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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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

In a national broadcast Prime Minister Curtin announces that Australia is now at war with Japan.
NFSA title: 677049
An instrumental version of 'Advance Australia Fair’ begins the recording. It is followed by the voice of a male presenter who solemnly introduces the prime minister. Notice his standard English accent which contrasts with Curtin’s unmistakable Australian accent.

Curtin appeals directly to the listener by addressing the ‘men and women of Australia’. It was thought that Curtin was the first to use this form of address which Gough Whitlam, another ALP prime minister, adopted in tribute to Curtin. Apparently Robert Menzies, the Liberal prime minister who preceded Curtin, also used this form of address in speeches.

In the beginning of the speech Curtin details why Australia is at war and how the Allies had attempted to negotiate with Japan to avoid war. The language then becomes more emotive as he aligns the actions of Japan ‘like an assassin in the night’ with that of the approach of Hitler. He beseeches the Australian public to serve the nation which is in peril and facing its ‘darkest hour’. The inference, though not stated, is the threat of invasion. Darwin was bombed for the first time several months later on 19 February 1942. It is now thought that the Japanese were not intending to invade Australia as such, but to seize raw materials and to secure a perimeter.

Curtin aims to reassure listeners by describing the steps being taken by the Australian government to prepare and plan for ‘whatever eventuality’. Curtin exhorts the listeners to support the efforts of the government: ‘The call is to you, for your courage, your physical and mental ability, your inflexible determination that we, as a nation of free people, shall survive’.

The history of Australia as a British colony is inferred by such references to the 150 years in ‘this spacious land’ without any reference to the original inhabitants. Australia is a citadel for the ‘British-speaking’ and ‘a place where civilisation will persist’. The speech concludes with a quote from the English poet Swinburne.

Though Curtin’s early education was disrupted by frequent moves, he maintained a lifelong interest in learning. During his involvement with the Socialist Party as a young man he attended classes in literature and public speaking, both of which increased his confidence and skills in writing and giving speeches. He also had experience in journalism, starting out as a copy boy at the Age newspaper and later editing several union newspapers.

Japan Enters Second World War - John Curtin (1941)

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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Japan Enters Second World War - John Curtin (1941)

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