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Ancestral items by Morton Feldman, Earle Brown, Anthony Braxton and Krzysztof Penderecki—all unveiled within a single week in late 1973—set the stage for their contemporary descendants in this edition of Flotation Device. We hear aggressive new commentaries on Shakespeare and minimalism from Wet Ink founders Kate Soper and Eric Wubbels, while John Zorn and Bill Laswell pay homage to Wayne Shorter. Nate Wooley, Ivo Perelman, Mark Feldman, Timothy Daisy and Jeb Bishop all offer new improvisational perspectives. Thomas Simaku and Robert McClure compose for piano, Loo(p)cy does dark ambient and the French band Ni does loud avant-rock. New cross-cultural experiments from Korea and Nigeria round out the offerings from the Northwest's most audacious radio program devoted to new music.
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Flotation Device 2023-12-03: Annotated playlist by host Michael Schell
Intro and SET 1: Empty Minded [0:00]
1. [1:11] Ni: Dagonet. From Fol Naïs (Dur et Doux, 2023) with Anthony Béard (guitar), François Mignot (guitar), Benoit Lecomte (bass), Nicolas Bernollin (percussion), Stéphane Piot (recording engineer)
2. [4:47] Ibukun Sunday: Purport. From PSALM010: Mantra (Phantom Limb, 2023)
3. [7:56] Nate Wooley, Ivo Perelman: One. From Polarity 2 (Burning Ambulance, 2023) with Nate Wooley (trumpet), Ivo Perelman (tenor sax, vocals), Jim Clouse (recording engineer)
4. [11:26] Krzysztof Penderecki: Intermezzo for 24 strings. From Music for Chamber Orchestra (Dux, 2008) with Sinfonia Varsovia, Krzysztof Penderecki (conductor), Małgorzata Polańska, Lech Tołwiński (recording engineers). NOTE: Composed 1973, premiered November, 30, 1973 by Zürcher Kammerorchester, Edmond de Stoutz (conductor) in Zurich
5. [18:47] Kate Soper: Missing Scenes - 2. The Winter's Tale. From Missing Scenes (Carrier, 2023) with Wet Ink Ensemble: Erin Lesser (flutes), Alex Mincek (tenor sax), Josh Modney (violin), Mariel Roberts (cello), Ian Antonio (percussion), Sam Pluta (electronics, recording engineer), Wet Ink Large Ensemble, Eric Wubbels (conductor), Levi Lu (recording engineer)
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SET 2: 50 years ago in the avant-garde part 1 [28:17]
1. [32:42] Thomas Simaku: Catena II - 5. Impetuoso. From SOLO (NMC, 2023) with Dimitri Vassilakis (piano), David Lefeber (recording engineer)
2. [34:23] Earle Brown: Centering (excerpts). Performed live January 19, 2016 at the Chapel Performance Space, Seattle by Luke Fitzpatrick (violin), Inverted Space: Elizabeth Talbert (flute), Alexander Tu (clarinet), Jameal Smith (bassoon), Renee Millar (horn), Trevor Parrish (trumpet), Elizabeth McDaniel (trombone), Josh Archibald-Seiffer (piano), Allion Salvador (violin), Vijay Chiasani (viola), Nathan Harrenstein (cello), Marcin Pączkowski (conductor, recording engineer). NOTE: premiered December 4, 1973 in Manchester by Paul Zukofsky (violin), London Sinfonietta, Hans Zender (conductor)
3. [39:38] John Zorn, Bill Laswell: Wayne Shorter. From Memoria (Tzadik, 2023) with John Zorn (alto saxophone), Bill Laswell (electric bass), James Dellatacoma (recording engineer)
4. [49:16] Loo(p)cy: The Source. From Blood and Stars (Bandcamp, 2023) with Lucia Caiazza AKA Loo(p)cy
5. [53:26] Outro with Anthony Braxton: "Composition -2" (recorded live December 7, 1973 in Salle Paul-fort, Nantes, France)
6. [59:14] Jeb Bishop: Centipede. From Begin, Again (Relay, 2023) with Jeb Bishop (trombone), Mark Feldman (violin), Tim Daisy (marimba), Nick Broste (recording engineer)
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SET 3: East meets West [1:05:59]
1. [1:07:12] Eric Wubbels: second per second. From if and only if (Carrier, 2023) with Josh Modney (violin), Mariel Roberts (cello), Eric Wubbels (piano), Greg Di Crosta (recording engineer). NOTE: Composed 2018–19, recorded 2020
2. [1:11:58] Iseul Kim: Gong Shim (Empty Minded). From Evolving (Boomslang, 2023) with Myeong Jin So (haegeum), Joohwi Bae (daegeum), Hannah Kim (janggu), Youngeun Jeon (flute), Dongsuk Park (violin), Ok Jeong Kim (cello), In Young Kim (bass), Se-joung Min (piano), Jaewon Lee (drums), Kyunghwan Lee, Ji Chang Son, Sena Kim (recording engineers)
3. [1:19:20] Robert McClure: bloom. From Music from SEAMUS, Vol. 32 (SEAMUS, 2023) with Justin Snyder (piano), Robert McClure (electronics)
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SET 4: 50 years ago in the avant-garde part 2 [1:32:40]
1. [1:36:00] Morton Feldman: For Frank O'Hara. From Ensemble Recherche Edition 1: Routine Investigations, etc. (Montaigne, 1994) with Ensemble Recherche: Martin Fahlenbock (flute), Uwe Möckel (clarinet), Melise Mellinger (violin), Lucas Fels (cello), Sven Thomas Kiebler (piano), Christian Dierstein, Edith Salmen-Weber (percussion), Mark Hohn (recording engineer). NOTE: Composed 1973, premiered December 5, 1973 at Evenings for New Music, Carnegie Recital Hall, New York
2. [1:53:37] Outro with Morton Feldman: Rothko Chapel
Photo credits: Earle Brown via Paul Sacher Stiftung, Kate Soper by Gretchen Robinette, Ibukun Sunday via the artist, Thomas Simaku via University of York, Morton Feldman by Rob Bogaerts, Anthony Braxton by Edu Hawkins, Ni (Nicolas Bernollin, François Mignot, Benoît Lecomte, Anthony Béard) by Oofzos, Loo(p)cy via Lucia Caiazza, Eric Wubbels via the artist, Iseul Kim via the artist, John Zorn and Bill Laswell with Sterling Ruby painting by Pushpin Films, Krzysztof Penderecki by Romina Santarelli, Robert McClure via the artist