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nclusion, électro, engagement et « sens de la fête ». Ce sont quelques-uns des thèmes que nous abordons avec Rag, figure emblématique de la scène queer, directrice artistique des fameuses soirées Wet For me avec le collectif des Barbieturix, dj et co-directrice artistique du club en open-air Virage. Retour sur la collaboration avec le collectif Barbieturix de 2011 à 2018.Un podcast produit par Les Femmes S'en Mêlent et réalisé par Inbar dans le studio d'enregistrement de La Gaîté Lyrique. À écouter chaque mardi, du 5 novembre au 26 novembre à 11h, sur Tsugi Radio et sur toutes les plateformes. Écrit par Stéphane AmielDirectrice de création : Marine RivolletMontage, Sound Design et Mixage : Valentin LavoillotteVoix off : Marine RivolletCrédits du podcastCe podcast inclut des remerciements des témoignages, des archives et des morceaux musicaux, classés par ordre d'apparition.Remerciements particuliers aux personnes ayant témoignéVictor Azevedo (Programmateur de Superforma au Mans), Cécil Mathieu (Photographe), Elsa Gicquiaud (Responsable de la communication numérique au Lieu Unique à Nantes), Fanny Coral (Directrice des musiques actuelles au Tangram à Évreux), Bérangère Fromont (Spectatrice ayant commenté le concert des Kenji Minogue), Dee Plume (Musicienne, cofondatrice du groupe électropunk Robots in Disguise), Christine Lidon (Artiste, autrice-compositrice-interprète, présidente de la SACEM), Perrine Leydier (Ancienne collaboratrice de Les Femmes s'en Mêlent et indépendante CAE Clara et Clarabis).Archives :Neliaz, Y. – CLiTORiSE. Vidéo, Dailymotion, 2 mars 2007Meunier, C. – L'archive du jour : il y a dix ans, le Pulp fermait définitivement ses portes. Tsugi, 26 juillet 2017Arty Farty – Le Dancefloor, ring politique, Épisode 8, dans Nuits sonores, 20 ans sans dormir. Podcast, Acast, 26 février 2024Neliaz, Y. – Wet Manifesto. Vidéo, Dailymotion, 2 mars 2007L'Équipe – On est allé vivre les Jeux Olympiques au Club France - JO 2024 - Tous sports. Vidéo, Dailymotion, août 2024CANAL+ – CANAL+ Jingle LE JOURNAL DU HARD. Vidéo, YouTubeIrene Dresel – Performance live. Vidéo, FacebookAngelo Badalamenti – Twin Peaks Theme, 1990Archives Les Femmes S'en Mêlent :Robots in Disguise – Enregistrement live à la Maroquinerie, 2008Musique :Austra – Beat and the Pulse, sur Feel It Break, Domino Recording Co., 2011Austra – Lose It, sur Feel It Break, Domino Recording Co., 2011Cosmetic – Soft Skin, sur Conquering Animal Sound, Chemikal Underground, 2012Go Chic – Lights Out, sur We Ain't Home, Auto-édité, 2012Sama' – Sama' DJSet Rinse France. Vidéo, YouTube, 24 mai 2018Electrosexual & Ms. Sunday Luv – I Feel LoveThe Loyalist – Waves. VidéoTrippple Nippples – Drink the HateradeHanaa Ouassim – Ice Teens (Remix)Notic Nastic – Stupid HappyCharlotte de Witte – TRP10 Bjarki - B07. Lissi Dancefloor Disaster – I Will NotMadben, Rebeka Warrior & Manu le Malin – Grief, Dance to DeathMEN – Off Our BacksIrene Dresel – VictoirChrysta Bell – Swing with MeClaude Violante – We Go On Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Inclusion, électro, engagement et « sens de la fête ». Ce sont quelques-uns des thèmes que nous abordons avec Rag, figure emblématique de la scène queer, directrice artistique des fameuses soirées Wet For me avec le collectif des Barbieturix, dj et co-directrice artistique du club en open-air Virage. Retour sur la collaboration avec le collectif Barbieturix de 2011 à 2018. Un podcast produit par Les Femmes S'en Mêlent et réalisé par Inbar dans le studio d'enregistrement de La Gaîté Lyrique. À écouter chaque mardi, du 5 novembre au 26 novembre à 11h, sur Tsugi Radio et sur toutes les plateformes. Écrit par Stéphane Amiel Directrice de création : Marine Rivollet Montage, Sound Design et Mixage : Valentin Lavoillotte Voix off : Marine Rivollet Remerciements particuliers aux personnes ayant témoigné : Victor Azevedo (Programmateur de Superforma au Mans), Cécil Mathieu (Photographe), Elsa Gicquiaud (Responsable de la communication numérique au Lieu Unique à Nantes), Fanny Coral (Directrice des musiques actuelles au Tangram à Évreux), Bérangère Fromont (Spectatrice ayant commenté le concert des Kenji Minogue), Dee Plume (Musicienne, cofondatrice du groupe électropunk Robots in Disguise), Christine Lidon (Artiste, autrice-compositrice-interprète, présidente de la SACEM), Perrine Leydier (Ancienne collaboratrice de Les Femmes s'en Mêlent et indépendante CAE Clara et Clarabis). Archives : Neliaz, Y. – CLiTORiSE. Vidéo, Dailymotion, 2 mars 2007 Meunier, C. – L'archive du jour : il y a dix ans, le Pulp fermait définitivement ses portes. Tsugi, 26 juillet 2017 Arty Farty – Le Dancefloor, ring politique, Épisode 8, dans Nuits sonores, 20 ans sans dormir. Podcast, Acast, 26 février 2024 Neliaz, Y. – Wet Manifesto. Vidéo, Dailymotion, 2 mars 2007 L'Équipe – On est allé vivre les Jeux Olympiques au Club France - JO 2024 - Tous sports. Vidéo, Dailymotion, août 2024 CANAL+ – CANAL+ Jingle LE JOURNAL DU HARD. Vidéo, YouTube Irene Dresel – Performance live. Vidéo, Facebook Angelo Badalamenti – Twin Peaks Theme, 1990 Archives Les Femmes S'en Mêlent : Robots in Disguise – Enregistrement live à la Maroquinerie, 2008 Musique : Austra – Beat and the Pulse, sur Feel It Break, Domino Recording Co., 2011 Austra – Lose It, sur Feel It Break, Domino Recording Co., 2011 Cosmetic – Soft Skin, sur Conquering Animal Sound, Chemikal Underground, 2012 Go Chic – Lights Out, sur We Ain't Home, Auto-édité, 2012 Sama' – Sama' DJSet Rinse France. Vidéo, YouTube, 24 mai 2018 Electrosexual & Ms. Sunday Luv – I Feel Love, Rock Machine Records, 2012 The Loyalist – Waves. Vidéo, YouTube, 12 juillet 2016 Trippple Nippples – Drink the Haterade, Big Love Records, 2011 Hanaa Ouassim – Ice Teens (Remix). Vidéo, YouTube, 15 mars 2019 Notic Nastic – Stupid Happy, sur It's Dark But It's Okay, Nastic Music, 2010 Charlotte de Witte – TRP10 Bjarki - B07. Vidéo, YouTube, 10 octobre 2017 Lissi Dancefloor Disaster – I Will Not, Hybris, 2012 Madben, Rebeka Warrior & Manu le Malin – Grief, Dance to Death. Vidéo, YouTube, 15 septembre 2020 MEN – Off Our Backs, IAMSOUND Records, 2010 Irene Dresel – Victoir, sur Hyper Cristal, Auto-édité, 2019 Chrysta Bell – Swing with Me, sur This Train, La Rose Noire Records, 2011 Claude Violante – We Go On. Vidéo, YouTube, 10 juin 2015

Thanks for listening! Visit the deluxe show notes at http://penfriend.rocks/emma to listen to Emma's music and get links to everything we talked about.-Content warning: friendly swearing from the start and one allusion to suicide, in the context of Emma's collaboration with Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit.-Emma Pollock is a Scottish singer-songwriter, musician, and a founding member of the bands The Delgados, The Burns Unit and The Fruit Tree Foundation. As a solo artist, she has released three albums to date, as well as a plethora of collaborative work. She co-runs independent record label Chemikal Underground and the chem19 recording studio.-This podcast is supported by Arts Council England and The National Lottery and powered by my Correspondent’s Club http://penfriend.rocks. Grab two months of free Skillshare classes on me - visit http://penfriend.rocks/skillshare for more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

E' sabato sera e proviamo a farvi ballare, un po' saltellando, un po' sculettando, un po' lanciandovi in melensi passi a due. Playlist: 1. Rock Bottom, King Krule, Rock Bottom / Octopus, Vinyl, 2012..2. You Make Me Like Charity, The Knife, Deep Cuts, Rabid Records, 2002..3. O Orgulho e O Perdão, O Terno, Melhor Do Que Parece, Tratore, 2016..4. Voce e Eu, Domenico+2, Sincerely Hot, Luaka Bop, 2004..5. Valio la Pena, Marc Anthony, Amar Sin Mentiras, Sony Music, 2004..6. Heartbeats, Jose Gonzales, Veneer, Imperial Recordings, 2003..7. Filosofia, Tutti Fenomeni, Merce Funebre, 42Records, 2020..8. Neanche un Minuto di Non Amore, Lucio Battisti, Io Tu Noi Tutti, RCA Victor, 1977..9. Momma I Hit a Lick, 2Chainz feat. Kendrick Lamar, Momma I Hit A Lick, Gamebread, LLC / Def Jam Recordings, 2019..10. I'll Be Seeing you, The Skyliners, The Skyliners: Greatest Hits, Original Sounds, 1986..11. Lotus Flower, Radiohead, Kings Of Limbs, XL Recordings, 2011..12. Clareza, Elza Soares, Deus E' Mulher, Deckdisc, 2018..13. Mi Vuoi Bene, Dj Aladyn feat. Remo Anzovino, Dargen D'Amico, Dellera, Fili Invisibili, Metatron, 2012..14. Hypnotize You, N.E.R.D., Nothing, Polydor Records, 2010..15. Buen Viaje, Femina, Traspasa, Autoproduzione, 2014..16. Afternoon Soaps, Arab Strap, Ten Years Of Tears, Chemikal Underground, 2006

E' sabato sera e proviamo a farvi ballare, un po' saltellando, un po' sculettando, un po' lanciandovi in melensi passi a due. Playlist: 1. Rock Bottom, King Krule, Rock Bottom / Octopus, Vinyl, 2012..2. You Make Me Like Charity, The Knife, Deep Cuts, Rabid Records, 2002..3. O Orgulho e O Perdão, O Terno, Melhor Do Que Parece, Tratore, 2016..4. Voce e Eu, Domenico+2, Sincerely Hot, Luaka Bop, 2004..5. Valio la Pena, Marc Anthony, Amar Sin Mentiras, Sony Music, 2004..6. Heartbeats, Jose Gonzales, Veneer, Imperial Recordings, 2003..7. Filosofia, Tutti Fenomeni, Merce Funebre, 42Records, 2020..8. Neanche un Minuto di Non Amore, Lucio Battisti, Io Tu Noi Tutti, RCA Victor, 1977..9. Momma I Hit a Lick, 2Chainz feat. Kendrick Lamar, Momma I Hit A Lick, Gamebread, LLC / Def Jam Recordings, 2019..10. I'll Be Seeing you, The Skyliners, The Skyliners: Greatest Hits, Original Sounds, 1986..11. Lotus Flower, Radiohead, Kings Of Limbs, XL Recordings, 2011..12. Clareza, Elza Soares, Deus E' Mulher, Deckdisc, 2018..13. Mi Vuoi Bene, Dj Aladyn feat. Remo Anzovino, Dargen D'Amico, Dellera, Fili Invisibili, Metatron, 2012..14. Hypnotize You, N.E.R.D., Nothing, Polydor Records, 2010..15. Buen Viaje, Femina, Traspasa, Autoproduzione, 2014..16. Afternoon Soaps, Arab Strap, Ten Years Of Tears, Chemikal Underground, 2006

E' sabato sera e proviamo a farvi ballare, un po' saltellando, un po' sculettando, un po' lanciandovi in melensi passi a due. Playlist: 1. Rock Bottom, King Krule, Rock Bottom / Octopus, Vinyl, 2012..2. You Make Me Like Charity, The Knife, Deep Cuts, Rabid Records, 2002..3. O Orgulho e O Perdão, O Terno, Melhor Do Que Parece, Tratore, 2016..4. Voce e Eu, Domenico+2, Sincerely Hot, Luaka Bop, 2004..5. Valio la Pena, Marc Anthony, Amar Sin Mentiras, Sony Music, 2004..6. Heartbeats, Jose Gonzales, Veneer, Imperial Recordings, 2003..7. Filosofia, Tutti Fenomeni, Merce Funebre, 42Records, 2020..8. Neanche un Minuto di Non Amore, Lucio Battisti, Io Tu Noi Tutti, RCA Victor, 1977..9. Momma I Hit a Lick, 2Chainz feat. Kendrick Lamar, Momma I Hit A Lick, Gamebread, LLC / Def Jam Recordings, 2019..10. I'll Be Seeing you, The Skyliners, The Skyliners: Greatest Hits, Original Sounds, 1986..11. Lotus Flower, Radiohead, Kings Of Limbs, XL Recordings, 2011..12. Clareza, Elza Soares, Deus E' Mulher, Deckdisc, 2018..13. Mi Vuoi Bene, Dj Aladyn feat. Remo Anzovino, Dargen D'Amico, Dellera, Fili Invisibili, Metatron, 2012..14. Hypnotize You, N.E.R.D., Nothing, Polydor Records, 2010..15. Buen Viaje, Femina, Traspasa, Autoproduzione, 2014..16. Afternoon Soaps, Arab Strap, Ten Years Of Tears, Chemikal Underground, 2006

RACHEL'S. FAMILY PORTRAIT – 5:40Music For Egon Schiele, Quaterstick records, 1996 KING'S DAUGHTERS AND SONS. VOLUNTEER – 5:45If Then Not When, Chemikal Underground, 2011 RADAR BROS. SHIFTY LIES – 4 :25The Singing Hatchet, Chemikal Underground, 1999 HOPE SANDOVAL & THE WARM INVENTIONS. THE HIKING SONG – 4:25Until The Hunter, Tendril Tales, 2016, Tapete, 2009 MARIEE SIOUX. […] Cet article Errance #123 : De Rachel's à The Velvet Underground est apparu en premier sur Eldorado.

The Delgados special with Emma Pollock in conversation Their first commercial release came with the inclusion of their track "Liquidation Girl" on the compilation album Skookum Chief Powered Teenage Zit Rock Angst from Nardwuar the Human Serviette. Instead of signing to a record label, the band started their own, Chemikal Underground, on which they released their own records and also some from other local bands, among them Mogwai and Arab Strap. Chemikal Underground's first release was the Delgados first single "Monica Webster / Brand New Car". The single caught the attention of BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel, and the band quickly became one of his favourites, going on to record seven sessions for his show. The cost of Chemikal Underground's second release, the single "Disco Nation 45" by Bis, left the cash-strapped label unable to afford another release by the Delgados, so their next release "Lazarwalker" came from the London-based Radar Records. Tempted by Radar to a five-album deal, the band declined, instead poaching their A&R contact, Graeme Beattie, for work at Chemikal Underground. Another single, "Cinecentre" followed in early 1996 as the band juggled work at the label with several tours, and recorded their debut album. The band released two more singles, this time taken from their album Domestiques released in November 1996. The song "Under Canvas, Under Wraps" being voted number three in John Peel's Festive Fifty that year. The band released their second album in 1998. Peloton - also a cycling reference. The single "Pull the Wires From the Wall" gave the Delgados their first hit single in the UK Singles Chart, reaching number 69.[3] The band's close relationship with Peel continued, with "Pull the Wires From the Wall" voted to number one in the Festive Fifty (it would also make the all time chart made in 2000). The Delgados' evolution continued with The Great Eastern in 2000. The record was produced by Dave Fridmann. Their next single, "American Trilogy", reached number 61 in the UK chart. Their fourth album, Hate, was released on Mantra rather than the band's own label. The song "The Light Before We Land" was used as the opening theme for the anime Gunslinger Girl, while the song "Woke From Dreaming" is played at the beginning of episode 7. The band returned to their own label for 2004's Universal Audio. The band announced they were splitting up in April 2005 due to the departure of Henderson who found it difficult "to pour so much of my energy and time into something that never quite seemed to get the attention or respect [he] felt it deserved." The four will continue to run Chemikal Underground together. Songwriters Pollock and Woodward are pursuing individual projects, while Savage will continue production duties at the band's Chem19 in a new studio. Since the band's separation, the track "I Fought the Angels" from Universal Audio has been used in the fourth episode in the second season of the Golden Globe-winning medical drama Grey's Anatomy in 2006, and in the opening scene in the series premiere of BBC Three's Lip Service in 2010. A double disc containing 29 tracks, The Complete BBC Peel Sessions, was released on 12 June 2006 in Europe, and later in the year in the United States. Woodward released his debut solo album in June 2009 under the name Lord Cut-Glass. Savage also played on the album.

PJ HARVEY. THE GLORIOUS LAND – 3:30Let England Shake, Island records, 2011 NADINE KHOURI. THE SALTED AIR – 5:30The Salted Air, One Flash records, 2017 ADRIAN CROWLEY. VALLEY OF TEARS – 5:00The Dark Eyed Messenger, Chemikal Underground, 2017 ELYSIAN FIELDS. CLIMBING MY DARK HAIR – 3:30The Afterlife, Vicious Circle, 2009 JEAN-LOUIS MURAT. FRELONS D'ASIE – […] Cet article Errance #103 : De PJ Harvey à John Cale est apparu en premier sur Eldorado.

Former Delgado, Chemikal Underground co-founder and record producer extraordinaire, Paul Savage, tells me about a song he loves, and you can hear new music from Local Natives, Angel Olsen, Pixies, The Garden, Karl Blau and Dott plus Maria Kelly, Architecture In Helsinki, FM Belfast, Overhead, The Albatross and The Delgados. What could possibly go wrong? Strange Brew - indie beats, alternative rock and good vibrations from the past, the present and the not too distant future with gugai. Every Thursday night at Róisín Dubh, Galway, Ireland and every Friday at 9pm on 8radio.com. www.facebook.com/strangebrewgalway twitter/@gugai gugai@roisindubh.net

Welcome to the Podcart podcasts. This week's very special guest is RM Hubbert! My third sit down with Hubby which includes an honest chat about him and his music. You can buy RM Hubbert's album via shop.chemikal.co.uk/acatalog/CHEM238.html#aCHEM238 Please listen and enjoy and remember to check out the artists in more depth. 1. RM Hubbert - 'Sweet Dreams (feat. Marnie)' (Chemikal Underground) 2. Kathryn Joseph - 'The Outtakes' (Hits The Fan Records) 3. Rachel's - 'Wally, Egon & Models In the Studio' (Quarterstick) 4. Marnie - 'We Are The Sea' (Cobraside) 5. Kathryn Williams - 'Mirrors' (One Little Indian) 6. RM Hubbert - 'Kas (feat. Aby Vulliamy)' (Chemikal Underground) 7. HQFU - 'Dust & Dirt' (HQFU) 8. RM Hubbert - 'The Unravelling (feat. Martha Ffion)' (Chemikal Underground) www.podcart.co See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Two of the most exciting Scottish bands of recent years feature on the third Tune Up Tour 2009. The headlining act for the tour, Frightened Rabbit have been making waves globally over the last two years with memorable tours of the US and further afield. Joining them on the Dundee, Inverness and Stirling dates will be Chemikal Underground’s Phantom Band, whose Checkmate Savage album from earlier this year was met with critical acclaim. We chatted to Scott Hutchison, founder, songwriter, vocalist and lead guitarist with Frightened Rabbit; and Phantom Band’s vocalist, Rick Anthony about the tour which kicks off on Friday 27 November in Fort William. Other acts who will be in support on different dates of the tour are The Moth and The Mirror and As Tall As Lions. For more information and to book tickets for all tour dates visit tuneup.org.uk Frightened Rabbit Tour dates Fri 27th Nov, Frightened Rabbit with The Moth and The Mirror, B.A. Club, Fort WilliamSat 28th Nov, Frightened Rabbit with Phantom Band, Tolbooth, StirlingSun 29th Nov, Frightened Rabbit with Phantom Band, Ironworks, InvernessTue 01st Dec, Frightened Rabbit with As Tall As Lions, Moshulu, AberdeenWed 02nd Dec, Frightened Rabbit with Phantom Band, Fat Sams, DundeeTue 22nd Dec, Frightened Rabbit with The Moth and The Mirror, ABC, Glasgow Fri 27th Nov, with The Moth and The Mirror, B.A. Club, Fort William Sat 28th Nov, with Phantom Band, Tolbooth, Stirling Sun 29th Nov, with Phantom Band, Ironworks, Inverness Tue 01st Dec, with As Tall As Lions, Moshulu, Aberdeen Wed 02nd Dec, with Phantom Band, Fat Sams, Dundee Tue 22nd Dec, with The Moth and The Mirror, ABC, Glasgow tuneup.org.uk

This month's podcast features two tracks from Edinburgh's SL Records by Thomas Truax and Recording The Impossible, plus a chat with editor of The Skinny Dave Kerr on what's in the music section of this month's issue. Then stay tuned for the first ever podcast recorded by Glasgow's Chemikal Underground Records themselves, which features the other two tracks featured in this month's column, by The Phantom Band and Aidan Moffat & The Best-Ofs, as well as other great music on the label. Enjoy! The Phantom Band - Folk Song Oblivion Ironically for a band that once changed their name with every gig, you will be hearing the name The Phantom Band everywhere this year. Possibly the first true contenders to the Beta Band’s crown - not because they’re trying to sound like them, but because their melodies and inventiveness are equally as effortless. This is but a taste of the eclectic first album Checkmate Savage, out now on Chemikal Underground Records. Thomas Truax - Joe Meek warns Buddy Holly 3rd February 2009 marks the 50th anniversary of Buddy Holly’s death. In this ingenious tribute, New York musician Thomas Truax tells the tale of how Joe Meek, the unhinged record producer (and this column’s patron saint) was warned of the exact date from beyond the grave, and some years after his prophesy was proven to be true he shot himself and his landlady - again on the very same date. And in another genius piece of release date irony, it is released by Edinburgh’s SL Records on .... yes - the 3rd of February. Aidan John Moffat & The Best-Ofs - Oh Men! As if last year’s I Can Hear Your Heart wasn’t outrageous enough, here the king of over-sharing and under-shaving lets loose a beery, salacious knees-up about the inability of his fellow fellas not to gape like morons at the sheer loveliness of the female form in all its guises. From the album How to Get To Heaven From Scotland, it’s released by Chemikal Underground with a sleazy wink and a hand up your skirt on February 14th, Valentine’s Day. Recording the Impossible - Popsex Now Paul Vickers has been responsible for some weird shit in his time, both with Dawn of the Replicants and The Leg. However his latest collaboration inspired by Ivor Cutler and at times sounding like a lost episode of Father Ted directed by David Lynch, is off-the-scale bananas. Popsex is a weird little ditty about pop-up books and filthy thoughts. Out now on SL Records. http://www.chemikal.co.uk http://www.slrecords.net

Listen to the interview here! Tell me a little about yourself and your writing.I'm a thirtysomething Scottish writer who's queer in a few senses of the term. I guess I write the sort of pulp modernist stuff that has people confused over which genre it sits in, with SF, Fantasy and Horror tropes all mixing it up with a very literary sensibility (I read too much James Joyce as a kid and way too muc William Burroughs). Thing is, I grew up with the default label for that -- books like Zelazny's ROADMARKS or Silverberg's THE BOOK OF SKULLS or Moorcock's CORNELIUS QUARTET -- being SF, but these days it seems to be more commonly called Fantasy... or cross-genre, or slipstream, interstitial, New Wave, New Weird, New Wave Fabulist -- I've sort of given up on all these labels. These days I just call it strange fiction. Tell me about the story that you've created a soundtrack/playlist for.VELLUM was my first book, and the first half of a diptych, THE BOOK OF ALL HOURS, completed with INK. I think of it as kind of a "Cubist fantasy". The narrative is non-linear, with the story fragmented across this Moorcockian multiverse, the Vellum of the title, with the characters playing out their roles (or trying to escape them) across the various folds of the Vellum, in different incarnations. The basic idea is that you've got a language called the Cant which allows humans to "write" reality on that Vellum. Humans who get themselves rewritten by the Cant basically become gods amongst men -- unkin. The downside of this is that you have one group of these unkin, the Covenant, who see themselves as angels of God, and they're basically building up to an apocalypse where they intend to wipe out all opposition. The heroes are rogues unkin who don't want to participate in this War in Heaven on either side; they remember what it is to be human and just want to live like the rest of us. It's basically about their struggle to survive as reality falls apart around them. What is your playlist? TV Eye, The StoogesHoppípolla, Sigur RosTenderness and Scar Tissue, Five Seconds to Self-DestructionJumpin' Jack Flash, The Rolling StonesThe Green Fields of France, The FureysFairytale of New York, The Pogues & Kirsty MacCollThe Wrecker and the Wrecked, Five Seconds to Self-DestructionSearch and Destroy, The StoogesAnarchy in the UK, Sex PistolsNancy Boy, PlaceboI Wanna Be Your Dog, The StoogesGoodbye You Fucking Thief, G-PlanThe Drama of Being With You, Five Seconds to Self-DestructionOperation Jack Goes Boom, Five Seconds to Self-DestructionIf You Love Me, You'd Destroy Me, Aereogramme (& Hal Duncan) What does music mean to you? To your writing?I love music. Who doesn't? If I had the talent to actually sing or play an instrument I'd totally be in a band. It might not be a good band but, it'd be... enthusiastic, if nothing else. The poetry I write is pretty traditionally lyrical because I'm drawn to the musical patterning, I guess -- the rhythm and rhyme. Even my prose has a tendency towards the lyrical at times. I've actually written a lot of songs -- lyrics and music that exists in my head (but that I don't, unfortunately, have any effective way of communicating to others, given my appalling singing voice.) Hell, I've got a full musical scripted as a libretto, all the songs -- duets, reprises, medleys, the full whack -- and it sounds great in my head. If I could play piano, write sheet music or something, I'd be well up for trying to stage it. But hey ho. The nearest I've got to actually making music is a collaboration with the band Aereogramme for the Ballads of the Book album that came out last year from Chemikal Underground, that and fiddling around on my own with Apple's Garageband software. That's where the Five Seconds to Self-Destruction stuff comes from actually; it's kind of a proper actual soundtrack to VELLUM and INK in the sense that the tracks were put together with the books in mind, scenes and characters. It may not be terribly proffessional at all, but sod it; I like it. What kind of music do you like to write to?I don't actually write to music at all, I'm afraid. It's too distracting, I find. I can't focus on my words with someone else's being sung in my ear. And even if it's instrumental music, my attention gets drawn away into it so I lose focus on the text. The thing is, voice is a big part of my writing, and if you're working on prose that has it's own rhythm, even a soundscapey post-rock track that matches the mood of a scene perfectly is liable to clash with what's going on in my head. I mean, if you're working out a sentence, you write down your first version, read it through, change a few words, read it through again, and repeat until it flows right. So it's like editing some piece of experimental music: record, rewind and play; rewind, cut here, splice there, and play; and so on. To me, it's like trying to edit one track with another track playing constantly in the background, and not being rewinded in time to the one you're working on. If this story was made into a movie, who would you want to do the soundtrack?Oh, that's kind of a hard one. There's kind of two aspects to the sound I'd want to be there. I'd want the sort of soundscape thing you get from post-rock, from bands like Sigur Ros, Kinski, Aereogramme, Mogwai, G-Plan, mainly instrumental, shifting through quiet and loud phases, really complex and interesting. But at the same time, I'd want some of the three-minute, balls-out garage/punk blast-in-the-face quality you get from The Stooges or the Sex Pistols. I don't know if there's one band that could do that. Then again, Aereogramme's earlier stuff is pretty full-on guitar, so I reckon they'd be fucking awesome. And since they called it quits last year after their latest (and I think best) album, this'd mean they'd have to get back together, right? So, yeah, I'll go with them. They'd do a fucking awesome job. To learn more about Hal, visit his blog Notes from the Geek Show.Stop by next week for my interview with author Jeff Sypeck.