#3606: Electronic Songs
Hear electronic songs on this New Sounds program, involving voice, sometimes layered, with more layers of keyboards & electronics, and other instruments. There’s new music from the Geoff Smith Band (which now includes members of the band Portishead) and their adaptation of “Black is the Color.” It’s a blend of traditional folksong and poetry by Rimbaud. Also, listen to selections from “Songs for Persephone” by Mimi Goese and Ben Neill, built on her voice and electronics along with ethereal music from Jonsi & Alex. Jonsi, the singer for the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós, and his partner, Alex Somers, have also recorded under the moniker Riceboy Sleeps. Plus, revisit Laurie Anderson’s “O Superman,” and meditate on her voice, keyboards & processing. The song was a surprise hit song on the U.K. pop charts in the early 1980’s. And more.
PROGRAM #3606 Electronic Songs (First aired on 6/3/2014)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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Geoff Smith & Nicola Walker Smith |
Fifteen Wild Decembers |
Six Wings of Bliss, excerpt [1:00] |
Sony Classical #66505 |
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Geoff Smith Band |
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Black is the Color (Rimbaud) [4:55] |
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Mimi Goese & Ben Neill |
Songs For Persephone |
Elegy [5:36] |
Ramseur Records - #RR27372 |
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Laurie Anderson |
Big Science |
O Superman (for Massenet) [8:24] |
Nonesuch 130428 |
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Donna McKevitt & Jan Noble |
These Are The Words |
These Were The Words [2:58] |
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Mimi Goese & Ben Neill |
Songs For Persephone |
Cusp [5:43] |
See above. |
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Geoff Smith & Nicola Walker Smith |
Fifteen Wild Decembers |
Six Wings of Bliss (Emily Bronte) [6:34] |
See above. |
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Jonsi & Alex |
Riceboy Sleeps |
Daniell In The Sea [7:10] |
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Donna McKevitt & Jan Noble |
These Are The Words |
It is dawn [6:01] |
See above. |
