Martian Gardens, Taint Radio Edition, April 28, 2016

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SINGLE PLAY
Ben Johnston: String Quartet No. 7
a. Prelude -- Scurrying, forceful, intense (2:32)
b. Palindromes -- Eerie (4:50)
c. Variations -- With solemnity (16:15)
String Quartets Nos. 6, 7, & 8
New World Records/2016
Kepler Quartet (violins: Sharan Leventhal, Eric Segnitz; viola: Brek Renzelman, cello: Karl Lavine);; recorded at Tanner/Monagle Studios, Milwaukee, in several sessions in 2015 and 2016; composition year: 1984; total time: 23:45

SET TWO
Christian Wolff: I Like to Think of Harriet Tubman
Volume 2 -- Chamber Works
Mode Records/1998
members of the Barton Workshop (voice: Judith Van Swaay; double bass: Jos Tieman; clarinet: John Anderson; violin: Marieke Keser); recorded at The Hilversum Conservatorium, Hilversum, The Netherlands; text: Susan Griffin; composition year: 1984; time: 6:05

Virgil Thomson: Jane Bowles, Early and As Remembered (Portrait for Piano)
Early and As Remembered
New Albion/1991
piano: Yvar Mikhashoff; composition year: 1985; time: 2:01

Mel Powell: Madrigal for Flute Alone
Six Recent Works
Music Masters/1988
flute: Rachel Rudich; composition year: 1982; time: 2:14

Tara Helen O'Connor & Margaret Kampmeier: Crystal Shadows (S. Mackey)
The Way Things Go
Bridge Records/2015
flute: Tara Helen O'Connor; piano: Margaret Kampmeier; recorded at New Rochelle Studios, New Rochelle, New York, 2013; composer: Steven Mackey; composition year: 1985; time: 8:37

Laurie Amat: Virginia Diosa
The Lab, 20th Anniversary (various artists)
The Lab/2004
voices: Laurie Amat; composition year: 2003; from Cecil B. Freeder's film "Our Lady of Tamale," time: 0:36

Toychestra: High Flame
The Lab, 20th Anniversary (various artists)
The Lab/2004
vocals, violin, washboard, woodblock, lyrics: Lexa Walsh; vocals, organ, kalimba, words: Angela Coon; Golden Cup accordion; Shari Robertson; melodica: Corey Weinstein; composition year: 2002; time: 3:54

SET THREE
Laurie Anderson:
a. From the Air (7:07)
b. Phosphenes (0:48)
Heart of a Dog
Nonesuch Records/2015
words, lyrics, music, performance: Laurie Anderson; recorded in New York City, 2015, total time: 7:55

Laurie Anderson: From the Air
Big Science
Warner Bros./1984 (orig. LP/1982)
vocals, lyrics, synthesizer, vocoder, percussion, music: Laurie Anderson; recorded in New York City, 1982, time: 4:29

Kraftwerk: The Robots
The Man Machine
Capitol Records/1986 (orig. Kling Klang LP/1978)
voice, electronics: Ralf Hutter; voice, electronics: Florian Schneider; electronic percussion: Karl Bartos, Wolfgang Flur; recorded at Kling Klang Studios, Dusseldorf, 1978; time: 6:11

Piero Milesi: Avanti La Tre
Within Himself
Music for Films, Installations, Water, and Fireworks
Cuneiform Records/2000
samples, sampler, synthesizer: Piero Milesi; recorded at Deffenu Studio, Nuoro, Sardinia; from the film "Passaggi" by Luca Scarzella; composition years: 1991, 1995; time: 7:40

SET FOUR
Robert Scott Thompson: Wreckingyard
The Strong Eye
Aucourant Records/1992
digital sound synthesis and processing: Robert Scott Thompson (C-flute samples: John Fonville; bass flute samples: Sebastian Winston; voice samples: Victoria Bearden; cello samples: Robert Scott Thompson); recorded at the Danish Institute of Electroacoustic Music, Aarhus, Denmark; composition year: 1991; time: 10:45

Luc Ferrari: Tête et queue du dragon
a. Part 1 (4:39)
b. Part 2 (4:42)
Tautologos and Other Early Electronic Works
EMF/2003
musique concrète (tape music): Luc Ferrari; realized by the Groupe de recherches musicales du Service de la recherche de la radiodiffusion-télévision française (GRM), directed by Pierre Schaeffer, Paris, 1960; total time: 9:21

SET FIVE
J.K. Randall: BAB-O (for Benjamin A. Boretz)
BENJAMIN BORETZ9X9 (various artists)
Open Space/2016
composition, CSound programming: Jim Randall; composition year: 2001; time: 4:08

Salvatore Martirano: SalMar at IRCAM (excerpt)
In Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the University of
Illinois Experimental Music Studios (1958--2008) (various artists)
University of Illinois School of Music/2008
SalMar Construction electronic composing/performing system: Salvatore Martirano; composition year: 1984; excerpt time: 5:54

Iannis Xenakis: Mycenae-Alpha
Electro Acoustic Music -- Classics (various artists)
Neuma Records/1990
UPIC computer music system: Iannis Xenakis; realized at the Centre d'Etudes de Mathématique et Automatique Musicales (CEMAMu), Paris, 1978; time: 9:38

SET SIX
Pauline Oliveros: 50-50 1 Heads
Reverberations -- Tape and Electronic Music 1961 -- 1970 (boxed set)
Important Music/2013
tapes, electronics: Pauline Oliveros; recorded at the University of California San Diego Electronic Music Studio 1967 -- 1970; excerpt time: 19:31

Morton Subotnick: Until Spring -- Revisited (excerpt)
Electronic Works Vol. 3
Mode Records/2011
live electronics: Morton Subotnick; live electronics, glass harp: Miguel Frasconi; recorded live at Recombinant Media Labs, San Francisco, April 6, 2007; original composition: 1975; total excerpt time: 9:00

Philip Mantione: Dorr
Equal Form
Scattered Music/2001
computer music: Philip Mantione; time: 4:00

R. Weis: Parrot & Paperback, Part I
Parrot & Paperback
R. Weis/2015
musique concrete sourced from Congo the African Grey Parrot and a paperback book (about the Congo jungle) dropping on the floor; time: 3:14

Gen Ken Montgomery: Bath Drain
Pondfloorsample
XI Records/2002
noises recorded by GKM, 1994; time: 3:36

Maggi Payne: Lab Faucet
The Lab, 20th Anniversary (various artists)
The Lab/2004
electroacoustic music: Maggi Payne; composition year: 2003; time: 2:21

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