From The Basement is a new music series that features intimate live performances from the finest musicians on the planet. It’s been recorded in high-definition at Maida Vale studios in London with live sound by renowned record producer Nigel Godrich. From The Basement has no host and no studio audience, instead the artist and their performance take centre stage.
FTB made its debut last December as digital download only but TV stations around the world soon came calling and now a six part series has been recorded, and will be shown as part of a new weekly music strand called Centre Stage on Sky Arts. Which is the only negative part about this I guess…
The first episode launches on the 1st December with a performance from the White Stripes, alongside The Shins and Neil Hannon. The series will feature the following:
1st December 2007 – The White Stripes, The Shins and Neil Hannon
8th December 2007 – Thom Yorke, Albert Hammond Jr and Envelopes
15th December 2007 – Beck, Jarvis Cocker and Jamie Lidell
22nd December 2007 – Sonic Youth, Jose Gonzalez and Laura Marling
29th December 2007 – PJ Harvey, Super Furry Animals and Free Blood
5th January 2008 – Damien Rice, Autolux, E (from Eels) and Architecture In Helsinki
Register at www.fromthebasement.tv for the latest news on forthcoming shows and behind the scenes bits and pieces.
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this sounds promising. anythings better than that t-mobile show on friday nights. yack.
Or that god awful “Sound” program on BBC Three…
i havent seen that. ive also been dissapointed in Jools Holland this series.
Friday’s show was laughably bad. “Babyshambles have cancelled this week – so we’ve got……James Blunt to replace them..”
KILL KILL KILL
Although – Stephanie Dosen is on this week, so that’ll be nice.
is this in UK only, or are any US stations picking it up?
who knows.. i guess you could register on the site (http://www.fromthebasement.tv/) for updates and the like..
the clips will more than likely show up on youtube i guess, which is something.
“From The Basement has no host and no studio audience” – hurrah to this! Let the music and performances speak for themselves, I say.
“God awful “Sound” program on BBC Three…”
Seconded. From what I’ve seen: Yet another spot for the The Kaiser Chiefs (nothing particularly against them, but air time for something new please …) and Shane Ward (WTF?). And two presenters with the vampire-like ability who drain the enthusiasm from everything they touch.
i finally got around to watching this tonight and it is really good. the studio is very cool, retro looking – like some old unused sound stage from the seventies, or something.
the white stripes were pretty good, though i couldnt say what songs they played as im not much of a fan – one of them was blue orchid. and another had meg playing some congas. badly. i think they did about 5-6 songs in total..
the shins were great – played “turn on me”, “phantom limb”, “a comet appears” and “australia”.
nothing has surfaced on youtube as of yet which is a little odd..
Love the ‘from the basement’ series, is this available to purchase on DVD?