Film Music, Bees and the Sea Organ


2016-01-31: Inspired by some graceful Vivaldi on a Bond soundtrack, Jarvis asks listeners for a piece of music that we discovered thanks to a film. He shows us a strange track composed by film director and meditator David Lynch. He also reads out the traits of Aquarius, and shares a hippy record he picked up in Hamburg. On This Day, Scotch Tape was first marketed. As the weather outside is so dreich, we imagine ourselves on a warm, sunny afternoon, surrounded by the buzzing of bees. (Find out more here about BE/One a 'transcendental drone symphony' created by 40,000 bees and 12 musicians.) We're also lulled by the sound of Croatia's Sea Organ, an architectural instrument which plays music using the waves of the sea. Birthdays: Philip Glass, Phil Manzanera, John Lydon, Alan Lomax, Tallulah Bankhead, Lloyd Cole, Norman Mailer and Derek Jarman. 

American Composers Orchestra - Philip Glass: Sense of Doubt (Symphony No 4, 'Heroes') 
Andreas Scholl and Australian Brandenburg Orchestra - Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus (Psalm 126 - R.608 - 4. 'Cum dederit', Andante) 
David Lynch - Strange and Unproductive Thinking 
Astrid Williamson - Requiem 
Phil Manzanera - RFD 
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Tierkreis: Aquarius (Wassermann) 

Public Image Ltd - Public Image 
BE/One - Intro 
Tindersticks - Help Youself 
Jimpson - No More, My Lord 
Caroline Loeb - Tallulah, Darling 
Harmonia - Watussi 
Cavern of Anti-Matter - Black Glass Actions 
Kali Bahlu - A Cosmic Telephone Call from the Angel Liesle and the Buddha 
Yorkston/Thorne/Khan - Little Black Buzzer 
Sea Organ (architect: Nikola Bašić) 

Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken? 
Lloyd Cole - Slight Piece [under Norman Mailer lecture
Amilcar - Wargasm in Pornotopia 
Le Volume Courbe - Born to Lie 
Fat White Family - Hits Hits Hits 
Harry Nilsson - Perfect Day 
Thomas Newman - Any Other Name