Radiohead Producer Godrich Plans to Save Music On Television

 

Producer extraordinaire Nigel Godrich (Beck, Radiohead) has turned his attention to TV. He’s shooting a new series for British television called “From the Basement,” which will feature performances from an incredible line-up of musicians (and with no studio audience, albeit with some undisclosed visual accompaniment). The first episode, which has already been shot, features the White Stripes, Thom Yorke, and Four Tet. The second, currently in production, will feature Beck and British artist Jamie Lidell. “I’m interested in the visual arts side of things, and somehow integrating that into what records have become,” Godrich tells us, adding that “From the Basement” will be available as a video podcast in the coming weeks. “People don’t buy albums so much because, as a medium, it’s changing, so I’m just trying to figure out what it’s changing into, and chasing after that.”

[/url]As we previously reported, Beck and Godrich worked together to create a video for each song on The Information, to be bundled with downloaded tracks and freely available on YouTube.com. Godrich says MTV has failed the video format. “MTV destroyed the art of music television, ironically,” he says. “It took it, held it somewhere, and then actually destroyed it. It turned it into this news magazine. It’s very shallow and uninteresting.”

 

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2006/09/14/radiohead-producer-godrich-plans-to-save-music-on-television/

 

:cry: brits are so lucky

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2006/09/14/radiohead-producer-godrich-plans-to-save-music-on-television/

 

:cry: brits are so lucky

 

Yup!!:smug:

Plus we have "Later With Jools Holland", too!:D

Why can't they do all this cool stuff when I'm there! :angry:

Yup!!:smug:

Plus we have "Later With Jools Holland", too!:D

 

well actually they show it sometimes here too.. like once a month.. and London Live every week :shocked2:

well actually they show it sometimes here too.. like once a month.. and London Live every week :shocked2:

 

London Live? Never heard of it!:confused:

haha :P well that's the name of the show here..it's just performances from the KOKO Club :P

haha :P well that's the name of the show here..it's just performances from the KOKO Club :P

 

The Oletko ko club??:rolleyes:

:dozey: right..

Damn, hopefully some torrents or something pop up - I would love to see it. :)

woah this sounds great....'later with jools holland' is great so this should be great too