I am honoured to be opening for Doves, along with Kath McDermott, at their first gig in ten years at Warrington Parr Hall.
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Building on the success of Manchester Digital Music Archive’s Suffragette City party last year, The Refuge will play host to a second women-focused two-floor event on Saturday 9 March 2019 to raise money for Women’s Aid and related groups.
Curated by Abigail Ward (Manchester Digital Music Archive), Rina Ladybeige (Social Service), Kath McDermott (BBC Radio 6 Music) and Chris Massey (Electriks), the party will boast a line-up of upcoming and established female artists playing multi-genre party starters in the Public Bar and the Basement.
PUBLIC BAR: 2PM TO 1AM
Free – no ticket required!
2-3pm: Paulette
3-4pm: Alex Zaklewska
4-5pm: SNO (Nongi Oliphant)
5-7pm: Abigail Ward
7-8pm: Denise Johnson (ACR)
8-9pm: Kirby
9-10pm BB (Supernature)
10-11pm: Emma Joyce (Disco Mums)
11-1am: Reeshy
REFUGE BASEMENT: 10PM TO 4AM
Hosted by The Social Service, £5 donation on the door for Women’s Aid
10-11pm: Kath McDermott
11pm-12am: Julie Wills
12-1am: Ladybeige
1-3am: Danielle Moore (Crazy P)
3-4am: Kim Lana
Abigail Ward said, ‘we want to build on the phenomenal success of last year’s Suffragette City party by putting together a fresh line-up of incredible female DJ talent whilst raising awareness of the barriers women can face in the music industry. We are fundraising for Women’s Aid, because we are keenly aware of the dwindling number of women’s refuges in the UK.’
For me, two of the most important components in music are mystery and melancholy. This is my latest Big Strings Attached show for NTS Live and it has oodles of both.
Shigeru Umebayashi – 2046
Bernard Herrmann – Theme from Taxi Driver
Brigitte Bardot – Contact
Shawn Lee and Bei Bei – East
Marissa Nadler – Drive
Henry Mancini – An Experiment in Terror
Max Richter – Genesis of Poetry
Kokoroko – Abusey Junction
Bettye Swann – Tell Me Goodbye
Baxter Dury – Prince of Tears
Beak> – The Brazilian
Anna Domino – With Day Comes Dawn
Biting Tongues – Meat Mask Separatist
Kadjha Bonet – Remember the Rain
Sebastien Tellier – Fantino
Julia Jacklin – Body
Mythical Beasts – Communicate
Los Chicharrons – Love Magic
Lady Wray – Guilty
Lalo Schifrin – The Danube Incident
Stelvio Cipriano – Too Risky a Day for a Regatta
François de Roubaix – Le Samourai
Penguin Café – Solaris
Jim Capaldi – It’s All Up To You
André Perry, Louis Delacour – New Life
I was asked to play at the launch party for Yorkshire Sound Women Network at DINA in Sheffield on 14/09/18. They are an organisation founded by women working in the sound technology industry who want to use their skills and influence to address gender and racial inequality.
It was a laid back and very welcoming vibe. I enjoyed playing some sonically interesting stuff to people with open ears. Thank you, YSWN!
Hannah Peel – Goodbye Earth
Peter Broderick – Robbie’s Song
Fat Gaines Band present Zorina – For Your Love (Diablo Edit)
Kamasi Washington – Street Fighter Mas
BADBADNOTGOOD – Lavender
Rhythm & Sound with Jennifer Lara – Queen in my Empire
Anderson.Paak – The Bird
Ibibio Sound Machine – Prodigal Son (Ayen Ake Feheke)
Sinkane – U’Huh
The Haggis Horns – The Traveller Part 2
Chloe – The Ultimate High
My latest radio show for NTS is now available on playback.
The Fall – Lost in Music
Sisters of Transistors – The Don
Wynder K. Frog – Mercy
Soundcarriers – Last Broadcast
LEVELZ – Jazzface
X-O-Dus – See Them-A-Come
Bryan Ferry – The Right Stuff (Dub Mix)
Quando Quango – Atom Rock (Mark Kamins New York Mix)
Only Child feat. Veba – Addicted
John Ellis – Unidentical Twins
The Weather Station – Transmission
James & Brian Eno – Wah Wah
[EXCERPT: SLUMS]
Lonelady – Little Fugue
Sub Sub – Lost in Watts
[EXCERPT: ORDSALL]
Tim Burgess – Oh No I Love You
Graham Nash – Chicago
John Kongos – He’s Gonna Step On You
LeonXLeon – Acid Disco
Charles B – Lack of Love
Denis Jones – 3333
Ludus – Breaking The Rules
Ill – Hysteria
The Montgolfier Brothers – The World is Flat
The Durutti Column – Sketch For Summer
Jon Kennedy – Boom Clack (Martin Brew Remix)
Primal Scream – Screamadelica
L-R: Denise Johnson (Ged Camera), X-O-Dus (Shutterbug), Gonnie Rietveld of Quando Quango (City Life).
Saturday March 10th 2018
3pm-4am
The Refuge
Principal Hotel
Oxford Road
Manchester
M60 7HA
As part of the Suffragette City – Portraits of women in Manchester music exhibition, The Refuge will be hosting an all day and night-into-early morning charity music event both to celebrate International Women’s Day and to close off the exhibition’s two-week installation in the public bar.
Music across two floors from an all-star female DJ line up.:
Love Is The Message
In the Refuge Public Bar
3pm – 1am
feat.
* Blasha & Allatt (Meat Free)
* Corinne Drewery (Swing Out Sister)
* Dance Lady Dance
* Abigail Ward (Manchester Digital Music Archive)
* Nongi Oliphant
* Claud Cunningham
* Kirby Leanne Halliday
* Justine Alderman
Move Ya Body
In The Refuge Basement hosted by The Social Service
10pm – 4am
feat.
* Rina Ladybeige
* DJ Paulette
* Gina Breeze
* Kath McDermott
* Disco Mums
There will be collection buckets on the night and a £2 door donation for the Social Service with all proceeds going to Women’s Aid and Manchester Digital Music Archive.
The Suffragette City exhibition is funded by Heritage Lottery Fund.
The Refuge
Principal Hotel
Oxford Road
Manchester
M60 7HA
Fri, 23 Feb 2018, 17:30 – 1:00
BOOK YOUR FREE PLACE FOR THE OPENING PARTY HERE.
(Booking is advised but not essential.)
Suffragette City is the culmination of a period of activity aimed at recognising and celebrating women’s achievements in the music industry. In the year we celebrate 100 years of Suffrage in the UK, we want to pause and highlight the roles women have played, bringing their voices to the fore. We set out to show just how vibrant, brilliant and influential women in music have been and continue to be.
This exhibition, curated by Manchester Digital Music Archive co-founder Alison Surtees, features photographic portraits of 25 key women in Greater Manchester music, including venue owners, sound engineers, record label managers, DJs and musicians.
Join us for the opening of our exhibition on Friday 23rd February from 5.30pm. Music comes from DJs Abigail Ward, Kath McDermott and Paulette, 5pm-1am.
Exhibition closing date: Saturday 10th March.
This exhibition is part of our ongoing project, Rebel Music – The Sound of Politics and Protest in Manchester and is funded by Heritage Lottery Fund.
#SuffragetteCityMCR
#MCRWomenInMusic
#RebelMusicMCR
Photo: DJ PAULETTE by ELSPETH MOORE
For more information contact: info@mdmarchive.co.uk
On Sunday 10th December I presented the first ever Manchester Digital Music Archive show for NTS Radio. I had a brilliant time choosing the records, old and new. All have a Manchester connection. You’ll be unsurprised to hear it’s quite a contrary selection. There are plenty of stories to go with the music, because that’s what the archive is all about.
Harlem Spirit – Dem A Sus
The Eccentronic Research Council feat. Maxine Peake – Autobahn 666
Pete Shelley – Witness The Change (Dub Mix)
10cc – Blackmail
Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames – Music Talk
Moloko – Forever More
E Davd – Ice Moon
Shura – White Light
The The – Helpline Operator
The Smiths – Wonderful Woman
Lord Kitchener – If You’re Brown
Annette – Dream 17
Magazine – The Light Pours out of Me
Barry Adamson – Mr Eddy’s Theme 1
Throbbing Gristle – 20 Jazz Funk Greats
Al Green – How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?
JS Zeiter – JS05R
Floating Points – Peroration 6
Manicured Noise – Faith
Gerry & The Holograms – Gerry & The Holograms
Jane Weaver – The Architect
Nev Cottee – If I Could Tell You
Digital Justice – Theme from It’s All Gone Pear Shaped
I went to Iceland in January. It was a truly mind-expanding experience. Awesome is a word I steer clear of, but its original definition fits the feeling: inspiring awe, wonder or dread; extremely impressive or daunting, intimidating.
Gazing out at those endless lunar landscapes, filled me with joy, but isn’t all joy tinged with a kind of vulnerability or dread at its passing? This is a mix that attempts to capture those conflicting emotions. It’s a bit chilly!
Three poems by Jónas Hallgrímsson
Ulver – Desert Dawn
Philip Glass – Protest (Jóhann Jóhannsson Remix)
Nils Frahm – Said and Done
Sigur Rós – Meo Blodnasir
Ólafur Arnalds – Árbakkinn ft. Einar Georg
Plaid – Wen
Petar Dundov – Then Life
Emilie Simon – Aurora Australis
Jóhann Jóhannsson – Melodia (Guidelines For A Propulsion Device Based On Heim’s Quantum Theory)
Blanck Mass – Sundowner
Brian Eno – I’m Set Free
A Winged Victory For The Sullen – Atomos IX
Max Richter – War Anthem
Björk – All is Full of Love (Strings Version)
Aphex Twin – Blue Calx
Max Richter – Morphology
Here’s a little 4-minute video of the things we saw.:
Iceland 2017 by Gareth Taylor
I created this mix while high on Night Nurse. It contains some of my favourite Fabs solo tracks and some heartfelt Beatles-inspired moments by other artists. I’ve dug out a couple of curios (a Gene Simmons solo effort, an Eno/Manzanera live track), plus lots of Harrison-esque slide. As always, there’s an emphasis on the melancholy. Thanks to SJP for ‘Bedspring Kiss’ and numerous others.
01. The Beatles – Because
02. Cian Ciaran – You & Me
03. John Lennon – Steel & Glass
04. 801 – T.N.K.
05. George Harrison – Art of Dying (Take 36)
06. Emitt Rhodes – Ever Find Yourself Running
07. ELO – Telephone Line
08. Paul McCartney – Jenny Wren
09. Jellyfish – Bedspring Kiss
10. The Paragons & Roslyn Sweat – Blackbird
11. Wings – Let Me Roll It
12. Nilsson – Jump Into The Fire
13. Gene Simmons – See You Tonite
14. Todd Rundgren – It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference
15. XTC – The Disappointed
16. Aimee Mann – How Am I Different?
17. Paul Weller – Song For Alice
18. Marmalade – Reflections of My Life
19. Field Music – Measure
20. David Bowie – Try Some, Buy Some
21. The Beatles – Because (Love version)
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