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Spinning On Air Archive
July 2006
Mi & L'au
Sunday, July 30, 2006
They met at a party in Paris, but before long they left the city to live in a cabin in the Finnish wilderness. There they wrote songs, finding a quiet, intense musical style that suits long winter nights huddled at the hearth. Mi (Mira Anita Mathilda Romantschuk) is from Finland, L'au (Laurent Leclere) is French, and one of their common languages is music that takes the listener out of the modern hubub, to a more thoughtful, timeless place.
Host David Garland welcomes Mi & L'au to WNYC for an in-studio session. They'll sing and play their songs, and talk about guitars reverberating over lakes, cabin fever, and the Halloween night they met.
» Mi & L'au at Young God Records
Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice
Sunday, July 23, 2006
There are a lot of different stories out there floating around about
the mysterious band Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice. Are they
really carnival refugees, former denizens of a toxic dump, or child
prodigies, as their website (woodenwand.net) suggests? One thing for
sure is that they are a band with powerful songs and a knack for
improvising musical incantations. Host David Garland invites WWVV into
the WNYC studio to dim the lights and play for a full hour, mixing
blues, folk, psychedelia, home-made electronics, chants and chance.
» Wooden Wand
photo credit: David Garland
Nomi
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Nomi is a young New York City musician who is finding her way from
songwriting based in hip-hop style, to a new style that's more personal and harder to categorize. Trading heavy beats and samples for an ensemble of acoustic guitar, cello and theremin, Nomi has created a
subtly textured context for her passionate vocals. Nomi's music is
championed--and perhaps now inspired by--Antony, of Antony and the
Johnsons. Host David Garland welcomes Nomi and her unusual group to
WNYC for a conversation and an in-studio session of Nomi's new music.
nomionline.com
voodooeros.com
Metallic Falcons
Sunday, July 09, 2006
The women of Metallic Falcons often wear long cotton beards and masks when they perform. The music itself is sometimes masked in beards of distortion. But masks can both conceal and declare identities, and the music of Metallic Falcons is both mysterious and emotionally immediate. Artist/musician Matteah Baim, and Sierra Casady (of CocoRosie) are the core of Metallic Falcons, and with drummer Lacy Lancaster they join host David Garland to perform an in-studio set of their dream-like songs.
http://www.voodoo-eros.com/
http://www.myspace.com/metallicfalcons
Jose Gonzalez
Sunday, July 02, 2006
Swedish musician Jose Gonzalez (yes, that's correct!) builds songs out
of rhythmic patterns he plays on his classical guitar, making what may
be the world's quietest dance music, with enigmatic, gentle vocals.
Jose joins host David Garland to perform and talk about his songs in
the WNYC studio. Also featured are recordings by young British
guitarist James Blackshaw, whose finger-picked 12-string instrumentals are both meditative and energizing.
» Slideshow: Jose Gonzalez on Spinning on Air
David Garland on the Web
All About WNYC's Music Host
David Garland, host of WNYC's Evening Music and Spinning on Air, is also a composer and a performer. He has performed his music extensively in the U.S. and Europe and several of his recordings and downloads are available on his Web site, DavidGarland.com.
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