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Things people may have said about – ‘The World of Listen With
Sarah EP’
+ ‘My Little Hula Girl (WWW Remix)’…
“It's been said
before that there's a wonderful English eccentricity and natural strangeness
about Sarah's recordings, and this is another release that leaves you with a
beguiling tinge of benevolent Cutler brilliance" – Neil Jones / MusicOMH.com
“Sarah’s great technique is
her ability to make the ridiculous sound so bloody plausible or should that
be the plausible sound so ridiculous”
– Mark Barton / Losing
Today
“Whoever introduced Sarah
to a computer sampling kit needs punishing”
– Beckie L Adaway / the-mag
“…we've visited the four
corners of the world of Listen With Sarah. We've lost our traveller's
cheques, we've had a dose of the shits, but, like them all, it's a trip we'll
never forget.” – Richard Brown / Culture Deluxe
“it’s her most zany, bold and
just entertaining works to date”
– John Siwicki / Comfort Comes
“Sarah is coming up
alongside People Like Us in the playful re-appropriation stakes”
– Skif
/ Vanity Project
“someone messing around on a
'My First Sampler' program and chucking in random samples”
– Russell Barker / Russell’s Reviews
“upbeat, up-tempo, humorous
and entertaining”
– Jamie Rowland / Pennyblackmusic
“'Occasionally, very
occasionally something comes along that totally throws you in it’s sheer
“What the f**ks going on here?” factor. One of those records that you can’t
decide on first listen whether they're completely shit or just so genius that
you fail to grasp the point of their existence.”
– Matt
Harrold / God is in the TV
“a bunch of loops and
silliness that would make Vic and Bob look straight-laced are wrapped
together
in 6 tracks of supreme
electronic frivolity” – Tasty Fanzine (SB)
“Delightful whilst at the same
time prompting the question of mental stability
for both artist and
listeners alike” – Atomic Duster
"Listen with Sarah's
approach is a modern Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band music
for the digital-radio show cassette tapers" – Gerry Hectic / The Fly
“'anyone who re-introduces
the spirit of Viv Stanshall in hula skirt
is someone we should be very nice to”
– Unpeeled
“strange, English and just fucking, absolutely
brilliant. Get it, please” – Alex Lawson / ShadowPlay
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“I wasn’t impressed” – Marcel Proust
“when it isn't sounding
like a horror version of a kids TV show,
it's heading down bad-museum voice-over territory” – G. Moroder
“illegal, as well as
dishonest”
– O. Postgate
“commercial suicide” – B. Gates
“it's just bad” – M. Jackson
“Merde!” – A. Jarry
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“Bit of a discovery I think,
Sarah Nelson” – JOHN PEEL
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“Listen With Sarah is a
favorite around
Church of Girl. The playful, intelligent,
(I repeat intelligent) and equally
playful
organic electronica is a staple in
our weekly listening diet.”
– CHURCH OF GIRL - April 2006
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"Most rock journalism is by people who can't write, interviewing
people who can't talk,
for people who can't
read." (Frank Zappa)…
Does Humor
Belong In Music? – Dave Edney
The Devil Has All The Best Tunes – www.laurahird.com
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REVIEWS
Another
Nice Mix CD (2006)
DROWNED IN SOUND – June 2006:
(Thomas
Blatchford)
“How did Sarah…know that the sound of two
radio DJs fluffing up their broadcasts could not only sound sublime as well
as ridiculous, but also somehow be an absolute tune to boot?…lying
somewhere between the all-out plunderphonic sample madness of Cassetteboy
or People Like Us and the synapse-busting bastard pop of Richard X or
Evolution Control Committee, yet retaining a sort of warmth not afforded of
the aforementioned and their zany mash-ups.”
NORMAN RECORDS – 2 June 2006:
(Phil)
“The 2nd track is marvellous… Absolutely
blinding.....”
COMFORT COMES – June 2006:
(John Siwicki)
“’Mulatto’ is a very fascinating piece. The
tune is very dense, and will be one that you will play over and over again.
Frankly, I cant stop listening. This is a collection of great tunes.....”
UNPEELED – Sept 2006:
“…“Another Nice Mix” is emotive, rather than ‘nice’
and the other two set the bar, high, for genuinely alternative, but
genuinely accessible music.”
Are
You Sitting Comfortably? CD (2004)
NORMAN RECORDS – January 2005:
(Brian)
“Absolutely
essential. Support this with all your might. DIY future bliss.”
SOUNDSXP
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January 2005:
(Ian
Roullier)
“My
Crow's Soft Sounds', which, although it is made up entirely of PC noises,
manages to generate more warmth and soul than Bill Gates could ever dream
of.”
UNPEELED – January 2005 (Series 6
- #1):
“…quark,
strangeness and charm... No wonder ole man Peel was playing them to bits.”
WHISPERIN & HOLLERIN – February 2005
(Leckers)
VANITY PROJECT – June 2005 (Issue 14)
(Skif)
PENNYBLACKMUSIC – June 2005:
(Emma
Haigh)
“The surge of excitement I felt when I put
this on for the first time, the warmth that dappled my belly and spread
like mercury acutely reminds me of the first time I heard the Beta Band, or
Lemon Jelly... This is one more notch for John Peel, and a beautiful, if
sad, reminder of how Listen with Sarah may be one of the last to be
discovered in the slowfade from intelligent pop.”
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INTERVIEWS
Robots & Electronic Brains – May 2007
(Jimmy Possession)
SOUNDSXP – August 2005
(Ian Roullier)
PENNYBLACKMUSIC – August 2005
(Emma Haigh)
MAGAZINE ARTICLES
PLAN B – Jun / Jul 2005 (Issue 6)
by Alistair
Fitchett
“…the sounds of Listen
With Sarah seem to me remarkably redolent of the sweetest and most peculiar
Englishness; the Englishness of eccentricity and natural strangeness”
MORE REVIEWS
Folk
Off! V/A CD (2006)
FLY | Global Music Culture – Sept 2006:
(Gerry Hectic)
“…the closing track, ‘Blue Parsley’ is a
real treat for those who like obscure electronic breaks.”
Observer
–
July 2006
“…full-blown soundscapes
(Sufjan Stevens, Listen With Sarah)...”
LISTENER REVIEWS of AYSC
Must-have for all John Peel listeners
Reviewer: Cristian Ceia:
Anyone who listened to the John Peel show in the last months of his life
will already be familiar with the Listen With Sarah demos. All the songs
John played can be found here. The CD gets better with every listen,
especially the "Under The Ground and Under The Sea" segment,
which has an experimental feel. Does humour belong in music? Sarah knows
that it does. Thanks John, thanks Sarah!
Music for geeks, freaks, the lovely and
insane.
Reviewer: Gaz Fisher / The
Buddhakkan Headset:
C*nt of a debut! Fall into a marshmallow of music. Smell the beauty in
your ears and feel the cowshit under your feet. Feel young, stay free, do
something ridiculous each day of your life and let this wonderful e.p. be
your soundtrack. Play it this summer at all your festivals and watch the
sun shine. Listen, with Sarah.
“I've listened to your
album many times now and I think you're mad. That first track is great, the whole thing is great, and you
are great…
Stay true.”
– BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH
“…unclassifiable electronic
noodling by somebody who doesn’t do smack and has and educashun.”
– DISHPIG
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