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pheloniusfriar) wrote2011-02-03 08:17 pm
pheloniusfriar) wrote2011-02-03 08:17 pm
A spotlight on UK DJ Andrea Parker
Here's the playlist for my fourth show (Jan. 17th, 2011)... which also turned into a spontaneous back-to-back (2 hour long) show because the next host didn't show up again. As a reminder, my show is broadcast live and prone to error every second Monday from 2PM to 3PM (Eastern Time) on 93.1FM in Ottawa or streaming audio on http://www.ckcufm.com/. You can always go here to find out when the next show will be (or read my playlists). Of this show, I wrote:
Sneeze was the first track Andrea recorded for the album. In addition to the electronics in her music, she uses found audio, like the sound samples that form the backbone of "Sneeze". That's actually her sneezing, she says, chopped up into a four-bar loop. She says she took an approach like the Art Of Noise used to take; just finding as many mad sounds as you can possibly find and sticking them together. She remembers going out for the day and leaving her DAT machine recording for 24 hours. Just stuffing tape after tape into it and recording things like the sound of her car tires driving over those reflective cats eyes in the road.
I played one more track called "Return of the Rocking Chair" definitely a dark and emotional piece with vocals reminiscent of Portishead, and if you feel as though you know the musical style that wouldn’t be surprising because it was spectacularly orchestrated by Will Malone — whose strings have graced everything from horror soundtracks to Massive Attack's "Unfinished Symphony", which is where I recognized the sound from. She recently signed to the Aperture label and has released tracks on various compilations. Here’s hoping she does another full-length album sometime soon.
And here's the playlist for The Dollar Bin:
And here's the original version of "Swamp Thing" by The Grid... doesn't sound like the Ashley MacIsaac, but it's still pretty good ;).
Kinda went techno on this show even if that did include fiddles in place of synths doing covers of The Grid tunes. Jumped a little back to pop in places to dust off the palate and played some gorgeous Sloan Wainwright just to keep folks off balance.This show, I did a spotlight on Andrea Parker. Not to be confused with the actress of the same name, this is the dark/deep electro-trance DJ from England, and her groundbreaking 1999 album Kiss My Arp. Kiss My Arp was meticulously stitched together at longtime studio compatriot David Morlay's studio, a world away from her London home, deep in the Bavarian countryside over the course of four years, and one of my prize finds in the dollar bins. I played two tracks to start. The second harkened back to the previous show: "Acoustic Frontiers" in that it’s composed with a particular found sound, thus it’s title "Sneeze".
Sneeze was the first track Andrea recorded for the album. In addition to the electronics in her music, she uses found audio, like the sound samples that form the backbone of "Sneeze". That's actually her sneezing, she says, chopped up into a four-bar loop. She says she took an approach like the Art Of Noise used to take; just finding as many mad sounds as you can possibly find and sticking them together. She remembers going out for the day and leaving her DAT machine recording for 24 hours. Just stuffing tape after tape into it and recording things like the sound of her car tires driving over those reflective cats eyes in the road.
I played one more track called "Return of the Rocking Chair" definitely a dark and emotional piece with vocals reminiscent of Portishead, and if you feel as though you know the musical style that wouldn’t be surprising because it was spectacularly orchestrated by Will Malone — whose strings have graced everything from horror soundtracks to Massive Attack's "Unfinished Symphony", which is where I recognized the sound from. She recently signed to the Aperture label and has released tracks on various compilations. Here’s hoping she does another full-length album sometime soon.
And here's the playlist for The Dollar Bin:
Charm Farm, Pervert, "Superstar"And the spontaneous playlist for Mid-Day Mind Control:
BKS f. Ashley MacIsaac, Astroplane, "Swamp Thing"
King Missile, King Missile, "Socks"
Andrea Parker, Kiss My Arp, "Going Nowhere"
Andrea Parker, Kiss My Arp, "Sneeze"
Andrea Parker, Kiss My Arp, "Return of the Rocking Chair"
Romania, Teenbeat 1996 (Sampler, "My Eyes Burn"
Atomic Babies, Breuklen Heightz, "Catch Da Donkey"
Sloan Wainwright, Cool Morning, "Ready or Not"
Transister, Transister, "Head"
Blast Off Country Style, Teenbeat 1996 (Sampler), "Bedtime Bandit"
BKS, Astroplane, "Astroplane"Had lots of fun playing all sorts of whacky stuff I had, as well as stuff I randomly pulled out of the "New Canadian Content" shelves of CKCU's music library. I particularly liked Knive Eight if you get a chance to listen to him.
Anthony Marinelli, f. Ozomatli, Herb Alpert Re-Whipped, "Love Potion #9"
Transister, Transister, "Look Who's Perfect Now"
Mocean Worker, Herb Alpert Re-Whipped, "Bittersweet Samba"
Transister, Transister, "Dizzy Moon"
John King (Dust Brothers), Herb Alpert Re-Whipped, "A Taste of Honey"
The Hunger/Robotiko Rejecto, Cinematic Superthug/Robotiko Part 2, "Shock/Injection (live mashup)"
Hole, Tank Girl Soundtrack, "Drown Soda"
Knive Eight, Inconvalescent, "Pop Song '09"
Knive Eight, Inconvalescent, "La Ville Ou J'Habite"
The Rabid Whole, Autraumaton Remixed, "The Strings Inside (Psykkle Mix)"
Pomplamoose, Videosongs, "Telephone"
Pomplamoose, Videosongs, "Expiration Date"
And here's the original version of "Swamp Thing" by The Grid... doesn't sound like the Ashley MacIsaac, but it's still pretty good ;).