Cate Le Bon's Listening Chair
Elizabeth Alker shares new ambient and electronic music, and Cate Le Bon is in the Listening Chair with a track that transports her elsewhere.
Unclassified welcomes Welsh singer-songwriter Cate Le Bon, who selects a track that transports her into the heart of the nightlife of a famous European city. Cate is known for her experimental approach to pop music, with elements of the avant-garde, post-punk, and psychedelic music all contributing to her unique sound. She joins us in the Listening Chair ahead of her Unclassified live appearance with the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the 19th of May, where she shares the bill with Hinako Omori and Qasim Naqvi.
Elsewhere in the show, new sounds from Texas instrumental ensemble Balmorhea, a soulful track that has been dubbed by the group as ‘ambient Americana’, plus a piece by composer Hannah Peel and the Manchester Collective that captures the spirit of Tokyo’s Shinjuku train station. And we hear a track from the reissue of Mount Wittenberg Orca for Record Store Day earlier this year by Björk and Dirty Projectors, a playful and intimate song cycle arranged to stunning effect by both artists.
Produced by Alexa Kruger
A Reduced Listening Production for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3
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Music Played
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Cate Le Bon
Harbour
- Pompeii.
- Mexican Summer.
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Balmorhea
Step Step Step
- Pendant World.
- Deutsche Gramophon.
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Julie Byrne
Summer Glass
- The Greater Wings.
- Ghostly International.
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Rick Tomlinson and Ben Chasny
Waves
- The Dream Pool Essays.
- Voix Records.
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Solange
Beltway
- When I Get ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ.
- Saint Records.
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Decisive Pink
Ode To A Boy
- Ticket to Fame.
- Fire Records.
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Daniel Blumberg
Cheerup
- Gut.
- Mute Records.
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loscil
Two Chambers
- Layers Vol. 2.
- 7K!.
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Taylor Deupree
°Â±ð³Ù​.​N²¹²Ô´Ç
- .N.
- 12K.
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The Orb
Prism
- Prism.
- Cooking Vinyl.
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Kerry Leimer
Entre'acte
- Installation View.
- Palace Of Lights.
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Bjork and Dirty Projectors
On and Ever Onward (live)
- Mount Wittenberg Orca.
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The Manchester Collective and Hannah Peel
Neon 1 Shinjuku
- Neon.
- Bedroom Community.
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Joe Hollick
Rest Lessness
- Rest Lessness.
Broadcast
- Thu 18 May 2023 23:30³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3