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Ridgewood Radio features concert recordings by adventurous bands and experimental musicians and restored archival tapes from private and institutional collections captured at venues large and small across the five boroughs of New York. It is produced by David Weinstein and Outpost Artists Resources operating out of the Ridgewood section of Queens, NY, where you'll find more yellow bricks than on the road to Oz and the cemetery of your choice is never more than a few blocks from home.

Location:

East Orange, NJ

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WFMU

Description:

Ridgewood Radio features concert recordings by adventurous bands and experimental musicians and restored archival tapes from private and institutional collections captured at venues large and small across the five boroughs of New York. It is produced by David Weinstein and Outpost Artists Resources operating out of the Ridgewood section of Queens, NY, where you'll find more yellow bricks than on the road to Oz and the cemetery of your choice is never more than a few blocks from home.

Language:

English


Episodes
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Unrestrained from May 8, 2024

5/8/2024
Ribongia x Kaloune - "Mon Kèr" - Ribongia [Merging Maloya, traditional music of Réunion Island (French), with Italian-Australian electronic producer, Ribongia. With Réunion Island vocalist Kaloune; Judith Profil, vocals; Francesco Arbi, guitar; Piero Spitilli, bass; Francesco D’Elia, violin; Germain Lebot, percussion.] Majid Bekkas - "Soudani Manayou (Cervo Edit)" - Soundani Manayou / Mrhaba [Fusion of Gnawa guitar and afro-jazz from Morocco, with multi-instrumentalist Majid Bekkas' tracks (from 2001 African Gnaoua Blues album on Igloo Records) reworked by UK DJ/producer Cervo.] [0:07:23] Alice Coltrane - "Journey In Satchidananda (Live at Carnegie Hall 1971)" - The Carnegie Hall Concert [Composer Coltrane, piano, harp, percussion; Pharoah Sanders, saxes; Archie Shepp, saxes, percussion; Jimmy Garrison and Cecil McBee, basses; Ed Blackwell and Clifford Jarvis, drums; Tulsi, tamboura; Kumar Kramer, harmonium. Recorded 1971.] [0:15:12] Maalem Mahmoud Gania - "La Ilha Illa Allah" - Aicha [From a project by the Gania family of Essaouira to preserve the legacy of the King of Gnawa music, Maalem Mahmoud Gania. Previously released on cassette in Morocco in the late 1990s.] [0:29:46] Alvin Curran, Leila Bordreuil, Miguel Frasconi - "Richard Teitelbaum Memorial Concert" - Roulette Archive [Alvin Curran (Teitelbaum's colleague from the legendary Musica Elettronica Viva), piano, electronics, and shofar; Leila Bordreuil, cello; and organizer Miguel Frasconi, glass instruments & laptop, incorporating sounds from Teitelbaum’s sample library.] [0:42:43] Crustacean Committee - "Thank You Nest (Foyer To Hell)" - Crustacean Committee [NYC. CH Rom, keyboards & synths, drum machine, vocals, home theater FX; Kaye Loggins, keyboard, guitar & bass, 4K Digital Spiritual Flute; Nebula Jo, drums, percussion, Panasonic Alert Horn Synthesizer; Ryan Howe, big bass, little bass, horns & winds, guitars, strings, improvised tactical sabotage trinkets; Tristan Shepherd, pedal steel guitar, regular guitars, Rodeo Clown XM4200 MIDI Guitar.] [1:03:28] Matthew Dotson - "Excavation-Side A" - Tomes [Dotson (LA) is a producer, composer, and performer of electronic music. Tomes is the remixed, re-mastered compilation of three separate tape releases: Excavation, Revolution, and Sublimation.] [1:14:48] Chelidon Frame - "Out I Wondered (feat MDC, A Distant Shore)" - Flatline Voyages [Milan, Italy. A sound project incorporating drone music, radio interferences, and short wave transmissions (number stations, Iran radios, Chinese traditional music, beacons, radio hams) and fellow electronic musicians.] [1:38:06] A Macaca & Peter Power - "Alma da Terra" - Voodoohop: Entropia Coletiva I [Brazil. From a compilation described as a "psychedelic soup".] [1:47:58] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139620

Duration:01:59:48

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Drone Attack from May 1, 2024

5/1/2024
Moin - "Foot Wrong" - Paste [UK-based three-piece (Joe Andrews, Tom Halstead, and percussionist Valentina Magaletti) guitar music using electronic manipulations and sampling techniques, and words that are "just out of reach".] Bernhard Lang - "Loops for Hába" - Pieces For Sixth - Tone Harmonium [The Austrian composer/sound designer Lang's contribution to a collection of works performed by Miroslav Beinhauer recorded at the Academy of Performing Arts, Prague, 2023 which also includes pieces by the 1920s instrument creator Alois Hába plus Phill Niblock, Judith Berkson, Samimi Mofakham, Ian Mikyska...] [0:07:47] Arexibo - "☐) ) ) ) ☐) ) )" - 카운터! (Counter!) [A mixed-media artist based in Seoul; a quarter of the female DJ crew BAZOOKAPO.] [0:18:58] Aho Ssan - "Till The Sun Down (feat. clipping. & Resina)" - Rhizomes [Paris based composer Aho Ssan, the artist moniker of Niamké Désiré.] [0:26:26] Ellen Fullman - "Work for 4 Players and 90 Strings" - In The Sea [From an early signature release on cassette recorded in 1987 at an unfinished office tower in Austin, Texas.] [0:36:50] David Lee Myers - "Deaf Men Hear No Tales" - Arcane Device: Engines of Myth [From a reissue of material originally released in 1988. An early no input project, created within and across machines "plugged into one another the 'wrong' way".] [0:59:17] Sarah Davachi - "Soi-Même Comme La Matin" - Dominions [Canadian. Vintage synthesizers and Orchestron, a rare optical sampler "known for its low fidelity charms".] [1:15:47] Kali Malone - "The Unification of Inner & Outer Life" - All Life Long [Performed by Malone & Stephen O’Malley on Italian & Spanish meantone organs recorded at Église Saint-François, Lausanne, Switzerland.] [1:29:57] Éliane Radigue & Frédéric Blondy - "Occam XXV" - Organ Reframed [Composer Radigue's piece from the 2018 Organ Reframed experimental festival with organist Frédéric Blondy (created at the Église Saint Merry in Paris) and here performed at London's Union Chapel. Organ built by Father Henry Willis, 1877. Excerpt.] [1:42:48] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139373

Duration:02:06:51

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Tricky Connections from Apr 24, 2024

4/24/2024
Vula Viel - "I Learn" - Do Not Be Afraid [London UK. Bex Burch, gyil (Ghanaian xylophone); Ruth Goller, bass; Jim Hart, drums; Zands Duggan, percussion; Rita Ray, Jim Hart, Ruth Goller, Bex Burch, vocals.] Zs - "Concert Recording" - Roulette Archive [Sam Hillmer, tenor sax; Ben Greenberg, electric guitar; Ian Antonio, drums. Variously categorized as no-wave, brutal-prog, and post-minimalist.] [0:06:50] Bentley Anderson - "Candled" - Ruin [Works for electric guitar by the artist associated with Issue Project Room, Sonic Youth, Wolf Eyes, Brian Chase... Decontrol is his cassette label.] [0:28:05] Sean Ono Lennon - "Acidalia" - Asterisms [Lennon, guitar & mini Moog; Yuka C. Honda, electronics; Michael Leonhart, trumpet; Joao Nogueira, Wurlitzer piano; Devon Hoff, bass; Mauro Refosco, percussion; Ches Smith & Johnny Mathar, drums.] [0:33:03] Soosan Lolavar - "I am the Spring, You are the Earth" - Girl [For santoor and string orchestra, Lolavar is a British Iranian composer whose music draws from both cultures. With Kelly Lovelady, conductor and director of chamber orchestra Ruthless Jabiru.] [0:42:28] Gryphon Rue - "High Priestess" - 4n_Objx [From the composer/performer's album of drones, harmoniums, oscillators, percussion, and synths.] [0:50:31] Aaron With - "The Theorist's Manifold" - A Bridged Comprendium of Many Folds [From the Mexico City-based artist's spoken word album (and animated companion film) with samples of foley, field, rare instruments, just intonation, and "spiraling transpositions". ] [0:56:06] SUSS - "Migration" - Birds & Beasts [Bob Holmes, mandolin, guitar, harmonica, violin; Pat Irwin, electric guitar, resonator guitar, keyboards; Gary Leib (underground cartoonist), keyboards; Jonathan Gregg, pedal steel guitar.] [1:04:32] Gordon Grdina's The Marrow - "Not of Them" - With Fathieh Honari [Vancouver BC. Gordon Grdina, oud; Mark Helias bass; Hank Roberts, cello; Hamin Honari, percussion; Fathieh Honari, voice.] [1:14:43] Mary Jane Leach - "Dowland's Tears" - Flute Songs [Composed 2011 for 10 flutes, played by Manuel Zurria, based on/inspired by the Lachrymae by John Dowland (1563-1626).] [1:30:36] Richard Horowitz - "Elephant Dance" - Eros in Arabia [From a solo album by the composer/keyboardist (Sussan Deyhim, Jon Hassell).] [1:38:37] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139194

Duration:02:06:52

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Puzzling Together from Apr 17, 2024

4/17/2024
Ashcircle - "Jogger" - Doubling Down [London. Ciaran Mackle, Tom Macarte utilizing Bastl Microgranny and a Korg Volca Beats. "Fragments are reconfigured in real time, bending patterns into new shapes, refracting melody into texture and back again".] GADADU - "Tides" - The Weatherman Is Wrong [Bandleaders Hannah Selin (voice, viola) and Nicki Adams (piano, synth) with Patrick Adams (trumpet), Ayumi Ishito (tenor sax), Dan Stein (bass), and Arthur Vint (drums).] [0:05:27] Anders Nilsson - "Guise Guys" - Äventyr [Sweden/NYC. Duets composed and tracked by the guitarist on electric and acoustic guitars. Nilsson has worked with Fay Victor, Paquito d'Rivera, Jason Kao Hwang...] [0:09:59] Gabe Boyarin & Marie Carroll - "Allium" - Bloom Interaction [From a set of improvisations by the New England duo of Boyarin (6- and 12-string electric guitar, electronics) and Carroll (cello, koto, electronics).] [0:19:59] Les Filles de Illighadad - "Surbajo" - At Pioneer Works [Fatou Seidi Ghali (guitar, vocals), Alamnou Akrouni (percussion, vocals), Amaria Hamadalher (guitar, percussion), Abdoulaye Madassane (guitar, vocals). From the village of Illighadad in a remote region of central Niger. Recorded in Brooklyn.] [0:28:09] Amy Aileen Wood - "My Shadow" - The Heartening [The Grammy Award winning drummer and producer (Fiona Apple) based in Los Angeles, encouraged by and recorded at Pete Min's Lucy's Meat Market Studio in LA.] [0:36:07] Jeff Tobias - "Lament" - Music from Milky Way Underground [The composer/saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist's soundtrack to a 16-episode fiction podcast, Milky Way Underground, for which he plays all the instruments.] [0:39:25] Rie Nakajima - "Shells" - Fusuma [A montage of domestic sounds: a Japanese sliding door (fusuma) from her grandmother’s house, rice bowls, coils, jars, shells, flower pots, plastic bags, tin foil, tin cans, chopsticks, a bamboo pot, stones, cups, and kinetic objects. Recorded in London, 2016.] [0:43:35] Isabelle Duthoit - "Le granit parle et le merle noir" - Dans Le Morvan [French clarinetist & vocalist, Duthoit with Austrian Franz Hautzinger on 1/4-tone trumpet.] [0:48:31] CHANGES TO blind - "Shit Show Invocation" - Volume Seven: evolvensume [Wilmington, NC. Phil Zampino: Korg MS2000, VSS30, Sunvox, field recordings, CTb Sample App, voice, bells, flutes, whistles, harmonium, musical box, small percussion, construction, and composition.] [0:51:30] Jordan Munson - "Repair" - Heartless Fools [Indianapolis, IN based composer/percussionist Munson. Recorded at Greenhouse Studios in Reykjavík, Iceland.] [0:59:43] Luciano Maggiore & Louie Rice - "Phone Work" - Three Things [A sequence of voice recordings (and electronics) exchanged via WhatsApp where each mimics the other's contributions until all memory of the original has been lost. Considered by the artists to be an "aesthetic stress-test".] [1:15:18] Missing Scenes - "02_who_is_this_for" - Who is This For? [Portland, Oregon. Robert Hunter's esoteric dark ambient project, inspired by aspects of the moon, created on a modular synth system that the artist designed and assembled.] [1:30:58] Anne-F Jacques, Bardo Todol, Chemiefaserwerk - "飘浮的磁带 First Track" - Floating Tape 飘 浮 的 磁 带 [Anne-F Jacques (Canada): objects, motors, amplification; Bardo Todol (aka Pablo Picco, Argentina): Rotating Winco surface, mics, percussion, vinyls, tapes. Mixed by Chemiefaserwerk aka Christian Schiefner. The concept: two persons contribute sound materials, a third person arranges a mix (only using these materials), and the final product is released on a fourth person’s label. For subsequent cycles/releases, participants switch roles, so each person acts twice as a musician, once as a producer, and once as a publisher. Collaboration conceived by Zhu Wenbo, Beijing.] [1:38:37] James Ilgenfritz - "Almostness" - Stay Logged In On This Trusted Device [Solo contrabass (in Just Intonation scordatura) augmented by live interactive electronic sound and the...

Duration:02:06:53

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Unfolding Dreams from Apr 10, 2024

4/10/2024
The Sorcerers - "Moth" - I Too Am A Stranger [Leeds, UK. Bassist Neil Innes; drummer JoostHendrickx; and reed/flute/vibes/keyboard player Richard Ormrod with Olivia Cuthill, trumpet and Danny Templeman, percussion.] Roscoe Mitchell, Sandy Ewen, Damon Smith, Weasel Walter - "A Railroad Spike Forms The Voice" - A Railroad Spike Forms The Voice [Mitchell, sax; Ewen, guitar; Smith, double bass; Walter, drums. Recorded at Duende in Oakland, California, 2014. Title drawn from a poem by Joseph Jarman. Excerpt.] [0:06:16] Tomeka Reid, Isidora Edwards, Elisabeth Coudoux - "could you imagine" - Reid / Edwards / Coudoux [Three cellos in concert 2021 for Jazzarchitekt, Wiesbaden, Germany.] [0:30:48] Hamid Drake - "Dedicated to Paul Lovens" - Dedications (Black Cross Solo Sessions 6) [From a collection of solos for drum set and percussion. Recorded by Alex Inglizian at Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago.] [0:58:41] Mike Cooper & Pierre Bastien - "Return to Chagos" - Aquapelagos Vol . 2: Índico [Cooper, guitar, electronics; Bastien: musical robots, trumpet. Inspired by the "mysterious Indian Ocean". Recorded at Espacio Cultural El Tanque, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain. Album art by Drummer DJ Evan Crankshaw (Flash Strap).] [1:07:34] MIZU - "Aria (I Stand by the Reflecting Pool and Remember)" - Distant Intervals [Cello solo, built through layers of overdubbed improvisations, self-recorded in MIZU (formerly Issei Herr)'s bedroom closet.] [1:17:31] Richard Teitelbaum - "Asparagus (Original Soundtrack)" - Asparagus [Created for Suzan Pitt’s 1979 animated film, Asparagus. The track interweaves sections from a suite of electronic works with bits of instrumentals from Steve Lacy and Steve Potts; saxes; George Lewis, trombone; and Takehisa Kosugi, violin. Recorded at York University, Toronto in 1975-6. Tape discovered in Teitelbaum (1939-2020)'s archive by composer Matt Sargent. Link to the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Th3pu3QKC0] [1:26:21] Basic House - "Procul Este Profani" - I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have To Be Destroyed By Me [UK-based DJ, producer, organizer Stephen Bishop aka Basic House.] [1:44:18] Jessica Dunn & Landon Caldwell - "Tape 2" - Tape Loop Improvisations [Indiana. Dunn, tape loops; Caldwell, modular synthesizer, processing, clarinet. Created as part of an exhibition, Hidden World, and in advance of their film, Symbiotic Hum, scheduled for release in summer '24.] [1:52:27] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138696

Duration:02:06:50

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Covert Operations from Apr 3, 2024

4/3/2024
Wayne Horvitz/The President - "This New Generation (1987 CBGB's)" - Live Forever, Vol. 1: The President: New York in the 80's [Bobby Previte, drums; Dave Hofstra, electric bass; Elliott Sharp, guitar; Wayne Horvitz, keys; Dave Tronzo, slide guitar; Doug Wieselman, sax.] Arthur Russell - "I Like You!" - Calling Out Of Context [Created late 80s, from a collection featuring previously unreleased tracks of "Buddhist Bubblegum Disco Electro Pop".] [0:06:57] Arnold Dreyblatt - "Damping Influence" - The Sound of One String [Dirk Lebahn, double bass prepared with excited strings; Wolfgang Glum, percussion; Jan Schade, miniature princess pianoforte; Wolfgang Mettler, violin. Recorded 1986 in concert at Het Apollohuis, Netherlands, by David Weinstein.] [0:11:51] Skeleton Crew - "Onwards And Upwards" - Free Dirt (Live) [From a compilation of early 80s tracks. Dave Newhouse, bass clarinet, sax, keys, percussion; Tom Cora, cello, bass, sampler, percussion, voice, accordion; Fred Frith, guitar, 6-string bass, violin, keys, percussion, voice; Zeena Parkins, harp, keys, accordion, percussion, voice.] [0:17:21] Massacre - "Killing Time" - Massacre [Fred Frith, Burns Black Bison Guitar, voice, Casio, radio; Bill Laswell, basses, pocket trumpet; Fred Maher, drums, percussion. Recorded live in Paris and at OAO studio, Brooklyn, 1981.] [0:23:05] Ambitious Lovers - "Lust" - Lust [Melvin Gibbs, bass; Tony Lewis, drums; Marc Ribot, guitar; Peter Scherer, keyboards, sampler; Naná Vasconcelos, percussion; Arto Lindsay, vocals, guitar.] [0:26:10] Julee Cruise/Angelo Badalamenti - "Floating" - Floating Into The Night [Composer Badalamenti, piano, synth; Eddie Dixon, Vinnie Bell, electric guitars; Kinny Landrum, synth; Al Regni, sax, clarinet; Julee Cruise, vocals. Lyrics by David Lynch.] [0:30:51] Elliott Sharp/Carbon - "Unks" - Datacide [Composer Sharp, guitars, sax, voice, Slab, sampler; David Linton, drums; Zeena Parkins, electric harp, keys, Slab; Samm Bennett, percussion, drums, sampler.] [0:39:41] Samm Bennett/Chunk - "Concert Recording" - Roulette Archive [Bennett’s percussion song project with the composer on drums, percussion, electronic percussion, and vocals; Tim Spelios, drums, percussion, electronic percussion; and David Simons, electronic percussion, jaw harp, Hawaiian guitar, etc.] [0:42:56] Anthony Coleman - "Castle By Day, Disco By Night" - Roulette Archive [Composer Coleman, keys; Jim Pugliese, drums; Guy Klucevsek, accordion; Don Byron, reeds.] [0:50:42] Living Colour - "Desperate People" - Vivid [Muzz Skillings, bass, vocals; William Calhoun, drums, percussion, vocals; Vernon Reid, guitar, vocals; Corey Glover, lead vocals.] [0:57:32] Meredith Monk - "The Tale" - Dolmen Music [Composer Monk, voice, piano; Collin Walcott, percussion, violin; Steve Lockwood, piano.] [1:05:59] Ornette Coleman & Prime Time - "Honeymooners" - Virgin Beauty [Ornette Coleman, sax, violin, trumpet; Al MacDowell, Chris Walker, bass; Calvin Weston, drums; Denardo Coleman, drums, keyboards, percussion; Bern Nix, Charlee Ellerbe, guitars.] [1:08:39] No Safety - "Take Me" - Live at the Knitting Factory [Ann Rupel, bass, vocals; Chris Cochrane, guitar, tape, tambourine, vocals; Zeena Parkins, harp, sampler, eggs, vocals; Doug Seidel, guitar; Tim Spelios, drums. Recorded live at the Knitting Factory, NYC July 1993.] [1:14:22] Semantics - "Trumped Up Charges" - Bone Of Contention [Elliott Sharp, bass, guitars, drums, percussion; Samm Bennett, electronic drums, voice, sampler; composer Ned Rothenberg, saxes, bass clarinet, flutes.] [1:16:03] New Air - "Don't Drink That Corner My Life Is In The Bush" - New Air Featuring Cassandra Wilson - Air Show No. 1 [Henry Threadgill, saxes, flute, eastern banjo; Fred Hopkins, bass; Pheeroan akLaff, percussion; Cassandra Wilson, vocals.] [1:19:58] Wayne Horvitz/The President - "I Went to See the Doctor (4-Track Demo)" - Live Forever, Vol. 1: The President: New York in the 80's [Composer Horvitz, keys; Dave Hofstra,...

Duration:02:06:44

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Spying on Fred Frith from Mar 27, 2024

3/27/2024
Fred Frith - "The Tangled Bank" - Accidental [From a series of Music for Dance albums made by the composer/guitarist, recorded 1995-96 at Studio Jankowski in Stuttgart, Germany.] Fred Frith - "Out of Their Heads (on Locoweed) (1974)" - Guitar Solos / Fifty [From a new release marrying the 1974 solos with a newly recorded batch.] [0:06:49] Fred Frith - "Dawns (2024)" - Guitar Solos / Fifty [From a new release marrying the 1974 solos with a newly recorded batch.] [0:15:01] Fred Frith Trio - "Bones to Pick with Graveyards" - Closer to the Ground [Composer/guitarist Frith's touring band with Jason Hoopes, electric bass, double bass and Jordan Glenn, drums, percussion.] [0:18:27] Fred Frith - "Incoming" - Accidental [From a series of Music for Dance albums Frith made, recorded 1995-96 at Studio Jankowski in Stuttgart, Germany.] [0:23:45] Fred Frith Guitar Quartet - "The As Usual Dance Towards the Other Flight to What is Not E" - Four Compositions for Guitar Quartet [Performers: Nick Didkovsky, Fred Frith, Mark Howell, René Lussier.] [0:32:59] Fred Frith Guitar Quartet - "The As Usual Dance Towards the Other Flight to What is Not A" - Four Compositions for Guitar Quartet [Performers: Nick Didkovsky, Fred Frith, Mark Howell, René Lussier.] [0:38:15] Fred Frith - Barry Guy - "Fred Frith - Barry Guy" - Backscatter Bright Blue [Fred Frith, guitar; Barry Guy, double bass.] [0:44:46] Fred Frith - "The Boy Beats the Rams" - Gravity [Frith with Swedish Rock in Opposition group Samla Mammas Manna (other tracks on the album feature the Muffins).] [0:49:37] Fred Frith - "Heart Bares" - Cheap at Half the Price [Created 1983. From a series of solo albums Frith made for the Residents' record label, Ralph Records (also Gravity and Speechless). Recorded at home on a 4-track machine.] [0:54:36] Frith/Parkins/Mori/Staley - "Concert Recording" - Roulette Archive [Excerpt from a 1985 improv set with guitarist Frith; Zeena Parkins, harp; Ikue Mori, drums; Jim Staley, trombone.] [1:04:37] Fred Frith Cosa Brava - "The Eyjafjallajökull Tango" - The Letter [Composer Frith, guitar, bass; Carla Kihlstedt, violin, bass harmonica; Zeena Parkins, accordion, keyboards, foley objects; Shahzad Ismaily, bass; The Norman Conquest, sound manipulation.] [1:17:12] Henry Cow - "Ruins" - Unrest (Remastered) [Recorded 1974. Project founded at the University of Cambridge in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson, here with drummer Chris Cutler, bassist John Greaves, and bassoonist/oboist Lindsay Cooper.] [1:27:35] Henry Cow - "Rio 1" - Late [Georgie Born, bass, cello; Lindsay Cooper, bassoon, oboe, recorder, sopranino saxophone; Chris Cutler, drums; Fred Frith, guitar, violin, xylophone; Tim Hodgkinson, organ, alto sax. clarinet. Recorded at the Rock In Opposition Festival at the New London Theatre, Drury Lane, London, 1978. From Volume 9 of the Henry Cow Anniversary Box Set.] [1:39:10] Fred Frith - Hans Koch - "Strange Is the Night Where Black Stars Rise" - you are here [Fred Frith, electric guitar, various small objects; Hans Koch: bass clarinet, soprano and tenor saxophones, spit.] [1:45:48] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138278

Duration:02:06:46

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Controlled Re-entry from Mar 20, 2024

3/20/2024
The Edwin Hawkins Singers - "Oh Happy Day" - Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord [Based on an 18th century hymn, many times transformed. Edwin Reuben Hawkins (1943-2018) was an American gospel musician, pianist, vocalist, choir master, composer, and arranger. He was one of the originators of the urban contemporary gospel sound.] St Celfer - "Suite #9: Outro - A Land of the Future" - Suites #1 - 9 [Stereo mix from a suite experimenting with 16 tracks as a kind of interactive electronic one-man band. St Celfer is of Korean and American origin and floats between São Paulo, NYC, and Seattle.] [0:08:21] Goatface! - "Câmara 4 - Amarna" - Akhenaten Bazucas [São Paulo, Brazil. Guilherme Granado, keyboards, synthesizers, electronics; Leandro Archela, keyboards, synthesizers; Thomas Rohrer, soprano sax, rabeca, flutes, objects; Rogerio Martins, bass clarinet, clarinet, flute; Ricardo Pereira, percussion along with everybody else.] [0:14:30] Elliott Sharp - "Branches" - Arbor [From a collection of pieces for solo acoustic guitar. Performed on a Dell Arte Anouman guitar.] [0:23:48] Stephen Ruppenthal, Gary R. Weisberg - "Say The Word" - Strange Times [Ruppenthal, Buchla Electric Music Easel and 200 system, processed flugelhorn and voice, digital synthesis and sampling; Weisberg: various digital synthesizers and samplers, processed vocals, processed flute.] [0:37:58] Susan Alcorn, Septeto del Sur - "Canto II. Presente - Sueño de Luna Azul" - Canto [Based on Chilean folk and nueva canción with improvised and notated sections. Composer Alcorn, pedal steel guitar; Luis “ToTo” Alvarez, guitar; Claudio “Pajaro” Araya, drums, cuatro; Francisco “Pancho” Araya, charango, quena; Rodrigo Bobadilla, flute, quena, zampoña, vocals; Amanda Irarrazabal, double bass, vocals; Danka Villanueva, violin, vocals.] [0:49:07] Taylor Deupree, Joseph Branciforte - "Recur" - sti.ll [From an album of transcriptions by arranger/producer Branciforte in an acoustic re-setting of Deupree’s electronic album, stil. (2002). With Ben Monder (acoustic guitar), Laura Cocks (flute), Christopher Gross (cello), and Sam Minaie (double bass), alongside Branciforte (vibraphone, percussion) and Deupree (lap harp, percussion).] [1:05:34] Taylor Deupree - "Recur" - Stil [Built using "melodic and granular passages juxtaposed in variable-length loops, creating layered and imbedded rhythms and highly variable structures of repetition".] [1:15:25] Jeremiah Cymerman - "Tongue of Fire" - Light [Composer Cymerman clarinet, synths, piano, percussion, sequencer, electric bass; Christopher Hoffman, cello; Toby Driver, guitar; Mike Pride, drums.] [1:28:45] Solo Andata - "Incantare - Part 3" - Ritual [Australia. Paul Fiocco and Kane Ikin, using found sound and field recordings. Source materials include distant chanting, a microscope that translates nano-mechanical motion data into sound, and recordings from a remote area of Western Australia called Injiidup.] [1:43:33] Shuttle358 - "Frame" - Frame [Dan Abrams (aka Shuttle358) "stark textures/drones with digital disfunction. clicks, skips, and tiny mechanised rhythms".] [1:55:45] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/137980

Duration:02:06:32

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Marathon: Premium Cuts from Mar 13, 2024

3/13/2024
Roger Miller - "King Of The Road" - The Return of Roger Miller [Performer & songwriting star for radio, theater, TV, and film, Miller (1936-92) worked with Chet Atkins, George Jones, Ray Price, Willie Nelson, Dwight Yoakam, Willie Nelson…] Arthur Russell - "In The Light Of A Miracle" - PRIZE! Picture of Bunny Rabbit [Pledge $20+ now to be in the running to win this CD. From a raw and mesmerizing 1985 solo session by the composer, singer, cellist.] [0:05:54] Andrew Cyrille & Maono - "Non-Expectation Celebration" - 2024 Premium from Observations of Deviance with David Mittleman. [Drummer DJ Mittleman titles this collection "spontaneous culture". This track from the 1975 album, Celebration, by the legendary drummer.] [0:12:28] Ensemble Nist-Nah - "Planeker" - Elders [Nine-piece percussion group led by Nantes-based Australian percussionist Will Guthrie with French musicians on drum kits, traditional and junk percussion, and Javanese gamelan instruments. From the Ridgewood Radio 2023 Legacy Premium.] [0:17:28] Jerome Cooper - "1991 Concert Excerpt" - PREMIUM! Jerome Cooper: Multi-Dimensional Drummer [Pledge $75+ during the Marathon and take this home (CD/download). From a 1991 solo by the veteran of Revolutionary Ensemble, Cecil Taylor, Anthony Braxton. The album contains two extended performances for Indonesian & African polyrhythms and melodies for percussion, balafon, chirimia, flutes, organ.] [0:27:39] Sharkiat - "Nahawand" - Irene Trudel's 2024 Premium, Songs From the Woods [A wayfaring selection of songs created on wooden instruments.] [0:31:10] Ha-Yang Kim - "Concert Recording" - Outpost Artists Resources [The cellist recorded at Outpost, November 2017 during the Ende Tymes Festival. From the Ridgewood Radio 2018 Legacy Premium.] [0:37:42] Body/Dilloway/Head - "Goin' Down" - PRIZE! Body/Dilloway/Head [Pledge $20+ now to be in the running to win this LP. Aaron Dilloway (Wolf Eyes) with Body/Head, the duo of Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth) and guitarist Bill Nace.] [0:47:17] Achim Reichel & Machines - "Station 2 Schönes Babylon" - Unkrautsalat: 2024 Drummer Premium from The Stork Club. [A weedy, seedy mix from the Vaterland.] [0:53:11] Fruits of Labor - "Party Dozen" - 2024 Drummer Premium from Five Miles to Midnight with The Knave [Down Under Grit: Post punk, trash, surf, & fuzz from present day Australia.] [0:58:13] Cheeseburger - "Gang of Four" - 2024 Drummer Premium from Wendy's show, Wreck Your Own Adventure [Songs in the Key of Cheese, a collection from Wendy del Formaggio.] [1:02:36] Guerilla Toss - "Land Where Money’s Nightmare Lives" - PRIZE! What Would The Odd Do? [Pledge $20+ now to be in the running to win this CD. Singer Kassie Carlson, drummer Peter Negroponte, guitarist Arian Shafiee, keyboardist Sam Lisabeth, and bassist Stephe Cooper.] [1:09:57] Disco Blaze - "Plastic Feelings (Nigeria)" - Afreaka!: 2024 Drummer Premium from Doug Schulkind's Give The Drummer Some [Psychedelic Funk & Fuzz From the Motherland.] [1:14:11] Jason Kao Hwang & Critical Response - "The Power of Many in the Soul of One" - Fire Over Heaven Concert Series [Composer/violinist Hwang with Anders Nilsson, electric guitar and Michael T.A. Thompson, drums. Dedicated to Joshua Wong, one of the leaders of the Hong Kong democracy movement. From the Ridgewood Radio Legacy Premium 2022.] [1:20:14] Merzbow - "Monoakuma" - PRIZE! Monoakuma [Pledge $20+ now to be in the running to win this CD. Noise legend Masami Akita, aka Merzbow, in a live recording made in Brisbane in 2012 at the Institute of Modern Art.] [1:33:04] Greater Ridgewood Radio Territory Band - "Track 2" - Greater Ridgewood Radio Territory Band [Avant-supergroup of Ka Baird (keys), Todd Capp (drums), Che Chen (guitar), and Talice Lee (violin) from a special session at Outpost anchored by Ridgewood Radio's own "house piano", a 1979 Fender Rhodes tuned in just intonation. 2020 Legacy Premium.] [1:48:39] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/137782

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Marathon: Premium Gas from Mar 6, 2024

3/6/2024
Perry Como - "It's Impossible" - It's Impossible [The crooner (1912-2001) sings music by Armando Manzanero, lyrics by Sid Wayne.] PRIZE! Ifriqiyya Electrique - "Qaadrii - Salaam Alaik - Massarh" - Rûwâhîne [Chance to win this album for a $20+ pledge! Sufi trance musicians and rituals from the Tunisian desert. Electric guitar, bass, and computer effects by François Cambuzat and Gianna Greco of Putan Club, joined by four Banga musicians.] [0:08:57] Embryo - "Auf Gottes Auge Wachst Kein Gras" - Import Expert: Cool Blue Flame with Little Danny 2024 Premium [Jazz and popular drones from and inspired by India and Southeast Asia.] [0:16:22] Zanagoria - "Jazz Modulation" - Evan Crankshaw aka Flashstrap's Explorer's Room 2024 Premium. [Sound insights & wild motifs from the library music world.] [0:21:04] PREMIUM! Jerome Cooper - "1988 solo excerpt" - Ridgewood Radio 2024 Premium: Jerome Cooper: Multi-Dimensional Drummer, Performances 1988, 1991 [Choose after a $75+ pledge. Veteran of Revolutionary Ensemble, Cecil Taylor, Anthony Braxton with Indonesian & African polyrhythms and melodies for percussion, balafon, chirimia, flutes, organ.] [0:27:53] Komodo Kolektif - "Night of the Leyak" - Sumantras [Out of Glasgow, the instruments and players (saron, gender, kempul) come from a local gamelan ensemble, Gamelan Naga Mas. From the Ridgewood Radio Legacy Premium 2023.] [0:35:28] Hahn Rowe - "Concert Recording" - Live at Trans Pecos, Queens 2016 [Violin, custom software and hardware. From the Ridgewood Radio Legacy Premium 2017.] [0:42:46] PRIZE! Les Filles De Illighadad - "Tihilele" - Eghass Malan [Chance to win this album for a $20+ pledge! Project of Fatou Seidi Ghali, lead vocalist of Les Filles, one of the only Tuareg female guitarists in Niger.] [0:51:30] Deep Listening Band - "Concert Recording" - Live at Roulette [David Gamper (keyboards, electronics), Stuart Dempster (trombone, didjeridu, electronics), Pauline Oliveros (accordion, electronics). From the Ridgewood Radio Legacy Premium 2019.] [0:57:33] Iket Adjen - "Tinariwen" - Bark Cat Bark, Bob Brainen's 2024 Premium [Tracks from some of Brainen's favorite "new" artists.] [1:11:32] Tom Waits - "The Black Rider" - Kurt Weill and His Consequences, 2024 premium from Bronwyn's Acid Jazz Hands show [Songs that aren't by Kurt Weill but sound like they should be.] [1:14:53] PRIZE! Carl Stone - "Jame Jam" - Himalaya [Chance to win this album for a $20+ pledge! Looping samples of (often Asian) pop culture, here with a Jamaican subject.] [1:21:46] Cooper-Moore - "Concert Recording" - Live at The Sump (H0L0), Queens [Performed on the artist’s handmade instrument (mouth bow). Recorded at The Sump (H0L0) 2016. From the Ridgewood Radio Legacy Premium 2017.] [1:27:23] Cooper-Moore - "Concert Recording" - Live at The Sump (H0L0), Queens [Performed on the artist’s handmade instrument (mouth bow). Recorded at The Sump (H0L0) 2016. From the Ridgewood Radio Legacy Premium 2017.] [1:30:54] Night Club - "Give Yourself Up" - Live, She Cried: Dark Night of the Soul with Julie 2024 Premium. [Live music from the darkest corners of WFMU.] [1:32:10] Cookie Jackson - "(I'm Gonna) Shout It On The Mountain" - The NOLA*LA Connection, Larry Grogan's 2024 Testify Premium [60s Crescent City soul men go west (and back again).] [1:35:05] PRIZE! The Necks - "Further" - Three [Chance to win this album for a $20+ pledge! The Australian trio from their 21st album. Chris Abrahams (keys), Lloyd Swanton (bass), Tony Buck (drums/percussion)] [1:41:54] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/137561

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Unraveling from Feb 28, 2024

2/28/2024
Robert Poss - "S Romp" - Drones, Songs and Fairy Dust [From an album of short studies by the guitarist Robert Poss (Band Of Susans).] Wadada Leo Smith & Orange Wave Electric - "Ntozake Shange" - Fire Illuminations [The great trumpet artist with band credited as guitarists Nels Cline, Brandon Ross, and Lamar Smith; bassists Bill Laswell and Melvin Gibbs; electronic musician Hardedge (Velibor Pedevski); percussionist Mauro Refosco; and drummer Pheeroan akLaff. An early AACM member, Wadada formed groups with Leroy Jenkins, Anthony Braxton, Henry Threadgill, Anthony Davis, Oliver Lake, and many more..] [0:06:10] Wadada Leo Smith/Hardedge - "Signs And Symbols Of Humanity" - The Nile [Sound design by Hardedge, Wadada Leo Smith, trumpet.] [0:21:51] Elliot Cole - "Is Nothing" - The World Is Nothing [Using the artist's software called the Flood which connects to a wikipedia of sound from around the world to create a customized stream montage.] [0:42:30] Yaz Lancaster - "Round Trips" - AmethYst [Composed by Andrew Noseworthy, Yaz Lancaster, violin. From an album of works with different collaborators.] [0:47:24] Matt Evans - "New Moon" - New Topographics [“Drum driven, ambient adjacent, hypnotic soundscapes” by composer Evans (Tigue, Bearthoven, Man Forever).] [0:53:22] Tristan Kasten-Krause - "Euphoria Cancel" - Potential Landscapes [Composer Kasten-Krause, double bass; Carol N Johnson, violin; Jayson Gerycz, percussion.] [0:58:19] Oren Ambarchi - "Krakow Knots" - Live Knots [The guitarist recorded live at Unsound Festival in Krakow in 2013 with Joe Talia, drums and Sinfonietta Cracovia, led by violist Eyvind Kang.] [1:11:44] Openscore Ensemble - "Les Mages" - Antiphonae [Based on La Nativité du Seigneur by Olivier Messiaen. Produced by Jacob Adler (electric organ) out of Phoenix, AZ with Jessie Demaree (clarinet), Chris Del Favero (guitars), Neil Hathaway (bass guitar, vibraphone), Phil Smith (saxophone).] [1:54:34] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/137319

Duration:02:06:55

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Biodiversity from Feb 21, 2024

2/21/2024
Drew Daniel, John Wiese - "Un Mask" - Continuous Hole [Recorded remotely (meaning they transferred audio files across continents): Drew Daniel (Matmos) and John Wiese (Sissy Spacek). Cross-multiplying tape manipulation and software, processing loops.] Anadol - "Görünmez Hava" - Uzun Havalar [Psychedelic synth folk project by Gözen Atila, a Turkish sound artist and photographer based in Berlin. Recorded in Istanbul and at Tempelhof Studios Berlin. Based on collective improvisations of Middle Eastern folk songs called "uzun hava".] [0:04:14] Matthew Goodheart - "Apparition 5" - Five Apparitions [San Francisco-based composer, recorded in Wuppertal, Germany in a piece for clarinet, bass, piano, and percussion. Georg Wissel, clarinet; George Cremaschi, bass; and the composer on transducer-actuated metal percussion and piano. Excerpt.] [0:12:48] Josh Johnson - "Marvis" - Unusual Object [LA-based composer's work for processed saxophone, subtle samples, and grooves.] [0:21:56] LFZ - "Naturally I Found It Within" - Raveled Veiled Known [Los Angeles musician Sean Smith, under the name LFZ, guitar with analog and digital components.] [0:31:40] Empanadas Ilegales - "Batidora 3 in 1" - Creepy Mambo: Rooftop Sessions [Vancouver Cumbia-Psych Rockers recorded live on the roof of Warrington Art Collective. Ricardo Jose Perez, electric guitar, vocals, fx (Ecuador); Daniel Hernandez Pinto, bass guitar (Colombia); Jaime Millan, electric guitar (Argentina); Alonso Benavente Fortes, drums (Ecuador/Peru); Andrea Milagros, percussion (Colombia); Sangito Bigelow, congas (Canada); Gordon Lee, saxophone (Canada).] [0:47:39] Michelle Moeller - "Slate" - Late Morning [Moeller is a composer and performer based in Oakland, CA, prepared piano and electronics.] [1:00:52] Matmos - "Tonight there is something special about the moon" - Regards / Ukłony dla Bogusław Schaeffer [Album interpolates, edits, and manipulates music originally made by Bogusɬaw Schaeffer (1929-2019) created at the Polish Radio Experimental Studio in the 1960s and 1970s. M.C. Schmidt, electronics, sampling, processing, synthesizer, bass guitar; Drew Daniel: electronics, sampling, processing.] [1:05:58] Cecilia Lopez, Ingrid Laubrock - "cuerda floja" - MAROMAS [Lopez (Argentina), electronics and processing and Laubrock (Germany), soprano and tenor saxophone. Both now in New York. Maromas refers to the actions of tricksters, conjurers, and acrobats.] [1:13:29] Weston Olencki, Anna Webber - "Longie" - Several [Webber (Canada, NYC), saxophone and Olencki (South Carolina/Berlin), trombone.] [1:19:50] Keiji Haino, Jim O'Rourke, Oren Ambarchi - "Thinking too deeply..." - Caught in the dilemma... [Haino on drums/guitar, O’Rourke on Hammond organ, and Ambarchi on his signature Leslie-processed guitar. Live at Tokyo’s SuperDeluxe in 2017. Track's full title is *Thinking too deeply I skipped over--three by three*. And album title: *"Caught in the dilemma of being made to choose" This makes the modesty which should never been closed off itself Continue to ask itself: "Ready or not ?"*] [1:36:09] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/137121

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Considering Everything from Feb 14, 2024

2/14/2024
MIZU - "Pump" - Forest Scenes [The Juilliard-trained cellist (formerly Issei Herr) described as "deconstructionist experimentation and ontological interrogation".] MinaeMinae - "Flügelhüllen" - Gestrüpp [Out of Germany (Stuttgart?), alias of Bastian Epple, mixes analog and synthetic sounds, recordings of multicultural percussion and guitar, modular synthesis, and processing.] [0:06:15] Dave Wilson - "A Hundred Glowing Clouds" - Ephemeral [New Zealand composer/reedworker Wilson, bass clarinet; Ben Hunt, trumpet; Chris Beernink, double bass; Callum Jephson Allardice, guitar; Hikurangi Schaverien-Kaa, drums; Amy Brookman, Monique Lapins, violins; Nicholas Hancox, viola; Bennie Sneyd-Utting, cello.] [0:11:05] Carrie Frey - "Fits and Starts" - Seagrass ["Cycles, patterns, moments of pause" by composer Emily Praetorius from an album of works written or adapted for violist Frey.] [0:19:27] Seabuckthorn - "Long Voyages Often Lose Themselves" - Turns [A project of guitarist Andy Cartwright (UK) here with William Ryan Fritch, bass.] [0:27:34] I - I - "Movement 1" - I - I Uchihashi Kazuhisa, Yamamoto Tatsuhisa, Sakaguchi Mitsuhisa [Kazuhisa Uchihashi, guitar, daxophone, pedals; Mitsuhisa Sakaguchi, synthesizers, pedals; Tatsuhisa Yamamoto, percussion.] [0:37:08] Robert Cahen - "La nef des fous" - La nef des fous [The composer (of musique concrète and video art) joined the Parisian Groupe de Recherches Musicales in 1972. The pieces on this record were created in the GRM studios between 1971 and 1974.] [0:45:53] Dellarge - "Nave Nodriza" - INRI (Industria Nacional del Ruido Infinito) [Recorded at the artist's studio at Lake Pátzcuaro in Michoacan, Mexico. INRI = National Industry of Infinite Noise.] [0:57:51] The Lord † Petra Haden - "Devotional" - Devotional [Collaborative album from vocalist and violinist Petra Haden and Greg Anderson (SUNN O)))). Percussion by Jade Devitt.] [1:02:59] This Celestial Engine - "Mindmelding" - This Celestial Engine [Out of Oslo, Norway. Drummer Ted Parsons (Swans), bassist Dave Sturt (Gong), and keyboardist Roy Powell (Braxton, Laswell). Recorded live at Kafé Hærverk.] [1:12:23] Sunna Margrét - "Saraswati Murder" - Art of History [Created between her oceanic hometown of Reykjavik, Iceland, and current base in Lausanne, Switzerland.] [1:23:40] Vyormouth - "Barbed Asylum" - Music For Haunted Asylums [From a collection of tracks by artists channeling the mystery of abandoned asylums.] [1:29:15] Aidan Baker - "Climbing Into Light" - The Forever Tapes (Forever Versions) [Excerpt from a 6-hour collection of related tracks: composer Baker, guitars, drum machines, bass, vocals, keyboards. Baker is a Canadian musician living in Berlin.] [1:48:45] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/136871

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Guerilla Tactics from Jan 31, 2024

1/31/2024
Microhm - "Dislocacion del Tiempo" - Anthology Of Experimental Music From Mexico [Microhm is the alias of Mexican sound artist Leslie García.] Julius Eastman - "Evil Nigger (Part 1)" - Unjust Malaise [Created 1979 for four pianos and performed 1980 by composer Eastman, Frank Ferko, Janet Kattas, Patricia Martin at Northwestern University. The piece can also be played with solo instruments (it takes up to 17).] [0:10:27] Huvudbry - "Svampen" - Spänningar [Huvudbry is Hampus Öhman-Frölund (Sweden/Brooklyn), loops, guitar, harmonica, percussion, electronics, synth, here with Avery Leigh Draut, vocals; Kyle Forester, synth, fretless bass, drums; Robbie Lee, synth.] [0:31:30] Ennio Morricone - "1970" - Crime And Dissonance [From a collection of Morricone's lesser known soundtrack work from the 1970s, put together by Mike Patton and Alan Bishop.] [0:39:57] Electric Jalaba - "Hindewu" - El Hal / The Feeling [Moroccan-born Gnawa musician Simo Lagnawi, vocals, krakeb, and guimbria, here with producer and bassist Olly Keen; producer/keys player Henry Keen; guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Nathaniel Keen; singer/multi-instrumentalist Barnaby Keen; and drummer Dave De Rose.] [0:48:35] Thollem, Terry Riley, Nels Cline - "The Light is Real Before" - The Light is Real [Terry Riley, voice; Thollem (McDonas), voice and Wavestate; Nels Cline, electric guitars, effects, Megamouth megaphone.] [0:56:06] Jon Hassell - "Parts 1 (Ravinia/Vancouver), 3 (Hamburg), 4 (Brussels)" - The Surgeon Of The Nightsky Restores Dead Things By The Power Of Sound [A mix of concert recordings with composer Hassell, trumpet, keyboards; Michael Brook, guitar; J.A. Deane, electric and acoustic percussion; Jean-Philippe Rykiel and Richard Horowitz, synths. Mixed by Brian Eno and Hassell.] [1:16:27] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/136436

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Subjunctive World from Jan 24, 2024

1/24/2024
Kee Avil, Ami Dang - "And I (Ami Dang remix)" - Crease Remixed [Montréal, Québec. From remixes of the solo project by producer/guitarist Vicky Mettler, with vocalist, sitarist, composer, and producer Ami Dang from Baltimore adding choppy delays and layering; and producer ZT Christensen processing the guitar parts (time stretching, pitch shifting...).] A Model Kit - "Unmoor" - Sirens [Tbilisi, Georgia. A project of electronic producer and musician Maxim Popov. Found and recorded samples of traditional Bashkir, Udmurt, Tatar, Russian vocal music, various noises, political speeches, 80’s radio, and archive field recordings of South Africa. Album supports Ukrainian refugees in Georgia.] [0:05:55] autotectonic - "Psilocybin" - Cosmic Sessions [A project of Cayce Fischer out of Toronto, Ontario.] [0:09:41] Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio - "Wait for the Moon to Rise" - Moon on the Lake [Out of Tokyo. Satoko Fujii, piano; Takashi Sugawa, bass, cello; Ittetsu Takemura, drums.] [0:19:09] Toto Alvarez - "La Mar" - La Cuerda Floja [From a solo guitar album by Chilean musician Luis “Toto” Alvarez.] [0:33:08] Jin Hi Kim - "Gut Morgen" - KomunGuitar [Jin Hi Kim, komungo with Hans Reichel, electric guitar.] [0:40:45] Dustin Wong - "New Societies Interacting, Let's Zoom In" - Fluid World Building 101 With Shaman Bambu [Los Angeles-based (and sometimes Tokyo) composer and multi-instrumentalist in a solo track for guitar, synth, voice, percussion.] [0:44:23] Blixa Bargeld - "Zentrifuge (Rede Speech)" - How to Destroy the Universe - Part 5 [Performance from a traveling festival and compilation organized by Ethan Port. Bargeld is known for Einstürzende Neubauten and as a member of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.] [0:53:53] Mukdad Rothenberg Lankow - "Window to the rain" - In the Wake of Memories [Syrian political refugee Wassim Mukdad, oud; David Rothenberg, clarinet; Volker Lankow. percussion.] [1:05:35] Ulf Ivarsson - "Anzag" - Nammu [Sweden. Ulf Ivarsson, bass, drummachines, percussion, synths, samples, EFX; Bill Laswell, bass, EFX; Hux Nettermalm, drums; Thomas Backman, bari & alto sax, bass clarinet; Per Wiberg, organ.] [1:12:45] Beats Antique - "Egyptic" - Blind Threshold [Oakland, CA. David Satori, viola, saz, percussion, bass; Side Car Tommy, drums, bass, percussion, piano; Zoe Jakes and all, arranging. With Dina Maccabee , violin; Charith Premawardhana, viola; Shain Carrasco, cello; Tobias Roberson, darbuka.] [1:25:43] Futuregrapher - "DX7 Meditation" - The Copulating Mermaid of Venice [Created by Árni Grétar (Iceland).] [1:39:06] Pulse Emitter - "Remix" - Voids [Recorded in 2008, project of Daryl Groetsch (Portland, OR). Described as "Berlin School synthesis, digital fourth world composition, lengthy new age meditations, or space junk noise".] [1:47:00] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/136207

Duration:02:06:51

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The Morocco Experiment from Jan 17, 2024

1/17/2024
Sapho - "Laouah" - Digital Sheikha [French-Moroccan artist Sapho produced by Bill Laswell for this "ethno dance" album.] Brion Gysin - "Untitled 6" - One Night @ the 1001: Moroccan Music recorded by Brion Gysin [The album contains Jajouka and other traditional Moroccan musicians specializing in exorcism and trance. The recordings were made by beat poet Brion Gysin in the mid 1950s at his restaurant in Tangiers.] [0:06:34] Gnawa Noujoum Experience - "Marhba/Baba Arabi" - Gnawa Noujoum Experience [By a collective born from a Boum Ba Clash party at the famous Paris club Batofar. The Gnawa are a Sufi order in Morocco who identify with the descendants of formerly enslaved West Africans.] [0:13:32] Sukitoa o Namau - "Nari (feat. Badawi)" - Nari [Sukitoa is a sound artist, performer, and researcher from Morocco. She uses field recordings, processed sounds, and electronics toward "fascination, hypnosis, aura, and trance". Mixed and mastered by Raz Mesinai.] [0:21:18] Abdou El Omari - "Rajaat Laayoun" - Nuits D'Été [Keyboardist and pioneer of Moroccan psychedelia recorded in the Boussiphone studios in Casablanca.] [0:28:09] Momo - "Digital Garab" - Ministry of Bullshit [Momo (Music of Moroccan Origin) is a group that translated the clash culture between their North African origins and their European experience. Lahcen Lahbib (vocals, percussion), Farid Nania (lotar, vocals and percussion), and Tahar Idrissi (sintir, vocals and percussion).] [0:36:49] Naab - "Tamghra Nouchen" - Salam Haleikoum [A conglomerate of twelve musicians of Arabic/French extraction, here featuring tabla player Jérôme Kérihuel.] [0:43:13] Dijf Sanders - "Panduri’s Box" - Supra [David "Dijf" Sanders is a Belgian composer, producer, and sound designer utilizing synths, field recordings, electronic, ambient, and folk influences.] [0:49:45] Zigo Rayopineal - "Subterranean Rites" - Unexplained Sounds Group - 9th Annual Report [Out of Argentina, described as a collision between "savage electronics, nature sounds, alchemy, and weird magic". Studied with Pauline Oliveros and Murray Schaffer.] [0:57:37] Bernard O Neill & Brendan Ring - "Wildpipes" - An tSlí (The Way) [Ring is an Irish traditional musician, playing Uilleann pipes, wire-strung harp, and low whistle. O Neill is a French bassist.] [1:07:22] The Gamelan of the Walking Warriors - "Semut Megarang" - Gamelan Beleganjur and the Music of the Ngaben Funerary Ritual in Bali [Recording of Dharma Shanti Orchestra by Italian scholar Vincenzo Della Ratta, 2011 in Bali.] [1:12:24] Rapasa Nyatrapasa Otieno - "Adhiambo" - Jopango [Out of Kenya, from a collection of pieces inspired by research into Kenya’s Benga heritage, which finds its roots in Nyatiti music (an eight string lyre).] [1:23:21] Clodo Misère - "Torchis Dans L'Ben" - Hussain Safir/Clodo Misère Split [French noise duo, Antoine Elias and Anatole Petit, recorded in Adrar en Dern, Tamlalt village, Morocco.] [1:27:30] Phil Von & the Gnawa Musicians of Fès - "Hicham Bilali" - L'autre nuit [Flamenco dancer, singer, performer, & composer Von designed this montage described as "a refined, emotional, and inter-cultural piece of music, like a picture of the Maghreb".] [1:48:15] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/135888

Duration:02:06:23

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Breaking Free from Jan 10, 2024

1/10/2024
Martyna Basta - "Presentiment" - Slowly Forgetting, Barely Remembering [Out of Kraków, Poland. Described as "scenes from the blurry edge of memory" and ”the beauty of uncertainty”.] The Fathers - "The Fathers" - The Fathers/Map Collection [San Francisco-based Ohio expats Nathan Bowers and Derek Gedelecia.] [0:05:05] Minicomponente - "Nguru Taiel II" - Universos Oscilantes [From a tribute album by Paula Zustovich for Aimé Painé, Mapuche singer (Patagonia) who resurrected the Taiel (sacred songs) of the region.] [0:14:50] Bridges of Königsberg - "Rust Issues" - The Shenanigans - to - Tomfoolery Continuum [The formerly Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based trio of Christopher Burns, David Collins, and Peter J. Woods.] [0:20:08] Map Collection - "Map Collection" - The Fathers/Map Collection [Oakland duo of Curt Brown and Fletcher Pratt, originally from Akron, Ohio & Winnipeg, Manitoba.] [0:37:01] David Behrman - "ViewFinder" - ViewFinder (solo version recorded in February 2022) [Originally designed for homemade synths in the 70s, here performed by composer Behrman on violin and laptop.] [0:46:25] Tony Oxley - "Frame I" - Beaming [Tony Oxley, electronics & concept; Stefan Hölker, acoustic percussion.] [1:05:22] Leonardo Barbadoro - "Hybr Spiro" - Musica Automata [Florence, Italy. An orchestra of automated instruments controlled by digital impulses. Described as "the largest orchestra of robots in existence".] [1:19:45] Ian Mikyska - "In (Parts X-XI)" - Music for Sixth - tone Harmonium [From a collection of compositions for sixth-tone harmonium, performed by Miroslav Beinhauer. Alois Hába, Czech composer and pioneer of microtonal music, commissioned a number of microtonal instruments in the 1920s and '30s, including this sixth-tone harmonium. Recorded at Czech Radio, Prague.] [1:24:43] Eugene Chadbourne - "New Glasses Lost in Boulder Creek" - I Looked Like a Hippie [A multi-track improv montage by the artist described as "one of the most absurdly prolific left-field musicians of all time".] [1:33:49] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/135673

Duration:02:06:47

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Unpredictable from Jan 3, 2024

1/3/2024
Twit One - "Halt Mal" - Objets Trouvés (Deluxe) [German hip-hop producer from Cologne.] David Lang - "increase" - writing on water [The ensemble Alarm Will Sound performs a piece by the co-founder of the musical collective Bang on a Can and 2008 Pulitzer awardee in music.] [0:05:29] Arnold Dreyblatt & The Orchestra Of Excited Strings - "Auditoria" - Resolve [Composer Dreyblatt on altered (excited) string bass; Joachim Schütz and Oren Ambarchi, electric guitars; Konrad Sprenger, percussion, computer-controlled electric guitar.] [0:15:30] Ellen Arkbro - "For organ and brass" - For organ and brass [Stockholm-based composer's piece for organ and ensemble in meantone temperament (narrowing the fifths in order to push the thirds closer to pure) utilizing a 1624 Shererorgel in St. Stephen’s Church in Tangermünde, Northeastern Germany.] [0:32:35] Olivia Block - "Axiolite" - Innocent Passage in the Territorial Sea [Out of Chicago, for Korg CX3 organ, Organelle, tapes, field recordings, and Mellotron.] [0:55:57] Kamran Sadeghi - "Inverted Legacy" - Music For Pictures No . 2 [Out of Brooklyn, modular synthesis, field recording.] [1:01:28] RDKPL - "220301_04" - Comp6 - Shadowlands 1 [Czech noisemaker Radek Kopel from a compilation of 52 tracks covering 20 countries of dark ambient, dungeon synth, ambient, minimal, electroacoustic, industrial.] [1:06:36] UnicaZürn - "The Innermost Chamber Leads to the Sky" - Modulisme Session 073 (3 Year Itch Birthday Session v.1) [Out of France, Stephen Thrower, keyboards and reeds; David Knight, guitar and keyboards, from a compilation of modular synth pieces. This one for EMS Synthi AKS, Korg MS20, Roland System 100, ARP Solina String Ensemble, Mellotron, Yamaha SK20, and Nord Lead.] [1:14:59] Rojinski - "The Voice of Apocalypse" - Witnessing The End Of The World [Out of Belgium, Alexei Rojinski, composer of dark ambient, drone, cinematic, atmospheric, soundscape, soundtrack, EBM, industrial, synthpop, and dark techno.] [1:29:02] cøelho - "Wu~wu" - Six Sines [From a live 2020 performance in Recife, Brazil by Rodrigo Coelho.] [1:37:00] Zumaia - "L'oeil de la Nuit" - Comp6 - Shadowlands 1 [Out of Bordeaux, France, from a compilation of 52 tracks covering 20 countries of dark ambient, dungeon synth, ambient, minimal, electroacoustic, industrial.] [1:46:17] Lighght - "Designer Growth Module" - Idiot Dance Music [Out of Ireland.] [1:56:41] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/135480

Duration:02:06:38

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Improviser’s Masquerade from Dec 27, 2023

12/27/2023
Charles Mingus - "Summertime - Take 3" - Mingus Three [Riffing on the George Gershwin tune, from an album by bassist, composer, and bandleader Mingus with pianist Hampton Hawes and drummer Dannie Richmond, remastered in 2022.] Brandon Lopez Trio - "Concert Recording" - Roulette Concert Archive [Bassist Lopez with Jooklo Duo (Virgina Genta, piano, sax and David Vanzan, percussion). Edit.] [0:07:35] Chris Corsano - "Concert Recording" - Roulette Concert Archive [Solo for drums and small percussion.] [0:43:46] Bill Orcutt - "Concert Recording" - Roulette Concert Archive [Solo for acoustic guitar.] [1:01:41] Joseph Spence - "Coming in on a wing and a prayer" - Joseph Spence: The Complete Folkways Recordings, 1958 [The Bahamian guitarist and singer recorded 1958 on his porch by the folk musicologist Samuel Charters.] [1:21:10] Bill Orcutt & Chris Corsano - "Concert Recording" - Roulette Concert Archive [Electric guitar and drums.] [1:30:24] Jimi Hendrix - "Power To Love (Live)" - Band Of Gypsys [Recorded at the Fillmore East in NYC on Jan. 1, 1970 with guitarist Hendrix; Billy Cox, bass; and Buddy Miles, drums.] [1:42:29] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/135205

Duration:02:06:49

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Immersibles from Dec 20, 2023

12/20/2023
Chem XP - "GQ" - Noise vs. Silence (Vol. I - IV) [Chaz "Chem XP" Washington is a multidisciplinary artist based in Austin, TX. This track is an ambient experiment in field recording, modular synthesis, and digital sound design. From an album with contributions from Iranian artists living in Iran and abroad.] Lucie Páchová - "Ven" - Крънджилица [Czech Republic. Using material recorded in the Bulgarian village of Krandzhilitsa. Prepared zither, objects found in abandoned houses – such as springs, combs, forks, knitting needles and chisels - intertwined with chores and sounds of the house: lighting stoves, pickling peppers, making butter, water, goats, or radio static.] [0:06:02] CM von Hausswolff & Chandra Shukla - "Kecak! (Sanghyang)" - Travelogue [Bali] [Produced in Switzerland by Hausswolff (Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland) and Shukla (Xambuca, Psychic TV). built from material recorded February 2020 in Uluwatu, Ubud, Badung, Mount Batur, and other locations in Bali, Indonesia.] [0:13:07] Symposium Musicum - "Anonymous" - Symposium Musicum [Constructed from field recordings, interviews, and observations collected in the villages of Podolínec, Lomnička, Levočské Vrchy, and Kolačkov - areas of Slovakia with significant Romani enclaves.] [0:23:13] Aaron Dilloway - "Bhoot Ghar: Entrance Soundtrack & Geese Feeding Outside" - Bhoot Ghar: Sounds Of The Kathmandu Horror House [From the Ohio artist, "audio playing as you walk the path to enter the Kathmandu Horror House... being blasted out of a way cheap outdoor PA speaker which is seriously blown the fuck out. I did no remixing to this audio, this is the full recording of what was looping out of the entrance speaker". Edit.] [0:33:39] Francesco Fabris & Ben Frost - "Walking Like A Royal Snake Down The Mountain Towards The Sea" - Vakning [Recorded on location by Fabris and Frost (Reykjavík) at Fagradalsfjall, Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland. What sounds like shattering glass is in fact fragile rock being born from lava.] [0:40:49] Marco Ferrazza - "Margine_i" - Margine [Italy. Field recordings and reel-to-reel tape recorder processed by Eurorack, sampler, granular synthesis patch.] [0:44:43] Kate Carr - "Unlikely to be heard" - A Field Guide To Phantasmic Birds [Built from recordings of birds from South Africa, Australia, and home in the UK, supplemented with "bird horns".] [0:53:02] Doug Wieselman - "Fourvière" - WA-Zoh [Multi-instrumentalist Wieselman has taken hours of recordings of birds both from his world travels and outside his window in Brooklyn and uses the recorded bird songs and phrases - slowed down and processed - alongside gentle accompaniments.] [1:02:41] Jana Winderen - "The Art of Listening: Under Water" - The Blue Beyond [Norway. A mix of sounds recorded in the Atlantic Ocean in the Miami area, from the Barents Sea around the North Pole, and tropical oceans: Crackling of tiny sea creatures, bursts, modulating long tones, ships passing. Edit.] [1:08:13] O Morto - "Fait attention, pas de confiance" - Ifrits Habitent ["Fever dream" collage of Moroccan field recordings and "curiously pitched" synthesis, out of Portugal.] [1:25:53] Philip Jeck & Chris Watson - "Drum" - Oxmardyke [Processed recordings made in in Yorkshire, England at the Oxmardyke rail crossing outside Faxfleet.] [1:37:41] crys cole & Oren Ambarchi - "Pad Phet Gob" - Hotel Record [Field recordings made in Thailand become an ambiguously acoustic/electronic rainforest mutating into electronic tone-fields and sibilants.] [1:46:08] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/135004

Duration:02:06:52