You’ll recall from our interview with Karen (see HERE) that she started off with a wish list of 50 tracks before they got whittled down to 20 but, I suspect, always at the top of the list were those Moomins from Finland.

Effectively this is the first track on the album and if you know nothing about Tove Jansson’s popular Scandinavian children’s book/cartoon series, you’d be convinced this was the future of Finish impro jazz; ”Pikku Myyn Laulu (Lilla Mys Visa)’ is a summer hit from the leftfield.’

As I’ve said before, so many of Fly’s favourite artists have turned up here that there’s nothing not to admire. Aaron Jerome, Heritage Orchestra, Stereotyp’s ‘Take The Weight’ from Keepin Me, Tunng, Jamie Woon, Owusu & Hannibal ‘Blue Jay’ and Mocky. There’s hardly anyone missed out; apart from
Daedelus Love To Make Music To.

The ‘jingle’ production by Si Begg and Karen P (‘Broadcasting Across The Valley’, ‘Stars With Tails’, ‘Deep Water’ show great promise for future excursions in sound pictures along with the 12”.
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And talking of old jazz, what can you tell us about the Rene Costy track. “A friend of mine sent me a mp3 of ‘Scrabble’ and even if you didn’t know it was the sample in the J Dilla track (F*** The Police)

If you like radio shows that touch multi-genres of electronic, folk, funk, soul, hip hop, jazz and the odd bit of experimental, this DJ is for you. The album is an eye opener to and she’s definitely one to watch.

Reviewed: Karen P - …Broad Casting (Sonar Kollektiv) Cat. No. SK186CD Release date: 30th June 2008
Tracklisting:
1 Si Begg & Karen P featuring Fatima - Broadcasting Across The Valley (0:50)
2 Mooming Voices - Pikku Myyn Laulu (Lilla Mys Visa) (4:39)
3 Tunng - Blow Folk (0:51)
4 Viva Voce - Wreaking Ball (Tunng Remix) (4:17)
5 Woon - Robots (4:56)
6 Si Begg & Karen P featuring Fatima — Starts With Tails (Interlude) (0:40)
7 Damon Aaron - Don’t Get Up Again (4:41)
8 Quite Sane - Short Stories (4:14)
9 One Divided Soul - Keats (4:19)
10 Sykmark featuring Black Spade Space & Time (3:58)
11 Owusu & Hannibal — Blue Jay (4:31)
12 Tettory Bad - Unite (One) (3:09)
13 Rene Costy - Scrabble (4:13)
14 Open Sky Unit - Sunshine Star (4:56)
15 Jimi Tenor — Spell (5:15)
16 Aaron Jerome — Brighter Days (4:36)
17 Stereotyp — Take The Weight (4:58)
18 Mocky — Sweet Music (4:11)
19 Damon Aaron — Hold On Me (Greatstone Mix) (4:05)
20 Si Begg & Karen P featuring Fatima — Deep Water (Outro) (0:59)

Links:
www.karenp.co.uk
www.cargo-london.com/event/broad-casting
www.jazzanova.net
www.sonarkollektiv.com
Monday night (16th) Makossa and Megablast will be playing at the Volksgarten Banane for our Puma friends too. Check that, should be mental after the Austria vs. Germany game.
www.myspace.com/blackspade
www.myspace.com/tawiah
Gilles Peterson :: 22th May 2008 :: Charlie Dark in the Studio & 2000 Black Maida Vale Session
Fatima — ‘Territory Bad’ (Test)
Cargo, live music venue nr Shoreditch High Street, under the arches, live music, Street Food Café + licensed bar, Cargo, 83 Rivington Street, Shoreditch, … www.cargo-london.com
www.brandyflower.com/damon.html
www.myspace.com/damonaaron
www.sibegg.com
www.myspace.com/sibegg
www.echo-news.co.uk
www.myspace.com/mmaxtundra
Becky Jacobs wins a Sony Gold award for her literary podcast “The award is the biggest accolade you can get in radio,” Ms Jacobs, 32, tells People. “It’s huge for me and for the company I work for [Karen P Productions]. It means the radio industry will recognise us.” A radio producer for seven years (and daughter of this newspaper’s literary editor), Ms Jacobs also sings in the experimental folk-cum-electronica band Tunng. The band has been invited to play at next month’s Southbank Centre’s Meltdown Festival, alongside Massive Attack.
www.myspace.com/voiceofthesevenwoods
www.myspace.com/djrossallen
www.moomin.fi