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1st Jan
2009: Listen With Sarah is currently on musical sabbatical. There will, however, be a CD release this
year - a collection of remixes by various fellow artists of a well-loved LWS
tune… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8th Dec
2008: Oliver Postgate (1925-2008) vs. Animal Hop. Visit the Animal
Hop Page for
the whole stupid story. 4th Jun
2008: “Re-renaissance Of The Celtic Harp” ~ free download album Latest
release from www.highqualityrecordings.co.uk ~ Fourteen weird and wonderful
tracks reshaping elements of Alan Stivell’s classic 1970s instrumental folk
album ‘ Renaissance Of The Celtic Harp’
~ featuring The Foul Papers,
High Quality Recordings, Listen With Sarah, Mank, Operator, Orcop,
Pappy and Recall. High
Quality Recordings was initially set up as a micro/imaginary label to release and promote the eclectic electronic productions of
Wales-born, Bristol based Geraint Ffrancon (aka Stabmaster Vinyl &
Blodyn Tatws) and his collaborators…and high quality recordings they
are indeed. 2nd Mar
2008: Some Assembly Required ~ Q & A with Listen With Sarah. Some
Assembly Required (SAR) is a weekly radio show hosted by collage artist Jon Nelson.
It airs in the US and Canada, as well as being available as a podcast, and
showcases audio works by artists who appropriate sounds from the media
environment ~ in other words samplists, cut n paste and sound collage
artists. Visit the website at : www.some-assembly-required.net,
where you’ll find previous episodes for download along with many more ‘Q
& A’s and links to other collage artists. 21st Feb
2008: LWS Download Page ~ I’ve added a new page with some free mp3s. *************************************************************************************** 17th Dec
2007: The
Peter Nelson Show has returned for
another season : ~ “Eclectic
Music for Mind and Bodhi” ~ a
2 hour monthly podcast at www.peternelson.org 9th Dec
2007: “Time flies by when you’re the driver of a train” LWS has been moving home, settling in slowly - away from
computerland for a while - gardening and talking to birds, mostly…. I observe
that birds fly and so does time. More later, tweet tweet. Sorry for any
unanswered emails. 25th July
2007: Out Now on Womb Records : Codex Machine ~ Man vs Monkey
12” Womb Records (LWS’s DIY Label) is happy to
announce our first vinyl release in the shape of a 4-track 12” ep from London
electronics trio, Codex Machine. For sound clips and
further details, please visit www.wombrecords.com. 28th May
2007: Re-release
of “Are You Sitting Comfortably?” as digital-only album Now available to buy at
iTunes, Napster and various digital stores… The LWS debut album “Are You Sitting Comfortably?”
was released on CD in 2004 and later withdrawn from sale in 2005 due to
copyright problems. It is now being re-released in digital format without the
opening tune “Animal Hop”, which was the subject of the
copyright dispute. 6th May
2007: Robots and Electronic Brains Fanzine ~ interview with LWS Interview by Jimmy Possession @ www.robotsandelectronicbrains.co.uk. 26th April
2007: "Cyclic Bits: The Raymond Scott Variations” on WFMU – 16th May Ergo Phizmiz is preparing an hour of Raymond Scott‘s
electronica reinvented by today's DJs, mixologists, and technophiles. The
program will feature remixes/covers by Bebe del Banco (Japan), Felix Kubin
(Germany), Margoo (Italy), Satanicpornocultshop (Japan), Orionza (Japan),
Credreq (UK), Ego Plum (US), Listen With Sarah (UK), Chief Huri
Upa (UK), 4,000,000 Telephones (UK), David Fenech (France), I Love Audrey
(UK), Fireworks Ensemble (US), and others. The contributors were granted
permission to use samples from Manhattan Research Inc. and Soothing
Sounds For Baby, and the program will be garnished with
extracts from Raymond Scott's original recordings. 6th April
2007: LWS Session for The Phuj
Phactory on WFMU ~ LISTEN AGAIN. You can stream it or download the show
as a podcast (mp3). See also: The Sixty Second Song Remix Contest (mp3s) ~ a whole page of downloadable mp3s, including a LWS 30s remix
of “Fleur Bleue” by Charles Trenet. For those of you with short attention
spans and busy lives… 19th Mar
2007: LWS Session for The Phuj
Phactory on WFMU – 4th April, 12 midnight (UK). Dylan sings Disco, Johnny Cash joins
Welsh Male Voice Choir, Shaolin Steel Band plays Bhangra DaDa and Cary Grant
takes Ivor Cutler on a trip to Goa, in 17 mins of the latest nonsense from
Listen With Sarah (+ freeform DJ Peter Nelson). Dance yourself DaDa. The Phuj Phactory is 60 mins of aural delights, mixed and presented by Ergo
Phizmiz and broadcast every Wednesday on
WFMU ~ full playlists + archives at wfmu.org. 11th Feb
2007: Womb Records was originally set up to promote the music of Listen With Sarah. We are now expanding our repertoire,
with a series of releases from other artists throughout 2007, the first of
which is a CD album by the remarkable ERGO PHIZMIZ, “Nose Points In
Different Directions”. Find out more by visiting the Womb Records
website and WombSpace. New Listen With Sarah releases - OUT NOW on our sister label Cherryade. Visit cherryademusic.co.uk to buy the two
releases and find out more about the label. Sound clips are available HERE.
Head-swelling reviews HERE. 17th Jan
2007: Cherryade
/ Womb
Records Summer Beach Party – Mon 29th Jan, 8pm at the 12
Bar Club, Denmark St, London WC2H
8NL. To launch new releases from Listen With
Sarah & Ergo
Phizmiz. Live entertainment from: DJ Reach & Roger Species
(8.30 - 9.00), Spinmaster Plantpot (9.15 - 9.30), The Bobby Mcgees (9.45 -
10.15) and Ergo Phizmiz (10.30 - 11.00), sprinkled with DJ sets from Codex
Machine. Come along and say aloha! 10th Jan 2007: COMING OUT on CHERRYADE RECORDS on January 29th: ‘My Little Hula Girl (WWW
Remix)’ on 7” and on February 5th: ‘The World of Listen With
Sarah EP’ on CD – see releases page and Cherryade
website for further info – – join the LWS Mailing List for updates – …here’s to world wide hula… **************************************************************************** 1st Dec ‘06: On this week's Mixing It, BBC Radio 3 -
a new commission by Ergo Phizmiz, entitled "Wholepole - The Discotheque of Erotic Misery"
- a 30 minute radiophonic work… Using instruments, electronics, and samples,
the piece builds up a strange audio universe of vintage pornography, monkeys,
and banjoes. A specially dedicated website at www.ergophizmiz.com/wholepole will
feature free downloads of an "Extended Club Mix"
of the work, plus remixes from Satanicpornocultshop, Vernon Lenoir,
Drut, Puyo Puyo, and Listen With
Sarah. This will
be active from December 1st for one month. Tune in on Friday
at 10:15 pm (UK time) or use the listen again facility at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/mixingit/ (archived for a week). 13th Nov ‘06: Forthcoming LWS releases on Cherryade
Records are now scheduled for January 2007
(join the Mailing List for updates). 12th Oct ‘06: OUT NOW – “Board Meeting 2” – new release on Here’s My
Card Records. Breakcore, plunderphonics, noise, dubstep, and gabber… all segued together in a 10 artist,
5 minute compilation on credit card CD-r, including tracks from Shitmat,
nwodtleM, Ebola, Jason Forrest and Listen With Sarah. Copies available from: HMCR
(or try DSWAT.net) 30th Sep ‘06: Sunday 1st Oct ~ Andy
Kershaw Show (BBC Radio 3) featuring LWS, with 4 specially recorded tracks (15m of new material) and a bit
of chat. Starts at 10:15pm (UK). Streamed live and archived for a week: HERE. 14th Sep ‘06: “ANIMAL HOP” nominated for Experimental
Song category in the 2006 Just Plain
Folks Music Awards. 17th Aug ‘06: COMING SOON… 1st October: Listen
With Sarah Session – Andy Kershaw Show, BBC Radio 3. Now scheduled for December 1st: Ergo Phizmiz's 30
minute masterpiece 'Wholepole - The Discotheque of Erotic Misery'
will air on BBC Radio 3 (Mixing It), including downloadable REMIXES
from Satanicpornocultshop, Vernon Lenoir, Drut and Listen With Sarah.
Discover the wondrous world of Phiz at www.ergophizmiz.com. You’ll be glad. 17th Jul ‘06: FOLK OFF! – OUT NOW - available from such places as NORMAN RECORDS… 18th Jun ‘06: FOLK OFF! - a track from my ‘banned’
AYSC album will be included on a forth-coming release on Rob da Bank’s Sunday Best label out on 17th
July. This is a 2-CD compilation of new folk and psychedelia… find
out more HERE …and
if you tune into The Blue Room with Rob, listen out for some of my jingles… |
