New Partch and Glass albums in the same podcast, including the premiere recording of a rediscovered gem from 1968? It’s true! In this show we finish our traversal of Musikfabrik’s new recording of Delusion of the Fury, and hear Evan Ziporyn’s multitrack rendition of a just-excavated proto-minimalist Glass composition for three clarinets. We also revisit Wendy Carlos’s transitional album Sonic Seasonings for its 50th anniversary, comparing its brand of accessible ambience to the more dissonant drones of John Cage (from Ondine’s new album devoted to his choral music). And we sample new offerings by SPOOK, Mary Halvorson, the Matthew Shipp Trio, Aperture Duo and Wadada Leo Smith with Pheeroan akLaff, all in a most memorable edition of Flotation Device.
Creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell. Annotated playlist and photo credits with Comments.
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Flotation Device 2022-07-17: annotated playlist by host Michael Schell
Intro and SET 1: What's new [0:00]
1. [1:31] Spook: Pink. From SPOOK (W.E.R.F. Records, 2022) with Spook: Filip Wauters (pedal steel, guitar), Simon Segers (drums), Nicolas Rombouts (double bass, recording engineer)
2. [6:19] Derek Tywoniuk: Bluets #136–139. From Aperture Duo (Populist, 2022) with Aperture Duo: Adrianne Pope (violin), Linnea Powell (viola), Carlos Mosquera (recording engineer). NOTE: Composed 2017
3. [8:43] Matthew Shipp Trio: Abandoned. From World Construct (ESP Disk', 2022) with Matthew Shipp (piano), Michael Bisio (bass), Newman Taylor Baker (drums), Jim Clouse (recording engineer)⠀
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SET 2: Delusion of the Fury [14:23]
1. [18:50] Harry Partch: Delusion of the Fury - Act II. From Delusion of the Fury (Wergo, 2022) with Pilgrim (the slayer): Alban Wesly, Ghost (the slain): Bruce Collings, Son of the slain: Carl Rosman, Deaf Hobo, Voice: Marco Blaauw, Old Goat Woman: Christine Chapman, Deaf and near-sighted Justice: Axel Porath, Musician: Melvyn Poore, Kid: Rie Watanabe, Ensemble Musikfabrik (Chorus, Villagers, instruments), Daniel Seitz, Thomas Wegner (recording engineers). NOTE: Composed 1964–66, premiered 1969. This production by Musikfabrik and Heiner Goebbels premiered 2013 and recorded 2015. For more about Harry Partch see https://tinyurl.com/PartchSchell
2. [55:59] Outro with Harry Partch: Castor and Pollux
3. [1:01:00] Wadada Leo Smith: A Sonic Litany on Justice. From The Emerald Duets (Tum, 2022) with Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet), Pheeroan akLaff (drums), James A. Farber (recording engineer)⠀
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SET 3: Excavated glass [1:04:17]
1. [1:07:18] Mary Halvorson: Flying Song. From Belladonna (Nonesuch, 2022) with Mary Halvorson (guitar), Mivos Quartet: Olivia De Prato (violin), Maya Bennardo (violin), Victor Lowrie Tafoya (viola), Tyler J. Borden (cello), Chris Allen (recording engineer)
2. [1:13:07] Philip Glass: Best Out of Three (120bpm). From Best Out of Three (Bandcamp, 2022) with Evan Ziporyn (clarinets), Luis "Cuco" Daglio (recording engineer). NOTE: Composed 1968. Premiere recording⠀
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SET 4: The four² seasons [1:28:47]
1. [1:34:03] John Cage: Four². From John Cage: Choral Works (Ondine, 2022) with Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Kļava (conductor), Agnese Streļča (recording engineer). NOTE: Composed 1990
2. [1:41:10] Wendy Carlos: Sonic Seasonings - Winter, Spring (excerpts). From Sonic Seasonings (Columbia, 1972, reissued 1998 by East Side Digital)
3. [1:56:07] Outro with Morton Feldman: Five Pianos
Photo credits: Matthew Shipp Trio (Newman Taylor Baker, Matthew Shipp, Michael Bisio) by Anna Yatskevich, Marco Blaauw/Christine Chapman and MusikFabrik performing Delusion of the Fury by Wonge Bergmann, Harry Partch via Wikimedia Commons, Aperture Duo (Linnea Powell, Adrianne Pope) via the artists, SPOOK (Nicolas Rombouts, Simon Segers, Filip Wauters) via the artists, Philip Glass via the artist, Wendy Carlos by Vernon L. Smith.