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

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Beggars Archive: a record label perspective

Two & One

Cibi

Evolve (feat. Jane Tyrrell)

From the album Thoughts Melt In The Air. Available at 
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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.

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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

Dame Nellie Melba’s early recording of 'Chant Vénitien’, a song composed by Herman Bemberg, who accompanies her in this recording. It was made for the Gramophone Company in London on 20 October 1904.
NFSA title: 301462
The recording process at that time was quite simple. The musicians stood in front of a horn which was mechanically connected to a needle which cut a spiral groove in a wax blank. From the wax master more copies could be made which could then be used to press numerous discs for sale. Recording through a horn in this direct, mechanical way was limited in both the frequency and dynamic range recorded onto the disc. Melba’s voice had a tonal quality which was well suited to the medium and this was one of the reasons for her immediate recording success.

These were the very early days of the record industry, with cylinders and discs fighting it out for market dominance. Having a star such as Melba recording for them was a great advantage for the Gramophone Company. The recordings that she and Enrico Caruso made in these early days did much to convince the general public that recorded music was the home entertainment medium of the future. The records paved the way for the recording industry to follow.

Dame Nellie Melba - Chant Vénitien (1904)

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 - 

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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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Dame Nellie Melba - Chant Vénitien (1904)

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