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Lechuga Zafiro’s mixtape

Verity Sharp presents a mind-bending mixtape from Uruguayan producer, sound designer, and self-styled “amphibian”, Lechuga Zafiro.

Verity Sharp presents a mind-bending mixtape from self-styled “amphibian” Lechuga Zafiro. The Uruguayan producer’s approach to production has been dubbed “club concrète”, bringing cutting edge sound design to recordings collected through his travels - from the sound of metal, glass and water, to toads, sea lions and pigs. A close affinity with frogs provided the initial creative spark for Zafiro’s latest album, Desde los o​í​dos de un sapo (From the Ears of a Toad), a free flowing combination of Afro-Latin folkloric rhythms, ambient field recordings, and fierce electronics. To celebrate the album’s release, Lechuga Zafiro offers a glimpse into his sonic universe with this Late Junction mixtape.

Elsewhere in the show, a newly-released lost recording of esteemed pianist Thelonious Monk playing live in Paris in 1966, surreal minimalism from French singer-songwriter Chicaloyoh, and a track from treasured Wassoulou singer Nahawa Doumbia.

Produced by Gabriel Francis
A Reduced Listening production for 鶹 Radio 3

To listen on most smart speakers just say “ask 鶹 Sounds to play Late Junction”

7 days left to listen

1 hour, 29 minutes

Music Played

  • Lechuga Zafiro

    Agua de Vidrio

    • Desde los oídos de un sapo.
    • TraTraTrax Records.
  • Yama Warashi

    Frog from Amami

    • At My Mother’s Piano.
    • PRAH Recordings.
  • Taís Lobo & Cadu Tenório

    Nau

    • Mãe Solo.
  • Saba Alizâdeh

    Plain of the Free

    • Temple of Hope.
    • 30M.
  • Simon Whetham

    Inaction

    • Successive Actions.
  • GAISTER

    Conscious Concentration

    • GAISTER.
    • AD 93.
  • Chichaloyoh

    Marions-nous

    • Je Ne Suis Pas Une Fille.
  • Lechuga Zafiro

    Botellharpa

    • Desde los oídos de un sapo.
    • TraTraTrax Records.
  • Javier Álvarez & Luis Julio Toro

    Temazcal

    • Papalotl - Transformaciones Exóticas - The Music of Javier Alvarez.
    • Saydisc.
  • Luis Jure

    Eyeless In Gaza

    • Después de Maracaná.
    • Tacuabe.
  • Matmos

    Latex

    • Quasi-Objects.
    • Vague Terrain.
  • Jorginho Gularte & Bando Sur

    Trío Negro

    • Influencia.
    • SONDOR.
  • Squarepusher

    The Exploding Psychology

    • Go Plastic.
    • Warp Records.
  • Amon Tobin

    Kitchen Sink

    • Foley Room.
    • Ninja Tune.
  • José Luis Quintana "Changuito"

    Con la boca

    • Con la boca.
  • Cuareim 1080 & Cachila

    Llamada De Despedida

    • Uruguay: Tambores del Candombe N° 2.
    • Buda Musique.
  • Terry Riley

    Poppy Nogood And The Phantom Band "All Night Flight"

    • Poppy Nogood And The Phantom Band "All Night Flight".
  • Lechuga Zafiro

    Desde los oídos de un sapo

    • Desde los oídos de un sapo.
    • TraTraTrax Records.
  • Nahawa Doumbia

    Demisen Kulu

    • Vol 2.
    • Awesome Tapes From Africa.
  • Yara Asmar

    I am a terrible mathematician (and an even worse clown)

    • Stuttering Music.
    • RUPTURED.
  • Sabiwa, Queimada & Nathan L.

    There is no end and no beginning

    • Sons of _.
    • Phantom Limb.
  • Thelonious Monk

    I Love You (Sweetheart Of All My Dreams)

    • Live in Paris (1966).
    • Transversales Disques.
  • Tenzin Choegyal

    Kyema the Roof is Leaking

    • The Whispering Sky.

Broadcast

  • Fri 29 Nov 2024 22:00

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