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Charlie Gillett

Charlie Gillett with sounds from around the world, and a studio session by one of New Zealand's finest, the Wellington-based seven-piece band Fat Freddy's Drop.

Charlie Gillett with sounds from around the world, and a studio session by one of New Zealand's finest, the Wellington-based seven-piece band Fat Freddy's Drop.

The band call themselves a 'seven-headed soul monster', but their musical range also stretches to roots, dub, reggae and jazz. A fiercely independent group, they forned their own label The Drop in 1999 to release their first tracks. They made their reputation as a live band playing long improvisations, then in 2006 they released their first full studio album, Based on a True Story, which became an international hit. They now regularly tour summer festivals across the world and their second album, Dr Boondigga and the Big BW - a reference to major record labels - was released in 2009.

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Presented by Charlie Gillett
Produced by Roger Short

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Friday 18th December

Adewale: Nigeria
Segun Adewale
Album: Ase
Segun Adewale Records SARPS 5

Mandra
Kottarashky
Album: Opa Hey!
Asphalt Tango CD-ATR 2609

Walk on Guilded Splinters
Dr John
Album: Gris Gris
Atco 7567-80437-2

Chante avec Cithare
Francois Muduga
Album: Burundi: Musiques Traditionelles
Ocora CD HM83

Trouble's Braids
Tom Waits
Album: Swordfish Trombones
Island Records ILPS 19762

In Session

Fat Freddy’s Drop
Dallas Tamaira (vocals/acoustic guitar)
Chris Faiumu (MPC/mixing desk)
Iain Gordon (keys/synths)
Desmond Kerr (electric guitars)
Scott Towers (saxophone)
Toby Laing (trumpet)
Joe Lindsay (trombone)

The Raft
Fat Freddy’s Drop
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Recording by engineers Andrew Smillie, Maida Vale, 2009

Boondigga
Fat Freddy’s Drop
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Recording by engineers Andrew Smillie, Maida Vale, 2009

Trad: Amazing Grace
Fiji Police Band
Album: Fiji Police Band
ODE CDMANU 1489

Hwang Byeong-ki: Recitation of Pleasure in Zen, Part 4
Heo Yoon Jeong
Album: Geomungo Solo
C&C/EMI CNLR 0626-2

Yang Luang
Lai Muang
Album: Pin Phia -Old Harp of Lanna
Unknown record label

Kun-nu-shu
Blue Asia
Album: Sketches of Myahk
Vivid Sound VSCD 9692

Steel and Stone
Kris Drever
Album: Black Water
Reveal 12

Mackaly Hasan Tunc: Ben Seni Sevdiğumi
Sevval Sam
Album: Karadeniz
Kalan CD 454

Sebestyen: Vision
Marta Sebestyen
Album: I Can See the Gates of Heaven
World Village 450009

In Session - Fat Freddy’s Drop

Afrique
Fat Freddy’s Drop
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Recording by engineers Andrew Smillie, Maida Vale, 2009

Ray Ray
Fat Freddy’s Drop
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Recording by engineers Andrew Smillie, Maida Vale, 2009

Keita: Baba
Salif Keita
Album: Moffou
Decca 016906

Shobeni Zwelabantu Mayise: Sengizokufa
Odade Wethu
Album: Kuyoxaban' Amadoda
Gallo 505 1865 1745-5-4

Toure/Diabate: Ruby
Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté
Album: Ali & Toumani
World Circuit WLWCD083

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