KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ New Music America: Various Interviews and Sound Installations (June 1981)
Analog Audio
Event Type
Interview and MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
NMA.1981.06.XXProgram Series
New Music AmericaProgram Length
29 minDates
1981-06-01/1981-06-30 | createdDescription
An assortment of brief composer interviews and reports on various sound installations, most likely prepared for eventual broadcast during KPFA’s coverage of the 1981 New Music America Festival held in San Francisco. The program begins with two snippets from an interview with Diamánda Galás conducted by Charles Amirkhanian. The two discuss the differences between exhibitionism and expressionism, as well as Galás’ opinions about the experimental vocal works of Luciano Berio and Cathy Berberian, which she felt were too cute and did not explore the fullest vocal ranges possible, and were perhaps more mannered and less “from the gut” than her own performances. New music composer and self-declared Western music aficionado Ned Sublette then discusses his work “The Buffalo Skinners”; his connection with J. D. Robb; and his opinion that in general people know as little about the past as the future, despite there being just as much of it. The program then concludes with several reports on the selection of sound installations presented at the 1981 Festival including works by Brian Eno, Liz Phillips, Ingram Marshall, and Ralph Jones.Genres
New musicPopular music
Musical Selections
Mistaken Memories from Mediaeval Manhattan-White Fences-Motion Study [excerpt of a sound installation] / Brian Eno -- Sunspots [excerpt of an interactive sound installation] / Liz Phillips -- Poor People’s Music [excerpt of a sound installation] / Ingram Marshall -- Rotunda Sounding [excerpt of a sound installation] / Ralph Jones -- [excerpt from an unidentified sound installation or performance]Subjects
New musicAmbient music
Sound installations (Art)
Video art
Electronic music
Acknowledgment
Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by the National Endowment for the Arts.Related places
San Francisco (Calif.) (was recorded at)Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
Amirkhanian, CharlesGalás, Diamánda
Sublette, Ned, 1951-
Stone, Carl, 1953-
Eno, Brian, 1948-
Phillips, Liz, 1951-
Marshall, Ingram, 1942-
Jones, Ralph, 1951-
New Music America (Festival)