guest radioshow of PVHF in the singer-songwriter radioshow “Mark & Woolfeman” on radio Centraal, Antwerp : 2006-11-08, 12AM-2PM (120 minutes) : New music + New Japan + Aranis interview + new singer-songwriter related items + hard to classify indierock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro : * Fat-Cat Max Richter : Songs From Before (UK,2006)***° Tr.1, “Song” 5 min Tr.2, “Flowers from Yulia” 4 min (fragment) 9 A combination of minimal music with Arvo Pärt and ideas from modern ambient. Review : http://psychevanhetfolk.homestead.com/newmusic.html#anchor_71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Guest : Jana Arns from Aranis 15 min Short interview and track from their CD : * Private Aranis (B,2005)***° Tr.4, “Yosu” 6 min -max.-24 Young chamber music band that evolves themselves to a rock territory. Review of demo and official release : http://progressive.homestead.com/belgium2.html#anchor_89 See live dates : http://www.aranis.be/agenda.php?lg=1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW JAPAN : * 333Discs Kama Aina / RT / Moose Hill : Rainbow Hawaii (JAP,2006)***° Tr.2, “Down” (Ren Takada) 3 min Tr.10,“Suisan Market” (Kama Aina) 4 min Tr.11,“Kaeru”(Moose Hill) 5 min 12 -36 Nice photobook with sweet children drawings and moody instrumentals and songs showing something of 3 Japanese moody experiences about what means Hawaii to them, and how it’s mood can be provoked and expressed in music. Review : http://progressive.homestead.com/JAPANreviews3.html#anchor_83 * 333Discs Kama Aina / RT / Moose Hill : Hawaii, Hawaii (JAP,2006)***° (Tr.2, “Wedding Song” 6 min (Kama Aina)) Tr.8, “Baby Robinson” (Moose Hill) 3 min -39 Review : http://progressive.homestead.com/JAPANreviews3.html#anchor_83 * 333Discs Naomi & Goro : Home (for 1+Stylers) (JAP,2006)***’ Tr.8, “Estrada Branca” (Vinicius de Moraes) 3 min -42 Very stylish, sophisticated and nice and sweet interpretations of known mainstream songs (English, French, Brazil related Portuguese). Review : http://www.psychedelicfolk.com/folk.html#anchor_74 * 333Discs V.A. : ??? (JAP,2006)***° Tr.1, “Com a sopa fiz” (Naomi & Goro) 5 min Tr.3, “Soup Song” (Moose Hill) 5 min -10 -52 Beautiful soup music as sophisticated starters. First song is bossa nova, second song is chamber music with more colourful-melodic minimalism flavour, as acoustic guitar with chamber instruments, and tiny bits of percussion, and studio effects. Review : http://progressive.homestead.com/JAPANreviews3.html#anchor_82 * Tonetone Moose Hill : Desert House (JAP,2006)***°’ Tr.3, “Cloud Happiness” 8 min Tr.5, “Sodra Teatern” 4 min 12 -64 Track 3 is a unique and beautiful new music piece with tiny modern effects. Review : http://progressive.homestead.com/JAPANreviews3.html#anchor_76 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Electronica pop : * Fat-Cat Ensemble : Ensemble -collaborations with Lou Barlow & Cat Power- (F/US/UK/D,2006)***° Tr.2, “Still” 2 min -66 Pop-electronica and song. Review : http://singersong.homestead.com/newsingers-11.html#anchor_488 * Fat-Cat Múm : The Peel Session (ICE,rec.2002;pub.2006)**** Tr.3, “Now there is that fear again” 5 min -71 Review : http://progressive.homestead.com/prog13.html#anchor_175 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reissues part 1: * Shinko Sachiko Kanenobu : Misora (JAP,1972)****' Tr.11, “The first strong winds of spring” 3 min -69 Reissue of first female singer-songwriter LP from Japan, heavily influenced by Joni Mitchell. Review : http://singersong.homestead.com/reissue3.html#anchor_99 Reissues of prog/psych Singer-songwriter related items. * Lion Ilous & Decuyper (F,1971)***° Tr.1, “Indifférents” 2 min Tr.4, “Eleonor Rigby” 5 min Tr.5, “Non” 4 min 11 -80 Well produced song orientated with progressive edge because of its perfect arrangements (tons of vocal harmonies), and also, a very good version of this Beatles track. Review : http://singersong.homestead.com/reissue3.html#anchor_98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Mi-Mo Patrik Skantze and the Free Souls Society : Fiction at first view (S,2006)****° Tr.6, “My Dreams of Late” 6 min Tr.10,“Fiction at first view” 6 min 12 -92 Progressive singer-songwriter album completely in ‘70s vein. Review : http://singersong.homestead.com/newsingers-12.html#anchor_520 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reissues part 2: * Fono Daniel Vega : La Noche que precede a la batalla (SP,1976)****' Tr.1, “La noche…” 2 min Tr.3, “Alma Gemela” 4 min 6 -98 Musical epos with great el./ac.guitars, flute, mellotron, emotional singing. Review : http://www.psychedelicfolk.com/reissue3.html#anchor_141 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Difficult to categorise Indie-rock : * Fat-Cat Welcome : Sirs (2006)***° Tr.4, “First” 5 min New rock enriched with sixties flavours. Review : http://progressive.homestead.com/sixties.html#anchor_154 * Pranks.Dice The Bad Hand :This is no time for modesty US,2006)***° Tr.8, “Grand Theft Bravo” 4 min Just hear the intelligent rhythmical switches and turns… Review : http://progressive.homestead.com/prog9B.html#anchor_134 * Intr.Sound Imogene (2006)***’ Tr.5, “Not to be” 5 min -112 Powerful use of two bass players, electric piano and drums. Review : http://progressive.homestead.com/prog11B.html#anchor_146 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Homepage radioshow : http://psychevanhetfolk.homestead.com/ Newsletter with new reviews and playlists with some audio links : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/psychevanhetfolk/ Subscribe: psychevanhetfolk-subscribe@yahoogroups.com