Even funneled through the warbly quality of these 4-track relics, it begs the question: could the band have released a stripped down, psych-folk affair that worked as majestically as their spacey, electronic flourishes? These cuts envision that hypothetical quite clearly.
Category: Broadcast
Broadcast :: Spell Blanket – Collected Demos 2006-2009
Long-rumored since the death of the inimitable Trish Keenan in 2011, the “final” Broadcast album has materialized as Spell Blanket, a megalithic collection of songs and sketches culled from Trish’s extensive archive of 4-track tapes and MiniDiscs recorded during the group’s post-Tender Buttons period (2006-2009). Its 36 tracks mostly nestle somewhere between that unadorned masterpiece and the rough-hewn assemblage of Mother Is The Milky Way, though it fully showcases the myriad of facets—aside from their earliest, dreamiest era—that made the group so special.
Broadcast :: Maida Vale Sessions | Microtronics – Volumes 1 & 2 | Mother Is The Milky Way
After reissuing the bulk of the legendary group’s discography in 2015, Warp has recently gone one step further and lovingly issued a trio of Broadcast rarities for the first time. Utterly unique in the way they synthesized and transcended their acknowledged influences to craft one of the most rewarding discographies in modern music, each of these new releases showcases a different facet of what made Trish Keenan and James Cargill’s group so special.
Sentimental Ornament: A Broadcast Rarities Mix
In celebration of what would’ve been the deeply-missed Trish Keenan’s 52 birthday, Aquarium Drunkard presents a survey of rare Broadcast material pulled from a variety of lesser-known sources. Not touching on any of their collaborations, inventive remixes, nor live material (save for a Nico cover from a 2003 Peel Session), Sentimental Ornament finds the inimitable group at the most experimental edges of their galaxy.
Broadcast :: Sixty Forty (Nico cover)
Broadcast’s cover of Nico’s “Sixty Forty,” taken from their final Peel Session recorded in July 2003, finds the group exploring the perfect middle ground between the (then about to be released) cracked pagan kaleidoscope of Haha Sound and their next move, the searing minimalist cut-up Tender Buttons.
Broadcast :: Petal Alphabet (2006 Demo)
September 28th would’ve marked the 50th birthday of the inimitable Trish Keenan , the much-missed creative supernova and co-founder of one of this generation’s finest groups. As he’s done each year to […]
Broadcast :: The OST Radio Show / Air-Date – January, 2011
In December 2007, Trish Keenan and James Cargill of Broadcast joined Trunk Records impresario Jonny Trunk on his OST Show to play and discuss some of their favorite library and film/TV music. Fascinating […]
Broadcast :: Black Session (La Maison de la Radio: Paris, France)
If you never had the pleasure of seeing Broadcast on tour, particularly in their early years with keyboardist Roj Stevens and guitarist Tim Felton, then this is for you. Actually, this […]
Trish Keenan’s Mind Bending Motorway Mix
Shortly before her tragic and untimely death in January 2011, Broadcast’s Trish Keenan compiled an exploratory mix CD for a friend, and it immediately became a de facto tribute after hitting the […]
Broadcast :: Tender Buttons Demos
Tuesday marked the late Trish Keenan’s birthday, she would have turned 46. Her partner and bandmate, James Cargill, released two demos this week from the 2004 Tender Button sessions, via the band’s […]
Broadcast :: Black Session (La Maison de la Radio: Paris, France)
(We originally shared this session in January 2011 shortly after Trish Keenan’s passing. I re-aired the set last month on the radio show. As promised, here it is, re-upped, after […]
Broadcast :: Echo’s Answer
The word ‘perfect’ gets totted around all too frequently when discussing music, pop or otherwise, but in the world of Broadcast I would say “Echo’s Answer” is just about there. Culled […]
Broadcast :: Black Session (La Maison de la Radio: Paris, France)
If you never had the pleasure of seeing Broadcast on tour, particularly in their early years with keyboardist Roj Stevens and guitarist Tim Felton, then this is for you. Actually, this […]