The Fog

and we're off...

2009-06-27T04:59:00.000-07:00

Wow, I meant to post this sooner but time just blazes by when you're in the storm. Although I've enjoyed doing the Fog over the past year or so it was time for me to move on due to, well lots of things I can't really get into here. But thank you to everyone that tuned in so regularly and who have emailed so often about what was being played, guests, and suggestions. I'll post here if and when I get a new show going somewhere else (you never know, these things do have a way of coming about)...talk soon,

Bill

Tape Music, No really, Tape Cassettes and such

2009-02-01T14:09:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone,

Dug out the ol' cassettes for this show, lots of unique ones this time, so hope you enjoy!

Preliminary stuff:

1. Prostir, mn011, .at/on, [mn011], excerpt

2. Signal to Noise, Vol 1, Jason Kahn, Norbert Moslang, Gunter Muller, Keichiro Shibuya Maria, excerpt

3. Prostir, mn011, .at/on, [mn011], x, excerpt

4. Etudes Aux Sons Tendus Tautologos and Other Early Electronic Works, Luc Ferrari, excerpt

5. Data Rape 2, EAR, excerpt

Cassette's

6. Found Computer Cassette

7. Bicycle Radio Tape, Artist:Twitch, excerpt from Bicycle Radio Show, July 2003, Cassette

8. Bicycle Radio Tape, Building Bridges to Monkey Island, Artist:Twitch, excerpt from Bicycle Radio Show, July 2003, Cassette

9.. Paul Etheridge, American Trilogy, Paul + Farfisa Organ + Roland XP10, Cassette

10. Paul Etheridge, 25 years of Wall Drawings, excerpt, Cassette

11. Bootleg Cassette with some warping of Christian Wolff selections.

odds and ends

2009-01-25T14:09:00.000-08:00

After last week we return with some circuit mangling and eventually guitar and hurdy gurdy!

1.Speedranch and Jansky Noise, Welcome to Execrate, Free Mp3 download (tho I bought the CD!): http://www.sp-jn.co.uk/soundsexecrate.htm, Tracks 1-3

2. EAR, Data Rape, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Kember#Albums_with_E.A.R., Tracks 1 and 2

3. Formal, Preinsalubre, Tracks 9-10, personal disc: formol@ca.internet

4. Formal, untitled, tracks 1-8, personal disc: formol@ca.internet

5. Songs That Begin With The Letter A, Tiger Claw Records, Tracks 1 and 2, netrelease: http://www.myspace.com/tigerclawrecords

6. Jim O'rourke, Happy Days, Revenant Records.

7. The Ghost Orchid, Track 2, Ash International

Guest Dj Tai Jericevich

2009-01-18T13:59:00.000-08:00

Tonight, a bit of a different show with guest DJ Tai Jericevich with his tasty tracks. Hope you enjoy the Crazy Ivan of a night!

1. Take the long road and walk it, The Music, Hut
2. Cowboys from Hell, Pantera, Rhino
3. Take me to your leader, Incubus, Epic
4. Born of a Broken Man, Rage Against the Machine, Epic
5. Black Eyed Blond, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Freaky Stiley, Capital
6. Good Time Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mothers Milk, Capital
7. No Control, Pepper, No Shame, Atlantic
8. Love and Light, Proud Mary, Love and Light, Redemption Records
9. Nude, Radiohead, In Rainbows
10. Memories of the Alhambra, Francisco Tarrega, In Classical Mood
11. Hold You In My Arm, Ray Lamontagne, Trouble, Echo
12. I love to Boogie, T-Rex, The Best of T-Rex, Music Club
13. Lover, You Should Have Come Over, Grace, Columbia
14. Redefine, Incubus, Science, Epic
15. Slither, Velvet Revolver, Contraband, RCA
16. Bad Fish, Sublime, 40 oz to Freedom, Gasoline Alley

The Return

2009-01-11T13:53:00.000-08:00

And after quite a hiatus, we're back. Hope everyone had a good break and holiday season. We're starting this first program of the year where we started with the complete Ulrich Krieger track of James Tenney's Saxony. Following that will be a few other long selections from the Cathnor Label. Hope you enjoy!

1. James Tenney, Saxony, realized by Ulrich Krieger, Walls of Sound, http://www.discogs.com/release/1358297

2. Graham Halliwel, Tomas Korber, coarse ashes, the large glass, Cathnore Recordings, Cath003

3. Herve Boghossian, John Tilbury, Mark Wastell, Pour Piano, Violincelle and Ordinateur, Archi.Texture Vol. 1, Cathnore Recordings, Cath001

4. Graham Halliwel, Tomas Korber, the essence of things, the large glass, Cathnore Recordings, Cath003

5. Graham Halliwel, Tomas Korber, in mezzo, nel mezzo, the large glass, Cathnore Recordings, Cath003

6. Alvin Lucier, Small Waves, Navigations for Strings, Mode 124

Chiptune Music, Minimalism, and The Once Festival

2008-11-30T14:23:00.000-08:00

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...

2008-11-16T14:14:00.001-08:00

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

2008-11-09T13:52:00.000-08:00

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

2008-11-02T14:07:00.000-08:00

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

back from KYTN and random playings....

2008-10-19T14:05:00.000-07:00

And we're back again this week, and again have to say thanks to Gordon for covering with his version of The Fog which he calls, Scottish Mist :)

In anycase, we're done with vinyl-not that I've run out of vinyl, just my obsession has and we're doing something a bit different tonight. I thought I'd revisit some 'electrical' sounding tracks so I started building the playlist and after I had assimilated about 5 hours worth of tracks I realized I could choose what to get rid of, there for, the Zen player gets to choose!

Hope you enjoy the random shuffle!

1. Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto, Duoon, Haunted Weather. Music, Silence and Memory
2. Echart Tolle, In the Presence of a Great Mystery, audio book 2002, excerpt
3. GX Jupitter-Larsen, and Kenji Siratori, Japenese Spoken Noise
4. Part 3, Zaphorus, Merzbow
5. Cor Fuhler and Gert-Jan Prins, Tulip Creek, The Flirts
6. Frederick Gregory, The Teaching Company, The End of Science, Final Lecture excerpt
7. Groom, Rick Reed, Box set, http://www.elevatorbath.com/eeaoa025.html
8. Keith Rowe Thomas Lehn, Marcus Schmickler, Rabbit Run, Erstwhile Records, excerpt 1
9. Jason Kahn Norbert Moslang Gunter Muller Keichiro Shibuya Maria, Signal to Noise, vol 1.
10. Bill Thompson, Major Morgan Improvisation, www.billthmpson.org
11. Stephen P McGreevy, CD1, Kenai Crazy Whistlers, Electric Enigma- the VLF Recordings
12. The Fantomas,-Melvins Big Band, Good Morning Slaves
13. Wolf Eyes, Tryin' Times, Bulb CD
14. Keith Rowe Thomas Lehn, Marcus Schmickler, Rabbit Run, Erstwhile Records, excerpt 2
15. Emil Beauileaiu, A Punch in the Face, RRR Records
16. Video Shorts with 2 Announcements, The American Doomsday Cults, Vol 14, Church Universal and Triumphant, http://www.mimaroglumusicsales.com/labels/faithways+international.html
17. Part 2, Zaphorus, Merzbow
17. .at/on [mn011] prostir, x
18. Luc Ferrari, Aux Sons Tendus, Tautologoa and Other Early electronic Works
19. Glisando Illusion 2, Musical Illusions Tape,
20. Audio Track 5, unknown artist
21. William Burroughs, Real English Tea Served Here, Towers Open Fire, Experimental Audio Research
22. Data Rape 2, Data Rape, Experimental Audi Research

And back again....

2008-10-05T14:35:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Gordon from Going with the Groove for coverinng last week...the Burning Harpsichord Gig went well, and we're back again with some avant-garde music on vinyl.

This week, voice, poetry and improvisation.

1. Lukas Foss, Paradigm, Deutsche Grammaphon Avant-Garde2561-042
2. Henri Chopin, new departure , October 1969 2 speeds, 4 superimpressions, Tangent Records, TGS 106
3. Henri Chopin, la peur, poem 1958, recording 1969, Tangent Records, TGS 106
look here! http://www.ubu.com/sound/chopin.html
4. Gruppe Nuova Consonanza, Credo Realizzazione: Studio R7, Deutsche Grammaphon Avant-Garde 643541
5. Anthony Braxton, Composition NO 40B, Six Compositions: Quartet, Island Records, AN1005
6. Anthony Braxton, Composition NO. 69N, Six Compositions: Quartet, Island Records, AN1005
7. Anthony Braxton,For John Cage, For Alto Saxophone, Delmark
http://www.jazz.com/music/2007/10/22/anthony-braxton-for-john-cage
8. Company 3, han bennink and derek bailey, In the Dead of Night I gotta go Where You Are, Incus 25
9. Company 3, han bennink and derek bailey, The song is Ended (medley), Incus 25
10. Company 3, han bennink and derek bailey, Umberto who?, Incus 25
11. Company 3, han bennink and derek bailey, Tether end 1, Incus 25
12. Company 3, han bennink and derek bailey, A Fine Mesh, Incus 25
http://www.discogs.com/release/1060142

Sept 21, VINYL, OLD AND NEW

2008-09-21T14:11:00.000-07:00

This week more new gems from Colin Andrew Sheffield of Elevator Bath, and some great oldies from Feldman, Cage and others....

1. Colin Andrew Sheffield, Side one/Side Two, elevator bath, EEAOA-01
2. Morton Feldman, Chorus and Instruments II, Music of Our Time: Extended Voices 32160156
3. Morton Feldman, Christian Wolff in Cambridge, Music of Our Time: Extended Voices 32160156
4.Pauline Oliveros, Sound Patterns, Music of Our Time: Extended Voices 32160156
5. Alvin Lucier: North American time Capsule 1967, Music of Our Time: Extended Voices 32160156
6. John Cage: Solos for Voice 2 (Electronic Realization by G. Mumma and D. Tudor), Music of Our Time: Extended Voices 32160156
7. Colin Andrew Sheffeild, in between, elevator bath, EEAOA-08
8. Anna Lockwood, Glass world of Anna Lockwood, Tangent, http://www.discogs.com/release/900807

September 14th, LP's of Drumming, New and Old

2008-09-14T14:12:00.000-07:00

This week we continue with my exploration of my dusty vinyl collection but go back and forth in time a bit, starting with some Haitian Voodoo drumming and following on with Steve Reich and others....enjoy.

1. Voodoo Trance Music Ritual Drums of Haiti, Yanvalou, Lyrichord Stereo LLST 7279
2. Voodoo Trance Music Ritual Drums of Haiti, Djuba, Lyrichord Stereo LLST 7279
3. Voodoo Trance Music Ritual Drums of Haiti, Banda, Lyrichord Stereo LLST 7279
4. Voodoo Trance Music Ritual Drums of Haiti, Petro, Lyrichord Stereo LLST 7279
5. Voodoo Trance Music Ritual Drums of Haiti, Bumba, Lyrichord Stereo LLST 7279
6. Voodoo Trance Music Ritual Drums of Haiti, Nago, Lyrichord Stereo LLST 7279
7. Steve Reich, Drumming-Music for Mallet Instruments, voices and Organ, Drumming, Deutsche Grammophon, R3394-£3396

Vinyl Baby!!!

2008-09-07T14:07:00.001-07:00

This week, all vinyl...and maybe for a few weeks to go!

1. Gordon Mumma, Electro Acoustical Music Analog and Digital Live Performance Music Acoustical and Cybersonic, Stomach Ache, http://www.discogs.com/release/894842
2. Kazumoto Endo, Fear My Kung-Fu, Philosopy Shop Records, split
3. Goat, The summer i started collecting knives, Philosopy Shop Records, split, http://www.discogs.com/release/1140928
6. Colin Andrew Sheffield, Spring, elevator bath EEAOA-04
7. Colin Andrew Sheffield, The Bridge, elevator bath EEAOA-04
8. Rick Reed, Music for the Rothko Chapel, Beta-Lactem Records, http://www.discogs.com/release/235817
9. Andrew Deutsch and Tony Conrad, and 30 other people, Let's Trade Pants, elevator bath, EEAOA.021 http://www.elevatorbath.com/eeaoa021.html
10. Marc Shultz, Reworking, elevator bath, EEAOA021

Reed, Ramati, and Wolff

2008-08-31T14:19:00.000-07:00

In continuation of our show last week with roman Haubenstock-Ramati, we continue this week with many of his chamber works. But first we start with an appetizer from Rick Reed's latest offering, and finish the show off with some works by Christian Wolff. Let me know how you enjoy it!

1 Rick Reed, The Fiery Sound of Light, direct from the composer
2 Haubenstock-Ramati, String Trio No. 1, Hat[now]Art 114, Concerto a Tre
3 Haubenstock-Ramati, String Trio No. 2, Hat[now]Art 114, Concerto a Tre
4 Haubenstock-Ramati, Fur Kandinsky, Hat[now]Art 114, Concerto a Tre
5 Christian Wolff, Burdocks, Tzadik
6 Christian Wolff, Trio III, Tzadik
7 Christian Wolff, For 1, 2, or 3 People, The New York School, HatArt 6101

August 24th Playlist....Haubenstock-Ramati

2008-08-24T14:23:00.000-07:00

Much apologies for the two week lapse there, but I'm back and tonight showcasing the fantastic work of Roman Haubenstock-Ramati. If you don't know his work, you must make the effort to become familiar with it, it's well worth it. Often considered the 'other' Earle Brown, H-Ramati created some of the most beautiful looking and sounding graphic and mobile scores ever. Tonight we listen to as many as we can!

Check out a score image here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/63282987@N00/93109668/in/photostream/
http://plottegg.tuwien.ac.at/36405.jpg
http://aeiou.iicm.tugraz.at/aeiou.music.data.14.140206/140206b.jpg
http://classes.bnf.fr/dossiecr/jpeg/gc181-8.jpg
http://g.foto.radikal.ru/0610/c9c401edf98b.jpg
http://g.foto.radikal.ru/0610/4ba2a1763a36.jpg
http://www.ariadne.at/images/Haubenstock-Ramati_Roman/paintings/HxX40009.jpg
http://www.ariadne.at/?artist_id=90&language=en

Haubenstock-Ramati from hat(now)art 118:

1 Credentials orThink, Think, Lucky
2. Streichquartett
3. Mobile for Shakespeare

From hat(now)art 101:

1. Kreise (track1)
2. Kreise (track 4)
3. Decisions
4. Alone 1

July 3rd Playlist Treatise Continued

2008-08-03T15:02:00.000-07:00

So, as promised from last week we have still had 30 minutes of Treatise to finish and then were to explore a bit more of it as realized by other artists. So be it:

Cornelius Cardew, Treatise, World Premiere Complete Recording, Hat(now)ART 2-122 (last 30 minutes)

BBC Documentary about Cornelius Cardew:
http://ubu.artmob.ca/sound/cardew_cornelius/bbc/Cardew-Cornelius_Radio-Retrospective.mp3

Cornelius Cardew, Treatise, Memorial Concert, http://ubu.artmob.ca/sound/cardew_cornelius/memorial_concert/Cardew-Cornelius_Memorial-Concert_1-03_Treatise.mp3

Cornelius Cardew, Treatise, by Sonic Youth from Good Bye 20th Century Tour, Gent Paris, 2001 Cassette Bootleg, http://www.sonicyouth.com/mustang/cc/060901.html

AMM AMMMUSIC (London 1966) (ReR Megacorp), Cardew performed in the ensemble at this time.

Keith Rowe, • Keith Rowe A Dimension of Perfectly Ordinary Reality (Matchless Records) (Solo guitar, includes an excerpt from Treatise)

July 27th Playlist: TEATISE

2008-07-27T14:24:00.001-07:00

Tonight's show will be the complete work of Treatise by Cornelius Cardew as realized by an ensemble conducted by Art Lange in 1999. The ensemble includes Jim Baker on piano and electronics, Carrie Biolo on vibes and percussion, Guillermo Gregorio on clarinet and alto sax, Fred Lonberg-holm on cell and electronics, and Jim O'Rourke on electronics.

Hope you enjoy the night!

Cornelius Cardew, Treatise, World Premiere Complete Recording, Hat(now)ART 2-122

July 20th Playlist

2008-07-20T14:19:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone,

Sorry for missing a blog entry last week, I was away at TinthePark. Hope you enjoyed the 'listen again'...hopefully I'll get a playlist up for it soon but in the meantime, tonight I have a very special guest with us, James Wyness.

He's a composer and sound artist from Jedburgh who's active across the UK and has pieces performed worldwide. Check out his site at www.wyness.org and his net label at www.khora.org.uk.

And now on to the show:

John Cage, reading Mureau, Dial-A-Poem: Biting off the tongue of a Corpse, 1975
James Wyness, Ceol Mhor, unreleased: www.wyness.org for more info
James Wyness and Duncan Whitley, El Silencio, unreleased: www.wyness.org for more info
James Wyness and Duncan Whitley, Amarguras, unreleased: www.wyness.org for more info
James Wyness and Duncan Whitley, Santa Marta, unreleased: www.wyness.org for more info
James Wyness and Duncan Whitley, Los Gitanos, unreleased: www.wyness.org for more info
James Wyness and Duncan Whitley, La Mortaja, unreleased: www.wyness.org for more info
James Wyness, Be not afeard, the isle is full of noises..., unreleased: www.wyness.org for more info

June 29, listen again, again for the first time!

2008-07-06T14:42:00.000-07:00

This listen again actually never made it on, so here it is, again, for the first time (as a listen again!)..hope you enjoy and catch you next week with another live edition!

david lee meyers, environs 2, resonance v9 cd track 1
nicolas collins, second state, resonance v9, track 8
nicolas collins, ei loop, handmade elect. music
nicolas collins, it was a dark and stormy night, handmade elec. music
andy keep, my laptop colony-colony in my laptop, handmade elec. music
david first, tell tale 2.1, handmade elec music
david tudor and john cage, untitled and mesostics, resonance cd, track 3
matt rogalsky, tudor loops, resonance cd, track 4
david behrman, players with circuits, handmade elec. music
john bowers, study one for victorian synthesizer, handmade elec. music
toshi nakamura, nimb #19-2, resonance v9, track 9
collin olan, rec 01, handmade elec music
yasunao tone, imperfection theorem of silence, handmade elec. music
toshi nakamura and billy roisz, avva, youtube,
christian terstegge, ohrenbrennen, handmade elec. music
billy roisz, bed and breakfast http://gnu.klingt.org/04_sounds.html
billy roisz, lanzoratte, http://gnu.klingt.org/04_sounds.html
billy roisz, aeroflot, http://gnu.klingt.org/04_sounds.html
alvin lucier, music for gamelon intruments, microphones, amplifiers and loudspeakers, resonance v9, track 11 excerpt

July 6 Playlist

2008-07-06T14:06:00.000-07:00

And back with a live one, tonight's show is a bit of a dog's breakfast, just random tracks I've been revisiting lately. Hope everyone enjoyed last week's replay, and now on to the show:

David Tudor, Neural Networks Plus, on Halana Magazione CD, Halana Issue 1
http://www.halana.com/issue4.html

Iancu Dumitrescu, Galaxy (1993), Edition Modern 1009

Gentle Fire, Group Composition VI (Unfixed Parities), Not Neccessarily English Music, Leonardo Music Journal CD series Vol 11

Hugh Davies, Music for Three Springs, Not Neccessarily English Music, Leonardo Music Journal CD series Vol 11

Max Eastley, Wind Flutes Urban, Not Neccessarily English Music, Leonardo Music Journal CD series Vol 11

Thomas Koner/Max Eastley, Im Concert Volkfbuhne, 4/97, Resonance Magazine Vol 6

David Behrman, Canons (1959), Wave Train (music from 1959 to 1968)

David Behrman, Ricercar 91961), Wave Train (music from 1959 to 1968)

Lol Cox, Plum, Not Neccessarily English Music, Leonardo Music Journal CD series Vol 11

David Behrman, Wave Train (1966), Wave Train (music from 1959 to 1968)

Chris Cutler and Thomas Dimuzio, Dust, RER Records, http://www.gench.com/dust.html

June 22, playlist

2008-06-22T14:16:00.000-07:00

Ok, so to return for our final (for now) edition dealing with string quartets and such, we will be featuring Brent Fariss's 'Quiet Fugal States' which we had some technical difficulties with before as well as a work by Travis Weller and other goodies. Thanks for tuning in, and hope you enjoy the show! BTW, send me an email or post a comment to let me know how you are enjoying the show!

Bill

Brent Fariss, http://www.spectralhouse.com/, Quiet Fugal States, Imbroglio String Quartet, Austin New Music Coop, www.newmusiccoop.org
Earle Brown, http://www.ubu.com/sound/moorman.html, Synergy for tape and Cello, Charlotte Moorman, cellist.
Travis Weller, http://www.stableunstable.com, Applied with simplicity, Dynamic in effect, Hit-and-run by nature, Dec'04, string quartet and electronics, Imbroglio String Quartet and Bill Meadows.
Karlheinz Stockhausen, http://www.ubu.com/sound/moorman.html, Plus-Minus (realized by Nam June Paik) World premiere, Charlotte Moorman, cellist
Brent Fariss, http://www.spectralhouse.com/, Shiney White Air, Austin New Music Coop, www.newmusiccoop.org
Leif Inge, http://www.notam02.no/9/, Nine BeetStretch, excerpt, unreleased copy.
Nam June Paik, Homamage a John Cage, Anthology of Noise and Electronics

June 15th, The Fog with Pete Hartley

2008-06-15T13:58:00.000-07:00

Today we have a special treat with Pete Hartley as our guest curator/DJ, an exile from as he calls it, the center of the Universe (otherwise known as Brighton). Having known Pete for some time now I've realized he has an amazing collection of music on just about every form of media I've ever heard of. So I've asked him to guest curate our program tonight and he's brought in a wonderfully eclectic selection. Hope you enjoyed it...and he even provided a very detailed playlist (yay!...er, don't expect this from me :)

Catch you next week with our final installment of string quartets featuring Brent Fariss and Travis Weller from Austin.

Bill

01. Hans Reichel & Eroc: Hattnatten [Return of Onkel Boskopp, Repertoire REP 4688]

02. Clara Rockmore & Nadia Reisenberg: The Swan (Saint Saens) [Gravikords, Whirlies & Pyrophones book & cd 1-55961-482-X]

03. Luciano Berio / Cathy Berberian: Visage [Acousmatrix VII, BVHaast 9109]

04. Jocelyn Robert: Folie Culture [Folie Culture, ReR JORCD]

05. Anenzephalia: Induratio Penis Plastica [Lyse - Limited edition on 7” vinyl Tesco Corporatiom, Germany]

06. Conlon Nancarrow: Study #1 (Studies for Player Piano) [Sound Forms for Piano, New World 80203]

07. Ilhan Mimaroglu / Erdem Buri: Le Tombeau d’Edgar Poe [Electronic Music, Turnabout TV4004 LP]

08. Lol Coxhill: Wimbledon Baths [Coxhill/Miller, Cuneiform Rune 253/254]

09. Tod Dockstader: Electronic Piece #2 [Eight Electronic Pieces, Locust L36]

10. Pierre Henry: Baillement [Variations pour une porte … soupir, Philips 468523]

11. Elio Martusciello: Hommage à Pierre Schaeffer [Unoccupied Areas, ReR EMI]

12. Phil Dadson and From Scratch: Pacific 3-2-1 Zero [Gravikords, Whirlies, …]

13. Charles Amirkhanian: Just [10+2-12 American Text Pieces, Other Minds OM 1006]

14. László Moholy-Nagy: Möglichkeiten des Grammophone [Noises & Whispers in Avant-Gardes, catalog to exhibition, Valencia, 2004]

15. Pierre-Yves Martel: Eczema [Engagement & Confrontation, Ambiences Magnétiques AM 148] 1:50

16. Kurt Schwitters: Ursonate [DaDa > AntiDaDa > Merz, Sub Rosa SR195]

17. Coil: When the cocoon is finished, … [Plastic Spider Thing, Eskaton 30]

18. Talisker: Soldier’s Song [Dreaming of Glenisla, Caroline C1513 LP, about to be re-issued on CD?]

19. 7th Ragtime Band: Circus Girl (New York, 8.10.1897) [Berliner 87]

20. Thomas Dimuzio: Settlement (part one) [Headlock, ReR TD1]

21. Jean-Michel Jarre: Ethnicolor [Zoolook, Dreyfus EPC 488140]

22. Musci-Venosta: Mechanic soul vs. pathetic ambient [Water Messages on Desert Sand, RR C28]

23. Josep Maria Balanyà: Movement VII [Ultramarinos 451, New Contemporary Music NCM5]

24. Optrum: New Motor Head Banging & DC/DC [Improvised Music from Japan: 2004, book & 2CD 4-9902297-0-3]

25. Ferdinand Kriwet: JaJa [Hörtext II) part 2 [Siemens-Studio für elektronische Musik, Siemens Kultur Ptogramm]

26. Arkkon: Enveloping Blue Opening [Arkkon, Tonus Kosmetika TK 01]

27. Ramuntcho Matta: Just to be Clear [Pataphysics, book & CD, Sonic Arts Network, November 2005]

28. Wolf Pack: Chorus of 40 wolves (Point Barrow, Alaska) [Music of the Canids, with Science Year Journal 1973]

29. Professor Longhair: Tipitina [Atlantic R&B Volume 2, Warner 812277577 & The Cosimo Matassa Story, Properbox 129]

Junr 8, playlist

2008-06-08T14:04:00.000-07:00

And we're back-again, and this week we return to string quartets. I haven't been able to make it through everything I wanted to but I'm going to give it this week and we will probably return after a break to explore some other material. I'd like to explore some Habenstock-Ramati, Cage, Brown, Wolf, Feldman, Wolpe, Young, and others in a future show, so stay tuned for that.

Tonight though, will be slightly more up to date pieces. Starting of with Amazing Grace arranged by Ben Johnston, and then a return to the concert give by the Imbroglio String Quartet featuring the works of Thomfaricraw (myself and two other Austin based composers, Brent Fariss, and Clark Crawford), followed by a piece for computer and string quartet by Claire M Singer. And much more. Hope you enjoy, and stay tuned for some interesting shows over the next few weeks as I have some guest curators bringing in their own selections!

Bill

Ben Johnston, Amazing Grace, Kronos Quartet, White Man Sleeps

Untitled Improvisation, Imbroglio String Quartet, Austin New Music Co0p, www.newmusiccoop.org

Claire M Singer, 4:8:1 (String Quartet and Laptop Performer), Unreleased, http://www.myspace.com/clairemsinger

Clark Crawford, http://www.cadaocao.com/, String Quartet #2, Imbroglio String Quartet, Austin New Music Co0p, www.newmusiccoop.org

Brent Fariss, http://www.spectralhouse.com/, Quiet Fugal States (excerpt), Imbroglio String Quartet, Austin New Music Co0p, www.newmusiccoop.org

Bill Thompson, String Quartet no. 1, www.billthompson.org, Imbroglio String Quartet, Austin New Music Co0p, www.newmusiccoop.org

Bill Thompson, Tapu'at (excerpt), www.billthompson.org, unreleased

June 1st, a listen again...

2008-06-08T13:49:00.000-07:00

Hi all,

I'm sure you noticed if you tuned in that June 1'st show was a prerecord. An emergency trip south prevented me from hosting a live one, but I hope you enjoyed the show as it was one of my favourites as far as music goes. We'll be back to another installment of string quartets when we return on 8th. Here's the playlist:

david lee meyers, environs 2, resonance v9 cd track 1
nicolas collins, second state, resonance v9, track 8
nicolas collins, ei loop, handmade elect. music
nicolas collins, it was a dark and stormy night, handmade elec. music
andy keep, my laptop colony-colony in my laptop, handmade elec. music
david first, tell tale 2.1, handmade elec music
david tudor and john cage, untitled and mesostics, resonance cd, track 3
matt rogalsky, tudor loops, resonance cd, track 4
david behrman, players with circuits, handmade elec. music
john bowers, study one for victorian synthesizer, handmade elec. music
toshi nakamura, nimb #19-2, resonance v9, track 9
collin olan, rec 01, handmade elec music
yasunao tone, imperfection theorem of silence, handmade elec. music
toshi nakamura and billy roisz, avva, youtube,
christian terstegge, ohrenbrennen, handmade elec. music
billy roisz, bed and breakfast http://gnu.klingt.org/04_sounds.html
billy roisz, lanzoratte, http://gnu.klingt.org/04_sounds.html
billy roisz, aeroflot, http://gnu.klingt.org/04_sounds.html
alvin lucier, music for gamelon intruments, microphones, amplifiers and loudspeakers, resonance v9, track 11 excerpt

May 25th, Playlist, Ameriocan String Quartets

2008-05-25T14:45:00.000-07:00

Tonight we're exploring more string quartets, but specifically American String quartets, and string quartets from America that treat each voice or instrument within the quartet as a unique entity...

And so to begin, just as an appetizer, we played

Charles Ives, Scherzo for String Quartet, Arditti USA Quartets

and then dove into our theme with these little ditties:

Charles Ives, String Quartet No 2. Ives: the Two String Quartets by The Julliard Quartet (Columbia)
Ruth Crawford Seeger, String Quartet 1931, Ruth Crawford Seeger Portrait, (Deutsche Grammophon)
Elliot Carter, String Quartet No. 2, Elliott Carter: The Four String Quartets, The Julliard Quartet
John Cage, Music for Four, The Arditti String Quartet: John Cage, The Complete String Quartets

May 18 Playlist: String Quartets

2008-05-18T14:05:00.001-07:00

Tonight's program, and probably for those for the next few weeks, will be all about String Quartets. Early on in my composing career, I went through a massive string quartet fetish phase where I sought out every string quartet that I could find that was worth listening to. I listened to Beethoven's, Bartok's, Shostakovitch's, Schoenberg's, Webern's, Bergs (Lyric Suite anyway), then came across the New York School's work (OK, that's a bit of a lie as I actually started with them and worked backwards and sideways, but more on that later)....of course I discovered Scelsi, Xenakis, Penderecki, Estrada, Pape, Saariaho, and others too. Oh, and let's not forget Ives, Cowell, Carter, Crawford-Seeger, and all the other Yanks as well!

So, we will be listening to many (not all, just not that many weeks in a year I'm afraid) of these over the next few weeks. If you're into string quartets, May and June are your months on the Fog!

1. John Zorn, Forbidden Fruit, on Kronos: Winter Was Hard.
2. Earle Brown, String Quartet No. 1., on Earle Brown DVD: Chamber Works
3. Kaija Saariaho, Nymphea: Jardin Sectret III, on Arditti String Quartet from Scandinavia
4. Bill Thompson, String Quartet No. 1., played by Imbroglio String Quartet, Unreleased
5. Live At Axiom 2002, Track4, String Trio (James Alexander, Brent Fariss, Travis Weller), Unreleased
6. Gerard Pape, Le Fleuve du desir 1994, Ardititi String Quartet, on Electroacoustic Chamber Works
7. Julio Estrada, , on Arditti String Quartet Edition No 27-Julio Estrada
8. Live At Axiom 2002, Track4, String Trio (James Alexander, Brent Fariss, Travis Weller), Unreleased

May 11th, Playlist

2008-05-11T14:05:00.000-07:00

Tonight is all about vinyl...well, except for the first tracks to make up for my Jerry Lewis-esque mistake for playing the wrong cd at the end of last weeks program...so here goes...the actual sound art remixes from the bridge recordings of last weeks show to start and then some old school vinyl from Greece, Romania, and elsewhere.

Kent Macpherson, Matinkaari, London Uk, Singing Bridges Vibrations: Variations
Karl Muller, when Bridges Remix: Traversing the Gap, Singing Bridges Vibrations: Variations
Roger Mills, Limbo in Lausitz, , Singing Bridges Vibrations: Variations
Francisco Lopez, Untitled #168, Singing Bridges Vibrations: Variations
Jani Christou, Praqxis for String Orchestra and Piano, Edition RZ 1006
Iancu dumitrescu, Cogito: Trompe-L'Oeil, Edition RZ 1001
Horatiu Radulescu, Astray fur 6 Saxophone and Sound Icon, Edition RZ 1007
Luigi Nono, A Carlo Scarpa, Edition RZ 1004
Luigi Nono, A Pierre, Edition RZ 1004

Thanks for checking out the show...next week, who knows...but thinking about Ives maybe. Tune in and find out!

Bill

May 4 Playlist

2008-05-04T13:49:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,

Tonight's program will focus loosely on phonography and composition. For those of you unfamiliar with phonography, there's a good site and a great yahoo group you should check out here: http://www.phonography.org/ and http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/phonography/

There are also a few sites (actually many) where you can listen to some phonography, but one particularly interesting one is soundtransit where you can actually plan a journey across the world via field recordings: http://soundtransit.nl/book/about.html

I also hosted phonography concert when I first moved to Aberdeen and most of the concert can be listened to on my site here: http://www.billthompson.org/phonography.htm

And finally, a home-grown hybrid, Aberdeen's own Pete Stollery has an interesting site where he recorded his favourite sounds around the Aberdeenshire area and put them on an online map you can visit and listen to here: http://www.petestollery.com/ (click on the link for Gordon Soundscape)

Ok, and now onto the show:

Bernd Schurer, track 1, Construction Sonar, track 1
Luigi Archetti, Trans, Construction Sonar
Bernd Schurer, tracks 2-21, Construction Sonar
Dalduin, Creative Construction Tunnel Session, Construction Sonar
Monolake, Drift, Construction Sonar
Bernd Schurer, tracks 22-44, Construction Sonar
Fennesz, Construction, n68, Construction Sonar
Chris Knapp, koi feeding, phonography comp 1
Toy Bizarre, Kdi Dctb 130, phonography comp 1
Yannick Dauby, bird sanctuary, phonography comp 1,
Yannick Dauby, rain-reconstructed, phonography with compositions
Bill Thompson, xmas '99 (edit), phonography with compositi0ons
Toy Bizarre, Kdi Dctb 053b, phonography with compositi0ons Jodi Rose, Anzac Bridge, Sydney Australia, Singing Bridges Vibrations: Variations
Jodi Rose, My Thuan Bridge mecong Delta Vietnam, Singing Bridges Vibrations: Variations
Jodi Rose, Erasmus Bridge, Rotterdam Holland, Singing Bridges Vibrations: Variations
Jodi Rose, Millennium Bridge, London Uk, Singing Bridges Vibrations: Variations
Sawako, Yukidoke, phonography with compositions
Josh Russell, Hospital Death, phonography with compositions

Playlist, April 27

2008-04-30T07:34:00.001-07:00

Seems that last week's show that loosely focused on sound art generated quite abit of interest. If you'd like to listen to the program it's still available here: http://www.shmu.org.uk/radio/presenters/fog.m3u

and here's the playlist:

Xenakis, Hibiki-Hana-Ma edit, from Ohm cd set (info http://www.furious.com/PERFECT/ohm/)

La Monte Young, Drift study excerpt, Ohm cd set

Maryane Amacher, Living sound, patent pending, excerpt, Ohm cd set

Alvin Lucier, Music on a long thin wire, Ohm cd set

Bill Thompson, mu, Spectral House records (http://www.spectralhouse.com/)

Bill Fontana, Harmonic bridge, Sound Art, book by Alan Licht ISBN 0847829693.

Steve Roden, Rust, Sound Art, book by Alan Licht

Steve Roden and Brandon Labelle, The blue whale, from Sight of Sound: of Architecture and the Ear (ed. Labelle and Roden)

Inioru Sato, Place, from Sight of Sound: of Architecture and the Ear (ed. Labelle and Roden)

Christina Kubisch, Uber die stille, from Sight of Sound: of Architecture and the Ear (ed. Labelle and Roden)

Christina Kubisch, Licht himmel, gasometer oberhausen, (http://www.christinakubisch.de/english/aktuelles_frs.htm)

Leif Inge, 9 beetstretch, ex field notam, (http://www.freemanifesta.org/artists/inge.html)

Josh Ronsen, the pierre boulez project, http://www.ronsen.org/boulez/

And we're back...

2008-04-30T07:12:00.000-07:00

Actually, in a way we've just arrived, as a blog anyway.

The Fog has been going strong on ShmuFM (Aberdeen's first and only full time community radio station) since October 2007, but it's taken me this long to set up this simple blog. Shameful I know, but it's done at last and now we can get on with the program.

If you haven't checked out the program, The Fog is a two hour weekly radio show dedicated to experimental music that airs on Sunday nights from 10pm to midnight (UK time) on 99.8FM. Not in Aberdeen? No problem, you can also catch the show via webcast here: www.shmu.org.uk/shmufm.m3u

It's presented by myself, Bill Thompson (I often play under the name Professor Lofi) and you can check out more about me on my site: www.billthompson.org. The show also regularly features visiting and local guests.

So, check here for playlists after each program (I rarely know in advance what will be played) and feel free to post your comments, positive or constructive, or any requests and I'll do my best to get back to you.

I'll also do my best to post links to 'listen agains' for each week as my schedule allows. Please be patient as this is a bit time consuming, but I'll do my best.

So there you have it, a blog for the Fog. Thanks for tuning in, and I'll catch this Sunday,

Bill