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An odyssey of the ears powered by the moon, the stars, & a pixie dusting of ecstatic electricity...

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East Orange, NJ

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An odyssey of the ears powered by the moon, the stars, & a pixie dusting of ecstatic electricity...

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English


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Welcome To The Moonkey House from Apr 21, 2024

4/21/2024
Valentin Silvestrov/Warsaw Philharmonic Choir - "Prayer For The Ukraine (2014)" - A Concert in Aid Of the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine & The 'Dunka" National Choir of Ukraine (2022) [Silvestrov left Ukraine when the war. He now resides in Germany] [0:00:00] Naomi Yang - "Never Be A Punching Bag For Nobody" - Never Be a Punching Bag For Nobody (OST) [of Damon & Naomi / 20/20/20 is Damon & Naomi's label] [0:04:24] Mari & Hakon Samuelsen - "Divenire (by Ludovico Einaudi)" - James Horner - Pas de Deux [0:10:08] Andrey Vinogradov - "Ancestral Land" - single [0:14:35] Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld - "Hey Hey My My" - Fall (EP) [0:18:16] Richie Culver - "Weakness" - Scream if You Don't Exist [0:24:02] Tim Gick - "Invade Your Neighbor's Cup Of Tea On The Window Sill" - Neighbor Invader [0:29:20] Daniel Bachman - "Now The Roses Come Again" - When The Roses Come Again [0:34:23] The Felice Brothers - "We Shall Live Again" - From Dreams To Dust [0:38:18] Anaïs Mitchell - "Why We Build The Wall (feat. Greg Brown)" - Hadestown [0:46:29] Sink - "Waking Up After a Long Day, Pt 2" - Sink [Sink is Andrea Ermke, Chris Abrahams, Marcello Busato, & Arthur Rother] [0:50:47] Kolner Akademie - "Mitridate, re di Ponto, K.87. Overture (by W.A. Mozart)" - Mozart: Overtures [1:14:52] Laura Cannell - "The Earth Beneath The Sea" - Sealore (EP) [1:20:02] Ocean Sounds - "Faleasao Bay" - Adriatic Adventure [AKA duo Grace Marie Guerrero & Rebeca Luna Carrera] [1:22:39] The Gurdjieff Ensemble, Levon Eskenian - "Pythia (by G.I. Gurdjieff)" - Zartir [G.I. Gurdjieff was an Armenian-Greek mystic & composer] [1:25:30] Joëlle Léandre & Pascal Contet - "Miniature 2" - Miniatures [1:29:03] Viki Steiri - "Procession" - Balm [1:35:39] The Starless Oracle - "Where Do We Go Now?" - Seastones [AKA Brad E. Rose] [1:39:57] Jem Finer - "Will Arrive In 5 Minutes" - Underground [composed as an accompaniment to an exhibit of Jock McFayden's paintings of the London Underground] [1:47:16] Francois Bayle - "Eros Noir (1980)" - Erosphère [1:56:23] Ryan Marino - "Untitled (track 2)" - The Evidences [made using field recordings recorded in Hawai'i] [1:58:24] Ana Lua Caiano - "Vou Ficar Neste Quadrado" - ou Ficar Neste Quadrado [2:11:57] The Jesus And Mary Chain - "Girl71" - Glasgow Eyes [2:14:38] Salem Witch Army - "The Others" - Demos [2:17:37] Kurt Vonnegut - "Harrison Bergeron (1961)" - Welcome To the Monkey House [originally published in 1961 in "The Magazine Of Fantasy And Science Fiction" / That one is going out to my good friend & an amazing artist, Bonham (http://donbonham.com/)] [2:20:16] Red Largo - "Exodus (Transmission 2)" - Transmitting [Red largo is a Berlin-based theatre project of writer Sonja Kessner, Fredrik Kinborn (lap steel guitar), Andreas Dormann (bass clarinet), & Chris Farr (drums)] [2:34:45] Mick Harvey - "We Had An Island" - Five Ways To Say Goodbye [of The Birthday Party & Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds / 1st solo album in a decade] [2:42:15] Kelly Moran - "Superhuman" - Moves In The Field [2:45:46] David Gilmour - "Arnold Layne (feat. David Bowie)" - Live from the Royal Albert Hall, May 2006 ["Arnold Layne" was Bowie's favorite Pink Floyd song] [2:50:06] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139129

Duration:03:08:44

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SPECIAL: Blixa Bargeld Interview & Einsturzende Neubauten - "Rampen" Listening Party!! from Apr 14, 2024

4/14/2024
Blixa Bargeld - "Dumpfe Stimmen - Ouvertüre" - Commissioned Music [Music For The Play "Dumpfe Stimmen"] [0:00:00] Blixa Bargeld - "Hexagon (excerpt)" - Hexagon for Sonambiente Berlin [recorded in 2021 for the sound festival "Somambiente, which took over Berlin's recently decommissioned Tegel Airport] [0:04:49] Blixa Bargeld w/ The Tim Isfort Orchestra - "Mother" - Recycled (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [0:06:01] ANBB (Alva Noto / Blixa Bargeld) - "Once Again" - Mimikry [0:09:23] Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld - "Ziegenfisch" - Fall (EP) [0:14:31] Blixa Bargeld - "About artists he's worked with" - Interview w/ Blixa Bargeld - recorded on April 10, 2024 [0:18:46] Kiku & Blixa Bargeld - "Eng, Düster Und Bang (feat. Blixa Bargeld)" - Eng, Düster Und Bang [0:20:31] Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld - "Pop Mix" - Ghosts... of the Civil Dead [soundtrack for the film] [0:25:54] Blixa Bargeld - "The NYTimes said I play guitar like I'm waiting for the bus...I like that..." - Interview w/ Blixa Bargeld - recorded on April 10, 2024 [0:28:40] Blixa Bargeld Liest Bertolt Brecht - "Erst Ließ Freude Mich Nicht Schlafen (1956)" - Erotische Gedichte (Erotic Poems) [0:29:06] Blixa Bargeld - "About Grazer Damm" - Interview w/ Blixa Bargeld - recorded on April 10, 2024 [0:29:25] Einstürzende Neubauten - "Grazer Damm" - Alles In Allem [0:34:19] Blixa Bargeld - "Interview - April 10, 2024 (excerpt)" - Interview w/ Blixa Bargeld - recorded on April 10, 2024 [0:40:42] Einstürzende Neubauten - "Negativ Nein" - Kollaps [0:42:30] Blixa Bargeld - "About Rampen" - Interview w/ Blixa Bargeld - recorded on April 10, 2024 [0:49:48] Blixa Bargeld - "About Working With Neubauten & "Wie Lange"" - Interview w/ Blixa Bargeld - recorded on April 10, 2024 [0:57:01] Einstürzende Neubauten - "Wie lange noch? (How Much Longer?)" - Rampen (apm: alien pop music) [Wie lange noch? | How much longer? || by Bargeld//Bargeld/Chudy/Hacke/Moser/Arbeit/Gebhard || Alles schon geschrieben | All been written || Alles schon gesagt | All been said || Das Innere der Zwiebel | Inside the onion || Längsschnitt – ausgelesen | Vertical cut – selection made || bis auf weiteres vertagt | Adjourned till further notice || Der Müll wird ausgewurzelt | Trash is being eradicated || Ein Solitär wird hergerollt | A solitaire is being rolled up || Alles schon besungen | everything’s been sung about || Alles schon passiert | everything’s already happened || Wie lange noch? | How much longer? || Wie wie wie wie lange noch? | How how how how much longer? || Der Schnitt durchs Ladekabel | The cut through the charger cable || Jetzt gilt: | To be done: || Die Brust wird ausgefegt | The chest is being swept clean || Wie lange noch? | How much longer? || near roses: sing | near roses: sing || Alles schon gesungen | already sung || Alles schon gedacht | Everything already thought || Die Tricks sind ausgegangen | The tricks all used up || Gedruckt mit Blut auf Flügeln | Printed in blood on wings || und unters Volk gebracht | and aired in public || In diesem Sinne: | In this vein: || Endmoräne | terminal moraine || Wie lange noch? | How much longer? || Wie wie wie wie lange noch? | How how how how much longer? || BB: vocals/NU: metal perc./AH: electric bass guitar/RM: pvc-buckets, amplified metal spring, recorder/JA: e-bow, “Homeswinger”-12-string harp/FG: synthesizer] [0:58:51] Einstürzende Neubauten - "Ist Ist (Is Is)" - Rampen (apm: alien pop music) [Ist Ist | Is Is || by Bargeld//Bargeld/Chudy/Hacke/Moser/Arbeit/Gebhard || I’ve been to Niagara Falls | I‘ve been to both great walls | but it wasn’t there | It wasn’t there | No, it was not there | ist ist | is is || I’ve been to the end of Europe | I’ve been to the other side | but it wasn’t there | It wasn’t there | No, it was not there | ist ist | is is || BB: vocals, piano,...

Duration:03:06:08

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Vernal Moonlight Invocation from Apr 7, 2024

4/7/2024
Woodleigh Research Facility - "Salacia" - Vernal Invocation [vernal • \VER-nul\ • adjective. 1 : of, relating to, or occurring in the spring 2 : fresh or new like the spring; also : youthful. (from Merriam-Webster Dictionary)] [0:00:00] Madeleine Cocolas - "Drift" - Bodies [0:05:46] Mike Cooper & Andrew Tuttle - "One Volt Per One Ampere (excerpt)" - One Volt Per One Ampere [0:11:09] Lack Lazuli - "Leaning Into A Western Chorus" - Trouts And Dipper [AKA Boulder, Colorado based artist Derek Pederson] [0:14:55] A Lily - "Kemm Nixtieq Li Qed" - Saru l​-​Qamar [A Lily is Phantom Limb label head James Vella / The album is constructed around vocals from home recordings made by Maltese émigrés. From the 60s onwards many would record themselves relating news and messages, often in the traditional song form of għana, to send back to family. UK-based but of Maltese heritage, Vella was given access to these tapes through the archive of Magna Żmien, a grassroots project begun in 2017 to digitize and preserve home made audio visual material.] [0:17:48] Sequences - "I Shall Pass To The Other Side" - Água Viva [Sequences is the long-running project of Antwerp's Niels Geybels. “Agua Viva,” borrows its title & inspiration from Brazilian writer, Clarice Lispector's 1973 novel. "Agua Viva" has the dual meaning of both “living water” and the Portuguese word for “jellyfish”.] [0:22:05] Shuta Hiraki - "II" - Fossils And Vein [Japanese artist Hiraki composed this collection on a Nordmodular G2 keyboard synth] [0:26:46] Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard - "Coarse Grain" - Sound X Sound: Music For 15 Shakers (7" [Løkkegaard is based in Copenhagen] [0:28:10] Brunhild Ferrari - "Exterieur-jour (Outdoor-day)" - Exterieur-jour [This piece was recorded at her husband Luc Ferrari’s home studio in 2014 and is finally getting its first release here.] [0:30:45] Subroutine - "Untitled" - Echtzeitmusik Berlin (V/A) [0:39:56] Ivo Malec - "Dahovi (per nastro magnetico) 1961" - Sigma / Cantate Pour Elle / Dahovi / Miniatures Pour Lewis Carroll ["Dahovi" is the Serbo-Croatian word for "breathing." This music was originally composed for Piotr Kamler's short film, “Structures”] [0:43:09] Jean-Luc Guionnet - "Totality (excerpt)" - Totality [The full-length recording of Totality was 3 hours 53 minutes & 48 seconds long] [0:50:16] Heejin Jang - "Colors! I'm Here!" - Dream Signal [1:07:22] David E. Williams - "Get Me A Ladder" - Get Me a Ladder​.​.​. Get Me a Ladder! [1:11:03] Strafe - "Set It Off" - 12" single [1:14:01] Janek Schaefer - "Eyrie Of The Phoenix" - Meteorologia (V/A) [all tracks were composed with the weather in mind] [1:23:30] Viv Corringham - "January (Sag Harbor, NY)" - Soundwalkscapes [From the artist: A year-long project in which I made one piece of new sound work each month, based on walking.. On the first Monday of every month in 2023, wherever I found myself, I took a walk. I recorded the walk, the environment and my improvised sung response to the sounds and situation (though five journeys in New York State, and one in London).] [1:25:51] Tzu Ni - "Point Track" - 4 Methods of Loci ["Point Track" was recorded in Taiwan at a blacksmith shop] [1:37:48] Stanislav Abrahám - "VII" - D​ů​l Lazy [The recordings from the Lazy underground coal mine were made in 2010 as material for a forthcoming audiovisual installation in the Exposition of Mining at the National Technical Museum in Prague. This project did not come to fruition and the recordings remained unnoticed for over ten years. In the meantime, the mine was closed in 2019. From a total of 8 hours of sound recordings, the artist assembled a 43-minute selection, which was divided into seven parts.] [1:43:47] Karen Constance - "Positively Susan (excerpt)" - Positively Susan [1:50:08] Das Ding - "H.S.T.A." - Minimal Wave Tapes Volume Two (V/A) [orig 1982] [2:05:57] nosync - "Unregistered Hypercam" - Soundsystem Music [2:09:30] Hiroyuki Onogawa - "Oiyama" - August In The Water: Music For Film...

Duration:03:08:45

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Clara Moondshine und Die Drachentrommler from Mar 31, 2024

3/31/2024
Clara Mondshine - "Die Drachentrommler (Dragon Drummers)" - Luna Africana [AKA Walter Bachauer] [0:00:00] Dubwood Allstars - "Under Dubwood" - single [w/ Richard Burton reciting Dylan Thomas] [0:05:46] Two Lanes - "Pieces Froides (Danses De Travers) #2 (Two Lanes Rework) (by Erik Satie)" - Fragments (V/A) [Two Lanes is a duo from Berlin] [0:10:24] Oliver Coates - "Werewolf" - Music (V/A) [0:16:10] Billy Bultheel - "Snows Of Venice - Snow Cycle" - Two Cycles [0:18:45] Luke Bedford - "In The Voices of the Living: II. Transmittunt" - In the Voices of the Living [album contains live recordings of his orchestral and larger-scale chamber works that span the past 15 years of his career, performed by various performers including tenor Mark Padmore, with the London Sinfonietta, the BBC Symphony Orchestra with the late Oliver Knussen conducting, the BBC Philharmonic, & the Arcis Saxophon Quartett and orchestra] [0:21:10] Frank La Rocca / The Benedict XVI Choir & Orchestra - "Requiem For The Forgotten: IX. Procession to the Place Of Rest ("Pic Jesu")" - Frank La Rocca: Requiem for the Forgotten & Messe Des Malades [The booklet notes written by La Rocca open with this paragraph: Writing music for liturgy requires a composer to reconcile considerations that can appear to be in conflict. The music must, first, be reverent, and strive to bring glory to God. It must flow from a spirit of humility and simplicity. Unlike works purely for the concert stage, music for liturgy is not (or should not be) primarily a vehicle for the composer to project some "originality" of artistic vision. Such an approach can easily result in music for its own sake, rather than music that serves to deepen participation in the Liturgy through inner illumination of the texts. Finding that place where one's own voice as a composer can join the voices of the past - as a fresh contribution to the great history of liturgical music - requires constant vigilance and introspection, especially in an age where originality is revered as the highest of all artistic aspirations. I have found this tension to be a potent source of creative inspiration.] [0:25:29] Jim Haynes - "Variant, Number Fourteen" - Inauspicious [Haynes is the head of the Helen Scarsdale Agency label] [0:28:11] Bernd Kistenmacher - "Cassandra's Dance" - Wake Up In The Sun [0:42:46] Anna Besson - "Violin Sonata in G minor, Op.5 No.5: II. Vivace (by Archangelo Corelli)" - Corelli & Quentin: Flute Sonatas [1:10:45] Nikolaus Matthes / Ensemble Gli Aspetti - "Markuspassion: No. 1, Chorus Geh, Je su, geh zu deiner Pein" - Markuspassion [based on original text of the St. Mark Passion by Picander / Bach's music for this was lost.] [1:12:53] Mathis Rochat / Camerata Schweiz - "Concerto for Violin & Viola da Gamba in C minor, Graun WV A.XIII; 3:III. Allegro asai (by Johann Gottlieb Graun)" - CPE Bach | Johann Gottlieb Graun: Viola Concertos [1:17:34] Linz Bruckner Orchester (cond by Markus Poschner) - "Symphony No. 3 in D minor, WAB103 "Wagner" I. Mehr Langsam Misterioso (1889 Version, Ed. L Nowak) (by Anton Bruckner)" - Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 in D minor [Bruckner revised his 3rd Symphony many times with versions dating 1873, 1874, 1876, 1877, 1889 & 1890 - this 1889 version was the 3rd fully-rewritten version of the piece] [1:24:50] BIG|BRAVE - "I Felt A Funeral" - A Chaos Of Flowers [1:41:35] Drew McDowall - "Slow Roll" - Undulations & Aberrations [1:47:33] Cheryl E. Leonard & Wobbly - "Ostrasidian" - Multiple Park [1:50:23] Matt Rogers / M. John Harrison - "The Map Boy Haunts The Wood" - Haunt Game [1:57:12] Darsombra - "Gibbet Lore" - Dumesday Book [Darsombra is duo Brian Daniloski & Ann Everton from Baltimore, MD] [2:09:21] Ka Baird - "Gate IX" - Bearings: Soundtracks for the Bardos [2:16:43] Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-LA Band - "Mountains Made Of Steam" - Horses In The Sky [2:22:09] Delia Derbyshire / Barry Bermange - "Falling" - Invention For Radio No. 1: The Dreams...

Duration:03:08:46