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Archive December 2008
Broadcast date 29th December 2008
End Of Year Special
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Artist
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Title |
From |
Bon Iver |
The Wolves (Act 1 & 2) |
For Emma Forever Ago |
John Fairhurst |
How far How Fast |
Joys Of Spring |
Silver Summit |
Awaken |
S/T |
Six Organs Of Admittance |
Strangled Road |
Shelter From The Ash |
Silver Pines |
Polar Bear / Old Sky |
Forces |
Slow |
Glory |
Seeds |
Jeff Eden |
Night Road |
Night & Day Songs For Solo Guitar |
Jeff Lang |
Ghosting On My Mind |
Half Seas Over |
Grails |
Acid Rain |
Doomsdayer’s Holiday |
Helena Espvall & Masaki Batoh |
Beneath Halo |
S/T |
Mary Hampton |
Island |
My Mother’s Children |
Heidi Elva |
Lovers Or Strangers |
Ships & Trees |
Arborea |
Black Mountain Road |
S/T |
Cian Nugent |
Abyssal Plain |
Childhood, Christian Lies & Slaughter |
Dame Satan |
Oregon Trail |
Beaches & Bridges |
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Broadcast date 22nd December 2008
Featured: Sean Smith - Eternal (Gnome Life)
Sideways Through Sound regular and favourite Sean Smith is a modern composer of finger picked, folk guitar. Since January 2005 and his debut album for Isota Records, Berkeley resident and guitarist, composer, improvisor, Sean Smith has put his time in playing relentlessly in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Sean has recently been drawn out of his hermetic recording life by the power and potential of collaboration. In the company of his friends, one voice becomes many: 6-string steel, Weissenborn and nylon-string guitars, with dulcimer, banjo, violin, organ, drums creating an electric wall of sound. His guitar breathes deeply in this new depth of field and altered sonic state, giving bright light and love to his powerfully emotive instrumental songs.
'Eternal' is a pure analog recording, recorded and mixed to 2 inch reel-to-reel tape, and mastered directly from tape to vinyl. The new album comprises the efforts of Smith with Spencer Owen, Adam Snider, Fletcher Tucker, and Angela Hsu and is available on vinyl (limited to 300, with letter pressed sleeves) through Gnome Life and also on CD by Ultra Hard Gel.
Returning from a recent tour of Iceland, Sweden, and Spain, Smith is back stateside planning his next onslaught of wordless gospel. Sideways Through Sound will be faeturing 'Eternal' on next weeks show 22nd December 2008.
www.myspace.com/seansmithlives
and for "hand-made and nice-sounding objects" go to:
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Artist
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Title |
From |
Kelli Ali |
Rocking Horse |
Rocking Horse |
Sean Smith |
The Real |
Eternal |
Young Werther |
Cornish Green |
Treasure |
Belles Will Ring |
I’m Walkin’ Here |
Broader Than Broadway |
Andrew Douglas Rothbard |
Golden Calf |
Abandoned Meander |
Brendan Canning |
Something For All Of Us |
Something For All Of Us |
Sean Smith |
Topinanbour |
Eternal |
Skygreen Leopards |
A Breeze Of Pine Blows Through Me |
One Thousand Bird Ceremony |
Tunnels |
Six |
Astral Collage |
Dead Leaf Echo |
Pale Fire (Ulrich Schnauss Remix) |
Pale Fire |
Skullsquadron |
Now You’ve Come Home |
EP |
Grails |
Stray Dog |
Black Tar Prophecies Vol 1 |
Sean Smith |
Prompter Of Conscience |
Eternal |
Sunsplit |
Love Buzz |
v/a Psychedelica Three |
Haakon Ellingsen |
They Play With The Wind |
The Plum Album |
Bright Black Morning Light |
Hologram Buffalo |
Motion To Rejoin |
Sonic News 22nd December 2008
End Of Year Special
Thanks to the involvement of you lovely folks out there in radio-land, next weeks show will be totally dedicated to the musical essence that is Sideways Through Sound.
Your votes were scattered far and wide, unfortunately there's only time for the top 15 or so to get played, but the support and enthusiasm for the content of the show has, once again, been over-whelming!!
Thee Sonic Assassin would like to extend the deepest gratitude to everyone who supports the show, gets involved, says nice things, sends presents and generally returns the love that Sideways Through Sound hopes to spread each week!!
Next weeks show, 29th December is especially for you!!
With Love, Light and Solstice Greetings...
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Broadcast date 15th December 2008
Featured: Fovea Hex - Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent (Diestadtmusik / Janet)
Fovea Hex is folk legend Clodagh Simonds (Mellow Candle) with Colin Potter, Hugh O'Neil, Percy Jones,, Roger Doyle, Roger and Brian Eno, Andrew McKenzie, Robert Fripp and a whole bunch of other folks...you get the idea...
This collection of such astonishing talent has, perhaps unsurprisingly, created the most extraordinarily haunting and majestic music. Originally released over 3 limited edition EP's 'Bloom', 'Huge' and 'Allure' they have now been collated as a beautiful box set called 'Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent'.
In a world full to over-flowing with folk pretenders, Clodagh Simonds has the kind of clear pure voice that makes you hold your breath in wonder. With such beauty at her command she could quite easily play it safe; luckily, she's got other plans.
The starlit nocturnes of Fovea Hex bind electronics, drones and voices into song-spells that are untimely in the best possible sense: their intimacy and raw emotional power feel centuries old but the experimental sound design can be shockingly modern.
Sideways Through Sound will be featuring the 'Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent' on next week's show, 15th December 2008.
Station ID's
Do Not Panic
Thee Sonic Assassin has recently been building up a library of station ID's from some of the folks who have been played on the show. Upon hearing that there was going to be a Hawkwind-related special show, Roman from Sone Institute sent through a bunch of mind-bending stings to be played on the night.
Using Hawkwind samples and lots of studio trickery, Roman created a number of darkly psychedelic soundscapes especially for Sideways Through Sound. The stings will continue to be played (with or without Hawkwind in the playlist) but Thee Sonic Assassin would like to extend the warmest gratitude to Roman for supporting the show.
Sone Institute - Silver Leaves & Wooly Dreams
Sone Institute is the work of Roman Bezdyk. The music is created using electronics, sampling, classroom percussion, circuit bent and stringed instruments. Inspired by the mysterious and beautiful qualities of nature, chance encounters and found sounds. Music for pleasure records, magnetic tape recordings, surrealism, cinema, theatre and spoken word. Evoking feelings of distant dreams and memories, folklore, fantasy, escape and unconscious landscapes is the intention of the music.
A limited edition of 60 hand made copies,'Silver Leaves and Woolly Dreams' is available for only 99p (in the spirit of Cherry Red Records / Pillows and Prayers) contact Roman at:
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Artist
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Title |
From |
That River |
Bloom EP |
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To Those Who Wait |
Demo |
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Something Good |
Carapace |
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Who Cares? |
Then Came The Sun EP |
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Snipers |
Seamstress In A Suitcase |
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Be Kind |
Gag Reel (preview) |
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Huge (The Joy Of Trouble) |
Huge EP |
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The Wooden Coat |
The Fabric Of Folk |
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The Poet & The Witch |
Swaddling Songs |
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Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood |
Liege & Lief |
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Born Into You |
Mercy Oceans |
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Postcard |
Demo |
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Long Distance |
Allure EP |
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Forlovr (remix) |
Demo |
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Only Natural |
v/a Little Things (Flau) |
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Broadcast date 8th December 2008
Featured: Trensmat / Sonic Attack 3 x 7"s
Spotlight on Trensmat Records / The Sonic Attack Trilogy
(or "Welcome to your new favourite label, Part 5 ")
Trensmat Records are determined to challenge you. In a world increasingly content with pre-packaged, safely sanitised product, Trensmat will warmly sooth, irritate, confound and caress all your senses at once.
With a back catalogue of beautifully presented 7" records from a variety of experimental noise makers, shoe-gazers, space rockers and general neighbour botherers, like The Telescopes, Heavy Winged, Area C and the Astral Social Club, this is another label perfectly aligned with Sideways Through Sound...
...and regular listeners to the show will already be familiar with Thee Sonic Assassin's obsession with the original psychedelic warlords, the mighty Hawkwind.
Like all the best obsessions this one is fully wide-eyed, completely lacking reason and liable to keep you awake at night. So next week think only of yourself and be prepared for the inevitable climax, where these hot, acid fried interpretations are given time, space and love to do their thing...
From the realms beyond the sun, Sideways Through Sound has no choice but to make The Sonic Attack Trilogy our feature on 8th December 2008.
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Artist
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Title |
From |
The Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear In Smoke) |
Hall Of The Mountain Grill |
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Saahto |
Trensmat Records 7” |
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Born To Go |
Sonic Attack (Motorheads) 7” |
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Rats |
So Far Gone EP |
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Losin’ Time |
S/T |
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Master Of The Universe |
Sonic Attack (Lords Of Light) 7” |
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Take Refuge |
Take Refuge In Clean Living |
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From Stonehenge To Saturn |
S/T |
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10 Seconds Of Forever |
The Space Ritual |
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No Pepsi In Kabul |
A Question For The Somnambulist |
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Electronic No.1 |
The Space Ritual |
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I Sleep (Alpha Waves) |
Trensmat Records 7” |
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Dusty Roads |
Demo |
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Anodyne |
S/T |
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Lord Of Light |
Sonic Attack (Lords Of Light) 7” |
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Sonic Attack / Time We Left This World Today |
The Space Ritual |
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Broadcast date 1st December 2008
Featured: The Driftwood Manor 
The Driftwood Manor were formed in Ballymahon/ Athlone/Goldsmith Country Ireland, in March 2007. Originally conceived as a collaboration between Eddie Keenan and Dave Colohan, the band quickly developed into a multi-instrumental outfit.
Drawing on the talents of a collective of local musicians and influences, The Driftwood Manor soon developed their magical blend of Irish traditional music, psyche folk and alternative rock.
Thee Sonic Assassin first entered the world of The Driftwood Manor early in 2008, when Eddie very kindly sent a couple of EP's to Sideways Through Sound. Hastlily packaged on tour, they arrived carefully wrapped in string with hand-written covers (easily the next best thing to a 7" record!) and the connection was immediate.
With a mesmerising concoction of folk flavoured story-telling, some mean use of traditional instruments and the occasional hit of heavy psyche-out distortion, The Driftwood Manor felt almost tailor-made for Sideways Through Sound.
And when the first official Driftwood Manor release 'A Gathering' arrived last week (that's not the cover up there either , the jpeg is in San Francisco!!) , there was no question that it would be the featured album on next week's show, 1st December 2008.
To The Driftwood Manor, welcome home!!
www.myspace.com/thedriftwoodmanor
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Artist
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Title |
From |
Weary |
Aniseed Tea |
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Wasted Love |
Earth Rising |
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I Will Wait For You |
A Gathering |
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In The Pines |
No Time To Die |
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You Will Take It & Like It |
Carrion EP |
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Birds |
Me & Armini |
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Pyre |
A Gathering |
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World Winding Down |
World Winding Down |
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Frost |
A Means OF Escape Through A Hedge |
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Whisperers, Wavers, Hunters & Sailors |
7” |
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Lady Of The Woodland |
Paper Owls |
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Aludans Vid Kolarkojan |
Demo |
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From Here The Town Looks Like Nearby Stars |
A Gathering |
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Just A Crow |
Whatever Will Become Of Us |
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Pendulum |
The Divers Private Revelations Of |
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Trial By Fire |
A Gathering |
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If He Did Go |
Berries From The Rubble |
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