picko-d-'s podcast

Its time to once again dig deep into the crate of records marked horizontal for this months podcast. Filled with tracks by the 5 Corners Quintet , the Robert Mitchell Trio , Tosca , Carlos Nino , Jazzanova and a radical reworking of an Oasis track (part 3 of a 5 part version of 'Falling Down') its time to huddle around the open fire and relax..............

Its September , its my birthday and its time for a new mix.Re-edits , original Disco and Electro and some classic 1980s action - Japan , Greg Wilson , Orange Juice , Fonda Rae , Gino Soccio

Biography by Heather Phares

The brilliantly named Cinematic Orchestra is led by composer/programmer/multi-instrumentalist Jason Swinscoe, who formed his first group, Crabladder, in 1990 as an art student at Cardiff College. Crabladder's fusion of jazz and hardcore punk elements with experimental rhythms inspired Swinscoe to further explore the possibilities of sampling, and by the time of the group's demise in the mid-'90s, he was DJing at various clubs and pirate radio stations in the U.K. The music he recorded on his own at the time melded '60s and '70s jazz, orchestral soundtracks, rhythm loops, and live instrumentation into genre-defying compositions, as reflected on his contribution to Ninja Tune's 1997 Ninja Cuts 3 collection and his remixes of Ryuichi Sakamoto and Coldcut tracks. The Cinematic Orchestra built on this musical blueprint, letting a group of live musicians improvise over sampled percussion or basslines. The Orchestra included saxophonist/pianist Tom Chant, bassist Phil France, and drummer Daniel Howard, who also recorded the Channel One Suite and Diabolus EPs for Ninja Tune with Swinscoe. The project's full-length debut, Motion, arrived in 1999 to great acclaim, which culminated in the Cinematic Orchestra's performance at the Directors' Guild Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony for Stanley Kubrick later that year in London. After the collection Remixes 1998-2000, their second album, Every Day, followed in 2002, with vocal features for Fontella Bass and Roots Manuva. Man with a Movie Camera, a 2003 release on CD and DVD, offered a 1999 film score Cinematic Orchestra had provided for the re-airing of a 1929 Soviet documentary, while four years later Ma Fleur was released. Live at the Royal Albert Hall arrived in spring 2008.

Summers here (well it was til the massive downpour today!!!!) and to get you in the mood a mix of some of Zero 7s' finest work - album tracks , remixes , their own remixes of other artists work (Mos Def , Terry Callier , Lenny Kravitz , NERD) and rare E.P tracks

Sit back and enjoy

Greetings Podcast fans,

We are back on a mellow tip this month for some serious laid back sounds to sit in th garden / park / beach and chill to. Theres some stuff from the Death Proof Soundtrack and Marvin Gayes brilliant 'Trouble man' masterpiece as well. Other artists include Scrimshire , Liz Parks , Rick James , Moody , Coyote , Auteur Jazz and many others

Sit back and Enjoy ,
David

Largely self-taught in classical music, David Axelrod is best known for his production work at Capitol Records, with Lou Rawls and Cannonball Adderley; the latter who asked specifically for his services. Mr. Axelrod has earned one Grammy with five nominations, and has seven gold records), yet he still he remains curiously obscure. Real jazz enthusiasts might recognize the name from his early West Coast jazz work, such as Harold Land’s The Fox, which was a landmark record that proved that not all West Coast jazz was lightweight. The album was also a big break for Axelrod as a producer, who was previously assigned to crank out a few records for a small label that was basically a tax write-off.

Why are beatheads interested in him? you ask. Well, first of all Axe was fond of drums, plain and simple. From classic, live-room breakbeats (see Songs of Innocence and “Tensity”) to the slicker, studio beats (see Seriously Deep and Gene Ammons), drums were usually more-than-an-integral part of his compositions/productions. Unfortunately, his own albums are fairly pricey and hard to come by, especially the first few, Songs of Innocence, Songs of Experience, and Earthrot, the former two being based on the poetry of 18th century poet/radical/visionary William Blake . They sound like some funky symphonic soundtrack music with butter breakbeats galore.

Tracklisting.

All songs David Axelrod unless stated otherwise

1. The signs part3
2. Everything counts
3. Pula Yelta - Letta mbulu
4. Sympathy
5. The Warning part4
6. my Family
7. Song of innocence
8. The human abstract
9. The Warnings Part 1
10. The Schoolboy
11. Cast your fate to the wind
12. Oh Freedom / The Auction
13. You're so vain
14. Lifetime monologue - Lou Rawls
15. Holy Tuesday
16. A divine image
17. theme from the Fox - Don Randi