Patti Schmidt
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Patti Schmidt has been the host of Brave New Waves on CBC Radio Two since 1995. She grew up in Ottawa, and attended McGill University as an undergraduate. While at McGill, she became interested in college radio and was just a fan of the show until CBC hired her in 1991 on a series of temporary contracts. She currently lives in Montreal. The program is an excellent source for underground, experimental, and independent music. During the mid-to-late 1990s she was the lead singer and bassist with Pest 5000, a band that also featured Brave New Waves producer Geneviève Heistek. She is currently the vocalist and bassist with the band Nanobot Auxiliary Ballet, alongside Jeff Waye (manager/owner of the North American component of Ninja Tune Records). The pair recently started the Ta-Da record label, and released a self-titled album.
As of September 2006, Patti hosts the weekly CBC Radio One show Cinq à Six from Montreal, a program "that explores new directions in culture in Quebec - directions in music, literature, theatre, architecture and design and in the business of art." [1]. Since then she has not hosted any new episodes of Brave New Waves; the first hour is hosted by rotating guest DJs and the last three hours are 'best-of' shows from previously broadcast episodes.
On March 19, 2007, Schmidt will become weekend host of Canada Live, a new program on CBC Radio Two devoted to concert performances. Brave New Waves no longer appears on the Radio Two schedule.
[edit] External links
- Brave New Waves site bio
- interview at Discorder
- review of Nanobot Auxiliary Ballet's 1st album at PopMatters
- Interview with Nanobot Auxiliary Ballet
- Interview with Pest 5000
- Cinq à six site at CBC
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