THE SOUND RIVIERA
An 8 part radio series presented by Dan Hayhurst and Veronica Lavery, first broadcast on Resonance FM, February - April 2008.
Between documentary and radiophonic collage, Blue Peter and The Faust Tapes, exists The Sound Riviera, a melange of tape recorders, tape music, sound effects, recycled found tapes, esoteric history, contemporary magnetic tape users and abusers, and technical instruction.
CONTACT: [email protected]
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PROGRAMME ONE: "WELCOME TO THE SOUND RIVIERA" DOWNLOAD
PLAYLIST:
vladimir ussachevsky/otto leuning 'incantation'
bing crosby 'philco radio time'
les paul 'the les paul show'
jacques lejeune 'petite suite - prelude'
sculpture 'string'
matsuo ono/takehisa kosugi 'background music from atom boy'
found tape
found tape
vladimir ussachevsky 'of wood and brass'
LINKS:
electronic art music
vintagerecorders.co.uk
cut and paste
vladimir ussachevsky
herbert eimert
ina-grm
columbia-princeton electronic music
alice shields
revolutionary new triumph in tape
electronic and experimental music: pioneers in technology and composition
obsolete.com
philco radio time
the les paul show
PROGRAMME TWO: "THE CAVEMAN OF MUSIQUE CONCRETE" DOWNLOAD
PLAYLIST:
jacques lejeune 'petite suite - danse'
found tape/tod dockstader 'second moon' from 'two moons of quatermass'
dick raaijmakers 'ping pong'
found tape/denis smalley 'the pulses of time'
terry riley 'music for the gift'
pauline oliveros 'beautiful soop'
lee perry 'keep on moving'
plus fragments from bernard parmegiani 'pop eclectic', joe meek 'dribcots space boat' and matsui ono/takehisa kosugi 'sound effects from atom boy'
LINKS:
san francisco tape music center
loopers delight
music for the gift
terry riley
dick raaijmakers on youtube
pauline oliveros on youtube
pauline oliveros interview
denis smalley at
the sonic arts research archive - an amazing resource
the unofficial tod dockstader web site
tod dockstader radio interview on ubuweb
upsetter.net
PROGRAMME THREE: "UTTERLY TAPE" DOWNLOAD
PLAYLIST:
the tape beatles
'scream scream scream'
the tape beatles
'microphone burning in flames'/found tape
found tape
found tape/nino nardini 'la danse de cometes'/fragment of gyorgy ligeti 'glissandi'
luciano berio 'visage' (extract)
adam bohman 'at home (red mullet, the woodcock of the sea)'
john oswald 'burrows'
found tape
LINKS:
studio di fonologia films
the tape beatles
burrows
john oswald
adam bohman paradigm
PROGRAMME FOUR: "CHOP CHOP" DOWNLOAD
PLAYLIST:
bernard parmegiani 'du pop a l'ane' (edit)
john oswald 'net'
daphne oram 'tumblewash'
hank c burnette 'spinning rock boogie'
gal costa 'objeto sim, objeto nao'/jack earls 'slow down'/jean jacques perrey 'the little ships'/charley feathers 'jungle fever' (fragments)
faust 'the faust tapes' (excerpts)
white noise 'love without sound'
joe meek and the blue men 'magnetic field'
LINKS:
bernard parmegiani
daphne oram
hank c burnette at the rockabilly hall of fame
slapback
sun record company tape recorders
gal costa
jean jacques perrey's website of fun
faust
joe meek on comfort stand - studio fragments, legendary tuneless warbling etc
julian cope on white noise
PROGRAMME FIVE: "DIY ROOTS" DOWNLOAD
PLAYLIST:
holger czukay 'a message from holger czukay' excerpt
desmond leslie 'destruction of the flies'
man from uranus 'disintegrating tape loop jigsaw puzzle part one'
tod dockstader 'water music part six'
daphne oram 'powertools'/'rockets in ursa major' excerpt
delia derbyshire 'ziwzih ziwzih oo-oo-oo'
john baker 'the chase'
man from uranus 'disintegrating tape loop jigsaw puzzle part two'
dick mills 'major bloodnok's stomach'
LINKS:
man from uranus moonbase
desmond leslie, man of action
czukay space
daphne oram org
oramics on CD
ray white on the bbc radiophonic workshop
PROGRAMME SIX: "PIGS ON TAPE" DOWNLOAD
PLAYLIST:
if bwana 'tiny bladders'
nomuzic 'boldface'
d.z.lectric 'our mothers, our girls'
croiners 'track 1 from learning to live with croiners'
big red stain 'intrusion'
billy club puppet 'babylon time clock'
LINKS:
pogus productions/sound of pig
cassette mythos
audiofile tapes interview
harsh reality
mental anguish/nomuzic on this compilation (free download)
schlafengarten
d.z.lectric not much info but some thingonthedoorstep
if bwana space
charles burns
snatch tapes
minoy/zannoy
dave prescott/minoy
ken clinger interviewed by Dan Fioretti
hal mcgee
cassetteculture.net
tapegerm
PROGRAMME SEVEN: "YOUR MAGNETIC AFTERLIFE" DOWNLOAD
PLAYLIST:
kenneth gaburo 'the wasting of lucrecetzia'
some ghost in session - recorded at the elevator gallery 26th march 2008
ben roberts interview with sounds from 'your magnetic lifetime'
LINKS:
kenneth gaburo
some ghost on film
ghostspace
ben roberts/your magnetic lifetime
credit cards are the new jazz
dan wilson on tapedropping
PROGRAMME EIGHT: "DEATH ON THE SOUND RIVIERA" DOWNLOAD
PLAYLIST:
roj 'untitled'
claire thomas and susan vezey 'bright waves'
adam bohman 'missionaries of the amazon basin'
multiple found tapes and tape arrangements
LINKS:
roj
snatch tapes
adam bohman interview on mysteryhearsay
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!!