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Rhythm Incursions: David Last in session

Ahh, now here is a fantastic musical treat for you all. On August 4th this year, David Last of The Agriculture stopped by the Resonance studio to perform a live set. As this set went out as a Clear Spot (a 90 min. nightly slot on the station where artists basically take over, and do what they want), some of our usual Rhythm Inc fans missed it. So, we are delighted that the good folks over at The Agriculture have given us the go-ahead to podcast the session for those of you that missed it.

For those of you who haven’t yet heard of David Last, you’re in for a real treat. Its quite rare these days that you can truly claim that someone has a sound of their own, but in David’s case that sentiment most certainly applies. Fusing dancehall-style rhythms with almost a minimal house kinda vibe, he weaves together a sonic collage that draws you in and hypnotises you from the get-go. Don’t be mistaken: this is post-club music at its finest – the kind of thing you put on when its 3am, you’re tired as hell and wanting to wind down after a night out on the tiles.

So, sit back, relax and enjoy a real treasure we think too many people missed. For more information on David Last, check both www.theagriculture.com and www.davidlast.net. Be sure to buy his album “The Push Pull” too, from which some of this live set is drawn. Trust us, its an essential listen.

But for now, just enjoy the music, for this is what its allllll about!

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You Are Hear Sessions: Romvelope

The ROMVELOPE session you are about to hear was originally aired live on the You Are Hear Show on Jan 31st 2005

Inspired by noise legends Prick Decay, Evil Moisture and Tea Culture, amongst others, Bjrn Hatleskog’s persistent inability to be as amateurish as the above mentioned led him to quit music for twenty years. Eventually, after a chance meeting with angus keith (aka Atom truck) in a Norwegian sweet shop , he learned to accept, even love, his own high-powered, obtuse, academic style. Thus was born the ADAADAT label.

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You Are Hear is produced by Magz Hall and Jim Backhouse and live sessions are engineered by Will Searl. More information about this show can be found at www.youarehear.co.uk.

Tune into You Are Hear’s live sessions on Monday nights at 8 – 9:30pm on Resonance 104.4fm or pickup the webstream at www.resonancefm.com where you will also find our latest podcast sessions and programmes of interest.

You Are Hear Sessions: Germlin

The GERMLIN session you are about to hear was originally aired live on the You Are Hear Show on July 4th 2005

“Aged just minus eight months Joe Howe (aka Germlin) was entertaining his mother with compositions from inside the womb. As his fingers developed the music became increasingly accomplished. He was born one of triplets, the other two siblings being a normal, healthy sampler and a bouncing 3.2 kilogram modular synthesiser.”

www.adaadat.com

Click here to download the session

You Are Hear is produced by Magz Hall and Jim Backhouse and live sessions are engineered by Will Searl. More information about this show can be found at www.youarehear.co.uk.

Tune into You Are Hear’s live sessions on Monday nights at 8 – 9:30pm on Resonance 104.4fm or pickup the webstream at www.resonancefm.com where you will also find our latest podcast sessions and programmes of interest.

You Are Hear Sessions: Ommm

The OMMM session you are about to hear was originally aired live on the You Are Hear Show on Nov 15th 2004

“OMMM is the pseudonym used by a reclusive Tibetan guru linked to the ADAADAT label. Rarely seen in public, his devotional performance style and mysterious, shifting rhythms and harmonies have been known to drive worshippers into such a frenzy that they began to eat each other. Raw.”

www.adaadat.com

You Are Hear is produced by Magz Hall and Jim Backhouse and live sessions are engineered by Will Searl. More information about this show can be found at www.youarehear.co.uk.

Tune into You Are Hear’s live sessions on Monday nights at 8 – 9:30pm on Resonance 104.4fm or pickup the webstream at www.resonancefm.com where you will also find our latest podcast sessions and programmes of interest.

Click here to download the session!

You Are Hear Sessions: Asja Auf Capri

The ASJA AUF CAPRI session you are about to hear was originally aired live on the You Are Hear Show on 28th March 2005

Taking their name from Walter Benjamin’s Latvian lover, Asja Auf Capri wring out a sublime and brittle electronic pop sound from the charred remains of post-punk and the Neue Deutsche Welle.

http://www.asjaaufcapri.org/

You Are Hear is produced by Magz Hall and Jim Backhouse and live sessions are engineered by Will Searl. More information about this show can be found at www.youarehear.co.uk.

Tune into You Are Hear’s live sessions on Monday nights at 8 – 9:30pm on Resonance 104.4fm or pickup the webstream at www.resonancefm.com where you will also find our latest podcast sessions and programmes of interest.

Click here to download the session!

Midnight Sex Talk – Incest

Midnight Sex Talk this week was a feast of information. A big thank you to clinical geneticist Dr Adam Shaw for explaining so much so clearly.

We started off by talking about The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan (1978), which I think, for a lot of people, was a seminal early introduction to incest; in literature and elsewhere. I well remember the smells from that book, and the giggles at school.

You’ll here the word consanguinity a lot. A consanguineous marriage is between any blood-related people, but not necessarily closely; it’s more accepted in some cultures than others. It improves the odds of genetic diseases in children, and the more closely related you are, the worse it gets. The basic medical conclusion is, if you’re going to have an incestuous affair, for god’s sake don’t have children.

The flipside of Genetic Sexual Attraction is called the Westermarck effect. Have a look at the studies of kibbutz children and Chinese arranged marriages, where tiny girls were sent off to the future boy-husband’s family for pre-marital conditioning. The studies tell us that familiarity breeds contempt, and after growing up together as children, most people would rather go and live in a poorly-heated shed at the South Pole than get it together as man and wife.

We also played a clip from Chinatown. If you haven’t seen it, go and get it now.

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You Are Hear Sessions: DJ Scotch Egg

The DJ SCOTCH EGG session you are about to hear was originally aired live on the You Are Hear Show on august 29th 2005

For this session, DJ Scotch Egg especially channeled all the pent-up aggression he had accumulated over the previous month in order to demonstrate, first hand, the grisly side-effects of over-indulgence in processed breadcrumbed snacks.

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You Are Hear is produced by Magz Hall and Jim Backhouse and live sessions are engineered by Will Searl. More information about this show can be found at www.youarehear.co.uk.

Tune into You Are Hear’s live sessions on Monday nights at 8 – 9:30pm on Resonance 104.4fm or pickup the webstream at www.resonancefm.com where you will also find our latest podcast sessions and programmes of interest.

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You Are Hear Sessions: Oddfellows Casino

The ODDFELLOWS CASINO session you are about to hear was originally aired live on the You Are Hear Show on Feb 14th 2004

Oddfellows Casino is the latest incarnation of Brighton-based singer-songwriter David Bramwell. Drawing on elements of psychedelia, acid-folk, electronica and Canterbury jazz-rock (early Soft Machine) Oddfellows Casino played an intimate and pastoral set of warmth, melancholy and black humour.

www.pickled-egg.co.uk/Oddfellowscasino.htm

You Are Hear is produced by Magz Hall and Jim Backhouse and live sessions are engineered by Will Searl. More information about this show can be found at www.youarehear.co.uk.

Tune into You Are Hear’s live sessions on Monday nights at 8 – 9:30pm on Resonance 104.4fm or pickup the webstream at www.resonancefm.com where you will also find our latest podcast sessions and programmes of interest.

Click here to download the session! (26Mb)

Visit the You Are Hear site here

Midnight Sex Talk – Bisexuality

Originally aired June 19th 2005.

“We had a packed Midnight Sex Talk on Sunday, so packed that I didn’t get a chance to go off on one about some of my past experiences. Probably just as well, really. ‘Ollie’ talked us through life of a bisexual man, and Marc from Bicon told us about this year’s bisexual shindig in Worcester, 25-29th August. Any excuse for a party – it’s not all about activism. Mind you, as we know, anyone who doesn’t have a strict gay-or-straight identity gets their share of attitude, from both sides. We all need a safe space now and again.

Emily Dubberley, very busy author of the recently published Brief Encounters – The Women’s Guide To Casual Sex, gave us the lowdown on bi-curiosity.

No show about bisexuality could avoid mentioning David Bowie, and the alleged caught-in-bed-with-Mick-Jagger story, despite the fact that his public declaration in the early seventies can be seen as a bit of a publicity stunt. Whatever whatever, he inspired a lot of people. As did Tom Robinson, who had the balls to sing about being gay long before anyone else did, and then had the even bigger balls to change direction and take the flak for it.”

And Dr Who now has a bisexual character, inter-galactic time-traveller Captain Jack Harkness. In a way, how could a time-traveller be anything other than bi? See also: Virginia Woolf’s Orlando. SpongeBob Squarepants put in an appearance, as did Top Cat.

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