KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Morning Concert: Sampling and the Music of Henry Gwiazda

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

MC.1990.03.15

Program Series

Morning Concert

Program Length

47 min

Dates

1990-03-15 | broadcast
| 1990-03-15 | created

Description

Minnesota-based composer and multi-media artist Henry Gwiazda visited the KPFA studios on March 15, 1990 to talk to Charles Amirkhanian. Using everyday sounds from our urban domestic landscape and sampling famous rock songs, Gwiazda has fashioned energetic, disturbing portraits of contemporary life, several of which are included in this program. At the end of the program the composer fields question and comments from the listening audience. (from KPFA Folio)

Genres

Electro-Acoustic / Electronic
Popular music

Musical Selections

nostalgiacoma [text by Louise Glück] (1987) / Henry Gwiazda -- allamericanguitarhero / Henry Gwiazda -- jamesbrownesque (1986) / Henry Gwiazda

Subjects

Electro-acoustic
Electronic music
Rock music
Sampling (Sound)
Music, concrete
Musique concrète
Electric guitar music

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.

Related places

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

Related Entities

Birds (Musical group)
Amirkhanian, Charles
Gwiazda, Henry
Glück, Louise, 1943-
Hendrix, Jimi
Brown, James, 1933-2006