Flotation Device 2026-03-29 - Mitchell, Felciano, Ichiyanagi
Flotation Device checks in with one of the OGs of creative music, Roscoe Mitchell, and his new album of duets with drummer Michele Rabbia. His legacy touches multiple generations, as can be deduced by new recordings of improvised music by Craig Taborn, Quinsin Nachoff, Shelley Hirsch, Matt Mitchell, Tomeka Reid and Ches Smith. Meanwhile, Moon Ha and Christophe Bailleau O'Farrell explore different electronifcations of wind and string instruments, Toshi Ichiyanagi gets a premiere recording, and Wukir Suryadi and the late Richard Felciano mix Western and Indonesian musical inventions. A 90th birthday nod to Richard Rodney Bennett and some St. Louis-style avant-rock from Yowie round out the playlist. Creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell from 91.3 KBCS-FM.
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Flotation Device 2026-03-29: Annotated playlist by host Michael Schell - PART ONE
Intro and SET 1: Intro and SET 1: The old master [0:00]
1. [2:08] Yowie: Museum Fatigue. From Split (Dur et Doux, 2025) with Yowie: Jack "Oakie Doke" Tickner, Daniel Ephraim Kennedy "The Quidnunk" (guitars), Shawn "The Defenestrator" O'Connor (drums), Luke Labs (recording engineer). NOTE: Recorded live FD249 offbeat rock. Recorded live February 8th, 2024 at The Firehouse, Worcester, MA
2. [6:09] Roscoe Mitchell, Michele Rabbia: Interaction, In 2. From In 2 (RogueArt, 2025) with Roscoe Mitchell (bass and sopranino saxophones, percussions), Michele Rabbia (percussions, electronic), Stefano Amerio (recording engineer, Studio Artesuono)
3. [12:01] Richard Rodney Bennett: Piano Concerto - 2. Presto. From Orchestral Works, Vol. 4 (Chandos, 2020) with Michael McHale (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, John Wilson (conductor), Ralph Couzens (recording engineer). NOTE: Composed 1968
SET 2: Around the world [16:25]
1. [19:18] Christophe Bailleau O'Farrell: Orang outang. From 11th Annual Report (Unexplained Sounds, 2025)
2. [23:06] Moon Ha: On Resonance. From String Works (Stradivarius, 2025) with Mia Detwiler (violin), Moon Ha (electronics), Ermir Bejo (recording engineer)]
3. [28:44] Moon Ha: Artless Beauty in Pursuit of Theory, Op. 3 (excerpt). From String Works (as above) with Mia Detwiler (violin), Michael Capone (viola), Ermir Bejo (recording engineer)
4. [31:31] Shelley Hirsch, Christian Weber, Alfred Vogel: Parsnip (excerpt). From Vanish (Boomslang, 2026) with Shelley HIrsch (vocals), Christian Weber (upright bass), Alfred Vogel (drums, recording engineer). NOTE: See interview at https://tinyurl.com/ShelleyHirsch
SET 3: Cross-cultural music [34:50]
1. [38:30] Craig Taborn: Feeding Maps To The Fire. From Dream Archives (ECM, 2026) with Craig Taborn (piano, keyboard, electronics), Tomeka Reid (cello), Ches Smith (drums, percussion, electronics), Nick Lloyd (recording engineer, Firehouse 12)
2. [45:47] Toshi Ichiyanagi: Double Concerto for Violin, Shamisen and Orchestra - II. From Xenakis, Ichiyanagi, Sugiyama: Orchestra Works (Neos, 2025) with Hidejiro Honjo (shamisen), Mayomi Kanagawa (violin), NHK Symphony Orchestra, Yoichi Sugiyama (conductor). NOTE: Composed 2021, premiere recording. NOTE: See https://tinyURL.com/Ichiyanagi for more on this composer
3. [55:17] Outro with Tōru Takemitsu: November Steps
4. [58:47] Wukir Suryadi: Group Fanaticism. From Titir (Bandcamp, 2026)
Flotation Device 2026-03-29: Annotated playlist by host Michael Schell - PART TWO
SET 4: Richard Felciano (1930–2026) [1:02:50]
1. [1:05:10] Richard Felciano: In Celebration of Golden Rain. From Glossolalia, Gending Pak Chokro, In Celebration of Golden Rain (Cambridge Records, 1978, reissued by Opus One) with Lawrence Moe (organ), Scripps Javanese Gamelan of the University of California AKA Kyai Hudan Mas, Richard Felciano (conductor). NOTE: Composed 1977. Golden Rain was the Indonesian name of the Javanese gamelan newly gifted to UC Berkeley
2. [1:28:45] Voice break with Sarah Bassingthwaighte Let There Be Sparrows, then
SET 5: Patterns from Nature
1. [1:33:45] Quinsin Nachoff: Patterns from Nature - 1. Branches. From Patterns from Nature (Whirlwind, 2026) with Soloist: Matt Mitchell (piano), Ensemble: Roberta Michel (flutes), François Houle (clarinet), Quinsin Nachoff (tenor saxophone), Sara Schoenbeck (bassoon), Tony Kadleck (trumpet), John Clark (French horn), Ryan Keberle (trombone), Carlo De Rosa (bass), Aaron Edgcomb, Satoshi Takeishi (percussion), Molinari String Quartet: Olga Ranzenhofer, Antoine Bareil (violins), Frédéric Lambert (viola), Pierre-Alain Bouvrette (cello), JC Sanford (conductor), Ryan Streber (recording engineer, Oktaven Audio)
2. [1:44:59] Quinsin Nachoff: Patterns from Nature - 2. Flow. From Patterns from Nature (as above) with Soloists: Satoshi Takeishi (percussion), Molinari String Quartet: Olga Ranzenhofer, Antoine Bareil (violins), Frédéric Lambert (viola), Pierre-Alain Bouvrette (cello), Gene Hardy (musical saw), Ensemble (as above)
3. [1:56:22] Outro with Quinsin Nachoff: Winding Tessellations
Photo credits: Richard Felciano via Manoel Felciano, Michele Rabbia and Roscoe Mitchell by Caterina di Perri, Craig Taborn by Peter Van Breukelen, Moon Ha via Stradivarius Records, Richard Rodney Bennett via Wise Music, Wukir Suryadi by Alifarkat, Vanish (Alfred Vogel, Shelley Hirsch, Christian Weber) by Lukas Hämmerle, Yowie (Jack Tickner, Shawn O'Connor, Daniel Ephraim Kennedy) via Dur et Doux, Christophe Bailleau O'Farrell via the artist, Quinsin Nachoff by Bo Huang, Toshi Ichiyanagi by Koh Okabe.
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