podcast no 79 - and it's goodnight from him

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It's all change at the top in the UK, and this cartoon by Peter Brookes in The Times gives a clue as to what I think. Read the blue plaque carefully!


Anyway, to the music:

Kathryn James - Drifting Out Of Control

Kathryn is a singer-songwriter from London, UK. She's a born and bred Londoner, but now resides somewhere in Bedfordshire. She has a captivating voice, great lyrics with masterly yet personal phrasing.

It was in 2004 when Kathryn answered an advert from a guy looking for a singer. That guy ended up being Justin Grayston, who once he heard her voice wanted to write a song for it. So they did, and the rest is a windy road to here...wherever that is!



Scarlatti Tilt - One Under

This is what Scarlatti Tilt say: "dense, dark, moody and beautiful. What candles, cigarettes and the word eerie were invented for." ... or you can read Colin Gazeley's review of the album Gathering Of The Haunted on page 45 of issue 17 of Podcast User Magazine



Amplifico - The Comedy Stops Here

Amplifico are a well established alt-pop 3-piece from Edinburgh. Their tunes are quirky, sweet, epic, ethereal, endearing, soul baring, striking and danceable all at the same time. Their lyrics are both heart on sleeve and tongue in cheek. What holds it together like a super-strength glue is without a doubt the voice and the haunting heart felt melodies. Visit their website to sign up for news of their album, due to be launched in October.



Bitter:Sweet - Bittersweet Faith and Dirty Laundry

There is something mesmerizing and indisputable about things in life that come together by the mystery of fate – be it a personal relationship, an artistic endeavour, or a simple matter of being in the right place at the right time. When all three converge, the result is something that goes beyond any realm of possibility …

This week, for soundbed music I used various extracts from Sanctuary by Etherfysh. The title music is by Tragic Shell Suit Disaster.

I'm taking a week off

Sorry everyone, there is no podcast this week. It has been a very busy weekend.

the electrical language podcast will return next week with podcast no 79 - and it's goodnight from him (assuming Doctor Who can save the planet).

GABOR

podcast no 78 - a shot in the dark

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This week the podcast starts with 2 tracks with a "movie" feel. The first could be the soundtrack of a crime caper set in an unspecified Mediterranean location. The second is full of dark imagery.


Urbs - The Incident
Urbs aka Paul Nawrata has been dj-ing for 15 years in Austria turning the tables usually hip-hop but also breakz. The last two years, Urbs has been working on his first solo Album Toujours le même film, with influences including Ennio Morricone, Serge Gainsbourg, Francis Lai, Francois de Roubaix, Alain Goraguer, and original scores in general.

Download "The Incident" (mp3)from "Toujours le même film"by Urbs
G-Stone Recordings

• Buy at eMusic
• Buy at Rhapsody
• Stream from Rhapsody
• Buy at GroupieTunes

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Post Death Soundtrack - Fingerprints

Post Death Soundtrack is an eclectic and unpredictable project in which Ken Buck and Steve Moore strive to create an atmosphere that will communicate on a deep level. Musically and lyrically, Post Death Soundtrack is not afraid to provoke. PDS are currently working on their debut album "Music as Weaponry".




The Ebb And Flow - Framer Framed
San Francisco band The Ebb and Flow have carved out their own niche in the modern music world. Part krautrock, melodic pop, and reminiscent of Thrill Jockey, the album Time to Echolocate is totally fresh and will challenge your conventions.

Download "Framer Framed" (mp3) from "Time To Echolocate" by the ebb and flow

• Buy at iTunes Music Store
• Buy at eMusic
• Stream from Rhapsody
• Buy at Rhapsody
• Buy at Napster
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Ottogono - Spanish Eye and Oh L

Individually Ottogono are packed full of talent. Darren Ferris is a local legend in Coventry, UK. He never drops a note despite covering every inch of the stage enthralling audiences with his chest pounding antics bouncing his tambourine of his head song after song after song. Darren might disagree but kid brother Andy is Ottogono's sex symbol. Showing maturity beyond his years on lead guitar he could never be accused of riding on the back of his good looks. Holding all this together is the drum and bass of the 2 Frans. Sully is coolness personified on the Bass whilst H plays the drums as if his life depended on it. As good as these 4 are individually it's their collectiveness that sets them apart from the rest. They write as a unit and this shines through in their live performances.

Buy their album Here it Comes Now at CD Baby




Soundbed music used in today's podcast was by Williamson. The signature tune is by Tragic Shell Suit Disaster.

podcast no 77 - turn off your radio: an appreciation of the tartanpodcast

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This week, Mark Hunter announced that after more than 2 years and the best part of 200 episodes (tartanpodcasts, Friday Happy Half hour Shows, Spotlight shows, Sleepy Sunday Shows and Mellow Monday Shows), he is bringing down the curtain on the tartanpodcast. This is the first podcast I listened to, 2 years ago, and it was the inspiration for the electrical language podcast. I have played many bands on this podcast that I first heard on the tartanpodcast. So this week's podcast is my appreciation of the tartanpodcast, in which I play 10 songs by 11 artists, all first heard on the tartanpodcast. I could have played 20. Or 30.

Here are links to two things you must read:

• First, the BBC technology article about the tartanpodcast, posted on 5 June 2005. This is what started it all for me.

• Second, Mark Hunter's blog post announcing the end of the tartanpodcast. Read all the comments.

The music:

1. Turn Off Your Radio (Turn Me On Instead) by Dropkick

2. My Heart Sinks by Hotrod Cadets

3. After All by The Hazey Janes

4. You (Always On My Mind) by Brackenridge morphing into the version by Evangeline

5. Sun Splits The Sky by Gum

6. Call Centre Blues by The Boy Lacks Patience

7. It Angers Me So by Finniston

8. Yeah, You Can Be My Muse by Amplifico

9. Interference by Electrum

10. Beggarstown by Hollow Horse

Contributions (read by me and audio) by:

• Alastair Taylor (Dropkick)
• Alastair Bishop (Hotrod Cadets)
• Raymond Weir (Gum)
• Paul and Judy Hutchinson (Total Podcastrophe)
• Mark Hunter (but he doesn't know that!)

Moral support by Grant Mason and Linda Mills: thanks guys.

And thanks to Mark Hunter

podcast no 76 - above and below

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A mellow start to today's podcast, starting with a beautiful unaccompanied vocal, a first for the electrical language podcast. We end with another first, 2 different versions of the same song, by the same artist.

Jeni Melia - She Moved Through The Fair

She Moved Through The Fair is a traditional song, a beautiful song in the hands of a good singer. And Jeni Melia is a good singer. With The English Ayre she performs old English songs beautifully. At magnatune.com Jeni has two albums of Elizabethan songs performed to the lute accompaniment of Chris Goodwin. And did you know that a lute player is a lutenist?


Tim George - Love

Tim is an acoustic artist from Northampton, England. That's all I know. But what lovely songs. Listen to his music on his myspace page or at purevolume.





Glassacre - Swimming in Greece

Let Glassacre tell you about themselves: "Glassacre is a delayed conversation between it's collective members. A kind of handing over and giving in of the constituent elements in the hope that something larger will form. The sometimes skewed pop of their first ep, "Slow Attack" , is perhaps a misleading introduction to the process that belay it - something between an exquisite corpse and Frankenstein's bride. "

Buy Slow Attack on iTunes



The podcast closes with 2 different versions of Below by Lisa DeBenedictis:

Below, from the album Tigers

Unaffected (Below Sleepless Mix) by OakHonour, from the album Mixter One

Lisa's solo music is fresh, original, and gorgeous. Her songs have an ethereal quality that will take you to another world. A "one-woman operation," Lisa plays a variety of instruments including piano, guitar, keyboard, violin, oboe, and mandolin. She is the sole writer, performer, and producer of all her music.

Magnatune invited various producers to remix Below, and Mixter One is the product - 15 different versions of this song from the sleek, downtempo fare of Deutscheunschuld and CallMeYang to the savvy jazz doubletakes of OakHonour and Teru. And Lisa DeBenedictis's vocal works so well with them all. Check out the music at magnatune.

Honourable mentions given today to the following podcasts:

• It's a frog's life acoustic podcast
• The tartanpodcast
• Three From Leith
• Well Made Music
  

Soundbed music used in today's podcast was Victory by Jeff Wahl. The signature tune is by Tragic Shell Suit Disaster.