The homies dollop are throwing a party in conjunction with Garden Festival and Eglo. It’ll probably be very good, I saw the Eglo live band at Fabric a few weeks ago and they were tight – head over to Corsica this Friday to see for yourself.
Can’t remember the first time I met Tanya, but I feel like I’ve seen her around town for years. I remember the first time I saw her live though, she was supporting Buke & Gass at The CAMP. Her set really impressed me and started chatting. A few minutes later she introduced me to her friend Debruit and somehow we all ended up drinking rum all night back at his place dancing to afrobeat. It was quite the Tuesday night.
If you aren’t familiar with Tanya, watch this video first and then go to her soundcloud to check out some of her original material. Gilles Peterson is a fan of hers and hopefully you will be too if you aren’t already.
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Download: Tanya Auclair – BTGMX009
Can you please introduce yourself?
Hi, I’m Tanya Auclair, Singer / Songwriter / Musician / Producer.
What is your musical background?
Growing up we had this massive wooden trunk full of vinyl and tapes, my parents treated it like a treasure chest, they aren’t musicians but they really love music and would have it on all the time. Their openness rubbed off on me and I just got stuck into whatever I could, choirs, piano, West-African percussion, body percussion and I taught myself guitar, bass and ukulele. The last 2 years I’ve been learning production too. I never slotted into one particular scene, maybe because I’m just very curious. The last 2 years I’ve been realising a love affair with the Microkorg, percussion and vocal harmony.
Tell us about the mix. It’s wicked.
It was my first go at it, so I got a bit over-excited and wanted to include everything. Its a little snapshot of some of my favourite artists. There are some old firm friends like The Staple Singers, Snr Eddie Donkor and Talking Heads and some new discoveries like Anna Meredith’s gangsta orchestral electronica, Delicate Steve, and Nobukazu Takemura’s trance-inducing loops, theres some seasonal picks like Broadcast and Mama & Papas which for me are real Springtime soundtrack tunes and some sonic inspirations like Micachu, Chico Buarque and Van Dyke Parks.
Are you playing any show or festivals that you’re looking forward to?
I’m doing two live film scores this weekend, first is a commission for Birds Eye View’s Sounds & Silents – I’ll be performing a new score to 1912 silent film ‘The Female of the Species’ at the Southbank on March 9th. In the same series I’ll be playing on Arista Hawkes’ live score to ‘Sparrows’ on March 11th too. Its exciting to be given the keys to making a whole new experience out of a film, what you can do with sound is almost like 3D for the ears. Then on March 30th I’m supporting one of my favourite bands, United Vibrations, at the Vortex, we’ve just collaborated on some new work together, so this will be the maiden voyage!
Your Origami EP was great. Any plans on a future release?
Yes, my next release is out later this Spring. Then a 2nd EP with Yult is out in April plus some more collaboration work I’m excited about is on the cards.
Any thing we should be reading, watching or listening to?
Read: Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks
Watch: Badlands by Terrence Malick
Listen to: Gotham by Michael Gordon
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Well made and informative short film about (over)fishing.
Find out more, via DUMMY.
Last track off a stunning debut album from señor Talabot. Get it here.
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Really sick dancefloor number, this one. Tune is out soon via Pictures Music, look forward to more from young Bobby.
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Never gave Born Like This a chance so I hadn’t heard this until very recently. Sick use of Brazilian Rhyme.
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Sounds more like Daphi than Caribou to me. Went down a treat at NYE and NYD. Thanks to secretsundaze, ManMakeMusic, Braiden, James Fox, Mixcloud crew and all the friends that came along.
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I’m hosting room two along with the lovely guys from ManMakeMusic and Braiden in a few days to celebrate NYE. Room one has some serious talent with Âme, Levon Vincent and Kyle Hall as well as secretsundaze residents Giles and James holding things down. Go here to buy tickets or if you want any more info.
Can’t wait.
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I made another mix for The Mixtape Club a few weeks ago. It was inspired by big brown eyes and features loads of songs I’ve had on repeat for a while. Once again, shoutouts to Brian for the brilliant site.
Stream it here. Download it here.
Tracklist:
Radiohead – Supercollider
Royalty – Halley’s Trail
New Look – Drive You Home
Julia Holter – Goddess Eyes
Dirg Gerner – Loose Lights
Mala – Alicia
Eliphino – More Than Me
Caribou – Jamelia
Axel Bowman – Purple Drank
Sepalcure – Eternally Yrs
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Soulful cut from beeza. Make sure to check him out live if you get the chance, he always throws in his own edits that you won’t hear anywhere else.
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Hype Williams – Your Girl Smells Chung When She Wears Dior
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Innit though.
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