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03/09/2009

Marc plays classic and cutting-edge tracks, plus Canadian indie-folk band Ohbijou play live in the studio.

Marc Riley plays some records while Ohbijou play live in the studio. Plus Rob Hughes drops in with the Parallel Universe. And let's not forget our brace of archive session tracks from Wreckless Eric, the Flaming Lips, the Drowning Craze and Girls at Our Best.Ohbijou, a band who write music that is bound to steal your heart and fill your head with the loveliest and most compelling songs. Born in the bedrooms of a family home in Ontario, Casey Mecija's gentle compositions, bound with youthful frailty and unnerving beauty, found their natural habitat in Toronto. Enlisting the help of her younger sister, Jenny, and friends Heather Kirby and Anissa Hart, Mecija's songs began to take flight. An encounter with James Bunton and Ryan Carley led to further collaboration and the conception of Ohbijou. Andrew Kinoshita soon added his talents to Ohbijou's orchestration. Furnished with mandolin, violin, piano, banjo, cello and an impressive array of other instruments, a seven piece orchestral pop force began to appear on stages around Toronto that quickly affected the landscape of independent music in the city.Mecija pens songs wrought with the romantic afflictions of big city life. She sutures the intimate details of her personal relations to the macrocosmic relations of her city. Dressed with intricate melodies and vocal harmonies arranged by her bandmates, the songs reveal a striking musicality and virtuosity. Ohbijou's music has a seductive beauty, their delicate songs framed by elegant orchestral arrangements. Their emotive music is simultaneously both sad and life-affirming.

2 hours

Last on

Thu 3 Sep 2009 19:00

Music Played

  • Live Band

    • Ohbijou

      Cliff Jump

  • The Heartbreakers

    Born To Lose

  • The Jim Jones Revue

    Elemental

  • Tap Tap

    Codeine

  • Cate Le Bon

    Sad Sad Feet

  • Flaming Tunes

    My 2 Days As An Ambulance Driver

  • The Chiffons

    One Fine Day

  • The High Llamas

    Checking In, Checking Out

  • Yo La Tengo

    I'm On My Way

  • Live Band

    • Ohbijou

      An Ode To An End

    • Ohbijou

      Black Ice

  • Drowning Craze

    He Was

  • Dobie Gray

    The In Crowd

  • First Aid Kit

    Waltz For Richard

  • Laura Gibson

    Spirited

  • Wreckless Eric

    Semaphore Signals

  • Captain Beefheart

    Her Eyes Are Blue

  • The Voluntary Butler Scheme

    Trading Things In

  • Girls at Our Best!

    I'm Beautiful Now

  • Grandaddy

    Summer Here Kids

  • T. Rex

    New York City

  • Tom Waits

    Diamonds On My Windshield

  • Sparks

    Get In The Swing

  • Ian Hunter

    Once Bitten Twice Shy

Broadcast

  • Thu 3 Sep 2009 19:00

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