sigtronica

Including the work tonight of Ashis Mahapatra, a CD that I received from the artist himself. Great energetic drone, if that is not too conflicting. Thanks for sending it to the station!

1. Zone of Fumes by The Free Players. The Free Players. Last Visible Dog.
2. with a gleaming gown by Keijo. “for a while”. Last Visible Dog.
3. mas king and his squirrel on a lucid day by Eastern Fox Squirrels. Don’t Go Out Into the Woods Tonight. Last Visible Dog.
4. Ça à la cave (pour et de Bakarne) by el-g and charlene darling. au grand dam du jour. Self-released.
5. Obon (Version) by Organum. Rara Avis. Die Stadt.
6. Track 2 by Ashis Mahapatra. Orange Of. True-False.
7. Sky Travel by Chieko Mori. Katyou Fuugetsu. Felmay.
8. Track 3 by 1-Speed Bike. Redux. Broklyn Beats.
9. ses by dave philips. IIIII. ground fault recordings.
10. Coines & Crosses by Ryan Teague. Coines & Crosses. Type.
11. Sæglópur by Sigur Rós. Sæglópur EP. The Worker’s Institute.
     

    
     September 4th Show [61:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
    
    
    
    

After a week-long hiatus to Italy and Slovenia, I’m back this week with a convoluted movement from electronic to acoustic sounds over the course of the show.

1. Sleeping in a Strange Bed by Arden. Conceal. Still.
2. Undercooled (Alva Noto remodel) by Ryuichi Sakamoto. Bricolages. KAB America.
3. Track 6 by Geoff Mullen. The Air in Pieces. Last Visible Dog Records.
4. heavy masks, wheels, etc. by Ben Reynolds. Book of Beyond. Last Visible Dog Records.
5. Hari Balmy Bom Riff by Acid Mothers Gong. Live in Nagoya. Vivo Records.
6. The Cell (Part Two) by Jandek. Glasgow Monday. Corwood Industries.
7. Before the midnight by The Free Players. The Free Players. Last Visible Dog Records.
8. Lichterloh by Kammerflimmer Kollektief. Absencen. staubgold.
9. the three-days blow by Anoice. Remmings. Important Recordings.
    

   
    August 28th Show [61:52m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
   
   
   
   

Playing tonight part of a track from an incredibly interesting piece called “M: 1000 Year Mix” by Ergo Phizmiz. He pulls from an impossibly large number of sources to create a three-hour long piece that mashes together styles never thought to work together. Plus, it’s available for download . Check it out!

1. The Tide Comes In and Then the Tide Goes Out by vert. nine types of ambiguity. Sonig.
2. Zwizzeron by C-Schulz. 5.Flicker Tunes. WDR.
3. M: 1000 Year Mix: Part I (009) by Ergo Phizmiz. M: 1000 Year Mix. Self-released.
4. asprin music by Anoice. Remmings. Important Recordings.
5. The Exorcist of Love by Acid Mothers Afrirampo. we are Acid Mothers Afrirampo. Eclipse Records.
6. Hundred Eyes by Raccoo-oo-oon. The Cave of Spirits Forever. Time-Lag.
7. Opening by Claudia Quintet. I, Claudia. Cuneiform Records.
8. Death’s Dance by clear horizon. clear horizon. Kranky.
    

   
    August 14th Show [59:41m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
   
   
   
   

At the end of the show tonight, two pieces that make references to the work of Walter Benjamin: a piece by Tim Hecker whose title refers to one of Benjamin’s most famous essays, and a track from a longer work by Sam Shalabi that is said to be influenced by Benjamin.

1. tief by Ekkehard Ehlers. Betrieb. Mille Plateuax.
2. shibboleth-remix by hans appelqvist. Kammerflimmer Kollektief remixed. Staubgold.
3. On the Roof by Raccoo-oo-oon. The Cave of Spirits Forever. Time-Lag Recordings.
4. hulk joke by Pumice. White. Stabbies etc. recordings.
5. we sent h.l.r.e. by if thousands. yellowstone. p.a.w.h.o music.
6. Merce Cunningham Dance Studio – New York USA - December 8th 2001 by Keith Fullerton Whitman and Greg Davis. Yearlong. Carpark Records.
7. Roby’s by the lightbox orchestra. First Contact!. Locust Music.
8. Totally Stoked (on You) by Yacht. Mega. Marriage Records.
9. The Work of Art in the Age of Cultural Overproduction by Tim Hecker. haunt me, haunt me do it again. substractif.
10. The Wherewithall by Sam Shalabi. on hashish. alien8 recordings.
     

    
     August 7th Show [61:24m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
    
    
    
    

I featured a piece by the Beirut-based experimental musician Mazen Kerbaj, whose blog has been chronicling his experiences via drawings during the present bombing of the capital. Mazen was to attend a music festival in the US, but was prevented from leaving by the blockade and bombing of the international airport. The piece I featured, entitled Starry Night incorporated a recording of Israeli jets bombing the southern suburbs of Beirut on the first night of the war. A raw comment on the events through a medium that often gets ignored in mainstream media reports.

1. April by Blood Money. Axis of Blood. killer pimp.
2. Warmth and Pause by Dan Barrio. This Physical World. Praxis Mundi.
3. dead eyes by Jesu. silver. hydra head.
4. Differencia by Tujiko Noriko. Shojo Toshi+. Mego.
5. Starry Night (excerpt) by Mazen Kerbaj. none. self-released.
6. Track 7 by Yagihashi Tsukasa. Automatic. Public Eyesore.
7. Kyoto by Anoice. Remmings. Important Recordings.
8. Ring Them Bells (Freedom Has Come and Gone) by Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-La-La Band. Horses in the Sky. Constellation.
    

   
    July 31st Show [60:24m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
   
   
   
   

Featuring the work of Joe Frawley tonight, whose pieces exude (to my ears, at least) the sounds of a non-existent film, or perhaps a silent film from the past or the future. Incredible stuff, with another great piece sandwiched in between by Scelsi. Also, some older work from scanner, fennesz, and Stars of the Lid, among others.

1. passage de recherche by scanner. lauwarm instrumentals. sulphur records.
2. Good Man by fennesz. field recordings 1995-2002. Touch.
3. Coquelicot by Marsen Jules. Les Fleurs. City Centre Offices.
4. Vox by Maja Ratkje. An Anthology of Noise and Electronic Music / Fourth A-Chronology 1937—2005. Sub Rosa.
5. Promenade Symphonique dans un Paysage Musical Ou un Jour de Fête á el oued en 1976 (track 2) by Luc Ferrari. Son Mémorisé. Sub Rosa.
6. Wilhelmina’s Dream (1914) by Joe Frawley. Wilhelmina’s Dream. Self-released.
7. Pranam I En souvenir de la perte tragique de Jani et Sia Christou by Giacinto Scelsi. Giacinto Scelsi. Edition RZ.
8. The Stenographer’s Assistant by Joe Frawley. Wilhelmina’s Dream. Self-released.
9. Requiem for Dying Mothers part 1 by Stars of the Lid. The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid. Kranky.
    

   
    July 24th Show [60:32m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
   
   
   
   

Pulling some works from the older racks this week, with a piece from Harris Newman and members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor (and other groups from the innumerable spinoffs). Also, a longish piece from Tetuzi Akiyama, even though I had severe issues with his concert last week.

1. missive by Rick Rizzo and Tara Key. dark edson tiger. Thrill Jockey Records.
2. Time Between by Tetuzi Akiyama. Wooden Guitar. Locust Music.
3. Lake Shore Drive by Harris Newman. Accidents with Nature and Each Other. Strange Attractors Audio House.
4. Hunloka 03 by Anders Dahl. Hundloka, flockblomstriga 1. Häpna.
5. Saliceburry Cocktail by Luc Ferrari. Son Mémorisé. Sub Rosa.
6. Intensives Leben by Triosk. The Headlight Serenade. Leaf.
    

   
    July 17th Show [59:53m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
   
   
   
   

Presenting some older work this week as a result of my readings of label profiles from the now-defunct (at least on paper) e/i magazine. Also, a piece from Tetuzi Akiyama, who will be performing tonight (July 11th) at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at MIT.

1. Track 1 by Yagihashi Tsukasa. Automatic. Public Eyesore.
2. Movement III by Kookoon. Inner Earth. Traumton Records.
3. levelhead/suffer by Beef Terminal. 20 GOTO 10. Noise Factory Records.
4. Pillow by Vibracathedral Orchestra. Hollin. CDR.
5. under by seth nehil / olivia block. sunder, unite. Sedimental.
6. Mutuality by Tetuzi Akiyama. Pre-Existence. locust music.
7. Eugene II by Bang on a Can & Don Bryon. A Ballad for Many. Cantaloupe Music.
8. unten by Ekkehard Ehlers. Betrieb. Mille Plateaux.
9. tired hands by K. C. Accidental. captured anthems for an empty bathtub. Noise Factory Records.
    

   
    July 10th Show [57:43m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
   
   
   
   

Celebrating alternative protest music tonight with a longish piece from Godspeed You! Black Emperor. I wanted to play a track either from “slow riot for new zero kanada” or “f# a# oo”, but unfortunately both of those would involve swear words, which I am not free to play at the time of day of my show. So instead I played a track off the most recent release, “Yanqui U. X. O.” that has a title that I can’t say on the air. An empty protest, perhaps, but a protest nevertheless.

Also featured, a new work by Amy Denio, an extended drone session with accordian and viola provided by Eyvind Kang.

1. Tasogare by Amy Denio. Tasogare. Public Eyesore.
2. This Lamb Sells Condos by Final Fantasy. He Poos Clouds. TomLab.
3. Basquiat by Bang on a Can & Don Byron. A Balad for Many. Cantaloupe Music.
4. Motherfucker != Redeemer Parts I and II by Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Yanqui U.X.O.. Constellation Records.
5. The Space Waiter Proves Anything is Possible by Pumice. White. Stabbies, Etc..
6. früher by Ekkehard Ehlers. Betrieb. Mille Plateaux.
    

   
    Standard Podcast [60:13m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
   
   
   
   

Brand new work from Anders Dahl off of the always-excellent Häpna label, along with some older work (that we just received at the station) by farmersmanual, among others.

1. 114e jour by Marc Leclair. musique pour 3 femmes enceintes. Mutek Recordings.
2. The Mighty Bufo, Gloomy June, Day-Glo Joe, Mystery Altitude, 70 Miles House, The Waxing, Blue West by Alvarius B. Alvarius B. Abduction Records.
3. Retirement Community by Kaada. Music for Moviebikers. Ipecac.
4. Immune by Jorge Castro. Cinética. Public Eyesore Records.
5. Hundloka 01 by Anders Dahl. Hundloka, flockblomstriga 1. Häpna.
6. Allison by Andy Moor and Kaffe Matthews. Locks. unsounds.
7. Tracks 12-18 by farmersmanual. ExplorersWe_. Touch.
    

   
    June 26th Show [58:26m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download