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Sex takes the spotlight on Flotation Device as Liza Lim and Claire Chase explore “the sacred erotic in women’s history”, with commentary added afterwards from Papua New Guinea. Plus the London Experimental Ensemble offers its own historical reading of a Scottish ballad, while Caroline Shaw explores botany, İlhan Mimaroğlu explores Dubuffet, and Lary 7 explores Canal Street surplus stores. Our 50 year ago in the avant-garde feature revisits Tania León’s encounter with Japanese poetry and Penderecki's encounter with fickle 1970s LA Phil audiences, while Bobby Mitchell contributes the premiere recording of a late Rzewski piano work. Some fresh improvisational insights from Craig Taborn, Mat Maneri, Joëlle Léandre, Joe Lovano and a trio of Madrid-based Gnu Town musicians round out the playlist.
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Flotation Device 2023-07-16: Annotated playlist by host Michael Schell
Intro and SET 1: Heroes and haiku [0:00]
1. [1:11] Fernando Lamas, Fito Ares, Guillermo Bazzola: Perspectiva VII. From Perspectivas (Gnu Town, 2023) with Fito Ares (bass clarinet), Guillermo Bazzola (electric guitar), Fernando Lamas (drums), Andreu Muntaner (recording engineer)
2. [4:35] Fernando Lamas, Fito Ares, Guillermo Bazzola: Perspectiva VI. From Perspectivas (credits as above)
3. [6:54] Mat Maneri, Joëlle Léandre, Craig Taborn: E. From hEARoes (RogueArt, 2023) with Craig Taborn (piano), Mat Maneri (viola), Joëlle Léandre (double bass), Maïkôl Seminatore (recording engineer). NOTE: Recorded live February 12, 2022 at Festival Sons d'hiver, Théâtre d'Ivry Antoine Vitez, Ivry-sur-Seine, France
4. [12:06] Tania León: Haiku (excerpts). From Tania León: Haiku, Noah Creshevsky: Celebration (Opus One, 1984, reissued 2011 by Albany as In Motion) with Rajoe Darby (narrator), Dance Theatre of Harlem Ensemble: Joyce Jackson (flute), David Gagne (bassoon), James Bartow (guitar), Mara Purl (koto), Pat Dixon (cello), David Moore (bass), Alphonso M. Pollard, Andrew Strobert, Barbara Bartow, Philip Kaplan, Robert Sallier (percussion), Dance Theater of Harlem Choral Ensemble, Tania León (conductor). NOTE: Premiered July 20, 1973 at the American Dance Festival, Palmer Auditorium, Connecticut College, New London, CT. Tape part realized on the Buchla Synthesizer at New York University⠀
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SET 2: Scotland and sex [27:01]
1. [30:26] London Experimental Ensemble: The Outlaw Murray. From Child Ballads: The Final Six (Don Giovanni, 2023) with Sivert Høyem, Ed Pettersen (voices), London Experimental Ensemble: Antonio Acunzo (piano, electronics), John Eyles (alto saxophone), Tony Hardie–Bick (electronics, piano), Caroline Kraabel (saxophones), Edward Lucas (trombone), Keisuke Matsui (electric guitar, cello), NO Moore (guitarism), Jordan Muscatello (double bass), Ed Pettersen (lap steel guitar, dobro), Mirei Yazawa (trumpet), Jaime McEvoy (recording engineer)
2. [45:23] Liza Lim: Sex Magic - Pythoness, Skin-Changing, Oracles 2: Womb-bell. From Density 2036: Part VII 2020 (New Focus, 2023) with Claire Chase (contrabass flute, kinetic percussion, alto ocarina, Aztec "death whistle", pedal bass drum), Senem Pirler (live electronics and sound design), Levy Lorenzo (electronics and robotic percussion design), Rick Jacobsohn (recording engineer)
3. [53:57] Outro with Maner, Siam and Waudang flutes, Papua New Guinea
4. [58:30] Lary 7: CLOCK STUDY for Michael. From Larynx (Blank Forms, 2023)⠀
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SET 3: Saints, sinners and Dubuffet [1:01:42]
1. [1:03:02] Joe Lovano: Rhythm Spirit. From Our Daily Bread (ECM, 2023) with Joe Lovano (tenor saxophone), Carmen Castaldi (drums, gong, temple bells), Stefano Amerio (recording engineer)
2. [1:08:48] İlhan Mimaroğlu: Fragmentation. From Musiques pour Coucou Bazar (Sub Rosa, 2013). NOTE: Realized 1973. Premiered at Jean Dubuffet's articulated painting exhibition Coucou Bazar, May 16–July 29, 1973 at the Guggenheim Museum, New York
3. [1:14:32] Frederic Rzewski: Saints and Sinners. From Late Piano Works (Naxos, 2023) with Bobby Mitchell (piano), Bastien Gilson (sound engineer). NOTE: Composed 2016. For more on Rzewski see https://www.secondinversion.org/2018/04/19/frederic-rzewski-at-80-directions-inevitable-or-otherwise/⠀
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SET 4: 50 years ago in the avant-garde [1:28:17]
1. [1:32:46] Krzysztof Penderecki: Symphony No. 1 - Arche I, Dynamis I. From Complete Symphonies (DUX, 2013) with Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra, Krzysztof Penderecki (conductor). NOTE: Composed 1973, premiered July 19, 1973 at Peterborough Cathedral, Peterborough, UK by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Penderecki
2. [1:44:32] Caroline Shaw: The Evergreen - 1. Moss. From Evergreen (Nonesuch, 2022) with Attacca Quartet: Amy Schroeder, Dominic Salerni (violins), Nathan Schram (viola), Andrew Yee (cello), Alan Bise (recording engineer)
3. [1:49:33] Caroline Shaw: The Evergreen - 3. Water. From Evergreen (credits as above)
4. [1:54:37] Outro with Caroline Shaw: The Evergreen - 4. Root
Photo credits: İlhan Mimaroğlu via Discogs, Haiku by Dance Theatre of Harlem, Saints and Sinners by Frederic Rzewski, John Lennon with Mimaroğlu LP, Liza Lim by Maria Sturm, Mat Maneri and Joëlle Léandre by Jean-Marc Foussat, Caroline Shaw by Kait Moreno, Lary 7 at Coney Island via the artist, Tania León via the artist, ritual New Guinean by Ragnar Johnson, Joe Lovano by Aquapio Films Ltd, Krzysztof Penderecki by Adam Kumiszcza, Claire Chase in Sex Magic by Pete Woodhead.