Synthesised sadness, acoustic joy
Verity Sharp with a weird Rachmaninov cover by electronic artist Ewa Justka, and music from Madagascar.
Verity Sharp takes you down and lifts you up.
Everything in Minor is Ewa Justka鈥檚 album of fuzzy synth covers of classical pieces that take you to the emotional low-points, including Rachmaninov鈥檚 Prelude in C-sharp Minor. Meanwhile, the joyous sounds of Mahaleo were an inspirational call to action for Malagasy people in the 1970s.
Plus, music from Portico Quartet, continuing their exploratory weavings of minimalist, dancefloor and jazz threads on their latest album Memory Streams; and singer-songwriter Luke Daniels has been mining seven centuries of English poetry, taking reworked lines, phrases and imagery, and in some cases just a single word from the likes of Chaucer, Jonson and Auden.
Produced by Chris Elcombe.
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Mahaleo
Izahay Mpamita
- Alefa Madagascar ! Salegy, Soukous & Soul From The Red Island 1974-1984.
- Strut.
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Charlotte Keeffe & Diego Sampieri
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Ewa Justka
Prelude in C鈥�-鈥媠harp minor Op. 3, No. 2
Composer: Sergey Rachmaninov. Performer: Ewa Justka.- EVERYTHING IN MINOR.
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Luke Daniels
Old Friends & Exhausted Enemies
- Old Friends & Exhausted Enemies.
- Gael Music.
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Portico Quartet
Signals in the Dusk
- Memory Streams.
- Gondwana Records.
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Gonzo
A Fuga dos Grilos
- 搁耻铆诲辞鈥�(鈥媠).
- Discrepant.
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Stina Nordenstam
So This Is Goodbye
- And She Closed Her Eyes.
- Telegram Records Stockholm.
Broadcast
- Tue 10 Sep 2019 23:58大象传媒 Radio 3
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