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'One Song Show'
Many Weathers Apart was originally released in the UK Feb' 1998 on a limited run of 1000 numbered 7"s which sold out in a few days. First championed by Mary Anne Hobbs on her Radio 1 Breezeblock show and then by a diverse bunch of London scenesters such as Jarvis Cocker, Boy George, Orbital, Trevor Jackson.
The track was then re-released by Epic Records in 1999. And went on to chart in the UK at 42. The CD release included two remixes by Francois K and was a favourite of the Pete Tong Essential Selection on Radio 1.
The show is a 45 minute arrangement and improvisation of the song featuring a 3 piece band: UK's Conrad Lambert, New York multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily and Bern drummer and sound artist Julian Sartorius, drawing on ideas from the ten remixes of the track that were made by a diversity of other artists.
The original track was Produced by Markus Dravs, John Etkin Bell & Conrad Lambert. Scratching by DJ Food. Recorded in EMI Publishing Studio, London. Mixed at Astoria Studios, London. Download here: http://merzandise.com/album/merz
A recording of another performance of this show can be listened to here: https://soundcloud.com/merz/mwa-helsinki-klub
