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The Crash Ensemble starting off … by crashing. Maybe they should’ve put that on the Reich Remixed album.

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Program Notes:
(running time – approx. 38 min)
1. “Palindrome Variations”
by Paul Epstein
Connections
Capstone Records
2. “Dark Waves”
by John Luther Adams
Red Arc / Blue Veil
Cold Blue
3. “Left In Fragments”
by Christopher Tignor
Core Memory Unwound
Western Vinyl
4. “The Sixth Collection – Pattern XXI”
by Mamoru Fujieda
Patterns of Plants
Tzadik

 

 NonPop Show 064 [38:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Reactable. Really object-oriented synthesis.

“The instrument is based on a translucent and luminous round table, and by putting these pucks on the Reactable surface, by turning them and connecting them to each other, performers can combine different elements like synthesizers, effects, sample loops or control elements in order to create a unique and flexible composition.” [...]

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Evan Ziporyn has posted video clips on Vimeo from the Indonesian performance of his new opera, “A House in Bali” based on the book of the same name by Colin McPhee. As spare as the scale of the performance is, looking at these videos gives the sense that even the western voices seem a [...]

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Running Time:
(approx. 30 min.)
1. “Cooking Papa” 10:38
by Carl Stone
Kamiya Bar
2. Three Tracks from Gravity Radio “Yawn Factory”, “I’m So Blue”, and “Report 3″ 8:37
by Mikel Rouse
Gravity Radio
3. “Edinburgh” 9:18
by Pamelia Kurstin
Thinking Out Loud

 

 NonPop Show 063 [29:27m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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