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KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Soundspot: Programs 1-19

Analog Audio

Event Type

Music

Origin

NPR

Identifier

AM.1981.11.25.1

Program Length

63 min

Part

1 of 2

Dates

1981-11-25 | dubbed

Description

A collection of short (2 minutes or less) pieces of music highlighting avant-garde composers working in the 1980s. While most of these are pieces are percussive and instrumental, the examples also include electronic music , sound poetry, improvisations, vocalises, electro-acoustic, and musique concrète. These vingettes of experimental music composed in the early 1980s provide a facinating snapshot of the avant-garde scene at that time. Soundspot was produced by David Moss for National Public Radio.

This recording represents Soundspots 1-19.

Genres

New music
Avant-garde

Musical Selections

String Struck / David Moss -- Episodes / Baird Hersey -- Travelogue / David Moss -- Croquet / John Zorn -- Talk -- Terrain I / David Moss -- Curious Cacophones Cackle Closely / David Mott -- Singing In the Rain / David Moss -- Employee of the State, 8:20pm May 11; 6:30pm June 8, 1981 / Robert Ashley -- Meltable Snapset / Michael Lytle, George Cartwright & David Moss -- Dance I / John Hagen -- Tune Pumps -- Tongue / David Moss -- Blues Dub / George Lewis -- What's a Synonym for Asteroid? / David Moss -- Dreamland / Michael Gilbert -- Phrase for 8 Voices / David Moss -- Mutes / Tom Guralnick -- All Wires and Speed / David Moss

Performers

David Moss, percussion and voice (String, Travelogue, Talk, Meltable, Tune Pumps, Tongue ) ; percussion (Croquet, Terrain I, All Wires) ; voice (Singing, What's a Synonym, Phrase)
Baird Hersey, synthesizers (Episodes)
Eugene Chadbourne (Croquet)
Polly Bradfield (Croquet)
Tom Cora (Croquet)
Fred Frith (Croquet)
Robert Dick (Croquet)
George Lewis (Croquet); (Blues Dub)
Bill Laswell (Croquet)
John Zorn (Croquet)
Bob Ostertag (Croquet)
Wayne Horvitz (Croquet)
Bill Horvitz (Croquet)
Cody Batty (Croquet)
Michael Lytle (Croquet); clarinets, tape, voice (Meltable)
Craig Kramer (Croquet)
Mark Kramer (Croquet)
Cindy Iverson (Croquet)
Bruce Andrews (Croquet)
David Mott, saxophones (Curious)
Robert Ashley, voice and electronics (Employee)
George Cartwright, saxophones, flute, guitar, talking (Meltable)
John Hagen, saxophones (Dance I)
Tim Moran, saxophone (Dreamland)
Tom Guralnick, Saxophones (Mutes)

Subjects

New music
Avant-garde (Music)
Electronic music
Electro-acoustic
Music, concrete
Musique concrète
Percussion music
Improvisation (Music)