Phantom Circuit #80

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Aug 172011
 

The second of two reports on the Woodland Gathering festival, featuring the complete debut performance of improvisational electro-acoustic supergroup Black Forest Orchestra.

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Playlist for Phantom Circuit #80

Available from 17th August 2011

Artist Track Source
Sam Spence Moog Shots 7 The Art of Synthesizer
Sam Spence Moog Shots 19 The Art of Synthesizer
The Implicit Order Dumb Generation The Implicit Order
Linda Perhacs Parallelograms Parallelograms
Interview with Black Forest Orchestra – part 1
Black Forest Orchestra Live at Woodland Gathering Live at Woodland Gathering
Interview with Black Forest Orchestra – part 2
Conrad Schnitzler 12 Stücke Aus Dem Jahr 1974 – 2 Gelb
Kluster Klopfzeichen Roedelius – Works (1968-2005)
Ambient Fabric Night Commercial Ambient
Melomake Night after that Day Pieces
Yoko Ono Don’t Worry, Kyoko (Mummy’s Only Looking For Her Hand In The Snow) Fly

Phantom Circuit #79

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Aug 092011
 

The first of two reports on the Woodland Gathering festival which was held by gig promoters Radio Black Forest in the Lake District, Cumbria, on 22nd and 23rd July. The show features Islaja, Z’ev and Mick Flower, Sian Macfarlane’s Swallows and event organiser Andy Black Forest.

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Playlist for Phantom Circuit #79

Available from 9th August 2011

Artist Track Source
Polar Lights Foggy Morning in the Forest Sota
Pye Corner Audio Transcription Services Gathering Black Mill Tapes Vol. 1
Swallows Live at woodland Gathering Live at Woodland Gathering
Interview with Swallows
Islaja Palaa Aurinkoon Palaa Aurinkoon
Interview with Islaja – part 1
Islaja Live at Woodland Gathering Live at Woodland Gathering
Interview with Islaja – part 2
Islaja Otakun Uhkaus Keraaminen Pää
Interview with Andy Black Forest
Z’ev & Mick Flower Live at Woodland Gathering – extract 1 Live at Woodland Gathering
Interview with Z’ev
Z’ev & Mick Flower Live at Woodland Gathering – extract 2 Live at Woodland Gathering

Phantom Circuit #76

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Jun 282011
 

Featuring an interview with Allie Moss with music from her new album Late Bloomer and her live set in Birmingham on 19th May.

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Playlist for Phantom Circuit #76

Available from 26th June 2011

Artist Track Source
John Praw Bomullspinnar John Praw
Allie Moss Corner Live in Birmingham, 19th May 2011
Interview with Allie Moss – part 1
Allie Moss Passerby Late Bloomer
Interview with Allie Moss – part 2
Allie Moss Prisoner of Hope Late Bloomer
Interview with Allie Moss – part 3
Allie Moss Rally Late Bloomer
Interview with Allie Moss – part 4
Allie Moss Late Bloomer Late Bloomer
Interview with Allie Moss – part 5
Allie Moss Dig with Me Live in Birmingham, 19th May 2011
Bernadette Erikka Lie with Care Lie with Care
Leonardo Rosado The Wind Blowing in My Face Opaque Glitter
Ambienteer Konets Number Stations Part II

What’s a numbers station? Find out here.

Phantom Circuit #74

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Jun 112011
 

Featuring an interview with Matmos and music from their gig in Birmingham on 15th May. M.C. Schmidt and Drew Daniel tell us about their live set and how it relates to experiments in telepathy.

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Playlist for Phantom Circuit #74

Available from 11th June 2011

Artist Track Source
Matmos Messages from the Unseen World For Alan Turing
Interview with Matmos – part 1
Matmos Live in Birmingham – extract 1 Live in Birmingham, 15th May 2011
Interview with Matmos – part 2
Matmos Live in Birmingham – extract 2 Live in Birmingham, 15th May 2011
Interview with Matmos – part 3
Matmos Live in Birmingham – extract 3 Live in Birmingham, 15th May 2011
Interview with Matmos – part 4
Matmos Live in Birmingham – extract 4 Live in Birmingham, 15th May 2011
David Bedford Wagner’s Ring in One Minute Miniatures
Jon Brooks Wanduhr Weltzeit Music for Dieter Rams
Pierre Arvay Still Waters Metal Sunrise
Kirill Platonkin Rusty Daybreak R
Ghost Sonic Eternal Pilgrim Mental Jungle
Heidi Spencer & the Rare Birds Carry Me Softly Under Streetlight Glow

Phantom Circuit #70

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Apr 272011
 

Featuring an interview with audiovisual group Origamibiro plus live music from their set at the Flatpack Festival in Birmingham on 26th March. The music of Origamibiro is derived from bowed electric guitar, double bass, ukelele, toy xylophone and even typewriters, and is accompanied by live and prerecorded video work provided by The Joy of Box.

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Playlist for Phantom Circuit #70

Available from 27th April 2011

Artist Track Source
Bruce Haack Program Me Hush Little Robot
Origambiro Vitreous Detachment Cracked Mirrors and Stopped Clocks
Interview with Origamibiro – part 1
Origambiro Live in Birmingham, 26th March 2011 – part 1 Live in Birmingham, 26th March 2011
Interview with Origamibiro – part 2
Origambiro Live in Birmingham, 26th March 2011 – part 2 Live in Birmingham, 26th March 2011
Interview with Origamibiro – part 3
Origambiro Live in Birmingham, 26th March 2011 – part 3 Live in Birmingham, 26th March 2011
Interview with Origamibiro – part 4
Origambiro Nootaikok Shakkei
Nach After Seq Snd Iceberg Song
Polar Aviation Narvik III Narvik
Polar Lights Slow Mood Sota
Clem Leek Snow Tale #3 Snow Tales
Matt Howden RW4.2 Robot World

Phantom Circuit #69

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Apr 192011
 

Featuring an interview with audiovisual duo Sculpture. Dan Hayhurst (music) and Reuben Sutherland (animation) chat with us about tape loops and samplers, live video animation from record decks and performing multimedia without computers. Plus music from their live set at the Flatpack festival in Birmingham on 26th March.

More about the charity campaigns mentioned in the show can be found at:-

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Playlist for Phantom Circuit #69

Available from 19th April 2011

Artist Track Source
Paris Studio Group Accroche Toi, Caroline (‘Vision On’ theme) The Sound Gallery, Vol. 2
Aeroshell Lighthugger The Sun Will Rise
Papa November Ninestein The Sun Will Rise
Ambienteer Under and Over More
Sculpture Slot Hum UHFR (CD/DVD)
Interview with Sculpture – part 1
Sculpture Super Resounder UHFR
Interview with Sculpture – part 2
Sculpture Live in Birmingham, 26th March 2011 Live in Birmingham, 26th March 2011
Interview with Sculpture – part 3
Sculpture Not Actual Size UHFR
Harrys Gym The Ring What Was Ours Can’t Be Yours
Mental D-struction Remember Extrapolation of Human Perspectives
Pye Corner Audio ecneuqeS rorriM Black Mill Tapes Vol​. 2​

Phantom Circuit #68

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Apr 072011
 

Featuring Tokyo cellist and composer Hiromichi Sakamoto (坂本弘道 or Sakamoto Hiromichi) live at the Flatpack Festival in Birmingham on 24th March.

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Playlist for Phantom Circuit #68

Available from 7th April 2011

Artist Track Source
D. D. Denham In the Beginning Electronic Music in the Classroom
Hiromichi Sakamoto Transform, Gohome Composition Works
Interview with Hiromichi Sakamoto – part 1
Hiromichi Sakamoto Densya (Train) Composition Works
Interview with Hiromichi Sakamoto – part 2
Hiromichi Sakamoto [Live in Birmingham 24th March 2011] [Live in Birmingham 24th March 2011]
Sentimental Machines Avril (a Train to Venice) The Silent Bride
Slumber Soundsystem Breathe Short Scenes from the Bleach
Saffron Slumber Lune The White Tower
John Praw New Panic John Praw
Squinancywort Permatoast Six Kinds of Slightly
A Ninja Slob Drew Me We Are We Are

Correction: the Slumber Soundsystem track is ‘Breathe‘ and is from ‘Short Scenes from the Bleach’. Inadequately tagged MP3s, so tough.

Phantom Circuit #67

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Mar 302011
 

Featuring an interview with Pram plus music from the live performance of their soundtrack to Shadow Shows, recorded at the Flatpack Festival in Birmingham on 23rd March.

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Playlist for Phantom Circuit #67

Available from 30th March 2011

Artist Track Source
VACVVM Radiologos Peaceful Atom
Little Scratch Shortcuts Arts & Crafts
Pram Talk of the Cat Dark Island
Interview with Pram – part 1
Pram Moonminer The Moving Frontier
Interview with Pram – part 2
Pram Soundtrack to ‘Shadow Shows’ – extract 1 Live in Birmingham, 23rd March 2011
Interview with Pram – part 3
Pram Soundtrack to ‘Shadow Shows’ – extract 2 Live in Birmingham, 23rd March 2011
Interview with Pram – part 4
Pram Soundtrack to ‘Shadow Shows’ – extract 3 Live in Birmingham, 23rd March 2011
Interview with Pram – part 5
Pram Soundtrack to ‘Shadow Shows’ – extract 4 Live in Birmingham, 23rd March 2011
Pye Corner Audio Transcription Services Toward Light Black Mill Tapes Vol. 2: Do You Synthesize?
John Foxx and The Maths Shatterproof Interplay
Jon Brooks Cheyne Walk Music for Thomas Carnacki
Jon Brooks Hypnotic Light Music for Thomas Carnacki
Carya Amara Wind Versus Windscale: Part 1 – Blowy Day Vestigial Digital

Erratum: yes, “Pye Corner Audio Transcription Services” is the correct name, as listed above. There was an error, but not in transcription.

Phantom Circuit #66

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Mar 182011
 

Featuring extracts from Spacedog‘s recent show at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery which brought the theremin, wax cylinder recording, robots and other vintage and modern electronic marvels to a family audience. We chat with Spacedog about sound recording without electricity, early television experiments and zombie riots.

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Playlist for Phantom Circuit #66

Available from 18th March 2011

Artist Track Source
Jo Quail Fare Forward! From the Sea
Ambienteer Sing the Broken Machines Brave New World
Golau Glau Yew Myrrh & Myth
Field Rotation + Mari Solaris Lament Brave New World
Panorama Sol Brillar Tapete Rojo
Interview with Spacedog – part 1
Spacedog [introductory music] [live in Hastings, 12th March 2011]
Interview with Spacedog – part 2
Spacedog Stooky Bill [live in Hastings, 12th March 2011]
Interview with Spacedog – part 3
Sarah Angliss of Spacedog demonstrates the Edison phonograph
Interview with Spacedog – part 4
Spacedog [teaching a parakeet to talk] [live in Hastings, 12th March 2011]
Langer Random Mandel Dance Audit Hour
RR Caida con los ojos Abiertos Necktar 2017 Volume 3
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma Farewell Transmissions from the Holy Ghost The Garden of Forking Paths

Phantom Circuit #58

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Dec 232010
 

Christmas edition, featuring Sarah Blasko recorded live in Birmingham on 22nd November.

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Playlist for Phantom Circuit #58

Available from 23rd December 2010

Artist Track Source
Werdwolfen Christmas Pan Disaster Christmas with Uncle Brian
Nico Roses in the Snow The Marble Index
Tomita Snowflakes are Dancing Snowflakes are Dancing
Loz Koleszko Zombies in the Snow Gravel Spines
Sarah Blasko Bird on a Wire As Day Follows Night
Hugh Le Caine Xmas Music: Organ Control for Automatic Light Display Compositions, Demonstrations 1946 – 1974
BBC Radiophonic Workshop Christmas Commercial BBC Radiophonic Music
Werdwolfen Christmas with Fabreze Christmas with Uncle Brian
Alquimia The Duality of the Goddess Coatlicue: Goddess of the Earth
Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares –
The Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir		 Koledarska Pesen (A Christmas Lad’s Song) Ritual
Sarah Blasko All I Want [Live in Birmingham, 22nd Nov. 2010]
Cousin Silas Festive The Snow Imposed Silence
Werdwolfen Wrap the Ugly Teddy Christmas with Uncle Brian
Hawkwind The Lost Messiah Church of Hawkwind
The Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus Nativity Mirror
Francis Bebey Forest Nativity Nandolo / With Love
[uncredited] Song of rejoicing After Returning from a Hunt (2) Ba-Benzélé Pygmies
Khate Ymas Therapy
Sarah Blasko No Turning Back [Live in Birmingham, 22nd Nov. 2010]
Waipod Phetsuphan Ding Ding Dong The Sound Of Siam
The Residents Fire Meet the Residents
Annette Hanshaw Am I Blue Volume 6 1929

Pedantic note: although ‘Fire’ appears on some reissues of ‘Meet the Residents’ as a bonus track, it is originally from the 1972 EP ‘Santa Dog’.

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