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One For The Heads: Secret Sounds of Plants

Cerys picks you a Slow Sunday selection from her extensive record collection. Cerys catches up with Jason Singh about his new project using plant biodata to compose.

Cerys catches up with composer, sound artist and musician about his new project at Kew Gardens, which sees him take over the Temperate House with a fascinating look at plants as composer. Environmental factors such as light, sound and temperature all provide naturally occurring 鈥榖iodata鈥� generated from plants. Jason then takes this biodata to create a musical score, using technology to record the plants' 'voice'.

Winner of the Songlines Fusion Award Bab L'Bluz's Yousra Mansour explains how they have been blending traditional North African trance music, Chaabi music, funk, 1960s American psychedelic rock and desert blues. Yoursa shares her One For The Heads track, and why she finds it soothing.

Cerys shares records from her extensive collection expect some Pictish Trail, Nat King Cole, Guillermo Gomez and some Candi Staton. With poetry from Kayo Chingonyi, Robert Frost, Dylan Thomas and Ivor Cutler Cerys has a Slow Sunday filled with music, science and sounds.

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Sun 16 May 2021 10:00
麻豆社 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • 础蹿谤颈辩耻茅

    House Of The Rising Funk

  • Pictish Trail

    Slow Memories

    • Thumb World.
    • Fire Records.
    • 6.

  • Anansy Ciss茅

    Tiawo

    • Anoura.

  • Bachar Mar-Khalif茅

    Kyrie Eleison

    • Ya Balad.

  • Be One

    Be One

  • Jason Singh

    Taiwan Incense

  • Nick Drake

    One of These Things First

    • Bryter Layter.
    • Universal-Island Records Limited.
    • 4.

  • 颁茅濒颈补

    A Hora 脡 Essa

  • King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

    Slow Jam 1

    • I'm In Your Mind Fuzz.
    • 8.

  • The Nat King Cole Trio

    Slow Down

    • Hit That Jive, Jack.
    • Sanctuary Records Group.
    • 8.

  • Bob Dylan

    I Believe In You

    • Slow Train Coming.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.
    • 3.

  • Bob Dylan

    Roll on John

    • There Is No Eye: Music for Photographs.

  • Candi Staton

    Breaking Down Slow

    • Who's Hurting Now?.
    • EMI Records Limited.
    • 1.

  • Vernon Garrett

    Slow And Easy

    • Los Angeles Soul Volume 2: Kent-modern's Black Music Legacy 1963-1972 (2019 Rema.
    • Ace Records.
    • 6.

  • Bab L鈥� Bluz

    Ila Mata

    • Nayda!.
    • 2.

  • Oumou Sangar茅

    Saa Magni [Acoustic]

  • Furman & Johnson

    Slow & Funky

    • 45 Kings Vol. 2.

  • Buddy Guy

    Slow Blues

    • Blues Instrumentals.
    • 13.

  • Tarheel Slim

    You're a Little Too Slow

  • Phil Upchurch & Tennyson Stephens

    Tell Me Something Good

    • The Soul Jazz Legacy - CTI: The Master Collection, Vol. 2.

  • Helefonix

    Song Thrush Serenade

  • Sebastian Plano

    Soul II (Elan)

    • SAVE ME NOT.
    • Decca Records.

  • Merl Saunders Quintet

    Soul Grooving

  • Don Carlos

    Ababa John I

    • The Ultimate Trojan Roots Box Set: Trojan Dancehall Box Set CD2.
    • Nettwerk Productions UK Ltd.
    • 5.

  • Trinity

    Three Piece Suit

  • Kool & the Gang

    Jungle Jazz

    • Jungle Jazz (Original Mix).
    • 1.

  • Jason Singh

    Woods Cycad

  • Jason Singh

    Kashmir Cypress

  • Jason Singh

    Cleyara Japonica

  • Jason Singh

    Tree Daisy

  • Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

    Tarcery

    • 30: Real World at WOMAD CD2.
    • Real World Records.
    • 3.

  • Robin Huw Bowen

    Alabaina Wood

    • The Road To Aberystwyth.

  • slowthai

    Ladies

    • Ladies.
    • Method.
    • 1.

  • Rog茅r Fakhr

    Lady Rain

  • The Intentions

    Dancing Fast Dancing Slow

    • Kent: For Dancers Only.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.
    • 13.

  • Dave Pike

    Blind Man, Blind Man

    • Blind Man, Blind Man.
    • Rhino Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Guillermo Gomez

    Guajiras

    • The Secret Museum of Mankind: Guitars, Vol. 1: Prologue to Modern Styles.

  • Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys

    Slow Poke

    • Nipper's Greatest Hits: The '50s Volume 1.
    • 3.

  • Organ Morgan

    Dracula's Toothache

  • Hideto Sasaki & Toshiyuki Sekine Quartet

    Soultrane

  • Don Fardon

    I'm Alive

    • I'm Alive.
    • 9.

Broadcast

  • Sun 16 May 2021 10:00
    麻豆社 Radio 6 Music

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