Turntablism

  • Philip Jeck Has Passed After a Short Illness

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    We lost another great artist last week. Touch announced today that British artist Philip Jeck has passed. The 69-year-old turntablist and sound artist produced 12 albums and collaborated on several others with Jah Wobble, Jaki Liebezeit and Gavin Bryars. Jeck’s first album was released by Jon Wozencroft and Mike Harding’s Touch label in 1995. “Jon…

  • Best of 2018 – H to K

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    The Best of 2018: A to C, D to G. Haiku Salut – There Is No Elsewhere Snorri Hallgrimsson – Orbit Han – Tuning The Invisible Francis Harris – Trivial Occupations Jon Hassell – Listening To Pictures (Pentimento Volume One) Sinjin Hawke And Zora Jons – Vicious Circles Hilde Marie Holsen – Luzuli The Illusion…

  • Philip Jeck – Arcade

    “Philip Jeck works with old records and record players salvaged from junk shops turning them to his own purposes.” For those of us who can’t imagine a more engaging biographical note, Jeck’s new 33-minute epic Arcade is a pure delight. Recorded live at London’s celebrated Iklectik space in March, the piece features contributions from Yann…

  • SlowPitchSound – THK SKN

    The extraordinary Toronto turntablist SlowPitchSound is performing in his hometown on Friday night at Arraymusic. If you’re unacquainted with this talented young man, think of him at the modern end of a line that starts with Sun Ra, and passes through George Clinton and Afrika Bambaataa. Born Cheldon Patterson, SlowPitchSound is promoting his remarkable new…

  • Mike Hansen – Q/A

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    A lot of my fondest memories of CKLN-FM involve an old friend by the name of Mike Hansen. We first met in the mid-1980s. He hosted an overnight show after my 12 – 2 a.m. timeslot. It was the noisiest, most gleeful radio program I’d ever heard. I’ll never forget the time I walked in on…