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 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 31 August 2003, 11:00pm
A report on the music scenes in Edinburgh and Glasgow
Details:
Mr Mc Fall's Chamber: The Sheltering Sky
King Crimson as performed by Mr McFall's Chamber: Greg Lawson, Robert McFall (violins); Brian Schiele (viola); Su-a Lee (cello); Rick Standley (bass guitar); Rick Bamford (percussion)
album: Upstart Jugglers
Mr McFall's Chamber MMCC 003
Mr McFall's Chamber, 9 Morningside Place, Edinburgh EH10 5ES, visit http://www.mcfalls.co.uk
Voices heard in opening section: Robert McFall, Drew Mullholland and Stephen Pastel
Mount Vernon Arts Lab: Hobgoblins
Remixed by Coil
album: The Séance at Hobs Lane
Via Satellite ASTRA 007
The Blue Nile: Over the Hillside
Also featuring the Scottish Chamber Orchestra
album: Hats
Linn LKHCD2
Interview: Calum Malcolm
Calum Malcolm is a producer who used to own and operate Castle Sound, which was one of Scotland's premier recording facilities. For many years he worked closely with the Blue Nile. He currently
works from a studio in his garage.
The Fire Engines: Lubricate Your Living Room part 1
The Fire Engines have since metamorphosised into the Nectarine No.9
album: Fond
Creation/Rev-Ola CREV 001CD
The Blue Nile: A Walk Across the Rooftops
The title track to the Blue Nile's debut album
album: A Walk Across the Rooftops
Linn LKHCD1
Interview: Chris Dooks
Chris Dooks was formerly a film-maker, but that was cut short by ill health. His interest in music came about via internet interaction with other musicians as he convalesced. Chris records
under the name Bovine Life
Bovine Life and/or/vs. Komet (Bip-hop bleep 09)
Bovine Life: Social Electrics (Bip-hop bleep 06)
Bip-Hop, BP 64, 13192 Marseille Cédex 20, France, visit http://www.bip-hop.com
See also http://www.bovine.org.uk/
Bovine Life: Svanejeger
album: Alba Absurdia (various artists)
Baked Goods 001
Baked Goods, Ducie House, 37 Ducie Street, Manchester M1 2JW, visit http://www.baked-goods.com
Chris Dooks: Aviaphobia
This vocal track was inspired by a panic attack Chris had on an aeroplane last year.
Unreleased recording; not commercially available
Mr McFall's Chamber: Adios Nonino (Astor Piazzolla)
Greg Lawson, Robert McFall (violins); Brian Schiele (viola); Su-a Lee (cello); Rick Standley (double bass); Graeme McNaught (piano)
album: Revolucionario!
Mr McFall's Chamber MMCC 002
Mr McFall's Chamber, 9 Morningside Place, Edinburgh EH10 5ES, visit http://www.disciplineglobalmobile.com/index.htm
Interview: Robert McFall
Robert McFall is a classically-trained violinist and member of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. In 1996 he began Mr McFall's Chamber as a string quartet, to play an eclectic range of music in a
nightclub atmosphere, from Jimi Hendrix to Astor Piazzolla to John Dowland
Mr McFall's Chamber: Little Wing
Greg Lawson, Robert McFall (violins); Brian Schiele (viola); Su-a Lee (cello)
album: Like the Milk
Discipline Global Mobile DGM9809
Discipline Global Mobile, PO Box 1533, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP5 5ER, visit http://www.discipline.co.uk
Paddy McAloon: Sleeping Rough
The string arrangements on Paddy McAloon's latest album were provided by Mr McFall's Chamber. For the big orchestral numbers, they used extensive overdubbing.
album: I Trawl the Megahertz
EMI Liberty 583 910 2
The Magnificents: We Are M
EP: 4 Claws of the Underground
Scandinavia Scan 021
More details at http://www.scandinavianyc.com/
Interview: Tommy Stewart, Stephen McGregor and Casey Miller from The Magnificents
The Magnificents are a four piece band consisting of Tommy Stewart, Stephen McGregor, Casey Miller
and Drew McFadyen, who use vintage synthesisers and marry them to a punk attitude.
Mount Vernon Arts Lab: Hobgoblins
Remixed by Coil
album: The Séance at Hobs Lane
Via Satellite ASTRA 007
Inteview: Drew Mulholland
Drew Mulholland records under the name of Mount Vernon Arts Lab. He also has an interest in Psycho Geography.
Mount Vernon Arts Lab: While London Sleeps
album: The Séance at Hobs Lane
Via Satellite ASTRA 007
Mount Vernon Arts Lab: We Build a Golem for London
This is taken from a limited edition CD which will be available with the first 1,000 or so copies of the next Mount Vernon Arts Lab album. This is improvised on VCS sampler, 2 Moog
synthesisers, and Drew Mulholland's own invention the signal generating unit. The band on this occasion featured members of Stereolab.
Recorded 17 January 2003 at the Arches Theatre, Glasgow
Not yet commercially available
Future Pilot AKA: Darshan
Arranged by Sushil K Dade and Surita Gandhi from a traditional bhajan, or Punjabi devotional song.
album: Tiny Waves, Mighty Sea
Geographic GEOG6CD, Tr.4
Geographic, PO Box 549, Glasgow G12 9NQ, visit http://www.dominorecordco.com/labels.php?label=2
Interview: Sushil Dade
Sushil K Dade records as Future Pilot AKA. He was previously in indie group the Soupdragons. He has recently collaborated with Philip Glass, Mikey Dread and Vic Goddard.
Future Pilot AKA: Ravi Shankar
Featuring Philip Glass talking about his experiences with Ravi Shankar in Paris in the 1960s, from an interview with Sushil Dade. This is taken from the forthcoming Future Pilot AKA album
Salute Your Soul, which will be released by Geographic this autumn.
Not yet commercially available
Interview: Frog Pocket
Frog Pocket is all the work of John Charles Wilson
Frog Pocket: The Stare
All instruments, including the fiddle, are played by John Charles Wilson.
album: Baral Orgen
Mouthmoth moth17cd
Mouthmoth, tel. 07790 327820, visit http://www.mouthmoth.go.to
For more details about Monorail, the record shop, visit http://www.monorailmusic.com/
The Pastels: Wilderness Theme
This is taken from the soundtrack to the David Mackenzie film The Last Great Wilderness.
album: The Last Great Wilderness
Geographic GEOG18CD
Interview: Katrina Mitchell and Stephen McRobbie from The Pastels
Katrina Mitchell and Stephen McRobbie (aka Stephen Pastel) are the current members of one of Glasgow's most established independent bands The Pastels. They were also involved in setting up the
Monorail venue and record shop.
The Pastels featuring Jarvis Cocker: I Picked a Flower
album: The Last Great Wilderness
Geographic GEOG18CD, Tr.10
The Pastels: Dark Vincente
album: The Last Great Wilderness
Geographic GEOG18CD
Geographic, PO Box 549, Glasgow G12 9NQ, visit http://www.dominorecordco.com/labels.php?label=2
Colditz: Oct. 14th
album: We Are Animals
Psychiatric Records bent069cd
Interview: James Chapman (at Tchai Ovna tearoom)
James Chapman records under the name Colditz. He also plays drums with Future Pilot AKA
Website: http://www.colditzthepig.com
Colditz: Organitz
This is a collaboration with Organica, also known as DJ No
album: We Are Animals
Psychiatric Records bent069cd
Psychiatric Records, c/o Creeping Bent, visit http://www.creepingbent.org or http://www.psychiatricrecords.com
Interview: David Keenan
David Keenan is a member of Telstar Ponies and was part of Phantom Engineer, who played a Mixing It live show in May 1999, and 18 Wheeler. He is also a music journalist who writes regularly for
the Wire and other publications, and he curates the annual Stirling-based festival known as Le Weekend
Telstar Ponies: As I Walked Out
A traditional Irish tune featuring Rachel Devine on vocals, this showcases the new direction Telstar Ponies are taking, fusing traditional folk elements with psychedelia and free improvisation.
album: Love in Earnest
Streamline Records forthcoming release
Scatter: National Majik
Scatter were formed at the end of 2002 by Alex Neilson, and this track was recorded in a two day session, which yielded 5 tracks, at the studios of former Teenage Fanclub drummer Brendan
O'Hare.
album: Surprising Sing Stupendous Love
Not yet commercially available
Age of Wire and String: Episode 1 - Ears
Age of Wire and String are Peter Nicholson (cello/voice); Jamie Allen (electronics) and Neil Davidson (electric guitar/radio)
album: Happy Rabbit
D&G 003
More details on both these bands can be obtained from Mixing It
Rebel Powers: We Are For the Dark
Rebel Powers are David Keenan (guitar) with members of Japanese group Acid Mothers Temple: Kawabato Makoto (guitar/sarangi); Koizumi Hajime (percussion) and Cotton Casino, who recorded her
unfeasibly high vocals lying on her back behind the amps.
album: Not One Star Will Stand The Night
Strange Attractors Audio House SAAH016
Strange Attractors Audio House, PO Box 13007, Portland OR 97213-0007 USA, visit http://www.strange-attractors.com
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 mixing.it@bbc.co.uk
Sunday 31 August 2003, 11:00pm
A report on the music scenes in Edinburgh and Glasgow
Details:
Mr Mc Fall's Chamber: The Sheltering Sky
King Crimson as performed by Mr McFall's Chamber: Greg Lawson, Robert McFall (violins); Brian Schiele (viola); Su-a Lee (cello); Rick Standley (bass guitar); Rick Bamford (percussion)
album: Upstart Jugglers
Mr McFall's Chamber MMCC 003
Mr McFall's Chamber, 9 Morningside Place, Edinburgh EH10 5ES, visit http://www.mcfalls.co.uk
Voices heard in opening section: Robert McFall, Drew Mullholland and Stephen Pastel
Mount Vernon Arts Lab: Hobgoblins
Remixed by Coil
album: The Séance at Hobs Lane
Via Satellite ASTRA 007
The Blue Nile: Over the Hillside
Also featuring the Scottish Chamber Orchestra
album: Hats
Linn LKHCD2
Interview: Calum Malcolm
Calum Malcolm is a producer who used to own and operate Castle Sound, which was one of Scotland's premier recording facilities. For many years he worked closely with the Blue Nile. He currently
works from a studio in his garage.
The Fire Engines: Lubricate Your Living Room part 1
The Fire Engines have since metamorphosised into the Nectarine No.9
album: Fond
Creation/Rev-Ola CREV 001CD
The Blue Nile: A Walk Across the Rooftops
The title track to the Blue Nile's debut album
album: A Walk Across the Rooftops
Linn LKHCD1
Interview: Chris Dooks
Chris Dooks was formerly a film-maker, but that was cut short by ill health. His interest in music came about via internet interaction with other musicians as he convalesced. Chris records
under the name Bovine Life
Bovine Life and/or/vs. Komet (Bip-hop bleep 09)
Bovine Life: Social Electrics (Bip-hop bleep 06)
Bip-Hop, BP 64, 13192 Marseille Cédex 20, France, visit http://www.bip-hop.com
See also http://www.bovine.org.uk/
more à
MIXING IT - Sunday 31 st August 2003 (con.)
Bovine Life: Svanejeger
album: Alba Absurdia (various artists)
Baked Goods 001
Baked Goods, Ducie House, 37 Ducie Street, Manchester M1 2JW, visit http://www.baked-goods.com
Chris Dooks: Aviaphobia
This vocal track was inspired by a panic attack Chris had on an aeroplane last year.
Unreleased recording; not commercially available
Mr McFall's Chamber: Adios Nonino (Astor Piazzolla)
Greg Lawson, Robert McFall (violins); Brian Schiele (viola); Su-a Lee (cello); Rick Standley (double bass); Graeme McNaught (piano)
album: Revolucionario!
Mr McFall's Chamber MMCC 002
Mr McFall's Chamber, 9 Morningside Place, Edinburgh EH10 5ES, visit http://www.disciplineglobalmobile.com/index.htm
Interview: Robert McFall
Robert McFall is a classically-trained violinist and member of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. In 1996 he began Mr McFall's Chamber as a string quartet, to play an eclectic range of music in a
nightclub atmosphere, from Jimi Hendrix to Astor Piazzolla to John Dowland
Mr McFall's Chamber: Little Wing
Greg Lawson, Robert McFall (violins); Brian Schiele (viola); Su-a Lee (cello)
album: Like the Milk
Discipline Global Mobile DGM9809
Discipline Global Mobile, PO Box 1533, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP5 5ER, visit http://www.discipline.co.uk
Paddy McAloon: Sleeping Rough
The string arrangements on Paddy McAloon's latest album were provided by Mr McFall's Chamber. For the big orchestral numbers, they used extensive overdubbing.
album: I Trawl the Megahertz
EMI Liberty 583 910 2
The Magnificents: We Are M
EP: 4 Claws of the Underground
Scandinavia Scan 021
More details at http://www.scandinavianyc.com/
Interview: Tommy Stewart, Stephen McGregor and Casey Miller from The Magnificents
The Magnificents are a four piece band consisting of Tommy Stewart, Stephen McGregor, Casey Miller
and Drew McFadyen, who use vintage synthesisers and marry them to a punk attitude.
Website: http://members.lycos.co.uk/themagnificents/
Mount Vernon Arts Lab: Hobgoblins
Remixed by Coil
album: The Séance at Hobs Lane
Via Satellite ASTRA 007
Inteview: Drew Mulholland
Drew Mulholland records under the name of Mount Vernon Arts Lab. He also has an interest in Psycho Geography.
more à
MIXING IT - Sunday 31 st August 2003 (con.)
Mount Vernon Arts Lab: While London Sleeps
album: The Séance at Hobs Lane
Via Satellite ASTRA 007
Mount Vernon Arts Lab: We Build a Golem for London
This is taken from a limited edition CD which will be available with the first 1,000 or so copies of the next Mount Vernon Arts Lab album. This is improvised on VCS sampler, 2
Moog synthesisers, and Drew Mulholland's own invention the signal generating unit. The band on this occasion featured members of Stereolab.
Recorded 17 January 2003 at the Arches Theatre, Glasgow
Not yet commercially available
Future Pilot AKA: Darshan
Arranged by Sushil K Dade and Surita Gandhi from a traditional bhajan, or Punjabi devotional song.
album: Tiny Waves, Mighty Sea
Geographic GEOG6CD, Tr.4
Geographic, PO Box 549, Glasgow G12 9NQ, visit http://www.dominorecordco.com/labels.php?label=2
Interview: Sushil Dade
Sushil K Dade records as Future Pilot AKA. He was previously in indie group the Soupdragons. He has recently collaborated with Philip Glass, Mikey Dread and Vic
Goddard.
Future Pilot AKA: Ravi Shankar
Featuring Philip Glass talking about his experiences with Ravi Shankar in Paris in the 1960s, from an interview with Sushil Dade. This is taken from the forthcoming Future Pilot AKA album
Salute Your Soul, which will be released by Geographic this autumn.
Not yet commercially available
Interview: Frog Pocket
Frog Pocket is all the work of John Charles Wilson
Frog Pocket: The Stare
All instruments, including the fiddle, are played by John Charles Wilson.
album: Baral Orgen
Mouthmoth moth17cd
Mouthmoth, tel. 07790 327820, visit http://www.mouthmoth.go.to
For more details about Monorail, the record shop, visit http://www.monorailmusic.com/
The Pastels: Wilderness Theme
This is taken from the soundtrack to the David Mackenzie film The Last Great Wilderness.
album: The Last Great Wilderness
Geographic GEOG18CD
Interview: Katrina Mitchell and Stephen McRobbie from The Pastels
Katrina Mitchell and Stephen McRobbie (aka Stephen Pastel) are the current members of one of Glasgow's most established independent bands The Pastels. They were also involved in setting up the
Monorail venue and record shop.
The Pastels featuring Jarvis Cocker: I Picked a Flower
album: The Last Great Wilderness
Geographic GEOG18CD, Tr.10
more à
MIXING IT - Sunday 31 st August 2003 (con.)
The Pastels: Dark Vincente
album: The Last Great Wilderness
Geographic GEOG18CD
Geographic, PO Box 549, Glasgow G12 9NQ, visit http://www.dominorecordco.com/labels.php?label=2
Colditz: Oct. 14th
album: We Are Animals
Psychiatric Records bent069cd
Interview: James Chapman (at Tchai Ovna tearoom)
James Chapman records under the name Colditz. He also plays drums with Future Pilot AKA
Website: http://www.colditzthepig.com
Colditz: Organitz
This is a collaboration with Organica, also known as DJ No
album: We Are Animals
Psychiatric Records bent069cd
Psychiatric Records, c/o Creeping Bent, visit http://www.creepingbent.org or http://www.psychiatricrecords.com
Interview: David Keenan
David Keenan is a member of Telstar Ponies and was part of Phantom Engineer, who played a Mixing It live show in May 1999, and 18 Wheeler. He is also a music journalist who writes regularly for
the Wire and other publications, and he curates the annual Stirling-based festival known as Le Weekend
Telstar Ponies: As I Walked Out
A traditional Irish tune featuring Rachel Devine on vocals, this showcases the new direction Telstar Ponies are taking, fusing traditional folk elements with psychedelia and free improvisation.
album: Love in Earnest
Streamline Records forthcoming release
Scatter: National Majik
Scatter were formed at the end of 2002 by Alex Neilson, and this track was recorded in a two day session, which yielded 5 tracks, at the studios of former Teenage Fanclub drummer Brendan
O'Hare.
album: Surprising Sing Stupendous Love
Not yet commercially available
Age of Wire and String: Episode 1 - Ears
Age of Wire and String are Peter Nicholson (cello/voice); Jamie Allen (electronics) and Neil Davidson (electric guitar/radio)
album: Happy Rabbit
D&G 003
More details on both these bands can be obtained from Mixing It
Rebel Powers: We Are For the Dark
Rebel Powers are David Keenan (guitar) with members of Japanese group Acid Mothers Temple: Kawabato Makoto (guitar/sarangi); Koizumi Hajime (percussion) and Cotton Casino, who recorded her
unfeasibly high vocals lying on her back behind the amps.
album: Not One Star Will Stand The Night
Strange Attractors Audio House SAAH016
Strange Attractors Audio House, PO Box 13007, Portland OR 97213-0007 USA, visit http://www.strange-attractors.com
MIXING IT
Presented by Robert Sandall and Mark Russell
Sunday 31 August 2003, 11:00pm
A report on the music scenes in Edinburgh and Glasgow
Mr Mc Fall's Chamber: The Sheltering Sky
album: Upstart Jugglers
Mr McFall's Chamber MMCC 003
Mount Vernon Arts Lab: Hobgoblins
album: The Séance at Hobs Lane
Via Satellite ASTRA 007
The Blue Nile: Over the Hillside
album: Hats
Linn LKHCD2
Interview: Calum Malcolm
Calum Malcolm is a producer who used to own and operate Castle Sound, which was one of Scotland's premier recording facilities. For many years he worked closely with the Blue Nile. He currently
works from a studio in his garage.
The Fire Engines: Lubricate Your Living Room part 1
album: Fond
Creation/Rev-Ola CREV 001CD
The Blue Nile: A Walk Across the Rooftops
album: A Walk Across the Rooftops
Linn LKHCD1
Interview: Chris Dooks
Chris Dooks was formerly a film-maker, but that was cut short by ill health. His interest in music came about via internet interaction with other musicians as he convalesced. Chris records
under the name Bovine Life
Bovine Life: Svanejeger
album: Alba Absurdia (various artists)
Baked Goods 001
Chris Dooks: Aviaphobia
Unreleased recording; not commercially available
Mr McFall's Chamber: Adios Nonino (Astor Piazzolla)
album: Revolucionario!
Mr McFall's Chamber MMCC 002
Interview: Robert McFall
Robert McFall is a classically-trained violinist and member of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. In 1996 he began Mr McFall's Chamber as a string quartet, to play an eclectic range of music in a
nightclub atmosphere, from Jimi Hendrix to Astor Piazzolla to John Dowland
Mr McFall's Chamber: Little Wing
album: Like the Milk
Discipline Global Mobile DGM9809
Paddy McAloon: Sleeping Rough
album: I Trawl the Megahertz
EMI Liberty 583 910 2
The Magnificents: We Are M
EP: 4 Claws of the Underground
Scandinavia Scan 021
Interview: Tommy Stewart, Stephen McGregor and Casey Miller from The Magnificents
The Magnificents are a four piece band consisting of Tommy Stewart, Stephen McGregor, Casey Miller
and Drew McFadyen, who use vintage synthesisers and marry them to a punk attitude.
Website: http://members.lycos.co.uk/themagnificents/
Mount Vernon Arts Lab: Hobgoblins
album: The Séance at Hobs Lane
Via Satellite ASTRA 007
Inteview: Drew Mulholland
Drew Mulholland records under the name of Mount Vernon Arts Lab. He also has an interest in Psycho Geography.
Mount Vernon Arts Lab: While London Sleeps
album: The Séance at Hobs Lane
Via Satellite ASTRA 007
Mount Vernon Arts Lab: We Build a Golem for London
Not yet commercially available
Future Pilot AKA: Darshan
album: Tiny Waves, Mighty Sea
Geographic GEOG6CD, Tr.4
Interview: Sushil Dade
Sushil K Dade records as Future Pilot AKA. He was previously in indie group the Soupdragons. He has recently collaborated with Philip Glass, Mikey Dread and Vic Goddard.
Future Pilot AKA: Ravi Shankar
Not yet commercially available
Interview: Frog Pocket
Frog Pocket is all the work of John Charles Wilson
Frog Pocket: The Stare
album: Baral Orgen
Mouthmoth moth17cd
The Pastels: Wilderness Theme
album: The Last Great Wilderness
Geographic GEOG18CD
Interview: Katrina Mitchell and Stephen McRobbie from The Pastels
Katrina Mitchell and Stephen McRobbie (aka Stephen Pastel) are the current members of one of Glasgow's most established independent bands The Pastels. They were also involved in setting up the
Monorail venue and record shop.
The Pastels featuring Jarvis Cocker: I Picked a Flower
album: The Last Great Wilderness
Geographic GEOG18CD, Tr.10
The Pastels: Dark Vincente
album: The Last Great Wilderness
Geographic GEOG18CD
Colditz: Oct. 14th
album: We Are Animals
Psychiatric Records bent069cd
Interview: James Chapman (at Tchai Ovna tearoom)
James Chapman records under the name Colditz. He also plays drums with Future Pilot AKA
Colditz: Organitz
album: We Are Animals
Psychiatric Records bent069cd
Interview: David Keenan
David Keenan is a member of Telstar Ponies and was part of Phantom Engineer, who played a Mixing It live show in May 1999, and 18 Wheeler. He is also a music journalist who writes regularly for
the Wire and other publications, and he curates the annual Stirling-based festival known as Le Weekend
Telstar Ponies: As I Walked Out
album: Love in Earnest
Streamline Records forthcoming release
Scatter: National Majik
album: Surprising Sing Stupendous Love
Not yet commercially available
Age of Wire and String: Episode 1 - Ears
album: Happy Rabbit
D&G 003
Rebel Powers: We Are For the Dark
album: Not One Star Will Stand The Night
Strange Attractors Audio House SAAH016