#2497: Mostly Acoustic Indie Chamber

Can you imagine a show where you hear violas, french horn, trumpet, bassoon, stand-up bass, organ, guitars, drums, xylophone, steelpan, accordion and typewriter all together in the same hour-long program? Give a listen to the adventurous music of several hard-to-describe jazz/classical/experimental/post-rock ensembles on this New Sounds show. First off, we’ll peek at the most recent Clogs record, Lantern, an intimate song-based affair. Also, there’s music by the Bell Orchestre. (For those keeping score, it could be worth noting that Clogs includes guitarist Bryce Dessner and violist Padma Newsome from The National, and Bell Orchestre features The Arcade Fire's Richard Reed Parry and Sarah Neufeld.) Plus, listen to lyrical jazz-ish folk chamber music by Gato Libre, with an unusual combination of trumpet and accordion anchored by guitar and bass. There’s also music by the Australian combo Coolangubra (it’s Aboriginal for skull of kangaroo), slow-core electric guitar dreamy rockers Slow Six, and more.

PROGRAM #2497 Post Rock Chamber Ensembles (First aired: Thursday 1/12/06)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Clogs	Lantern	Canon [3:30]	Brassland #010 ** www.brassland.org www.clogsmusic.com *
Bell Orchestre	Recording A Tape The Colour of the Light	Les Lumieres, pt 2 [3:00]	Rough Trade #258 www.roughtrade.com or www.bellorchestre.com
Clogs	Lantern	Voisins [3:00]	See above.
Bell Orchestre	Recording A Tape The Colour of the Light	Salvatore Amato [6:30]	See above.
Gato Libre	Strange Village	Strange Village [7:00]	Muzak #1073 www.muzak.co.jp or Amazon.co.jp More info at www2s.biglobe.ne.jp
Slow Six	Private Times In Public Places	This Is Your Last Chance (Before I Sleep), excerpt [7:00]	IfThenElse #001 www.slowsix.com
Coolangubra	Storm Coming	I Wanna Be A Everything, excerpt [6:00]	Celestial Harmonies #13080 www.harmonies.com
Lee, Askill, Atherton	Shoalhaven Rise	Looking South [6:30]	Celestial Harmonies #15019 www.harmonies.com

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