In GBA 127 we get better acquainted with Robin the Fog. He talks radiophonics, records, finding sounds, Resonance FM, why he's called the fog and so much more.
We go from The Prodigy to John Cage to Simon and Garfunkle to Thundercats, all the time talking about how you find sounds and how you find ideas.
Robin at one point quotes Charlie Parker: "Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn."
And that is pretty much what this conversation is about!
Robin plugs (plus extras):
His website: http://www.robinthefog.com
His releases: http://www.thefogsignals.com
The Ghosts of Bush: http://thefogsignals.com/album/the-ghosts-of-bush
The Original Sound Track Show (OST) resonance:
BBC Records Special: http://robinthefog.com/2012/10/23/a-living-sermon-ost-bbc-records-special/
Howlround: https://twitter.com/Howlroundmusic
Howlround play London Analogue Festival on Sunday 8th September: http://www.londonanalogue.com/
Howlround LP. Secret Songs Of Savamala will be released September 16th on The Fog Signals in a strictly limited vinyl edition of 300 copies (plus download), with spine sleeve and beautiful cover photography by Milica Nikolic.
Prequel to Ghosts of Bush: http://thefogsignals.com/album/earl-grey-whistle-test
Resonance FM: http://resonancefm.com/
You can catch the follow up to The Ghosts of Bush Whirled Service is a twenty-minute nocturnal perambulation around the empty corridors, studios, stairwells and basements of the BBC’s recently completed home, New Broadcasting House on BBC3's Late Junction which is still on the iplayer till Thursday 5th http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b038ygzc
We mention:
The Radiophonic Workshop: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop
In the Dark: http://www.inthedarkradio.org/
John Cage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cage
Stockhausen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_Stockhausen
altern-8: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altern-8
Lone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_(musician)
Alern-8 active - 8 on top of the pops: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSWTNeg-uog
The Prodigy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prodigy
Smack My Bitch Up - video: http://vimeo.com/44561183
Out of Space: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qriH-8yeqcE
Take That: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_That
Cradle of Filth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cradle_of_Filth
Simon and Garfunkle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_%26_Garfunkel
DJ Shadow: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Shadow
Everybody in the Place - Prodigy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKmhlA2S2KU
Robin the Fog in Wire magazine: http://robinthefog.com/2012/05/29/fog-on-the-wire/
Charlie Parker: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Parker
Decasia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decasia
Resonance FM Inteview with Stewart Lee: https://soundcloud.com/resonance-fm/til-debt-do-us-part-the-entire
Stewart Lee on Blasphemy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9EUe8jNr6o
Stewart Lee: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Lee
James Baldwin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Baldwin
Captain Planet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Planet_and_the_Planeteers
Thundercats: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThunderCats
Oasis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis_(band)
The Dave Album: https://soundcloud.com/the-dave/sets/going-back-to-finish-the-job
Canary album: http://www.discogs.com/Jim-Fassett-Symphony-Of-The-Birds/release/3973873
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