Brand spanking new music from Henry Threadgill, Annea Lockwood with Nate Wooley, and bassist Brandon López’s trio. Plus a listen to the new reissue of Sun Ra’s classic Languidity LP, Rob Mazurek’s Exploding Star Orchestra, and a healthy dose of live recordings from Jamie Branch’s FLY or DIE, PAKT featuring Percy Jones, Alex Skolnick, Kenny Grohowski and Tim Motzer, and a recently discovered 1987 solo piano concert recording from Misha Mengelberg.
photo credit: Henry Threadgill via Pi Recordings, Annea Lockwood by Geoff Adams, Nate Wooley via Sound American, Brandon López via Rhizome DC, Sun Ra via Wikimedia Commons, Jamie Branch by Dawid Laskowski, PAKT via MoonJune Records, Rob Mazurek via Nonesuch, Misha Mengelberg via ICP.
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Flotation Device 2021-08-22
annotated playlist by host John Seman
set one [0:00]
1. [1:13] Henry Threadgill: Beneath The Bottom; from Poof (Pi Recordings, 2021)
2. [9:57] Rob Mazurek – Exploding Star Orchestra: A Wrinkle In Time Sets Concentric Circles Reeling; from Dimensional Stardust (International Anthem, 2020)
3. [16:19] Annea Lockwood: Becoming Air; from Becoming Air - Into The Vanishing Point (Black Truffle, 2021) featuring Nate Wooley, trumpet.
set two [35:43]
1. [36:46] Sun Ra: Twin Stars of Thence (Remastered); from Lanquidity (Definitive Edition) (Strut, 2021)
2. [46:17] Misha Mengelberg: Set 1 Part 1; from Berlin Solo 1987 (ICP, 2021) note: from the composer’s personal archive.
set three [1:03:11]
1. [1:04:46] López Trio: My Hearts in the US Fall Apart; from LIVE AT ROULETTE (self, 2021)
2. [1:18:27] Percy Jones, Alex Skolnick, Kenny Grohowski, Tim Motzer: Unspooling For Humanity; from PAKT Live In Kennett Square (MoonJune, 2021)
set four [1:30:15]
1. [1:32:17] jaimie branch: leaves of glass / the storm / waltzer / slip rider / simple silver surfer; from FLY or DIE LIVE (International Anthem, 2021)