Martian Gardens for 10/16/2011

WMUA FM 91.1
Amherst, Mass. 01003
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MARTIAN GARDENS
Sundays 21:00--24:00 EDT
Host: Max Shea
online playlists: Martian Gardens blog
email: maxtshea@gmail.com

Program for October 16, 2011

SET ONE
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a. Nadja's Story 1
b. Nadja's Story 2
c. Nadja's Story 3
d. In the Shadow of No Towers
In the Shadow of No Towers DVD
Mode Records/2011
narrator: John Turturro; composer (a-d): Daniele Ledda; storyboard: Art Spiegelman; concept: Marco Capelli; recorded at Musicisti, Naples, 2008; Harvestworks, NYC, 2011

Itsnotyouitsme:
It might be a good time to leave this place and go mingle with our heroes
Everybody's Pain is Magnificent
New Amsterdam Records/2011
electric violin, casio sk-1, resonator guitar, effects, voice: Caleb Burhans; electric guitar, acoustic guitar, oud, fender rhodes, effects, voice: Grey McMurray; recorded at Glowing Ocean Studios, Clinton Studios, NYC

SET TWO
Lou Harrison: Serenade for Guitar
a. Round
b. Air
c. Infinite Canon
d. Usul -- Little Homage to Sinan
e. Sonata
Serenado
New Albion Records/2003
guitar: David Tanenbaum; percussion: William Winant (d. Gong, e. finger cymbals, medium drums, e. medium drums)

Lou Harrison: Suite No. 2
a. Jahla in the form of Ductia
b. Adagio, arioso
c. Sonata in Cm
d. A Waltz for Evelyn Hinrichsen
e. Beverly's Troubadour Piece
f. Interview with Harrison and Schneider on Guitar (1981)
Por Gitaro -- Suites for Tuned Guitars
Mode Records/2008
guitars, National Steel Guitar: John Schneider; a.-e. recorded at Harrison House, Joshua Tree, California, 7/05/04

SET THREE
Lou Harrison: In Honor of the Divine Mr. Handel
Por Gitaro -- Suites for Tuned Guitars
Mode Records/2008
HMC American Gamelan, director: Bill Alves; guitar: John Schneider; recorded at Harvey Mudd College, Pomona, California, 5/06/07

Bill Alves: Elegy for Lou Harrison
Imbal-Imbalan -- New Music for Gamelan
Spectral Harmonies/2010
HMC American Gamelan, director: Bill Alves; cello: Roger Lebow; recorded at Harvey Mudd College

SET FOUR

In memoriam David Gamper 1945 -- 2011

Deep Listening Band: Processional
Sanctuary
Mode Records/1995
organ, overtone, flutes, electronics: David Gamper; just tuned accordion, electronics: Pauline Oliveros; trombones, didjeridu, garden hose: Stuart Dempster; voice: Julie Lyon Balliet; recorded at Trinity Methodist Church, Kingston, NY, June 1993

Deep Listening Band: Oliveros Gamper Duet
Tosca Salad
Deep Listening/1995
recorded at Trinity Methodist flute, trombone, electronics: Pauline Oliveros, David Gamper; Church, Kingston, NY, 10/27/94

Zanana: Ghost Dog
Holding Patterns
Deep Listening/2005
trombone, didjeridu, conch, processing: Monique Buzzarté; voice, laptop: Kristin Nordeval; Expanded Instrument System: David Gamper; recorded at Harvestworks Digital Media, NYC

SET FIVE
Deep Listening Band: Metalorgy
The Ready-Made Boomerang
New Albion Records/1992
small pipes, metal pieces: Stuart Dempster; voice, long tones: Thomas Eckert; small pipes, metal pieces: Pauline Oliveros; large pipes, metal pieces, voice accents: Panaiotis; recorded at the Cistern Chapel, Ft. Worden Cistern, Olympic Peninsula, WA, February 1990

Chris Brown: Iceberg (for William Winant)
Iconicities -- 3 Pieces for Percussion and Live Electronics
New World Records/2011
crotales, glockenspiel, hi-hat: William Winant; computer-controlled analog electronics, digital delay: Chris Brown; recorded at the Center for Contemporary Music, Mills College, 1989

SET SIX
Philip Mantione: ImXCocteau
Compilation for Max
P.M.
saxophone (source recording): Eric Roberts; desert field recordings; written for the soundtrack of ImXCocteau by Alysse Stepanian

James Tenney: Dialogue
Selected Recordings 1961-1969
New World Records/2003 (orig. Frog Peak Music, 1992)

SET SEVEN
Roxanne Turcotte: Attractions
a. Aurore boréale [Aurora Borealis]
b. Perséides [Perseids]
c. Crépitements et tourments [Crackling and Torment]
d. Profondeurs [Depths]
e. Souffles et alizés [Puffs and Trade Winds]
f. Tour de terre [Earth Trip]
Désordres
empreintes DIGITALes/2011
installation video: François Doyon; presented at the Café du Monoument-National, Montreal, January, 2005

Natasha Barrett: Water Fall (Microclimate V)
Bouteilles de Klein
empreintes DIGITALes/201
Microclimates sound intstallation premiered in Sleppet, Bergen, Norway, 9/01/07

SINGLE PLAY
Paul Lansky: Night Traffic
Homebrew
Bridge Records/1992
electronically filtered traffic sounds, recorded 1990

--FIN--