OverWorlds – Listen

Take yourself to the OverWorlds and UnderWorlds website and look at the map. There you will see many pins. Find Armley. A GG-shaped surprise awaits you there.

Listen Again to The Silver Satchel – Thirteenth Folio

This is the Thirteenth Folio taken from The Silver Satchel, Golau Glau‘s radio show. The Silver Satchel broadcasts on the fourth Wednesday of every month, from 6-8pm UK time on Space Invader FM.

Unbuckle the leather satchel, silvery and mysterious and crammed with books and papers. Carefully slide out the binder of past papers labelled “Difficult Questions”. Within is contained the thirteenth folio of curios for broadcast. Blow off the dust and breathe in the magic… 

TRACKLISTING:

On Again, On Again! – Jake Thackray
Mini Culcha – Mo Kolours
Am I The Same Girl? – Dusty Springfield
Flat Luxury – Golau Glau
If I Knew You Were Coming I’d Have Baked A Cake – Gracie Fields
Is It Because I’m Black? – Ken Boothe
Games People Play – Joe South
Your Trip to Disneyland – Walt Disney Productions
A Simple Game – The Four Tops
Myth – Beach House
Stone Cold – Groove Chronicles
Moanin’ – Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers
Existinct – THEESatisfaction
Puts Me to Work – Cate Le Bon
Funky Breaks (extract) – Klaus Weiss
Highland Muse – Yatri
The Last Day – Golau Glau
Porterhouse – Oliver Trevin
What A Morning – Roland Kovac New Set
[What Shall We Do With] The Drunken Sailor – Synthesonic Sounds
Everyday People – Sacramento Senior High School
Hook You Up – Sylver Tongue
Neutron – John McEntire
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger – James Stewart
How Could We Be Wrong? (Remastered) – Al Bowlly with Ray Noble & His Orchestra
Out Of Our Sight – Chris Watson
Thump Thump – The Jet Age Of Tomorrow
A Qui Le P’Tit Coeur Apres 9 Heures – Roger Miron
Wild Horses – Prefab Sprout
It Miek – Desmond Dekker And The Aces
Boom! Shake the Room – DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince
Come Back And Shake Me – Clodagh Rodgers

STREAM THE SHOW ON MIXCLOUD

Listen Again to The Silver Satchel – Twelfth Folio

This is the Twelfth Folio taken from The Silver Satchel, Golau Glau‘s radio show. The Silver Satchel broadcasts on the fourth Wednesday of every month, from 6-8pm UK time on Space Invader FM.

Unbuckle the leather satchel, silvery and mysterious and crammed with books and papers. Carefully slide out the cracked leather notebook marked “Sleep”. Within is contained the twelfth folio of curios for broadcast. Blow off the dust and breathe in the magic… 

TRACKLISTING:

Tick, Tock – The Sound Of The Clock – Carol Leader
Kevin S – Sharon Van Etten
One Little Spark – Billy Barty/Chuck McCann
Let’s Put Out The Lights (And Go To Sleep) – Roger Coulam
Spaced Rider – Seahawks
Sleep Walk – Santo & Johnny
Love’s Immortal Fire – Sleepy
Make My Sleep His Song – Broadcast and The Focus Group
Twilight Time – The Platters
Dream Baby – Val Merrall Orchestra
Propaganda Sleep Machine – BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Sleeping In – The Radio Dept.
Plastic Dream – Andre Mikola
Birth – The Peddlers
Death Of The Dream – Golau Glau
Starfox Menu (optimum celestial bounce) – Optimum
Strange Dream – Terry Cox
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’84 Pontiac Dream – Boards Of Canada
Dreamer – Astrud Gilberto
Prologue – Tokyo DisneySea
Color Dreams – The Deep
If I Thought You’d Ever Change Your Mind – Cilla Black
Darn That Dream – Tony Bennett
Strange Colour Blue – Madrugada
Silver (The Whendays Remix) – RxGibbs
Once Upon A Dream Parade – Dreamy Overture – Disney
Hung Up On A Dream – The Zombies
Dream Lover – Bobby Darin
In The Wind – Thomas Fehlmann
Forever In My Dreams – Pulp
Nowhere Is Home – Dexys
Frozen Orange Juice – Peter Sarstedt
RAF – Brian Eno
And Dream Of Sheep – Kate Bush
Smells Like Teen Spirit – The Muppets Barbershop Quartet
Fountain of Dreams – Jun Ishikawa, Hirokazu Ando
Deep In A Dream – Frank Sinatra

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Revenant Branch

We have a brand new EP out for free download from Bandcamp, Revenant Branch. Revenant Branch is an EP by Golau Glau in celebration of National Libraries Day 2012. This is the sound of the revenant library branch, the ghosts of dead libraries returning from the grave to remind us not to close any more.

Many of the sounds on the EP were recorded in public libraries across England that have now closed down.

Golau Glau are working on a book about public libraries as part of our ‘Public Interest’ project. We passionately believe in them as sources of culture, information and lifelong learning, and places of non-commercial, accessible society and sanctuary for all.

National Libraries Day
National Libraries Day is one day devoted to all libraries – public libraries, school and university libraries, prison, national, law, business and commercial libraries. A nation-wide celebration of libraries, librarians and library staff in all sectors in the UK. It takes place this year on 4th February 2012, which is tomorrow at the time of writing. Please visit your local library and support #NLD12

2011 Holiday Round-Up

So, this Christmas we have made:

• a Christmas EP, ‘The Masque Of Bruma’, that you can download for the price of an email address (including  a mummers play, carols, an Icelandic myth…)
• A video for said Icelandic myth, ‘The Yule Cat’
• A 2 hour mix of Christmas music
• A playlist of past Christmas mixes, so you can fill your day with festive tunes

We’re about to lock up GG Towers for the holidays, so have a wonderful Yule and we’ll see you in the New Year.

Nollick Ghennal Mix – Christmas Mix 2011

“Nollick Ghennal” is Manx for “Merry Christmas”.

You can stream and download two hours of seasonal music from Mixcloud.

TRACKLISTING:
‘Twas The Night Before Christmas – Santa Claus and the Polar Elves
The Owd Tup – Golau Glau
Reggae Christmas Eve in Transylvania – Count Floyd (Joe Flaherty)
Pas De Cadeau – Un Drame Musicale Instantane
Santa Send A Fella – Rose Marie
Christmas Time is Here [Vince Guaraldi cover] – Woods
Quand Il Neige Sur Mon Pays – Herman Apple Ses Carillons Et Ses Percussions
Santa Brought Me Choo Choo Trains (But Daddy’s Having Fun) – Spike Jones & His City Slickers
Christmas Wants – Hank Snow
The Christmas Queen – The Muppets
Motown Christmas – mojochronic
Walking in the Air – Hong Kong In The 60s
Twinkle Toes – The Crew Cuts
Yuletide Throwdown – Blondie
Snowfall – The Ramsey Lewis Trio
The Twelve Days Of Christmas – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town – The London Sound 70 Orchestra and Chorus
Love’s What You’re Gettin’ For Christmas – Bobby Sherman
Over The River And Through The Woods – Barney
Oak Moon (The Advisory Circle Radio Edit) – Golau Glau
I Wish That… – Josie Long
Y Ferch Nadolig – Trwbador
I Believe In Santa Claus – Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
Christmas Rock – Franck Lester
Xmas Party – The Snowmen
Christmas Is My Favorite Time Of Year (Reprise) – The Flintstones Cast
Christmas On Mars – Groovie Ghoulies
The Yule Cat – Golau Glau
Christmas Is Here (But, Not For Long) – Baskerville Hounds
Santa & The Touchables – Dickie Goodman
The Christmas Riddle – Peggy Lee
Space Christmas – Shonen Knife
Don’t Drink And Drive, Duh! – Pee-Wee Herman
Christmas Lullaby – Cary Grant
Christmas Christmas – Cheap Trick
Mystery Of The Missing Santa (Extract) – Scooby-Doo And Friends
Christmas Bop – Marc Bolan
Christmas All Over The World – Jim Nabors
Christmas Countdown – Frank Kelly

The Masque Of Bruma

The 2011 Golau Glau seasonal spectacular is here!

The Masque Of Bruma is a festive EP out now for free download from Bandcamp.

A masque is an amateur dramatic entertainment of the 16th to 17th centuries in England, consisting of pantomime, dancing, dialogue, and song, often performed at court. It seems appropriate for our motley collection of: a brand new song about the Icelandic myth of the Yule Cat, a radiophonic take on a classic mummers play, beautiful Christmas carols, a remix by Ghost Box‘s resident genius The Advisory Circle and a little wassailing.

Illustrations by the lovely Dom Cooper.

Exhibition Mix at PONTONE

Missed our exhibition at Test Space?

We made a mix to reflect the event, with tracks from the bands who played and DJed at the launch, extracts from the sonic works and other tracks. It’s up now at one of our favourite sites, Pontone.

Listen to and download: Golau Glau – Exhibition Mix

The Silver Satchel – Eighth Folio archive/tracklisting

This is the Eighth Folio taken from The Silver Satchel, Golau Glau‘s monthly radio show on Space Invader FM. The Silver Satchel broadcasts on the fourth Wednesday of every month, from 6-8pm UK time.

THE SILVER SATCHEL – THE EIGHTH FOLIO 28 SEPTEMBER 2011

Unbuckle the leather satchel, silvery and mysterious and crammed with books and papers. Carefully slide out the fat leather-bound almanac marked “Autumn”. Within is contained the eighth folio of curios for broadcast. Blow off the dust and breathe in the magic…

TRACKLISTING:

A Darkness at Collinwood – The Robert Corbet Orchestra
Spiritual Rebirth/Light In Darkness/Infinite Spirit – Albert Ayler
Our Darkness – Anne Clark
Beware Of Darkness – George Harrison
Dark Turn Of Mind – Gillian Welch
Magic In The Dark – Woo
Dancing In The Dark – Mel Tormé
In Dark Trees – Brian Eno
The Mirror Of Simple Souls – Tassels
Dark The Night – Sandy Denny
Near Dark – Burial
Blackmagic (Untold Remix) – Jose James
The Loneliness Of Autumn – John Barry
Chalk On The Wall – Fairfield Parlour
Autumn Concerto – Cyril Ornadel and The Stereo Action Orchestra
Wringle Wrangle – Fess Parker
Forever Autumn – Justin Hayward
Murmuring Leaves – Nino Nardini & Roger Roger
Music For Schools – King Of Woolworths
Things Fall Apart – Zomby
Our Way To Fall – Yo La Tengo
Marshmen Emerge from the Mistfall – BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Why do Leaves Change Their Colors? – Tom Glazer and Paul Tripp
Night And Fog – Claude Vasori
Instant Night – The Loved Ones
All I’ve Got To Do – The Beatles
Cathing – Joan La Barbara
Leaving The Dales – Mr Fox
Ride A White Horse – Sven Libaek
Conjunction Junction – Jack Sheldon & Terry Morel
Stay Frosty – Runners
The Story Of My Life – Michael Holliday
Stardust – Billy Butterfield
Hocus Pocus – Focus

Powerpacked…

Tom Robinson, our stalwart champion (and heaven knows we need one), played ‘Eudemonics/Naked Space’ on his BBC 6 Music show early this morning.

Tracklisting

Listen Again until Saturday night