FMN009: Cover Versions

Free Music Now! Vol. 9: Cover Versions
Original broadcast: January 14, 2010 (Thu), 2230-0000h (GMT +8)

We're airing on Thursday this week! Why? Blame Cat Power!

In the spirit of Chan Marshall, this generation's foremost re-interpreter of song, FMN! presents a programme of cover versions.

While in some contexts (say, a night at Timbre), the idea of cover versions means a dearth of originality and a conservative clamour for the familiar, the tried and the tested, we've cast our nets far and wide to source for reworkings that are one or more of the following: radical, endearing, unusual, cute, impressive, fucked up...

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Live playlist:
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1. Susanna and the Magical Orchestra - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division cover) 5:08)
2. Smashing Pumpkins w/ Red Red Meat - Sad Peter Pan (Vic Chesnutt cover) (5:03)
3. Imogen Heap - Thriller (Michael Jackson cover) (4:26)
4. Cat Power - I've Been Loving You Too Long (Otis Redding cover) (3:36)
5. Michelle Goh - Walk on the Wild Side (Lou Reed cover) (3:43)
6. Humpback Oak - Lower Girl (FMN! tribute to Ris Low) (3:38)
7. Force Vomit w/ Rizman Putra - Another Brick in the Wall, Part II (Pink Floyd cover) (5:03)
8. Etc - Guide These Hands (Zircon Lounge cover) (6:37)
9. Moods - No Ordinary Love (Sade cover) (5:29)
10. Phorous - There is a Light that Never Goes Out (The Smiths cover) (7:35)
11. Dishwalla- It's Going to Take Some Time (Carpenters cover) (4:16)
12. Coldplay - Fight For Your Right (Beastie Boys cover) (2:29)
13. Nina Gordon - Straight Out of Compton (N.W.A. cover) (1:49)
14. Banjo or Freakout - Archangel (Burial cover) (5:22)
15. Ryuichi Sakamoto - Insensatez (Antônio Carlos Jobim cover, Remodel by Alva Noto) (5:18)

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FMN008: The Freedom Fifteen

Free Music Now! Vol. 8: The Freedom Fifteen
Original broadcast: January 6, 2010 (Wed), 2230-0000h (GMT +8)

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Presented by Mark Wong

Not since 9/11 had we experienced such a jolt to global consciousness as on June 25, 2009: the day MJ died. I'd woken up early that morning, seen the BBC tweet, then promptly posted the news on my Facebook wall. The air seemed to hang a little heavier that day, and I turned in a little late for work because I really had to re-watch that 1983 Motown performance of Billie Jean on YouTube.

For the next days and weeks, emotional tributes poured freely alongside more cynical commentaries. A cottage industry of conspiracy theorists was spawned, with news articles and blogs poring over "evidence" of his murder or "conversion" to Islam, even as Michael's "ghost" was spotted revisiting its old Neverland haunts.

If you're finding this all a little suspicious, don't worry, this week's show won't be about MJ. But as I was preparing for this relook at the year in music in 2009, I couldn't ignore the fact that MJ's death marked the significant passing of an entire cultural era; Michael may well have been the last truly global superstar with a multi-generational audience base to (moon)walk the planet.

MJ's universal appeal was the result of a number of factors, not least being the consolidation of media power amassed in the music industry of the eighties and nineties. This control of the channels of information lay the groundwork for a monolithic superstar to emerge. Simon Reynold's recent observations about the "musically fragmented" age we live in is precisely the result of the dismantling of the traditional music industry, the ascendancy of the internet and the gradually unfolding revolution in music production, distribution and consumption--hey, this is why unpopular.radio and Free Music Now! even exist!

So anyway, FMN008 presents the Freedom Fifteen: 15 songs of 2009 that made us feel a little better to be alive.

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Live playlist:
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Honourable mentions:
* Animal Collective - My Girls (5:42)
* Burial - Fostercare (5:32)
* Dinosaur Jr. - Plans (6:42)
* Eswandy Sarip/Muliana - Darkness in Our Light (10:23)
* Patrick Wolf - Hard Times (3:33)

And the Freedom Fifteen...
15. X'Ho - Substation 1992 (3:46)
14. NAO - Movement (3:48)
13. Arrington de Dionyso - Rasa Sentuh (Sense of Touch) (2:42)
12. Killeur Calculateur - Tigers Gone Ape (2:13)
11. Stellarium - Fader (6:14)
10. Gnaw - Vacant (5:03)
9. I, Noiseferatu - In the City (4:43)
8. Max Lane - Preamble (3:29)
7. aspidistrafly - Endless Dreamless (3:05)
6. Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo (5:38)
5. Tortoise - Prepare Your Coffin (3:37)
4. Mellonyellow - The Longest Yard (2:29)
3. Dirty Projectors - Stillness is the Move (5:14)
2. Sunn O))) - Big Church (9:42)
1. The Observatory - Mind Roots (5:35)

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have yourself... an ephemeral boxing day?

While we take a break over here to take stock of things, here's an interesting gig to look out for. Line-up includes:

* Dennis Tan aka iRa (Germany/Singapore): Based in Bremen's sonic arts scene for the last eight years, Dennis will be experimenting with a "quadrophonie playback system" at his homecoming (listen to iRa on FMN007);

* Goh Lee Kwang (Malaysia): Last seen at the 2008 Choppa Festival, the notoriously prolific "no-input" artist returns to Singapore off the back of his recent Hands release, an album described by The Wire's Dan Warburton as Lee Kwang's "most exciting and varied release since 2002's Nerve Centre".

* Amino Acid Orchestra: Zai Kuning (FMN002), Shark Fung (Engineered Beautiful Blood, I \ D) and Fuzz Lee (IF, Phorous, Life Without Dreams) play their first show together. View their promo video.

Facebook event pages:
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FMN007: Electronic Renaissance

Free Music Now! Vol. 7
Original broadcast: December 17, 2009 (THU), 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. 7 is all about the bits (beats optional). This will also be our last show of the year. We'll be back in Jan to do a round-up of 2009. Thanks everyone for your support and Happy New Ears!

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Live playlist:
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1. Mux/Iskandar - Our Prompter is Spiked (4:21)
2. Izaak Stern - Magical Half Dozen (3:44)
3. Kiat & Cherry - Samurai Waltz (4:12)
4. 3Goddess - OK When You're Not (4:04)
5. Max Lane - Preamble (3:29)
6. Darkstar - Need You (6:10)
7. Ikuma - Jealous (dub) (3:23)
8. Club Ecstasy - Morning Glory (4:45)
9. DIR - Techincolor Rubbish (4:41)
10. iRa - Pubi (6:17)
11. Circadian - Perhaps (5:31)
12. Kulturkampf - Metal and Steel Make the Heart Real (6:05)
13. Floating Points - K&G Beat (6:34)
14. Four Tet - Love Cry (9:00)

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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

FMN006

Free Music Now! Vol. 6
Original broadcast: December 09, 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.

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

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

Live playlist:
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1. Muxu - Let's Walk on the Frozen Sea (4:03)
2. Aspidistrafly - Endless Dreamless (3:05)
3. Hearing Hill - cs (11:46)
4. Damn Dirty Apes - Death of Optimus Prime (6:34)
5. Arthur Doyle Plus Four - November 8th or 9th - I Can't Remember When (4:03)
6. The Observatory - Waste Your Life (live) (9:59)
7. Yasmin Ahmad - How Do You Spell Dinosaur? (0:44)
8. Sharesprings - Unclouded (4:54)
9. Nice Stupid Playground - Beautiful Life (3:56)
10. Xuan - Twilight Rain (2:08)
11. Sonicbrat - Morning People (4:58)
12. Mark Wong/Jumari - Jumari the Masseuse Plays Guitar in an Imaginary Field (7:28)
13. Yeoh Yin Pin - Funeral (26:03)

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FMN005

Free Music Now! Vol. 5
Original broadcast: December 02, 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.

In Vol. 5 this week:

* Eswandy Sarip/Muliana (SGP): Journey through Cityscapes
* The noise and noise of Stellarium (SGP)
* Concave Scream (SGP): Ride the gaze
* MellonYellow (IDN): Jakarta fuzz
* Alan Butler (IRL): The Butler did it

And more!


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Live playlist:
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1. The Death of Cinema - Lies in the Numerals (live) (6:03)
2. Eswandy Sarip/Muliana - Darkness in Our Light (10:23)
3. Sparklehorse & Fennesz - Goodnight Sweetheart (5:24)
4. Burial - Fostercare (5:32)
5. Chris & Chris - Save Sex (5:43)
6. Miau Miau Foom - Stylish Furniture and Cheesesticks (0:13)
7. Animal Collective - Graze (5:22)
8. Electric Penguin - Ontario State Highway (3:50)
9. Self Conscious Acronym(ed) Man - Asian Slave White Master (5:06)
10. Alan Butler - Watashi Wa Lorem Ipsum Motherfucker (5:29)
11. Feng Hao - Pleasure (0:59)
12. 3Goddess - Flight of the Butterfly (5:05)
13. bigred.moment - After Her Call To 'Live' @ Beat Merchants (3:18)
14. MellonYellow - The Longest Yard (2:29)
15. Concave Scream - Decay (live cover of Ride) (3:58)
16. Stellarium - Dead Nebula (live) (10:28)

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