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Podcast 39: Ten Fifty-Four

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:06:15 -0500

Rare Frequency Podcast 39: Ten Fifty-Four

1	Cluster, "Breitengrad 20" Grosses Wasser (Bureau B)
2	Meerkat, "Two" Kapnos (Sub Rosa) CD 2009
3	Jeff Gburek, "Zbasyn-Poznan" Remote Provinces (Aural Terrains) CD 2009
4	Night Shift, "Ongum3" s/t (267 Lattajjaa) CD 2009
5	TU’M, "Monochrome#3" Monochromes (Line) CD 2009
6	Stephan Mathieu & Taylor Deupree, "Andante" Transcriptions (Spekk) CD 2009
7	Spunk, "Tremble" Kantarell (Rune Grammofon) CD 2009
8	Gnawlege, "Bohemia Al-Andalus" Granada Boaba (Gnawledge) CD 2009
9	El Rego et Ses Commandos, "Feeling You Got" Legends of Benin (Analog Africa) CD 2009

July 2, 2009 on Rare Frequency

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:59:50 -0500

This week on RF, I’ve got some terrific new music in the queue, including a trio of releases from Non-Visual Objects (including new music from RF-faves Asmus Tietchens and Philip Samartzis!), more from Mordant Music, Tim Hecker, and more!

David Toop on Making Sounds

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:14:11 -0500

In this short video, musician, composer, and author, David Toop, talks about his interest in sound and making sounds. He also focuses on the impact of digital media on experimental music and his work with the Unknown Devices Orchestra. Toop is certainly one of the more interesting and engaging people currently writing on experimental music and sound art. If you haven’t checked out Toop’s books, such as Rap Attack, Ocean of Sound, or Exotica, they are all well worth picking up.

Thanks to Lawrence English for posting this clip on Facebook.

June 2009

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:49:30 -0500

Cluster, Grosses Wasser (Bureau B) CD
Tim Feeney & Matt Samolis, Monument (Lil Discs) 3”CD
Luc Ferrari, L’OEuvre Electronique (INA-GRM) 10 CD
Jeff Gburek, Remote Provinces (Aural Terrains) CD
Robert Hampson, Vectors (Touch) CD
Grischa Lichtenberger, “Treibgut” (Raster-Noton) EP
Stephan Mathieu & Taylor Deupree, Transcriptions (Spekk) CD
Meerkat, Kapnos (AFE/Grey Sparkle/Ctrl+Alt+Canc) CD
Various, Legends of Benin (Analog Africa) CD
Various, Picking O’er the Bones (Mordant Music) CD

Podcast Special Ed. 34:Jarrod Fowler Live on Rare Frequency

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:17:22 -0500

A percussion-rich set by Boston sound artist, Jarrod Fowler, performed live on the June 18, 2009 edition of the program. This was Jarrod’s second appearance on RF.

Podcast Special Edition 34: Jarrod Fowler Live on Rare Frequency

Meerkat, Kapnos (AFE/Grey Sparkle, Nighthawk, et al) CD

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:04:04 -0500

Meerkat is a loose confederation of young Italian experimental musicians and sound artists. On Kapnos, the third release in a proposed quadrilogy, the group, which has ten members (give or take), never play as a single unit. Instead each of the album’s seven pieces features a different subset of the larger ensemble. In spite of this, the pieces are very much cut from the same cloth, with each composed of similar basic ingredients: field recordings, guitar drones, the occasional synthesizer, and lots of subtle electronics. The title Kapnos is the Greek word for smoke and, appropriately, the music drifts and swirls in kind. It’s a lovely, meditative record, but with enough rough elements (mostly courtesy of some glorious location recordings) to give it a bit of an edge and keep things interesting. Very nice indeed.

Is Noise the Key to the Soul?

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:20:31 -0500

In his new blogHarmonia Prohibitorum, Raz Mesinai (aka Badawi) writes about the soul of music (among other things). Quite interesting thus far.

June 18, 2009 on Rare Frequency

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:11:56 -0500

This week’s edition of the program marks the return of Jarrod Fowler, one of Boston’s more thoroughly idiosyncratic experimental musicians. Among other things, Jarrod the organizer of the summer MetroParks outdoor sound art series (find out more at his MySpace page).

I’ll also be playing new music by Stephan Mathieu & Taylor Deupree, Tu’m and rather a lot more.

Philip Jeck Interview

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:30:44 -0500

One of last year’s most lovely and elegiac CDs was Sand by Philip Jeck. Philip Jeck. As we wait with outstretched ears for our next helping of crackle ‘n’ hum, we can comfort ourselves with a rather interesting interview with the UK’s finest slo-mo, abstract turntablist courtesy of The Quietus.

June 11, 2009 on Rare Frequency

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:46:19 -0500

If the fates are smiling on us, a very special live guest (an RF fave for sure) will grace us with his presence. The show will also feature music by Stock, Hausen and Walkman, Tu’m, some Raster-Noton loveliness, and more. Tune in!

Next week: Jarrod Fowler live

Carsten Nicolai: Gestalten Interview (video)

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:51:17 -0500

Last Thursday, Carsten Nicolai (aka Alva Noto) gave a good bit of rhythmic synapse lashing when he played a smashingly abrasive set at the Middlesex Lounge, as part of the Non-Event concert series. In addition to his thumping, club-friendly work as Alva Noto, Nicolai also constructs wonderful sound art pieces under his own name. This is a recent interview with Nicolai in which he talks about his work and, in particular, the creative power of grids.

May 2009

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:48:13 -0500

Aaron Dilloway, Chain Shot (Hanson CD
Hecker, Acid In the Style of David Tudor (Editions Mego CD
Machinefabriek, Dauw (Dekorder) CD
Monoton, 8 Lost Tracks (Oral) CD
Geoff Mullen & Keith Fullerton Whitman, July 19, 2006 (self-released) LP
Red Horse, s/t (Rel LP
Claudio Rocchi, Suoni Di Frontiera (Die Schachtel) CD
Omar Souleyman, Dabke 2020 (Sublime Frequencies) CD
The Sperm, Shh! (Die Stijl) LP
Various, Cazumbi: African Sixties Garage, Vol. 1 (No Smoke) CD

Mixes by Martyn

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency) — Fri, 29 May 2009 10:01:05 -0500

Dutch-born dubstep v. techno producer, Martyn—whose first full-length Great Lengths is pretty much pure bliss from start to finish—has just posted a trio of recent radio mixes. They’re available at Lower Depths with track listings. Enjoy!

May 28, 2009 on Rare Frequency

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency) — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:10:23 -0500

This week you’ll hear new and newish music from Monoton, Claudio Rocchi, Snd, and so much more. Tune in!

Also, this Friday, 6-7:00 p.m. I’ll be hosting a special Test Pattern program devoted to the Raster-Noton label. Expect post-technotic wonderfulness!

Podcast 38: The Late Edition

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency) — Tue, 26 May 2009 18:03:47 -0500

Rare Frequency Podcast 38: The Late Edition

1	Stock, Hausen and Walkman, "Wunderbar" Organ Transplants, Vol. 1 (Hot Air) CD
2	Pom Pom, "Untitled 13" 32 (Pom Pom) CD 2009
3	Monoton, "Numerique" Eight Lost Tracks (Oral) CD 2009
4	Claudio Rocchi, "Ritmi" Suoni di Frontiera (Die Schachtel) CD 2009
5	The Dirty Spoons, "One of these Days" Playtime (Track 0) mp3 2009
6	Erdem Helvacioglu, "Dance of Fire" Wounded Breath (Aucourant) CD 2009
7	Hecker, "ASA 3" Acid in the Style of David Tudor (Editions Mego) CD 2009
8	Demons, "Empty Being" Invisible Darkness (AA Records) CD 2007
9	Mudboy, "The Last Song" Hungry Ghosts! These Songs Are Doors (Digitalis) CD 2007
10	Teta Lando, "Muato Wa N’Ginjila" Cazumbi: Africa Sixties Garage Rock Vol. 1 (No Smoke) CD 2009
11	Gershon Kingsley, "Pop Corn" Music to Moog By (Audio Fidelity) LP 1969