KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Ode To Gravity: An Interview with Bob Sheff (Blue Gene Tyranny), 1 of 2

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

OTG.1976.07.14.A

Program Series

Ode To Gravity

Program Length

88 min

Part

1 of 2

Dates

1976-07-14 | broadcast
| 1976-07-14 | created

Description

Robert Sheff (a.k.a. Blue Gene Tyranny) discusses his career as a composer, performer, and recording artist; his early activities growing up in Texas; his involvement with the ONCE Festivals in Ann Arbor; and his work at the Mills College Center for New Music. Some of Sheff's works played and discussed on the program include “Black Forest Trading Post”, and “Country Boy, Country Dog”. The latter is a remarkable composition and "process piece" that was commissioned by fellow composer David Behrman, then a producer for Columbia Records. Columbia later declined to issue the recording.

Genres

Electro-Acoustic / Electronic

Musical Selections

Black Forest Trading Post (1976) -- Country Boy, Country Dog [version 1] (1967) -- Country Boy, Country Dog [version 2] (1972) -- L'invasion Printainiere' (1976) -- L'invasion Printainiere' (1976)

Subjects

Electronic music
Electronic music Recording
Sound -- Recording and reproducing

Related places

Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)
Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)

Related Entities

Tyranny, Blue Gene, 1945-
Amirkhanian, Charles
Sheff, Robert, 1945-