Beggars Archive: a record label perspective

A Q&A with Lesley Bleakley from Beggars Group in session with Rory Gibb from The Quietus

As part of the Keeping Tracks symposium

British Library Auditorium 21.03.14

Full details at this link:

britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/music/2014…racks.html

Beggars Archive: a record label perspective

Two & One

Cibi

Evolve (feat. Jane Tyrrell)

Wax cylinder recording on an original 1903 Edison Standard D model phonograph of 'I Don't Need Another' performed by The Basics (Wally De Backer, Tim Heath, Kris Schroeder).
Watch the acoustic version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbTBG83EFS4
Watch a blend of the acoustic and wax cylinder version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyuAkSkWWCs
'I Don't Need Another' (Schroeder/De Backer), originally released in 2003 on Get Back through MGM Distribution. More about The Basics can be found on  their Wikipedia page 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Basics
Recorded at the NFSA  October 2013.
NFSA Title: 1307873

I Don't Need Another, The Basics (Wax cylinder recording)

From the album Thoughts Melt In The Air. Available at 
www.preservation.com.au

Melt In The Air by Fabio Orsi & Valerio Cosi

Taken from Braille Face's debut album Kōya, to be released August 31 via Spirit Level/Inertia.

Written and performed by Braille Face.
Piano by Luke Howard.
Mixed by Tim Shiel.
Mastered by Lachlan Carrick.

Pre-order Kōya on Bandcamp or iTunes and receive "Because", "Backwards/Medicated" and "Glow" instantly:
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https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/koya/id1135763153

Because is out now on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music and more:
https://open.spotify.com/album/5b5iv8dEPSXMJC3UxKY1RM
https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/koya/id1135763153

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Spirit Level is an artist-run music label based in Melbourne, founded by Tim Shiel and Wally de Backer, dedicated to developing and amplifying diverse creative voices.
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Because

The Copeland-Long restoration of the earliest known recording of computer music, recorded at Alan Turing's Computing Machine Laboratory in Manchester in 1951. Read Copeland and Long's fascinating blog account of the all-night programming session which led to its creation, and Turing's reaction on hearing it the following morning:  http://blogs.bl.uk/sound-and-vision/2016/09/restoring-the-first-recording-of-computer-music.html

First known recording of computer music, 1951

First track from "O.K. Permanent Wave" cassette released through Melbourne label Nice Music. Stream or purchase the whole tape from nicemusiclabel.bandcamp.com

O.K. Permanent Wave (Master)

Small Talk

From the album 'Head In The Trees, Heart In The Ground' out through Preservation on limited vinyl, CD and digital - 

www.preservation.com.au

Nowhere by The Singing Skies

Braille Face returns with his first new music in 12 months. "Run For Your Life" is the perfect re-introduction to the vibrant and vulnerable world of Braille Face, aka Melbourne songwriter and producer Jordan White.

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Run For Your Life

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