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August 2, 2009: Glenn Gould String Quartet, Gunther Schuller at 45 RPM + several species of pianos, strings & guitars - forwards and backwards
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| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Comments | Approx. start time |
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| Edward Ruchalski | Akimova | Water Train | Humbug | 0:00:00 ( ) | |
| Michael Denhoff | In(tro)vention mit Bach (...Steve Reich ist auch dabei...) for two player pianos | Player Piano 8: Original Compositions in the Tradition of Nancarrow | Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm | 0:00:05 ( ) | |
| Toshi Ichiyanagi | Music for Piano No. 2 | Asia Piano Avantgarde: Japan, Vol. 1 | Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm | performed by Steffen Schleiermacher | 0:05:06 ( ) |
| Tom Brosseau | Youth Decay | Posthumous Success | Fat Cat | 0:10:24 ( ) | |
| Henry Flynt | Violin Strobe (1978) | Hillbilly Tape Music | Recorded | "New American Ethnic Music, Vol. III" | 0:12:26 ( ) |
| 0:17:36 ( ) | |||||
| Hassara | The Zoo | Backyard I - III | Three Lobed | Originally released by Hassara 2005-2006 on "micro-released" CDRs. Glad to have all three in one place! | 0:17:42 ( ) |
| Alexander Turnquist | Statues in the Dark - Shadows Collide | As the Twilight Crane Dreams in Color | VHF | 0:29:56 ( ) | |
| Brian Ferneyhough | Kurze Schatten II | Arditti Quartet: Music of Brian Ferneyhough | WDR/Montaigne | 0:45:55 ( ) | |
| Foetus | Te Deum | Limb: Minimal Compositions, Instrumentals and Experiments (1980 - 1983) | Ectopic Ents | The piece Te Deum is inspired by Bunuel's classic Exterminating Angel, which was my favorite film at the time. It was recorded for a cassette compilation called Bethel, which was compiled and released by John Balance of Coil. The whole rhythm track is made with prepared piano and toy piano. Te Deum was a hymn played in the film, (although this is not a cover version of that hymn), but I also like the wordplay on "te deum -> tedium". The piano was prepared with alligator clips attached to the strings and thumbtacks in the hammers, objects placed between some strings with others damped with gaffer tape. The organs detune from each other by changing the varispeed while recording. On this track, like "Sick Minutes", a lot of the parts cycle in different time signatures so they never intersect at same point. There are a lot of concrète sound effects spun in. Before sampling technology was introduced I used to spin in sounds from prepared cassettes, and use tape loops, or "play " sounds onto tape using pause buttons on cassette machines. Some of my tracks like "What Have You Been Doing" and "I'll Meet You In Poland Baby" were constructed almost totally with effects, loops and sounds and very few live instruments. When sampling became available, I embraced it as it was a new way to do what I had been doing - organize sound. I tracked down the screenplay of Exterminating Angel which was the source of the dialog quotes - "vulgarity, violence and dirt", "in a few hours he'll be completely bald". The "baa" sounds represent the sheep which the inhabitants see while entrapped in the room. This track and its companion, "Piano Piece", were noisy because they were mixed to cassette. At the time I figured it was for a cassette release, so why bother mix to tape? But Fred Kevorkian has done an amazing mastering and restoration job on this album. | 0:48:05 ( ) |
| 0:55:18 ( ) | |||||
| Glenn Gould | String Quartet Op. 1 (1956) | Gould / Macmillan String Quartets | ATMA Classique | Performed by Quatour Alcan. Yes: Glenn Gould the pianist. Composed when he was 23 years old. | 1:01:42 ( ) |
| Gunther Schuller | Music for Violin, Piano and Percussion | Works by Thomas Oboe Lee / Gunther Schuller | GM Recordings | Version at 45 rpm. "We like it that way." | 1:34:12 ( ) |
| Starving Weirdos | Ocen Seal Concentration | Into An Energy | Bo' Weavil | 1:41:23 ( ) | |
| Ben Reynolds | The Virgin Knows | How Day Earnt Its Night | Tompkins Square | 1:51:33 ( ) | |
| 2:11:06 ( ) | |||||
| White Magic | Tpyge Wen | New Egypt | Latitudes | 2:11:14 ( ) | |
| Bionulor | D.TMS.05 | Bionulor | 2:02:20 ( ) | ||
| Lussier/Tetreault/Yoshihide | Glou Glou | Elektrik Toboggan | Victo | 2:19:51 ( ) | |
| William Basinski | Melancholia I | Melancholia | Musex International | 2:16:05 ( ) | |
| Lullatone | Stars on the Ceiling of a Planetarium | Songs That Spin in Circles | Audio Dregs | 2:19:11 ( ) | |
| Mia Doi Todd | Electrafficbirds Two | Morning Music | City Zen | 2:21:06 ( ) | |
| A Hawk and a Hacksaw | Raggle Taggle | Deliverance | Leaf | 2:25:46 ( ) | |
| Beirut | Cliquot | The Flying Club Cup | Ba Da Bing | 2:25:48 ( ) | |
| 2:51:50 ( ) | |||||
| Gianluca Becuzzi & Fabio Orsi | I'm Happy Here (Under the Rain) | Muddy Speaking Ghosts Through My Machines | A Silent Place | 2:52:31 ( ) | |
| Amy X. Neuberg | Difficult | The Secret Language of Subways | MinMax | 2:56:42 ( ) |
Sun. 8/2/09 9:04pm
From:
e
ok, that segue from monica's show to the opening piece by ruchalski...was godhead!
Sun. 8/2/09 9:13pm
From:
Steven Swartz
Likewise Ichiyanagi into Brosseau... looking forward to an ENTIRE EVENING of inspired segues. Not to pressure you or anything.
Sun. 8/2/09 9:13pm
From:
fmu idiot
Yeah that worked for me. It's nice to know I'm not the the only crossover listoner.
Sun. 8/2/09 9:16pm
From:
e
the brosseau into flynt's violin= unreal. it's reminding me of a piece i heard on one of the secret museum of mankind collections. keep it up, bethany!
Sun. 8/2/09 9:17pm
From:
geoff in georgia
Holy Hell. My weekly medicine is here and it's better than ever.....
Sun. 8/2/09 9:18pm
From:
fmu idiot
Wow! Henry Flynt rocks!
Sun. 8/2/09 9:25pm
From:
christopherbdnk
this is so fantastic, thank you
Sun. 8/2/09 9:27pm
From:
fmu idiot
This is a great night. Keep it up.
Sun. 8/2/09 9:29pm
From:
bethany
Thanks, all! I'm having quite a nice time myself over here!!
Sun. 8/2/09 9:29pm
From:
Brucey
Pronunciation of Nancarrow
Back in 1996 or so I was working as a computer programmer for a company which made digital X-ray hardware/software for dentists. A tech support call was escalated to me, and I noticed the location of the dentist, Texarkana, Arkansas. Chatting up the dentist, I said to him, "Hmmmm, Texarkana, Arkansas, I'm a big fan of one of your town's favorite sons!" "Oh, no," he replied, "not Ross Perot!" "No, no, Conlon Nancarrow!" He said "Who?" I repeated, "Nancarrow", pronouncing it nan-car-row. He thought for a second, and said "Oh, Nancarrow," pronouncing it nan-crow. "That's how we say it around here." He then went on to tell about how he met Conlon at Conlon's brother's (the ultra-right winger) funeral. I quote as I remember, "That was one of the most interesting men I've ever met in my life."
Sun. 8/2/09 9:29pm
From:
dougcee
what can you follow Hassara with!? we'll see...
Sun. 8/2/09 9:31pm
From:
bartelby
Hi,
Just finished updating my listings on the retail book website. I think I'll go over to the couch now and listen on the radio proper. Incidentally, I first started listening to SHP as a crossover listener from Fabio's show.
Sun. 8/2/09 9:33pm
From:
bethany
Mr. Nancarrow is a such a storied character, and this definitely adds to the list, thanks Brucey!
Sun. 8/2/09 9:35pm
From:
joey
hello! i like this.
Sun. 8/2/09 9:50pm
From:
stokton
playerpianos-toypianos-guitars-music boxes-violins. No idea how you get things so seamlessly together, but brava - the airwaves are lucky to have you.
Sun. 8/2/09 10:11pm
From:
dan in falls church VA
Here I am in Falls Church, Virginia, only about two miles from the Dog Fish Head restaurant in which, local scuttlebutt has it, one Bethany Ryker was once sited, kicking back with a new "coffee table book" from the UK called THE GARDENS OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT while enjoying the Foetus & Gould, etc.
Sun. 8/2/09 10:13pm
From:
coalhard
i learned on the history channel tonite that Richard Wagner & Anton Bruckner were Hitler's fav music--mous was his fav tach
Sun. 8/2/09 10:14pm
From:
dan in falls church VA
urp, my previous posting is perhaps ambiguous. bethany was not sited in the Dog Fish Head kicking back with the FLW book. rather, i'm kicking back with the book, right now. phew.
Sun. 8/2/09 10:17pm
From:
bethany
Well, Dan. I was about to amend your comment! The only thing we had on the table that day was the best damn beer-battered fish and chips I've ever had. That and the 90 minute IPA. Love that place. Wish they opened up a branch in Brooklyn!
Sun. 8/2/09 10:19pm
From:
Steven Swartz
Wow, I've only read about the Gould String Quartet, never heard it. It's pretty damn good.
Sun. 8/2/09 10:25pm
From:
fmu idiot
Very nice. Actually very very nice. Now pick smething that will keep me awake untill midnight.
Sun. 8/2/09 10:27pm
From:
coalhard
Hitler liked Beethoven also--of which new music was discovered recently composed by Beethoven when he was about 8 or 9 years old --even though he started composing even earlier
Sun. 8/2/09 10:30pm
From:
coalhard
hope i got my facts right --i'm more likely to listen to larry flint's---hillbilly tape music --i liked that one
Sun. 8/2/09 10:33pm
From:
dan in falls church VA
yes, this gould piece is making my day.
bethany, i think i would trade living in Brooklyn for proximity to the Dog Fish Head in a white hot nanosecond.
not that that's really relevant to ANYTHING.
Sun. 8/2/09 10:39pm
From:
coalhard
hey fmu--don't you dare ask dan if he has any grey poupon---if you know what that means?--the guy in that old commercial driving the rolls died recently--rim
Sun. 8/2/09 10:50pm
From:
douglas collins
A request? Missy Mazzoli's Song for Arthur Russell would go nicely about here.
Sun. 8/2/09 10:50pm
From:
jeff_m
this Starving track is really beautiful
Sun. 8/2/09 10:51pm
From:
dan in falls church VA
ah'm afeard coalhard's raght -- i'd be pulled up maghty short by any fancy mustard requests.
Sun. 8/2/09 10:53pm
From:
coalhard
bravo--starving weirdos--right up my alley!!!!!!!!
Sun. 8/2/09 10:53pm
From:
Dutch
Lovely for this slightly imperfect evening waiting on the full moon.
Sun. 8/2/09 10:53pm
From:
bethany
Dan, now that I've had a minute to absorb the Dogfish Head moment (funny & charming), I'm wondering how exactly that came up in conversation?
Sun. 8/2/09 10:57pm
From:
coalhard
i caught what he said--it was a long story off a short pier
Sun. 8/2/09 10:59pm
From:
dan in falls church VA
bethany, it's because i have spies everywhere! i try to keep my favorite talent under surveillance as much as possible. but seriously, you mentioned the dog fish head (and the guitar store across the street) in a postcard you sent me!
Sun. 8/2/09 11:06pm
From:
Bunyan
Why does this background piece make me want to yvan eht noij ?
Sun. 8/2/09 11:08pm
From:
coalhard
i just joined the dan spy network--was told to go investigate myself--kidding--love dan!!!
Sun. 8/2/09 11:12pm
From:
dan in falls church VA
coalhard, i shoulda told you to go investigate yourself a long time ago!
bunyan, that music made me wanna ymra eht nioj!!
Sun. 8/2/09 11:13pm
From:
coalhard
i'm 55 years old my favorite music is indie pop--but i am drawn to this music like merths to a lite
Sun. 8/2/09 11:17pm
From:
dan in falls church VA
see, coalhard has already dug up some data on himself!
Sun. 8/2/09 11:23pm
From:
coalhard
fantastic music bethany!!!!!!!!!we love it
Sun. 8/2/09 11:28pm
From:
brucey
a little late for requests, but some musical saw in the future?
Sun. 8/2/09 11:30pm
From:
dan in falls church VA
>coalhard
>fantastic music bethany!!!!!!!!!we love it
yes we do, what a great show.
Sun. 8/2/09 11:33pm
From:
coalhard
brucey--in the future i see bethany knitting socks listening to bruce webber
Sun. 8/2/09 11:37pm
From:
coalhard
i got my wires crossed bruce webber won't be born untill tomorrow night
Sun. 8/2/09 11:41pm
From:
Bunyan
Easy mistake to make, what with all this backwards-playing music and other messing about with time...
Sun. 8/2/09 11:47pm
From:
coalhard
i don't think bethany appreciates us making jokes during her show--i understand--admire her selection of music--will change my tone in future
Sun. 8/2/09 11:51pm
From:
fmu idiot
Thank you for tonights show. I know it takes alot of time and dedication to put it together and I really appreciate it.
Sun. 8/2/09 11:51pm
From:
bethany
Can't completely keep up with you guys, but (!) must say I'll never be a gal who knits....I'm more like the one who unravels entire baskets of yarn, mistaking those fibers for my shoelaces...
Sun. 8/2/09 11:54pm
From:
fmu idiot
now that's my girl. Love ya.
Sun. 8/2/09 11:56pm
From:
coalhard
bethany you need dj helper--just add water--little bit of butter--saw it on rachael ray--last joke!
Thu. 8/6/09 12:06pm
From:
stephen
Yay! Starving Weirdos!
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