Hi…
Welcome to Arctic Circle Radio…
You’ll be able to hear what is inspiring the AC on a weekly basis in three shows – The Hut (me and a bunch of mp3s) and The Circle (a guest artist from the AC world compiling a weekly mix). And Arctic Circle Radio which is now on Resonance FM (with much of the above but also with live guest and live sessions).
How do you listen? Well you can listen now by downloading the pocast. Scroll down to the show you want to hear and click on the download link. Or you can listen every Tuesday night to Chill (on your digital radio) at 10pm. We return to Resonance FM in September and the previous shows area available via the menu below.
I now also put together a weekly radio playlist email (example here) which you opt in to a jointhecircle.met/mailing.
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Ben
…and if you enjoy these radio shows, interviews and sessions please consider donating a small amount of money and supporting the continued existence Arctic Circle Radio
www.jointhecircle.net/support
On the 9th April 2012 at the wonderful Union Chapel Bar we gathered World of Fox, My Glass World, The Vatican Cellars and The Gentle Good. The show was actually recorded last year, but we mislaid it and only found it when we delved down the back of the Arctic Sofa looking for chocolate money, after being showed in for 3 days due to the totally seasonable weather.
World of Fox is Simon, ex-leader of Birmingham post-rockers Grover and often to be found strumming in his shed; My Glass World have just released their first album Book One on Luxury Noise; The Vatican Cellars are from London and Orange County and describe their songs as being about ‘death, loss and guilt’; and The Gentle Good, who is Cardiff based Gareth Bonello. Each band will play two tracks on the Easter theme. Low-rent urban crooner Irving Burnt-Toast, on the wrong side of the Fire Curtain, provides the interval’s sonic disturbance, accompanied by a mortified Gill Sandell.
With all the frolics and frivolity we hope you’ll all be donning your bonnets too tunnning in and joining us for this chocolate flavoured, bunny sponsored broadcast.
download: http://media.libsyn.com/media/arcticcircle/Easter_Broadcast_2012.mp3
1 The Vatican Cellars – Renaissance
2 The Vatican Cellars – The Dead Only Quickly (The Gothic Arches cover)
3 The Gentle Good – The Cuckoo Is A Pretty Bird (trad.)
4 The Gentle Good – Winter is Gone (trad.)
5 World of Fox – Easter Parade (The Blue Nile cover)
6 World Of Fox – Leaves Me Blind
7 Irving Burnt Toast – Easter Parade (with Gill Sandell)
8 My Glass World - If It Wasn’t For The Bees
9 My Glass World – Oberon
10 The Last Dinosaur – Grow
11 The Last Dinosaur – The Colour Of Spring (Talk Talk cover)
Presented & Produced by Ben Eshmade
Recorded by Les Mommsen for 4am Productions http://4amproductions.co.uk/
Part 1 mixed by Les Mommsen
Part 2 mixed by Crawford Blair
Photo by Diana Jarvis www.dianajarvisphotography.co.uk
Arctic Circle Radio is proud to present this new series of podcasts looking at the free weekly Daylight Music events taking place at the Union Chapel in Islington. Taking place most Saturday lunchtimes from 12-2pm each Daylight showcases 3 diverse acts, recent performances have ranged from looped flute and suitcase to harp based singers, big choirs and cello quartets.
In our eleventh edition we feature live sessions and interviews with previous Daylight Music participants Rome Pays Off and Christian Forshaw along with recordings from the Chapel of Horses Brawl, Laura Hocking & The Long Goodbye and Left With Pictures, all captured during our 2011 programme.
download: http://media.libsyn.com/media/arcticcircle/DM_EP11v2.mp3
Support Arctic Circle Radio – If you enjoy this show please consider supporting us www.jointhecircle.net/support
Welcome to the Hut; a weekly velvety soft sonic celebration brought to you by Arctic Circle Radio. The Hut is a refuge, a cocoon of the finest in new music, spinning a warm glow from the outer-reaches of the snowy wastelands. Presented and produced by Ben Eshmade (with additional sounds and magic from Sone Institute),the Hut is a one-hour transmission from an intensely beautiful musical world.
Edition 58 with music Darren Hayman, Efterklang, Adrian Crowley, Firestations, Meursault and Camera.
download: http://media.libsyn.com/media/arcticcircle/hut58v3.mp3
1. Hong Kong In The 60s – The Clearing
2. Darren Hayman – Kings Meadow (ISAN Remix)
3. Ex-Easter Island Head – Mallet Guitars Two (Second Movement)
4. Darren Hayman – Tooting Bec
5. Efterklang – Apples (Radio Edit)
6. Adrian Crowley – The saddest song
7. Woodpecker Wooliams – Hummingbird
8. Jesse Boykins III & MeLo-X – The Perfect Blues
9. Firestations – Sink In
10. Mothers Arms – Meursault
11. DJ Kentaro – Lapis Lazuli
12. Valgeir Sigurðsson – Plainsong
13. Camera – Lynch
Vince Guaraldi – Christmastime is Here (alt vocal take)
Sufjan Stevens – That Was The Worst Christmas Ever!
Welcome to the Hut; a weekly velvety soft sonic celebration brought to you by Arctic Circle Radio. The Hut is a refuge, a cocoon of the finest in new music, spinning a warm glow from the outer-reaches of the snowy wastelands. Presented and produced by Ben Eshmade (with additional sounds and magic from Sone Institute),the Hut is a one-hour transmission from an intensely beautiful musical world.
Edition 57 with with music from Hauschka, Christian Forshaw & The Sanctuary Ensemble, Will Samson, Dirty Projectors, Minotaur Shock and The Flaming Lips.
download: http://media.libsyn.com/media/arcticcircle/hut57v3.mp3
1. Anthony Reynolds – Why Life Fails Us
2. Hauschka – Radar (Michael Mayer Remix)
3. Christian Forshaw & The Sanctuary Ensemble – The Traveller
4. Arnaldo Antunes, Edgard Scandurra, Toumani Diabate – Ce Nao Vai Me Acompanhar
5. Sone Institute – Struck by a rock
6.. Will Samson – Oceans Are wilder
7. Glass Animals – Cocoa Hooves Part II
8. Dirty Projectors – Impregnable Question
9. CFCF – Exercise #1 (Entry)
10. Minotaur Shock – Through The Pupils Of Goats
11. The Flaming Lips – First Time I Ever Saw Your Face
Vince Guaraldi – Christmastime is Here (alt vocal take)
Sufjan Stevens – That Was The Worst Christmas Ever!
Welcome to the Hut; a weekly velvety soft sonic celebration brought to you by Arctic Circle Radio. The Hut is a refuge, a cocoon of the finest in new music, spinning a warm glow from the outer-reaches of the snowy wastelands. Presented and produced by Ben Eshmade (with additional sounds and magic from Sone Institute),the Hut is a one-hour transmission from an intensely beautiful musical world.
Edition 56 with music Sufjan Stevens, Low, Nancy Elizabeth, Ian Hawgood, Laura Veirs and Balmorhea.
download: http://media.libsyn.com/media/arcticcircle/hut56v1.mp3
1. Vince Guaraldi – Christmastime is Here (alt vocal take)
2. Sufjan Stevens – That Was The Worst Christmas Ever!
3. Fuzzy Lights – Snowstorm in a Snow Globe
4. Max Richter – Winter 3
5. Low – If You Were Born Today
6. Nancy Elizabeth – Winter Baby
7. Ian Hawgood – One Day Winter
8. Si-cut db – Winter Cabin
9. Laura Veirs – Through December
10. Peter Broderick – Family, Giving
11. Our Brother the Native – Endless Winter
12. Correatown – Christmas Time Is Here
13. The Real Tuesday Weld – The Song of December
14. Balmorhea – Winter Circle
15. Nils Frahm – Nue
Vince Guaraldi – Christmastime is Here (alt vocal take)
Sufjan Stevens – That Was The Worst Christmas Ever!
What is Christmas all about in this modern age? A rare day off work? A lifetime supply of brussel sprouts? A half-finished game of monopoly with your smelly Uncle Monty? For us penguins we gather some of our favourite musicians round a log fire in our hut to talk and sing about Christmas time.
This is Arctic Circle Radio’s – Christmas Broadcast.
download: http://media.libsyn.com/media/arcticcircle/christmasbroadcast2013.mp3
This year our guests are Jo Mango, The Beguilers and Ted Barnes (joined by Gill Sandell & Harriette Ashcroft) who talk about hiding under a table, eating Dad’s trifle and how a voice is like a flute. Alongside this, and most importantly, they sing specially written Christmas songs plus some covers of modern and classic winter melodies. Grab your Christmas jumper and press play.
Jo Mango – As a Child I Awoke
Jo Mango - Evermore
Jo Mango – Only At Christmas Time (by Sufjan Stevens)
The Beguilers – Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening
The Beguilers – Winter (by The Magic Lantern)
The Beguilers – Winter
Ted Barnes - Absence Makes The Heart Grow Colder
Ted Barnes – Brooklyn
Ted Barnes – Winter Wonderland
http://jomango.bandcamp.com
http://fred-thomas.co.uk/the-beguilers
http://www.tedbarnes.info
http://www.gillsandell.com
http://sing-along.bandcamp.com
Recorded 11 December 2012 at The Vortex, London
Presented and Produced by Ben Eshmade
Recorded and mixed by Les Mommsen, 4am Productions http://4amproductions.co.uk
Live mix by Chris Gomersall
Photo by Diana Jarvis www.dianajarvisphotography.co.uk
Brought to you by Arctic Circle Radio, the Circle is a new weekly podcast that takes you on a one-hour journey based on the most simple and significant of shapes. Every Circle is unique; formed from a guest curator’s musical landscape and they all share the same revolutionary quality: each one ends at the point where it began.
Edition 59 – Will Samson – “This mix is a collection of songs by friends, some of my musical heroes, and tracks that have simply been spinning a lot on my record deck lately. However, all of this music has something in common – each piece reminds me strongly of Autumn. So, as we are now beginning that time of year once again, I thought that this mix could provide a nice soundtrack to the next couple of months.”
download: http://media.libsyn.com/media/arcticcircle/circle59willsampsonv2.mp3
1. 9th November (cassette version) – Musette
2. Phone Call – Jon Brion
3. Snippet – Nils Frahm
4. Walilamdzi – Devendra Banhart
5. Priest With Balloons – Tiny Ruins
6. Armellodie – Gonzales
7. Statuit – Kyle Bobby Dunn
8. The Triumph of Our Tired Eyes – Silver Mt.Zion
9. Dusty Old Plane – Will Samson
10. E4 – Santiago Latorre
11. Hooray! Hooray! Hooray! – Do Make Say Think
12. Where Does That Leave Me – Siskiyou
13. Noisy sunday – Patrick Watson
14. 9th November – Musette
http://willsamson.co.uk/
Support Arctic Circle Radio – If you enjoy this show please consider supporting us www.jointhecircle.net/support
Brought to you by Arctic Circle Radio, the Circle is a new weekly podcast that takes you on a one-hour journey based on the most simple and significant of shapes. Every Circle is unique; formed from a guest curator’s musical landscape and they all share the same revolutionary quality: each one ends at the point where it began.
Edition 58 – Transept - “We put the mix together ‘back-to-back’, using Ableton Live and Dropbox. We each took turns to react to the previous track, but with a view to returning to the start point by the end. I guess they largely reflect what we were listening to individually at the time. Weirdly, putting it together kind of felt like a really long improvisation…”
download: http://media.libsyn.com/media/arcticcircle/circle58transpetv2.mp3
1. Philip Glass – Music in 12 Parts (1974)
2. Pauline Oliveiros – The Beauty of Sorrow
3. Robert Turman – Flux 6
4. Lau Nau – Lue Kartalta
5. Transept – Let’s Go
6. Shane O’Linksi – I’ve Considered
7. Goa - Les Étoiles Tombent Du Ciel
8. Cave – Machines and Muscles
9. Arnold Dreyblatt – Next Slide
10. Mecanica Popular - Impresionistas II
11. Emeralds – Science Center
12. Tsuruta Kinshi - Yoshitsune
13. Philip Glass – Music in 12 Parts (1996)
http://trspt.net
Support Arctic Circle Radio – If you enjoy this show please consider supporting us www.jointhecircle.net/support
Brought to you by Arctic Circle Radio, the Circle is a new weekly podcast that takes you on a one-hour journey based on the most simple and significant of shapes. Every Circle is unique; formed from a guest curator’s musical landscape and they all share the same revolutionary quality: each one ends at the point where it began.
Edition 57 – The Lowland Hundred “The thought I kept coming back to is summed up by that photo. If a track is a stone and your mind is the still pool, when you hear a track, it makes a splash and its influence ripples out through you. Those ripples grow to encircle you but then you hear another track which creates its own ripples which intersect with the ripples made by the first track and before you know it, you’re dealing with something so complex that even John Venn himself is running for the hills!”
download: http://media.libsyn.com/media/arcticcircle/circle57lowlandv2.mp3
The Lowland Hundred – Cae’r Wyddno
Tim Noble – Llyn Conach
Suborno – Flights
Bobby Womack – Across 110th Street
Olivier Messiaen – Liturgie De Cristal
Scott Walker – Big Louise
Miles Davis – Rated X
John Shelton Trio – The Fire Window
Pino Donaggio – Laura’s Theme (Final Farewell)
Paul Binnion – West St. 5am
Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir – Pritouritze Planinata
Martin Coleman – Mists On Moel Penammen
Hallock Hill – Ausable
The Lowland Hundred – Cae’r Wyddno
http://www.lowlandhundred.com
Support Arctic Circle Radio – If you enjoy this show please consider supporting us www.jointhecircle.net/support
Halloween Broadcast 2012 – Music, songs, stories, happenings and a tour guide who’s probably as afraid as you are… with special acoustic performances from Aine O’Dwyer, David O’Dowda,The Singing Ghost and Glen Duncan reading from Tallula Rising, the sequel to his acclaimed book, The Last Werewolf (accompanied by The Real Tuesday Weld in a bloodthirtsty mood. Bare necks not advised.
Presented & Produced by Ben Eshmade
Location recording by Les Mommsen (4AM Productions) & Crawford Blair
Recorded live at the Westminster Reference Library Monday 29 October 2012
Photo by Diana Jarvis
download: http://media.libsyn.com/media/arcticcircle/Halloween_Broadcast_2012_v4.mp3
Support Arctic Circle Radio – If you enjoy this show please consider supporting us www.jointhecircle.net/support
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