BBC Radio 3 – Late Junction: Tirzah’s mixtape
Verity Sharp shares an offbeat woozy mixtape from the enigmatic South London vocalist Tirzah. Tirzah’s sound draws in elements of off-kilter R&B, art-rock and pop, often working alongside her long-term friends and collaborators Mica Levi and Coby Sey.
Her 2018 debut Devotion, mixing minimal electronics and DIY soul music, was released to critical acclaim and her new album Colourgrade is influenced by her experiences of pregnancy, birth and motherhood. Tirzah’s mixtape for Late Junction carries the same hazy and intimate feeling of her own work, with tracks from the likes of Kate Bush, Jah Shaka and Klein.
Elsewhere Verity pulls out her own selections, from the spiritual rhythms of Ghanaian master percussionist Okyerema Asante to Filipino gong music from Danongan Kalanduyan. Plus, Norwegian free jazz improvisations and a new compilation of Irish traditional songs.
Produced by Katie Callin A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3
1 Sam Gendel & Josiah Steinbrick – Mouthfeel 2
2 ឈុន វណ្ណា – I Love Only You
3 Cucina Povera – Olen oluen oljen
4 Anthony Sahyoun – Minhadalskekin
5 Okyerema Asante – Mother Africa
6 Miman – Elefanten i rommet
7 Tirzah – Colourgrade
8 Mary Doran – When I Was In Horseback
9 Bendik Giske – Flutter
10 John Tilbury, Michael Duch & Rhodri Davies – Unintended Piano Music
11 Genevieve Murphy – Bushes Of The Unknown
12 Kiwa – haunted trance
13 Danongan Kalanduyan & Palabuniyan Kulintang Ensemble – Kapamalong-malong Dance Music II
14 Kappeler & Zumthor – Calanda
15 Kate Bush – The Sensual World
16 Lil B – Birth To Life
17 Harry Partch – Cloud Chamber Bowls
18 Nearly God – Poems
19 Bar Italia – Keyholesurgery
20 Lord Tusk – Get your mind Right
21 ESG – About You
22 Jah Shaka – Conquering Dub
23 Harry Partch – Kithara
24 Still House Plants – September
25 Klein – 99
26 Mahwash – Khuye Atashin
27 Minna Koskenlahti – Hävittäjä/Destroyer
28 Kelly Lee Owens & Coby Sey – Corner Of My Sky (Coby Sey Remix) (feat. John Cale)
29 John Reilly Jr – The Jolly Tinker
30 Azu Tiwaline – Until The End