Rare Frequency Podcast

Podcast Special Ed. 35: Brendan Murray & Benjamin NelsonLive on Rare Frequency

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:17:57 -0500

This podcast features a marvelous twin analogue synthesizer set by Brendan Murray and Benjamin Nelson on the July 09, 2009 edition of Rare Frequency. This was Brendan and Benny’s first performance as a duo.

Podcast Special Edition 35: Brendan Murray and Benjamin Nelson Live on Rare Frequency

Podcast 39: Ten Fifty-Four

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — 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

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

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

This is a long-form, percussion-rich set by Boston sound artist, Jarrod Fowler, performed live on the June 18, 2009 edition of the program.

Podcast Special Edition 34: Jarrod Fowler Live on Rare Frequency

Podcast 38: The Late Edition

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — 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

Podcast 37: Later, Not Quite Yet

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:19:54 -0500

Rare Frequency Podcast 37: Later, Not Quite Yet

1	John Baker, "Farm Management" The John Baker Tapes vol.1: BBC Radiophonics 1963-74 (Trunk)
2	Ibimeni, "Lidan Misineba" Ibimeni: Garifuna Traditional Music from Guatemala (Sub Rosa) CD 2009
3	Filastine, "Desordenador" Dirty Bomb (Soot) CD 2009
4	F.X. Randomiz, "Ranidam (Compilation Version)" A-Musik Compilation (A-Musik) CD 2008
5	Atom TM, "Mittlere Composition No. II" Liedgut (Raster-Noton) CD 2009
6	The Truth About Frank, "4 (Version 11)" 14 Versions of the same EP (Version 11) (Long Division with Remainders) CD 2009
7	Astral Social Club, "Pilgrim Sunburst" Octuplex (VHF) CD 2009
8	Stephan Mathieu, "[untitled]" Wurmloch Variationen (Ritornell) CD 2000
9	Bernard Parmegiani, "Et Apres" L’Oeuvre Musicale (INA-GRM) 12CD 2008
10	Karel Appel, "Untitled 02" Musique Barbare (Creel Pone) CDr 2009
11	Franco Godi, "Linea Cinque Bossa" La Linea - La Musica (Original Soundtrack) (Crippled Dick Hard Wax) CD 2004
12	Forsaken, "Boat Noodles" Boat Noodles / Erstwhile Rhythm (Punch Drunk) 12” 2008

Podcast 36: A Rare Valentine

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:04:34 -0500

A Valentine’s Day podcast with a bit of a romantic sheen to it. At least I think so. And, no, there is nothing remotely Valentine-y about the photo associated with this podcast.

Rare Frequency Podcast 36: A Rare Valentine

1	John Baker, "Radio Nottingham" BBC Radiophonic Music (BBC Worldwide)
2	Ikeda & Noto, "Cyclo Cycle" New Forms (Raster-Noton) 2CD 2000
3	Fennesz, "Glide" Black Sea (Touch) CD 2008
4	Colin Andrew Sheffield, "Surrender" Signatures (Invisible Birds) CD 2008
5	Les Maledictus Sound, "Kriminal Theme" Attention (Mucho) CD 2002
6	Bernard Parmegiani, "Musico Picassa" L’OEuvre Musicale (INA-GRM) 12CD 2008
7	Emeralds, "Disappearing Ink" What Happened (No Fun Productions) CD 2009
8	Alva Noto, "Teion Acat" Xerrox Vol. 2 (Raster-Noton) CD 2009
9	Belbury Poly, "Widdershins" From an Ancient Star () CD 2009
10	The Focus Group, "String Sine Romance" Hey Let Loose Your Love (Ghost Box) CD 2007
11	Die Welttraumforscher, "Sweet Bird" 21 Welttraum-standards (Staubgold) CD 2007

Podcast 35: The New Number Two

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:53:31 -0500

Rare Frequency Podcast 35: The New Number Two

1	Albert Elms, "Speadlearn Broadcast" Prisoner File #2 (Silva America) CD 2003
2	Felix Kubin & Wechsel Garland, "Binaural Headphone Music" Axolotl Lullabies (Oral) CD 2008
3	John Baker, "Milky Way" The Radiophonic Workshop (The Grey Area of Mute) CD 2008
4	The Focus Group, "Jout Sections" Sketches and Spells (Ghost Box) CD 2002
5	Cecil Leuter, "Pop Electronique No. 2" Pop Electronique (Pulp) CD 2001
6	COH, "Grain:Loop" New Forms: Compilation (Raster-Noton) 2CD 2000
7	Lithops, "Sebquenz" Ye Viols! () CD 2009
8	Wendt, "003 Tag" Montage (Privatelektron) mp3 2007
9	Monolake, "Macau" Hong Kong Remastered (Imbalance Computer) CD 2008
10	Martyn, "Suburbia" All I Have is Memories (Apple Pips) 12” 2008
11	Lawrence English, "Unsettled Sleep" For Varying Degrees of Winter (Baskaru) CD 2008
12	Colin Andrew Sheffield, "Awake" Signatures Invisible Birds) CD 2008
13	Washington Phillips, "Train Your Child" The Key to the Kingdom (Yazoo) CD 2007
13	Machinefabriek, "Fonograaf" Dauw (Dekorder) CD 2007
13	Cliff Edwards, "I Ain’t Got Nobody" Sprigs of Time (Honest Jon’s) CD 2008
13	DJ Scud & Nomex, "Total Destruction" Total Destruction (Machinenbau) 12” 1998

Podcast Spec. Ed. 33: Nerve Net Noise & Jessica Rylan Live on Rare Frequency II

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:00:17 -0500

This is the second New Years Day live set from Japan’s Nerve Net Noise and Boston’s Jessica Rylan. This time around Hiroshi and Jessica switch instruments and each plays the other’s highly idiosyncratic, self-designed synthesizer for the first time!

Podcast Special Edition 33: Nerve Net Noise & Jessica Rylan Live on Rare Frequency Part II

Podcast Spec. Ed. 32: Nerve Net Noise & Jessica Rylan Live on Rare Frequency I

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:03:35 -0500

Japan’s Nerve Net Noise (aka Hiroshi Kumakiri) and Jessica Rylan played an extended set (their debut collaboration!) on the first Rare Frequency of 2009. The set starts with NNN playing solo, with Jessica joining him about twenty minutes in. An extra-special analog synth treat with more to come….

Podcast Special Edition 32: Nerve Net Noise & Jessica Rylan Live on Rare Frequency

For more photos, see the show flickr page

Podcast Spec. Ed. 31: Jonathan Coleclough Live on Rare Frequency

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:36:05 -0500

On November 20, 2008, Jonathan Coleclough, who was in town to play the Brainwaves Festival, played a wonderful live set using a laptop, fishing twine and an oud.

Podcast Special Edition 31: Jonathan Coleclough Live on Rare Frequency

Podcast Spec. Ed. 30: Area C Live on Rare Frequency

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:36:46 -0500

Providence musician, Erik Carlson, (aka Area C) played an oneiric, extended set on Rare Frequency on November 13, 2008. To see more photos, check the RF Flickr site.

Podcast Special Edition 30: Area C Live on Rare Frequency

Podcast 34: Falling Forward

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:28:17 -0500

Rare Frequency Podcast 34: Falling Forward

(opening music: Robert Rietty, “Transmission Begins,” Albert Elms, “Breakfast,” The Prisoner [File #2] (Silva Screen) CD)

1	Ryoji Ikeda, "Test Pattern #1111" Test Pattern (Raster Noton) CD 2008
2	Headhunter, "Baseflow" Nomad (Tempa) CD 2008
3	Lawrence English, "Figure’s Lone Static" Kiri No Oto (Touch) CD 2008
4	Brian Grainger, "Night Smoke Memory" Nine Billion Names (Milieu) CDr 2008
5	Conrad Schnitzler & Wolf Sequenza, "Copacabana" Consequenz (Captain Trip) CD 2008
6	Lithops, "Mound Magnet Part II" Caribbean Circuits (Killer Pimp) CD 2008
7	Anthony Pateras, "76755 III" Chromatophore (Tzadik) CD 2008
8	Robbie Avenaim, "Bodyrocking" Rhythmic Movement Disorder (Room 40) CD 2008
9	James Devane, "32-39" s/t (Bremsstrahlung) CD 2008 (album currently available for download on label website!)
10	Calvin “Bubbles” Cameron, "Moses" Wareika Hill Sounds (Honest Jon’s) CD 2007

Podcast Spec. Ed. 29: Illusion of Safety Live on Rare Frequency 10/23/08

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:28:04 -0500

Legendary experimental and industrial artist Illusion of Safety made his Boston live debut on RF last week with an epic two-plus-hour set. Here’s the whole kit and caboodle. There are more photos from the set on the RF Flickr page.

Podcast Special Edition 29: Illusion of Safety Live on Rare Frequency

Podcast Spec. Ed. 28:Jozef Van Wissem Live on Rare Frequency 10/09/08

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:38:46 -0500

Dutch lutenist, Jozef Van Wissem, performed two sets on RF on October 09: the first consisted of solo lute pieces, the second featured lute and field recordings. This was Van Wissem’s first performance in Boston. He announces the titles of the pieces at the end of each set.

Podcast Special Edition 28: Jozef Van Wissem Live on Rare Frequency

Podcast Spec. Ed. 27:Jason Kahn & Asher Live on Rare Frequency 09/25/08

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:27:51 -0500

On September 25, 2008 Jason Kahn and Asher Thal-nir performed an extended live set on Rare Frequency. Jason and Asher have just released their first collaborative album, Vista on and/OAR.

Podcast Special Edition 27: Jason Kahn and Asher on Rare Frequency

Podcast 33: Back to School Special

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:24:28 -0500

Rare Frequency Podcast 33: Back to School

(opening music: Unknown, “Georgia Organ,” Sprigs of Time: 78s from the EMI Archive) (Honest Jon’s) CD)

1	Akane Hosaka, "Ponkotsu Eisei 23 Gou" Niko Niko Denki Music (Sonore) CD 2008
2	Felix Kubin & Asmus Tietchens, "Heisses Eisen" Axolotl Lullabies (Oral) CD 2008
3	Vex’d, "Slime" Degenerate (Planet Mu) CD 2007
4	Maga Bo, "Siri Ya Pendu Langu feat. Mohammed Issa Matona" Archipelagoes (Soot) CD 2008
5	Gas, "Nah und Fern" s/t (Oral) Book + CD 2008
6	Jos Smolders, "A HUM UMENT was written" A Gaussian Transient (Megaphone) (Non-Visual Objects) CD 2008
7	Pomassl, "Kalin Tubes" Spare Parts (Raster-Noton) CD 2008
8	Kamran Sadeghi, "Pivot" Through Thickness (Dragon’s Eye) CD 2008
9	Greg Kelley, "#7" Self-Hate Index (Semata) CD 2008
10	Les Maledictus Sound, "Stupidly Made In Gaulle" Attention (Mucho Gusto) CD 1999

Podcast Spec. Ed. 26:rise set twilight on Rare Frequency 08/07/08

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:39:21 -0500

On August 7, 2008 Michael Bullock and Linda Aubry Bullock (a.k.a. rise set twilight) performed two separate pieces on Rare Frequency both using location recordings and the techniques of musique concretè. Unfortunately, the CD recorder at the station failed that evening, but Mike and Linda kindly provided recordings of their pieces, which are what you’ll hear on this podcast. To find out more about rise set twilight, you can read my recent interview with them.

Michael Bullock, The Eastern Realm
Linda Aubry Bullock, Ray of Dark

Podcast Special Edition 26: rise set twilight on Rare Frequency

Podcast 32: Rather Lovely

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:50:30 -0500

Rare Frequency Podcast 32: Rather Lovely

(opening music: The Advisory Circle, “Spider’s Web,” Ghost Box 3-track E.P. (July) (Ghost Box) mp3)

1	Ø, "U-Bahn" Oleva (Sahko) CD 2008
2	Klimek, "For Eugene Chadbourne and Henry Kaiser" Dedications (Anticipate) CD 2007
3	The Fun Years, "Auto Show Day of the Dead" Baby, It’s Cold Inside (Barge) CD 2008
4	Stephan Mathieu, "Michael" Radioland (Die Schachtel) CD 2008
5	Felix Kubin, "Rudi Gullit’s Head" Axolotl Lullaby (Oral) CD 2008
6	Emeralds, "The Quaking Mess" Solar Bridge (Hanson) CD 2008
7	Oneohtrix Point Never, "Turbo Dawn Habibi" Transmat Memories (Dreamtime Tape Productions) CD 2008
8	Pole, "Streit" Pole 2 (Kiff) CD 2008

Podcast Spec. Ed. 25:Keith Fullerton Whitman Live on Rare Frequency 07/03/08

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:50:47 -0500

Though he’s been my guest twice in the past to select records and chit chat during WZBC fundraisers, Keith Fullerton Whitman’s July 3rd appearance marked his live debut on RF. For whatever reason, the stars aligned and the recording came out particularly well. Perhaps the gods were paying Keith back for introducing me to the wonders of Turkish psych some years back. Who knows? In any case, to find out more about the process behind KFW’s music, check out my interview with him.

Podcast Special Edition 25: Keith Fullerton Whitman Live on Rare Frequency

Podcast Spec. Ed. 24:Howard Stelzer Live on Rare Frequency 06/19/08

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:54:52 -0500

On June 19, 2008, local tape maestro and Intransitive Recordings head honcho, Howard Stelzer, performed a live set in the WZBC FM studio. You can read a short piece by Howie giving you a run-down of his current cassette faves in the “Featured” section of the site. Though Howie has been my guest on the program in the past (playing records and talking Intransitive) this was his live performance on the program.

Podcast Special Edition 24: Howard Stelzer Live on Rare Frequency

Podcast 31: Hot Stuff

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:57:24 -0500

Rare Frequency Podcast 30: Hot Stuff

Note: Yes, I play the same Philip Jeck piece in consecutive podcasts. What excuse can I possibly offer? Well, uh, it really is hot.

(opening music: Warner Jepson, “Skate Date,” Totentanz And Other Electronic Work 1958-1973 (Disc Two) (Expanding Melon) 2CD)

1	Alva Noto, "u_07" Unitxt (Raster-Noton) CD 2008
2	Frank Bretschneider, "Rand" Rand (Mille Plateaux) CD 2000
3	Philip Jeck, "Shining" Sand (Touch) CD 2008
4	DJ /Rupture vs. Badawi Quintet, "Ipanema Under Fire" Unit of Resistence (Roar) CD 2008
5	Asmus Tietchens, "Rosenkranz" Mysteries of the Organ (Die Stadt) CD 2008
6	Burning Star Core, "Challenger" Challenger (Hospital Productions) CD 2008
7	Kevin Drumm, "Snow" Imperial Distortion (Hospital Productions) CD 2008
8	Byetone, "Heart" Death of a Typographer (Raster-Noton) CD 2008
9	Gas, "Zauberberg 6" Nah und Fern (Kompakt) 4CD 2008

Podcast 30: Sprung

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:35:13 -0500

Rare Frequency Podcast 30: Sprung

(opening music: Raymond Scott, “Domino,” Manhattan Research Institute (Basta) CD)

1	Baris Manco, "Flower Called Love" Hava Nargile (Dionysus) CD 2001
2	Boredoms, "8" Super Roots 6 (Vice) CD 2007
3	Philip Jeck, "Shining" Sand (Touch) CD 2008
4	Mordant Music, "Fading Font" Mordant Music Sampler (Mordant Music) mp3 2007
5	Belbury Poly, "Cool Air" Farmer’s Angle (Ghost Box) EP 2008
6	Jozef van Wissem, "Into the Abyss of Perdition" A Priori (Incunabulum) CD 2008
7	Warner Jepson, "Blood Knot" Totentanz and Other Electronic Music, 1958-73 (Expanding Melon) CD 2008
8	Frank Rothkamm, "Encounter With Remarkable Trees" Just Three Organs (Flux) CD 2008
9	Schlammpeitziger, "Dauerdachdeck Dritter" Schwingstelle Fur Rauschabzug (Sonig) CD 2008
10	Felix Kubin, "Bruder Luzifer" Filmmusik (A-Musik) CD 2001
11	Shots, "Arabian Nightmare" Dubstep Drama (Rinse FM) CD 2008

Podcast 29: Toned Down

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:56:56 -0500

Rare Frequency Podcast 29: Toned Down

(opening music: Brian Hodgson, “Chumbley at Rest [Galaxy Four],” Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop- Volume 1: the Early Years 1963-1969 (BBC Worldwide) CD)

1	Kode9 & Space Ape, "Konfusion (vocal)" Konfusion EP (Hyperdub) 12” 2008
2	Skream, "Blue Eyez" Skream! (Tempa) CD 2007
3	Byetone, "Plastic Star (Dr. Walker remix)" Plastic Star EP (Raster-Noton) 12” 2008
4	Frank Bretschneider, "Expecting Someone Taller" Party of Two Parts EP. (Underscan) EP 2003
5	Abdel Hadi Halo & The El Gusto Orchestra Of Algiers, "Fatouma" Abdel Hadi Halo & The El Gusto Orchestra Of Algiers (Honest Jon’s) CD 2008
6	Jozef van Wissem, "The Soul Leaves the Body in Eternal Glory" A Priori (Incunabulum) CD 2008
7	Svyatoslav Lunyov, "Urbi et Orbi" Para Pacem Para Bellum (Quasi Pop) CD 2007
8	Tom Dissevelt, "Fantasy in Orbit" Popular Electronics (Basta) 4CD 2004
9	Joji Yuasa, "Projection Esemplastic For White Noise, 1964" OHM: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music (Ellipsis Arts) CD 2005
10	Pita, "CE3Get Out (Editions Mego) CD 2008
11	People Like Us, "Who CaresAbridged Too Far (Ubu) mp3 2004

Podcast 28: No Foolin'

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:25:32 -0500

Rare Frequency Podcast 28: No Foolin’

(opening music: Cecil Leuter, “Pop Electronique No. 11,” Pop Electronique (Pulp Flavor) CD)

1	Mustafa Özkent, "Dolana Dolana" Genclik Ile Elele (Finders Keepers) CD 2006
2	Filastine, "Judas Goat" Burn It (Soot) CD 2007
3	Benga, "The Cut" Diary of an Afro Warrior (Tempa) CD 2008
4	Mariola Brillowska and Felix Kubin, "Catchtanz" H.O.N.D. (A-Musik) CD 2008
5	KTL, "Loud Game" KTL 3 (OR) EP 2008
6	Bokar Rimpoche, "In Tibetan Bowls" Sacred Chants and Tibetan Rituals from the Monastery of Mirik (Sub Rosa) CD 2008
7	Autechre, "Outh9x" Quaristice (Warp) CD 2008
8	Ditterich von Euler Donnersperg, "Untitled" Pelzwurstlieder Siebentes Heft (Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien) 7” 2003
9	Graham Lambkin and Jason Lescalleet, "Listen, the Snow is Falling" The Breadwinner (Erstwhile) CD 2008
10	Ersen, "Gazan Mubarek Olsun Ersen (Finders Keepers) CD (2008)

Podcast Spec. Ed. 23:Ashley Paul Live on Rare Frequency 03/13/08

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:46:29 -0500

On March 13, 2008, reedist Ashley Paul performed a live set on RF. Ashley is just about to start a stint as an Artist in Residence at the Issue Project Room in New York City, and has just released her second solo CD, Dol, on Rel Records. You can read an interview with her in the featured section of the site. This was her first appearance on the program.

Podcast Special Edition 23: Ashley Paul Live on Rare Frequency

Podcast Spec. Ed. 22:Marc McNulty Live on Rare Frequency 03/06/08

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:54:41 -0500

On March 6, 2008 local sound artist, Marc McNulty performed a live set on the program. It was Marc’s third appearance on Rare Frequency; you can listen to podcasts of his previous sets here and here, and read an RF interview with him here. Marc’s latest release Minumism is out now (and available for download) on the Polish AudioTong label.

Podcast Special Edition 22: Marc McNulty Live on Rare Frequency

Podcast 27: Pulling Teeth

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:14:55 -0500

Rare Frequency Podcast 27: Pulling Teeth

(opening music: The Focus Group, “Look Hear Now!,” We Are All Pan’s People (Ghost Box) CD)

1	Nicolas Schöffer, "Chronosonor 3" Hommage A Bartok (Creel Pone) CDr 2007
2	Weiss, "02.24.02" Rephlex (Electroton) CD 2007
3	Sublamp, "I Move When You Do" Shiverland (Serac) CD 2007
4	Aaron Martin, "Burning Honey" River Water (Preservation) CD 2007
5	Jason Kahn (remixing Asher), "Am Wasser" Graceful Degradation: Variations (Sourdine) CD 2008
6	Idea Fire Company, "Island of Taste" Island of Taste (Swill Radio) LP 2008
7	Roel Meelkop, Giuseppe Ielasi, Howard Stelzer, Frans de Waard, "Zondag 5" Zondag (Port) CD 2008
8	Asmus Tietchens, "Teilmenge 45" η Menge (Line) CD 2008
9	Brethren of the Free Spirit, "In Him There Is No Sin" All Things Are From Him, Through Him, and In Him (Audiomer) CD 2007
10	Arif Sağ, "Osman Pehlivan" Obsession (Bully) CD (2008)

Podcast Spec. Ed. 21Astronaut Live on Rare Frequency 02/07/08

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:27:43 -0500

This podcast features a live set by Dan Lopatin and Lee Tindall of Astronaut from February 7, 2008. To find out more about the band, read the RF interview with Dan, Lee, and their compatriot Andy Plovnick in the Featured section.

Podcast Special Edition 21: Astronaut Live on Rare Frequency

Podcast 26: Getting Colder

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:40:53 -0500

Rare Frequency Podcast 26: Getting Colder

(opening music: Delia Derbyshire, “Fresh Aire (Russe),” The Tomorrow People (Trunk) CD)

1	Darren McClure, "Pink River" Softened Edges (The Land Of) CD 2007
2	Idea Fire Company, "Lost Victories" Islands of Taste (Swill Radio) LP (forthcoming)
3	Antti Rannisto, "Äänienseitaä 3 Live" Sleeparchive\|Antti Rannisto (Sleeparchive) CD 2007
4	COH, "Euphrates, Part II: Devoto Maestoso Al Fine" Strings (Raster-Noton) 2CD 2007
5	Ata Ebtekar (Sote), "Miniature Tune" Persian Electronic Music: Yesterday and Today (Sub Rosa) 2CD 2007
6	Gamelan Kyahi Kanyut Mesem du Puro Mangkunegaran, "Gending Tirtakentjana, pelog nem" Central Javanese Gamelan: Archaic Styles an Austere Performances of the early 1970s (Ian Nagoski) CDr 2007
7	Schurer and Steinbrüchel, "02" Falte (NonVisual Objects) CD 2007
8	Sinkou Son & Kouran Kin, "Songs of Grief" The Black Mirror (Dust to Digital) CD 2007
9	Shackleton, "Majestic Visions" Soundboy Punishments (Skull Disco) 2CD 2007
10	Asmus Tietchens, "04" Teils teils (Swill Radio) LP (forthcoming)
11	Eric Malmberg, "Min Kompis Anton" Verklighet Och Beat (Häpna) CD 2007

Podcast Spec. Ed. 20:Forbes Graham Live on Rare Frequency

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:26:07 -0500

This podcast features a live set by trumpet player, electronic musician, and composer, Forbes Graham. Forbes was my guest in the studio on October 25, 2007. To find out more about Forbes, check out my RF interview with him.

Podcast Special Edition 20: Forbes Graham Live on Rare Frequency

Podcast 25: Supremely RF

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:07:05 -0500

The RF podcast has hit the quarter century mark — woot! In honor of this quasi-auspicious occasion, I bust out not one but two new tracks by COH (including a cracking semi-rarity), as well as not one but two tracks from Pedro Carneiro’s Improbable Transgressions 2CD (which I inexplicably misidentify on mic as Impossible Transgressions — whoops). There’s also fresh music from Giuseppe Ielasi, White Williams, Frank Bretschneider, and Jessica Rylan (yes, I mispronounce the name of her song, “Phantasia,” just to make things extra special — whoops again). There are also some golden oldies in the mix for your listening pleasure, so enjoy!

Rare Frequency Podcast 25: Supremely RF

(opening music: Raymond Scott, “Portofino,” Manhattan Research, Inc. (Basta) 4CD)

1	COH, "Untitled 10 " Super Suprematism (Post-Pop) CD 2007
2	White Williams, "Lice In the Window" Smoke (Tigerbeat6) CD 2006
3	Frank Bretschneider, "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" Rhythm (Raster-Noton) CD 2007
4	Pedro Carneiro, "For Ralf Wehowsky" Improbable Transgressions (Sirr Records) 2CD 2007
5	Ralf Wehowsky, "In Gespannter Erwartung" Improbable Transgressions (Sirr Records) 2CD 2007
6	Jessica Rylan, "Phantasia" Interior Designs (Important Records) CD 2007
7	Marconi Notaro, "Oh, Greedy Life!" No Sub Reino Dos Metazoarios (Time-Lag) CD 2007
8	Giuseppe Ielasi, "1" August (12k) CD 2007
9	COH, "Spiritoso, Con Amore" Strings (Raster-Noton) 2CD 2007
10	Kraftwerk, "Elektrisches Roulette" Ralf and Florian (Germanofon) CD 2007

Podcast 24: Non-Event Squared

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:57:00 -0500

This podcast features a set that I did for a sQuareOne party at the Enormous Room in Cambridge. I was representing Non-Event, so — just to make things difficult for myself — the set consists solely of music by artists who have played Non-Events in the past.

Rare Frequency Podcast 24: Non-Event Squared

1	Stephan Mathieu and Janek Schaefer, "Maori Love Song " Hidden Name (Cronica) CD 2007
2	Yuko Nexus6, "Ravenna, Italy" Translation of Sightseeing (Onomato) CD 2006
3	Keith Fullerton Whitman, "Stereo Music For Farfisa Compact Duo Deluxe, Drum Kit" Multiples (Kranky) CD 2005
4	Phonophani, "Ring" Phonophani (Rune Grammofon) CD 2006
5	Pan Sonic, "Lapevinmeri / Laptev Sea" Katodivaihe (Blast First Petite) CD 2007
6	Senking, "Senking EP 5" Senking (Karaoke Kalk) CD 1997
7	Christian Fennesz, "5" Hotel Paral.Lel (Editions Mego) CD 2007
8	Jetone, "Octan" Ultramarin (Force Inc.) CD 2001
9	Yuko Nexus6, "Journal De Tokyo #2" Journal de Tokyo (Sonore) CD 2003
10	Giuseppe Ielasi and Nicola Ratti, "10’47”" Bellows (Kning Disk) CD 2007

Podcast Spec. Ed. 19:Ophibre Live on Rare Frequency

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:39:27 -0500

This podcast features an August 16, 2007 live set by Ophibre. Ophibre is Ben Rossignol, a sound/noise artist from Boston. For more information on Ophibre, check out the RF interview with him in the “Featured” section of the site. You can see more photos from the show here.

Podcast Special Edition 19: Ophibre Live on Rare Frequency

Podcast Special Ed. 18:Marc McNulty Live on Rare Frequency

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:26:19 -0500

This podcast features an August 2, 2007 live set by Boston-based electronic musician Marc McNulty. For more information on Marc, check out the RF interview with him in the Featured section. You can see more photos from the show here.

Podcast Special Ed. 18: Marc McNulty Live on Rare Frequency

Podcast 23: Turkish Psych 2

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:03:42 -0500

Rare Frequency Podcast 23: Turkish Psych Vol. 2

(opening music: Bunalim, “Bunalim” Bunalim (Shadoks) CD)

1	Bunalim, "Tas Var Köpek Yok " Bunalim (Shadoks) CD 2007
2	Edip Akbayram, "Degmen Benim Gamli Yasli Gönlüme" Edip Akbayram (Shadoks) CD 2006
3	Erkin Koray, "Cümbür Cemaat" Tutkusu (Underground Masters) CD 2006
4	Selda, "Mehmet Emmi" Selda (Finders Keepers) CD 2006
5	Fikret Kizilok, "Koyverdin Gittin Beni" Fikret Kizilok (World Psychedelia) CD 2005
6	3 Hürel, "Ölum Al Beni" 3 Hürel (World Psychedelia) CD 2005
7	Edip Akbayram, "Arabam Kaldi Yolda" Edip Akbayram (Shadoks) 2CD 2006
8	Selda, "Ince Ince" Selda (Finders Keepers) CD 2006
9	Bunalim, "Bir Dünya Da Bana Ver" Bunalim (Shadoks) CD 2007
10	Erkin Koray, "Silinmeyen Hatiralar" Erkin Koray (World Psychedelia) CD 2005
11	Mogollar, "Ternek" Mogollar (World Psychedelia) CD 2005
12	Ersen, "Garip Gönlüm" Dünden Bügune (Underground Masters) CD 2006
13	3 Hürel, "Anadolu Dansi" 3 Hürel (World Psychedlia) CD 2005
14	Bülent Ortaçgil, "Kediler" Benimle Oynar Mýsýn (World Psychedlia) CD 2006

Podcast Special Ed. 17:Jarrod Fowler Live on Rare Frequency

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 13:47:35 -0500

This podcast features a July 19, 2007 live set by Boston sound artist, Jarrod Fowler. This piece is part of Jarrod’s ongoing translation project and focuses on the classic Gilles Deleuze text, Difference and Repetition. For more information on Jarrod, check out the RF interview with him in the Featured section. You can see more photos from the show here.

This podcast has been removed at the request of the artist on June 23, 2009.

Podcast 22: Bring Me the Head of Podcast 22

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:27:02 -0500

Rare Frequency Podcast 22: Bring Me the Head of Podcast 22

Note: I forgot to list the Philip Jeck track in my back announcement. Bad DJ.

(opening music from Li De La Russe (Delia Derbyshire), “Fresh Aire (Russe)” The Tomorrow People (Trunk) CD)

1	Jazkamer, "Eat Shit I " Eat Shit (Asspiss) CD 2007
2	Area C, "Haunt" Haunt (Last Visible Dog) CD 2007
3	Jozef Van Wissem, "The Port" A Rose By Any Other Name (Incunabulum) CD 2007
4	Omar Souleyman, "Atabat" Highway to Hasake (Sublime Frequencies) CD 2007
5	Philip Jeck, "Instructions for Survival 2" TouchRadio (Touch Radio) CD 2007
6	Mem1, "Ipomoea" Alexipharmaca (Interval Recordings) CD 2007
7	The Buoys, "Spider" Grillo Parlante (Bathysphere) CD 2007
8	Karl-Ernst Sasse, "Finale" Kosmos: Soundtracks to Eastern Germany’s Adventures in Space (All Score) CD 2000

Podcast Special Ed. 16:Ernst Karel Live

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:55:41 -0500

This podcast features a live solo set of analog electronics and location recordings by musician and sound artist, Ernst Karel. It was first broadcast live on June 07, 2007 on WZBC 90.3FM. For more information on Ernst, read my interview with him.

Podcast Special Ed. 16: Ernst Karel Live

Podcast Special Ed. 15:Eli Keszler Live

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:15:10 -0500

This podcast features a live set from multi-instrumentalist Eli Keszler, which was first broadcast on May 31, 2007. In this set, Eli uses a variety of percussion instruments (cymbals, drums, etc), as well as electronics to build some seriously glorious harmonics. To find out more about Eli, check my earlier interview with him.

Podcast Special Ed. 15: Eli Keszler Live

Podcast 21: Faux

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 19:37:54 -0500

Rare Frequency Podcast 21: Faux

(opening music from Li De La Russe (Delia Derbyshire), “Fresh Aire (Russe)” The Tomorrow People (Trunk) CD)

1	Pan Sonic, "Hinaaja / Tugboat" Katodivaihe (Blast First Petite) CD 2007
2	Klangkrieg, "Zellenmonolog" Klangkrieg (Funfundvierzig) CD 1993
3	Alog, "The Future of Norwegian Wood" Amateur (Rune Grammofon) CD 2007
4	Moebius, "Im Wedding" Original Soundtrack: Blue Moon (Sky) CD 1995
5	Holosud, "Wasche" Fijnewas Afpompen (A-musik) CD 1998
6	Die Welttraumforscher, "Ein Feuer Aus Licht und Lieber (remixed by Klang)" …Remixen die Welttraumforscher (Staubgold) CD 2006
7	Hans Appelquist, "Zenna & Marie" Att Mota Verkligheten (Hapna) 3”CD 2005
8	Stock, Hausen & Walkman, "New" Organ Transplants (Hot Air) CD 1996
9	Andrey Kiritchenko, "Scatter Stars" Scatter Stars (~n) mp3 2005
10	Novisad, "Methadecorre" Novisad (Tomlab) CD 1998
11	Byetone, "Fremd" Feld (Binemusic) CD 2003
12	Sack & Blumm, "Mel Under" Shy Noon (Gefriem) CD 2000

Podcast Special Ed. 14b:DJ C Rare Frequency Mix (Part 2)

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Thu, 31 May 2007 11:45:58 -0500

This is the second part of a special live mix by DJ C (aka Jake Trussell), which also includes a short interview. It originally aired on WZBC on May 10, 2007. For more information on Jake, check out my interview with him.

Podcast Special Ed. 14b: DJ C RF Mix, Part 2

Podcast Special Ed. 14:DJ C Rare Frequency Mix (Part 1)

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Tue, 22 May 2007 13:40:58 -0500

This is part one of a special live mix by DJ C (aka Jake Trussell). For the past 10 years, Jake has been an integral figure in Boston’s electronic music scene, first as part of the Toneburst Collective and more recently as one of the residents at the Beat Research weekly at the Enormous Room in Cambridge. In June he’ll be pulling up his roots and heading to Chicago, so it seemed a good time for reflection. This special retrospective set features music that Jake has made over the last decade as DJ C, Electro Organic Sound System, and as a member of the groups Cul de Sac and Tiger Saw.

Podcast Special Ed. 14: DJ C RF Mix, Part 1

Podcast 20: Mushroom

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Tue, 01 May 2007 14:22:13 -0500

Rare Frequency Podcast 20: Mushroom

(opening music from Li De La Russe, “Fresh Aire (Russe)” The Tomorrow People (Trunk) CD)

1	Pjusk, "Flyktig" Sart (12k.com) CD 2007
2	Sleeparchive, "Perspective" Shut Up and Danc! Updated (Ostgut) CD 2007
3	Von Südenfed, "Speech Contamination/ German Fear Of Osterre" Tromatic Reflexxions(Domino) CD 2007
4	Gui Boratto, "Chromophobia" Chromophobia (Kompakt) CD 2007
5	Senking, "Senking EP 5" s/t (Karaoke Kalk) CD 1997
6	Novi_Sad, "everything looks better beside water" Misguided heart pulses, a hammer, she, and the clock (Tilt) CD 2007
7	KTL, "Theme" 2 (Editions Mego) CD 2007
8	Michael Santos, "Energy Turtle" Soft Pocket (U-Cover) CD 2007

Podcast 19: Spring!!

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:46:17 -0500

Rare Frequency Podcast 19: Spring Flowers

1	Franco Battiato, "Energia" Fetus (Water) CD 2006
2	Aun, "Meldal" Mule (Oral) CD 2007
3	Tetuzi Akiyama and Jozef Van Wissem, "Cry of the Hawk" Hymn For A Fallen Angel(Incunabulum) CD 2007
4	Henry Flynt, "Echo Rock " Backporch Hillbilly Blues, Vol. 2 (Locust) CD 2005
5	Lasse Marhaug, "Spook Asphalt" Million Ways To Spend Your Time (Quasi Pop) CD 2007
6	The Fun Years, "D>>2" Life-Sized Psychoses (Barge) CD 2007
7	Tom Recchion, "The Elephant God" Sweetly Doing Nothing (Birdman) CD 2007
8	Devin Sarno and G.E. Stinson, "Soundfall" Heart Cell Memory (Squirrel Girl) CD 2006
9	Jean-Pierre Gauthier, "Ventilation" Porte disparu dans une quincaillerie (Oral) CD 2007
10	Bernard Bonnier, "”I can’t sing…”" Casse-tete (Creel Pone) CDr 2007

Podcast 18: April Showers

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:13:04 -0500

Rare Frequency Podcast 18: April Showers

(opening music from Tom Dissevelt/Kid Baltan, “Repeating Pentatonic Figure 1 (Sound Material For “Drifting”)” Popular Electronics (Basta) 4CD)

1	Otomo Yoshihide, "Violin Bow With Handmade Needle" Multiple Otomo (Asphodel) DVD+CD 2007
2	Richard Francis and Nest, "The Wine Cellar" On Isolation (Room40) CD 2007
3	Bernard Parmegiani, "Energy" Chants Magnetiques(Fractal) CD 2007
4	Artur Nowak, "Untitled 31" Xerrox (EMD) CD 2007
5	Alex Monk, "Soyuz 1" s/t (self-releasesd) CDr 2007
6	Vladimir Ussachevsky, "Computer Piece No. 1 (1968)" Electronic and Acoustic Works (New World Records) CD 2007
7	Martin Denny, "Rot Au Prince (Stereo)" Forbidden Island (Rev-ola) CD 2006

Podcast Special Ed. 13:Jay Sullivan Live 03/23/07

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:22:32 -0500

This podcast features a live set by local sound artist, Jay Sullivan, which was first broadcast on March 22, 2007 on WZBC. Jay’s work is composed using a Califone turntable and various lo-fi electronic and mechanical devices. For more information about Jay, check out my interview with him.

Rare Frequency Podcast (Special Ed. 13): Jay Sullivan Live 03/22/07

Podcast 17: Domestic Bliss

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:10:21 -0500

Rare Frequency Podcast 17: Domestic Bliss

1	Daphne Oram, "Rotolock" Oramics (Paradigm) CD 2007
2	Klaaro, "001-eg" …a gift for… (Grey Sparkle) CDr 2006
3	Sleepararchive?, "L-A-C" Stamp Release EP(Sleeparchive) 12” 2007
4	alva noto, "Haliod_Xerrox_Copy_6" Xerrox (Raster Noton) CD 2007
5	Scott Taylor, "Monkey Puzzle" Five Dreams for Sleepers (Con-v) CDr 2006
6	Janek Schaefer, "Accident Assistant" Wire Tapper 6 (The Wire) CD 2005
7	Oren Ambarchi, "Lost Time Not Found Again" An Evening At Room40 (Room40) CD 2006
8	C-Schulz, "Flimm II" 5.Flicker Tunes (Sonig) CD 2005
9	Svalastog, "Slow-Blowing Wireless" An Evening At Room40 (Room40) CD 2006
10	Jorg Follert, "By Car" Visor (Tomlab) CD 1997
11	Senking, "Graue Musik" List (Raster Noton) CD 2007
12	Salah Ragab and the Cairo Jazz Band, "Egypt Strut" Egyptian Jazz (Art Yard) CD/LP 2006

Rare Frequency Podcast (Special Ed. 12): Asher Live 02/01/07

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 21:51:56 -0500

This podcast features a live set by local sound artist Asher Thal-nir, which was first broadcast on February 02, 2007. Asher’s work is composed using recordings of acoustic and electronic instruments, location recordings and found recordings which are manipulated in various ways. His work has been published online by 12k/term, Conv, Laboratoire Moderne, and Homophoni, and on CDr by Conv and Leerraum, as well as upcoming cdr and dvd-r releases on Conv, Mystery Sea, and Leerraum. For more information about Asher, check out my interview with him.

Rare Frequency Podcast (Special Ed. 12): Asher Live 02/01/07

Rare Frequency Podcast (Special Ed. 11): Murmer Live 12/21/06

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 12:16:37 -0500

This podcast features a live set by Boston native, Murmer, aka Patrick McGinley. A longtime resident of London, Patrick works with field recordings and found sounds, framing sounds from our environment which normally pass through our ears unnoticed and unremarked, but which out of context become unrecognizable, alien and extraordinary: crackling charcoal, a squeaking escalator, a buzzing insect, or one’s own breath. Patrick was in town to play at the Intransitive Recordings show as part of Boston’s First Night 2007.

Rare Frequency Podcast (Special Ed. 11): Murmer Live 12/21/06

Podcast 16: Prickled Ice, Torn Asunder

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:02:22 -0500

Rare Frequency Podcast 16: Prickled Ice, Torn Asunder

(opening loop from Raymond Scott, “Wheels That Go” Manhattan Research Inc. (Basta) 2CD)

1	Mika Vainio, "Hampaat III" Revitty (Wavetrap) CD 2007
2	Pixel, "Sinus" Set Your Center Between Your Parts In Order To (Raster Noton) CDr 2006
3	Holden, "Lump" The Idiots Are Winning (Border Community) CD 2006
4	Jazzkammer & Sir Duperman, "Spor Uten Navn 3" Duperkammer (Smalltown Supersound) CD 2003
5	Seht & Stelzer, "Untitled 3" Exactly What You Lost (Intransitive) CD 2007
6	Lithops, "Blasmusik" Queries (Sonig) CD 2006
7	György Kurtág, "Hommage á Ferenc Berenyi 70 (Kelemen Mikes says: )" Játékok (BMC) CD 2006

Rare Frequency Podcast (Special Ed. 10): Derek Hoffend Live 12.07.06

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 15:42:53 -0500

This podcast features a live set by recent Boston transplant, Derek Hoffend. Derek creates sound-sculpture installations and performs live audio-works involving composed and improvised pieces for computer, hand-made circuits, and modified electronic and acoustic instruments. For more information, check out his website. The performance was recorded live in the WZBC studio on December 07, 2006.

Rare Frequency Podcast Special Ed. 10: Derek Hoffend Live

Rare Frequency Podcast 15: A Very Rare Holiday Podcast

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 08:59:14 -0500

Here is a merry little podcast, featuring experimental holiday classics both new and old.

Happy Holidays!

Rare Frequency Podcast 15: A Very Rare Holiday Podcast

1	i8u, "Christmas Give Ideas" 60 Sound Artists Protest the War (ATAK) CD 2003
2	Maurice Blackburn, "Christmas Cracker (Caprice de Noël" Music of the N.F.B. (Creel Pone) CDr 2006
3	Pietro Grossi, "Untitled 02" Buon Natale 1967 e Felice Anno Nuevo (Creel Pone) CDr 2006
4	Stephan Mathieu & Ekkehard Ehlers, "Turkey Song" Heroin (Brombron) CD 2001
5	RLW, "Ihr Kinderlein" Merry Merry (Meuw Muzak) 7" 2003
6	Brian Whitman, "Radiant Bells" A Singular Christmas (Eigenradio) mp3 2004
7	Tod Dockstader, "Holiday Meltdown" Electronic Music (Creel Pone) CDr 2005
8	Hematic Sunsets with Okko Bekker, "Weihnachten im Aroma Club" Weihnachten im Aroma Club (Meuw Muzak) 7" 2004

Rare Frequency Podcast 14: You Charcoal It, Chamberlain

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 23:30:45 -0500

In honor of this week's holiday preemption, RF gives thanks with music, both old and new. There are no musical turkeys here.

Rare Frequency Podcast 14: You Charcoal It, Chamberlain

1	My Fun, "The Pursuit of Old Pleasures" Idyll EP (Test Tube) mp3 2006
2	Harmonia, "Ahoi!" Musik von Harmonia (Lilith) CD 2006
3	Priscilla McLean, "Archangels" Electronic Landscapes (Em Records) CD 2006
4	Harvester, "Nar Lingonen Mognar" Hemat (Silence) CD 2001
5	Autistici, "Attaching Softness to a Shell (A)" Blueprints (12k) CD 2006
6	Marc McNulty, "00011 " Faraday Cage (Earphone) CDr 2006
7	Conrad Schnitzler, "Untitled 03 " Conrad & Sohn (Creel Pone) CD 2005
8	Goodiepal, "Time and Money" 60 Sound Artists Protest the War (ATAK) CD 2005
9	R. Tilsley, "Sexy Sox" Music DeWolfe Vol. 1 (Megaphone) CD 2006

Rare Frequency Podcast (Special Ed. 09): Marc McNulty Live 10.26.06

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 10:08:12 -0500

This podcast features a live set by recent Boston transplant, Marc McNulty. The performance was recorded live in the WZBC studio on October 26, 2006.

Rare Frequency Podcast Special Ed. 09: Marc McNulty Live

Rare Frequency Podcast 13: Lucky 13

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 20:58:10 -0500

We tempt fate with lots of new music on podcast 13, but all the while hold a trump card in the form of a classic piece by Pita. Fear not lucky 13!

Rare Frequency Podcast 13: Lucky 13

1	Ryoji Ikeda, "Untitled #25" Touch 25 (Touch) CD 2006
2	Alvars Orkester, "Lighthouse Service" Organic Woodtrip (1991-1992) (Kning Disk) CD 2006
3	Christina Kubisch, "Travel" For (Die Schachtel) CD 2004
4	Pita, "Untitled" Get Out (Mego) CD 2000
5	Kanding Ray, "n.n/peaks" Stabil (Raster Noton) CD 2006
6	Reanimator, "Clicks and Drones May... " Special Powers (Community Library) CD 2006
7	Martin Tetreault & Otomo Yoshihide, "Tradition " 21 Situations ("DAME") CD 1999

Photo: Shaun Gummere

Rare Frequency Podcast (Special Ed. 08): Ivan Pavlov/COH Interview

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 22:45:52 -0500

This podcast features an extended interview with an RF favorite, Ivan Pavlov, aka COH, from March 2006. The interview first aired on Rare Frequency on WZBC in April 16, 2006.

Rare Frequency Podcast (Special Ed. 08): Ivan Pavlov/COH Interview

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Rare Frequency Podcast 12: Untitled #12

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 23:45:21 -0500

There is a lot of scratchy vinyl and much to enjoy on this latest program, which is the first non-special edition podcast in quite some time. Enjoy!

Note: In the podcast, I neglect to mention that "Sunny-Side Up" is a duo between Christian Marclay and Gunter Muller. Very bad form. Consider yourself fully informed now.

Rare Frequency Podcast 12: Untitled #12

1	Stephan Mathieu & Janek Schaefer, "Maori Love Song" Hidden Name (Cronica) CD 2006
2	Philip Samartzis & Lawrence English, "Goin' Back Home" One Plus One (Room 40) CD 2006
3	Alva.Noto, "Gulf Night" For (Line) CD 2006
4	Lithops, "Cephlapod" Mound Magnet (Thrill Jockey) CD 2006
5	Alvars Orkester, "Track 3 (untitled)" Organic Woodtrip (1991-1992) (Kning Disk) CD 2006
6	COH, "Path #3 " Patherns E.P. (Raster Noton) CD 2006
7	Kuniharu Akiyama, "Noh-Miso (1962), Part 6 " Music For Puppet Theatre of HITOMI-ZA (Edition Omega Point) CD 2006
8	Christian Marclay & Gunter Muller, "Sunny-Side Up " Live Improvisations (For4Ears) CD 1994
8	Blind Roosevelt Graves & Uaroy Graves, "I Shall Not Be Moved " The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of (Yazoo Records) CD 2006
9	Satoru Wono, "Nice Trip" Sauvage (Kaeru Cafe) CD 1998

Photo: Shaun Gummere

Rare Frequency Podcast (Special Ed. 07): Gal & i8u Live 08.24.06

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:56:41 -0500

This podcast features a live set by Bernhard Gal and i8u. It was first broadcast on August 24, 2006 on WZBC.

Rare Frequency Podcast (Special Ed. 07): Bernhard Gal & i8u Live 08.24.06

Austrian-born composer and sound artist Bernhard Gal creates electronic and electro-acoustic music, as well as compositions for acoustic instruments. His projects and sound installations incorporate light, objects, video projections and spatial concepts. He runs the record label Gromoga Records and is director of the Austrian art organization "sp ce". Currently, Gal divides his time between Vienna and Berlin, where he also teaches sound art at the University of Arts.

France Jobin, aka i8u, is a sound / installation / web artist residing in Montreal, Canada. i8u’s audio art can be qualified as sound-sculpture. It reveals powerful, opaque and complex sound environments where analog and digital meet. Her installation/web art follow a parallel path, incorporating both musical and visual elements. I8u has created solo recordings for (bake/staalplaat) (piehead) (oral) as well as collaborative works with Martin Tétreault, David Kristian and Tomas Phillips. She has been included in compilations on ATAK (Japan), bremsstrahlung (USA) and Mutek (Canada).

Rare Frequency Podcast (Special Ed. 06): Yuko Nexus6 Live 08.24.06

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 21:34:31 -0500

This podcast features a live set by Yuko Nexus6 in her Boston debut. It was first broadcast on August 24, 2006 on WZBC.

Rare Frequency Podcast (Special Ed. 06): Yuko Nexus6 Live 08.24.06

Yuko Nexus 6 is a sound artist based in Hikone, Japan. Using a mixture of field recordings, cut-up samples, digital processing, and her own voice, Yuko creates beguiling, often slyly humorous, always wonderfully idiosyncratic sonic collages and compositions. Conscious of the unspectacular dryness of an artist in front of her computer, in performance she is constantly inventing and adding little elements like grains of sand that derail her music towards something alive and astute. She received an honorary mention in Europe's Prix Ars Electronic competition in 2003.

Rare Frequency Podcast (Special Ed. 05): Gal/I8U/Yuko Nexus 6 Live 08.24.06

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 16:49:22 -0500

This podcast features a very special live set by Bernhard Gal, i8u, and Yuko Nexus6. This was first broadcast live on Rare Frequency on WZBC 90.3FM on August 24, 2006.

Rare Frequency Podcast (Special Ed. 04: Gal, i8u, Yuko Nexus6 Live 08.24.06

France Jobin, aka i8u, is a sound / installation / web artist residing in Montreal, Canada. I8u's audio art can be qualified as sound-sculpture. It reveals powerful, opaque and complex sound environments where analog and digital meet. Her installation/web art follow a parallel path, incorporating both musical and visual elements. I8u has created solo recordings for (bake/staalplaat) (piehead) (oral) as well as collaborative works with Martin Tétreault, David Kristian and Tomas Phillips. She has been included in compilations on ATAK (Japan), bremsstrahlung (USA) and Mutek (Canada).

Rare Frequency Podcast (Special Ed. 04): Red Horse Live 08.17.06

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 22:16:41 -0500

This special edition podcast features a live set by Red Horse that was first broadcast on Thursday, April 17, 2006.

Red Horse is local musician Steve Pyne, who routes feedback loops and electronics through a custom-modified, vintage organ and homemade effects boxes to create uniquely wonderous sounds. A guitarist by training, but a mad inventor at heart, Steve played backup for Boyz II Men and jazz standards at the Waldorf Astoria in New York, before discovering the joys of cracked electronics at a show by Vic Rawlings -- he hasn't looked back since.

The podcast has been removed at the artist's request.

Rare Frequency Podcast 11: Arc of a Driver

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 15:10:40 -0500

A new podcast dedicated to recent favorites from a formidable line-up of RF workhorses like Pan Sonic, Carsten Nicolai, Lionel Marchetti, and Norbert Moslang, as well as a lovely track by a newcomer, Michael Santos.

Rare Frequency Podcast 11: Arc of a Driver

1	Pan Sonic, "Slovakian Rauta" Touch 25 (Touch) CD 2006
2	Lionel Marchetti with Yoko Higashi, "Red Dust 3:3 " Red Dust" (Crouton) 3x3"CD 2005
3	Norbert Moslang, "b1_6" Burst_Log (For4Ears) CD 2006
4	Alva.Noto, "Transit (for Suchan Kinoshita)" For (Line) CD 2006
5	Micheal Santos, "Light 8" Matters (Benbecula) CD 2006

Rare Frequency Podcast 10: July 4th Self-Evidence

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 10:33:48 -0500

Though posted on the Fourth, this podcast is free of apple pie, jingoism, bombs bursting in air, and the like. RF Podcast 10 is a unadorned, unthemed program that highlights a few of my favorite recent musical acquisitions.

Rare Frequency Podcast 10: July 4th Self-Evidence

1	Monoton, "Soundsequence" Monotonprodukt 07 20yr++ (Oral) CD 2006 (originally released in 1982)
2	Phonophani, "Zernas" Phonophani" (Rune Grammofon) CD 2006 (originally released in 1998 on Biophon)
3	jgzinich, "Recurrent Territories" Equal and Distant Lines (Cloudmirror) CD 2004
4	Taylor Deupree, "Haze It May Be" Northern (12k) CD 2006
5	Francisco Lopez, "Untitled #177" untitled (2005) (Anoema Recordings) CD 2006

Rare Frequency Podcast 9: Furniture Music

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Mon, 22 May 2006 22:37:04 -0500

I take on the guise of DJ Top Hush for this relatively relaxed podcast, which is loosely based on a set I played out in April at an ambient night here in the Boston area called Furniture Music (sadly, now defunct). This is an unusually mellow podcast, so sit back, listen in and calm down just a tad. Full tracklisting below.

Rare Frequency Podcast 9: Furniture Music

1	Tod Dockstader, "Soft Aurora" Recorded Music for Film, Radio & Television (Creel Pone) CD-r 2006
2	Moebius, "Falsche Ruhe" Blue Moon: Original Soundtrack" (Sky Records) 1986
3	Biosphere, "The Things I Tell You" Substrata 2, disc one (Touch) 2CD 2001
4	Toshiya Tsunoda, "Seashore, Venice Beach_31 Jul 01" Ridge of Undulation (Hapna) CD 2005
5	Chris Watson, "Runway 02E" An Evening at Room40 (Room40) CD 2006
6	Tim Hecker, "Spectral" Radio Amor (Mille Plateaux) CD 2003
7	Keith Fullerton Whitman, "2nd Early Monolith" An Evening at Room40 (Room40) CD 2006
8	Robert Fripp & Brian Eno, "Evening Star" Evening Star (Editions EG) CD 1989
9	Laurie Spiegel, "4 Short Visits To Different Worlds: A Garden (C 1970)" Obsolete Systems (EMF) CD 2001
10	Thomas Koner, "Une Topographie Sonore: Col De Vence" Zyklop (Mille Plateaux) 2CD 2003
11	Biosphere, "The Silent Orchestra" Substrata 2, disc two (Touch) 2CD 2001
12	COH, "Between Heaven and Earth" Above Air (Eskaton) CD 2006
13	Philip Jeck, "Wipe" 7 (Touch) CD 2003
14	Biosphere/Deathprod, "Katedra Botaniki" Nordheim Transformed (Rune Grammofon) CD 1998
15	Pan Sonic, "Vaihtovirta" Aaaltopiiri (Mute) CD 2001
16	Aphex Twin, "Curtains" Selected Ambient Works Volume II (Warp) 2CD 1994

Rare Frequency Podcast (Special Ed. 03): Asher Live 04.13.06

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 12:49:09 -0500

This special edition RF podcast features an immersive, extended live set by Asher, which was originally recorded and broadcast in the WZBC FM studio on April 13, 2006. Asher has releases on the Con-V, Term, and Earlabs labels.

Rare Frequency Podcast (Special Ed. 04): Asher Live on RF 04.13.06

Note: the recording begins a few minutes into Asher’s set.

Comments? Do tell!

Rare Frequency Podcast 8: April Mix

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 08:22:35 -0500

Nothing fancy with this early spring podcast: just an extended mix laced with abstract techno, feedback experiments, vintage ’70s electronics, and burbling drones. Features tracks by the following artists: Sleeparchive, Ø, CoH, alva.noto, Henrik Rylander, Laurie Spiegel, and Alexander Rishaug. Enjoy!

Rare Frequency Podcast 8: April Mix

Any questions? Ask. Any comments? Tell.

Rare Frequency Podcast 7: Turkish Psych

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 16:55:41 -0500

With lucky Podcast Number 7, we leave the abstract electronics on the shelf in favor of some our favorite heavy, Anatolian grooves from the sixties and seventies. The show contains songs by some of the best-known Turkish psych artists, such as Erkin Koray, Mogollar (pictured here), and 3-Hurel, as well as Edip Akbayram, Bulent Ortacsil, Mazhar & Fuat, Ozemir Erdogan & his Orchestra, and the wonderful protest singer, Selda. Rock on and fuzz out!

Rare Frequency Podcast 7: Turkish Psych

Rare Frequency Podcast (Special Ed. 02): Janek Schaefer Interview 02.23.06

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 20:27:48 -0500

This very special podcast features an interview with a Rare Frequency favorite, Janek Schaefer. The interview was originally broadcast on 02.23.06 on the Rare Frequency radio program on WZBCand in it Janek and I discuss his latest release, Migration, as well as projects past, present, and future! Enjoy!

You can find a transcript of the interview here and my review of Migration here.

Rare Frequency Podcast (Special Ed. 02): Janek Schaefer Interview 02.23.06

Rare Frequency Podcast 6: The Quiet One

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 15:01:37 -0500

This installment of the show features the ultra-quiet and near silent sounds of Onkyo, microsound, and lowercase sound with selections by Filament, Jazzkammer, nmperign, Richard Chartier, Asmus Tietchens, and (naturally) Francisco Lopez. Don your headphones and listen carefully....

The opening music is Alva Noto, Track 3 [Untitled], Prototypes (Mille Plateaux).

Rare Frequency Podcast 6: The Quiet One

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Rare Frequency Podcast 5: Music Enshrined

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:42:28 -0500

Why choose a picture of a Shriner playing a calliope from a 2005 July 4th parade as the visual corollary to RF podcast 5? Isn't it obvious? This edition of the show features selections by Kohn, COH, Pan Sonic, My Fun, Alog, Christian Wolfarth, and Bruce Haack.

Theme music: P.A. Dahan and M. Camison, "Super Carousel," The Music Library: Graphic Art and Sound (Fuel Publishing) 2005.

Rare Frequency Podcast 5: Music Enshrined

Rare Frequency Podcast (Special Ed. 01): Rise Set Twilight Live! 1.12.06

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:40:19 -0500

This first special edition podcast features a live set by Boston's own Rise Set Twilight (Linda Aubry and Mike Bullock). Linda and Mike performed live in the WZBC studio on Thursday, January 12, 2006. Check out my interview with Linda and Mike here and take a look at some photos from the performance here.

Rare Frequency Podcast (Special Ed. 01): Rise Set Twilight Live!

Rare Frequency Podcast 4: "Lesson 4"

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 23:38:28 -0500

This fourth edition of the RF podcast features music from Yuko Nexus6, KFW, Sawako, Antti Rannisto, Jessica Rylan, Jon Tulchin, and AFX.

Rare Frequency Podcast 4: "Lesson 4"

Rare Frequency Podcast 3: "The Strange Sounds of the Bean and the Cod"

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Sun, 27 Nov 2005 01:27:52 -0500

At long last, it's the third Rare Frequency podcast!! This long-awaited third edition features music from three local Boston-area experimental labels: Sedimental, Intransitive, and Chloe.

Rare Frequency Podcast 3: The Strange Sounds of the Bean and the Cod

Rare Frequency Podcast 2: "Some Toys Never Lern"

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 21:50:00 -0500

This second RF podcast, titled simply "Some Toys Never Lern," features music by Blutsiphon, Satanicpornocultshop, Christian Marclay & Gunter Müller, Felix Kubin, Douglas Lilburn, Don't Dolby 05, and Lasse Marhaug & Kevin Drumm. What happened to the first? You may never know... Oh wait, it's here.

Rare Frequency Podcast 2

Rare Frequency Podcast 1: "984 Precedent"

susanna@rarefrequency.com (Rare Frequency + Various Artists) — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 21:15:00 -0500

Oddly enough, we think you'll find this "first" RF podcast sounds a tad better than the "second." How did we do it? Well, who says you never get a second chance to make a first impression....

Take a step back in time with "984 Precedent," which features electro-acoustic classics by Else Marie Pade, Marino Zuccheri, Pierre Henri, and Desmond Leslie (intro by Tod Dockstader; outro by Tom Dissevelt).

Rare Frequency Podcast 1: 984 Precedent