_Shrine_ gives a must-hear live performance/interview on 90.1FM KZSU's ThermoNuclearBar show. Note audio clipping ends at 1:10. All songs available on http://sshhrriinnee.bandcamp.com/ . Set includes: 1. Ice 2. Exorcism 3. Still 4. I am the Idiot 5. Dead Word 6. God is Nothing 7. Shapeshifter 8. Turn Away 9. Three Gorges 10. Curse Music - Interview Begins at 32:49. Topics include QiGong, Rehab, Spirituality & Music, Philip K. Dick, trauma, God-ing, possession

Shrine - Live Mic and Interview

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Skies Acoustic

Robin Mackay is joined by Amy Ireland to talk to Jason Bahbak Mohaghegh about his book ‘Omnicide: Mania, Fatality, and the Future-in-Delirium’, lullabies, nerds, mysticism, assassins, sorcery and hyperstition, practical magic, and more…. 

https://urbanomic.com/book/omnicide/

Music used in the podcast:  
‘Gerye Miayad Mara’ by Homayoun Shajarian
Track from ‘Baluchestan Music—The Local Iranian Music’ cassette by unknown artist 
‘Beman’ by Aida Shahghasemi

Maniac Lullabies

Liz and Brace go POSTAL on Trevor Noah’s Clinton interview and Ghislane’s relationship, plus Liz loses her shit and nearly smashes up the studio

Episode 23: Gutsy W*men

Contribution number ten comes from long time label friend and multi instrumentalist Michal Turtle (@michalturtle). Q&A (excerpt) here below.

www.musicfrommemory.com

MFM: Hi Mike, how's life in beautiful Swiss? What's the story of you leaving the UK for Switzerland actually?

MT: Life is sweet thanks :)I've been here since the end of 1987, of course it was a lady story that brought me here.

MFM: Do you think that moving places changed you as an artist or maybe your approach to (writing) music?

MT: Once I got here, things quietened down a lot. I found a job in a recording studio, and started working with local heroes, some of whom I still do work for. The music scene here, compared to what I was used to in London is very low key, and I soon found quite a lot of time for writing my own stuff. The public has yet to hear (maybe one day) my early 90s output, but I carried on much in the same vein as the London years, albeit with improved technology. (this was my bronze age 
output, as opposed to the stone age London recordings)

MFM: Imagine if your inspiration or motivation ever runs dry, what place would you move to in order to find new?

MT: Geographically, it doesn't seem to matter to me where I work, if I'm on the road or on a long plane flight, I can work just as easily. If I don't have a (piano) keyboard, the writing style changes a little, and becomes more mathematical perhaps.

MFM: You have quite a background in musical education, correct? If you'd have to name one thing studying academically has taught you and which you still value today, what would it be?

MT: For much of the work I have ended up doing, I am grateful for my studies in orchestration and notation. I have written (physical) orchestral parts for real players, and they always worked just fine, and sounded as I imagined.

MFM: Experiment seems to play a vital role in your music, which never sounds the same and always rich of unconventional textures and musical combinations. Is that something you inherited from studying music at academical level?

MT: I would say no to that. My classical education was very traditional, and during it I was also experimenting at home and with other people, but the 2 elements never really overlapped. Luckily in college was a “state of the art” (8 track analog) recording studio, and the guy in charge of it was looking for projects to record. I ended up doing 7 or 8 pieces, multi-tracking everything. After that I was hooked on the recording process. (which I still am)

MFM: Did it ever cross your mind to work on a new album after your first and only one from 1983?

MT: In the late 90s I was discovering my production skills, and did 5 albums with my own project “wearedust” It was very much of that time, but some songs still get airplay on swiss radio, but as you say MFTLR was my only album under the name “Michal Turtle” I have written much new stuff in the intervening years, and there may well be a solo project of new material at some point.

MFM: Such a nice thing from you to join our mix series, thanks. You're not really a DJ right? How then did you approach making the mix?

MT: I've done several now, sometimes they are theme based, and other times it can be stuff I like and that has influenced me. This one is basically that, plus a couple of tracks from old projects (you may spot Lucianne and Tim in there) and a couple of more recent tracks by me.

MFM Mix 010: Michal Turtle

In this epic osteogeographical podcast recorded entirely on location, we go back to the future and take a tour around Cornwall with author Thomas Moynihan to discuss his book Spinal Catastrophism: A Secret History. In the last section Shaun Lewin joins us at Plymouth station to talk railway spines, worms, and vultures.

https://www.urbanomic.com/book/spinal-catastrophism/

This is followed by a recording of the launch event in London in October 2019.

Full details here : https://www.urbanomic.com/podcast/spinal-landscape/

Featured track ‘No Spine’ by Gabu : https://soundcloud.com/gabuofficial/

Spinal Catastrophism: A Secret History

The Spinal Landscape

Young-adult authors Betsy Lavender (@necrobranson), Quince Drumheller (@intellegint), and C.A. Walker (@charlesraustin) discuss YA culture and read excerpts from their own work.

108 - Forever Young Adults: An Exploration of YA Literature and Culture

2020 has dealt out some heavy losses to musical pioneers across the spectrum but few have contributed so much for such a prolonged period as Tony Allen. Rising to prominence as part of Fela's Egypt 70, he's credited by Kuti himself as a co-founder of afrobeat, but his work since has helped carve a singular career as a percussion polymath. 

In 2016, Napoli-via-Berlin duo Nu Guinea were granted rare access to Allen's drum recordings to rework them into an original album called Tony Allen Experiments. It makes them as familiar with his work as any and perfectly placed to curate this Praise You to one of the greatest drummers who ever lived. 

Interview & Tracklist: http://www.stampthewax.com/2020/05/07/praise-you-a-tony-allen-tribute-mix-by-nu-guinea/

Interview + Tracklist

Praise You: a Tony Allen tribute mix by Nu Guinea

Mix 17 is a summery trip of over 2 hours that comes from Grizzly Bear member Christopher Bear, who released his first solo album as Fools with us last month. Interview (excerpt) down below.

www.musicfrommemory.com

MFM: Hi Chris, welcome to the series. How have you been lately, LA too must have felt and looked different the past couple weeks? Did the recent events influence your view of music, culture and society in some way?

CB: Heya! Happy to be a part of it. I’m doing pretty well, all things considered... Yeah, absolutely. It’s being felt around the world, as it should be. Obviously, a serious excavation of the systemic racism that pervades our country is long overdue and perhaps the more pronounced collective consciousness from pandemic conditions in tandem with all of the police brutality, pushed things over the edge enough to get a real movement happening. There is much sadness, grief, and anger wrapped up in it, but the bit of progress that has been made so far feels very positive and I hope that the momentum continues and more change will come. All of the motion towards defunding the police is very exciting as it is such a corrupt and broken system.

MFM: So, congratulations with your very solo album. Were the choices to limit yourself in time and to record during summer made intentionally?

CB: Thanks! It kind of just developed out of the circumstances of life at that moment. I had finished up some scoring work a couple months prior and was feeling a bit unfocused and confused with what to do around the beginning of June, but also had a family trip to the east coast planned for the middle of July. So rather than let those weeks fizzle into more meandering, I set the intention to finish something long enough that I could throw on a tape and listen to on my trip. I didn’t have a clear idea at all what that would be, but that was the fun of it. There were some textures and sounds that I had been messing around with that I figured would shape some of the aesthetic, but really just following whatever ideas started coming thru day to day.

MFM: Most of the songs have this very serene and calm vibe to it, rather meditating or even spiritual. Can you describe the surroundings of the place where you did the recordings?

CB: That’s good to hear. I would treat each morning getting started in the studio a bit like a meditation. I’d bring down my coffee and just start playing Wurlitzer or whatever synth was calling for about an hour and see what happened, often fairly drone-y or raga-esque. The studio itself has a good energy, it’s not huge, but certainly enough room for me as long as I don’t find anymore synths ; ) It’s got a window, so the natural light is a real bonus and I keep some plants in there, which gives it some nice life as well.

MFM: In Grizzly Bear you do vocals as well. How come are there no vocals on this record?

CB: Alongside removing the parameter of traditional song form for this collection, I told myself not to worry about vocals. It’s often the part I’d get stuck on in past recordings, so in the spirit of trying to finish something, that freedom helped keep things moving. Also my listening often gravitates towards instrumental music, so it definitely felt like more of my wheelhouse. At some point, I’d love to figure out a way to incorporate voice into my own music, but it will just take some time.

MFM: Thanks for contributing to the mix series. What was your approach to making it?

CB: I used to DJ more frequently years ago and it’s something I really enjoy doing. I’ve always had a passion for digging, collecting, and connecting the dots between different music. This mix has a handful of tunes that I’ve been listening to more over the past year as well as some things I’ve held close to my heart for a long time. A lot of it feels somehow related to the palette or energy of Fools’ Harp and some of it is maybe a place I’d like to head with whatever I do next.

MFM Mix 017: Fools

Is there any Escape From Noise?! With special guest Mark Hosler.
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YOU DON’T KNOW MOJACK is a podcast dedicated to exploring the entire SST catalogue, in order, from start to finish. During the podcast we will discuss all the releases that are part of our core DNA, as well as many lesser-known releases that deserve a second chance, or releases that we are discovering for the very first time (we actually don’t know Mojack!). First and foremost we are fans, and acknowledge that we are not perfect and don’t know everything – sometimes the discussion is more about a time, place, feeling, personal experience or random tangents, and less about the facts (but we will try to get to the facts too). Facebook: www.facebook.com/mojackpod/ Twitter: @mojackpod Instagram: www.instagram.com/mojackpod/ Blog: www.mojackpod.com/ Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/blog/mojackpod Theme Song: Shockflesh

133 Escape from Noise

133 Negativland "Escape from Noise" w/ Mark Hosler

Say it's the future, would you be willing to be a friend to every sound that will ever be made?

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Fek and the Future Friends of Sound