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Music for Cats

Mary Anne Hobbs is joined by David Teie of the Eclipse Chamber Orchestra, who has worked with Metallica, to talk about feline music taste and his album Music for Cats.

A playlist to make you happy, whether you're man or beast. Plus a feature on feline music taste.

Mary Anne's guest is David Teie, the conductor and music director of the Eclipse Chamber Orchestra, and faculty member at the University of Maryland's School of Music. He has also performed as a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra under Russian maestro Mstislav Rostropovich, and played cello on Metallica's 1999 album, S&M.

Teie's invention of species-specific music was described by the New York Times as the number one idea of 2009. He contends that every species has an intuitive biological response to sounds present in their early development. On his new album Music For Cats, Teie has incorporated feline-centric sounds into his music. An independent study at the University of Wisconsin verified that Music for Cats resonates conclusively with its audience, writing that "cats showed a significant preference for and interest in species-appropriate music."

This is a must-listen radio programme for all cats. And their owners.

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Sun 20 Mar 2016 07:00
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Music Played

  • Curtis Mayfield

    Move On Up

    • MCI.

  • New Order

    Singularity

    • Mute Records.

  • Emerson, Lake & Palmer

    From The Beginning

  • Rufus & Chaka Khan

    Once You Get Started

    • VIRGIN.

  • Jordan Raf

    Roses

    • POW Recordings.

  • Grizzly Bear

    Two Weeks

    • CD SINGLE.
    • WARP.
    • 1.

  • Unloved

    When A Woman Is Around

    • Unloved Records.

  • Massive Attack & Tricky

    Take It There

    • Virgin EMI.

  • Lamb

    Gorecki - 6 Music session 09/05/2011

  • Colin Stetson

    SORROW: III

  • Eddie Floyd

    Things Get Better

    • Rhino.

  • Cate Le Bon

    Wonderful

    • Turnstile.

  • Richard Ashcroft

    This Is How It Feels

    • Cooking Vinyl.

  • Arctic Monkeys

    The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala

    • DOMINO.

  • Foals

    Bad Habit

    • Transgressive Records.

  • Teleman

    Dusseldorf

    • Moshi Moshi Records.

  • Hot Chip

    Need You Now

    • Domino Recording Co.

  • Golden Rules

    Holy Macaroni

    • Lex Records.

  • Funkadelic

    Who Says A Funk Band Can't Play Rock

    • One Nation Under One Groove.
    • Warner Bros. Records.

  • Floating Points

    Peroration Six

    • PLUTO.

  • The Coral

    Miss Fortune

    • Ignition Records.

  • Grimes

    Oblivion

    • 4 A.D..

  • Hior Chronik

    Oblivion (feat.. Field Rotation)

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Oh Well (Part 1)

    • CBS.

  • ±Ê´Ç±ô¾±Ã§²¹

    Wedding

    • Memphis Industries.

  • Cat Power

    Silent Machine

    • MATADOR RECORDS.

  • The Kills

    Cat Claw

    • Domino.

  • Catfish and the Bottlemen

    Soundcheck

  • Squeeze

    Cool For Cats

    • A&M.

  • David Teie: Music For Cats

    • Music For Cats

      Rusty's Ballad

  • The Cure

    The Love Cats

    • Fiction.

  • Underworld

    I Exhale

    • Caroline International.

  • The Specials

    Skinhead Symphony

  • The Smiths

    William It Was Really Nothing

    • The Sound Of The Smiths.
    • Rhino.
    • 6.

  • School of Seven Bells

    Ablaze

    • Full Time Hobby.

  • Babes in Toyland

    He's My Thing

    • Reprise Records.

  • Talking Heads

    Love Goes To Building On Fire

    • EMI.

  • Beth Orton

    Moon

    • Anti.

  • Sunwatchers

    Herd Of Creeps

  • Jake Bugg

    Slumville Sunrise

  • Sunriser

    • Mary Lattimore

      Jimmy V

  • Saul Williams

    Noise Came From Here (6 Music Session 09 Feb 2016)

Broadcast

  • Sun 20 Mar 2016 07:00
    Â鶹Éç Radio 6 Music