KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Impact: Source Tape, Mark Trayle, Slowfire, Phil Stone (March, 1986/87)

Digital Audio

Event Type

Music

Origin

Jim McKee

Identifier

IPC.1986.03.18.B

Program Series

Impact: Innovative Music From the Pacific Coast

Part

2 of 4

Dates

1986-03-18 | created

Description

Unedited source recording for Impact: Innovative Music From the Pacific Coast. Recorded at Club Nine in San Francisco. Host James Goodkind introduces Mark Trayle, and Trayle describes all the instruments and gadgets upon a table and explains the term Guerilla Electronics. The first half of this recording includes three unidentified works by Trayle. The last half begins with an introduction to a recording submitted by Canadian composer Jean François Denis. The tape is played for the audience during a break but not heard here. The rest of the recording includes a preview of the Paul Dresher Ensemble's multimedia work, Slow Fire, and director Richard White talks about the piece's development before introducing a video excerpt. Audio from the video presentation is heard. After the Slow Fire segment, Phil Stone demonstrates some sounds on home computers used in computer music making of the time, including the Apple II, and Commodore 64. As part of the demonstration, a band is gathered to play Phil Stone's piece, Feedback. The group includes members of Music Efficta Ensemble; Larry Simon, Ron Davis, Victor Spiegel, Barney Jones, and Claude Palmer.

Segments of this recording can be found in the Impact Program No. 2.

Genres

Electro-Acoustic / Electronic

Musical Selections

In Memoriam: Sgt. Rock (02:07) / Mark Trayle
[unidentified work for electronics] (11:55) / Mark Trayle
Field Burning (13:48) / Mark Trayle
[excerpt from Slow Fire] (13:40) / Paul Dresher
Feedback (06:06) / Phil Stone

Performers

Mark Trayle, electronics, etc. (In Mem., unidentified, Field)
Rinde Eckert, vocals (Slow Fire)
Phil Stone, computers, electronics (demo, Feedback)
Larry Simon, guitar (Feedback)
Ron Davis, guitar (Feedback)
Victor Spiegel (Feedback)
Barney Jones (Feedback)
Claude Palmer (Feedback)

Subjects

Electronic music
Computers
Computer music
Music theater

Related place

San Francisco (Calif.) (was recorded at)

Related Entities

Trayle, Mark
Goodkind, James
Earwax Productions