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Wild Beasts - Hooting & Howling (2009)
Possibly the Lake District’s only indie-rock export (so far), Wild Beasts have quickly garnered critical acclaim since their first live performance on BBC 6 Music in November 2006. This track is taken from their 2010 Mercury Prize nominated second album Two Dancers.
Stereo Total - Aua (1997)
As featured in Adam Curtis’ BBC 2 documentary All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace.
The Kills - Monkey 23 (2003)
As featured in Adam Curtis’ BBC 2 documentary All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace.
Burial - Forgive (2006)
As featured in Adam Curtis’ BBC 2 documentary All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace.
Kraftwerk - Radioactivity (1975)
As featured in Adam Curtis’ BBC 2 documentary All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace.
Nine Inch Nails - 2 Ghosts I (2008)
As featured in Adam Curtis’ BBC 2 documentary All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace.
Pizzicato Five - Baby Love Child (1991)
As featured in Adam Curtis’ BBC 2 documentary All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace.
All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace
The award-winning British documentary film maker Adam Curtis, well known for his previous BBC series The Power Of Nightmares and The Trap, covers familiar social and political topics with an often controversial viewpoint. Curtis’ genius lies in the judicious illustration of his films with a mixture of archive footage and obscure, though fitting, music.
His latest three-part series, All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace, first aired on BBC 2 on Monday 23rd May 2011. It claims that “computers have failed to liberate us and instead have distorted and simplified our view of the world around us”.
In homage to Curtis’ choice of music for the new series, I will be posting a selection of my favourite tracks…
All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace’s Wikipedia page.
The Chemistry of Cadbury Creme Eggs
Staff at the University of Nottingham have some Easter-related fun. Nuff said.
