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James Acaster's Perfect Sounds

BONUS SOUNDS: Cyril Yeterian from Bongo Joe

James Acaster's Perfect Sounds

BBC

Music

4.8798 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

James explores the mystery behind Song I-V by Rocks & Waves Song Circle, with the head honcho of one of the two record labels behind its release, Bongo Joe.

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music Radio Podcasts.

0:10.0

James Acaster here, comedian and music fan, and in 2017, I had a breakdown.

0:15.0

To deal with that breakdown, I bought as much music in 2016 as I possibly could,

0:20.0

I'm now convinced it's the greatest year for music of all time.

0:23.5

But it's not enough me being convinced.

0:25.0

I also want to convince each and every single one of you.

0:28.0

This is one of our bonus episodes,

0:29.9

so it's a bit more of a deep dive on an album we've already discussed on the podcast.

0:34.2

If you've listened to the podcast, you'll know that our most recent episode

0:37.0

was Sarah Keyworth talking about Rocks and Waves Song Circle, an obscure and mysterious album from

0:44.3

2016. A lot of mystery behind the album. People don't know really who's on it, how it came about.

1:02.4

Yeah. how it came about. Keyworth, however, Sarah Keyworth was not convinced about the mystery of behind it all.

1:08.4

She thought it was fishy.

1:10.1

She thought there was something afoot.

1:11.6

When I told her the little stories I'd heard, she dismissed it all.

1:15.9

So I had to go further. I went to the record label, to Bongo Joe, a Geneva-based record label.

1:22.0

A brilliant record label, by the way, not only did they release Rox and Ways Song Circle in 2016,

1:26.9

they also released the Pixfay Circle in 2016, they also released

1:27.8

the Pixfay album in 2016, which we've already discussed on this podcast. Kima Bob absolutely

1:33.4

loved that album. She wasn't cynical about it at all. Keyworth!

1:36.6

Here we come, we come, we come. Anyway, I contacted Bongo Joe, and I spoke to Cyril Yaterian. He's one of the main guys over there.

1:53.0

He put out Roxham Wave Song Circle, and he's met Isaac Sundstrom, the guy behind the whole album.

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