These are the tracks we played:
For those of you on Spotify most of them are in this playlist: All Ears 001 Playlist
Ambient Outdoors – Tom Beesley
As a statement of intent the opening set mixes field recordings of bird song, winter landscapes and some violent weather with acoustic instruments and electronica to create a quietly atmospheric soundscape.
19:59 Spring Fever – Biosphere
20:02 Starling Song – Chris Watson
20:03 Studies for Thunder – Robert Henke
20:08 Meroo Forest – Seaworthy + Matt Rosner
20:11 Corncake – Chris Watson
20:11 Meroo Stream – Seaworthy + Matt Rosner
20:14 Sift – Matt Rosner
20:19 Male Capercallie Display – Chris Watson
20:21 February 21, 2013 – Seaworthy & Taylor Deupree
20:23 Massed Knot Roost – Chris Watson
20:25 Studies for Thunder – Robert Henke
Hansa Studios – Simon East
The Hansa Tonstudio is a recording studio located in Berlin. It is perhaps best known as the studio where Bowie recorded Low and Heroes in 77 during his Berlin phase, but in the 80s was used to record many influential records, many by British bands. Here is a selection of some tracks recorded there.
20:31 Always Crashing In The Same Car – David Bowie
20:34 Cloudburst Flight – Tangerine Dream
20:40 Sie – Einstürzende Neubauten
20:46 Say Goodbye to the Little Girl Tree – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
20:51 Point Of Collapse – Wire
20:53 Everything Counts – Depeche Mode
20:55 Eighties – Killing Joke
20:57 Velouria – The Pixies
Contemporary Piano – Tom Beesley
Gathering together a collection of more recently recorded tracks where the piano features strongly and that might perhaps best be described as Modern Classical (with a bit of Jazz).
21:00 Written On The Sky – Max Richter
21:02 Hands – Bugge Wesseltoft
21:07 Fragment – Max Richter
21:08 Re – Nils Frahm
21:12 Hammers – Nils Frahm
21:16 Aurora – Alva Noto & Sakamoto
21:24 One Percent – GoGo Penguin
Lounge Journey – Simon East
Lounge music is hard to characterise and has come to encompass many different subgenres. This is a journey through the Easy Listening sounds of the 50s, to the Exotica, Space-age and Bossa Nova music of the 60s and 70s.
21:30 Theme from The Thief Who Came to Dinner – Henry Mancini
21:32 Who’s Sorry Now? – Esquivel
21:35 I Wish You Love – Arthur Lyman
21:38 Star Fire – Bob Thompson
21:40 Desiree – Robert Drasnin
21:43 Quiet Village – The Surfmen
21:46 Tidal Stream – Piero Umiliani
21:48 Constant Rain – Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66
21:51 Tide – Antonio Carlos Jobim
21:55 Los Jibaros – Cal Tjader & Eddie Palmieri
Rock Steady – Tom Beesley
Rock Steady emerged from the vibrant Jamaican music scene in 1966 with Alton Ellis’ ‘Rock Steady’ (opening tonight’s set). Influenced by R&B, latin and African sounds Rock Steady slowed down Ska’s frenetic beat introducing the ‘one-drop’ off-beat drum pattern.
21:58 Rock Steady – Hopeton Lewis
22:00 Stop That Train – Keith & Tex
22:04 Real Cool – Tommy McCook and the Supersonics
22:07 That Girl – Lloyd & Glen
22:09 No Sympathy – Bob Marley & The Wailers
22:12 No Sympathy (Dub) – The Upsetters
22:14 Tonight – Keith & Tex
22:17 Sidewalk Killer – I-Roy
22:20 Jah Jah Me No Born Yah – Cornell Campbell
22:23 Four Hundred Years – Bob Marley & The Wailers
22:25 Step Softly – Bobby Ellis
Carsten Nicolai – Simon East
Carsten Nicolai is a German musician who releases recordings mostly under the name Alva Noto. He is known as one of the pioneers of glitch electronic music. As well as his own recordings he often collaborates with other musicians including: Ryoji Ikeda, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Bryce Dessner.
22:29 C7 – Cyclo
22:33 Hawk Punished – Alva Noto & Bryce Dessner
22:35 Lines – Signal
22:36 Mm – Alva Noto
22:41 Module 4 – Alva Noto
22:44 Mikro Makro – Ø + Noto
22:47 Uoon I – Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto