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Late Junction: No Work of Words

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Nick Luscombe plays work songs for idle ears and we hear a day in the life of Adam Bohman.

Nick Luscombe plays work songs for idle ears and we hear a day in the life of Adam Bohman ahead of a new film about his work.

Nick Luscombe plays work songs in different guises, from cut up odes to the office from a suit-wearing city worker, to farming songs from a Tanzanian women’s group.  Formerly the drummer with Mica Levi in Micachu and the Shapes, Marc Pell now goes under the name Suitman Jungle and makes spoken word drum and bass about his day job while The Akina Mama women’s farming group sing joyful choral songs while weeding the village cotton in Tanzania. 

For artist and improviser Adam Bohman however, the line between work and play is unclear. His life is a continual bricolage: from tape diaries to collages, he has been documenting his everyday life and collecting a bizarre amalgam of musical objects since the year dot. We dip into his autobiographical tape collection and hear an exclusive preview from a new film about his work called Adam Bohman: By Biro and Umbrella Spring. 

Produced by Alannah Chance.
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