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Cinematic Sounds of Iceland (Special Podcast)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — 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

listenerservices@wnyc.org — 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. Plus, music from Syrian Abed Azrie.

Downtown, Then and Now

listenerservices@wnyc.org — 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)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — 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

listenerservices@wnyc.org — 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

listenerservices@wnyc.org — 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)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — 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)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — 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)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — 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)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — 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)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — 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)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — 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

listenerservices@wnyc.org — 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

listenerservices@wnyc.org — 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)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — 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)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — 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)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — 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)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — 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)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — 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)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — 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)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — 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)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — 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)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — 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)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — 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)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — 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)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — 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)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — 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)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — 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.

American Tales (Weekly Podcast)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:20:00 -0500

Listen to some American tales on this New Sounds program. We’ll hear the mesmerizing 11-minute reflection, “Another Day In America” as delivered through Fenway Bergamot, Laurie Anderson's wise and witty “Voice of Authority” alter-ego and more of her musical and lyrical medititations on America in the 21st century, from her recent "Homeland." Also, Jerry Granelli’s “Twenty Questions for an Outlaw” uses the persona of Billy the Kid, and is something like an “audio movie or play,” with text by actor/playwright/singer Rinde Eckert. We’ll hear their blend of ambient jazz and spoken word, and much more.

PROGRAM #3114, “Looking for America,” American Tales (First aired on 9/13/2010)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Laurie Anderson	Homeland	Another Day in America [11:25]	Nonesuch 524055 www.nonesuch.com
Jerry Granelli/ Rinde Eckert	Sandhills Reunion	Like a Ghost in the Grass [4:05] Nolan [7:03] Last Light [5:34]	Songlines SA1553 www.songlines.com

Cinematic Audio (Weekly Podcast)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:43:06 -0500

American sound-designer, film editor and composer, Matteo Marchisano-Adamo makes cinematic audio sculptures out of prepared piano and electronics from a collection of “Inventions.” We'll also hear electronic music based on the sounds of Indonesian gamelan by Gregory Taylor, and some rooted in sounds from Jamaica as well. That, and more on this New Sounds.

PROGRAM #3119, New Electronic Music (First aired on 9/23/2010)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Gregory Taylor	dua_belas	Andreas [6:56]	PoL 03 \| 2010 www.palaceoflights.com
K. Leimer	The Land of Look Behind	The Cockpit [6:33]	www.palaceoflights.com/kleimer
Gregory Taylor	dua_belas	filipus-yang-melit [2:04]	See above.
Matteo Marchisano-Adamo	Inventions I-XVIII	Invention I [5:53]	Available at CDBaby.com www.cdbaby.com/cd/matteomusic OR Download from Emusic
Marc Barreca	Subterrane	near greenwater [5:12]	Palace of Lights 02 \| 2010 www.palaceoflights.com

With Ben Neill and Mimi Goese (Weekly Podcast)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:08:45 -0500

For this New Sounds, mutant trumpter/composer Ben Neill joins John Schaefer in the studio. Lately, he’s been working together with filmmaker Bill Morrison and singer Mimi Goese on a staging of the Persephone myth – Demeter’s daughter taken by Hades to the underworld against her will. The multimedia music theatre work, which will be staged at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) next week, is informed by rock, layered with electronica and silent film projections, and is reimagined as a 19^th century theatre troupe’s "antidote to irony." We’ll hear songs from Persephone and catch up with Ben Neill.

PROGRAM #3130, with Ben Neill (First aired on 10/21/2010)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Ben Neill & Mimi Goese	Persephone, Private tape	Cusp [5:40]	This performance not commercially available. See www.benneill.com for more info.
Ben Neill	Private tape	Posthorn [5:50]	This performance not commercially available.
Ben Neill & Mimi Goese	Persephone, Private tape	Elegy [5:33] Laudanum [6:37] World's End [4:45]	This performance not commercially available.
Batteries Duo	Les Amusements	Parking Lot [5:02] Cello Talk [4:01]	www.thebatteriesduo.com Also available on iTunes

With Steven Mackey (Weekly Podcast)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:58:04 -0400

Electric guitarist, composer and Princeton University professor Steven Mackey returns to New Sounds for this program. His enormous and ambitious work, “Dreamhouse,” a collaboration with singer/producer/writer Rinde Eckert and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, for orchestra, electric guitars, and singers has just been released.

The work takes the metaphor of house-building and gives a framework to issues like inside versus outside, security versus vulnerability, and the issues of house versus home, while also using texts that contain technical architectural words – crowns, turrets, mansard, etc. Mackey introduces excerpts from “Dreamhouse” and talks us through how 9/11 affected its development.

PROGRAM #3134, with Steven Mackey (First aired on 10/27/2010)

ARTIST(S)

RECORDING

CUT(S)

SOURCE

BMOP, Rinde Eckert, Catch Electric Guitar Quartet, Synergy Vocals, led by Gil Rose

Mackey Dreamhouse

Steven Mackey: From Above [3:56]
Framing /Her Gaze [3:14]
Part III, excerpt [7:00]
Part III, Finale [9:00]

BMOP/Modern Sound 1019
www.bmopsound.org

Janus

i am not

Jason Treuting: (blank) [3:48]

Anna Clyne: Beware Of [5:23]

New Amsterdam NWAM024
www.newamsterdamrecords.com
www.janustrio.org

New Sounds Special Podcast: O+A -Requiem for Fossil Fuels (Mini-Preview)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:01:54 -0400

"Requiem for Fossil Fuels," is a new setting by Bruce Odland and Sam Auinger of the traditional mass. Performed by a quartet of vocal virtuosi with the composers at the helm of an 8-channel “Orchestra of Cities,” this piece is driven by the clamorous sounds of the metropolis (site-specific recordings): traffic, construction, alarms, chatter as well as sounds of helicopters, jets and harbor sourced outside the Winter Garden in 2004 when O+A presented their sonic installation, Blue Moon, on the Plaza.

From O+A's site: "As we face the passing of our fossil fuel dependent way of life, we hope to gain insight by examining the sounds of our culture through the lens of the Requiem Mass.”

The concert takes place at the World Financial Center's Winter Garden on Friday November 12, 2010 at 7PM. Admission is FREE.

Narration in Music (Weekly Podcast)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:12:27 -0400

For this New Sounds, listen to the found sounds of narration from strange and wonderful recordings in music by the Books. We'll hear from their latest, "The Way Out," a playful and surreal effort recorded in the Books' home studios.

Also on the show, listen to music from pianist/composer Vijay Iyer and poet/performer Mike Ladd, from a narrative work, "In What Language?" a hybrid project featuring an eleven-piece ensemble of musicians and speaking voices. Plus, music from Pete M. Wyer, The Young Scamels, and more.

PROGRAM #3124, Narration in Music (First aired on 10/6/2010)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
The Young Scamels	Tempest	Be Not Afeard, excerpt [1:00]	FT 74 www.file-13.com
The Books	The Way Out	Group Autogenics I [3:44]	Temporary Residence Limitied TRR183 temporaryresidence.com
Linda Montano	Lesbian American Composers	Portrait of Sappho [7:22]	CRI 780 www.newworldrecords.org
Vijay Iyer / Mike Ladd	In What Language?	The Color of My Circumference I [4:11] Plastic Bag [6:08]	Pi Recordings #09 www.pirecordings.com
Tom Johnson	Music for 88	Multiplication Table, excerpt [4:00]	XI Foundation 106 xirecords.org
Pete M. Wyer	Stories from the City at Night	Subway Nightride [7:29]	Thirsty Ear Records** online at www.thirstyear.com *
The Books	The Way Out	Group Autogenics II [4:52]	See above.

Music From the North (Weekly Podcast)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:01:21 -0400

Hear some Icelandic electronic chamber music with a delicate undercurrent of minimalism from the young Olafur Arnalds on this New Sounds. We’ll listen to the Arnalds record, "And they have escaped the weight of darkness." The rest of this Northern edition of the show includes music from Norway and Sweden, and more from Iceland.

There's also music from another piano trio, the Helge Lien Trio, and their record “Hello Troll.” Plus, more music from Iceland by way of Australia, courtesy of Ben Frost. Frost lives and works in Iceland and incorporates what might sound like sheets of ice and wolves into his piece, “Leo Needs a New Pair of Shoes.” Rounding out the show is music not-from-the-north by ex-Pop Will Eat Itself member Clint Mansell, played by Scottish band Mogwai and Kronos Quartet.

PROGRAM #3093, New Music from the North (First aired on 7/7/10)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Olafur Arnalds	...And They Have Escaped The Weight Of Darkness	Gleypa okkur [5:34]	Erased Tapes ERATP 022 erasedtapes.com olafurarnalds.com
Ben Frost	By the Throat	Leo Needs a New Pair of Shoes [7:04]	Bedroom Community HVALUR6 bedroomcommunity.net
Susanna and the musical orchestra	3	Another day (Roy Harper) [3:56]	Rune Grammofon 2090 www.runegrammofon.com
Helge Lien Trio	Hello Troll	Radio [7:24]	Ozella OZ 021 ozellamusic.com
Kronos Quartet & Mogwai	The Fountain	Clint Mansell: Death is the Road to Awe [8:26]	Nonesuch 79901 www.nonesuch.com
Ensemble Klang	Peter Adriaansz	Wave 3 [11:21]	EKCD1 www.ensembleklang.com

Unusual Collaborations (Weekly Podcast)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:20:05 -0400

On this New Sounds program, hear music from Iraqi oud master Rahim AlHaj, in collaboration with accordion virtuoso Guy Klucevsek, from a fascinating double album of cross-cultural collaborations, called “Little Earth.” AlHaj studied with Munir Bashir, but was also trained in Western classical music, and on this global effort was joined by folks as diverse as Cape Verde’s Maria de Barros, Bill Frisell, Peter Buck, and Mali’s Yacouba Sissoko.

Also on the program, music from V.M. Bhatt, and his Mohan Veena (an Indian classical string instrument that is a modified archtop guitar played lap-style like a slide guitar) together with bass and keyboard player Matt Malley, formerly of Counting Crows. And more.

PROGRAM #3123, Cross-Cultural Collaborations (First aired on 10/4/2010)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Brian Keane & Omar Faruk Tekbilek	Kelebek/The Butterfly	Kelebek [5:05]	Celestial Harmonies 13287 www.harmonies.com
Rahim AlHaj & Guy Klucevsek	Little Earth	The Searching [7:17]	UR 005 www.rahimalhaj.com
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt & Matt Malley	Sleepless Nights	Sleepless Nights [12:45]	World Village 468097 www.worldvillagemusic.com
Brian Keane & Omar Faruk Tekbilek	Kelebek/The Butterfly	Teacher [3:44]	See above.
Christopher Campbell	Sound the All-Clear	Ritual Waking, Ritual Sleepwalking [10:39]	Innova 750 www.innova.mu
Brian Keane & Omar Faruk Tekbilek	Kelebek/The Butterfly	Deep Blue, excerpt [7:00]	See above.

The New Latin Tinge (Weekly Podcast)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:27:48 -0400

Jelly Roll Morton identified “the Latin tinge” as a major component in the development of jazz. Now, the rhythms and sounds of Latin music can be heard in the long-awaited Malian-Cuban collaboration that was meant to take place when the Buena Vista Social Club was born – “AfroCubism.”

On this New Sounds program, we’ll sample some of this incredibly gorgeous weave of kora, ngoni, horns, and Cuban cowboy guitars. “AfroCubism” is actually due out in November, but we’re offering a sneak preview on this podcast. Also, listen to the Cuban/Jewish mix of Septeto Rodriguez, the Latin tinge in Booka Michel's soundtrack to “Baghdad Texas,” and music from Smokey (Hormel)’s Secret Family, something like samba-roots-pop meets jazz from West Africa in the 60’s. And much more.

PROGRAM #3116, The Latin Tinge (First aired on 9/16/2010)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
AfroCubism	AfroCubism	Mali Cuba [5:37]	Nonesuch 525993 www.nonesuch.com
Lounge Lizards	No Pain for Cakes	No Pain for Cakes [6:48]	Island Records 422842867 re-released as Polygram #10090 Available at Amazon.com*
Septeto Rodriguez	Baila! Gitano Baila!	Wolfie's Corner [4:48]	Tzadik 7189 www.tzadik.com
Booka (Michel) & The Flaming Geckos	Baghdad, Texas	Carmen's Dance [3:20] Border Lights [2:17]	Loudhouse Records LHR 2009 www.loudhousemusic.com
Smokey Hormel	Smokey’s Secret Family	So Solidao [3:54]	Afro Sambas Available at Amazon.com or www.cdbaby.com
Edward Ratliff	Those Moments Before	Café Cortado [5:57]	Strudelmedia SMCD-11 strudelmedia.com edwardratliff.com
Greg Ribot & Cumbia del Norte	The International Conspiracy	Cumbia Lyla [5:51]	Cathexis GRCD40 www.cdbaby.com OR Amazon.com
Omar Sosa	Mulatos	L3zero [6:41]	Ota Records 1014 www.melodia.com

New Music Smorgasbord (Weekly Podcast)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 16:38:59 -0400

It's that time again for the monthly program of new releases. John Schaefer picks through the bucketloads of CDs that have flooded his inbox to find new releases worthy of showcasing in this program from May 2010.

Listen to music from Joel Harrison, David Rothenberg & Marily Crispell, and Zeitgeist, among others.

PROGRAM # 3082, May 2010 New Releases (First aired on 5/28/2010)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Zeitgeist	In Bone-Colored Light	Angle of Displacement, excerpt [1:00]	Innova 774 www.innova.mu
New York Polyphony	Tudor City	Andrew Smith: Surrexit Christus [3:24]	Avie Records AV2186 www.avierecords.com www.newyorkpolyphony.com
Tim Fain and Wendy Sutter	Lifeforce: the music of Joel Harrison	Life Force Mvt 3 - dedicated to Jim Estabrook [4:19]	Orange Mountain Music 7005 www.orangemountainmusic.com
Marilyn Crispell & David Rothenberg	One Dark Night I Left My Silent House	Tsering [4:57]	ECM #B0013418-02 due out June 15, 2010 www.ecmrecords.com
Sunny Jain	Taboo	Basa Bhagwaan [8:54]	Brooklyn Jazz Underground BJUR 016 www.bjurecords.com
Wolfgang Muthspiel & Mick Goodrick	Live At The Jazz Standard	Minimal [3:19]	Material Records MRE 029 www.materialrecords.com
Zeitgeist	In Bone-Colored Light	Angle of Displacement [6:24]	Innova 774 www.innova.mu

More New Songs (Weekly Podcast)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:40:57 -0400

Listen to songs by the multi-talented singer-songwriter/pianist/composers Gabriel Kahane and Ed Pastorini for this New Sounds. We'll also hear from Lee Feldman along with music by Elizabeth Ziman of Elizabeth & the Catapult. Plus, music from Amy X Neuburg and Tin Hat.

PROGRAM # 3078, More New Songs (First aired on 5/19/2010)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Gabriel Kahane	Craigslistlieder	Underberg [4:16]	Stream at www.gabrielkahane.com
Lee Feldman	I've Forgotten Everything	Me and My Sara Remaining [3:54]	Urban Myth UM-114 www.cdbaby.com
Ed Pastorini	Private CD	Mechanical Chair [3:23]	Not commercially available. Info at www.101crustaceans.com
Gabriel Kahane	Gabriel Kahane	Durrants [3:40]	Wasted Storefront Amazon.com* or iTunes
Elizabeth & the Catapult	Live, Soundcheck 6/2009	Apathy [3:03]	This performance not commercially available. The tune appears on “Taller Children.” Available at Try Amazon.com*
Tin Hat	The Sad Machinery of Spring	Daisy Bell [4:58]	Hannibal Records 1524 www.rykodisc.com
Amy X Neuburg	The Secret Language of Subways	Someone Else’s Sleep [5:45]	MM 017 www.minmaxmusic.com
John Kennedy	One Body	Prayer for the Great Family [4:57]v	SFNM CD000512 www.johnkennedymusic.com
Robin Holcomb	Robin Holcomb	Deliver Me [6:29]	Nonesuch / Elektra 60983 www.nonesuch.com

Small Ensembles (Special Podcast)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:27:30 -0400

For this New Sounds, listen to some works for small ensembles, played by both "real" and "virtual" small ensembles. We’ll hear music from the Turkish-American composer Kamran Ince from the album “In White,” along with ambient chamber music by Phillip Schroeder .

Schroeder’s piece, “This We Have” is performed by one of these "virtual" ensembles – just two people - soprano Amy McGinty , together with piano, synthesizer, electric bass, and percussion performed by the composer to create multiple shimmering textures. Also, there’s music from Italian composer Luisiana Lorusso that falls somewhere between jazz and classical, featuring a “real” ensemble, comprised of string quartet with piano bass and drums. Also, listen to music by the enhanced duo, itsnotyouitsme – just electric violin and electric guitar- with a lot of loops and delays. And a whole lot more.

PROGRAM # 3083, Small Ensembles (First aired on 6/2/2010)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Phillip Schroeder	Move In The Changing Light	This We Have, excerpt [1:00]	Innova 655 innova.mu
Present Music	In White	Kamran Ince: Flight Box [12:58]	Innova 600 innova.mu OR Download from Emusic.com
Luisiana Lorusso	Upwards	Violet - Diverse Tonalita di Viola [8:21]	CiniK Records Available at iTunes, and Emusic.com
Phillip Schroeder, Amy McGinty	Move In The Changing Light	This We Have [9:33]	Innova 655 innova.mu
Giancarlo Vulcano	Vetro	Tierra del Fuego [6:15]	Innova 688 innova.mu OR download through Emusic.com
itsnotyouitsme	Fallen Monuments	Vanity Stays My Hand [9:04]	New Amsterdam NWAM018 www.newamsterdamrecords.com

New Music from Montreal (Special Podcast)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:27:55 -0400

Hear new music from Montreal on this edition of New Sounds, featuring works by Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Bell Orchestre, and Mains de Givre, among others.

Montreal guitarist/composer Tim Brady makes dark sounds with bowed electric guitar, guitar with loops, with tapes, and with computers. The overall effect -ambient and abstract- is intended to evoke the depths of the ocean in a work by Jean-Francois Laporte, “The Song of the Whale.” Also, hear atmospheric electronic music from Mains de Givre(“Hands of Frost”) an enhanced duo of violin, guitar and lots of effects. Plus, there's some “post-rock” from the likes of Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Bell Orchestre (featuring members of Arcade Fire), where the shoegaze approach to classical is mixed with the wall-of-sound achievements of say - Glenn Branca’s Guitar Army, as "rock" instruments play well together with “classical” strings, reeds, and percussion.

PROGRAM # 3084, New Music from Montreal (First aired on 6/4/2010)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Godspeed you! Black Emperor	Yanqui U.X.O	09-15-00 (Part One) [16:27]	Constellation CST 24 cstrecords.com brainwashed.com OR download from Emusic.com
Bell Orchestre	As Seen Through Windows	Icicles/Bicycles [6:14]	Arts & Crafts A&C 041 www.arts-crafts.ca
Tim Brady	GO	Jean-Francois Laporte: Le Chant des baleines	Actuelle CD 156 www.actuellecd.com
Mains de Givre	Esther Marie	Un Choeur d’ames en detresse (A choir of souls in distress) [13:22]	Textura 002 www.textura.org
Bell Orchestre	As Seen Through Windows	As Seen Through Windows, excerpt [4:57]	See above.

Bon Voyage, Summer Interns

listenerservices@wnyc.org — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:54:52 -0400

Heaps of thanks and gratitude to our summer interns, Lucy M., Chase C., and Saratoga S. for their help these past few months. Good luck at school from the New Sounds Team!

A Private Reel: Live on Soundcheck (Special Podcast)

listenerservices@wnyc.org — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:23:46 -0400

For this New Sounds Special Podcast, we raid the exclusive live performance archive from that "other" show John Schaefer hosts, the afternoon program, Soundcheck. We'll listen for tunes from pipa player Wu Man , Cuban singer Omara Portuondo , and the Italian percussionist Alessandra Belloni , to name a few.

Plus, performances by Zakir Hussain and some of the Masters of Percussion, a traditional Mongolian drinking song from Hanggai , and jazz clarinet player Anat Cohen . And so much more, including soft and dangerous banjo songs from Sam Amidon , Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars , and Irish trad tunes from Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill .