Blind Mango Chutney presents another surprising smorgasbord of scintillating sounds from the world of jazz - from Wellington saxophonist Oscar Laven soon to play in Auckland to Japanese pianist Hiromi to electronic experimentalists Jon Hassell and Annette Peacock. Special guest saxophonist Ben McNicoll comes in to give us an update on a new venue for the Creative Jazz Club winter series.
We finish our last chapter book for the year, and chat sleepovers, waterslides and days at the beach. Next week is the Kids' Show Christmas Show and Lee's last show of the year - Finn will be handling all the shows through the break!
The Jazz Team returns after a refreshing Xmas break - Dr. Mark, & Miss Dom play down some breezy, summer vibes which were chillified listening over the break - For Maximum effect - just enter the 1959 Corvette convertible! Mark features a few nice new releases from the likes of: The Bad Plus, & John-Paul Muir - Mark, also revisits the artistry of Brad Mehldau - while Dom gets stoked on vocalist Jazzmeia Horn, Blue Notes' 86th Birthday (Jan 6th), & the 95 BFM Jazz Shows Quest Love Sting - which is also celebrating a 20+ birthday this year.
DJ Sassy hangs out - & hosts the Jazz Gig Guide - selects a Caitlin Smith track - & chats about the 1980s Classic, New Year's Eve-themed film Get Crazy - & true to form Sassy brings in a bunch of tasty light refreshments - Keeping spirits high - On ya Dj Sassy!
Blind Mango Chutney is taking an enforced break this week (get well soon Blind Mango!) so stepping in to take you on a jazz trip this Sunday is Sperber Dan, with a little this and that, and a lot of crossover jazz.
Joining him in the studio is Taylor Griffin ahead of his gig on Saturday at Ponsonby Social Club. He talks about and plays his inspirations, and introduces us to his forthcoming (second) album.
And all sponsored by the great San Ray Restaurant on Ponsonby Rd.
In Hour 1 we're joined by Steven Rutter from B12, the label and production duo that also features Mike Golding, who were at the forefront of the UK Techno scene in the early 90's, inspired by the sounds coming out of Detroit at the time. They were signed by Warp featuring on the seminal Artificial Intelligence series (alongside Aphex Twin, Richie Hawtin, The Black Dog and Autechre) and their classic Electro-Soma from 1993 was reissued last year and he has a new album coming out on his FireScope label in March. He told us;
"When I was asked to do a mix ; I got kinda nervous as I have never done one of these before .. I am only a bedroom mixer … and certainly doing something like this was a bit frightening. I don’t pretend to be cutting edge or really listen to much new music. Although I own and run my label FireScope Records, this is not an issue for me personally. Anyhow, so I just allowed my mind to go back to the days of standing by the window in my bedsit, situated in Walthamstow east London and I dug out the tunes that I loved then and still love today. I also cheekily included 3 FireScope records tunes too :-) but none of my own recent solo releases !!!
I was no longer 51 years old ; but a bright eyes bushy-tailed music nut, and the mix just put itself together as my hand and ears were once again guided by my higher power. I hope you will enjoy this selection. Thank you to each and everyone that has supported me through the years as I start developing my own solo identity going forward.
I just played Berghain New Years Eve ; a massive club, it was wonderful and the people loved it. It was in the Halle AM ambient room and there were some B12 beats going on in there. In contrast to this, I will be playing a very small gig in May for my friends at Touched music where all proceeds go to McMillan Cancer Support - Touched is a cause I am constantly working with, having given them their first vinyl release last year :-)
November 2017 was a good month for me ; I released FS009 - Steven Rutter - From Me To You - on my FireScope records label and for the first time I used my name as the artist name it was well received ; and sometime probably March ; my solo album (cat no. FS012) will be out there."
In Hour 2 it's Bearcubs the solo project from 26 year old electronic artist Jack Ritchie. Over the past 3 years, Bearcubs has honed in on a distinctly unique blend of emotive electronic music, future garage and lofi house music in his meticulously crafted productions. With two singles and two highly acclaimed EPs ‘Chroma’ and ‘Underwaterfall’ that have seen him heavily championed by the likes of Annie Mac, MistaJam and Huw Stephens on BBC Radio 1, Bearcubs announces the release of his debut full-length album ‘Ultraviolet’ for a March 2018 release. He had this to say;
'The mix is a collection of dance music from the 90's to the present that is inspiring my own music making at the moment. There's some unreleased tunes in there and also some Memphis rap tunes that I've been listening to from dusty tapes posted on youtube. It's kind of supposed to be a late night London soundtrack with some unexpected moments.'
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