KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Stereochemistry: Stereochemistry, June 25, 1990

Analog Audio


Event Type
Interview and Music
Origin
KPFA
Identifier
SC.1990.06.25
Program Series
Stereochemistry
Program Length
61 min
Dates
1990-06-25 | broadcast
| 1990-06-25 | created
Description
Richard Povall introduces a program of obscure, noncommercial music by young composers. The genres represented range from the country twang of David Mahler’s “Elvis Is Watching You”, to the contemplative clarinet found in Ken Steen’s, “Heal the Wounds of War”, to the musique concrète travelogue of Doug Khan, to the jazzy “Pachelbel’s Nightmare” by Steve Bissinger, to the electronic music of Ed Osborne. All together it is an eclectic romp through the new and experimental music of the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Genres
Popular music
Electro-Acoustic / Electronic
Musical Selections
Elvis Is Watching You / David Mahler & the Saugus Newhall Band -- Heal the Wounds of War / Ken Steen -- The Trompebone of Chris Schiff [excerpt] / Doug Kahn -- Pachelbel’s Nightmare / Steve Bissinger -- Quintessence / Gary Lee Nelson -- Fractual Mountain / Gary Lee Nelson -- Landing (1986) / Ed Osborn
Performers
Saugus Newhall Band: (Elvis)
David Mahler, piano & lead vocals (Elvis)
Nancy Dillon, backing vocals (Elvis)
Walter White, backing vocals (Elvis)
Larry Polansky, lead guitar (Elvis)
Greg Canote, fiddle (Elvis)
Jere Canote, rhythm guitar (Elvis)
David Cahn, bass guitar (Elvis)
Richard Spring, drums (Elvis)
Subjects
Popular music
Clarinet music
Mixed media (Music)
Electro-acoustic
Electronic music
Text-sound compositions
Musique concrète
Music, concrete
Trombone music
Jazz
Acknowledgment
Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by Save America’s Treasures, a program of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.