GBA 127 Robin The Fog

Summary: In GBA 127 we get better acquainted with Robin the Fog. He talks radiophonics, records, finding sounds, Resonance FM, why he's called the fog and so much more. We go from The Prodigy to John Cage to Simon and Garfunkle to Thundercats, all the time talking about how you find sounds and how you find ideas. Robin at one point quotes Charlie Parker: "Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn." And that is pretty much what this conversation is about! Robin plugs (plus extras): His website: http://www.robinthefog.com His releases: http://www.thefogsignals.com The Ghosts of Bush: http://thefogsignals.com/album/the-ghosts-of-bush The Original Sound Track Show (OST) resonance: BBC Records Special: http://robinthefog.com/2012/10/23/a-living-sermon-ost-bbc-records-special/ Howlround: https://twitter.com/Howlroundmusic Howlround play London Analogue Festival on Sunday 8th September: http://www.londonanalogue.com/ Howlround LP. Secret Songs Of Savamala will be released September 16th on The Fog Signals in a strictly limited vinyl edition of 300 copies (plus download), with spine sleeve and beautiful cover photography by Milica Nikolic. Prequel to Ghosts of Bush: http://thefogsignals.com/album/earl-grey-whistle-test Resonance FM: http://resonancefm.com/ You can catch the follow up to The Ghosts of Bush Whirled Service is a twenty-minute nocturnal perambulation around the empty corridors, studios, stairwells and basements of the BBC’s recently completed home, New Broadcasting House on BBC3's Late Junction which is still on the iplayer till Thursday 5th http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b038ygzc We mention: The Radiophonic Workshop: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop In the Dark: http://www.inthedarkradio.org/ John Cage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cage Stockhausen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_Stockhausen altern-8: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altern-8 Lone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_(musician) Alern-8 active - 8 on top of the pops: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSWTNeg-uog The Prodigy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prodigy Smack My Bitch Up - video: http://vimeo.com/44561183 Out of Space: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qriH-8yeqcE Take That: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_That Cradle of Filth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cradle_of_Filth Simon and Garfunkle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_%26_Garfunkel DJ Shadow: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Shadow Everybody in the Place - Prodigy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKmhlA2S2KU Robin the Fog in Wire magazine: http://robinthefog.com/2012/05/29/fog-on-the-wire/ Charlie Parker: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Parker Decasia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decasia Resonance FM Inteview with Stewart Lee: https://soundcloud.com/resonance-fm/til-debt-do-us-part-the-entire Stewart Lee on Blasphemy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9EUe8jNr6o Stewart Lee: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Lee James Baldwin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Baldwin Captain Planet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Planet_and_the_Planeteers Thundercats: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThunderCats Oasis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis_(band) The Dave Album: https://soundcloud.com/the-dave/sets/going-back-to-finish-the-job Canary album: http://www.discogs.com/Jim-Fassett-Symphony-Of-The-Birds/release/3973873 You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond. On-demand and on the go! Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at www.stitcher.com or in the app stores. Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?