Flotation Device unwraps the premiere recording of a late Rzewski piano piece that echoes one of his most iconic compositions. Complementing that is a more somber piano miniature from Ryuichi Sakamoto that he recorded shortly before his death.
Plus, Matt Mitchell records with two different drummers, Julia Wolfe writes a string quartet for percussionists, and Evgueni Galperine, Finnur Karlsson & Joby Talbot explore the augmented reality of trumpet, accordion & cello. Kenyan electronicist KMRU returns with new fixed-media works, and Kaze with guest Ikue Mori demonstrate the pandemic-era art of remote collaboration, a technique honed a decade earlier by the Sound-In collective. Matthias Kranebitter and Ig Henneman commune with dead composers, Ivan Buffa reflects on Darmstadt-era pointillism, and his fellow Slovakian Viera Janárčeková connects Shakespeare with Sciarrino. Finally, Ken Vandermark and Mette Henriette contribute new takes on the art of transnational improvisation.
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Flotation Device 2023-03-26: Annotated playlist by host Michael Schell
Intro and SET 1: New and strident [0:00]
1. [1:02] Matt Mitchell: baleful. From Oblong Aplomb (Out of Your Head, 2023) with Matt Mitchell (piano), Ches Smith (drums, gongs, percussion, vibraphone, glockenspiel, tam-tam, timpani), Daniel Goodwin (recording engineer)
2. [6:301] Joby Talbot: Motion Detector. From Electric (Signum, 2023) with Matthew Barley (cello), Tenebrae Choir (choral sample), Rob Plummer (recording engineer)
3. [12:31] Matthias Kranebitter: Pancrace Royer: Le Vertigo. From Encyclopedia of Pitch and Deviation (Kairos, 2022) with Black Page Orchestra, Leonhard Garms (conductor), Markus Urban (recording engineer). NOTE: Composed 2016 for ensemble and electronics
4. [18:14] Kaze, Ikue Mori: Rolle Cake. From Crustal Movement (Circum-Disc/Libra Records, 2023) with Ikue Mori (electronics), Kaze: Christian Pruvost (trumpet, flugelhorn), Natsuki Tamura (trumpet), Satoko Fujii (piano), Peter Orins (drums)⠀
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SET 2: Forbidden Dreams [25:49]
1. [29:53] Ken Vandermark et al: Overlapping Edges. From Soundbridges (jazzwerkstatt, 2022) with Ken Vandermark (tenor saxophone), Matthias Muche (trombone), Thomas Lehn (analog synthesizer), Martin Blume (drums, percussion), Christian Heck (recording engineer). NOTE: Recorded live September 24, 2021 at Ruhr Jazz Festival, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany
2. [33:21] Julia Wolfe: Forbidden Love (excerpts). From Forbidden Love (Cantaloupe, 2022) with Sō Percussion: Adam Sliwinski, Eric Cha-Beach (violins), Jason Treuting (viola), Joshua Quillen (cello), Nelson Dorado, Caley Monahon-Ward (recording engineers). NOTE: Composed 2019 for 4 percussionists playing string quartet. Video at https://vimeo.com/516712612
3. [45:11] Frederic Rzewski: Dreams - Part II: 7. Ruins. From Late Piano Works (Naxos, 2023) with Bobby Mitchell (piano), Bastien Gilson (sound engineer). NOTE: Composed 2014. For more on Frederick Rzewski see https://www.secondinversion.org/2018/04/19/frederic-rzewski-at-80-directions-inevitable-or-otherwise/
4. [55:54] Outro with Frederick Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated!
5. [59:59] Evgueni Galperine: Cold Front. From The Theory of Becoming (ECM, 2022) with Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet), Evgueni Galperine (electroncs, sampling), Aymeric Letoquart (recording engineer)⠀
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SET 3: Chill music for the open-eared [1:05:00]
1. [1:06:27] Ivan Buffa: Organismo. From Identity (Kairos, 2023) with Quasars Ensemble: Andrea Mosorjaková (flute), Mónika Csonka (oboe), Jozef Eliáš (clarinet), Peter Mosorjak (violin), Daniel Moser (viola), Ján Bogdan (cello), Diana Buffa (piano), Ivan Buffa (conductor), Georg Burdicek (recording engineer). NOTE: Composed 2012
2. [1:13:12] Sound-In: Humming Bumper Cupcombs. From Miracles and Wonders (NiwoSound, 2022) with Steve Moshier, Roger Sundström, Adam Kondor, Norbert Oldani, Bruce Hamilton (musicians), Steve Layton (editing). NOTE: Recorded 2010
3. [1:15:51] Ryuichi Sakamoto: 20220302. From 12 (Commmons, 2023)
4. [1:18:38] KMRU: Strain. From Glim (Bandcamp, 2022) with Joseph Kamaru AKA KMRU
5. [1:21:45] Mette Henriette: Oversoar. From Drifting (ECM, 2023) with Mette Henriette (tenor saxophone), Judith Hamann (cello), Johan Lindvall (piano), Peer Espen Ursfjord (recording engineer)⠀
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SET 4: European hammers [1:28:02]
1. [1:31:38] Finnur Karlsson: Accordion Concerto - 1. A Dream About Flying, 3. Thread/Longed For. From Fikta (Dacapo, 2022) with Jónas Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (accordion), Elja Ensemble, Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason (conductor)
2. [1:38:23] Viera Janárčeková: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (excerpts). From Dotyk (Kairos, 2023) with Maria Fedotova (flute), Barbara Brauckmann (cello), Hellmuth Vivell (piano), Oliver Knieps (recording engineer). NOTE: Composed 2008
3. [1:45:40] Ig Hennemann: Galina U. From Outside the Rain Has Stopped (Catalytic Sound/Wig, 2022) with Anne La Berge (flutes), Ab Baars (clarinet, tenor saxophone), Ig Henneman (viola), Ansgar Wallenhorst (hyperorgan), Micha de Kanter (recording engineer)
4. [1:54:21] Outro with Galina Ustvolskaya: Symphony No. 4 "Prayer"
Photo credits: Mette Henriette by Anton Corbijn, Matthias Kranebitter by Philippe Gerlach, Galina Ustvolskaya by Kontantin Bagrenin, Ivan Buffa by M. Frodl, Frederic Rzewski and daughter by Françoise Walot, KMRU via the artist, Julia Wolfe by Peter Serling, Viera Janárčeková by M. Frodl, Ig Henneman by Francesca Patella, Finnur Karlsson via the artist, Ches Smith and Matt Mitchell by John Rogers, Ryuichi Sakamoto via the artist, Kaze (Satoki Fujii, Natsuki Tamura, Christian Pruvost, Ikue Mori, Peter Orins) by Eckhart Derschmidt.