7765 4378

e-mail mixing.it@bbc.co.uk

to hear this programme, visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/ and click on Mixing It under the Programmes on demand - New Music section

Sunday 24 August 2003, 11:00pm

Featuring an interview with Basil Kirchin

Details:

Steffan Thomas: Ce

Influenced by everything from Brian Eno to Bob the Builder, Steffan Thomas is a 16 year-old from Skewen in South Wales. This track was inspired by his discovery of audio compression and its distorting qualities. We recommend listening on headphones

album: Sonics 1

Home-recorded demo

More details from baboonpower@hotmail.com

Sharko: U Got Us

Sharko are a Belgian group consisting of multi instrumentalist and songwriter David Bartholomé, guitarist Teuk Henri and drummer Julien Paschal

album: Meeuws2

Bang! 3077932

More details at http://www.speculoos.com/sharko/

Laura Andel: Murmur

Laura Andel grew up in Buenos Aries where she studied tango performance. After that she moved to Boston and specialised in jazz and film music, before settling in New York. This recording was mastered by Elliott Sharp at Studio zOaR, New York City

Although the CD is credited to the Laura Andel Orchestra, this piece was actually performed by the Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra in Boston.

album: Somnambulist

Red Toucan Records RT 9322

Red Toucan Records, c/o Les Productions musicales Cactus, 720 rue Fleury Ouest, Montréal (Québec) H3L 1W3, visit http://www3.sympatico.ca/cactus.red

See also http://www.lauraandel.com

Wide Open Cage: Sleepin'; Toys Factory

Wide Open Cage are a Paris-based trio of Silvere (machines/programming); David (guitars/bass/analogue synths) and Francois (production/mixing). Also featured here is Guillaume d'Arbonville on drums and samples. Woebegone Lullabies began as a collection of compositions for children made by Silvere and David using toys.

album: Woebegone Lullabies

Expressillon EXPR CD11

Expressillon, tel. +33 1 4806 4430, visit http:www.expressillon.com

See also http://www.wideopencage.com

Interview: Basil Kirchin

Basil Kirchin began his musical career as a big band drummer, and played extensively with the Ted Heath Orchestra. Towards the end of the 1960s he began to experiment with tape manipulation, field recordings and free improvisation, and produced some recordings which were never released but became legendary.

However, one of these recordings, Quantum, has finally seen the light of day on the Trunk label, run by long-time Basil Kirchin fan Jonny Trunk.

Music details:

Basil Kirchin: Quantum

Featuring Evan Parker (soprano sax) and the autistic children of Schurmatt in Switzerland.

album: Quantum

Trunk Records JBH003CD

Trunk Records, e-mail jonny@trunkrecords.com; visit http://www.trunkrecords.com

There are plans for more Basil Kirchin releases on the Trunk label

Aesop Rock: Freeze

A new single from the rapper whose tales of Manhattan's Lower East Side informed his acclaimed debut album Labor Days

CD single

Definitive Jux DJX67

More details at http://www.definitivejux.net/defsite/

Rothko and BLK w/BEAR: Like Nails in the Rain

Following the parting of ways of the 3 bass guitar version of Rothko, founder member Mark Beazley kept the name for a variety of subsequent line-ups. On this new release, he collaborates with Washington DC-based sound artist JS Adams (aka BLK w/BEAR). The album is a reaction to the events in New York of September 11th 2001. Violin on this track is by Frances Morgan.

album: Wish for a World Without Hurt

Trace Recordings TRACECD 001

See also http://www.rothkomusic.co.uk/ and http://www.artbear.com/

Medicine: Wet on Wet

Medicine were formed by Brad Laner in 1991, and were signed in the UK to the Creation label for a while, where they were part of the so-called 'shoegazing' scene. Recently they have gone more electronic, and become a duo consisting of Laner, and kung-fu legend Bruce Lee's daughter Shannon Lee.

album: The Mechanical Forces of Love

Wall of Sound WALLCD031

Wall of Sound, Office 2, 9 Thorpe Close, London W10 5XL, visit http://www.wallofsound.net

See also http://www.bradlaner.com

John Butcher: What Remains

Featuring 5 tenor and 3 soprano saxes, all played by John Butcher and overdubbed. John Butcher is a renowned British improviser who works, as he puts it himself, 'on the edge of controllable sound'.

album: Invisible Ear

Fringes Recordings fringes 12

More details at http://www.fringesrecordings.com

Gonzales and Taylor Savvy: Dernier Domicile Connu - La Mer est Grande - L'Homme Orchestre

This track is based on the original soundtrack recordings to the films Dernier Domicile Connu, La Mer est Grande and L'Homme Orchestre, composed by François de Roubaix. It's taken from an album of remixes of music from a variety of French films.

album: Cinemix (various artists)

Emarcy 067 020-2

For more details on Gonzales and Taylor Savvy, see http://www.kitty-yo.net

MIXING IT

Presented by Robert Sandall and Mark Russell

Produced by Felix Carey

Factsheet compiled by Sam Hickling

Tel. 020 7765 4661

Fax. 020 7765 4378

e-mail mixing.it@bbc.co.uk

Sunday 24 th August 2003, 11:00pm

Featuring an interview with Basil Kirchin

Details:

Steffan Thomas: Ce

Influenced by everything from Brian Eno to Bob the Builder, Steffan Thomas is a 16 year-old from Skewen in South Wales. This track was inspired by his discovery of audio compression and its distorting qualities. We recommend listening on headphones

album: Sonics 1

Home-recorded demo

More details from baboonpower@hotmail.com

Sharko: U Got Us

Sharko are a Belgian group consisting of multi instrumentalist and songwriter David Bartholomé, guitarist Teuk Henri and drummer Julien Paschal

album: Meeuws2

Bang! 3077932

More details at http://www.speculoos.com/sharko/

Laura Andel: Murmur

Laura Andel grew up in Buenos Aries where she studied tango performance. After that she moved to Boston and specialised in jazz and film music, before settling in New York. This recording was mastered by Elliott Sharp at Studio zOaR, New York City

Although the CD is credited to the Laura Andel Orchestra, this piece was actually performed by the Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra in Boston.

album: Somnambulist

Red Toucan Records RT 9322

Red Toucan Records, c/o Les Productions musicales Cactus, 720 rue Fleury Ouest, Montréal (Québec) H3L 1W3, visit http://www3.sympatico.ca/cactus.red

See also http://www.lauraandel.com

Wide Open Cage: Sleepin'; Toys Factory

Wide Open Cage are a Paris-based trio of Silvere (machines/programming); David (guitars/bass/analogue synths) and Francois (production/mixing). Also featured here is Guillaume d'Arbonville on drums and samples. Woebegone Lullabies began as a collection of compositions for children made by Silvere and David using toys.

album: Woebegone Lullabies

Expressillon EXPR CD11

Expressillon, tel. +33 1 4806 4430, visit http:www.expressillon.com

See also http://www.wideopencage.com

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MIXING IT - Sunday 24 th August 2003 (con.)

Interview: Basil Kirchin

Basil Kirchin began his musical career as a big band drummer, and played extensively with the Ted Heath Orchestra. Towards the end of the 1960s he began to experiment with tape manipulation, field recordings and free improvisation, and produced some recordings which were never released but became legendary.

However, one of these recordings, Quantum, has finally seen the light of day on the Trunk label, run by long-time Basil Kirchin fan Jonny Trunk.

Music details:

Basil Kirchin: Quantum

Featuring Evan Parker (soprano sax) and the autistic children of Schurmatt in Switzerland.

album: Quantum

Trunk Records JBH003CD

Trunk Records, e-mail jonny@trunkrecords.com; visit http://www.trunkrecords.com

There are plans for more Basil Kirchin releases on the Trunk label

Aesop Rock: Freeze

A new single from the rapper whose tales of Manhattan's Lower East Side informed his acclaimed debut album Labor Days

CD single

Definitive Jux DJX67

More details at http://www.definitivejux.net/defsite/

Rothko and BLK w/BEAR: Like Nails in the Rain

Following the parting of ways of the 3 bass guitar version of Rothko, founder member Mark Beazley kept the name for a variety of subsequent line-ups. On this new release, he collaborates with Washington DC-based sound artist JS Adams (aka BLK w/BEAR). The album is a reaction to the events in New York of September 11th 2001. Violin on this track is by Frances Morgan.

album: Wish for a World Without Hurt

Trace Recordings TRACECD 001

See also http://www.rothkomusic.co.uk/ and http://www.artbear.com/

Medicine: Wet on Wet

Medicine were formed by Brad Laner in 1991, and were signed in the UK to the Creation label for a while, where they were part of the so-called 'shoegazing' scene. Recently they have gone more electronic, and become a duo consisting of Laner, and kung-fu legend Bruce Lee's daughter Shannon Lee.

album: The Mechanical Forces of Love

Wall of Sound WALLCD031

Wall of Sound, Office 2, 9 Thorpe Close, London W10 5XL, visit http://www.wallofsound.net

See also http://www.bradlaner.com

John Butcher: What Remains

Featuring 5 tenor and 3 soprano saxes, all played by John Butcher and overdubbed. John Butcher is a renowned British improviser who works, as he puts it himself, 'on the edge of controllable sound'.

album: Invisible Ear

Fringes Recordings fringes 12

More details at http://www.fringesrecordings.com

Gonzales and Taylor Savvy: Dernier Domicile Connu - La Mer est Grande - L'Homme Orchestre

This track is based on the original soundtrack recordings to the films Dernier Domicile Connu, La Mer est Grande and L'Homme Orchestre, composed by François de Roubaix. It's taken from an album of remixes of music from a variety of French films.

album: Cinemix (various artists)

Emarcy 067 020-2

For more details on Gonzales and Taylor Savvy, see http://www.kitty-yo.net

MIXING IT

Presented by Robert Sandall and Mark Russell

Sunday 24 August 2003, 11:00pm

Steffan Thomas: Ce

album: Sonics 1