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Sunday 26 February 2012

PMB069: Welcome to Xenon (Suzanne Ciani, Jon Brooks, G.E.S, Peachy, Himekami, F. C. Judd, Mark Evans, Guy Boyer)

PMB069: Welcome to XenonTonight's show features the work of the "Delia Derbyshire of the Atari generation", namely Suzanne Ciani. Suzanne Ciani was a pioneering composer of electronic music making use of banks of modular synths, in particular Don Buchla's generative synthesis systems. She also created her own "voice box" and used all of this equipment to compose music for adverts, corporate logos and of course the Xenon pinball machine. We also have more from F.C. Judd, a new release from Jon Brooks, a Mooged-up version of Caravan, some ambient exotica from G.E.S., an 8-bit version of an 80s detective series and another track from Music Minus Music.


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The Music

1.Suzanne Ciani: Liberator Atari TV Spot from LixiviationBuy on AmazonLixiviation - Suzanne Ciani
2.Suzanne Ciani: Chevrolet Hot Streak from Logo Presentation Reels 1985
3.Suzanne Ciani: Princess With Orange Feet from LixiviationBuy on AmazonLixiviation - Suzanne Ciani
4.F.C. Judd: Perpetua from Electronics Without TearsBuy
5.Suzanne Ciani: Inside Story' PBS TV Spot from LixiviationBuy on AmazonLixiviation - Suzanne Ciani
6.Suzanne Ciani: Clean Room' ITT TV Spot from LixiviationBuy on AmazonLixiviation - Suzanne Ciani
7.Himekami: Kaigoma from Himekami Master Pieces 3Buy on AmazonHimekami Master Pieces 3 ~Himekami~ - Himekami
8.Mark Evans: Caravan from Rock and Roll Moog PartyFree
9.Suzanne Ciani: Sunbeam logoFree
10.Suzanne Ciani: Time Magazine logoFree
11.Suzanne Ciani: Uniroyal logoFree
12.Guy Boyer: Aventure Et Tambourin from Music Minus MusicBuy on Amazon
13.Suzanne Ciani: Live Buchla Concert 1975 from LixiviationBuy on AmazonLixiviation - Suzanne Ciani
14.Peachy: Magnum 8bitFree
15.Jon Brooks: Zukunft Als Konzept (Reconstruction) (DJ Bongoboy edit) from Dieter Rams - ReconstructionsBuy
16.Suzanne Ciani: Black and Decker Slo Mo from Logo Presentation Reels 1985
17.Gesellschaft Zur Emanzipation Des Samples: Irrelevant sound effect from More CirculationsBuy on Amazon
18.Suzanne Ciani: Columbia TVFree
19.Suzanne Ciani: Eighth Wave from LixiviationBuy on AmazonLixiviation - Suzanne Ciani

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Sunday 19 February 2012

PMB068: John Williams at 80 (Lalo Schifrin, Meco, Brett Domino, Boris Midney, Gilda Giuliani, 8bit Project, Evil Genius Orchestra, Squidd Kidd)

PMB068: John Williams at 80On tonight's show we wish a very happy 80th birthday to one of the greats of movie music making, John Williams, by playing a selection of his best-loved themes. Being Project Moonbase of course, very few of the tracks are actually performed by the great man. We've tried instead to find as many different approaches to his music as we could. It would appear, though, that the opulence and majesty of John Williams' music tends to attract fans of the glitter ball more than any other genre. So as a result this evening's show is rather disco-tastic.


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The Music

1.John Williams: Lost In Space Main Title - Season One from Lost In Space: 40th AnniversaryBuy on Amazon
2.Boris Midney: Star Wars (Main Theme) from The Empire Strikes Back EPBuy on AmazonThe Empire Strikes Back - EP - Boris Midney
3.Gilda Giuliani: Main Title Theme (From "Superman") from I grandi successi originali: Gilda GiulianiBuy on AmazonI grandi successi originali: Gilda Giuliani - Gilda Giuliani
4.John Williams: Lost In Space Season Three Bumper from Lost In Space: 40th AnniversaryBuy on Amazon
5.8bit Project: Raiders March from Spicy Innovator Vs Superior MarionetteBuy on Amazon
6.Brett Domino: Jurassic Park Theme from Songs Off YoutubeSongs Off Youtube - Brett Domino
7.Evil Genius Orchestra: The Throne Room from Cocktails In the CantinaBuy on AmazonCocktails In the Cantina - Evil Genius Orchestra
8.John Williams: Lost In Space Season Three Bumper from Lost In Space: 40th AnniversaryBuy on Amazon
9.Squidd Kidd: Star Wars (played on the bagpipes, while unicycling)Watch
10.Lalo Schifrin: Theme From Jaws from Most Wanted 1968-1979Buy on AmazonBlack Widow (Bonus Track Version) - Lalo Schifrin
11.Meco: Theme From Close Encounters from Movie Themes Go Disco!Buy on Amazon
12.John Williams: Lost In Space End Title - Season One from Lost In Space: 40th AnniversaryBuy on Amazon

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