Martian Gardens for June 29, 2014 & July 2, 2014

MARTIAN GARDENS
 
WMUA .ORG
Sundays live broadcast/webcast
9:00 p.m. -- 12:00 a.m. EDT
WMUA 91.1 FM
Amherst, Massachusetts
June 29, 2014

TAINTRADIO.ORG
webcast: Wednesdays 6:00 p.m. -- 9:00 p.m. EDT
Webcast date: July 2, 2014
Host: Max Shea

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

SINGLE PLAY
Mason Bates: Terrycloth Troposphere 
Stereo is King
Innova Recordings/2014
percussion: Cynthia Yeh, Jacob Nissly, Eric Banks; electronics: Mason Bates; time: 5:15

SET ONE
Eno - Hyde: Time to Waste It
High Life
Warp Records/2014
CDJ processing, distorted organ, backing voice: Brian Eno; electric guitars, backing voice: Karl Hyde; drums: Fred Gibson; electric guitar, processed electric guitar: Leo Abrahams; recorded at Brian Eno's studio, London, April 2014; time: 8:19

Brian Eno: I Fall Up
Ali Click maxi-single
Opal/1992
vocal, synthesizer, processing: Brian Eno; lead and rhythm guitar: Jamie West Oram; drum loop: Ian Dench; recorded 1991 for the cancelled album My Squelchy Life; time: 4:54

Brian Eno: Distributed Being
Nerve Net
Opal/1992
piano: John Paul Jones; drums: Richard Bailey; conga: Isaac Cheapenin; guitar solo: Robert Fripp; bass, voice, organ, synthesizer mix: Brian Eno; time: 4:41

SET TWO
Tirta Sari Ensemble: Kapi Raja (King of Birds)
The Music of Bali Volume II - Legong Gamelan
Celestial Harmonies/1997
The Tirta Sari Gamelan Ensemble of Peliatan Village; recorded at the Pura Gunung Sari Temple, Bali; total time: 3:05

Glenn Kotche: Traveling Turtle
Adventureland
Cantaloupe Music/2014
(for Gamelan); Gamelan Galak Tika, director: Evan Ziporyn; additional percussion: Glenn Kotche; recorded at the Endicott World Music Room, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; composition year: 2007; time: 5:20

Glenn Kotche: Clapping Music Variations (after Steve Reich)
Mobile
Nonesuch Records/2006
clapping, electronics: Glenn Kotche; recorded at The Loft, Chicago; time: 4:45

Steve Reich: Clapping Music
Early Works
Nonesuch Records/1987
clapping: Russ Hartenberger, Steve Reich; recorded at RCA Studio A, New York City; composition year: 1972; time: 4:45

Brian Chase: Stick Shot Harmonies Drone
Drums and Drones
Pogus Productions/2013
(for percussion); recorded in Brooklyn, New York; time: 4:49

Timorese percussion group: Tari Likurai
[Retrieving Heroes from Battle] 
Music of Timor
Celestial Harmonies/2000
(from Kabupaten  Belu drum dance (Likurai), field recording, Atambua, Timor; recorded in January, 1990; time: 4:52

SET THREE
Arie Shapira: Piano Concerto
Jerusalem Symphony, conductor: Yuval Zorn; piano: Amit Dolberg; recorded in Jerusalem, May 6, 2014; composition years: 2000--2003; time: 11:30
(download courtesy of Arie Shapira) 

George Cacioppo: Bestiary I: Eingang
Advance of the Fungi
Mode Records/2006
(for soprano, piano, and 5 percussionists); Ataelier de Musique Contemporaine de CNR de Versailles; conductor: Lionel Arnaud; piano: Jacqueline Méfano; soprano: Janet Pape; text: Rainer Rilke; recorded at the CNR de Versailles, March 26, 2004; remixed at CCMIX, Paris; composition year: 1960; time: 8:12

SET FOUR
Morton Feldman: String Quartet No. 1 (31-40)
String Quartet No. 1/Structures/Three Pieces
Mode Records/2014
Flux Quartet (violins: Tom Chiu, Conrad Harris; viola: Max Mandel; cello: Felix Fan); recorded at the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York; October 2009; composition year: 1979; excerpt time: 10:11

Philip Corner: Calling! OM ("from the '70s")
Extreme Positions
New World Records/2007
(for piano and 2 trombones); piano: Philip Corner; trombones: James Fulkerson, Hilary Jeffery (the Barton Workshop); recorded at Het Bethanienklooster, Amsterdam, spring 2006; composition year: 1972; time: 8:54

Philip Corner: Short Piano Piece XIII
40 Years and One -- Philip Corner Plays the Piano
XI Records/2001
piano: Philip Corner; recorded at iiwii studios, New Jersey, January 1998; composition year: 1957; time: 1:50

SET FIVE
David Rosenboom: The Stochastic Port
from The Winding of a Spring
Zones of Influence
Pogus Productions/2014
electronics: David Rosenboom; percussion: William Winant; recorded in the Dizzy Gillespie Digital Recording Studio, California Institute of the Arts and the composer's studio, Venice, California; composition years: 1984, 1985, revised 2013; time: 11:21

Kenneth Gaburo: The Wasting of Lucrecetzia
Tape Play
Pogus Productions/2000
(electronic music on tape); recorded at The University of Illinois Experimental Music Studio and the composer's studio; composition year: 1964; time: 3:43

The League of Automatic Music Composers: Radio Air Check
LAMC 1978-1983
New World Records/2007
computer music network: Tim Perkis, John Bischoff, Jim Horton; recorded at Mills College, Oakland, California, 1981; time: 2:58

Noah Creshevsky: Götterdämmerung
The Twilight of the Gods
Tzadik Records/2010
electroacoustic processing: Noah Creshevsky; vocals, trumpet: Susan Watts, clarinet, alto sax: Alex Kontorovich; violin, vocals: Amy Zakar; bass, vocals: Heather Chriscaden Versace; tenor sax, alto sax: Audrey Betsy Welber; trumpet: Ben Holmes; piano: Adrian Banner; drums: Gregg Mervine; samples: The Klez Dispensers; composition year: 2009; time: 4:04

SET SIX
Douglas Doherty: Pacific 462
On the Edge of Chaos
MPS Music & Video/2012
(electroacoustic music); recorded at the University of Birmingham, UK; composition year: 1997; time: 8:50

Pete Stollery: Back to Square One
Scènes
empreintes DIGITALes/2011
(electroacoustic music); realized at the Studio Circé of IMEB, Bourges, 2007; North East Scotland’s Festival of New Music Sound at the Mitchell Hall, University of Aberdeen, September 1, 2007; time: 10:17

SINGLE PLAY
Manuel Rocha Iturbide: Purusha-Prakriti
Cultures électroniques Vol. 19 (various artists)
Mnémosyne Musique Media/2012
(electroacoustic music); realized at IMEB, Bourges, France, 2006; time: 12:23

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Bells & Whistles for June 26, 2014

 

BELLS AND 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
June 26, 2014

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

SELECTIONS PLAYED
Noura Mint Seymali: Eguetmar
Tzenni
Glitterbeat Records/2013
lead vocal, ardine: Noura Mint Seymali; guitar: Jeiche Ould Chighaly; drums: Matthew C. Tinari; bass: Ousmane Touré; backing vocals: Mayassa Hemed Vall; recorded at Zaza Productions, Nouakchott, Mauritania, 2013; time: 3:38

Music from Indonesia
Kajang
a. Rikong (7:16)
b. Tempa Sarong (7:33)
Music of Indonesia 18 -- Sulawesi: Festivals, Funerals, Work
Smithsonian Folkways/1999
a. female singers, flute duo; b. flute duo; Musicians of Desa Tana Toa, South Sulawesi; recorded at Desa Bontolangkasa Selatan Kec. Bontompo, September 1996; style: vocal and instrumental music of the peoples of Sulawesi; composer: traditional; time: 14:49

Sulawesi gong groups:
Mongondow
a. Toki Hajat Perkawinan [gong ensemble] (4:10)
b. Toki Hajat [gong ensemble] (2:45)
Music of Indonesia 18 -- Sulawesi: Festivals, Funerals, Work
Smithsonian Folkways/1999
a. Musik Kulintang Molosing, director: L.A. Dilapanga; b. Ds. Tudu Aog, Kec Passi, Kab. Bolang Mongondow gong group; a. recorded at the home of L.A. Dilapanga, North Sulawasi, August 29, 1997; b. recorded in North Sulawesi, August 30, 1997; style: vocal and instrumental music of the peoples of Sulawesi; composer: traditional; total time: 6:55

Music from Malaysia:
a. field recording [Bird songs and River Sounds] (0:55)
b. The Princess of Mt. Səwilu [Cince: m] (3:53)
c. Penhə: y (2:46)
Dream Songs and Healing Sounds in the Rainforests of Malaysia
Smithsonian Folkways/1995
a. recorded at Berok River, Kelantan, Malaysia, July 10, 1981; b. singer: Along Indan, recorded at Berok River, Kelantan, Malaysia, March 5, 1981; singer: Abilem A/L Along Lum; recorded at Kelanton, Malaysia, September 7, 1982;  style: folk songs of the Temiar peoples of Malaysia; composer: traditional; total time: 6:34

Music from Timor:
a. Tari Woleka [Happy Dance] (2:25)
b. Tarian gong [Gong Dance] (3:17)
c. Tari Likurai [Retrieving Heroes from Battle] (4:52)
Music of Timor
Celestial Harmonies/2000
a. gongs and drums (katala-bedu): Bp Daniel Tangureda, et al [Weikombak Village, West Timor]; b. Tetun gong and drum dance (leku-sene) [field recording] (Subulaku village, Kefamenanu, Timor); c. Belu drum dance (Likurai) [field recording, Atambua, Timor]; style: percussion music of Timor; composer: traditional; total time: 9:34

I Wayan Sadra:
a. O-A-E-O (3:08)
b. Snow's Own Dream (7:00)
New Music of Indonesia Volume 3: Karya -- Compositions by I Wayan Sadra
Lyrichord/1994
a. percussion and chorus; recorded at STSI (Indonesian Institute of the Arts), Surakarta, Indonesia by Larry Polansky, April 30, 1989; b. digital synthesizer, electronics: I Wayan Sadra; recorded at the Bregman Electronic Music Studio, Dartmouth College, 1992; style: contemporary compositions based on traditional Balinese music; composer: I Wayan Sadra; total time: 10:08

Evan Ziporyn with I Wayan Wija: selections from ShadowBang
a. Head 1 (2:58)
b. Head 2/Scene 1 (11:31)
c. Angklat (3:31)
d. Ocean (5:12)
e. Meditas/Presta Raksasa (11:39)
ShadowBang
Cantaloupe Music/2003
vocals, dialogue: I Wayan Wija; Bang On A Can All-Stars (bass: Robert Black; percussion: Eduardo Leandro; keyboard: Lisa Moore; guitar: Mark Stewart; cello: Wendy Sutter; soprano saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet: Evan Ziporyn); recorded at Kresage Little Theater, MIT, Cambridge, October 14, 2001; style: traditional Balinese shadow puppet theater, contemporary Western chamber music; composers: Evan Ziporyn, I Wayan Wija (2001); total time: 35:00

Ziya Tabassian: Chante mon tambour 
Tombak
Ambiances Magnetiques/2007
tombak drum: Ziya Tabassian; recorded at DeTour Sound Studio, Montreal, 2005; style: original tombak composions; composer: Ziya Tabassian; time: 2:43

Arie Shapira: Poem for Guni
Electronics Plus
Arie Shapira/2000
vocal: Na'ama Gannot; text: Natan Zach; electronics: Arie Shapira; style: contemporary Hebrew poetry set to electronic music; composer: Arie Shapira (1996); time: 3:34

Larry Polansky: B'reysheet (In the Beginning...) [Cantillation Study #1) 
The Theory of Impossible Melody
New World Records/2009
vocal: Jody Diamond; live interactive computers: Phil Burk, Larry Polansky; engineer: Tom Erbe; recorded at Mills College Concert Hall, January, 1990 (HMSL software designed by Larry Polansky and Phil Burk, 1984-1990); composition: Larry Polansky (1985-1989); style: traditional Hebrew cantillation and live computer music; time: 13:36

Ziya Tabassian: Impressions 2
Tombak
Ambiances Magnetiques/2007
tombak drum: Ziya Tabassian; recorded at DeTour Sound Studio, Montreal, 2005; style: original tombak composions; composer: Ziya Tabassian; time: 2:10

Fela Kuti: J'ehin J'ehin
Fela's London Scene
Stern's Music/1994 (orig. LP 1971, 1983)
Kuti and the Africa '70 (congas: Akwesi Korranting, Friday Jumbo, Henry Kofi; drums: Tony Allen; percussion (sticks): Tony Abayomi; shekere: Isaac Olaleye; genor saxophone: Igo Chiko; baritone saxophone: Lekan Animashaun; trumpet: Eddie Faychum, Tunde Williams; bass guitar: Maurice Ekpo), director, composer: Fela Ransome Kuti; recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, 1971; time: 7:28

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Martian Gardens for June 22 & 25, 2014

MARTIAN GARDENS
 
WMUA .ORG
Sundays live broadcast/webcast
9:00 p.m. -- 12:00 a.m. EDT
WMUA 91.1 FM
Amherst, Massachusetts
June 22, 2014

TAINTRADIO.ORG
webcast: Wednesdays 6:00 p.m. -- 9:00 p.m. EDT
Webcast date: June 25, 2014
Host: Max Shea

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

SET ONE
Lee Hyla: Concerto for Bass Clarinet and Orchestra
Trans
New World Records/2004
bass clarinet: Tim Smith; Boston Modern Orchestra Project, conductor: Gil Rose; recorded at Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, January 21, 2001; composition year: 1988; time: 10:52

In memory of Lee Hyla (August 31, 1952 -- June 6, 2014)

Namaste Duo: Clarinet Vision (C. Nutman)
Different Visions
MPS Music & Video/2008
(composer: Carey Nutman, for clarinet and tape); clarinet: Guido Arbonelli; composition year: 1992; time: 11:15

SINGLE PLAY
Robert Erickson: Solstice
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 years: 1981-1985; time: 21:48

SET TWO 
Ming Tsao: The Book of Virtual Transcriptions
Pathology of Syntax
Mode Records/2014
Ensemble SurPlus (oboe: Peter Veale; trumpet: Markus Schwind; horn: Christine Chapman; trombone: Andrew Digby; violin: Stefan Haeussler; viola: Bodo Friedrich; cello: Beverly Ellis), conductor: James Avery; recorded at Steinhalle, Emmendingen, Germany, November 19, 2008; composition years: 2004, 2005; time: 13:51

César Bolaños: Sialoecibi, ESEPCO I
Computer Sound-Expressive Structure
Peruvian Electroacoustic and Experimental Music (1964-1970)
Pogus Productions/2009
(for piano, computer processing, and reciter); piano: Gerardo Gandini; actor/reciter: Norberto Campos; premiered during the IX Contemporary Music Festival at the Instituto Di Tella, Buenos Aires, October 29, 1970; composition year: 1970; time: 9:19

SET THREE
Meredith Monk: Memory Song
Do You Be
ECM/1987
voices: Andrea Goodman, Naaz Hosseini, Meredith Monk; keyboards: Wayne Hankin, Nurit Tilles; violin: Naaz Hosseini; recorded at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, Germany, and Clinton Studios, New York City, 1986 and 1987; time: 6:40

Leo Kupper: O Ar Vivo (Living Air)
from Rezas Populares do Brasil
Ways of the Voice
Pogus Productions/1999
(for voices and computer processing); mezzo-soprano: Anna Maria Kieffer; bass: Eduardo Janho-Abumrad; realized at Studio de Recherches et de Structurations Electroniques Auditives, Brussels, Belgium; composition year: 1998; time: 3:16

Pierre Alexandre Tremblay: Les trois petits c... (A Woman in Berlin)
Quelques Reflets
empreintes DIGITALes/2011
(for electroacoustic music and voice); realized at Métamorphoses d’Orphée studio, Ohain, Belgium; voices, vocalizations: uncredited; realized at the Trois visages des musiques électroacoustiques: musique électroacoustique et videomusique, Espace Senghor, Brussels, Belgium, May 25, 2011; composition year: 2010; time: 13:09

SET FOUR
Francisco Kröpfl:  Lento come l'alghe 
Compendium International -- Bourges 2005 [various artists]
Mnémosyne Musique Média/2005
(for electroacoustic music and voice); voice: Lucia Maranca; poem: Aldo Maranca;  realized at IMEB, Bourges, France, 2005; time: 10:00

Gerard Pape: Two Electro-Acoustic Songs
a. Time Caught in a Net
b. On the Road at Night
Electroacoustic Chamber Works
Mode Records/1998
(for voice, flute, tape, and sound projection; texts: Dahlia Ravikovitch); soprano: Janet Pape; flute: Cécile Daroux; tape, sound projection: Gerard Pape; recorded at the Festival Aspekte, Salzburg, Austria, 1994; composition year: 1993; total time: 10:50

SET FIVE
Otto Luening: Synthesis for Orchestra and Electronic Sound
Music of Riegger, Luening, & McPhee
CRI/1965
Hessian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor: David Van Vactor; tape realized and synchronized at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, New York City; composition year: 1960; time: 7:50

Pink Floyd: A Saucerful of Secrets
I. Something Else (3:57)
II. Syncopated Pandemonium (3:08)
III. Storm Signal (1:34)
IV. Celestial Voices (3:14)
A Saucerful of Secrets
EMI/1994 (orig. EMI Columbia LP/1968)
(for Farfisa organ, Mellotron, piano, tapes, feedback, microphoned cymbals, electric guitar distortion, non-lexical vocals, and percussion); vocals, electric guitar: David Gilmour; piano, organ, Mellotron; electric bass, percussion: Roger Waters; drums, percussion: Nick Mason; recorded at Abbey Road Studios, April 1968; total time: 11:52 

SET SIX
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Mikrophonie I (excerpt)
Mikrophonie I & II
Columbia/1967 (orig. CBS West Germany LP/1965)
(for tamtam, two microphones, two filters, and pontentiometers); tamtam: Aloys Kontarsky, Fred Alings; microphones: Johannes Fritsch, Harald Bojé; filters, potentiometers: Stockhausen, Hugh Davies, Jaap Spek; recorded at Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Köln, December 1965; composition years: 1964, 1965; excerpt time: 11:00

Matthew Burtner: Glass Phase
Portals of Distortion
Innova Recordings/1999
computer polyrhythmicon, electronics: Matthew Burtner; composition year: 1998; time: 9:51
 
Matthew Burtner: from Polyrhythmicana 
a. C Acceleration Phase (2:24)
b. Metal XY* (1:30)
c. Melody in Triangles* (5:19)
NOISE Plays Burtner
Innova Recordings/2013
(for ensemble, electronics, and saxophone); Ensemble NOISE; saxophone: Matthew Burtner; computer: Nathan Brock; recorded at UCSD Studio A, San Diego, California; composition year: 2002; time: 2:24/total time: 9:12
*TAINT Radio version only 

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Bells and Whistles for June 19, 2014

 

BELLS AND 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
June 12, 2014

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

SELECTIONS PLAYED
Michael Tenzer:  Unstable Center (Puser Belah)
Let Other Name You
New World Records/2009
(for double gamelan); Genta Buana Sari Group with the Sanggar Çudamani Group; recorded in Pengosekan, Bali, June 19, 2003; time: 19:26

Tirta Sari Ensemble: 
a. Kapi Raja (King of Birds) (3:05)
b. Sekar Gendot (The Flowers) (9:01)
c. Truna Jaya (A Welcome Dance) (9:40)
The Music of Bali Volume II - Legong Gamelan
Celestial Harmonies/1997
The Tirta Sari Gamelan Ensemble of Peliatan Village; recorded at the Pura Gunung Sari Temple, Bali; total time: 21:46

Field recordings from Papua New Guinea:
a. Seance Gisalo song by Aiba with weeping (8:41)
b. Ceremonial Gisalo performance by Halawa (14:00)
Bosavi -- Rainforest Music from Papua New Guinea
Smithsonian Folkways/2001
recorded by Steven Field, 1976 - 1992, a collaboration between Smithsonian Folkways and the Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies; total time: 22:41

Tejendra Narayan Majumdar: Madhya Gat in Dhamar Tal
Raga Kafi Kanada
India Archive Music/2003
sarod: Tejendra Narayan Majumdar; tabla: Tanmoy Bose; recorded at Master Sound, Astoria, New York, November 7, 19995; time: 17:30

The Master Musicians of Jajouka with Bachir Attar: 
Boujeloud Dancing With Kandisha 
Live Volume 1
Jajouka Records/2009
(composer: Hadj Abdesalam El Attar); recorded at the Centro Cultural de Belém in Lisbon, Portugal, March 31, 2007; time: 6:25

Muslimgauze: Mumbai Vibe Garden
Fakir Sind
Soleilmoon/1999
percussion, tapes: Bryn Jones; recorded in Manchester, UK, 1998; time: 6:48

Muslimgauze: Baghdad
Baghdad
Staalplaat/1998
percussion, instruments, tapes: Bryn Jones; recorded in Manchester, UK, 1998; time: 5:08

Radwan Moumneh: Amanem
MusicWorks #119 -- Summer 2014 (various artists)
MusicWorks Magazine/2014
vocals, buzuq (Middle Eastern long-necked lute), electronics, processing:  R.G. Moumneh; recorded at Hotel2Tango, Montreal; released under the AKA Jerusalem In My Heart, album title, "Mo7it Al-Mo7it," (Constellation Records), 2013; time: 8:54

Marcel Khalifé: Taqasim, Part One (abridged)
Taqasim
Connecting Cultures/2006
oud: Marcel Khalifé; double bass: Peter Herbert; abridged time: 12:00


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Martian Gardens for June 15 & 18, 2014

MARTIAN GARDENS
 
WMUA .ORG
Sundays live broadcast/webcast
9:00 p.m. -- 12:00 a.m. EDT
WMUA 91.1 FM
Amherst, Massachusetts
June 8, 2014

TAINTRADIO.ORG
webcast: Wednesdays 6:00 p.m. -- 9:00 p.m. EDT
Webcast date: June 11, 2014
Host: Max Shea

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

SINGLE PLAY
Carrie Rose: High Flyer (R. Erickson)
Books of Flutes
Smith Publications/2008
composer: Robert Erickson; solo flute: Carrie Rose; composition year: 1969; time: 5:50

SINGLE PLAY
Robert Erickson: String Quartet No. 1
I. (5:38)
II. (4:11)
III. (5:36)
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: 1950; total time: 16:10

SET ONE
Namaste Duo: Sulle Ali Delle Ombre (G. Bruni)
Different Visions
MPS Music & Video/2008
(composer: Giuseppe Bruni, for 2 clarinets and tape); Namaste Duo (clarinets: Guido Arbonelli, Paolo Gallipoli); time: 9:39

Esther Lamneck: Trio for Clarinet and Two Computers (Lippe/Lamneck)
I. 4:35
II. 2:42
III. 5:11
Cigar Smoke
Innova Recordings/2007
composers: Esther Lamneck, Corte Lippe; clarinet: Esther Lamneck; recorded at Vecchio Mulino Produzione; Lucca, Italy; 2002; composition year: 2002; time: 12:29

SET TWO
Morton Feldman: Piano Piece (to Philip Guston)
Aki Takahashi Plays Morton Feldman
Mode Records/1996
piano: Aki Takahashi; recorded at SUNY Purchase, December 1995; composition year: 1963; time: 3:54

Yvar Mikhashoff: Vertical Thoughts (M. Feldman)
Panorama of American Piano Music [various artists]
from Antheil to Zappa: 1911 to 1991
Mode Records/2013
(composer: Morton Feldman); piano: Yvar Mikhashoff; recorded at Slee Hall, Buffalo, New York, 1991-1992; composition year: 1963; time: 3:36

John Cage: Spontaneous Earth
Complete Short Works for Prepared Piano
Mode Records/2007
prepared piano: Philipp Vandré; recorded at Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, 2002; composition year: 1944; time: 2:49

John Cage: Five
The Number Pieces 6
Mode Records/2012
(for unspecified instruments or voices); blown bottles: Essential Music (Judith Gordon, Maya Guniji, John Kennedy, Eric Kivnick; Charles Wood); recorded at SUNY Purchase, 1993-1994; composition year: 1988; time: 5:00

George Crumb: Softly and Tenderly
from American Songbook VII
A cycle of Hymns, Spirituals, Folk songs, and American Indian Chants
Complete Crumb Edition Volume 16
Bridge Records/2014
soprano: Ann Crumb; Orchestra 2001 (amplified piano: Marcantonio Barone; percussion: Brenda Weckerly, Greg Giannascoli, David Nelson, William Kerrigan), conductor: James Freeman; recorded at Swarthmore College, October 2012; composition year: 2010 (lyrics: "Softly and Tenderly," Will L. Thompson, published 1880); time: 8:28

George Crumb: Firefly Song
from American Songbook V: Voices from a Forgotten World
A cycle of American songs from north and south, east and west 
Complete Crumb Edition Volume 15
Bridge Records/2011
mezzo-soprano: Jamie Van Eyck; Orchestra 2001 (amplified piano: Marcantonio Barone; percussion:
William Kerrigan, Susan Jones, David Nelson, Angela Nelson), conductor: James Freeman; recorded at Swarthmore College, October 2008; time: composition year: 2006 (lyrics: "Firefly, Oijibwe origins, American Primitive Music (1909); time: 1:31

SET THREE
Mary Jane Leach: Song of Sorrows
Ariadne's Lament
New World Records/1998
(composer: M.J. Leach, under the influence of Monteverdi); The Booke Chapel Choir of Bucknell University, conductor: William Payn, Bucknell; lyrics: Ottavio Rinuccini, Mary Jane Leach; composition year: 1995; time: 8:00

Oöphoi: Dissolving in the Void
Electroacoustic Music Vol. VII (various artists)
Electroshock Records/2002
(composer: Gianluigi Gasparetti [Oöphoi], electroacoustic); composition year: 2000; time: 9:26

SET FOUR
Jukka Ruohomäki: June Sessions Remix
Compendium International -- Bourges 2006 [various artists]
Mnémosyne Musique Média/2012 
(electroacoustic); improvised electric guitar, MIDI-guitar: Mikko Räisänen; recorded and remixed at IMEB, Bourges, France; composition years: 2001, 2007; time: 12:44

The Legendary Pink Dots: 
a. Prague Spring [instrumental] (3:26)
b. Leper Colony (6:26)
Shadow Weaver
Play It Again Sam/1992
synthesizers, keyboards, vocals, lyrics: Edward Ka-Spel; synthesizers, keyboards: Silverman; wind instruments: Neils Van Hoornblower; electric guitar: Martijn Van Kleer; bass guitar: Ryan Moore; violin: Patrick Q. Wright; recorded in The Netherlands; time: 9:52

SET FIVE
Pierre Alexandre Tremblay: Still, Again
A short chamber opera
La marée 
empreintes DIGITALes/2013
(electroacoustic); soprano: Peyee Chen; text, processing, interactive system, and multitrack tape: P.A. Tremblay; realized and recorded at the composer's studio and the studios of the University of Huddersfield, UK; composition years: 2012, 2013; time: 14:07

Radwan Ghazi Moumneh: Amanem
MusicWorks #119 -- Summer 2014 [various artists]
MusicWorks Magazine/2014
vocals, buzuq (Middle Eastern long-necked lute), electronics, processing:  R.G. Moumneh; recorded at Hotel2Tango, Montreal; released under the AKA Jerusalem In My Heart, album title, "Mo7it Al-Mo7it," (Constellation Records), 2013; time: 8:54

SINGLE PLAY
Lou Cohen:
a. Homage to Cage (8:43)
b. Symphony 6 (for Noah Creshevsky) (9:33)
Music
Pogus Productions/2013
sampled instruments, MIDI keyboard: Lou Cohen; total time: 18:13

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Bells & Whistles for June 12, 2014

BELLS AND 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
June 12, 2014

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

SELECTIONS PLAYED
Ben Johnston: The Tavern
a. Prelude (0:45)
b. Who Says Words With My Mouth (3:41)
c. A Community of Spirits
d. A Children's Game (6:43)
e. The Many Wines (3:09)
f. Burnt Kabob (3:13)
Ruminations
Settings of Rumi & Billie Holiday in Just Intonation
MicroFest Records/2014
voice and microtonal guitar: John Schneider; texts: Rumi; composition year: 1998; total time: 25:52

Gamelan of Central Java: Gendhing Bonang Danaraja
Gamelan of Central Java, Vol. VI. Kraton Surakarta
Felmay Records/2006
pathet: slendro sanga; recorded May 11, 2004, at the Sasono Sewoko house of Kraton, Surakarta Indonesia; time: 16:50

Bill Alves: Concerto for Violin and Gamelan
a. 3:02
b. 9:21
c. 6:28
d. 5:15
e. 10:13
Mystic Canyon
MicroFest Records/2013
The Harvey Mudd College American Gamelan, director: Bill Alves; violin: Susan Jensen; composition year: 2008; total time: 35:00

Pamela Sklar: Hatshepsut 
Silver Pharaoh 
An Original Tribute to Ancient Egypt
MSR Music/2013
bass flute: Pamela Sklar; percussion: John Arrucci; recorded at Sliding Door Studio, New Rochelle, New York, 2012-2013; time: 3:45

Sadreddin Özçimi, et al: Perde Kaldirma 
Trance 1
Sufi Dervish Rite/Tibetan Overtone Chant/Indian Dhrupad
Ellipsis Arts/1995
neyzen (reed flute): Sadreddin Özçimi; oud (lute): Necati Çelik; ney (flute): Arif Erdebil; percussion: Kemal Karaöz; recorded in Istanbul, May, 1994; time: 27:23

Steve Roach: Palace of Nectar
Mystic Chords & Sacred Spaces
Projekt Records/2003
instruments and production: Steve Roach; recorded at Timeroom, Tucson, time: 14:45

Jorge Reyes: El Custombre
a. Medicine Song
b. La Barrida
El Custumbre
Extreme Records/1993
synthesizer, drum machine, drums: Steve Roach; voice, whistle, Aztec wind whistle, ocarina, distant percussion, floating Tarahumara percussion, Aztec chicahuaztli rattle, turtle shells, sugarcane flute, tree branches, percussive vocalizations: Jorge Reyes; distant guitar: Mick Franke; water percussion: Juan Carlos López; recorded at Jorge Reyes' studio, Mexico City and Harderber Studio, Germany; total time: 8:00

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Martian Gardens for June 8 & 11, 2014

MARTIAN GARDENS
 
WMUA .ORG
Sundays live broadcast/webcast
9:00 p.m. -- 12:00 a.m. EDT
WMUA 91.1 FM
Amherst, Massachusetts
June 8, 2014

TAINTRADIO.ORG
webcast: Wednesdays 6:00 p.m. -- 9:00 p.m. EDT
Webcast date: June 11, 2014
Host: Max Shea

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

hour one

SET ONE
Current 93: 
a. Those Flowers Grow
b. Stone Witness I
 I Am The Last of All The Field That Fell  
The Spheres/2014
vocals: David Tibet; piano: Reinier Van Houdt; saxophone: John Zorn; bass: James Blackshaw; guitar: Tony McPhee; organ: Jack Barnett; hurdy gurdy: Ossian Brown; drums: Carl Stokes; bass clarinet: Jon Seagrott; lyrics: David Tibet, Norbert Knox; total time: 8:43

J.K. Randall: Mudgett: Monologues by a mass murderer*
a. Electronic Prelude (3:00)
b. Toronto (6:57)
Computer Music (Randall/Vercoe/Dodge)
Nonesuch/1974
(for electronics and voice) soprano: Melinda Kessler; realized at the Columbia Princeton Electronic Music Center; composition year: 1965; time: total time: 10:02
*SET TWO TAINT RADIO and WMUA recurrent versions

In memory of James K. Randall (June 16, 1929 - May 29, 2014) 

SET TWO
J.K. Randall: selections from 1st Gathering*
a. The Shadow knows (1:21)
b. Into a Stiff Wind (3:41)
c.Tintinnabulation (2:04)
A Garland of C-Sound
Open Space/2004
(for C-Sound software and synthesizer); recorded at Princeton University, 2004; total excerpts time: 7:05
*SET ONE TAINT Radio and WMUA recurrent versions 

Gordon Mumma: Music from the Venezia Space Theatre
Studio Retrospect
Lovely Music, Ltd./2000
(electronic  music for theater); composed and recorded in 1964 for the 27th Venezia Biennale of Teatro dell Spazio, September, 1964; time: 11:55

SET THREE
Musica Elettronica Viva: New Music America Festival (excerpt)
MEV 40 (1967 -- 2007)
New World Records/2008
soprano saxophone: Steve Lacy; trombone: Garrett List; digital synthesizer, sampler, MAX/MSP software, Crackle Box: Richard Teitelbaum; sampler, MIDI keyboard, flugelhorn: Alvin Curran; piano: Frederic Rzewski; recorded at the Knitting Factory, New York City, November 15, 1989; excerpt time: 12:00

Melody Sumner Carnahan & Out of Context ensemble:
a. Mask (5:42)
b. Luggage (6:54)
One Inch equals 25 Miles
Burning Books/2005
words: Melody Sumner Carnahan; music: J.A. Deane; Out of Context (cornet: Jon Baldwin; sampler, live sampling: C.K. Barlow; oud, electronics: Stefan Dill; voice, acting: John Flax; cello: Katie Harlow; bassoon: Sam Rhodes; vocalist: Molly Sturges; viola: Alcia Ultan; drums, percussion: Jefferson Voorhees; sampler, uniflute, conductor: J.A. Deane); recorded at Outpost Recording Space, Albuquerque, December 10, 2004; time: 12:46

SET FOUR
Brigitte Robindoré: L'Autel de la Perte et de la Transformation
CCMIX Paris -- Xenakis/UPIC/Continuum [various artists]
Mode Records/2001
(electronic music); Brigette Robindoré: UPIC/CCMIX;  Centre de Création Musicale Iannis Xenakis, Alford, France; composition year: 1993; time: 8:33

Horacio Vaggione: TILL

Musiques pour Piano et Electroacoustique

Mnémosyne Musique Media/1995

(for piano and electroacoustic music); piano: Philip Mead; realized at the IMEB, Bourges, France; composition year: 1991; time: 12:45

SET FIVE

Elodie Lauten: Cat Counterpoint

Piano Works

Unseen Worlds/2010

piano, sequencer, sound loops: Elodie Lauten; composed and recorded in New York City, 1983; time: 3:23

Elodie Lauten: Heaven

Tronik Involutions

O.O. Discs/1996

(improvised/composed electronic music); time: 6:18

In memory of Elodie Lauten 1950 -- 2014

David Borden: The Continuing Story of Counterpoint, Part Twelve A

The Continuing Story of Counterpoint Parts 9-12

Cuneiform Records/1988

Performed by Mother Mallard (composer, synthesizers: David Borden; wind instruments: Les Thimming; voice: Ellen Hargis); recorded at Calf Audio, Ithaca, New York, composition year: 1987; time: 7:21

Laurie Spiegel: Folk Study

The Expanding Universe

Unseen Worlds/2012 (orig. LP Philo/1980)

synthesizer: Laurie Spiegel; recorded at Bell Labs, February 1975; time: 2:03

SET SIX

Yver Mickhashoff: two  pieces by La Monte Young

a. Study No. 2 (0:46)

b. Sarabande (3:14)

Panorama of American Piano Music [various artists]
from Antheil to Zappa: 1911 to 1991
Mode Records/2013
(composer: La Monte Young) piano: Yvar Mikhashoff; recorded at Slee Hall, Buffalo, New York, 1991-1992; composition years: a. 1959; b. 1959, revised 1989; total time: 4:00

Bernard Rands: selections from Preludes for piano
a. Ricercare (3:28)
b. Ostinato (2:49)
c. Bordone (1:44)
Piano Music (1960 -- 2010)
Bridge Records/2013
piano: Robert Levin; recorded at SUNY Purchase, March -- October, 2013; composition year: 2007; time: 8:00

Lions Gate Trio: Nocturne (from Angel Chant) (A. R. Thomas)
Piano Trios
Centaur Records/1999
composer: Augusta Read Thomas; Lions Gate Trio (piano: Florence Millet; violin: Katie Landsdale; cello: Scott Kluksdahl; recorded at Patrych Sound Studios, New York City, November, 1997; composition year: 1991, revised: 1994; time: 7:28

SINGLE PLAY
Ken Thomson: Perpetual
a. Underlying (6:21)
b. Bad Idea (4:18)
c. Don Pullen says it's OK (4:42)
Thaw
Cantaloupe Music/2013
(string quartet); the JACK Quartet (violins: Christopher Otto, Ari Streisfeld; viola: John Pickford Richards; cello: Kevin McFarland); bass clarinet: Ken Thomson; recorded at Flux Studios, New York City, August 2012; composition year: 2010; total time: 16:22

SINGLE PLAY*
Peter Zummo: 
a. Fresh Batteries (6:57)
b. Rocket Scientist (9:45)
Experimenting with Household Chemicals
XI Records/1995
trombone, voice: Peter Zummo; amplified cello, keyboard bass, voice: Arthur Russell; marimba, voice: Bill Ruyle; recorded at various locations 1987-1991; total time: 16:43 
 
 *TAINT RADIO version only

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