Martian Gardens for August 3 & 6, 2014

MARTIAN GARDENS
 
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Sundays live broadcast/webcast
9:00 p.m. -- 12:00 a.m. EDT
WMUA 91.1 FM
Amherst, Massachusetts
August 3, 2014

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

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

SINGLE PLAY
Robert Erickson: Summer Music
Orchestral, Chamber, & Vocal Music
Naxos Records/2007 (orig. 1990)
(for violin and tape); violin: Mia Wu; recorded at Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Connecticut, June 1989; composition year: 1974; time: 15:41

SET ONE
John Luther Adams: Among Red Mountains
Red Arc/Blue Veil
Cold Blue Music/2007
piano: Stephen Drury; recorded at Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, composition year: 2001; time: 11:00

John Luther Adams: Strange Birds Passing
Songbirdsongs
Mode Records/2012
New England Conservatory Music Ensemble, director: John Heiss; recorded at Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music; October 3, 2006; composition years: 1983, 2003; time: 6:43

John Cage: In A Landscape (excerpt)
In A Landscape
Catalyst Records/1994
piano: Stephen Drury; recorded at Clinton Studios, New York City; composition year: 1948; excerpt time: 1:25

SET TWO
John Cage: Child of Tree
The Works for Percussion 3
Mode Records/2014
amplified plant materials: D'Arcy Philip Gray; recorded at Sutton United Church, Sutton, Quebec, July 2008; composition year: 1975; time: 8:11

Paul Rudy: Degrees of Separation, "Grandchild of Tree"
CDCM Computer Music Series Volume 33 (various artists)
Toys in the Attack: Electroacoustic Music from the UMKC iMPACT Center  
Centaur Records/2002
(for amplified cactus, digital effects, tape); cactus: Nathan David; recording engineer: Paul Rudy; recorded at the University of Missouri Kansas City; composition year: 1999; time: 10:01

Brian Eno: In Dark Trees
Another Green World
EG Editions/1987 (orig. Island LP/1975)
rhythm generator, percussion, electric guitar: Brian Eno; recorded at Island Studios, London, Summer 1975; time: 2:29

SET THREE
Robert Scott Thompson: Wind in the Trees (excerpt)
Amorphia
Aucourant Records/2007 (orig. 1995)
electroacoustic music: Robert Scott Thompson; recorded at the composer's studio, Roswell, Georgia; excerpt time: 10:30

Eduardo Kusnir: Como es Lily
Lily
Mnémosyne Musique Média/1996
electroacoustic music: Eduardo Kusnir; recorded at LPM Studios, Buenos Aires; Argentina; composition year: 1985; time: 10:30

SET FOUR
Malcolm Goldstein: Summer
The Seasons -- Vermont
XI Records/1998
double bass: Robert Black; wood flutes, electric guitar, percussion: Mark Steven Woods; oboe, English horn, ocarina: Joseph Celli; violin: Malcolm Goldstein; saxophones, vibraphones: Tom Guralnick; vibraphone, percussion: Brian Johnson; vocalizing, accordion: Kenneth Karpowicz; recorded at Real Art Ways, Hartford, February 26, 1983; composition year: 1980-1982;  excerpt time: 16:05

Laurie Spiegel: Riding the Storm
Unseen Worlds
Scarlet Records/1991
Music Mouse, MIDI, FM, digital processing: Laurie Spiegel; composition year: 1990; time: 4:22

SET FIVE
Hildegard Westerkamp: Cricket Voice
Transformations
empreintes DIGITALes/2010 (orig. 1996)
cricket song and environmental sounds recorded in the "Zone of Silence" in the desert of Northern Mexico; completed at Westerkamp's Studio, Vancouver, BC, 1987; composition year: 1987; time: 10:55

Mary Lee Roberts: Things Fall Apart
6 Compositions
Open Space/1997 
(computer music) mastered on Sonic Solutions at New York University by Mary Lee Roberts, 1997; time: 7:40

Marco Oppedisano: In Dark Wood
from Scenes from Dante's Inferno
Electroacoustic Compositions for Electric Guitar
OKS Recordings of North America/2007
electric guitar, processing: Marco Oppedisano;  composition year: 3:30
 
SET SIX
Ricardo Mandolini: El cuaderno del alquimista 
Cultures Électroniques 16 (various artists)
Magistère Prix 29e Concours International 2002 
Mnémosyne Musique Média/2002
electroacoustic music: Ricardo Mandolini; realized at IPEM Studio, Gand, Beligium, 1979; time: 9:28

Alex Shapiro: Bioplasm
Notes from the Kelp
Innova Recordings/2007
flutes, piccolo: Los Angeles Flute Quartet; recorded at Citrus Studios; Glendora, California, March 2004; composition year: 2004; time: 11:56

SET SEVEN
Eve Beglarian: Preciosilla
Overstepping 
O.O. Discs/1998
voice, percussion: Eve Beglarian; flute Margaret Lancaster; text: Gertrude Stein; recorded at Noise Production, New York City; composition year: 1990; time: 7:42

John Cage: Living Room Music
a. To Begin (1:06)
b. Story (2:25)
c. Melody (3:10)
d. End (1:23)
The Works for Percussion 2
Mode Records/2012
(for percussion, household objects, recorder, and voices); Third Coast Percussion; text (b.): Gertrude Stein, "The World is Round"; recorded at Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, Norther Illinois, University DeKalb, Illinois, June 2011; composition year: 1940; time: 8:00

African Head Charge: Stebeni's Theme
Great Vintage Volume 1 & 2
On-U-Sound/1991
traditional African chant: Stebeni, AHC; percussion: Style Scott, Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah; production: Adrian Sherwood, recorded at Berry Street Studio, London; 1981, time: 3:42


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Bells & Whistles for July 31, 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
July 31, 2014

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

SINGLE PLAY
Forrest Fang: Gender Lament
Folklore
Cuneiform Records/1995
composers: Forrest Fang, I Wayan Sujana; Balinese gender: I Wayan Sujana; kempluk (Balinese flat gong), sampler: Forrest Fang;  recorded at The Hangar, Richmond, California; time: 3:42

SET ONE
Gamelan Kraton Surakarta: Bawa and Gendhing Terbang (Rebana)
Gamelan of Central Java XIV -- Ritual Sounds of Sekaten

Felmay/2010
recorded during the Sekaten celebrations, Java, 2004; time: 12:16

W. Lyar, H. Abdul Adjib, Ujang Suryana: 
a. Mojang Priangan (A Girl fom Priangan) [6:15]
b. Warung Pojok (Coffee Shop) [7:00]
Degung-mojang Priangan: Sundanese Music of West Java, Vol. 1
Interra Records/1995
total time: 13:15

SINGLE PLAY
Evan Ziporyn: selections from Amok! (1,2,6)
a. 6:24
b. 5:20
c. 7:02
Gamelan Galak Tika -- Amok!/Tire Fire
New World Records/2000
Gamelan Galak Tika, director: Evan Ziporyn; double bass: Robert Black; Alex Rigopulos: Gamelan samples; recorded at the Endicot Music Room, MIT, Cambridge; May 1999; total excerpts time: 18:44

SINGLE PLAY
Chinary Ung: Spiral IX (Maha Sathukar)
Music of Chinary Ung Vol. 3
Bridge Records/2011
percussion, voice: Stephen Solook; percussion, voice: Lynn Vartan; viola, voice, percussion: Susan Ung; bass baritone, percussion: Thomas Buckner; conductor: Chinary Ung; composition year: 2006; time: 29:55

SET TWO
Hamiet Bluiett: 
a. Prayer (1:20)
b. Rain Shout (1:58)
Dangerously Suite
Soul Note/1994
baritone saxophone, alto clarinet, voice: Hamiet Bluiett; drums: Jabali Billy Hart; African percussion: Chief Bey; recorded at Right Track Recording Studio, New York City, April 9, 1981

Musicians of Burma: Shwe Kyet Kel Han Chi (Jaunty Air of the Cock)
White Elephants & Golden Ducks
Shanachie/1997
maung zaing (metal gongs): Kyaw Kyaw Naing; hne (double reed oboe): U Phone; other percussion instruments: chauk lon bat, siwa, situ (uncredited); compsosition: traditional; recorded at Khin Sabe Oo Studios, Rangoon, Burma, November 1996; time: 4:02

No World (Trio): My Friend
No World (Trio) Improvisations
O.O. Discs/1992
African percussion: Mor Thiam; reeds, mukha veena (double reed): Joseph Celli; komungo: Jin Hi Kim; time: 9:20

Ricardo Dal Farra: Ashram
Desde El Otro Lado (various artists)
Electroacoustic Music from Latin America
O.O. Discs/1998
mukha veena (double reed): Joseph Celli; composition, electroacoustics, processing:  Ricardo Dal Farra; composition year: 1991; time: 9:20

SET THREE
Daniel Wyman: excerpt from Wena Wendlovu
Southern Cones (various artists)
Music Out of Africa and South America
Electronic Music Foundation/2000
electroacoustic music: Daniel Wyman; realized at Vista Sound, Sereno, California, 1993-1995; excerpt time: 7:36

Milford Graves: Nothing 11-10
Percussion Ensemble with Sunny Morgan
ESP-Disk/2008
drums, bells, gongs, shakers: Milford Graves; drums, bells: Sunny Morgan; recorded July, 1965; time: 6:24

Gabin Dabiré: Kjima
Afriki Djamana -- Music from Burkina Faso
Amiata Records/1997
percussion: Gabin Dabiré, and other musicians, recorded at Carlo Maria Cordio Recordings Studio, Rome, Italy, January 1994; time: 3:58

SINGLE PLAY
Eno + Hyde: DBF
High Life
Warp Records/2014
CDJ groove, treatments, guitar treatments, distortion organ: Brian Eno; spike guitar: Karl Hyde; keyboard, electronic percussion: Fred Gibson; bass guitar: Leo Abrahams; recorded at Eno's studio, London; time: 4:14


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Martian Gardens radio for July 27 & July 30, 2014

MARTIAN GARDENS
 
WMUA .ORG
Sundays live broadcast/webcast
9:00 p.m. -- 12:00 a.m. EDT
WMUA 91.1 FM
Amherst, Massachusetts
July 27, 2014
(extended edition 9:00 p.m. -- 12:14 a.m.)

TAINTRADIO.ORG
webcast: Wednesdays 6:00 p.m. -- 9:00 p.m. EDT
Webcast date: July 30, 2014
Host: Max Shea

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

SET ONE
Earle Brown: Three Pieces(No. 2)
Yvar Mikhashoff - Panorama of American Music [various artists]
From Antheil to Zappa 1911-1991
Mode Records/2013
piano: Yvar Mikhashoff; recorded at Slee Hall, Buffalo, New York, 1991-1992; composition year: 1951; time: 1:45
 
Judith Shatin: Grito del Corazón
Time to Burn 
Innova Recordings/2014
(for clarinets and electronics) clarinets: F. Gerard Errante, D. Gause; composition year: 2001; time: 5:18 

SINGLE PLAY
John Cage: Variations III
for one or any number of people performing any actions
Variations I-III
Mode Records/2003
electronics: John D.S. Adams, D'Arcy Philip Gray, Andrew R. Miller (MOTION Ensemble); recorded at Memorial Hall, University of New Brunswick, Fredricton, New Brusnwick, Canada, June 19, 2001; composition years: 1962-1963; time: 20:00

SET TWO
Carey Nutman: Moon Spin 2001
The Sea and the Snake
MPS Music and Video/2013
electronics: Carey Nutman; time: 9:04

Morton Subotnick: And the Butterflies Begin to Sing IV
Images Will Descend to the Ground
a. The waves are bitter (0:39)
b. Truth will remain simple, and gigantic wheels, will ride the bitter waves (1:13)
c. And images will descend to the ground (1:52)
And the Butterflies Begin to Sing
New World Records/1997
electronics: Morton Subotnick; The Amernet String Quartet (violins: Kyoko Kashiwagi, Marcia Littley de Arias; viola: Malcolm Johnson; cello: Javier Arias-Flores); recorded at Corbett Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio, composition year: 1988; time: 3:36

Paul Dolden: excerpts from Who Has the Biggest Sound?
a. The Village Wind Orchestra - The Answer is Blowing in the Winds (3:37)
b. Who Has the Biggest Noise (2:00)
c. To Play or Not to Play? (1:00)
d. The Village Wind Orchestra - more Blowing in the Wind (2:55)
Who Has the Biggest Sound?
Starkland/2014
instruments, electroacoustics, processing: Paul Dolden; recorded at the composer's studio, Val-Morin, Québec, 2005-2008; total excerpts time: 10:32

SET THREE
Louis Dufort: Hi_Res
Trans_Canada -- ZKM/Karlsruhe [various artists]
empreintes DIGITALes/2009
electroacoustic music realized at the studios of the zkm, Germany, premiered at trans_canada, zkm, Mediantheater, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2005; composition year: 2005; time 13:37

Louis Dufort: Matério_*
Montreal Sound Matter [various artists]
Pogus Productions/2006
electroacoustic music realized at the composer's studio, Montreal, premiered at Spatio Lumino — Festival Montréal / Nouvelles musiques 2007, Société des arts technologiques (SAT), Montreal, February 24, 2007; composition year: 2006

SINGLE PLAY
Françoise Barrière: Aujourd'hui
Par Temps Calme Et Ensoleillé  
Le Chant De Monde/1992
electroacoustic music realized at Groupe de musique expérimentale de Bourges, 1975, time: 18:53

SINGLE PLAY
Alvin Curran: Canti Illuminati II
Solo Works -- The '70s
New World Records/2010
instruments, tapes, processing: Alvin Curran; recorded in Rome, 1974; composition year: 1977; time: 19:00

SINGLE PLAY
Jorge Antunes: Sinfonia Das Diretas (Direct Elections Symphony) (1st 1/2)
Sinfonia Das Diratas
Sistrum Edições Musicais Ltd./1995
for choir, ensemble, electronic effects and car horns; composed for Diretas Já, 1984; excerpt time: 20:00

SET FOUR
Beatriz Ferreyra: Río de los pájaros azules
Cultures Électroniques 14 (various artists)
Le Chant Du Monde/2000
electroacoustic music: Beatriz Ferreyra; realized at the composer's studio, commissioned by the Bregman Studio, Dartmouth College, 1998; time: 12:07

Peter Cusack: selections from Where is the Green Parrot?
a. Squabble (1:28)
b. Safari (5:46)
c. Good Sport (3:44)
d. Nightjar (1:00)
Where is the Green Parrot?
ReR Megacorp/1999
field recordings: Peter Cusack; seabirds on b: Chris Watson; total excerpts time: 10:30

WMUA LIVE VERSION ONLY
Chris Watson: Mozambique Nightjar
Outside the Circle of Fire
Touch Records/1998
recorded at the Zimbazi River, Zimbabwe, 1996; time: 2:57

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Bells & Whistles for July 24, 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
July 24, 2014

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

SET ONE
Brian Eno with Rick Holland:
a. Dream Birds (2:20)
b. The Airman (3:05)
Drums Between the Bells
Warp Records/2011
instruments: Brian Eno; poems: Rick Holland, violin: Neill Catchpole; a. voice: Caroline Wildi; b. voice: Aylie Cooke; total time: 5:25

Brian Eno and Karl Hyde:  Cells & Bells
High Life
Warp Records/2014
voice, treatments: Brian Eno; guitar loop: Karl Hyde; reverb atmosphere, keyboard: Fred Gibson; reverb guitar: Leo Abrahams; lyrics: Rick Holland; recorded 2014; time: 7:41

Holger Czukay: Boat-Woman Song (Ho-Mai-Nhi) (excerpt)
OHM--The Early Gurus of Electronic Music--1948-1980 [various artists]
Ellipsis Arts/2000
electronics, processing, samples: Holger Czukay, Rolf Dammers; samples --  Adam de la Halle: unnamed polyphonic rondeau; Vietnamese women singing folk song; recorded at Inner Space, Köln, 1969; excerpt time: 5:00

Hoang Oanh:
a. Ho Huế (Boat Song of the Huế)
b. Ly Con Sao (Song of the Blackbirds)
Eternal Voices
Traditional Vietnamese Music in the U.S.A.
New Alliance/1994
vocals: Hoang Oanh; Đàn tranh (zither), Đàn nguyệt (two-stringed lute): Nguyen Thuyet Phong; produced by the Center for the Study of World Musics, Kent State University, Ohio, 1987; music, lyrics: traditional; time: 3:50

Music from Vietnam --
a. Moong Duc Thang: Hroong Jew's Harp (1:43)
b. Ya' Sun: Hur Suul Tlaa Blowing Pipe (0:21)
c. Me Van Uoung: Tnheek Chordophone (1:09)
d. Mi Thi Thoan: Teum Song (3:16)
Bamboo on the Mountains
Kmhmu Highlanders from Southeast Asia and the U.S.
Smithsonian Folkways/1999
a. recorded at Ban Xop Pot, Kim Da Commune, uong Duong District, Nighe An, Vietnam, April 14, 1994; b. recorded at Ban Nong Quang; Nghia Son Commune, Van Chan District, Yen Bai, Vietnam, June 10, 1990; c., d. recorded at Ban Cap Na, Ta Loc Commune, Mai Son District, Son La, Vietnam, May 6, 1994; total time: 6:27

SET TWO
Dorota Czerner: Dunes
Open Space 24 (Czerner/Barkin)
Open Space/2009
voice, poem: Dorota Czerner; recorded in 2009; time: 8:25

Alvin Curran/John Cage: Ice, Dew, Food, Crew, Ape
Maritime Rites
New World Records/2004
voice, words: John Cage mixed with the diaphone horn of the Nantucket II Lightship and the interior of the broken horn of the Edgartown Lighthouse, Martha's Vineyard; field recordings: 1984; composition completed: 1985; time: 11:22

SET THREE
Jorge Liderman: Walking Dances 
a. Movement I (6:40)
b. Movement II (2:40)
c. Movement III (4:19)
Walking Dances
Bridge Records/2004
guitar: David Tanenbaum; composition year: 1998; time: 13:39

Rafael Arias: Feria
Andean Guitar 
Sukay World Music/1996
guitar: Rafael Arias; composition: traditional Bolivian, Alfredo Domingues; recorded at Coast Studios, Austin, Texas; time: 3:34

Jorge Alfano: Churi Inti (Sun Guardian)
Inti -- Mystical Music of the Andes
Lyrichord/1996
quena (wooden flute), charango (Andean lute), rattles, composition: Jorge Alfano; recorded in New York City; time: 4:03

SET FOUR
Steve Roach: Opening the Space
Holding the Space -- Fever Dreams II
Timeroom Editions/2004
six-foot agave didgeridoo: Steve Roach; voice: Jennifer Grais; composed and recorded at Timeroom Studios, Tucson, Arizona; time: 6:18

David Hudson: Air Cave
The Art of the Didjeridu -- selected pieces 1987-1997
Black Sun (Celestial Harmonies)/1997 
didgeridu, composition: Michael Hudson; recorded in Australia and Tucson, Arizona; time: 6:33

Stephen Kent:
a. Energizer (2:33)
b. Yekke -- Terrestrial Mix (5:05)
Family Tree
City of Tribes/1997
didgeridu, composition: Stephen Kent; djembe: Suru Ekeh, drum kit: Matt Butler; recorded at Emeryville Recording Studios, California, 1994-1997; time: 7:38

SET FIVE
Muslimgauze: Maroon of Gaza
Maroon
Staalplaat/1995
percussion, tapes: Bryn Jones; recorded in Manchester, England, 1995; time: 8:33

Muslimgauze: Myth and Tyrants
Silknoose
Daft Records/1995
percussion, tapes: Bryn Jones, recorded in Manchester, England, 1995; time: 3:22

Music of Islam, Istanbul --
a. Peşhrev (Prelude) (from the Sema Ritual) (2:54)
b. Kamanche Taksim (Kamancheh mprovisation) (from the Sema Ritual) 1:35
c. Tanbour Taksim (bowed tanbour improvisation) (from Mystic Music Concert) 1:53) 
The Music of Islam Volume Nine
Mawlawiyah Music of the Whirling Dervishes
Celestial Harmonies/1997
a. full Dervish ensemble; b. kamanche: Sedat Icoz; c. bowed tanbour: Mustafa Öksüz; recorded at the Great Süleymaniye Mosque Complex, Istanbul, Turkey; total time: 6:00

SINGLE PLAY
The Music of Islam, Marrakesh --
Ūlād Bāmbāra
The Music of Islam Volume Six
Al-Maghrib, Gnawa Music, Marrakesh, Morocco 
Celestial Harmonies/1997
lead vocal: Marchane Abdelkbir Lechhab; percussion, vocals: Hamzaoui Ahmed, Kharmouss Mahdjoub; recorded at Marrakesh Studios, Morocco; time: 10:39


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Martian Gardens for July 20 & 23, 2014

MARTIAN GARDENS
 
WMUA .ORG
Sundays live broadcast/webcast
9:00 p.m. -- 12:00 a.m. EDT
WMUA 91.1 FM
Amherst, Massachusetts
July 20, 2014

TAINTRADIO.ORG
webcast: Wednesdays 6:00 p.m. -- 9:00 p.m. EDT
Webcast date: July 23, 2014
Host: Max Shea

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

SET ONE
George Crumb: from Ancient Voices of Children
a. Dances of the Ancient Earth (2:30)
b. Ghost Dance (2:08)
Complete Crumb Edition Volume 9
Bridge Records/2005
oboe: Kathryn Dupuy Cooper; mandolin: David Starobin; musical saw: Dale Stuckenbruck; harp: Courtney Hershey Bress; piano: Susan Grace; percussion: John Kinzie, Mark Foster, William Hill; conductor: David Colson; composition year: 1970; time: 4:38

Johanna Beyer: IV
Meehan/Perkins Duo -- Restless, Endless, Tactless
Johanna Beyer and the Birth of American Percussion Music
New World Records/2011
percussion: Meehan/Perkins Duo, recorded at Jones Concert Hall, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, February 9, 2009; composition year: 1935; time: 2:01

SET TWO
Morton Feldman: Structures
String Quartet No. 1, etc.
Mode Records/2014
Flux Quartet (violins: Tom Chiu, Conrad Harris; viola: Max Mandel; cello: Felix Fan); recorded at Spin Recordings Studio, Long Island City, New York, December 7, 2011; composition year: 1951; time: 5:55

Morton Feldman: Vertical Thoughts 5
Only -- Works for Voice and Instruments
New Albion Records/1996
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players (violin: Roy Malan, tuba: Peter Wahrhaftig, percussion: William Winant; celeste: Marvin Tartak; voice: Joan La Barbara); recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California, January 18, 1995; composition year: 1963; time: 5:19

David Rosenboom: Closed Attracting Trajectories (Melody Set 2)
Zones of Influence Part II
Zones of Influence
Pogus Productions/2014
electronics: David Rosenboom; percussion: William Winant; The Dizzy Gillespie Recording Studio Complex, California Institute of the Arts and the composer's studio, Valencia, California; composition years: 1984, 1985, revised 2013; time: 13:44

SET THREE
Stuart Saunders Smith: A River Rose
I. (2:45)
II. (3:10)
III. (1:40)
IV. (2:43)
V. (3:02)
A River Rose -- Music for Violin
New World Records/2014
violin: Ari Yoshioka; vibraphone: José "Zeca" Lacerda; recorded at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Fall 2013; composition year: 2005; total time: 13:21

Stuart Saunders Smith: Family Portraits -- Delbert
Sylvia Smith -- The Year Begins To Be Ripe
11 West Records/2008
solo percussion, spoken voice: Sylvia Smith; text: Stuart Saunders Smith; recorded at UMBC; composition year: 1994; time: 3:45

Dorota Czerner: Fireflies
Open Space 29 (Barkin/Czerner/Boretz)
Open Space/2012
voice, text: Dorota Czerner; electronic sound: Benjamin Boretz; time: 4:35

SET FOUR
Linda Dusman: Magnificat -- Ida Ida
Sounding Out! [various artists]
Everglade Records/2010
voice, electronics: Linda Dusman; text: Gertrude Stein; composition year: 2009; time: 6:14

Shelley Hirsch: Blanche Dubois
States
Tellus/Harvestworks/1997
voice, text: Shelley Hirsch; text: Shelley Hirsch (after Tennessee Williams); electronics: David Weinstein; composition year: 1987; time: 3:38

Brian Eno and David Byrne: A Secret Life
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
Nonesuch Records/2006 (orig. Virgin LP/1981)
sampled voice: Samira Tawfik; percussion, synthesizers, treatments; Brian Eno, David Byrne; recorded 1979; time: 2:30

Eno + Hyde: Cells & Bells
High Life
Warp Records/2014
voice, treatments: Brian Eno; guitar loop: Karl Hyde; reverb atmosphere, keyboard: Fred Gibson; reverb guitar: Leo Abrahams; lyrics: Rick Holland; recorded 2014; time: 7:41

David Bowie: Warszawa
Low
Rykodisc/1991 (orig. EMI LP/1977)
composer: Brian Eno; vocals: David Bowie; piano, synthesizers: Brian Eno; recorded at Château d'Hérouville, Hérouville, France and Hansa Studio, West Berlin, 1976; time: 6:17

SET FIVE
Elainie Lillios: Backroads
a. Shoe Factory (3:51)
b. Tree Tunnel (3:29)
c. Elevator (3:31)
Entre espaces (Between Spaces)
empreintes DIGITALes/2011
realized at the composer's studio, Bowling Green, Ohio, 2002; premiered at  the Rien a voir (12) at Espace GO, Montreal, September 13, 2002; composition year: 2002; time: 10:51

Luc Ferrari: Le Sexe (Chanson 3 from Chansons pour le corps)
Chansons pour le corps; Et si tout entière maintenant
Mode Records/1999
voice: Elise Caron; clarinets: Carol Mundinger, Sylvan Frydman; percussion: Christine Lagniel; piano: Michel Maurer; synthesizer: Michel Musseau; recorded at the GRM, Salle Oliviere Messiaen, Maison de Radio France, Paris, March 18, 1995; composition years: 1988-1994; time: 1240

SET SIX
Jon Rose: 
a. Reversed Spam (3:35)
b. Buzz Buzz (0:48)
c. Whipped Cream (2:39)
The Hyperstring Project
New Dynamics of Rogue Counterpoint
ReR Megacorp/2000
computer-processed violin systems: Jon Rose; recorded at The Hospital and STEIM studios, Amsterdam, August 1999; total time: 6:13

Jon Rose: The Massage Parlor (from Bagni di Dolabella)
The Fence
ReR Megacorp/1998
The Orchestra of Ancient Guts, conductor: Dr. Johannes Rosenberg; voice: Vinetta Paraldi; recorded at RAI Studios, Rome, September 1993; time: 3:36

Guy Barash: Seven Testimonies
from The Captain Asks for a Show of Hands 
Facts About Water
Innova Recordings/2014
voice: Victor Poison-Tete; keyboard: Anthony Coleman; guitar: Ron Anderson; bass: Dave Hofstra; drums: Mike Pride; digital signal processing: Guy Barash; text: Nick Flynn; recorded at EastSide Sound and Studio zOaR, New York City; time: 8:53

SET SEVEN
Annea Lockwood: Tiger Balm
Source -- Music of the Avant Garde [various artists]
Source Records 1-6, 1968-1971
Pogus Productions/2008
electronic music on tape; recorded at Tangent Studio, London, and The Electronic Music Studio, Goldsmith College, 1970; time: 10:26

Michael Trommer: The Night Paddler 
MusicWorks #119, Summer 2014 [various artists]
MusicWorks Magazine/2014
field recordings: Michael Trommer; time: 9:01

Steven Naylor: I Wish
Deep Wireless 7 [various artists]
Radio Art Compilation
New Adventures in Sound Art/2010
electroacoustic music realized at the Electroacoustic  Studios of the University of Birmingham, UK, 2000, premiered at the Novars concert, Birmingham, November 21, 2001; composition year: 2000; time: 9:47


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Bells & Whistles for July 17, 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
July 17, 2014

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SELECTIONS PLAYED
Bora Yoon: Doppler Dreams
Sunken Cathedral
Innova Recordings/2014
vocals, bells, percussion: Bora Yoon; time: 7:45

SET ONE
Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares:
a. A Young Maiden is Arriving (1:03)
b. A Soft Wind is Blowing (3:00)
Melody, Rhythm, and Harmony
Mesa Recordings/1993
Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares, director: Dora Hristova; recorded live at Nidaros Cathedral Trondheim, Norway March, 10th 1993; style: Bulgarian female folk choir; total time: 4:03

Yasna Voices:
a. Dreams Song (2:49)
b. Seamstress Work Song (2:19)
c. Harvest Calls (0:35)
Yasna Voices
Vladatouma/2004
Yasna Vooices: Sue Dennis, Kristen Espeland, Rachel Freeman, Joy Nirenstein, Sarah Small, Corinna Snyder, Erin Strafford; director: Vlada Touma; (a,b,c: traditional; arr. Nicolai Kaufman, Vlada Touma); recorded at Manhattan Producers Alliance, New York City, October 10, 2004; style: Bulgarian female folk choir; total time: 6:33

Meredith Monk: Travellers 4/Churchyard Entertainment
Book of Days
ECM/1990
voices: Robert Een, Andrea Goodman, Meredith Monk, Nicky Paraiso, Naaz Hosseini, Ching Gonzalez. Joan Barber, Timothy Sawyer, John Eppler; keyboards: Nurit Tilles; recorded at Clinton Studios, New York City, June 1989; style: mixed chorus, extended vocals; time: 6:34

István Mártha, Szkárosi Endre, Sándor Bernáth:
a. Church (3:35)
b. October (1:05)
The Wind Rises
ReR Megacorp/1998
a. vocal: Márta Sebestyén; organ: Istvan Martha; b. rain, thunderstorm; recorded in Hungary and Romania, 1973, 1987; style: Hungarian folks song and field recordings; total time: 4:40

The Skein: Jingle Bitch
Cities and Eyes
Henceforth Records/2009
electric accordion, sound effects, samples, live processing, piano, voice: Andrea Parkins; electronics, voice: Jessica Constable; recorded at Studio G, Brooklyn, New York, 2004 - 2008; style: experimental; time: 3:26

Márta Sebestyén: Tavasz Tavasz (Spring, Spring)
Apocrypha
Rykodisc/1992
vocals: Márta Sebestyén; electronics, wind instruments: Károly Cserepes; backing vocals: Anna Cserepes, Levente Szörényi; drums: Donászi Tibor; violin: Janos Hasur; bass: Szabolcs Szoranyi; chime bells: Laszlo Hortobagyi; electric double bass: Mihály Huszár; recorder: Ferenc Kiss; recorded in Hungary; style: Hungarian folk, pop; time: 3:43

SET TWO
Huun-Huur-Tu & The Bulgarian Voices »Angelite«: Lonely Bird
Fly, Fly My Sadness
Shanachie/1996
overtone solo voices: Sonja Iovkova, Anatoly Kuular; arr. Mikhail Alperin; choir: the Bulgarian Voices »Angelite«, recorded at the Studio of Bulgarian Television, Sofia, November 1995; style: Bulgarian Choir and Tuvan overtone throat singing; time: 10:57

Monks Of Loseling Dratsang Of Drepung Monastery: Ngontog Gyan
Ornament for Clear Realization
Tibet: The Heart of Dharma
Ellipsis Arts/1996
chanting, percussive accompaniment: Loeseling Dratsang monks: style: traditional Tibetan Buddhist chanting; time: 12:44

SET THREE
Steve Roach: Serpent's Rebirth
At the Edge of Everything
Timeroom Editions/2013
electronics, synthesizers, percussion, didgiridoo, processed voice, harmonica, looping: Steve Roach; fujara-overtone flute, hand percussion, voice: Vidna Obmana; free drum: Jeffrey Fayman; recorded at The E-Live Festival, Veldhoven, Netherlands, September 11, 2000; style: ambient, tribal; time: 12:25

Fritz Hauser: Deep Time (excerpt)
Deep Time
Deep Listening/2005
accordion, extended instrument system: Pauline Oliveros; extended instrument system, electronics, miscellaneous instruments: David Gamper; saxophones: Urs Leimgruber; percussion: Fritz Hauser; recorded in Basel, Switzerland, May 1991; style: experimental, improvisational; excerpt time: 4:00

Wendy Mae Chambers: Snake of the Deep Waters
12²
New World Records/1998
percussion: Michael Pugliese, Randy Crafton, Jason Cirker, Charles Kiger, Andy Bowman, Kory Grossman, Mark Belair, Dan McMillan, Frank Cassara, David Cossin, Jimmy Musto, Dominic Donato, conductor: Howard Van Hyning; recorded at St. Paul's Chapel, Columbia University, July 21, 1994; style: percussion tone poem; time: 4:42

SET FOUR
Emilio Barreto: Equa O
Liberation Theology
Music for Future Ancestors
Luz Productions/2002
vocals: Emilio Barreto; bass: Melvin Gibbs; percussion: Nami Assis; saxophone: Michael Garr; drums: Tarrion Guilly; trumpet: Graham Haynes; guitar: James Hurt; turntables: DJ Logic; keyboards: John Medeski; style: Afro-Cuban jazz; time: 3:15

Cheb I Sabbah: Madh Assalhin (Praising of the Saints)
La Kahena
Six Degrees/2005
electronics, processing: Cheb I Sabbah; lead voice, tabla: Lala Kaboura Ben Faraj; voices, bendirs, tryer: Fatima Khaelef, Tarjima Khabouj, Fatema Legren, Zoubida Azzarkaoula; style: Indian percussion, electronica; time: 8:11

Muslimgauze: Curfew, Gaza
Zul'm
Extreme Records/1992
percussion, composition: Bryn Jones; vocals, Arabic percussion: Zarawar Singh; vocal, Indian percussion; Said Nasser; keyboards, engineering: Mark Lawrence; recorded in Manchester, England; style: trance, percussion, world fusion; time: 10:37

SET FIVE
Muslimgauze: Hand of Fatima
Hand of Fatima
Soleilmoon/1999
percussion, samples, processing: Bryn Jones; recorded in Manchester, England; style: Middle Eastern percussion, experimental; time: 11:08

Alvin Curran: Shin Far Shofar I
Shofar Rags
Tzadik/2013
shofar, sampler, electronics: Alvin Curran; recorded in Rome, Italy, 2008 for the Alef Bet Sound Project (Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco); style: shofar, experimental, classical; time:11:22

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