WNYC's New Sounds

Post-Minimalist Keyboard Works (Special Podcast)

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:40:55 -0400

For this New Sounds show, listen to post-minimalist works that are somewhat keyboard-centric. Hear brand new music by Daniel Wohl, from the musicians of TRANSIT, and featuring vocals by Julia Holter. There’s also music from French composer Sylvain Chaveau, from a collection of works for cinema. Plus, the Irish composer Simon O’Connor reworks J.S. Bach for the Ergodos Musicians, and listen to a multi-part work by Nico Muhly from his “Drones” release.

Special thanks to our New Sounds Spring Intern, Caroline, for her help in securing these permissions. Extra thanks to New Sounds Summer Intern Ross Harriss, for doing the heavy lifting of the editing.

PROGRAM # 3459, Post-Minimalist Keyboard Works (First aired on 4/25/2013)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Nico Muhly	Drones	Material In D, excerpt [1:00]	Bedroom Community HVALUR16 bedroomcommunity.net
Sylvain Chaveau	Simple (Rare and unreleased pieces 1998-2010)	Au nombre des choses [5:41]	FatCat 130701 fatcat.sandbaghq.com/sylvain-chauveau
Daniel Wohl (with Julia Holter & Transit)	Corps Exquis	Corpus [5:27]	New Amsterdam NWAM048 newamsterdamrecords.com
Sylvain Chauveau	Simple (Rare and unreleased pieces 1998-2010)	Within the Orderly Life [6:21]	FatCat 130701 fatcat.sandbaghq.com/sylvain-chauveau
Ergodos Musicians	I Call to You	Simon O'Connor : Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesus Christ (J.S. Bach) [6:43]	ER 9 Ergodos.ie ergodos.bandcamp.com
Moon Ate the Dark	Moon Ate the Dark	Capsules 11 [4:49]	Sonic Pieces 014 www.sonicpieces.com
Nico Muhly	Drones	Part I Material in D [3:50] Part II Material in a Handsome Stack [2:52] Part III Material with No Tricks [1:55] Part IV Material in a Long Cadence [4:47]	Bedroom Community HVALUR16 bedroomcommunity.net

Brass Around the World (Special Podcast)

Fri, 31 May 2013 16:30:43 -0400

For this New Sounds, enjoy an hour of works for brass, from the 19 piece French band Bigre! and sample some of the just-out release, “Brooklyn Babylon” from Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, (only 17 pieces strong.) There’s also music from Benin in western Africa, along with music from Macedonia, Manhattan and even Albania. The Albanian outfit Fanfara Tirana meets London’s Trans-Global Underground on their fabulous record, “Kabatronics,” and for more brass band power, there’s the Kocani Orkestar from Macedonia. Plus, listen to Benin’s classic funk heroes, Orchestre Poly-Rythmo.

Special thanks to our New Sounds Spring Intern, Caroline, for her help in securing these permissions.

PROGRAM # 3454, Brass Around the World (First aired on 4/12/2013)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society	Brooklyn Babylon	The Neighborhood, excerpt [1:00]	New Amsterdam Records NWA046 newamsterdamrecords.com secretsocietymusic.org due out April 30, 2013
Bigre!	Les icebergs aussi	Contredanse 1 [5:04]	Linn Records 42548 www.linnrecords.com
Kocani Orkestar	L’Orient est Rouge	L’Orient est Rouge [6:07]	Crammed Discs #craw19 www.crammed.be
Sex Mob	Sexotica	Martin Denny [6:31]	Thirsty Ear #57171 www.thirstyear.com
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo	Cotonou Club	Tegbe [4:24]	STRUT 077 www.strut-records.com www.polyrythmo.com
Fanfara Tirana Meets Trans-Global Underground	Kabatronics	Mehndi [4:47]	World Village 450022 www.worldvillagemusic.com www.fanfaratirana.com
Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society	Brooklyn Babylon	The Neighborhood [6:13]	See above.
Raya Brass Band	Raya Brass Band	Karsilamas Hrysodaktili [4:12]	www.rayabrassband.com

A Musical Babel (Special Podcast)

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:37:43 -0400

Unlikely combinations of cultures and traditional musics give a global perspective on this New Sounds program. Listen to a musical portrayal of an imaginary Syria, "Syriana." It's a London-based ensemble with musicians from Syria and parts of the Near East, featuring the Pan-Arab Strings of Damascus. There's also music by sax player Uri Gurvich from his forthcoming record, “BabEl,” a mixture of oud and North African percussion with some saxophone, piano, bass and drums.

Hear the sounds of Fado creep into the original Klezmer tunes by the Portuguese band Melech Mechaya, as well as something from the Manchester-based quartet, Ducie, where a bit of flamenco is worked in to the lilting folk music of the British Isles. Also, musicians from Belgium and Burkina Faso come together as the Zita Swoon Groupa and Ballake Sissoko collaborates on some music from a group out of southern Italy with Greek roots, Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino. And more.

Special thanks to our New Sounds Spring Intern, Caroline, for her help in securing these permissions and for producing the podcast.

PROGRAM #3439, Musical Babel (First aired on 3/8/2013)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Ducie	Mancunia	Lusignac, excerpt [1:00]	Ducie Records DUCIE001 www.propermusic.com
Syriana	The Road to Damascus	The Templehof File [6:35]	Real World CDRW 176 www.realworldrecords.com/syriana
Uri Gurvich	BabEl	Pyramids [6:11]	Tzadik 8174 www.tzadik.com Due out April 23, 2013
Melech Mechaya	Melech Mechaya	Chinelo Aquatico (Aquatic Slipper) [4:27]	Felmay 8192 www.felmay.it
Zita Swoon Group	Wait For Me	A Sera A Waara [5:20]	Crammed Discs craw79 www.crammed.be
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, featuring Ballaké Sissoko	Pizzica indiavolata	Aremu an me gapa' [3:33] E chora' tu anemu [5:08]	Ponderosa Music & Art 65 www.ponderosa.it
Ducie	Mancunia	Lusignac [4:02]	Ducie Records DUCIE001 www.propermusic.com
Church of Betty Globestra, feat. Vlada Tomova	The Lazarus Rose	Ventenas Altas [5:07]	Fang Records www.chrisrael.com
Wu Man and Master Musicians from the Silk Route	Music of Central Asia Vol. 10 - Borderlands	Sanubar & Hesenjan Tursun & Wu Man: Kurt Nakshisi (Song of the Kurds), excerpt [4:00]	Smithsonian Folkways SFW40529 www.folkways.si.edu

Piano Grooves (Special Podcast - We're Back!)

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:06:56 -0400

For this New Sounds Special Podcast*, listen to a few groove-based pieces for piano and electronics, including brand-new music from Jace Clayton (aka DJ Rupture) which looks back to an outsider figure of “Downtown” Manhattan scene in the 1980’s – Julius Eastman, the late gay African American composer, pianist, vocalist, and dancer. Eastman’s work forms the basis of Clayton’s album; two long works – one involving the “n” word, and “Gay Guerilla.” Hear the conclusion of “Gay Guerrilla” arranged for two pianos and electronics, along with the latest from Brandt Bauer Frick, and 11-musician strong Berlin-based ensemble who reproduce rhythms and sounds of electronic dance music (EDM) mostly acoustically.

Plus, the ritualistic groove of pianist Nik Bärtsch's Ronin, a chamber jazz outfit and something new from the trio called Dawn of Midi. And more.

*It's been quite some time since we were able to gather enough permissions to clear an entire podcast for New Sounds. Special thanks to our New Sounds Spring Intern, Caroline, for her help in securing these permissions and for producing the podcast.

PROGRAM #3443, Piano Grooves(First aired on 3/19/2013)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Brandt Brauer Frick	Miami	Miami Titles, excerpt [1:00]	!K7 Records k7.greedbag.com/buy/miami-81 www.brandtbrauerfrick.de
Jace Clayton	The Julius Eastman Memory Depot	Gay Guerilla, Part 5 [6:13]	New Amsterdam Records NWAM0445 newamsterdamrecords.com Due out March 26, 2013.
Brandt Brauer Frick	Miami	Miami Titles [10:28]	See above.
Dawn of Midi	Live	Surround [8:09]	www.dawnofmidi.com/music soundcloud.com/dawn-of-midi New album due out on Thirsty Ear Records in spring 2013
Nik Bärtsch's Ronin	Stoa	Modul 33 [10:41]	ECM #1939. www.ecmrecords.com
The Necks	Drive By	Drive By EDIT [6:51]	ReR #NECKS3 www.thenecks.com

Soldier Songs - Special Podcast

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:31:32 -0500

For this New Sounds, composer and founder of the new music group Newspeak, David T. Little, joins John Schaefer to present selections from his hour-long multimedia one-man opera, “Soldier Songs.” The work is in three acts, which explore the perceptions of war throughout the character’s life; Youth – where war is a game, Warrior - where war is reality, and Elder - which is more of a philosophical approach to war. Games are at the heart of the work, as evidenced by the accompanying visuals - realistic-looking video game imagery by an animator.

For background, Little drew from interviews with veterans, as well as enlisted friends and family. The sound-world of "Soldier Songs," although influenced by the stories collected (where one soldier tells of listening to Metallica on his iPod) reflects both Little’s interests in musical theatre and his experience as a heavy metal drummer. (Illusions to “Black Metal” and “Death Metal” are actually referring to weapons, not the genres of metal.) We’ll hear selections from each of the three parts of the opera, including “Still Life with Tank and iPod” from the Warrior section, “Real American Heroes” from the Child section, and “Hunting Emmanuel Goldstein” from the Elder portion, (which, as Little explains, is the nod to George Orwell’s “1984”in the piece.)

PROGRAM #3416, “Soldier Songs” with David. T. Little (First aired on 1/7/2013)

ARTIST(S)

RECORDING

CUT(S)

SOURCE

Newspeak

Sweet Light Crude

David T Little:sweet light crude, excerpt [1:30]

New Amsterdam NWAM026
www.newamsterdamrecords.com www.newspeakmusic.org

David T. Little, David Adam Moore, Todd Reynolds and Newspeak

Soldier Songs

David T. Little: Soldier Songs Part One- Youth I. Real American Heroes [2:31]

Youth III. Counting the Days (for Gene Little) [3:49]

Part Two-Warrior IV. Still Life with Tank and iPod [2:18]

Warrior V. Old Friends with Large Weapons (for Michael Lear) [2:10]

Warrior VI. Hollywood Ending (for Justen Bennett) [3:21]

Warrior VII. Steel Rain [4:31]

Part Three Elder VIII. Hunting Emmanuel Goldstein [4:12]

Elder X. Two Marines [7:14]

Elder XI. War After War, excerpt [2:45]

Innova 852
www.innova.mu

New Releases, Dec. 2012 Special Podcast

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:17:00 -0500

For this New Sounds, John Schaefer sifts through the avalanche of CDs (and digital offerings) piled up in his office to find a sampling of new releases worthy of showcasing in tonight's New Sounds program. Also, he'll look back at some of the things that came out during 2012 that might have gone unnoticed on the chaos that is his desk, and ahead to some of the things that 2013 holds. Listen to inventive voice-based music from Holly Herndon, some hypnotic plucked strings from Ljova, and some Zimbabwean music by way of Scandinavia in a collaborative project called Monoswezi.

PROGRAM #3413, New Releases, Dec. 2012 (First aired on 1/1/2013)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Holly Herndon	Movement	Dilato [6:24]	Cat #: RVNGNL15 igetrvng.com
Emanuele de Raymondi , feat. Oguz Buyukberber, clarinet	Buyukberber Variations	BV 5 [2:10]	ZKCD057 / ZKLP017 www.zerokilledmusic.com
Ljova	Melting River	Album Leaf [4:58]	ljova.bandcamp.com
Matthias Bossi & Carla Kihlstedt	Rabbit Rabbit Radio	In the Dead of Night [3:40]	rabbitrabbitradio.com
Mecca Bodega	Raise the Tent	A Bristlecone Pine [4:50]	www.meccabodega.com
Habib Koité & Eric Bibb	Brothers in Bamako	Foro Bana [5:25]	Stony Plain - #SPCD 1362 www.stonyplainrecords.com
Nuru Kane	Exile	Afrika [3:36]	TUG1068 www.worldmusic.net Due out Feb 25, 2013
Monoswezi	the Village	Hondo [6:29]	TUG1063 www.worldmusic.net Due out Jan. 28, 2013

Abstract Soundscapes - Special Podcast

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 02:00:00 -0500

For this New Sounds, listen to some abstract soundscapes from Poland, from Berlin via an Icelandic composer, and from Brooklyn-based musicians as well. Hear a soundscape from the Berlin-based Icelandic one-woman band Kira Kira, from her record Feathermagnetik. Also, listen to something from Brooklyn-based electronic artist Laurel Halo, featuring the voice as instrument. Then, there's a percussion-centric work, "6," one of the number pieces from John Cage (whose 2012 centennial celebrations are still going on), and a percussive soundscape by another Brooklyn-based musician, drummer/composer Tim Kuhl.

Listen to the droney world-jazz inflected soundscape with an infusion of horns and woodwinds, buffered by electronics and tabla from the Polish Band, Sing Sing Penelope. Plus, music from Moon Ate the Dark, and a bit of Johann Johannsson’s score for “Copenhagen Dreams”

PROGRAM #3370, Abstract Soundscapes (8/24/2012)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Johann Johannsson	Copenhagen Dreams	Excerpt [1:00]	www.experimedia.net
Kira Kira	Feathermagnetik	Soothe [7:43]	Sound Of A Handshake shake 013-cd DL www.anost.net
Laurel Halo	Quarantine	Joy [3:28]	Hyperdub HDBCD 014 www.hyperdub.net
Sing Sing Penelope	This is the music vol. 1	Mini song [11:37]	www.singsingpenelope.com wsm.serpent.pl
Tim Kuhl	St. Helena	Tales of Transformation [6:18]	timkuhl1.bandcamp.com timkuhl.com
John Cage [Glenn Freeman, percussion- all six layers]	Three2, Twenty-Three, Six, Twenty-Six: The First Recordings	John Cage: Six [3:05]	OgreOgress Prod http://ogreogress.com www.cdbaby.com/cd/johncage2
Gareth Davis & Frances-Marie Uitti	Gramercy	Detour, excerpt [2:15]	Miasmah Records MIA 019 www.miasmah.com
Johann Johannsson	Copenhagen Dreams	The Jewish Cemetary [2:32]	Limited edition CD/vinyl. www.experimedia.net Listen at soundcloud.com/experimedia
Moon Ate the Dark (Anne Rose Carter & Christopher Bailey)	Moon Ate the Dark	Sleepwalk [8:34]	Sonic Pieces / Morr Music sp 014 www.anost.net OR Download from Emusic.com

Tuff Strum

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:43:05 -0400

Listen to “Cello Multitracks” on this New Sounds program. It’s Gabriel Prokofiev's four-part suite scored for nine cellos, as realized by the technologically skilled cellist Peter Gregson, (yep, on all nine parts.) The work is sometimes jarring, sometimes it grooves, then it will like as not scuttle like dust bunnies, whether plucked or scraped.

Also, hear Brooklyn Rider's "Seven Steps," collaboratively composed, along with music from the World Kora Trio, featuring cellist Eric Longsworth, kora player Chérif Soumano and singer-percussionist Jean Luc Di Fraya in a world music summit meeting of sorts. Plus, listen to a record of dueling cellos by Insa Donja Kai, a trio of two cellists and a grounding percussionist, who have appeared both on record and on tour with composer and prepared piano wizard Hauschka.

PROGRAM # 3379, Bowed Strings, Mostly with Cello (First aired on 9/18/2012)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Gabriel Prokofiev / Peter Gregson	Cello Multitracks	Outta Pulsor [4:39]	Nonclassical NONCLSS014 nonclassical.greedbag.com
Brooklyn Rider	Seven Steps	Seven Steps [11:34]	In a Circle Download from brooklynrider.spinshop.com
Insa Donja Kai	Insomnie Joyeuse	Yurnadev [4:03]	Sonic Pieces 015 www.sonicpieces.com www.insadonjakai.de
World Kora Trio	Korazon	Next of Kin [5:29]	Passe Minuit www.archambault.ca OR download from Emusic.com, iTunes or Amazon.com
Gabriel Prokofiev / Peter Gregson	Cello Multitracks	Outta Pulsor (Monster Bobby remix) [5:03]	See above.
Brooklyn Rider	Seven Steps	Christopher Tignor: Together Into This Unknowable Night [15:34]	See above.
Insa Donja Kai	Insomnie Joyeuse	Starglass Stones, excerpt [2:00]	See above.

Afrofunk, Afrojazz & Afropop (Special Podcast)

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:07:20 -0400

Hear the Ghanaian-rooted Afrofunk band KonKoma, (now based in the U.K.), along with recent releases and/or reissues of music from South, East, and West Africa. Sample selections from Zambian miners and minstrels, music from street musicians in Malawi, and some gorgeous acoustic Afropop from Mali.

Also, listen to new music from the Brooklyn-based Sierra Leonean singer Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang along with some of the latest from Antibalas. Sidenote: Antibalas performs for FREE at the World Financial Center's Wintergarden next week, 10/23, 8PM New Sounds Live show.

PROGRAM #3354 , Afrojazz, Afrofunk & Afropop (First aired on 7/5/2012)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Antibalas	Antibalas	Sare Kon Kon [8:07]	Daptone DAP 028 www.daptonerecords.com www.antibalas.com
KonKoma	KonKoma	Senture [4:49]	SNDW044 soundwayrecords.com soundwayrecords.greedbag.com
Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang	En Yay Sah	Feba [4:56]	Luaka Bop 80899 0080 luakabop.com jankanabay.com
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo	Cotonou Club	Tegbe [4:24]	STRUT 077 www.strut-records.com www.polyrythmo.com
Andra Kouyate & Seke Chi	Saro	Saro [4:59]	Studio Mali Due out July 31, 2012 studiomali.com www.andrakouyate.com
Malawi Mouse Boys	He Is #1	Palibe (It's Not There) [3:27]	Independent Records Limited IRL065 www.irl.org.uk malawimouseboys.tumblr.com/
Andra Kouyate & Seke Chi	Saro	Yereko [4:51]	See above.

"Underground" Music

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:10:14 -0400

Listen to music made in or about the underground – catacombs, cisterns, cellars- on this New Sounds. There’s music by sax player, percussionist, and a composer for Sesame Street - Ken Field from his release “Subterranea,” recorded in several underground rooms in Roswell, New Mexico. Ranging from overdubbed saxophones, 'sticks on juice cans, sticks on suitcase' and lots of percussion, the pieces include titles like “Five Saxophones in Search of Meaning” and “Om On the Range.”

Then, listen to “Underground,” a work from Paul Dresher, created and performed on multi-track tape loop system. Also, there’s music from Mecca Bodega, who appeared in the film “Subway Stories.”

PROGRAM #3348, “Underground” Music (First aired on 6/8/2012)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Ken Field	Subterranea	Om on the Range [4:51]	OO Discs OO25 Available at Amazon.com
Mecca Bodega	Subway Stories	Red Shoes	Hybrid HY-20005 Available at Amazon.com
Ken Field	Subterranea	Space in a Place [3:59]	See above.
Hannis Brown	Severe Insomnia	Imitating Chicago (underground) [6:33]	Lumberton Trading Company LUMB015 www.lumberton-trading.com hannisbrown.bandcamp.com
The Haissmavourk Choir	The Music of Armenia, Volume 1: Sacred Choral Music	Havoun, havoun (About the bird) [3:59]	Celestial Harmonies 13115 www.harmonies.com
Paul Dresher	Casa Vecchia	Underground [8:00]	Starkland 204 www.starkland.com
The Deep Listening Band	Troglodyte’s Delight	Trog Arena, excerpt [3:20]	?What Next? Recordings WN 0003 Available at Amazon.com, iTunes, and Emusic.com

New Releases, March 2012

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:34:54 -0400

It's that time of the month again for the new releases show on New Sounds. John Schaefer carefully sorts through the stacks, bins, and boatloads of new CDs and downloads, which have come across his desk over the past month to present some of the finest new releases. He'll pick the lentils from the ashes to present the cream of this crop.

PROGRAM #3319 New Releases, March 2012 (First aired on 3/30/2012)

Project Trio	Random Roads	Dr. Nick [3:36]	TUCH 2039 Tummy Touch Records tummytouch.greedbag.com www.whatisproject.org
ETHEL	Heavy	Raz Mesinai: La Citadelle [10:39]	Innova 820 www.innova.mu www.ethelcentral.com
Hans Appelqvist	Sjunga Slutet Nu (Sing The End Now)	Vatten [1:00]	Hapna 047 soundcloud.com
Loop 2.4.3	American Dreamland	As a Child [8:30]	MSFS 04 www.loop243.com www.musicstartsfromsilence.com
Mikel Rouse	Boost \| False Doors	Sky Sprites [4:12]	Exit Music 1015 & 1015 www.mikelrouse.com
Hans Appelqvist	Sjunga Slutet Nu (Sing The End Now)	en arm for ut [2:05]	Hapna 047 soundcloud.com

Piano Insides

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:08:42 -0400

Explore the sounds of a piano's insides on this New Sounds program. From the prepared piano to the bowed and/or plucked piano strings inside the body of the beast, there are sure to be unusual sounds galore. Listen to Ergo, an electro-acoustic trio - somehow both slinky and spacey - with trombone, prepared piano, drums, and special guests on guitar.

There's also music from George Crumb, Hauschka, and more.

PROGRAM # 3309 Piano Insides, (First aired on 3/5/2012)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Emanuele Arciuli, piano	George Crumb Edition, Volume 9	George Crumb: Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik, excerpt [2:00]	Bridge 9170 www.bridgerecords.com
Ergo	If Not Inertia	Sorrows Of The Moon [5:10]	Cuneiform Records Rune 339 www.ergoisaband.com cuneiformrecords.com
Guillaume de Chassy	Silences	Du côté de chez Poulenc - Part I (d'après Francis Poulenc) [1:58]	Bee Jazz BEE050 Available at Emusic.com, Amazon.com, iTunes
Hauschka	Ferndorf	Schönes Mädchen (Pretty Girl) [3:40]	Fat Cat #1308 www.fatcat-usa.com
Ergo	If Not Inertia	Two For Joy [6:50]	See above.
PROJECT Trio	Random Roads Collection	Dr Nick, excerpt [1:00]	Tummy Touch Records TUCH2039 www.whatisproject.org

World Music Tour (Special Podcast Edition)

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:32:49 -0400

For this New Sounds, we’ll hear music from Cape Verde, by a male pop-griot singer, Tcheka. He plays traditional percussive guitar and weaves the batuku style (a style traditional to the islands that was banned by the Portuguese, but continued by the women in the fields as they worked.) Plus, music for accordion and double-bass from Finland, and traditional music of West Java, featuring the kacapi, a boat-shaped zither. And more.

PROGRAM # 3293, World Music Tour (First aired on 1/23/2012)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Sambasunda Quintet	Java	Paddy Pergi Ke Bandung, excerpt [1:30]	Riverboat TUG1058 Due out Jan. 30, 2012 www.worldmusic.net
Sidi Touré	Koïma	Tondi karaa (The White Stone) [4:22]	Thrill Jockey Records Thrill 301 Due out 4/17/2012 www.thrilljockey.com
Alamayehu Eshete	Ethiopiques 9	Yeweyn Haregitu [3:44]	Buda Musique #829832 www.budamusique.com
Sambasunda Quintet	Java	Teman Endah [5:36]	Riverboat TUG1058 Due out Jan. 30, 2012 www.worldmusic.net
Tcheka	Dor de Mar	Fla Mantenha [4:25]	Lusafrica Recs / RCA Victor 88697963812 www.lusafrica.com
Sambasunda Quintet	Java	Paddy Pergi Ke Bandung [6:34]	See above.

On a Large Scale

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:14:07 -0400

On this New Sounds podcast, hear a world premiere recording by Dylan Mattingly written specifically for the New York-based ensemble of young musicians, Contemporaneous. Mattingly is a composer, cellist and one of the founding co-artistic directors of the group (he’s also a pitcher for Bard College’s first ever club baseball team.) Listen to part two of his epic and emotional poem for chamber orchestra depicting Amelia Earhart’s final flight, called “Atlas of Somewhere (On the Way to Howland Island): Islanded in a Stream of Stars.”

There is one more large scale work, a portion of a nine-movement suite that blends jazz and flamenco from bassist/composer/bandleader Alexis Cuadrado.

PROGRAM #3347, Large Scale, and Big Ideas (First aired on 6/7/2012)

ARTIST(S)

RECORDING

CUT(S)

SOURCE

Dylan Mattingly & Contemporaneous, David Bloom

Stream of Stars

Dylan Mattingly: Atlas of Somewhere on the Way to Howland Island - pt 1, Radial Liftoff Music for Amelia Earhart, excerpt [1:00]

Atlas of Somewhere on the Way to Howland Island - pt 2; Islanded In A Stream of Stars [19:11]

Innova #822
www.innova.mu

Alexis Cuadrado

Noneto Iberico

Alexis Cuadrado: Por La Minima (Bulerias) - [17:36]

Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records BJUR022
www.bjurecords.com

New Releases, June 2012, Special Podcast Edition

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:03:29 -0400

It's that time of the month again for the new releases show on New Sounds. John Schaefer carefully separates the wheat from the chaff for this show. He'll sort through the stacks of new CDs, the strange Soundcloud free-associations, and the highly anticipated digital submissions which have come across his desk and into his inbox over the past month to present some of the finest new releases. He'll skim off the cream. He'll pick the lentils from the ashes. You get it.

Take a listen to the arresting sounds of a bass clarinet "abused" by Gareth Davis, together with the double-bow-wielding cellist Frances-Marie Uitti. And more.

PROGRAM #3352 , New Releases June 2012 (First aired on 6/29/2012)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Dou Dou N'Diaye M'Bengue	Thiato thiate	Thiato thiate [5:09]	Felmay 8038 www.felmay.it
Maria Monti	Il Bestiario	Il Letargo [8:07]	Ri Fi Records (1974) Reissued by Unseen Worlds www.unseenworlds.net
SOLUS3	Corner of the World	Reich [7:55]	Solus 3 CD 2 www.solus3.com
Stefano Barone	Danze Altalenanze	Lab4kids [4:43]	www.candyrat.com
Gareth Davis & Frances-Marie Uitti	Gramercy	2 am [4:35]	Miasmah Records MIA 019 http://www.miasmah.com/recordings/miacd019.html

Leave a Message at the Beep (Special Podcast)

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 05:00:00 -0400

From the melodious inflections of phone messages, listen to a number of works sourcing voicemails, most from tape(!) on this New Sounds program. Hear Irish composer Roger Doyle’s “Memento Mori,” composed around intimate verbal time capsules culled from various answering machine messages of Doyle's family, close friends and partners, all of them recorded and preserved in the late 80's.

Then listen to some answering machine message songs, from Jocelyn Pook’s "Portraits in Absentia." Plus, Missy Mazzoli's "I am coming for my things," also from a phone message as its source.

PROGRAM #3320 Music from Telephone Answering Machines (First aired on 4/3/2012)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Penguin Café Orchestra	Penguin Café Orchestra	Telephone And Rubber Band [2:00]	EEG CD 11 www.penguincafe.com
Jocelyn Pook	Portraits in Absentia	Messages [2:23]	Private CD, not commercially available. Stream it at Pook's website, www.jocelynpook.com
Roger Doyle	Chalant – Memento Mori	Memento Mori: It's very serious [3:09]	Psychonavigation PSY 052 www.psychonavigation.com www.rogerdoyle.com
Jocelyn Pook	Portraits in Absentia	Parvin & Trevor's Journey [4:50] Arsenal/Trevor’s Conversion [5:20]	Private CD, not commercially available.
Roger Doyle, (Jonathan Philbin Bowman RIP)	Chalant – Memento Mori	Memento Mori: Coat Hanger Kisses [9:58]	See above.
Victoire / Missy Mazzoli	Cathedral City	i am coming for my things [4:57]	New Amsterdam 25 www.newamsterdamrecords.com
Anton Batagov	Dialog (opera for one voice)	System [6:15]	Russian release; for info: www.batagov.com/entrancen.htm
Brian Eno & David Byrne	My Life in the Bush of Ghosts	Mea Culpa [4:57]	Nonesuch #79894 ** www.nonesuch.com*

Chamber Music with a Groove (special podcast)

Wed, 30 May 2012 16:29:16 -0400

On this edition of New Sounds, hear some chamber music by composer Marc Mellits with a populist bent. We’ll sample his work, “Tight Sweater," which contains traces of funk, echoes of rock, and minimalism's rapidly shifting patterns of notes and interlocking rhythms. With the provocative and whimsical titles, ("Exposed Zipper," “Pickle Trousers” and “Mechanically Separated Chicken Parts”) the movements are compact and alarmingly catchy.

The group Real Quiet — pianist Andrew Russo, cellist Felix Fan, and percussionist David Cossin — brings the perky and spiky cartoon-like energy to bear. There’s that bit of post-minimalist ear candy, and other post-minimalist chamber works by the likes of Robert Davidson.

PROGRAM #3317 Chamber Works (First aired on 3/26/2012)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Topology	Big Decisions	Robert Davidson : The Whitlam Dismissal- Keating and Kerr, excerpt [1:30]	Serrated Records 281008 Available at www.cdbaby.com or download from Emusic.com
Real Quiet	Tight Sweater	Marc Mellits: Tight Sweater 1:Exposed Zipper [2:39] 2:Trans Fatty Acid's Rein [2:22] 3:Mara's Lullaby [4:32] 4:Pickle Trousers [2:05] 5:Evil Yellow Penguin [2:28] 6: Mechanically Separated Chicken Parts [4:13]	Endeavour Classics 1016 Available at iTunes, Amazon.com, Emusic.com and www.arkivmusic.com
Topology	Big Decisions	Robert Davidson : The Whitlam Dismissal- the dismissal [2:08] -Keating and Kerr [4:30] -Kerr's Cur [2:29] -Fair Play [1:24]	Serrated Records 281008 Available at www.cdbaby.com or download from Emusic.com

A Musical Travelogue (special podcast)

Wed, 16 May 2012 05:00:00 -0400

There’s an hour of music for far-off places on this New Sounds program. Listen to a work written by Princeton professor Paul Lansky, called “Travel Diary.” From a new recording by the Meehan/Perkins Duo, the work is a "kind of meditation on travel particularly for those who don't do it that much." Parts were inspired by an actual cross-country trip taken by the composer and his family, wrong turns and a younger child asking "Are we there yet?"

Plus, music from Nico Muhly - a musical depiction of Balinese-style gamelan music and more.

PROGRAM # 3294, A Musical Travelogue (First aired on 1/24/2012)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
MeehanPerkins Duo	Travel Diary	Paul Lansky: Travel Diary - Cruising Speed [4:15]	Bridge Records BRIDGE 9370 www.bridgerecords.com
Kitchener Waterloo Symphony, Edwin Outwater, conductor	From Here On Out	Nico Muhly: Wish You Were Here	Analekta AN 2 9992 www.analekta.com
Bang on a Can All-Stars	Big Beautiful Dark and Scary	Shadowbang: Angkat [3:03] Shadowbang: Ocean [4:10] Shadowbang: Meditasi, Head	bangonacan.org Due out: February 28, 2012, but free download available until 1/25/2012: bangonacan25.org/
MeehanPerkins Duo	Travel Diary	Paul Lansky: Travel Diary , excerpt [1:00]	See above.

New Releases, January 2012 (special podcast)

Thu, 10 May 2012 11:55:07 -0400

John Schaefer carefully sorts through the stacks, bins, and boatloads of new CDs, downloads, LPs, cassettes (!), which came across his desk this past January 2012. Hear some music by Guy Klucevsek, from his "the Multiple Personality Reunion tour," along with something from guitarist and experimenter Dustin Wong. Also, listen to fiddle music from Brittany Haas & Dan Trueman and something from bassist/composer Florent Ghys. Plus, a work from composer Zack Browning, as played by the Cadillac Moon Ensemble. And more.

PROGRAM # 3297 New Releases, Jan. 2012 (First aired on 2/1/2012)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Guy Klucevsek & Brave Combo	The Multiple Personality Reunion Tour	Pink Elephant [5:58]	Innova 819 www.innova.mu
Various: Nils Økland	Songlines Magazine Sampler - Folke Larm - Traditional music	Blond blå [3:25]	Distributed with issue #81 of Songlines magazine, www.songlines.co.uk
Brittany Haas & Dan Trueman	Criss Cross	Training West From Bergen [4:38]	brittanddanband.com
Florent Ghys	Baroque Tardif	Phase Parisienne [4:57]	Cantaloupe 21052 www.cantaloupemusic.com
Dustin Wong	Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads	Feet Prints on Flower Dreads [2:24] Abstract Horse Slow Motion [2:41]	Thrill 295 www.thrilljockey.com
Zach Browning, feat. Cadillac Moon	Secret Pulse	Secret Pulse [8:43]	Innova 817 www.innova.mu

Downtown Collaborations (Special Podcast)

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:19:50 -0400

Jason Treuting, the percussionist/composer -his mallets, sticks, and music - certainly get around. Treuting has made music with and for So Percussion, the Swedish folk-instrument wielding QQQ, the electronica duo Matmos, the Zappa-jazzy band Kneebody, and the guitarist/composer Steve Mackey, to name a few. On this New Sounds, listen to music featuring Jason Treuting as soloist, collaborator, and composer. There’s also music from multi-instrumentalist/composer Nick Zammuto, co-founder of the sonically and visually innovative duo the Books.

He’s just launched a new band, Zammuto, whose music features tightly integrated video projection, synched rhythmically with the tunes. Listen to Zammuto’s pieces written for violinist Todd Reynolds and cellist Zach Miskin, music from the Books, and possibly a sample of the forthcoming Zammuto record. This is all in advance of Treuting and Zammuto’s upcoming collaboration of laser-and video based music, (and spelling bee!) which will be part of next week’s joint New Sounds Live / Ecstatic Music Festival event, on Thursday Feb. 23^rd at Merkin Hall.

PROGRAM # 3303, (First aired on 2/16/2012)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
So Percussion & Matmos	Treasure State	Aluminum [7:03]	Cantaloupe Music 21065 www.cantaloupemusic.com
The Books	2007 BoaC Marathon	The Future, Wouldn’t That Be Nice [5:05]	This performance not commercially available. The work appears on The Books record “The Lemon of Pink,” available at Amazon.com, Emusic.com, and iTunes.
Todd Reynolds	Outerborough	Zammuto: Fast Pasture	Innova 741 www.innova.mu
So Percussion and Trollstilt	Five and A Half Gardens	Matisse’s Garden Lesson [8:28]	DVD Shhh Productions 1 Available at iTunes, Amazon.com OR sopercussiontrollstilt.bandcamp.com
Zach Miskin	For your safety	Nick Zammuto: But I grabbed a branch [3:24]	Naïve V5175 http://en.naive.fr or Download from Emusic.com
Bang on a Can All-Stars	Bang On A Can People's Commissioning Fund Concert, Merkin Hall, February 10, 2011	O Shut Your Eyes Against the Wind [14:03]	This performance not commercially available.
Orchestra of the League of Composers	Recorded at Columbia’s Miller Theatre, June 7, 2010	Jason Treuting: Oblique Music for Four Plus [11:45]	This performance not commercially available.

Electro-Acoustic Ambient Works(Special Podcast)

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:11:12 -0400

This New Sounds program samples a world of ambient works, with music from composers based in Iceland, Germany, Scotland, Poland, Sweden, and a work from a Brooklyn-based metal guitarist. Listen to pulsing percussive ambient music by Berlin-based Nils Frahm, along with some stasis music featuring harpsichord by the Polish composer Jacaszek. Then, from Iceland, there's a score from composer, producer (and former metalhead) Olafur Arnalds, "Another Happy Day," with electro-acoustic soundscapes formed around piano and strings.

Hear some textured layers of a chimey guitar-based soundscape from Brooklyn-based guitarist Kevin Hufnagel, (better known for playing in metal outfits Dysrhythmia and Gorguts) as well. Also, from the Scottish cellist and composer Peter Gregson, there's music from his record, "Flight Path," and its amplified, looped and highly processed cello sounds. Plus, music from the moors and hillsides of Northern England by Richard Skelton in his "Remaindered."

PROGRAM # 3292, Electro-Acoustic Ambient Works (First aired on 1/20/2012)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Peter Gregson	Terminal	Spin, excerpt [2:00]	petergregson.bandcamp.com

Nils Frahm	Felt	Keep [3:27]	ERATP033 www.erasedtapes.com Download from Emusic.com or iTunes
Jacaszek	Glimmer	Dare-gale [5:45]	Ghostly International GI-147 ghostly.com
Peter Gregson	Terminal	Spin [6:04]	petergregson.co.uk Or available on iTunes and Emusic.com
Ólafur Arnalds	Another Happy Day	Out to Sea [4:10]	ERATP038 Due out Feb. 24, 2012 www.erasedtapes.com
Richard Skelton	Landings	Remaindered [5:35]	TYPE 055 typerecords.com Download from Emusic or iTunes.
Kevin Hufnagel	Transparencies	Static Aquarium [4:26]	Download from kevinhufnagel.bandcamp.com

Korallreven	An Album by Korallreven	Sa Sa Samoa feat. Julianna Barwick [4:05]	Hybris / Acéphale ACE 019 acephale.bigcartel.com Download from Emusic.com or iTunes
Hildur Gudnadottir	Without Sinking	Aether, excerpt [2:00]	Touch 070LP double LP or Touch 070CD touchshop.org

Global Acoustic Music (Special Podcast)

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:02:27 -0500

For this New Sounds, we’ll hear some global acoustic works from the Touré-Raichel Collective. It’s a collaboration between Malian musician Vieux Farka Touré and Israeli producer/keyboardist Idan Raichel which came about following a concert in Tel Aviv. The results are stunning and elegant conversations between guitar (Touré) and piano (Raichel), where the strings of the piano are sometimes plucked like a harp or kora. The songs are anchored by Israeli bassist Yossi Fine and Malian calabash player Souleymane Kane. ("The Tel Aviv Session" will be out in late March, 2012.)

Plus, more music from the AfroCubism recording, some music by Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabate and many other (mostly) acoustic works from around the world.

PROGRAM # 3288, Acoustic World Music (First aired on 1/9/2012)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
The Touré-Raichel Collective	The Tel Aviv Session	Alkataou, excerpt [1:30]	Cumbancha CMB CD 22 www.cumbancha.com www.toureraichel.com
Ali Farka Touré / Toumani Diabaté	In the Heart of the Moon	Hawa Dolo [5:00]	Nonesuch World Circuit #79920** www.nonesuch.com *
AfroCubism	AfroCubism	Jarabi [5:57]	Nonesuch 525993 www.nonesuch.com
The Touré-Raichel Collective	The Tel Aviv Session	Alkataou [5:02]	See above.
Ry Cooder & Vishwa M. Bhatt	A Meeting By the River	Ganges Delta Blues [:30]	Water Lily Acoustics 29 Reissued in 2009, APO (Analogue Production Originals) 29 Available at Amazon.com* OR waterlilyacoustics.com
Debashish Bhattacharya & Bob Brozman	Mahima	Digi Digi Dom Dom [5:25]	Riverboat Records/World Music Network TUGCD1029 www.worldmusic.net
Ballaké Sissoko, Vincent Ségal	Chamber Music	Halinkata Djoubé [5:08]	Six Degrees Records #1171 www.sixdegreesrecords.com or via Amazon.com* or download from eMusic.com
The Touré-Raichel Collective	The Tel Aviv Session	Azawade [8:11]	See above.

Cinematic Sounds of Iceland (Special Podcast)

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:12:28 -0500

On this New Sounds program, we’ll hear a sampling of works from a concentrated new music hotspot: Iceland. It’s a scene where rock music, orchestral music and electronics are blended freely and without regard for genre lines. To get an idea, we’ll hear music by composer/producer Valgeir Sigurdsson, who balances chamber and classical against rock and electronica. Plus, something from the now San Diego-based Anna Thorvaldsdottir, whose frosty orchestral music seems to invoke a shimmery soundworld of texures, even though it is played using just acoustic instruments on her record, “Rhizoma.”

Also, there’s music from a dance score by Olafur Arnalds, lush, ambient northern soundscape music from cellist/composer Hildur Gudnadottir, and orchestral strings & modern electronica in music from the Reykjavik-based Johann Johannson.

PROGRAM # 3283, New Music from Iceland (First aired on 12/20/2011)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Sigur Rós	( )	Samskeyti, excerpt [1:30]	FATCD 22 fatcat.sandbaghq.com
Ólafur Arnalds	Dyad 1909	Dyad 1909, excerpt [8:48]	Erased Tapes ERATP019 www.erasedtapes.com olafurarnalds.com
Ólafur Arnalds	Eulogy For Evolution	Eulogy for Evolution, pt 7 [5:56]	Erased Tapes ERATP004 erasedtapes.com olafurarnalds.com
Jóhann Jóhannsson	Englabörn	Salfraedingur (Psychologist) [3:49]	Touch TO:52 touchshop.org
Valgeir Sigurdsson	Draumalandið	Past Tundra [5:06]	Bedroom Community HVALUR8 bedroomcommunity.net
Hildur Gudnadóttir	Without Sinking	Into Warmer Air [6:11]	Touch 070LP double LP or Touch 070CD touchshop.org
Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Bryndis Halla Gylfadottir, cello Iceland Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Bjarnason, conductor	Rhizoma	Dreaming, excerpt [10:00]	Innova 810 www.innova.mu or through Amazon.com

With the Alwan Arab Music Ensemble

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:56:42 -0400

For this New Sounds podcast, listen to a live performance by the Alwan Arab Music Ensemble. It's a group of classical players, six members strong and based in New York, all of whom sing and play a wide range of Arab musical styles on traditional instruments. Listen to Egyptian, Iraqi, and Syrian classical art music from Cairo, Baghdad, and the ancient city of Aleppo.

Downtown, Then and Now

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:29:51 -0400

Take a dip into minimal hypnotic music with something from composer/professor (theory and history of sound!) Anthony Moore and composer/artist Alexis Georgopoulos, who goes by “Arp.” Moore was formerly a member of weird pop band Slapp Happy, and has also studied Indian classical music with Viram Jasani. Georgopoulos used to be a member of California percussion ramble band Tussle and has written a few film scores and works for dance. Together, these two punks have crafted a collection of tunes recalling the Penguin Café Orchestra stuck in a Möbius strip, with two for Englishman Robert Wyatt called “Wild Grass I & II.”

We’ll hear some of their music along with other works by "downtown" composers on this New Sounds. We’ll also listen to some music by Arthur Russell, and something for “Pierrot plus percussion” ensemble by American composer Belinda Reynolds. Plus, something from the late Michael Galasso, and more.

PROGRAM #3229, Downtown Music, Then & Now (First aired on 7/21/11)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Arthur Russell	World Of Echo	Soon-To-Be Innocent Fun/Let's See , excerpt [1:30]	Audika Records AU-1002-2 www.audikarecords.com
Anthony Moore & Arp	Frkwys Vol. 3	Wild Grass II (for Robert Wyatt) [3:26]	Cat #: FRKWYS03 LP or download from igetrvng.com or Emusic.com
Michael Galasso	Scenes	Scenes IV [3:59]	ECM 1245 www.ecmrecords.com
Anthony Moore & Arp	Frkwys Vol. 3	Wild Grass II (for Arthur Russell) [3:20]	See above.
Arthur Russell	Tower of Meaning	Tower of Meaning, excerpt [6:10]	Chatham Square #145. Re-issed on 2 CD set, “First Thought Best Thought” Audika Records, AU-1005-2 www.audikarecords.com
Missy Mazzoli & Victoire	Cathedral City	A Song for Arthur Russell [5:36]	New Amsterdam 25 www.newamsterdamrecords.com
Now Ensemble	Awake	David Crowell: Waiting in the Rain for Snow [8:48]	New Amsterdam NWAM0029 www.newamsterdamrecords.com
Common Sense Composers Collective & New Millenium Ensemble	TIC	Belinda Reynolds: Coming Around [8:11] Marc Mellits: Spam, excerpt [10:00]	Albany TROY 899 www.albanyrecords.com

New Releases, June 2011 (special podcast)

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:34:14 -0400

It's that time of the month again for the new releases show on New Sounds. John Schaefer carefully sorts through the stacks, bins, and boatloads of new CDs which have come across his desk over the past month to present some of the finest new releases.

PROGRAM #3220, New Releases, June 2011 (First aired on 6/30/11)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Robert Stillman	Machine’s Song	Impossible Tree [6:48]	OI B Records OIB021 www.oibrecords.com

ICE	The Bright and Hollow Sky	Nathan Davis: Like sweet bells jangled [10:36]	New Focus Recordings FCR120 www.newfocusrecordings.com www.iceorg.org www.nathandavis.com
Daniel Janke	Cinco Puntos Cardinales	Miawezo [3:20]	Centredisques 16911 www.musiccentre.ca www.centremusique.ca
Craig Taborn	Avenging Angel	The Broad Day King [6:12]	ECM 2207 www.ecmrecords.com
Robert Stillman	Machine’s Song	Intro [:38]	See above.
Aram Bajakian's Kef	Aram Bajakian's Kef	Pear Tree [2:36]	Tzadik 7803 www.tzadik.com
Black Eagle Child	Lobelia	Crandon [5:55]	Pre 031 www.preservation.com.au
Les Rhinoceros	Les Rhinoceros	Johnway [4:46]	Tzadik 7801 www.tzadik.com

Responsorium 9/11

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 06:00:00 -0400

Listen to Pulitzer-prize winning John Adams’ - “On the Transmigration of Souls,” written for the first anniversary of the attacks. Then there's Michael Gordon’s “The Sad Park,” made from the electronically manipulated voices of children who witnessed the World Trade Center attack, and premiered in September of 2006. Plus, an excerpt from Robert Moran’s brand-new “Trinity Requiem,” featuring the Trinity Youth Chorus.

PROGRAM #3244 Responsorium 9/11 (First aired on 9/11/11)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
John Adams, New York Philharmonic, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, New York Choral Artists, Lorin Maazel, conductor	John Adams - On the Transmigration of Souls	John Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls, excerpt [14:00]	Nonesuch 79816 www.nonesuch.com
Michael Gordon, Kronos Quartet	The Sad Park, live	Opening, [1:00] Selections, [14:00]	Cantaloupe CA21078 http://cantaloupemusic.com
Robert Moran, Trinity Youth Chorus	The Trinity Requiem	Introit, excerpt, [1:00] Kyrie, [4:55] Psalm 23, [3:41] Pie Jesu, [2:28] Conclusion, excerpt [3:00]	Innova 244 www.innova.mu Listen to the entire Requiem here: soundcloud.com/robert-moran-trinity-requiem

Unintended Elegy

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:50:15 -0400

For this podcast edition of the program, listen to some of William Basinski's "Disintegration Loops." Finished in September of 2001, the whole series has now become an unintended elegy of sorts.

PROGRAM #3243 Unintended Elegies(First aired on 9/10/11)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
William Basinski	The Disintegration Loops Vol. III	Disintegration Loops 4 [15:00]	2062 CD Catalog #:2062 0304 www.mmlxii.com
William Basinski	The Disintegration Loops I	Disintegration Loops 1.1 [19:00]	2062 CD Catalog #:2062 0201 www.mmlxii.com

New Releases, May 2011 (Special Podcast)

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:42:53 -0400

It's that time of the month already! John Schaefer once again picks through the spring flood of CDs that have been sent to his office to find new releases worthy of showcasing in tonight's program. Among these outstanding piles is a new work from Roswell Rudd that features some musicians from West African and a new recording from Vieux Farka Toure, featuring his father, Ali Farka Toure. Also, hear music from a Greek group called Lüüp, and something from Montreallers, Esmerine, who just released a record in memory of Lhasa. Plus, a collaborative record from dueling keyboardists Aaron Goldberg and Guillermo Klein, and music from a Swiss piano trio based on Turkish music.

PROGRAM #3211, New Releases May 2011 (First aired on 5/31/11)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins	Diamond Mine	John Taylor's Month Away, excerpt [1:00]	Domino DS38 www.dominorecordco.com
Pat Metheny	What’s it All About	The Sound of Silence [6:33]	Nonesuch 527912 Due out June 14, 2011 www.nonesuch.com
Lüüp	Meadow Rituals	Horse Heart [6:06]	Experimedia EXPCD 015 www.experimedia.net
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins	Diamond Mine	John Taylor's Month Away [6:32]	Domino DS38 www.dominorecordco.com
Esmerine	La Lechuza (the owl)	A Dog River	Constellation CST080 www.cstrecords.com
Colin Vallon Trio	Rruga	Iskar [2:48]	ECM 2185 www.ecmrecords.com
Aaron Goldberg and Guillermo Klein	Bienestar	Implacable [3:03]	Sunnyside SSC1245 www.sunnysiderecords.com
Pietro Russino	Hypnofolk	Brinca/the Pink Side [5:04]	www.myspace.com/prussino Available at www.cdbaby.com
Roswell Rudd	The Incredible Honk	Ngoni Vortex [4:20]	Sunnyside SSC 1279 www.sunnysiderecords.com
Vieux Farka Toure, with Ali Farka Toure	The Secret	The Secret [6:51]	Six Degrees SDR11792 www.sixdegreesrecords.com

New Music for Electric Violin (Special Podcast)

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:44:36 -0400

Listen to compositions for electric violin on this New Sounds program. We'll hear Nico Muhly's Seeing Is Believing, a concerto for electric violin, which features the Aurora Orchestra and Thomas Gould on electric six-string violin, Also, we'll hear music by John Adams from his work, "The Dharma At Big Sur" - "Sri Moonshine" for electric violin and orchestra. It's an homage to the beat poets and to minimalists, like Terry Riley, with its Eastern-tinged strings and shimmering suspended chords. Plus, other works.

PROGRAM #3224, music for electric violin

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
John Adams	Dharma at Big Sur	Part 1. A New Day [14:28]	Nonesuch Records** www.nonesuch.com
Nico Muhly	Seeing is Believing	Seeing is Believing [24:28]	Decca 478 2731**
Shankar	M.R.C.S.	Ocean Waves [7:47]	ECM Records #1403** www.ecmrecords.com

Mystics and the Mediterranean (Podcast Edition)

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:21:53 -0400

For this New Sounds, we’ll sample liberally from the latest recording from Moroccan-born singer Amina Alaoui, called “Arco Iris.” It’s a pan-Mediterranean blend of flamenco music from Spain, fado music from Portugal, Arab-Andalusian music and Brazilian choro, linked by jazz and a night in Tunisia.

Alaoui’s ensemble includes José Luis Montón from Barcelona, Brazilian-born mandolinist Eduardo Miranda, along with two Tunisians: violinist Saïfallah Ben Abderrazak and oud player Sofiane Negra. Idriss Agnel, Amina’s son, plays percussion. We’ll also dip into her previous collaboration with Norwegian keyboardist Jon Balke and trumpeter Jon Hassell, and much more.

PROGRAM #3223 “Mystics + The Mediterranean”

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Jon Balke feat. Amina Alaoui	Siwan	Toda ciencia transcendiendo, excerpt [2:00]	ECM Records # 2042** www.ecmrecords.com
Savina Yannatou	Sumiglia	Me To Fegari Perpato (With the Moon I'm Walking) [2:39]	ECM Records #1903, see above.
Amina Alaoui	Arco Iris	Ya laylo layl [9:18]	ECM Records # 2180, see above.
Jon Balke feat. Amina Alaoui	Siwan	Toda ciencia transcendiendo [12:21]	ECM Records #2042
Amina Alaoui	Arco Iris	Buscante en Mi, var. [5:32]	ECM Records See above
Jon Hassell	Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street	Last Night the Moon Came [11:15]	ECM Records #2077, see above.
Savina Yannatou	Sumiglia	Porondos Viz Partjan [4:09]	ECM Records See above

How Low Can You Go? (Special Podcast)

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:29:13 -0400

We'll explore the deep tones of bands like Gato Loco whose lead instruments are the bass clarinet and the tuba on this New Sounds program. There's even more from the tuba with music by Tom Heasley and some bass clarinet work by Marty Erlich. We'll also hear the jazzy extensions of the bass saxophone in the works of the Maikotron Unit.

Then, there are other ways of achieving the low end - in Mari Kimura's case, there's the subharmonics of her violin, which she has achieved by a 3-step technique that she describes as "clunk, drag, and release" to uncover notes as much as an octave deeper than the low G string.

PROGRAM #3209, How Low Can You Go? (First aired on 5/2411)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Mari Kimura	The World Below G and Beyond	Six Caprices for Subharmonics no. 6	Mutable 17542 www.mutablemusic.com
Gato Loco	Malditos Besos	Eso No Es Na [5:28]	www.gatolocomusica.com Gato Loco also has a new record out on Winter & Winter, www.winterandwinter.com
Maikotron Unit	Ex-Voto	votivae noctes [5:55]	Rant 1140 www.nette.ca/rantjazz www.cdbaby.com
Mari Kimura	The World Below G and Beyond	6 Caprices for Subharmonics no. 2 [1:45]	See above.
Mark Nauseef	Wun Wun	Quilts (a Patchwork Dance) [10:13]	Creative Music Productions CMP Records 6055 Out of print, but try through Amazon as an import Wun Wun
Marty Erlich’s Dark Woods Ensemble	Just Before the Dawn	Eliahu [6:31]	New World Records 80474 www.newworldrecords.org
David Hykes/Harmonic Choir	Harmonic Meetings	Halleluyah [7:03]	Celestial Harmonies 14013/14 www.harmonies.com
Tom Heasley	On The Sensations of Tone	Prelude , excerpt [4:00]	Innova 566 www.innova.mu

New Releases, April 2011 (Special Podcast)

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:38:41 -0400

It's that time of the month again for the new releases show on New Sounds. John Schaefer carefully sorts through the stacks, bins, and towers of new CDs, records, and bandcamp sites which have come across his desk or into his email over the past month to present some choice cuts.

PROGRAM # 3199, New Releases, April 2011 (First aired on 4/29/11)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Various Artists: Meredith Monk	Pianos in The Kitchen, From The Kitchen Archives No. 5	Meredith Monk: Travelling, excerpt [1:30]	Orange Mountain Music 0070 www.orangemountainmusic.com
Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble, Todd Reynolds Quartet, Bodhan Hilash, bass clarinet John Hollenbeck, percussion	Songs of Ascension	Burn [4:18]	ECM Records Due out May 17, 2011 www.ecmrecords.com
Angele Dubeau & La Pieta	John Adams Portrait	Shaker Loops for string septet: Loops & Verses	Analekta AN 2 8732 angeledubeau.com
Chiara Str Qt & Matmos	Jefferson Friedman Quartets	Jefferson Friedman - String Quartet #2, I [5:35]	New Amsterdam 030 www.newamsterdamrecords.com
Chiara Str Qt & Matmos	Jefferson Friedman Quartets	Matmos - Remix #1 (Jefferson Friedman Str Quartet #2) [5:22]	See above.
Flutronix	Flutronix	Run-On [4:32]	www.flutronix.com
Watcha Clan	Radio Babel	Im Nin'Alu intro [1:47] Im Nin'alu [3:22]	Piranha PIR 2543 www.piranha.de OR Download from Emusic.com
Andy Akiho	No One to Know One	Kiiro (Yellow) [5:10]	Innova 801 www.innova.mu
Amjad Ali Khan & David Murphy -, w Scottish Ch Orch	Samaagam	Swar Samir [4:38]	World Village 468102 www.worldvillage.com OR www.sarod.com
Various Artists: Harold Budd	Pianos in The Kitchen, From The Kitchen Archives No. 5	Harold Budd, Excerpt from Preludes fo Solo Piano, [2:00]	See above.

Post-Minimalist Music (Special Podcast)

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:49:40 -0400

Philip Glass’s piano works have had a longstanding and widespread influence – on the so-called Post-minimalist composers, but also on musicians working in the electronic dance world. One of them is Francesco Tristano, who brings electronica’s repeating motifs back to the piano in his solo piece “The Melody.” We’ll hear that, as well as several of William Duckworth’s “Time Curve Preludes,” often considered the first major Post-minimalist work, and a work from the late Canadian composer Ann Southam directly inspired by Glass’s piano works.

PROGRAM #3190, post-minimalist music (First aired on 4-5-11)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Philip Glass	The Best of WNYC Live, Vol. 2	Etude #2, excerpt [1:30]	Private CD recorded in the WNYC studios
William Duckworth	Time-Curve Preludes	Prelude #17 [2:33]	Lovely Music #2031. http://www.lovely.com/titles/cd2031.html or www.emusic.com
Dustin O’Halloran	Lumiere	We Move Lightly [3:10]	Available at www.dustinohalloran.com or at www.emusic.com
Max Richter	Songs from Before	Autumn Song #1 [3:54]	Fat Cat #013 http://fat-cat.co.uk/fatcat/release.php?id=203
Ann Southam	Glass Houses Revisited (Christina Petrowska Quilico, pf)	Glass Houses #2 [4:57]	Centrediscs CMC #16511. www.musiccentre.ca
Francesco Tristano	Not For Piano	The Melody [4:35]	inFine/Sunnyside Records. Available at www.emusic.com or iTunes.
William Duckworth	Time-Curve Preludes	Prelude #6 [4:11]	See above.
Dustin O’Halloran	Lumiere	Opus 55 [6:05]	See above.
Penguin Café	A Matter of Life…	That, Not That [4:21]	www.penguincafe.com
Todd Reynolds	Outerborough	Ken Thomson: Storm Drain [6:05]	Innova #741. www.innova.mu
William Duckworth	Time-Curve Preludes	Prelude #3 [2:01]	See above.
Philip Glass	Glassworks	Opening, excerpt [4:00]	Sony Classical** available on iTunes or eMusic.

An Alternate Score for Friday Night Lights

Fri, 27 May 2011 11:05:42 -0400

To mark the last season of Friday Night Lights, the New Sounds All-Purpose Assistant has wheedled a way to have some of the music that should have scored the TV show- into a podcast! Hear here this New Sounds go at scoring an episode (or three.)
Sure, there is an expected inclusion, with Explosions in the Sky, and Efrim Manuel Menuck (Godspeed!) but get a listen to fellow Texans This Will Destroy You, Leeds, UK-based Vessels and the British post-rock band Codes in the Clouds. The show was meant to be a thank-you note to the music supervisors in the guise of a “Recommended If You Like (RIYL) Explosions in the Sky.” Get a load of that tremolo guitar, the shifting and swelling rockness of the instrumental slow-core.

Special Podcast Edition of New Sounds: An alternate score to the Friday Night Lights TV Series

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Explosions in the Sky	The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place	First Breath After Coma [9:33]	Temporary Residence 61 temporaryresidence.com
Seven Saturdays	Seven Saturdays	The Shallow End [5:08]	sevensaturdays.bandcamp.com
Efrim Manuel Menuck	Plays High Gospel	August Four, Year-Of-Our-Lord Blues [3:01]	Constellation CST 078 Due out May 24, 2011 www.cstrecords.com
The Young Scamels	Tempest	A Solemn Air [5:20]	FT 74 www.file-13.com
Vessels	Helioscope	Heal [2:36]	Cuckundoo Records vesselsband.com www.cuckundoorecords.com
Hammock	Chasing After Shadows... Living With The Ghost	Little Fly, Mouchette [5:49]	hammockmusic.com/chasing hammock.bandcamp.com
This Will Destroy You	This Will Destroy You	Leather Wings [3:31]	Magic Bullet 100 www.magicbulletrecords.com Or download from Emusic.com or iTunes.
Dirty Three	Whatever You Love, You Are	I Really Should Have Gone Out Last Night [6:55]	Touch & Go Records Touch & Go 223 www.touchandgorecords.com
Codes in the Clouds	As the Spirit Wanes	The Reason in Madness, in Love [3:55]	Erased Tapes Records 15952 www.erasedtapes.com
Explosions in the Sky	Take Care, Take Care, Take Care	Postcard from 1952 [7:07]	Temporary Residence 11206 temporaryresidence.com

New Music with Voices

Fri, 13 May 2011 14:29:31 -0400

For this New Sounds, try on some layered voices in music by Julianna Barwick. A superchoir of many Juliannas combines with warm drones and hypnotic piano to bring to mind Sigur Rós in a glacial cathedral. Plus, there's also music from Toby Twining's latest, "Eurydice," which began as a score for Sarah Ruhl's play of the same name, and evolved into a many voiced interpretation of the Orpheus myth. Those works, and much more.

PROGRAM # 3194, New Music for Voices (First aired on 4/18/11)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Toby Twining Music	Eurydice	Yes! Yes! Yes! [4:00] Underworld Motif, Strange High Pitched Noises [:51] The String Room [5:37] E-U-R-Y-D-I-C-E [2:27]	Cantaloupe Music CA 21068 www.cantaloupemusic.com
Julianna Barwick	The Magic Place	Envelop [5:40]	Asthmatic Kitty Records AKR081 http://asthmatickitty.com/the-magic-place
Laurel MacDonald	Luscinia’s Lullaby	Flutter [3:40] Envelope Of Many [3:07]	Improbable Music imaCD-04 www.improbablemusic.com
Julianna Barwick	The Magic Place	White Flag [4:53]	See above.
Efrim Manuel Menuck	High Gospel	Chickadees Roar, Pt 2 [4:44]	Constellation CST 078 Due out May 24, 2011 www.cstrecords.com
Julianna Barwick	The Magic Place	Cloak	See above.

New Music from New Zealand (Weekly Podcast)

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 17:28:36 -0400

New Zealand-based Jack Body has written electroacoustic compositions using field recordings from Indonesia (and has also written for the Kronos Quartet.) We’ll hear his collage of street sounds and toys that ends with pigeons taking off, each with different sized whistles attached. Also, there’s music from New Zealand composer Gareth Farr, who incorporates the sounds of Indonesian gamelan music into his writing.

Plus, composer/performer Phil Dadson coaxes and explores weird sounds (PVC pipes, tubes & water glasses) into a ritual event with his performance troupe From Scratch (a percussive and occasionally sax-y precursor to drum/dance shows like 'Stomp' and Blue Man.) Listen to a few of those drones and beatings on this New Sounds. And much more.

PROGRAM #3187, New Music from New Zealand (First aired on 3-29-11)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
John Psathas / Michael Houstoun	Rhythm Spike	Waiting for the Aeroplane [7:06]	RAT-D008 www.rattlerecords.net
Kenneth Young, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra	Farr: From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs	Gareth Farr :Te Papa [9:46]	Morrison Music Trust MMT 2021/26 www.trustrecords.com
From Scratch	Songs For Heroes	Philip Dadson: Songs For Heroes, Part 2 [11:16]	Rattle Records RAT –D002 www.rattlerecords.net
Jack Body	Suara: Environmental Music From Java	Suara, Environmental Music of Java, excerpts (Music Anak-Anak (Children's Music)) [9:00]	Ode Record Company, Ltd. Out of print. Try Amazon.com*

Musical Tributes (Weekly Podcast)

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:54:19 -0400

We’ll hear musical tributes aplenty on this New Sounds program, many of them by guitarists heaping their thanks to other artists. We’ll hear notes of appreciation from Bill Frisell to Boubacar Traoré and from trumpeter Dave Douglas to Bill Frisell. Plus, tributes to Angelique Kidjo, John Fahey, and Philip Glass, and a few others.

PROGRAM #3185, Musical Tributes (First aired on 3-23-11)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Ben Allison	Buzz	Green Al [6:14]	Palmetto Records PM 2101 www.palmetto-records.com
John Danley	Drifting Into Oblivion	Philip’s Glasses [3:19]	A Priori Records Available at CDBaby.com
Stefan Grossman	John Renbourn & Stefan Grossman In Concert	The Assassination of John Fahey [4:07]	Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop 135 Available at guitarvideos.com or Emusic.com
Bill Frisell	Blues Dream	Greg Leisz [6:14]	Nonesuch 79615 www.nonesuch.com
Dave Douglas	Strange Liberation	the Frisell Dream [3:57]	RCA 50818 Available at Emusic.com, iTunes, or Amazon.com
Bill Frisell	The Intercontinentals	Boubacar [6:13]	Nonesuch 79661 www.nonesuch.com
Jienat	Mira	Angelique [3:54]	JNCD002 www.jienat.com
Don Ross	Breakfast for Dogs	Obrigado (Egberto) [3:52]	Candyrat Records www.candyrat.com

Newspeak & Alt-Classical Bands (Weekly Podcast)

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:04:23 -0400

For this New Sounds, listen to some "alt-classical" or "indie classical" bands, like Newspeak or the Paul Bailey Ensemble. Newspeak is an eight-piece amplified ensemble working under the direction of composer David T. Little and clarinetist Eileen Mack. Named after the thought-limiting language in George Orwell’s 1984, Newspeak explores the grey area where art and politics mix. We'll hear the group, from their "Sweet Light Crude" release, playing a work by Missy Mazzoli - "In spite of all this."

Plus, listen to some electroacoustic chamber rock from Nicole Lizee (Besnard Lakes), a Canadian composer who manages to weave in jazz, improvisation, pop music, contemporary music and everything in between. Music by the Paul Bailey Ensemble rounds out the show.

PROGRAM # 3174, “alt-classical” and “indie classical” (First aired on 2-23-11)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Nicole Lizée	This Will Not Be Televised	Girl, you're Living A Life Of Crime [4:19]	2008 Centrediscs / Centredisques CMCCD 13508 www.musiccentre.ca or on Emusic www.emusic.com
Newspeak	sweet light crude	Missy Mazzoli: In Spite of All This [8:33]	New Amsterdam NWAM026 www.newamsterdamrecords.com www.newspeakmusic.org
Nicole Lizée	This Will Not Be Televised	Carpal Tunnels [6:39]	See above.
Newspeak	sweet light crude	David T. Little: sweet light crude [8:11]	See above.
Paul Bailey Ensemble	Alt-classical	Life’s Too Short, (clean studio version) [10:12]	www.paulbailey.us OR paulbailey.bandcamp.com
Paul Bailey Ensemble	Alt-classical	myinnersatan [6:14]	See above.

New Releases, February 2011 (Weekly Podcast)

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:50:16 -0400

It's that time again for the monthly program of new releases. John Schaefer picks through the boatloads of CDs that have flooded his inbox to find new releases worthy of showcasing in tonight's program. We'll hear from the new double-release by Todd Reynolds, "Outerborough," a collection of both his own works and pieces written for him by other folks. Also, hopefully we will sample music from Corsican singers performing Tibetan music and Brooklyn-based Balkan brass band music.

PROGRAM # 3175, February 2011 New Releases (First aired on 2-28-11)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Todd Reynolds	Outerborough	Transamerica, feat.Kid Beyond [5:08]	Innova 741 www.innova.mu
Julia Kent	Green and Grey	A Spire [3:58]	Important Records IMPREC324CD Due out March 28, 2011 www.juliakent.com
Todd Reynolds	Outerborough	Michael Lowenstern: Crossroads [4:37]	See above.
Carolina Chocolate Drops / Luminscent Orchestrii with Adam Matta (vocal percussion/beatbox)	Carolina Chocolate Drops / Luminscent Orchestrii	Escoutas (Diga Diga Diga) [4:40]	Nonesuch 526130 www.nonesuch.com
Ansambl Mastika & Black Sea Hotel	Songs & Dances for Life NONSTOP	Ispukav Poema [4:27]	www.ansamblmastika.com
Raya Brass Band	Raya Brass Band	Di Di [4:11]	www.rayabrassband.com
Inna Zhelannaya feat. Trey Gunn	Cocoon	Well [5:56]	7d Media 1013 www.7dmedia.com www.inasound.ru
Paolo Fresu / A Filetta Corsican Voices / Daniele di Bonaventura	Mistico Mediterraneo	Le Lac [6:39]	ECM 2203 www.ecmrecords.com

Collaborative Efforts (Weekly Podcast)

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:42:06 -0400

For this New Sounds, we'll take a sneak peak at the forthcoming "Tirtha," a collaboration between the South Indian guitarist Prasanna and pianist/composer Vijay Iyer. Also, the venerable sax titan Charles Lloyd together with MacArthur “genius grant”-winning pianist Jason Moran, from a live performance on Soundcheck. And more.

PROGRAM # 3171, Collaborative Efforts (First aired on 2-17-11)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Tord Gustavsen Ensemble	Restored, Returned	The Gaze [5:44]	ECM 2107 www.ecmrecords.com
Nik Bärtsch's Ronin	Llyria	Modul 52 [8:17]	ECM 2178 www.ecmrecords.com
Vijay Iyer/Prasanna/Nitin Mitta	Tirtha	Duality [5:59]	ACT Music & Vision 9503-2 Due out March 8, 2011 http://www.actmusic.com/
Urs Leimgruber & John Wolf Brennan	Mountain Hymn	Nagaswaram [11:03]	Bellaphon CDLR 45002 Out of print
Charles Lloyd & Jason Moran	Live on Soundcheck	Go Down Moses [6:07]	This performance not commercially available. The ECM record on which Jason Moran appears is called “Mirror,” ECM #2176 www.ecmrecords.com
Trygve Seim & Andreas Utnem	Purcor- Songs for Saxophone and Piano	Nu Seglar Vi Inn [4:36]	ECM 2186 www.ecmrecords.com

Lost Music (Weekly Podcast)

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:25:18 -0500

For this New Sounds Program, we’ll listen to intriguing music about being lost, both physically, and in the sense of just having no direction, and not knowing where you’re headed. From duoJalal -violist Kathryn Lockwood and percussionist Yousif Sheronick- hear music by Kenji Bunch, an entire suite called “Lost & Found.”

Also, listen to Ingram Marshall’s work, “Fog Tropes,” about being in a fog, and being lost in the fog. Plus, there’s music about being directionless by Jeremy Peyton-Jones which uses nautical imagery to convey the feeling of being lost. Perhaps we’ll also hear a bit from Bang on a Can’s “Lost Objects,” a musical exploration of the meaning of memory, and a powerful monument to the loss of people, things, rituals, ideas.

PROGRAM # 3170, Lost Music (First aired on 2-15-11)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Bill Frisell	Disfarmer	Lost, Night [1:50]	Nonesuch 478524 www.nonesuch.com
Ingram Marshall	Fog Tropes / Gradual Requiem	Fog Tropes: Gradual Requiem [9:59]	New Albion #002 www.newalbion.com
Bang on a Can	Lost Objects	M Gordon/D Lang/J Wolfe: We Were Enveloped [7:27]	Teldec 84107 http://bangonacan.org/store/product/58
Jeremy Peyton-Jones & Regular Music II	Regular Music II	North, South, East, West [12:28]	New Tone #6748 www.felmay.it (http://www.felmay.it/main.php?ricerca=peyton-jones&id=8119)
duoJalal	A Different World	Kenji Bunch: Lost & Found- parts 1,2, 4 [13:00]	Innova 793 www.innova.mu

Modern Oratorios & Sacred Texts (Weekly Podcast)

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:48:46 -0500

For this New Sounds, hear some modern oratorios and other sacred texts set to music, including Kitty Brazelton's "Ecclesiastes: A Modern Oratorio," Phil Kline's "John the Revelator," and Douglas J. Cuomo's "Arjuna's Dilemma." Composer, professor, singer, improviser, multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Kitty Brazelton has written a modern oratorio with texts from the Book of Ecclesiastes, re-translated from the Hebrew and Latin by Brazelton herself. Her discoveries and deeper readings have uncovered a message that she believes Christians concealed in the 17th century; "live now—your life, whatever it is, is the gift—be grateful for everything, hardship or reward because you can’t understand where they will lead."

The component parts of the work -a male vocal quartet, cello, extended drum kit, concert bass drum, hammered dulcimer, bells, “found” soundtracks & drones- are altered, fractured, and recombined to consider time - its beginning, its ending. This harmonic wash of sound - bowing, plucking, sticking, bell-playing, and thunderous beating, together with the live voices - sometimes processed - rises menacingly, and then recedes. "There is an almost Sufi-like quality to the droning," suggests Daniel Coombs, along with "a bit of David Hykes, some Dead Can Dance, even a little Peter Gabriel," which create an "other-worldly environment."

PROGRAM # 3167, Modern Oratorios & Sacred Texts (First aired on 2-2-11)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Kitty Brazelton / The Time Remaining Band	Ecclesiastes : A Modern Oratorio	Bells [2:23] Time to go, Time to Remain [4:36] Heaven [5:05] A Time to Every Purpose [3:56] Bells and Words [2:29]	Innova 727 www.innova.mu
Phil Kline (performed by Lionheart & Ethel)	John the Revelator, A Mass for Six Voices	Phil Kline: Hear My Prayer [1:54] The Man Who Knows Misery [2:44] Dark Was the Night [5:50]	Cantaloupe 21047 www.cantaloupemusic.com
Douglas Cuomo /	Arjuna’s Dilemma	"Epilogue: I Will Fight" [4:00]	Innova 697 www.innova.mu
Kitty Brazelton / The Time Remaining Band	Ecclesiastes : A Modern Oratorio	the beginning and ending of all things [17:20]	Innova 727 www.innova.mu

New Music for Solo Guitar (Weekly Podcast)

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:34:02 -0500

For this New Sounds, we’ll have at least a double-helping of guitar music, featuring some solo works by Marc Ribot intended as music for films: some are adaptations of music he has actually written for films, others for classic silent movies that he scored for his personal amusement, still others for films of his own imagination. These haunting and wistful pieces explore, as Ribot says, "the strange area between language and spatiality that exists partly in between music and visual image, and partly as a common property of both."

Plus, solo guitar music from gifted guitarist/composer Gyan Riley (yep, son of notable composer Terry Riley) from his most recent effort, “Stream of Gratitude,” a record of original works that happen to be dedications (to J.S. Bach, John Dowland, Agustin Barrios Mangoré, Egberto Gismonti, and others.) All that, and music from William Tyler and Michael Chapman as well.

PROGRAM # 3164, Music for Solo Guitar (First aired on 1-27-11)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Marc Ribot	Silent Movies	Delancey Waltz, excerpt [1:30]	Pi Recordings PI 34 www.pirecordings.com www.marcribot.com
Michael Chapman	Trainsong: Guitar Compositions 1967-2010	The Last Polish Breakfast [5:25]	Tompkins Square 2530 tompkinssquare.com
Wililam Tyler	Behold the Spirit	Missionary Ridge [6:04]	Tompkins Square 2424 tompkinssquare.com
Gyan Riley	Stream of Gratitude	Irican [6:20]	Tzadik 8078 www.tzadik.com
Michael Chapman	Trainsong: Guitar Compositions 1967-2010	Thurston's House [3:09]	See above.
Marc Ribot	Silent Movies	Flicker [5:22] Bateau [4:59] The Kid [4:16]	Pi Recordings PI 34 www.pirecordings.com www.marcribot.com

Indie Rock Branches Out (Weekly Podcast)

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:13:48 -0500

For this New Sounds, listen to indie artists straddle the divide between world music, ambient and electronica as they incorporate or approximate traditional instruments, traditional sounds, and take the results well out of indie rock-land. We'll hear from the Tradi-Mods Vs Rockers record, the latest in the Congotronics series, where carefully chosen artists have recorded homages to the original source material - landing someplace between reinventions and cover versions, and often go as far as being worthy of the dancefloor.

Sample a few of these reworkings, including one by Andrew Bird reinventing Konono No. 1, and Animal Collective reworking music by the Kasai All-Stars. We'll also listen to On Fillmore, a collaboration between Glenn Kotche (also the drummer in Wilco) and Darin Gray, who mix percussion, acoustic bass, bird calls by Dede Sampaio (recorded in a grain silo) and other field recordings. Plus, music from Six Organs of Admittance (guitarist Ben Chasny) which chimes and drones, and some ambient music by Loscil, who happens to be drummer Scott Morgan of the Vancouver-based band, Destroyer.

PROGRAM # 3160, Indie Rock meets World, Ambient, & More (First aired on 1-18-11)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Various Artists: Andrew Bird vs. Konono N°1 & Sobanza Mima	Tradi-Mods vs Rockers: Alternative Takes on Congotronics	Ohnono/Kiwembo [5:59]	Crammed 169 www.crammed.be
Andrew Bird	Useless Creatures	Nyatiti [3:58]	Fat Possum FP1219 Previously only available as the 2^nd of a Deluxe 2CD package of “Noble Beast” BUT released in 2010: www.fatpossum.com
Rachel’s	Significant Others	Lipochase [4:29]	Rachel's Archive 2002 ARC 01 Only available digitally: digital.thinkindie.com fina-music.com
Various Artists: Aksak Maboul vs Kasai Allstars	Tradi-Mods vs Rockers: Alternative Takes on Congotronics	Land Dispute [4:53]	See above.
Various Artists: Animal Collective vs Kasai Allstars	Tradi-Mods vs Rockers: Alternative Takes on Congotronics	Quick As White	See above.
On Fillmore (Glenn Kotche & Darrin Gray)	Extended Vacation	Complications [7:11]	WIL248 wilco.kungfunation.com
Loscil (Scott Morgan)	Endless Falls	Estuarine [8:21]	Kranky KRANK141 boomkat.com (Also available as LP) or download from Emusic.com
Six Organs of Admittance (Ben Chasny)	Asleep On The Floodplain	Above A Desert I've Never Seen [5:03]	Drag City Due out Feb 22, 2011 www.dragcity.com www.sixorgans.com
Noveller (Sarah Lipstate)	Desert Fires	Almost Alright, excerpt [3:00]	Saffron Records 001 www.saffronrecordings.com www.sarahlipstate.com

Electronically Enhanced Acoustica (Weekly Podcast)

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 13:05:00 -0500

Hear works for acoustic instruments and electronics, with the combinations of piano and electronics, violin and electronics, or a small ensemble using no electronics at all on this New Sounds program. We'll listen to Open Graves with Stuart Dempster recorded way down in a water cistern, which sounds very processed, although it was all acoustic.

There's also piano with sampled sounds of water by Afro-Cuban jazz pianist Omar Sosa from his record, "Calma." Then we'll hear a work by Neil Rolnick, from his release, "Extended Family" which at times sounds like an early jazz salooon piano, then quotes old hymn tunes, all with electronics interacting with the acoustic piano. Plus, long slow building guitar droney post-rock from Hammock, and more.

PROGRAM # 3162, Electronically Enhanced Acoustica (First aired on 1-25-11)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Open Graves (Paul Kikuchi and Jesse Olsen) with Stuart Dempster	Flight Patterns	2, excerpt [2:00]	Prefecture Records 004 www.prefecturerecords.com OR Available at www.cdbaby.com
Omar Sosa	Calma	Aquas [3:41]	OTA 1022 www.melodia.com
Neil Rolnick	Extended Family	Faith, excerpt [15:00]	Innova 782 www.innova.mu
Ana Milosavljevic	Reflections	Aleksandra Vrebalov - The Spell III [7:26]	Innova 776 www.innova.mu
Hammock	Longest Year	Longest Year [8:23]	hammockmusic.com hammock.bandcamp.com
Brian Eno/ Jon Hopkins / Leo Abrahams	Small Craft on a Milk Sea	Emerald and Stone [2:12]	Warp CD 207 www.warprecords.com
Open Graves (Paul Kikuchi and Jesse Olsen) with Stuart Dempster	Flight Patterns	2 [9:23]	Prefecture Records 004 www.prefecturerecords.com OR Available at www.cdbaby.com

New Releases, December 2010 (Weekly Podcast)

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:01:05 -0500

It's the most wonderful time of the month! John Schaefer sifts through the steady stream of CDs that have flooded his office to find a sampling of new releases worthy of showcasing in tonight's New Sounds program. From here we can see some acoustic Afro-pop, a heaping helping of Balkan-inspired jazz, Balkan-informed indie rock, and the Sway Machinery, featuring Khaira Arby. Plus, new music from Stephan Micus, and much more.

PROGRAM #3153, Music for the New Year (First aired on 12-30-10)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Stephan Micus	Bold as Light	The Shrine [4:38]	ECM Records 2173 www.ecmrecords.com
Billy Fox’s Blackbirds and Bullets	Dulces	Deva Dasi [10:49]	Clean Feed 204 www.cleanfeed-records.com
A Hawk and a Hacksaw	Cervantine	No Rest for the Wicked [8:21]	LM Duplication Due out in March 2011
Matt Darriau Paradox Trio	Matt Darriau Paradox Trio with Bojan Z	Faux Clarinet with Glass [6:51]	Felmay 167032 www.felmay.it
The Sway Machinery, feat. Khaira Arby	The House of Friendly Ghosts, Vol. I	Serigou (with Khaira Arby) [4:33]	JDub Records www.jdubrecords.org Due out in Feb. 2011
Sidi Toure	Sahel Folk	Djarii Ber (A Great Day) [4:01]	Thrill Jockey 256 www.thrilljockey.com
Phyllis Chen	Mesmers	Carousel [2:41]	Cerumspoon www.phyllischen.net www.cerumspoon.com

The Buddhist Influence (Weekly Podcast)

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 13:15:17 -0500

For this New Sounds program, listen to Buddhist-inspired music, including new music from the elusive composer Anton Batagov who has put out a recording of his music featuring chants by the leading Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader of the Kalmykia people. We’ll also hear selections from the Steve Tibbetts collaboration with the Tibetan Buddhist nun, Chöying Drolma - “Chö.” Then there’s the sounds of traditional Tibetan Buddhist instruments in music from David Parsons. Plus, music from Philip Glass’s soundtrack to the movie Kundun (about the young Dalai Lama coming of age and escaping Tibet with his life, during the time frame of 1937 to 1959.)

PROGRAM #2988, The Buddhist Influence (First aired on Thurs. 10-01-09)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Philip Glass	Philip On Film – Filmworks by Philip Glass	Escape to India (from Kundun), excerpt	Nonesuch 79660 (5 CD set) www.nonesuch.com
Anton Batagov & Telo Tulku Rinpoche	Bodhicharyavatara	Adopting the Spirit of Awakening (3rd chapter) [9:52]	Tummo 9017 www.batagov.com www.savetibet.ru www.buddhisminkalmykia
Steve Tibbetts & Choying Drolma	Chö	Chö Chendren [3:38]	Hannibal 1404 Out of print, but try Amazon.com*
Philip Glass	Philip On Film – Filmworks by Philip Glass	Escape to India (from Kundun) [10:09]	Nonesuch 79660 (5 CD set) www.nonesuch.com
Steve Tibbetts & Choying Drolma	Chö	Kangyi Tengi [6:30]	See above.
David Parsons	In Retrospect 1980-2003	Maitreya, excerpt [7:00]	Celestial Harmonies 14204 www.harmonies.com

New Piano-Based Music (Weekly Podcast)

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:21:49 -0500

New music from the Neil Cowley Trio and the Bad Plus are on this New Sounds program, bands which on the surface resemble conventional piano trios, but pull liberally from the rock world and everywhere else. We'll listen to both of their most recent releases, along with music from Rachel's, who also have a recent release. Even though they are no longer together, this recording is of previously unavailable material. All that, and more...

PROGRAM #3139, New Piano-Based Music (First aired on 11/16/2010)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Bad Plus	Never Stop	Never Stop [03.51]	E1 Music EOM CD 2112 www.eonemusic.com
Neil Cowley Trio	Radio Silence	Monoface [5.23] Radio Silence [6.08]	Naim CD 147 www.naimlabel.com
Rachel’s	Significant Others	Lipochase [04.29]	Rachel's Archive 2002 Only available digitally: digital.thinkindie.com
Timothy Andres	Shy and Mighty	Out of Shape [06.55]	Nonesuch 522413 www.nonesuch.com
Neil Cowley Trio	Radio Silence	Stereoface [06.03]	See above.
Bad Plus	Never Stop	Snowball [07.40]	See above.

Requiem for Fossil Fuels Live (Weekly Podcast)

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:22:56 -0500

“Requiem for Fossil Fuels,” a site-specific memorial mass, combines human voices and ambient sound. It’s the result of more than twenty years of work and collaboration by Bruce Odland and Sam Auinger, two sound artists/composers and sonic thinkers. For this edition of New Sounds, listen to the performance, recorded live at the World Financial Center last month.

PROGRAM #3144, New Sounds Live: Requiem for Fossil Fuels (First aired on 12/02/2010)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Bruce Odland and Sam Auinger (O+A)	Live, World Financial Center, November 12, 2010	Introitus [2:30], Kyrie [3:50], Dies Irae [12:16]	This performance not commercially available. Hear other versions at: http://www.o-a.info/rfff/index.html
Bruce Odland and Sam Auinger (O+A)	Live, World Financial Center, 2004	Offertum [5:55], Sanctus [8:00], Benedictus [4:20]	See above.
Bruce Odland and Sam Auinger (O+A)	Live, World Financial Center, November 12, 2010	Agnus Dei [7:00], Communio [4:25]	See above.