The Hut (Edition 13) 26 August 09

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.

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Edition 13 – Featuring music from The Notwist, Cheval Sombre, Vowels, d_rradio, Castanets and This is Kit.

The Hut (Edition 12) 26 August 09

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.

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Edition 12 – Featuring music from Lullatone, Shannon Stephens, Simon Scott, Alice Gun, At Swim Two Birds and Fránçois.

The Circle – Mix by Andy Nice (Edition 14) 26 August 09

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 14 – Mix by Andy Nice:

I started to compile this mix whilst travelling and it began to take on a feeling of being nearly home and what that means……..be it family, friends or the space that you feel comfortable in. Twinkle twinkle is big in our house at the moment so I have used that love it or hate it childhood tune to complete the circle! Other than that I have included artists that I have worked with, my own compositions and remix`s that have only recently been completed. Big thanks to all the artists I have worked with over the years, Front and Follow and all the remixers. Hope you enjoy it. Andy Nice x

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Twinkle twinkle  – Traditional
Air vs 1  – Gavouna
The 4th Man (remix)  – Andy Nice/The Sone Institue
Breathe – Eva Abraham
Coins and Crosses – Ryan Teague
Snowstorm in a Snowglobe – Fuzzy Lights
Duno – Instrumental
Pulversnee – Hauschka/Andy Nice
67 degrees South – David Julyan
Blue Apples  – Yonokiero
Circle – Samantha Rowe/Matt Venutti
Birdsong – Back garden
Rounds – Ryan Teague
Somebody Take Me Home – Andy Nice feat. Maple Bee
Dr. Titan (Remix) – Andy Nice/Isnaj Dui
Lachrymosa  – Instrumental
Twinkle twinkle  – Traditional feat. Isis Eden

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You can download (for free) the Andy Nice Remix EP here:
http://www.jointhecircle.net/radio/?p=509

The Circle – Mix by Lenny George (Edition 13) 26 August 09

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 13 – Lenny George (Camper-Van Of Love mix):

This mix has a vaguely nautical / aquatic theme and I also wanted to reference the 40th anniversary of the moon landings (I’m big into moon stuff) which the Clangers music does nicely. Cortney Tidwell’s track ‘The Tide’ manages to incorporate both the nautical and moon themes so top marks there Cortney! (plus I think she’s one of the best new artists around and it’s the stand-out track from her first album). I’ve also included an exclusive acoustic version of a song from Songdog’s new album which won’t be out until next year. I regard most of the music in the mix as psychedelic in lots of different ways and I hope it’ll induce a suitably woozy state of mind in the listener!

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1.    Clangers Music (Edit) (1:46 – 2:51) – Vernon Eliot (Now We Are Ten, Trunk)
2.    Here Before – Vashti Bunyan (Fat Cat)
3.    I Start Counting – Basil Kirchin (Now We Are Ten, Trunk)
4.    Sandy – Caribou (City Slang)
5.    Focussed – Yellow Moon Band (Static Caravan)
6.    Behind Two Hills, A Swimming Pool – Mum (Fat Cat)
7.    No Anchor – Rothko
8.    So Much Sorrow – Songdog (unreleased)
9.    National Talk Like A Pirate Day – Lambchop (City Slang)
10.    Bandits – Midlake (Bella Union)
11.    Roll On John – Samamidon
12.    Guiwenneth Of The Green Grass – The North Sea (Type)
13.    Corn Dollies – The Owl Service (from album A Garland Of Song)
14.    Green Grass Of Tunnel – Mum (Fat Cat)
15.    Rolling Sea – Vetiver (Bella Union)
16.    The Restless Waves – Dirty Three (Bella Union)
17.    The Tide – Cortney Tidwell (Ever / K7)
18.    Clangers Music (Edit) (0:00 – 1:46) – Vernon Eliot (Now We Are Ten, Trunk)

The Circle – Mix by Canon Blue (Edition 12) 26 August 09

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 12 – Mix by Canon Blue:

This mix is a collection of music from friends, friends of friends and people I wish were my friends.  Peter plays with Efterklang, they both know Sam who worked with Nico and Valgeir, etc etc.  They are all connected in one way or the other and perhaps add another layer to the idea of the circle.  In the end, the goal was to make a mix that you could never fully fall asleep to or fully wake up from.

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Library Tapes: Home Normal
Valgeir Sigurosson:  Bedroom Community
Olafur Arnalds:  Erased Tapes
Sam Amidon:  Bedroom Community
Hilmar orn Hilmarsson:  Fat Cat
Nico Muhly:  Bedroom Community
Efterklang:  Rumraket
Peter Broderick :  Bella Union
Helios:  Type
Max de Wardener:  K7/Accidental
Nathan Phillips:  Unsigned
The Notwist: City Slang
Clogs:  Talitre
Library Tapes:  Home Normal

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Andy Nice free remix EP

Front & Follow and Arctic Circle Radio bring you remixes from The Secrets of Me, the debut album from Andy Nice.

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Bringing together fellow Front & Follow artists, plus a couple of guests, we have created a collection of diverse and experimental takes on the classic cello sound, from the subtle and other-worldly vision of Sone Institute to the heavy beats of Elite Barbarian.

Elite Barbarian is the work of London-based Ben Page and Michael Donnelly. Their debut album on Front & Follow was described as ‘awesome’ by Rob Booth of Electronic Explorations and ‘a hybrid that resembles early ambient works by Aphex Twin crossed with a micro house that has burnt down to echoes of its halcyon beats’ by Surgery Radio. Visit myspace.com/elitebarbarian

Yellow6 aka Jon Atwood creates stunning atmospheric lanscapes of sound, spanning across more than 75 releases including Painted Sky on Resonant, and last year’s double album When The Leaves Fall Like Snow. Visit yellow6.com

Sone Institute is the wonderful world of sonic imagination created by Roman Bezdyk. His debut album – Curious Memories - will be released later this year on Front & Follow. Visit myspace.com/soneinstitute

Isnaj Dui conveys a minimal yet captivating sound using electronically manipulated flutes and homemade instruments . Her new album – Unstable Equilibrium - is out Aug 28th on Home Normal. Visit fboxrecords.co.uk

Andy Nice’s debut album – The Secrets of Me - is out now on CD and digital download on Front & Follow.

More info at www.frontandfollow.com

And Andy Nice (Circle Mix) is availabe here:
http://www.jointhecircle.net/radio/?p=535

Efterklang & Jaga Jazzist

Efterklang & Britten Sinfonia
with Jaga Jazzist / 28 October @ Barbican

A rare opportunity to see one of the most ambitious and uplifting collaborations of recent years – a performance of Efterklang’s 2007 album Parades scored for band and orchestra. The Danish collective’s acclaimed music is both soaringly melodic and engagingly intimate; in this setting, it becomes a breathtaking panorama of sound. Support from Norway’s musical phenomenon Jaga Jazzist.

On Efterklang - ‘Like a secret musical language born of ice winds and sequestered myth’ Mojo

Caravan (live): http://www.vimeo.com/6428766
Cutting Ice To Snow (live): http://www.vimeo.com/6429021

Tickets: http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=9377

The Hut (Edition 11) 4 August 09

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.

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Edition 11 – Featuring music from Soy un Caballo, Homelife, Yacht, Peter Broderick, Felicia Atkinson and Nils Frahm.

The Circle – Mix by Vincent Oliver (Edition 11) 4 August 09

Brought to you by Arctic Circle Radio, the Circle is a new weekly pod cast 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 11 – Mix by Vincent Oliver:

Vincent says ‘I like synths and scrapes and bangs and Ben and ooohs and aaaahs and drums and bums and bumps and bass and lethargy and pace and dings and whoops and twings and loops and tits and ass and clacks and pads and clarinets and bassoons and pop songs and noise pieces and string arrangements and stark, minimal, unforgiving drones and the voices of the members of Gablé.  I’ve sort-of tried to represent some of this in my mix.’

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00:00   Decoder Ring – Naked
00:37   Aoki Takamasa + Tujiko Noriko – Fly2
03:15   The Present – Medman
05:50   Efterklang – Mirador (Vincent Oliver Remix)
09:35   Black Dice – Night Flight
12:45   Gablé – Monsterland
13:42   Seeland – Captured
16:45   Wavves – Spaced Raider
18:22   Grizzly Bear – Merge
20:36   Smile Down Upon Us – The Qookino Farm and Tractor Factory
22:56   Vowels – Closing Circles
27:45   Max Richtor – Cathodes
28:45   Gablé – I’m OK
30:25   Max Richtor – Tokyo Riddle Song
31:27   Oen Sujet – Life Given To Quiet Places
42:00   Hauschka – Freibad
45:45   Grouper Heavy Water_I’d Rather Be Sleeping
48:31   Modern Institute – Stairs
50:04   Mach Richter – The Road Is A Grey Tape
51:00   Grizzly Bear – Shift
53:12   Seeland – Station Sky
56:37   Vincent Oliver – Drunk Fun In London (ISAN Remix)

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