The theme of the new 5:4 mixtape is one i’ve been wanting to explore for a long while: the organ. It’s an instrument with which i’ve had a pretty infatuated relationship since my teenage years, both as a listener and as a very occasional practitioner (organ was my second study alongside composition during my first degree, and for a few years i co-directed a church choir). People tend to have a certain idea of what they think organ music is like. People tend to be wrong. i hope this mixtape will go some way to illuminate what the organ is capable of, what it can be, when wielded with real imagination. As always, the mix consists of personal favourites, encompassing a pretty wide range of approaches to the instrument. i’ve structured the mix in four sections, each lasting roughly half an hour. Read more
Mixtape #38 : Organ
Tags: Bjørn Andor Drage, Camille Saint-Saëns, Charlemagne Palestine, Charles Tournemire, David Briggs, Eduard Khagagortyan, Edwin Lemare, Gustav Mahler, György Ligeti, Jakob Ullmann, John Zorn, Judith Bingham, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, Louis Vierne, Marcel Dupré, Naji Hakim, Olivier Messiaen, Peteris Vasks, Petr Eben, Simon Johnson, Stefan Fraunberger, Thomas Adès
Mixtape #4 : Miniatures
This new mixtape began life as one of my playlists on iTunes, which simply specified that it should only include tracks under two minutes in duration. Surprisingly, 815 tracks from my music library fulfil this criteria, amounting to over 15 hours of music. Not surprisingly, this playlist makes for an eclectic and surreal listen, while at the same time providing a kind of ‘distillation’ of the music that i love. Here then, is a selection from that playlist, with a slight emphasis on music i’ve listened to more recently; almost 70 minutes of music stitched together with the aid of a variety of delightful advertisement spots by the wonderful and very innovative Raymond Scott. What this lot tells you about my music collection is anyone’s guess…
Here’s the complete tracklisting: Read more
Tags: Adrian Moore, Ambrose Field, Andrew Liles, Anonymous, At Jennie Richie, Bad Loop, Biosphere, Charles Tournemire, Chris Watson, CSS, Deathprod, Deerhoof, Delia Derbyshire, Denise van Outen, Elsiane, Evanescence, Frank Zappa, Helios, irr. app. (ext.), Joanna Newsom, John Hudak, Johnny Hollow, Jonathan Harvey, Kenji Siratori, Modeselektor, Naji Hakim, Nikita Golyshev, Nine Inch Nails, Olivier Messiaen, Peaches, Plainchant, Raymond Scott, Regina Spektor, Revd. Barnaby Huish, Ryoji Ikeda, The Hafler Trio, The Lappetites, The Pipettes, Venetian Snares
