RADIO FRANKENSTEIN
INTERNATIONAL
It's not an original idea - using short wave samples and random radio noise in music (we had already utilised it on occasional tracks in the past ourselves) - but the supply of potential material is virtually infinite, and there is an element of chance - what will you hear when you tune in ?
The music here is a collision between the chance element of SW radio samples and planned, structured music.
And the title of this album later lent itself to our radio show.
The music here is a collision between the chance element of SW radio samples and planned, structured music.
And the title of this album later lent itself to our radio show.
Featuring guest vocalist...a Blackbird. This one used to frequent the Sound Lab back yard .
He had an incredible pair of lungs on him - more than once I suspected he must have an amplifier hidden in his tree. He's long gone now, but its fitting that such a singular bird be commemorated here.
Here's a photo of him...
He had an incredible pair of lungs on him - more than once I suspected he must have an amplifier hidden in his tree. He's long gone now, but its fitting that such a singular bird be commemorated here.
Here's a photo of him...
(Below) A "new" song created from samples from Bessie Smith's 1929 recording of St Louis Blues.