How low can you go? Dr. Kirsten Zemke reckons all it takes is practice, in the shower, in the car, just wherever really. Overtone singing appears on Yat-Kha's, Karangailyg Kara Hovaa, A Tribe Called Red and Tanya Tagaq's Sila and Kiva Simova's The Opposite of Torture. Mike reckons he's got it down-pat too.
It's a rip-ROARING time on Travelling Tunes this morning, with Dr. Kirsten Zemke bringing in some jungle sounds. With Glass Animals Pools, Flying Lotus's Melt! and The Acid's Animal, it's a chirpy time with Mike and Kirsten.
What is the doctor recommending today? That's right, the french horn, folks. Showcasing Bon Iver's Towers (...is it even in this one?), The Who's Overture and Kanye West's All Of The Lights. To be honest, Kirsten's just happy she got bFM to play Rihanna. Good work.
Kirsten brings all the animals into the studio today. All the animal sounds, and there are _a lot_ to choose from. A lot of animals and a lot of tracks, that is. Ratatat's Wildcat, The Avalances Frontier Psychiatrist, and Prince's La La La, He he Hee feature this morning, as well as special shout out to Missy Elliot's Work It because how could we not?
Kirsten triggers some fond memories for Mike, memories of the Casio VL Tone. You know, that keyboard look a like that makes high pitched noises, and solves math problems. Yep, that one. As heard in The Falls' The Man Whose Head Expanded, Thievery Corporation's Letter To The Editor, Trio's Da Da Da and Luke Haines's Big Daddy Got A Casio VL Tone.
The Calliope, yeah, that keyboard with the pipes coming out of it. That creepy thing. Whats that all about?
Dr Kirsten Zemke delves into the weird and wacky history of Calliopes, from The Circus to Baseball.
Track List
Sly & the Family Stone - Life
Buffalo Springfield - Broken Arrow
Tom Waits - Calliope
Bee-ee-bap-ba-baddap-boh. Whether you deem it affectation, annoyance, or amazing, scat is surprisingly free of genre constraints. Plus, we picked some good ones here. Promise. Biddle-de-bop. Pow.
Kirsten's speaking about the Mbira, the handheld device that kind of looks like a piano, right? With Konono No.1's, Paradiso, Björk's Earth Intruders, and Jens Lekman's, A Little Lost showcasing this harmonic little number with a huge sound. Dr. Zemke has done it again, folks.
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