Nick Luscombe with Julie Byrne and Tomaga
Nick Luscombe introduces highlights from the Late Junction showcase at the 2017 Great Escape festival in Brighton, featuring folk singer Julie Byrne and improvising duo Tomaga.
The Great Escape in Brighton is one of the UK's leading festivals for new music. Last weekend Late Junction and 大象传媒 Music pushed past the throngs at the seaside and joined the 2017 edition of the festival to present a showcase of boundary-pushing, up-and-coming artists and DJs.
Nick airs highlights from our showcase all this week, starting tonight with Julie Byrne's intimate acoustic show, and concluding with Tomaga's dark, droney experiments with drums and electronics.
Byrne was born and raised in Buffalo, New York, and describes herself as a nomad, having lived in half-a-dozen America cities while working on her music. Alongside her art she has found time to study Environmental Science and act as a Seasonal Ranger in Central Park. Across her first two albums she has proved herself to be a sharp and poignant writer, one blessed with a mesmerising singing voice.
Tomaga, since their formation in 2013, have released four acclaimed albums that move between industrial, jazz, psychedelia and minimalism. They have also collaborated with major art galleries and toured with such musical luminaries as Deerhoof, Silver Apples, and Wire. The members of the band are Valentina Magaletti (of Raime, Vanishing Twin) and Tom Relleen (of The Oscillation).
Also on the programme this evening, hear music from psych singer Kerem G眉ney, jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby, and the one and only Stevie Wonder.
Produced for Reduced Listening by Jack Howson.
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Tomaga
Futura Grotesk
- Live at The Great Escape.
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Harmonia & Eno '76
Welcome
- Tracks And Traces.
- Gr枚nland Records.
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OOIOO
I'm A Song
- Gold and Green.
- Thrill Jockey.
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Kerem G眉ney
S谋cak Bir Sevda
- Uzelli Psychedelic Anadolu.
- Uzelli.
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Julie Byrne Live at The Great Escape
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Julie Byrne
Sleepwalker
- Live at The Great Escape.
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Julie Byrne
Follow My Voice (feat. Eric Littmann)
- Live at The Great Escape.
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Eric Littmann
Interlude
- Live at The Great Escape.
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Julie Byrne
Sea As It Glides (feat. Eric Littmann)
- Live at The Great Escape.
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Julie Byrne
I Live Now As A Singer (feat. Eric Littmann)
- Live at The Great Escape.
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Weyes Blood & Ariel Pink
Daddy, Please Give A Little Time To Me
- Myths 002.
- Mexican Summer.
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Brass Mask
The Merman
- Brass Mask Live.
- Babel.
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Daphne Oram
Mermaid (Excerpt)
- The Daphne Oram Tapes: Volume One.
- Young Americans.
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Alan Rawsthorne
Theme And Variations For Two Violins (1937) VI. Notturno
Performer: Midori Komachi. Performer: Sophie Rosa.- Warp and Weft: Works for Two Violins.
- EM Records.
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Yuri Morozov
Inexplicable (pt 4)
- Strange Angels.
- Buried Treasure Records.
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Tomaga Live at The Great Escape
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Tomaga
Perspective With No End
- Live At The Great Escape.
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Tomaga
The Shape Of The Dance
- Live At The Great Escape.
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Jeff Mills
Loop Transit 4
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Dorothy Ashby
The Moving Finger
- The Rubaiyat Of Dorothy Ashby.
- Cadet Records.
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Stevie Wonder
If It's Magic
- Songs In The Key Of Life.
- Motown.
Performers:
Julie Byrne (vocals, guitar); Eric Littmann (synth)
Tomaga:
Valentina Magaletti (drums);聽Tom Relleen (bass, electronics)
Broadcast
- Tue 23 May 2017 23:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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