KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Stereochemistry: Stereochemistry, August 27, 1990

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

SC.1990.08.27

Program Series

Stereochemistry

Program Length

59 min

Dates

1990-08-27 | broadcast
| 1990-08-27 | created

Description

British composer, electronic music specialist, and program host, Richard Povall presents the final installment of his KPFA series, Stereochemistry,which was broadcast on August 27, 1990. This is a program of experimental computer music, poetry, theater, performance and technology driven art, as well as whatever else Povell could get his hands on, but always highlighting the use of technology in a creative way. (from KPFA Folio)

Genres

Electro-Acoustic / Electronic
Performance Art

Musical Selections

Adolescent (1979) / Michael Peppe -- Dovetail / The Hub -- Act III: Askew Up the Amazon [text by Laurence d’A.M. Glass] / William Moylan -- The Last Acts of St. Fuckyou (1985-88) / Bern Porter -- Language Linkage [text by Italo Calvino] (1986) / David Moss -- Iceberg [excerpt] (1985) / Chris Brown

Performers

Chris Brown, keyboards, electronics, etc... (Iceberg)
William Winant, percussion (Iceberg)

Subjects

Monologues
Performance art
Electro-acoustic
Electronic music
Computer music
Musique concrète
Music, concrete
Sound poetry
Text-sound compositions

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

Hub (Computer music group)
Povall, Richard
Peppe, Michael
Bischoff, John
Perkis, Tim
Trayle, Mark
Moylan, William
Glass, Laurence d’A.M.
Porter, Bern, 1911-
Moss, David, 1949-
Calvino, Italo
Brown, Chris, 1953-
Winant, William