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kelly's Collection

Tortoise   08/26/2009

Maida Vale studio, London, England
Media cdr   1 disc
J-Card Comment tortoise colin newman late junction recorded session
Info hash 4e64bd6ee11e44c7535860373f663a9ce65b38e5
Description Wire's Colin Newman and Tortoise collaborate in a session for BBC Radio 3's Late Junction
broadcasted on 15th october 2009
recorded at Maida Vale studio on 26th August 2009

1 untitled 1 3'24"
2 untitled 2 5'47"
3 untitled 3 4'24"
4 untitled 4 6'35"
5 untitled 5 4'32"
6 interview 2'45"


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When Tortoise and Colin Newman, two heavy-weights of underground music, went into the studio no one quite knew what to expect, but when the day was over both parties felt that the session had been amazingly productive and agreed that the resulting recording was something to be proud of.

Here's what Dan Bitney from Tortoise and Colin Newman had to say...

DAN: "This experiment could have gone wrong in so many ways, trying to basically improvise with someone you've never played with before...sometimes it just doesn't happen even with people you're used to playing with! I'm really happy with what we came up with. Colin was great to work with and I find it refreshing to make recordings that aren't 'fixed' with hours of editing, more of a 'that's what happened' recording experience."

COLIN: "What I can say is this. I don't think here was any way in which anyone could have predicted if this would work or not, the approach was to expect zero that way disappointment would be best avoided! However, in truth it came out way better than anyone had a right to expect. The pieces are not developed, mainly taken after a single or no run through and mixed on the fly but there is enough in their basic energy to make one wonder if this is a project which may well have a life beyond the confines of a single visit to the BBC studios in Maida Vale.... A couple of the tunes have refused to vacate my 'internal walkman'.."
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