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BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 4th March 2017
Kerry Andrew presents a concert from Hull City Hall celebrating reclusive sound collage genius Basil Kirchin, who died in Hull in 2005. Goldfrapp's Will Gregory has curated a programme of music by Kirchin and musicians inspired by him, including Matthew Bourne, Will Gregory himself, Matthew Herbert and Jim O'Rourke. Performers include vocalist Brigitte Beraha, pianist Matthew Bourne, saxophonist Evan Parker, Hull University Chamber Choir, the Will Gregory Ensemble and the BBC Concert Orchestra with conductor Clark Rundell.
Basil Kirchin - Primitive London No 5 (Remixed)
Basil Kirchin - Primitive London No 6
Basil Kirchin - The Mutations
Basil Kirchin - The Abominable Dr Phibes
Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs - Abstractions of Holderness
Basil Kirchin - Charcoal Sketches
Matthew Bourne - Twenty-Seven Areas of Contention
Jim O'Rourke - 12 Dollars Is A Lot
Basil Kirchin - Quantum (Shortened Version)
Will Gregory - Madame Merle
Basil Kirchin - L'Esprit d'Amour
Basil Kirchin - Prelude - Dawn: Listen
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 16th February 2017
Nick Luscombe pays tribute to avant-garde musical genius, Basil Kirchin by showcasing some of his words and selected gems from his catalogue.
Born in 1927, Basil Kirchin was an elusive and enigmatic pioneer of British music. Originally a drummer inspired by jazz and mambo, his extraordinary musical journey included swing, rock'n'roll, film score, and pop songwriting, before he retreated to Hull, where he created experimental sonic landscapes that still challenge convention, until his death in 2005.
Mind on the Run: The Basil Kirchin Story, a celebration of the forgotten genius, takes place at Hull City Hall from 17 until 19 February as part of the UK City of Culture 2017 celebrations. On tonight's Late Junction Nick digs out some of his most amazing and overlooked music, and plays clips from a previously unheard interview, recorded by Jonny Trunk a few months before Kirchin's passing.
Plus, hear music by fans of Basil, from Broadcast to Brian Eno, who described his hero as "a founding father of ambient".
Produced by Jack Howson for Reduced Listening.
Sex Swing - Nighttime Worker [Self-released]
Basil Kirchin - Silicon Chip [Trunk]
Jana Irmert - bagful [Fabrique]
HAU - werte .. (feat. Christoph Berg, Henning Schmiedt & Danny Norbury)
Alsarah & The Nubatones - Ya Watan [Wonderwheel Recordings]
Carlo Mombelli - In Between I'll Eat Dark Chocolate [Instinct Africaine]
Broadcast - Minim [Warp]
Brian Eno - Sample music from Reflection app
The Ivor and Basil Kirchin Band - Stone Age Mambo [Vocalion]
Basil Kirchin - Primitive London 5 [Trunk]
Basil Kirchin - Part 4 Evolution [Island]
Basil Kirchin - Silicon Sessions 1 [Trunk]
Basil Kirchin & Danny Shackleton - Days Work (1) [Music House]
Basil Kirchin - Concept Suite 'Secret Conversations Between Instruments' [Trunk]
Basil Kirchin - Once Upon A Time (Excerpt) [Trunk]
Sean O'Hagan - Basil Pelynne [Hull City Of Culture 2017]
Mica Levi - RidingThrough Drinking Harpo Dine
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Life On Mars [Milan]
Ulrich Schnauss & Jonas Munk - Intervention: Stjerner [Banquet]
La Qualia - 5am (feat. Toby Jones)
Endon - Just Like Everybody [Hydra Head]
René Costy & Janko Nilović - Strange Dream
Alexis Taylor & Beatrice Dillon - Crying In The Chapel [Moshi Moshi]
Pillow Person - On Your Way
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 16th February 2017
Matthew Sweet visits Hull - the city where he grew up - and seeks out Basil Kirchin's sound world, Richard Bean's version of Hull during the Civil War and the re-opened Ferens Art Gallery where he used to spend Saturday mornings.
You can hear more of Basil Kirchin's music for films in tonight's Late Junction which follows at 11pm and Radio 3 is recording Mind on the Run featuring Goldfrapp's Will Gregory with members of the BBC Concert Orchestra - the event takes place 17th - 19th Feb at Hull City Hall and will be broadcast on Hear and Now on March 4th.
The Ferens Art Gallery is displaying Francis Bacon's Screaming Popes until May 1st; Pietro Lorenzetti's panel painting Christ Between Saints Paul and Peter until April. Exhibitions by Ron Mueck, Spencer Tunick's Sea of Hull commission and the Turner prize follow later in 2017.
Richard Bean's play The Hypocrite - dramatising what happened in the Civil War when parliament charged Sir John Hotham with denying King Charles entry to Hull - runs from Friday 24th of February - Saturday 25th of March at Hull Truck Theatre, and Friday 31th of March - Saturday 29th of April at the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon
Producer: Craig Templeton Smith.
