Recent Difficult Listening Play Lists

2 August 2009

Ros Bandt
Black Hole: sonic underground, viola da gamba (14'38")
CD: Stack (Move: MD 3245)

William Gardiner
Onliving (19'56")
Laura Altman, clarinet; Ned Cooke, piano; Angus Gardiner, cello; Sarah Lim, violin; William Gardiner, electronics; Steve Martin, flute
CD: Onliving (William Gardiner: WG01)

Li-jianhong
RTV-7024 (12'17")
CD: RTV 702 (2pi: 006CD)

Stephan Moore
Transmissions (14'16")
CD: To build a field (Deep Listening: DL 40-2009)

John Oswald
Plunderphonic (17'39")
CD: Plunderphonic (: DISX001)

Violence and the Sacred
Have you crossed the bridge into the throw zone? (10'56")
Graham Stewart, music, recording and production
CD: You are planning to enjoy the apocalypse (Viosac: VATS2)
Fantasia #7 (6'14")
CD: A Blind Man's Gallery of Mirrors (Freedom in a Vacuum: VACCD.05)

26 July 2009

Lepage, Mesnaoui, Tikeroine
Sahararinette (4'53")
Robert Marcel Lepage, cl; Said Mesnaoui, hajouj; Abdou Tikeroine, oud
CD: Les Clarinettes ont-elles un Escalier de Secours? (Ambiances Magnetiques: AM 046)

Mary Finsterer
Ruisselant
Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne
Next Wave Fanfare
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra/Gunther Schuller
Sleep
Omaggio alla Oieta
Sequi
Nyx
CD: Catch (ABC Classics: 476 176)

Barry Conyngham
Velocity from Southern Cross
Robert Davidovici, violin; Tamas Ungar, piano; Geoffrey Simon, conductor.
Michael Smetanin
Micographis
Schoenberg ensemble
Paul Stanhope
Dawn Wail for the Dead from Songs for the Shadowland
Margaret Schindler, soprano; Southern Cross Soloists
Andrew Ford
A reel, a fling and a ghostly galliard
Grainger Quartet
Georges Lentz
Lumen de Lumine: Rho Ophiuchi. Part 2b of Caeli enarrant ... III
Ensemble 24
CD: New Classical Music - Composing Australia. CD to accompany the book by Gordon Kerry called New Classical Music (UNSW Press. P003)

19 July 2009

David Berezan
Cyclo (10'41")
CD: La face cachee (Empreintes DIGITALes: IMED 0896)

George Crumb
An Idyll for the Misbegotten (Images III) (9'51")
Robert Aitken, amplified flute; Trevor Tureski, Rick Sacks, Ryan Scott, percussion
CD: Crumb: Vox Balaenae (Naxos: 8.559205)

Predrag Delibasich
Heartburn (13'37")
CD: New Weird Australia, Volume One, July 2009 (New Weird )

Conlon Nancarrow
Piece No. 1 for Small Orchestra (7'1")
Continuum/Joel Sachs
CD: Nanarrow: Orchestral and Chamber Music (Naxos: 8.559196)

Robert Normandeau
Eden (16'21")
CD: Puzzles (Empreintes DIGITALes: IMED 0575)

Schuster
The Brutal Arc (4'23")
CD: Schuster: The Brutal Arc (Adeptsound: ADS 7001)

Toru Takemitsu
Bryce (10'38")
Toronto New Music Ensemble
CD: Takemitsu: Chamber Music (Naxos: 8.555859)

Gary Young
Preparing for the Vista Clearing (6'59")
Gary Young and Arthur Harrison
CD: Music from the Film - World War Tree (Gary Young )

Zilverhill
Unceasing (7'32")
CD: Latent-Active-Descent (Adeptsound: ADSBSCD02)

5 July 2009

Mathew Adkins
Ambient Instrumental (5'59")
Noise Study (2'44")
Extended Vocal (13'5")
CD: [60] Project (Empreintes DIGITALes: IMED 0898)

Anonymeye
Sabbatical from Procedure (6'34")
Andrew Tuttle
CD: The Disambiguation of Anonymeye and Other Collected Sketches (Sound and Fury: S&F018)

Nick Didkovsky
Tube Mouth Bow String (12'27")
Nick Didkovsky, electric guitar; Sirius String Quartet: Gregor Huebner and Meg Okura, violins; Ron Lawrence, viola; Dave Eggar, cello
CD: Tube Mouth Bow String (Pogus: P21042-2)

Peter Garland
String Quartet No. 1, "In Praise of Poor Scholars" (21'30")
Apartment House: Gordon MacKay and Hilary Sturt, violins; Bridget Carey, viola; Anton Lukoszeviezc, cello
CD: String Quartets [1 & 2] (Cold Blue: CB0031)

Heil Spirits
Violent Decay 1 (7'59")
CD: Tracing New Swords for Chasing Oblivion and Other Collected Sketches (Sound and Fury: S&F017)

Felicity Mangan
Autumn Cusp (3'30")
CD: Lumetorm (Sound and Fury: S&F019)

Pefkin
Shells (6'26")
Gayle Brogan
CD: Zugunruhe (Sound and Fury: S&F020)

James P Rushford and Joseph M. Talia
Palisades (Excerpt, about 20')
CD: Palisades (Sabbatical: SBB013)

28 June 2009

Mark Applebaum
Sock Monkey (9'22")
Stanford Symphony Orchestra/Jindong Cai
CD: Sock Monkey (Innova: 706)

Michael Askill
Salome's entrance (4'36")
Michael Askill, David Hewitt, percussion; Omar Faruk Tekbilek, voice, ney, zurma, frame drum; Graeme Murphy, Lara Barazi, Elana Stone, Shirley Silata, Michelle Briggs, Bronwen Williams, voices
CD: Salome (Black Sun: 15031-2)

Michael Askill
Track 3 (2'27")
Track 4 (3'38")
Michael Askill, Alison Low Choy, Alison Eddington, percussion; David Hudson, didgeridoo
CD: Free Radicals (Black Sun: 15027-2)

Miya Masaoka
When I was walking, I heard a sound … (Excerpt)
Volti, San Franciscon Choral Society, Ensemble of the Piedmont Choirs, Sound Color Ensemble/Robert Gearhy
CD: When I was walking, I heard a sound … (Solitary B: SB-001)

Pimmon
@ five 2 six (3'44")
Paul Gough, pc, Roland SHC 101, Korg MS20
CD: Waves and Particles (Meme: 015CD)

Judith Shatin
Akhmatova Songs (12'56")
Da Capo Chamber Players; Lucy Shelton, soprano
Werther (8'32")
Da Capo Chamber Players
CD: Dreamtigers (Innova: 613)

SynC
Encounter (12'18")
Michael Atherton, ancient and contemporary acoustic instruments; Garth Payne, electronics
CD: Parallel Lines (Celestial Harmonies: 13265-2)

Richard Windeyer
Pas Avec Espoir, Pas Sans Espoir (20'30")
CD: Deep Wireless 1 (New Adventures in Sound Art )

21 June 2009

Anonymeye
Hill Loop (6'54")
Andrew Tuttle
CD: The Disambiguation of Anonymeye and Other Collected Sketches (Sound and Fury: S&F018)

Peter Garland
String Quartet No. 2, "Crazy Cloud" (29'59")
Apartment House: Gordon MacKay and Hilary Sturt, violins; Bridget Carey, viola; Anton Lukoszeviezc, cello
CD: String Quartets [1 & 2] (Cold Blue: CB0031)

Heil Spirits
Chasing New Swords, Tracing Oblivion (14'20")
CD: Tracing New Swords for Chasing Oblivion and Other Collected Sketches (Sound and Fury: S&F017)

Felicity Mangan
Frog! (7'16")
CD: Lumetorm (Sound and Fury: S&F019)

Pefkin
Zugunruhe (9'36")
Gayle Brogan
CD: Zugunruhe (Sound and Fury: S&F020)

Jacques Tremblay
Espresso espressivo (12'30")
CD: Chroniques d'un seduction (Empreintes DIGITALes: IMED 0897)

Zoo Transmissions
Medicine is in the eyes (2'58")
CD: Zoo Transmissions (May 09) (Zoo Transmissions )

14 June 2009

Mark Applebaum
Martian Anthropology 7 (4'21")
Martian Anthropology 8 (4'39")
Martian Anthropology 9 (5'3")
Paul Dresher Ensemble Electro-Acoustic Band
CD: Sock Monkey (Innova: 706)

Antoine Berthiaume & Elliott Sharp
Station (6'25")
CD: Base (Ambiances Magnetiques: AM 178)

Matthew Burtner
S-Morphe-S (8'48")
CD: Metasaxophone Colossus (Innova: 620)

Robert Dow
Elemental Colours: Black Ice (14'8")
CD: Selected Works (2007) (Robert Dow )

Fred Frith & Danielle Palardy Roger
Dernier Cri (4'22")
Fred Frith, guitar, processing, voice; Danielle P Roger, drums, percussion, voice
CD: Pas de Deux (Ambiances Magnetiques: AM 175)

Kevin Kastning and Sandor Szabo
Under an Evening Sky (5'6")
Sandor Szabo, Kevin Kastning, six- and 12-string baritone guitars
CD: Parallel Crossing (Greydisc: GDR 3504)

Leroy Jenkins' Driftwood
To Live - Allegro Moderato (10'41")
Min Xiao-Fen, pipa; Denman Maroney, piano; Rich O'Donell, percussion; Leroy Jenkins, violin
CD: The Art of Improvisation (Mutable Music: 17528-2)

Les Poules
Beaute (5'14")
Joane Hetu, saxophone, voice; Diane Labross, sampler; Danielle Palardy Roger, percussion
CD: Phenix (Ambiances Magnetiques: AM 176)

7 June 2009

Abe Sada
Tungaska Incident (10'24")
Cat Hope, K. Ford, Bassta! Pex, bass guitars
CD: The Lost Chord (Kubitsuri Tapes )

Cluster
Gissander (6'56")
Formalt (5'4")
Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius
CD: Qua (Nepenthe Music: AMC09014)

RP Collier
Spilt milk (8'37")
Semblance (8'10")
RP Collier, synthesiser
CD: Reagent (RP Collier )

Mike Cooper
The Return of Shadows (19'14")
CD: The Send of the Sea (Hipshot: 023)

Daniel Lentz
NightBreaker (9'34")
Bryan Pezzone, pianos
CD: Point Conception (Cold Blue: CB0028)

Max Nagl
Boulazac (7'49")
Max Nagl, alto sax, clarinet, sampler, melodica, toy guitar, steel drums, banjo; Clemens Wenger, keyboards; Herbert Pinkler, drums
CD: Boulazac (Rude Noises: 016)

Rice Corpse
Mrs Rice (12'7")
Lucas Abela, glass; Yang Yang, drums, vocals; Li Zhenghui, piano
CD: Mrs Rice (Dual Plover )

Zoo Transmissions
Truzlan (interlude iii) (0'44")
A stab in winter (3'19")
CD: Zoo Transmissions (May 09) (Zoo Transmissions )

31 May 2009

Christopher Adler
Ecstatic Volutions in a Neon Haze (16'39")
Pulsoptional: Carrie Shull, oboe; John Mayrose, guitar; Thom Limbert, percussion; Todd Herschberger, bassoon; Marc Faris, electric guitar; Christopher Adler, piano
CD: Ecstatic Volutions in a Neon Haze (Innova: 694)

Kenneth Gaburo
Antiphony VIII (14'28")
Steven Schick, percussion
CD: Kenneth Gaburo: Lingua II: Maledetto, Antiphony VIII (Pogus: P21047-2)

Diane Labrosse
Black & White TV Sets (4'0")
Marie-Soleil Belanger, violin; Jean Derome, flute & fake trumpet; Bernard Falaise, electric guitar; Lori Freedman, clarinet; Diane Labrosse, accordion; Jean Rene, viola; Pierre Tanguary, percussion
CD: Music for Objects on the Verge of Extinction (Ambiances Magnetiques: AM 170)

Andra McCartney
Municipal Pier (Summer 2001) (2'21")
CD: Deep Wireless 1 (New Adventures in Sound Art )

Harry Partch
Dark Brother (9'32")
Newband: Robert Osborne, Gregory Hesselink, Dean Drummond, Nelson Padgett, Dominic Donato
CD: Newband: Partch and Drummond (Innova: 561)

Aulis Sallinen
Winter was Hard (1969) (1'40")
Earl L Miller, reed organ; San Francisco Girls' Chorus/ Elizabeth Appling
CD: Winter Was Hard (Elektra Nonesuch: 979 181-2)

SynC
Al Anbiq Dialogue (7'28")
Michael Atherton, ancient and contemporary acoustic instruments; Garth Payne, electronics
CD: Parallel Lines (Celestial Harmonies: 13265-2)

17 May 2009

John Luther Adams
At the Still Point (12'28")
CD: The Place We Began (Cold Blue: CB0032)

Bitrate
A Well Dressed Synth Phase (8'49")
db Hands, composition, guitars, sequencing, sampling, keyboard
CD: It's Raining on the Sunshine Coast (db Recordings )

Tom Hamilton
Counterpoint Four (11'40")
Jacqueline Martelle, flute; Richard Cohen, clarinets; James Martin, trombone; Terry Kippenburger, contrabass; Rich O'Donnell, percussion; Tom Hamilton, electronic harmony generator
CD: Local Customs (Mutable Music: 17533-2)
London Fix: Music changing with the price of gold (excerpt, about 15')
CD: London Fix (Muse-Eek: MSK118)

Tom Hamilton & Peter Zummo
Today's Beat Thing Tomorrow (10'7")
Tom Hamilton, synthesiser, electonics, beat thing; Peter Zummo, trombone, valve trombone, irrigation hose, didjeridu, mouthpiece extender, beat thing, superfunnel
CD: Sybersonic Tromosome (Penumbra: CD 007)

Tom Hamilton and Bruce Eisenbeil
Dryer Mouth (8'32")
Tom Hamilton, nord modular synthesiser; Bruce Eisenbeil, guitar
CD: Shadow Machine (Pogus: 21051-2)

Hamilton/Silverton/Margolis
The clouds, to whom do they belong? (7'53")
Tom Hamilton, sounds/assemblage; Mike Silverton, text/voice; Al Margolis, sounds
CD: Analogue Smoque (Pogus: 21029-2)

Rice Corpse
Resurrection Men (10'22")
Lucas Abela, glass; Yang Yang, drums, vocals; Li Zhenghui, piano
CD: Mrs Rice (Dual Plover )

Adam Trainer
Upright in Sunlight (8'14")
CD: Twice Worn (hellosQuare Recordings )