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Richard Barrett, Agata Zubel, Du Yun & Stuart McLeod all have new albums, and guess who’s got them! From concertos to improv to mad love (including a cockroach as protagonist), Radio Eclectus samples them all, along with avant-berimbau via Luciane Cardassi, Anglo-Dutch postminimalism from the forthcoming Joe Cutler CD, and electroacoustic jamming by the Chantler/Noble/Wright trio. Plus, we honor Japan's foremost living composer on his 65th birthday, unveil a cool artifact of early live electronic music, and close with an epic instrumental chillout by Vancouverite Jordan Nobles. Radical new music from the Northwest and beyond.
As a bonus, we follow the cockroach-as-raconteur theme back to the 50s for a glimpse at an obscure Broadway swing opera featuring Eddie Bracken & Carol Channing, with music by George (Tubby the Tuba) Kleinsinger. Where else are you going to hear THAT?
“Cheers to Radio Eclectus & Michael Schell, a great program featuring experimental music.” -New Focus Recordings
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This just crossed my desk. Another excellent broadcast. Thanks as always!
Annotated playlist for show #67⠀
Intro and SET 1: Eurasian perspectives⠀
1. [2:18] Joe Cutler: Bad Machine. From Hawaii, Hawaii, Hawaii (Birmingham Record Company, 2020) with Orkest de Ereprijs, Wim Boerman (conductor). NOTE: Composed 2001⠀
2. [14:21] Richard Barrett: šuma. From Mirage (Bandcamp, 2020) with Milana Zarić (harp), Richard Barrett (keyboard/computer). NOTE: Composed improvisation, part 6 of close-up (2013–16). Score available at https://richardbarrettmusic.com/s126%20close-up%20v1.2.pdf⠀
3. [25:57] Toshio Hosokawa: Etude No. 2 for piano: Point and Line. From Point and Line (ECM, 2017) with Momo Kodama (piano). NOTE: Composed 2011–13⠀
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SET 2: Hosokawa at 65 [32:47]⠀
1. [37:47] Toshio Hosokawa: Atem-Lied. From Atem Lied: Works for Bass Flute (Stradivarius, 2017) with Keiko Murakami (bass flute). NOTE: Composed 1997⠀
2. [46:17] Toshio Hosokawa: Memory of the sea (Hiroshima Symphony). From Takemitsu, Hosokawa, Otaka: Orchestral Works (Chandos, 2001) with Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, Tadaaki Otaka (conductor). NOTE: Composed 1998⠀
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SET 3: Du Yun and her roommates [1:05:52]⠀
1. [1:09:39] Du Yun: A Cockroach's Tarantella. From A Cockroach's Tarantella 跳塔郎泰拉舞的某蟑螂 (Modern Sky Records, 2020) with Du Yun 杜韻 (voice), JACK String Quartet⠀
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Voice break with Archy and Mehitabel (Eddie Bracken & Carol Channing, music by George Kleinsinger) and SET 4⠀
1. [1:34:38] Agata Zubel: Violin Concerto. From Cleopatra's Songs (Kairos, 2020) with Katarzyna Duda (violin), OMNO-Ensemble/Orkiestra Muzyki Nowej, Szymon Bywalec (conductor). NOTE: Composed and recorded 2014⠀
2. [1:50:30] Alexandre Espinheira: Berimbau. From Going North (Redshift Music Society, 2020) with Luciane Cardassi (piano, voice)⠀
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SET 5: Electroacoustics [1:58:26]⠀
1. [2:02:40] Salvatore Martirano: Live improvisations (excerpts). From Live Electronics (Nihilist, 2020) with Salvatore Martirano (SAL-MAR Construction). NOTE: Recorded in Chicago in the 1970s, published by Nihilist for the first time⠀
2. [2:08:52] John Chantler, Steve Noble, Seymour Wright: Class I - A Single Entrance Created From a Gap in the Bank (excerpt). From Atlantis (1703 Skivbolaget, 2020) with John Chantler (synthesizer), Steve Noble (drums), Seymour Wright (alto saxophone). NOTE: Recorded 2018 in Stockholm⠀
3. [2:17:21] Stuart McLeod: neuropaths 1. From Neuropaths (Bandcamp, 2020)⠀
4. [2:19:33] Stuart McLeod: Mad Love (excerpt). From Mad Love (Bandcamp, 2020)⠀
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SET 6: Chiaroscuro [2:24:26]⠀
1. [2:28:08] Jordan Nobles: Chiaroscuro. From Chiaroscuro (Redshift Music Society, 2020) with chamber ensemble and women's chorus, Kelly Nobles (solo voice, choir director). NOTE: Composed 2014, revised 2020
Photo credits: Joe Cutler by Ian Cuthbert, Du Yun by Zhen Qin, John Chantler/Steve Noble/Seymour Wright via John Chantler, Richard Barrett via the artist, Jordan Nobles via the artist, Agata Zubel by Sabine Hauswirth, Salvatore Martirano with Salmar Construction via University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Stuart McLeod via the artist, Luciane Cardassi by Rita Taylor, Toshio Hosokawa by Vioworld Kulturportal