Martian Gardens for August 24 & 27, 2014

MARTIAN GARDENS
 
WMUA .ORG
Sundays live broadcast/webcast
9:00 p.m. -- 12:00 a.m. EDT
WMUA 91.1 FM
Amherst, Massachusetts
August 24, 2014
(extended edition 9:00 p.m. -- 12:30 a.m. EDT)

TAINTRADIO.ORG
webcast: Wednesdays 6:00 p.m. -- 9:00 p.m. EDT
Webcast date: August 27, 2014
Host: Max Shea

online playlists: Martian Gardens blog
email: maxtshea@gmail.com

SINGLE PLAY 
Fifth House Ensemble: Perpetual Spark (A. Shapiro)
Excelsior
Cedille Records/2014
composer: Alex Shapiro; Fifth House Ensemble (flute: Melissa Snoza; violin: Andrew Williams; viola: Clark Carruth; cello: Herine Coetzee; bass: Eric Snoza; piano: Jani Parsons); recorded at the Chicago Recording Company, 2013; composition year: 2011; time: 6:53

SINGLE PLAY
Robert Erickson: Corfu
Complete String Quartets
New World Records/2014
Del Sol Quartet (violins: Kate Stenberg, Rick Shinozaki; viola: Charlton Lee; cello: Kathryn Bates); recorded at Skywalker Sound, Marin County, California, December 2013; composition year: 1986; time: 22:28

SINGLE PLAY
Robert Morris: Arc for String Quartet
Robert Morris at 70 (various artists)
Compositions and Performances in Celebration
Open Space/2014
The JACK Quartet (violins: Christopher Otto, Ari Streisfeld; viola: John Pickford Richards; cello: Kevin McFarland); recorded at Baird Hall, SUNY Buffalo, October 13, 2009; composition year: 1988; time: 15:28

SET ONE
Harry Partch: Harry Partch introduces the 1953 premiere (excerpt)
Plectra and Percussion Dances
An Evening of Dance Theater
Bridge Records/2014
recorded at KPFA FM, Berkeley, 1953; total excerpt time: 2:55

Harry Partch: Castor & Pollux
A Dance for the Twin Rhythms of Gemini
Castor
a. Leda  & the Swan (Insemination) [1:53]
b. Conception [1:51]
c. Incubation [1:51]
d. Chorus of Delivery from the Egg [1:53]
Pollux
e. Leda & the Swan (Insemination) [1:50]
f. Conception [1:51]
g. Incubation [1:52]
h. Chorus of Delivery from the Egg [2:00]
Plectra and Percussion Dances
An Evening of Dance Theater
Bridge Records/2014
PARTCH ensemble (ingredients may include -- diamond marimba, Eroica, cymbal: Erin Barnes; voice: Paul Berkoids; kithara: Alison Bjorkedahl; canon, surrogate kiethara, Eroica: Matt Cook; cloud chamber bowls, chromelodeon: David Johnson; saxophone: Ulrich Krieger; percussion: Yumi Lee; canon: Tom Peters; guitars, canons: John Schneider; adapted viola: Derek Stein; bowls, bass marimba, Eroica, fight bell: Nick Terry; bass marimba, voice: T.J. Roy; guitar, canons: Alex Wand); recorded at Disney Hall/Redcat Theatre, Los Angeles, June 9, 2013; composition year: 1952; total time: 14:58

Lou Harrison:  Short Set from "Lazarus Laughed" 
a. Caligula's Dream (1:34)
b. Miriam (1:36)
c. Round Dance (2:02)
Works 1939-2000 
Mode Records/2003  
flute, alto flute: Leta Miller; cello: Karen Andrie; celesta: Michael McGushin; recorded at the recital hall at the University of Santa Cruz, 2001; composition year: 1999; total time: 5:12

SET TWO 
Henry Cowell: Sound Form No. 1
Dancing with Henry
Mode Records/2001
flute: Leta Miller; clarinet: Mark Brandenburg; bassoon: Jane Orzel; percussion: Russell Greenberg, Michael Strunk; recorded at the recital hall of the University of California Santa Cruz, January 2000; composition year: 1937; time: 4:51

Philip Glass & Allen Ginsberg: Nagasaki Days (Everybody's Fantasy)
Hydrogen Jukebox
Elektra-Nonesuch/1993
The Philip Glass Vocal Ensemble; flute: Carol Winenc; reeds: Andrew Sterman; percussion: Frank Cassara, James Pugliese; keyboards, conductor: Martin Goldray; recorded at The Looking Glass Studios, New York City, 1992-1993; time: 4:56

Phil Kline: Wondrous Love
John The Revelator
A Mass for Six Voices
Cantaloupe Music/2008
Lionheart vocal group; Ethel string quartet; recorded at the Church of St. Luke's in the Fields, Greenwich Village, August 2007; music, lyrics: traditional, arr. Kline; time: 2:42 

Phil Kline: selections from Zippo Songs
a. Ours is Not (4:36)
b. Been to Hell (2:30)
Zippo Songs
Airs of War and Lunacy
Cantaloupe Music/2004
vocals: Theo Bleckmann; violin: Todd Reynolds; guitar: Phil Kline; percussion: David Cossin; recorded in New York City, September 2003; music, lyrics: Phil Kline; total excerpts time: 7:06 

SET THREE
Jon Hassell: Chor Moiré
Dream Theory in Malaya
EG Records/1981
electronically filtered trumpet: Jon Hassell; recorded at Grant Avenue Studio, Hamilton, Ontario, 1981; time: 2:15

Ilia Belorukou: Gnat
I Did What Was Possible to Quiet Us
Spectropol/2014
electronics, processed saxophone:Ilia Belorukou; recorded in Saint-Petersburg, Russia; time: 5:53

Robert Scott Thompson: Waters and the Wild
Gold Flowers Bloom Mercury Petals
Aucourant Records/2009
electronics, synthesizers: Robert Scott Thompson; recorded at the composer's studio, Roswell, Georgia; time: 6:47

Robert Scott Thompson: Monk Gazes at Moon
Poesis Athesis
Lens Records/2008
electronics, synthesizers: Robert Scott Thompson; recorded at the composer's studio, Roswell, Georgia; time: 5:29

Paul Rubenstein: The Garden Still Sleeps
Soundtrack to Travels with H
A series of short films by Raeshma Razvi
Spectropol/2013
instruments, composition: Paul Rubenstein; recorded in Seattle, time: 3:45

SET FOUR
Rapoon: Cello Yellow
Cultural Forgeries 
Alrealon Musique/2014
cello, percussion, processing: Robin Storey; time: 4:05

Erdem Helvacioğlu: An Unmeasured Loss of Acumen
Esther's Memory
Aucourant Records/2013
instruments, processing: Erdem Helvacioğlu; percussion: Stuart Gerber; recorded at the CARA studios, Georgia State University, Atlanta; November, 2010; time: 4:45

Erdem Helvacioğlu: Shattered Snow Globe
Eleven Short Stories
Innova Recordings/2012
prepared piano, processing: Erdem Helvacioğlu; recorded at Robert College Suna Koçak Theater Hall, Istanbul, Turkey; time: 5:08

Brian Eno: Little Fishes
Another Green World
E.G.-Jem/1987 (org. Island Records LP/1975)
prepared piano, Farfisa organ: Brian Eno; recorded at Island Studios, London, summer 1975; time: 1:30

Brian Eno with Rick Holland: Fierce Aisles of Light
Drums Between the Bells
Warp Records/2011
electronics, voice: Brian Eno; poem, voice: Rick Holland,voices: Nick Robertson, Anastasia Afomina; recorded in London, 2011; time: 2:32

Odeya Nini: Dalai
Vougheauxyice (Voice)
pfMENTUM/2014
voice, whistling, vocalizations, noises, processing: Odeya Nini; recorded at Joshua Tree, California, September 25, 2012; time: 6:16

SET FIVE
Alain Savouret: 1st Book of Illusions
Alain Savouret
Mnémosyne Musique Media/2004
electroacoustic music realized at GMEB (IMEB), Bourges, France, 1987; time: 19:40

Gilles Gobeil: La Nuit*
from Ombres, espaces, silences...
Trois Songes
empreintes DIGITALes/2008
electroacoustic music realized at the studios of the Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe (ZKM) in Germany, winter 2005, premiered at  trans_canada, ZKM, February 12, 2005; time: 2:58
* WMUA version only 

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Bells & Whistles for August 21, 2014

Bells & Whistles 
A survey of world music and its derivatives

 WMUA .ORG 
Thursdays, Summer 2014 live broadcast/webcast
12:00 p.m. -- 2:30 p.m. EDT
WMUA 91.1 FM
Amherst, Massachusetts
August 21, 2014
online playlists: Martian Gardens blog
email: maxtshea@gmail.com

SET ONE
Sheila Chandra: Quiet (2-4)
Quiet
Indipop Records/1996 (orig. LP/1984)
composers: Martin Smith, Steve Coe, Sheila Chandra; vocals, spoken bols and jathis, sargam, bells, water wok: Sheila Chandra; sitar, tamboura, dilruba: dharambir sing; gamelan, whispered hi-hat, water wok, bells, santoor, cabassa, shaker, wind chimes, cymbal gong: Preston Heyman; madhal: Dinesh; bass guitar, synthesizer, suramandel, sitar, bells, santoor, tamboura: Martin Smith; piano, eqtara, synthesizer, bells: Steve Coe; recorded at Indipop Studios, May 1984; total excerpts time: 14:00

Amarnath Mishra: Dhun in Dadra Tal
from Holi Duhn in Raga Mishra Khama 
Raga Vachaspati
India Archive Music/2001
sitar: Amarnath Mishra; tabla: J. Massey; recorded at Matridham Ashram, Varanasi, India, February 9, 1994; time: 8:49

SET TWO
Pandit Kamalesh Maitra: Raag Bilaskhani Todi
Tabla Tarang -- Melody on Drums
Smithsonian Folkways/1996
tabla tarang: Pandit Kamalesh Maitra; tabla: Trilok Gurtu; tanpura: Laura Patchen; recorded at CMP Studio, Zerkall, Germany, February 1994; time: 12:13

Thao Vong and Thao Som: 
a. Melodies for two khenes 1 (1:23)
b. Melodies for two khenes 2 (1:35)
c. Melodies for two khenes 3 (3:03)
The Music of Laos (various artists)
Rounder Anthology of World Music
Rounder Records/1999
khene pipes: Thao Vong, Thao Som; recorded in Ban Sikhai, Vientiane, Laos; time: 6:01

The Petch Phin Thong Band: Bump Lan Plearn
The Sound of Siam Volume 2 (various artists)
Molum & Luk Thung from Northeast Thailand 1970-1982
Soundway Records/2014
no credits specified; time: 3:00

SET THREE
The Piphat Mai Khaeng Ensemble: Sounds of the Surf Overture
(Pleng Homrong Kleun Kratob Fang)
Royal Court Music of Thailand
Smithsonian Folkways/1994
composer: His Majesty King Prajadhipok, Rama VII; the Piphat Mai Khaeng percussion ensemble [pi (oboe): Jakrayut Laisakul; ronad ek (treble xylophone): Dussadee Meerpom; khang wong yai (treble gongs): Songyot Kaewdee; khong wong lek (soprano gongs): Lumyong Sovat; klong (drums): Sahawat Pluempreecha, Tirapol Nointh; ching (cymbals): Surapong Bualuang; chab (large cymbals): Weerachat Sangkhaman; krab (clappers): Rattanprakorn Yanavaree]; recorded in Bangkok, 1994; time: 11:41

Gamelan Sangburni: The Way of Life
Smoking Cloves -- The Bamboo Gamelan of Sangburni
Interra Records/1996
Gamelan Sanburni recorded in Banjar Sanburni, Bali, Indonesia, August 1994; time: 10:15

SINGLE PLAY
Harry Partch: Even Wild Horses
Dance Music for Absent Drama
ACT I (9:02)
a. Scene 1 (A Decent and Honorable Mistake) [Samba] 3:06
b. Scene 2 (Rhythm of the Womb, Melody of the Grave) [Heartbeat Rhythm] 3:02
c. Scene 3 (Happy Birthday To You!) [Afro-Chinese Minuet] 2:53
ACT II (9:26)
a. Scene 1 (Nor These Lips Upon Your Eyes) [Rumba] 3:25
b. Scene 2 (Hunger, Thirst, Shout Dance!) [Naniga] (2:26)
c. Scene 3 (Land of Darkness and of Whirlwinds) [Slow, Fast, Wild!] 3:36
ACT III (5:31)
a. Scene 1 (Had I Not Once a Lovely Youth?) [Conga] 3:00
b. Scene 2 (Let Us Contemplate Undazed the Endless Reaches of My Innocence) [Tahitian Dance] 2:30
Plectra and Percussion Dances
Bridge Records/2014
PARTCH ensemble (ingredients may include -- diamond marimba, Eroica, cymbal: Erin Barnes; voice: Paul Berkoids; kithara: Alison Bjorkedahl; canon, surrogate kiethara, Eroica: Matt Cook; cloud chamber bowls, chromelodeon: David Johnson; saxophone: Ulrich Krieger; percussion: Yumi Lee; canon: Tom Peters; guitars, canons: John Schneider; adapted viola: Derek Stein; bowls, bass marimba, Eroica, fight bell: Nick Terry; bass marimba, voice: T.J. Roy; guitar, canons: Alex Wand); recorded at Disney Hall/Redcat Theatre, Los Angeles, June 9, 2013; composition year: 1952; total time: 24:03

SET FOUR
Gong Ensemble of Desa Aur Sampuh: 
Kanayatn
a. Kamang Siado (excerpt) [gong ensemble] 1:15
b. Tingkakok (demonstration) [gong row] 2:28
c. Baramutn (demonstration) [gong row] 1:20
Music of Indonesia Volume 17
Kalimantan -- Dayak Ritual and Festival Music
Smithsonian Folkways/1998
musicians of Senggar Amboo Bukit Talaga, directed by Manimas Miden; recorded in Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia, 1995-1996 in collaborations with the Indonesian Society for the Performing Arts (MSPI); total excerpts time: 5:03

Abilum Lum: The Way of the Annual Fruits (The Longsat Tree)
Dream Songs and Healing Sounds in the Rainforests of Malaysia
Smithsonian Folkways/1995
recorded at the Kelantan River, Malaysia, September 9, 1982; time: 4:37

Jack Body: Musik Anak Anak (Children's Music)
Opus 30 Ans Musiques Compositeurs Vol. 1 (1970 - 1983) (various artists)
Mnémosyne Musique Media/2002
(electroacoustic music, sourced from the sounds of Indonesian children singing, toys, found objects, and discarded materials); realized at GMEB (IMEB), Bourges, France, 1978; time: 13:15

Annea Lockwood: In Full Bloom (Part 1)
Thousand Year Dreaming/Floating World
Pogus Productions/2007
conch shell, trombone, didjeridu: Art Baron; oboe, English horn: Libby Van Cleve; didjeridu: Jon Gibson; voice: Annea Lockwood; clarinet, contrabass clarinet: J.D. Parran; tam-tam, clapping sticks: Michael Pugliese; conch shell, frame drums, pod rattle, tam-tam: N. Scott Robinson; didjeridu, waterphone: John Snyder; tam-tam, stones: Charles Wood; trombone, didjeridu: Peter Zummo; composition year: 1990; time: 10:10

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