Music 101 for Saturday 5 March 2022

Skip to songs played on todays show: 

1.30  Steaming Farms - Interview with Brian Harrington

Streaming Farms are organizations that create fake streams for artists on streaming platforms.
They can then amplify this where they create listening bots - which stream songs up to 1000 times a minute - which in 10 minutes can provide a musician or band with over 10,000 FAKE streams on a song  

The author of this article BRIAN HARRINGTON an LA based sound engineer wrote about this on Pigeons and Planes. 

2pm LIVE Festival  - Big Day Out tribute

- Groove Armada - At the river (LIVE) 

- Pluto - Shes Jive LIVE AT HELENS medley

- Janes addiction - Jane Says [Live

2.30 The Sampler  - Animal Collective & Karl Steven

This week Tony Stamp explores stripped back celebration of fatherhood by British singer Orlando Weeks. &  the solo debut of Supergroove frontman and award-winning screen composer Karl Steven.

3:20  Introducing -  Michael James Keane 

Pōneke Musician Michael James Keane walks us through the first three singles from his latest album - Wandering Bull  Out today 4th March 

3.30  DIRT Bloom interview

Auckland based band Dirt have released an album called Bloom which is being considered by many as something of a classic recording. The Auckland based band included Malcolm Black, ex Netherworld Dancing Toys and composer of ‘For Today’, a much respected musician and music lawyer who passed away in 2019.

His fellow band mates, drummer Barry Blackler and ex Netherworld Dancing Toy, Nick Sampson talk to Trevor Reekie about recording their album, losing a cherished friend and other questions including love and mortality ... Their album Bloom is a gem that deserves to be heard. 

4pm  MIXTAPE -  Peter Gordon 

Chef Peter Gordon was set for catering the event of the year - The Prime MInisters wedding earlier this year before we shifted to Red Light Traffic System, which meant it had to be postponed. 

Songs played on todays show: 

1-2
Jamie XX - I know there's gonna be (good times) INSTRUMENTAL
Lou Reed - Walk on the wildside 
Sharon Van Etten 
PJ -  Grinderman 
Brian Harrington - Streaming Farms
Thunderclap Newman - Something in the Air
Princess Chelsea - Everything is going to be alright 
Camille Yarbrough - Take Yo Praise
The Forenzics  - Unlikely Friend
Wet Leg - Angelica
Dimmer - Drop You Off 

2-3
Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man
Big Day Out   - Groove Armada - At the river (LIVE) 
Big Day Out  - Pluto - She's Jive LIVE AT HELEN
Big Day Out - Janes Addiction - Jane Says [Live]
Wet Leg - Angelica
The Flaming Lips - Do you realize?
The Sampler - Animal Collective - Time Skiffs 
The Sampler - Karl Steven - All of Human Emotion on Microfiche
Downtown Brown - NYC Movin

3-4
Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express (remix) 
Arcade Fire - Haiti
Hallelujah Picassos - Glorious Hallelujah (a Hymn for a Secular Congregation)
Te Kuru Dewes feat. Troy Kingi - Tuwhititia Te Hopo
Neil Young - Heart of Gold  Live in 1986
INTRODUCING Michael James Keane - Wandering Bull
PJ Harvey - Good Fortune
Dimmer - Drop You Off
Dirt - Bloom 
Beth Orton - Stolen Car

4-5
The Mixtape- Peter Gordon
Joan Armatrading - Willow (1977)
Frankie goes To Hollywood - Relax (1984)
Jesus Loves You - Generations of Love (Oakenfold mix is best) (1990)
Faithless + Dido - One step too far (2001)
Teddy Thompson (covering Leonard Cohen) - The Future (2006?)
Grace Jones - Williams Blood (2008)