FMN043

Free Music Now! Vol. 43:

Fukushima! (Singapore)

On August 15, 2011, a series of gigs was held all over the world at the respective local times of 8.15pm, in support of the prefacture of Fukushima, which is facing an unprecedented nuclear disaster. (Link: Project Fukushima!)

In Singapore, Yuen Chee Wai and Leslie Low organised six pairs of musicians to perform at the Goodman Arts Centre.

They were:

Dharma + Shaun Sankaran

Tim O'Dwyer + Ian Woo

aspidistrafly

Leslie Low + Yuen Chee Wai

Aya Sekine + Angie Seah

Hanging Up the Moon

With permission from the organisers, Free Music Now! is proud to broadcast all the performances of Fukushima! (Singapore). Audio was recorded by Victor Low and Mark Wong.

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FMN037

Free Music Now! Vol. 37:

R.I.P. Marion Brown (1931-2010), Solo Guitar Reckoning, Droner Bliss and Hynagogic Pop

December 8, 2010 (Wed)

10.30pm-12mn (+8 GMT)

How to tune in "live"?

iTunes, Winamp or VLC media player:

Downloading either of the following:

http://unpopularradio.b2netsolutions.com:8015/listen.pls

http://unpopularradio.unionpost.org:8000/listen.pls

Then open the listen.pls file during the broadcast time.

Windows Media Player:

Hit Ctrl-U and paste this URL:

http://unpopularradio.b2netsolutions.com:8015/

Playlist

1. Emeralds - Does it Look Like I'm Here? (7:29)

2. Bryan Lewis Saunders - N1 (3:22) (download some music here)

3. Unknown Artist - He-Man (2:39)

4. Leslie Low - The Magnanimous Cuckold 4 (1:12) (more info on TMC here)

5. Forest Swords - Miarches (6:23)

6. Geneva Jacuzzi - Sand Trap (3:09)

7. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Bright Lit Blue Skies (2:25)

8. Locrian - At Night's End (7:18)

9. Kim Doo Soo - When Blue Butterflies Fly Over Yellow Flowers (4:56)

10. Bill Orcutt - Sad News from Korea (2:50)

11. Neil Young - Hitchhiker (5:32)

12. The Marion Brown Quartet - Capricorn Moon (22:28)

13. Leslie Low - The Magnanimous Cuckold 2 (0:57) (more info on TMC here)

14. Jordan Johari - Day 19- Rush over spreading flow (5:10)

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FMN036

Free Music Now! Vol. 36:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=174720412557464

Psych Pop, Hynagogic Hallucinations and Other Warped Adventures

December 1, 2010 (Wed)

10.30pm-12mn (+8 GMT)

How to tune in "live"?

iTunes, Winamp or VLC media player:

Downloading either of the following:

http://unpopularradio.b2netsolutions.com:8015/listen.pls

http://unpopularradio.unionpost.org:8000/listen.pls

Then open the listen.pls file during the broadcast time.

Windows Media Player:

Hit Ctrl-U and paste this URL:

http://unpopularradio.b2netsolutions.com:8015/

Playlist

1. Hong Kong in the 60s - At Harrington's (1:53) (download here)

2. Moon Wiring Club and Belbury Poly - Portals and Parallels (3:56)

3. Ryoji Ikeda - Data.Microhelix (3:12)

4. Darren Moore - Baphomet (0:25) (listen more here)

5. Supersilent - 10.12 (4:00)

6. Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal (4:44)

7. Shuki Levy - M.A.S.K. (2:55)

8. James Ferraro - Heaven's Open Late Tonight (3:57)

9. Avey Tare - Laughing Hieroglyphic (6:49)

10. Women - Heat Distraction (4:05)

11. Sun City Girls - Ben's Radio (3:00)

12. Keith Fullerton Whitman - Variations for Oud & Synthesizer 2 (4:31)

13. Throbbing Gristle - Six Six Sixties (2:07) (R.I.P. SLEEZY)

14. Fabulous Diamonds - Untitled 1 (12:12)

15. Sun Araw - Deep Temple (11:30)

16. Leslie Low - Deep Door Down (Triangular version) (5:18)

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Lasse Marhaug / John Hegre / Yuen Chee Wai / Leslie Low

The Norwegians are here, and they want us in church! But not just any church -- the Norwegian's Seaman Mission at 300 Pasir Panjang Road! Lasse Marhaug and John Hegre of Jazkamer will be playing there this Saturday, Nov 27 at 8.30 pm, in a fourtet with Yuen Chee Wai and Leslie Low.

If you're free the afternoon before, check them out also at LASALLE College of the Arts' Creative Cube, 4 pm where they'll be joined by fire saxophonist Tim O'Dwyer.

Admission to both events is free.

FMN034

Free Music Now! Vol. 34:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=155320221158604

September 22, 2010 (Wed)

10.30pm-12mn (+8 GMT)

How to tune in "live"?

iTunes, Winamp or VLC media player:

Downloading either of the following:

http://75.125.224.98:8015/listen.pls

http://unpopularradio.unionpost.org:8000/listen.pls

Then open the listen.pls file during the broadcast time.

Windows Media Player:

Hit Ctrl-U and paste this URL:

http://unpopularradio.b2netsolutions.com:8000/

Play List:

1. Leslie Low - Ghostfather (live) (6:32)

2. Locrian - Ghost Repeater (10:34)

3. spell#7 - National Library (extract) (2:27)

4. aspidistrafly - Suburbia (4:58)

5. Salem - Tair (2:10)

6. Goblin - Witch (3:14)

7. Amberhaze - When You Sleep (2:31)

8. Sun Kil Moon - Carry Me Ohio (6:21)

9. The Focus Group - Hey Let Loose Your Love (2:19)

10. Circadian - Wintering (7:12)

11. Geneva Jacuzzi - Love Caboose (4:18)

12. Patrice Sciortino - Tumulte (1:59)

13. aiwei - together we watch the ships stay still and the sea goes by (4:13)

14. Belbury Poly - Wetland (2:01)

15. Michael Andrews - I'm Not Following You (3:10)

16. Koes Plus - Tjintamu Telah Berlalu (Your Love Has Passed) (2:10)

17. Lunarin - For Apollo (1:18)

18. Wing - Yesterday Once More (Carpenters cover) (4:11)

FMN030

Free Music Now! Vol. 30:

July 7, 2010 (Wed)

10.30pm-12mn (+8 GMT)

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=140829572596854

How to tune in "live"?

iTunes, Winamp or VLC media player:

Downloading either of the following:

http://unpopularradio.b2netsolutions.com:8000/listen.pls

http://unpopularradio.unionpost.org:8000/listen.pls

Then open the listen.pls file during the broadcast time.

Windows Media Player:

Hit Ctrl-U and paste this URL:

http://unpopularradio.b2netsolutions.com:8000/

Playlist

1. Lunarin - Absolution (Director's Remix) (7:02)

2. Ghaust - Sleep and Release (6:53)

3. Azmyl Yunor - In the Morning (4:10)

4. Julian Lynch - Just Enough (3:36)

5. Ersen - Yedin Beni (4:50)

6. M. Ashraf feat Ahmed Rushdi - Dama Dam Mast Qalandar (The Sound Of Wonder) (5:11)

7. Ibrahim Tatlises - Aramam (4:46)

8. Gonjasufi - Sheep (4:03)

9. Leslie Low - Sudden Twist of Shape (2:20)

10. Stoned Revivals - Teenage Queen (5:35)

11. Broadcast and the Focus Group - Ritual/Looking In (4:21)

12. Broken Social Scene - All to All (4:50)

13. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round (5:08)

14. Inch Chua - As Long As You Love Me (Backstreet Boys cover) (2:48)

15. Butthole Surfers - Pepper (4:57)

16. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit (4:34)

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FMN022: Eyjafjallajökull

Free Music Now! Vol. 22: Eyjafjallajökull

April 28, 2010 (Ash Wednesday)

10.30pm-12mn (+8 GMT)

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=109009155808160

"Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak."

William Congreve

If "Eyjafjallajökull" were a genre of music, what would it sound like?

And if we broadcast it all over the interwebs, would it appease the volcano gods?

Tune in "live" by downloading either of the following:

http://unpopularradio.b2netsolutions.com:8000/listen.pls

http://unpopularradio.unionpost.org:8000/listen.pls

Then open the listen.pls file in your iTunes, Winamp or

VLC media player during the broadcast time.

Live playlist:

(Reload this page during the "live" broadcast to see the playlist being generated!)

1. Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song (2:24)

2. Leslie Low - Volcano 3 (6:13)

3. múm - They Made Frogs Smoke 'Til They Exploded (4:02)

4. Volcano Choir - Seeplymouth (6:43)

5. Fighting Shit - Girls Kick Ass (0:31)

6. Magma - Mekanik Kommandoh (4:06)

7. The Sugarcubes - Birthday (4:00)

8. Astreal - This is Dormant (3:16)

9. B-Quartet - Idioteque (Radiohead cover) (4:12)

10. Eric Cordier - L'Air et l'eau (9:37)

11. Volcano the Bear - Clayslaps (6:00)

12. Documentary in Amber - For These are Truly the Last Days (7:57)

13. Sigur Rós - Popplagið (Heima finale) (10:08)

14. Sunn O))) - Wind & Fog (21:29)

15. Mayhem - Buried by Time and Dust (3:33)

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FMN017: Pastoral Pleasures

Free Music Now! Vol. 17: Pastoral Pleasure

March 24, 2010 (Wed)

10.30pm-12mn (+8 GMT)

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=107403132611635

Tune in "live" by downloading either of the following:

http://unpopularradio.b2netsolutions.com:8000/listen.pls

http://unpopularradio.unionpost.org:8000/listen.pls

Then open the listen.pls file in your iTunes, Winamp or

VLC media player during the broadcast time.

Live playlist:

(Reload this page during the "live" broadcast to see the playlist being generated!)

1. aspidistrafly - Moonlight Shadow (7:39)

2. The Whites - Keep on the Sunny Side (3:34)

3. Zai Kuning & Koichi Shimizu - Seed the Time (6:25)

4. Almeda Riddle - My Little Rooster (1:53)

5. Animal Collective feat. Vashti Bunyan - Prospect Hummer (4:40)

6. Leslie Low - The Years of a Silent Sea (6:08)

7. Vashti Bunyan - Come Wind Come Rain (2:07)

8. Nick Drake - One of These Things First (4:51)

9. Sublime Frequencies - Unknown Artist - Elephant Mahout Leaf Improvisation, Cambodia (3:48)

10. Ukuleles of Halifax - Country Roads (John Denver cover) (2:33)

11. Azmyl Yunor - Let it Come (3:13)

12. Daniel Johnston - Walking the Cow (3:34)

13. Sublime Frequencies - Unknown Artist - Song in Lao Chai Village (3:34)

14. The Cosmic Mambo Jamboree - Shazjam3 (6:30)

15. Songs of Green Pheasant - I am Daylights (3:05)

16. Grouper - Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping (2:53)

17. Big Star - Thirteen (2:34)

Notes:

* The soundtrack in which Zai Kuning appears with George Chua is for the short film collection, Stories About Love, produced by Zhao Wei/Cyberflics. One of the directors, Nizam, was the singer/drummer of legendary underground band, the NoNames.

* Find out more about the Ukuleles of Halifax and download their John Denver cover here!

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FMN014: Distant Lights

Free Music Now! Vol. 14: Distant Lights
Original broadcast: March 3, 2010 (Wed), 2230-0000h (GMT +8)

To tune in "live" to the show, please download either of the following:

http://unpopularradio.b2netsolutions.com:8000/listen.pls

http://unpopularradio.unionpost.org:8000/listen.pls

Then open the listen.pls file in your iTunes, Winamp or VLC media player during the broadcast time.

Live playlist:
(Reload this page during the "live" broadcast to see the playlist being generated!)

1. Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Sleep: Murray Ostril (They Don't Sleep Anymore on the Beach); Monheim (23:15)
2. Joanna Newsom - Good Intentions Paving Company (7:01)
3. Best Coast - Something in the Way (2:10)
4. Leslie Low - The Ground 6 (5:01)
5. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Don't Talk to Strangers (3:04)
6. Geneva Jacuzzi - Do I Sad (2:39)
7. Nicole Kidman - Thirst for God (2:29)
8. Terry Riley - Persian Surgery Dervishes 1 (20:49)
9. Oneohtrix Point Never - Betrayed in the Octagon (3:33)
10. Michael Andrews - Mirror (3:39)
11. Kelpe - The Blankout Agreement (4:35)
12. General Decay - Das Kapital (3:36)
13. Livonia - Celestial Plaything (4:03)

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suck on this

Sorry folks, this week's FMN! will be on THURSDAY...

Why?

Blame Leslie et al...



For more info: http://www.lioncitydiy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2020

FMN001: Observing the Observatory

Picture acknowledgement: The Pond

Free Music Now! Vol. 1: Observing the Observatory
Original broadcast: September 23, 2009 (Wed), 2230-0000h (GMT +8)

Presented by Mark Wong

Broadcast "live" from a cluttered bedroom on Balestier Road, Singapore, FMN! is an internet radio programme hosted on unpopular.radio. We pay special focus to music developments in Singapore and Southeast Asia.

"Free music" refers as much to the ideas of information flow and cultural dissemination as it does to musical forms which refuse to be shackled to genre orthodoxy. Inevitably, "Free Music NOW!" becomes clarion call for open ears and unfettered minds.

Vol. 1 features the music of The Observatory, a much lauded band from Singapore which has forged new musical pathways with every one of their releases - not to mention band members' solo works and side projects. Besides showcasing the diverse musical footholds they tread, references will also be made to their diverse influences from prog-rock, pastoral folk, electro-acoustic improvisation, experimental electronica and jazz. FMN! pays tribute to a band that has been absolutely instrumental in widening sonic palettes in Singapore.

To tune in "live" to the show, please download any one of the following:
Link 1 | Link 2| Link 3
Then open the listen.pls file in your iTunes, Winamp or VLC media player during the broadcast time.

Live playlist:
(Reload this page during the "live" broadcast to see the playlist being generated!)

1. The Observatory - Ephemeron
2. Red House Painters - Grace Cathedral Park
3. Leslie Low - All Things New
4. Vashti Bunyan - Diamond Day
5. The Observatory - Blood Rising
6. Carla Bozulich - Prince of the World
7. Can - Future Days
8. Throb - Paraphunkernalia
9. Tortoise - Ten-day Interval (live)
10. The Observatory - Omicron
11. The Observatory - Deadheat
12. This Heat - Horizontal Hold
13. Shining - In The Kingdom Of Kitsch You Will Be A Monster
14. Burning Witch - Sacred Predictions
15. The Observatory - Decarn
16. The Observatory - The Last Grand Fallible Plan
17. Leslie Low - Prodigal Son (live)

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