The Annotated Alarm Clock for Oct 11, 2009

The Ambient Alarm Clock 0ct 11, 09 by ambientalarmclock

A very special show, what was almost two weeks ago now. Mary-Beth Carty of Quebecois folk duo Bette & Wallet was in the studio, accordian, voice recorder and a selection of CDs from the CFXU library in tow.

A very out of tune authoharp fell into our hands in our kitchen the night prior and Mary-Beth expressed some interest in helping out with my show. She has the most uncanny ability to make gold out of an awkward situation and her improvisations and contributions over top of tracks from the laptop, a drum machine set to 20bpm, the autoharp played like a dulcimer, "Air" playing the on ipod and various scrapes, shuffles, and accidents were responsible for something I'm glad to have had the chance to record.

You should visit Mary Beth's website but you should also check out some of these musicians she knows and selected for the show:

The Banjo Consorsium remixed by Millimetrik
introduced me to two artists whose music will likely become a regular occurrence on the show.

The late Oliver Schroer's album Camino, whose recordings of bells figured prominently in the show.