Thom Yorke, White Stripes & Four Tet Set For Online Music Show
Published Tuesday, 5th December, 2006 at 10:56 AM
A new online music show is launching this month, featuring live performances from Thom Yorke, The White Stripes and Four Tet.
The show, which is organised by acclaimed producer Nigel Godrich, Dilly Gent, James Chads and John Woollcombe, will be available through the fromthebasement.tv site and released as a download only.
The first show will see Thom Yorke performing new Radiohead songs from the band's next album. Further instalments will include The White Stripes playing several tracks and an improvised collaboration between Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid.
The first From The Basement show was filmed in high-definition at Maida Vale studios in London, with the live sound by producer Nigel Godrich. It will be available for download as of 18th December, costing £1.89 per show. The second show follows on February 2007.
Speaking about the show, Thom Yorke says: "From The Basement was exciting because it came from the desire to cut out the crap that lies between the music and the viewer. To get plugged straight into the mains. No producer director egos messing it up. The highlight for me was listening to Kieran and Steve Reid jamming as the tape started rolling."
Jack White adds: "I don't think a music program has recorded a performance on analog reel to reel in thirty years. It was beautifully filmed, and the sound quality makes a performance on a regular TV talk show sound like a wax cylinder recording. No host. Thank God."
Kieran Hebden says: "Everything was done to capture the music in the best possible way, rather than just to make snappy TV. It's not a live gig; it's something different - seeing musicians in a studio setting, not worrying about the audience. What a positive thing. Heavy analogue sounds, wonderfully filmed picture and a chance to see music performed in a way that is rarely seen."
Nigel Godrich of From The Basement comments: "I'm a sad fan trying to bring the magic back to music TV."
Dilly Gent then explains: "I just want to see artist's doing what they do best...perform. Not being an incidental feature in some magazine show and not being forced into embarrassed conversation."
