A menagerie of styles tonight, going from minimal electronic to low-fi acoustic to noise. I was especially pleased to play two tracks from artists who have sent me their work: asher, who pointed me to his composition “for c.”, available for download from term ; and Thanos Chrysakis, who recently sent me three CDs of […]
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Acoustics + Electronics || Okkyung Lee and Hahn Rowe at The Stone
I recently made a trip down to the great city of New York, the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn thereof. While my partner in exploration and experiences Christine has already given a fair bit of information (see the end of the entry for the current-post-relevant bits) about the trip, I wanted to write a bit […]
March 29th Show — No Show
Because of some feeling under-the-weather on Wednesday night, there was no sigtronica this week. I did just get back from Manhattan and Brooklyn this weekend, however, with some new music to share. I’ll also be attending to all of those tracks that people have sent in. I hope that some of you will tune in […]
March 22nd Show
I devoted the bulk of this show to a new (at least at the station) live piece from Tony Conrad and Faust. Originally from 1995, the piece was entitled “From The Side Of Man And Womankind” and is off of the album Outside the Dream Syndicate ALIVE. Complete with shredded and bleeding fingers, a brick […]
March 15th Show
Slightly “reserved” in tone tonight, featuring some excellent drone by Kowalsky, Growing, and Charalambides. I found an interesting new artist in Et Ret, went back to my semi-indie roots with Mogwai, and threw in some contemporary classical with Kotche and Lucier (who was recently in the area at a concert of electro-acoustic music; I spoke […]
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The high-pitched sounds of a bus’ brakes
An occasional feature here will be the reviews of sounds: those heard in a concert hall or club; those that came from the CD, vinyl, or MP3; or just merely those that I came upon during the day, out in the world. This first post is of the last kind and is, perhaps in some […]
the sigtronica website rises
I’ve finally re-designed and updated the sigtronica website. In the coming days I’ll be adding old playlists and archives along with more links and thoughts. The posts will be time-travelling, as the playlists will be appearing on the date that the show aired. Isn’t the power of technology to completely mess with time amazing? Thanks […]
March 8th Show Playlist
This show featured all new tracks (well, from the new section of the station, at least) and a mix of noise and minimalism. Care Fumes by Terrestrial Tones. Dead Drunk. Paw Tracks. Flag Torn Apart by Kites. Peace Trials. Load. Lightning Ghost by Bird Show. Lightning Ghost. Kranky. Soul oscillations by Kieran Hebden and Steve […]
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March 1st Show Playlist
Going back to the late 1950s, I featured “Kontakte” by Stockhausen. With sounds that are as novel today as they were then, “Kontakte” is one of the great pieces in electronic music history. I paired that with a “recent” electronic work by Xenakis, entitled “S.709”. With some newer electronic work, this featured a spattering of […]
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February 22nd Show Playlist
Some old works on vinyl tonight, with pieces by Babbit, Oliveros, and Lucier. Great stuff, and I’m not sure if it’s available on CD (at least I doubt these particular performances are available). With bracketing by newer tracks from Merzbow and Tsunoda Rice 1 by Merzbow. Houjoue. Dirter Promotions. Sine Music (A Swarm of Butterflies […]
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