Chiptune Music, Minimalism, and The Once Festival

Hope everyone enjoyed last weeks 'listen again'...tonight we'll be listening to an eclectic mix of chiptune music, minimalism, drone, and selections from the ONCE Festival box set. Enjoy!

1. David Scavarda, Matrix for Clarinetist (1961), Music from the ONCE Festival, New World Records.
2. Bill Thompson, Untitled Chiptune Composition, Nanoloop Gameboy, Live Studio Performance
3. Various, Selections from the 8Bit Bonus Compiliation CD, Free Download: http://8bp050.8bitpeoples.com/bonus_disc.php
4. Josh Russell, lullaby for a sinking submarine, various 2000-2004, http://www.bremsstrahlung-recordings.org/
5. Gordon Mumma, Greys, Music from the ONCE Festival, New World Records.
6. John Cage, Four5, Realized by Ulrich Krieger, Walls of Sound, http://www.discogs.com/release/1358297
7. Josh Russell, various remote controlled devices modified in various ways, various 2000-2004, http://www.bremsstrahlung-recordings.org/
8. Ulrich Krieger, Walls of Sound, http://www.discogs.com/release/1358297
9. David Berhman, Track, Music from the ONCE Festival, New World Records.
10. Robert Ashley, The Fourth of July (excerpt -2nd half), Music from the Once Festival, New World Records.
11. James Tenney, Saxony, realized by Ulrich Krieger, Walls of Sound, http://www.discogs.com/release/1358297

No Music Festival and more...

A great week's worth of music later, ala the sound festival here in Aberdeen and we're back with tracks from the No Music Festival 1999 (no99) and more...

1. Vandermark/Van Hove (05.10), Entartete Kunst Recordings EK2120 No99: No Music Festival 199
2. Alan Licht/Michael Snow (39.04) , Entartete Kunst Recordings EK2120 No99: No Music Festival 199
3. O'Rourke/Knurl/(Miller) (07.27), Entartete Kunst Recordings EK2120 No99: No Music Festival 199
4. Nihilist Spasm Band: I have nothing to say (09.18), Entartete Kunst Recordings EK2120 No99: No Music Festival 199
5. Borbetomagus: Confident of success in battle, she leaps ecstatically through the air (11.58), Entartete Kunst Recordings EK2120 No99: No Music Festival 1999
6. Solmania (11.24), Entartete Kunst Recordings EK2120 No99: No Music Festival 1999
7. Jason Bellchamber/Jim O'Rourke (15.19), Entartete Kunst Recordings EK2120 No99: No Music Festival 1999

Kim Cascone as guest, Nov 9

Tonight we have Kim Cascone as a guest on the program before he starts his weeklong participation with the sound festival. Before he arrives though, a few tracks:

1. John Duncan, Live at Anti-Club, bootleg
2. Several tracks brought in by Kim and great conversation.

return from the Burning Harpsichord with Cage

Back again after last week's listen-again with James Wyness. We were performing live at the 6th installment of the Burning Harpsichord music event here in Aberdeen so it was appropriate to have James' recording up. This night we're expecting a guest to come in and speak about some upcoming John Cage performances with the sound festival, and thus, this evening's focus on Cage.

1. John Cage, Thirty Pieces for String Quartet, by The Arditti String Quartet, Mode: John Cage, The Complete String Quartets Vol. 1 (excerpt)

2. John Cage, Variations III, Realization for flute and sound objects, The New York School 3 hatART CD 6176

3. John Cage, Variations III, Realization for percussion, The New York School 3 hatART CD 6176

4. John Cage, Norton lecture, excerpt from Ubu, http://www.ubu.com/sound/cage_norton.html

5. John Cage, Music for Piano, no 52-56, by David Tudor, Edition RZ, ed. RZ 1018/19

6. John Cage, Four Walls, Joshua Pierce with Robert White John Cage - A Tribute

7. John Cage, Primitive, Joshua Pierce with Robert White John Cage - A Tribute

8. John Cage, Variations II, David Tudor, Edition RZ, ed. RZ 1018/19