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KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Impact: Innovative Music From the Pacific Coast: Program No. 1: Daniel Lentz, Chris Brown, & the Repercussion Unit

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Event Type
Interview and Music
Origin
KPFA
Identifier
IPC.1988.01.11
Program Series
Impact: Innovative Music From the Pacific Coast
Program Length
59 min
Dates
1988-01-11 | broadcast
Description
Funded by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and distributed via satellite by NPR, the series “Impact: Innovative Music From the Pacific Coast” presents “a wide range of innovative West Coast composers and musicians with original recordings of live performances made at clubs and concert halls in San Francisco and Los Angeles, including on-stage interviews of the artists and discussions and demonstrations of their often unorthodox instrumentation.” Program No. 1 in the four part series, was initially broadcast on January 11, 1988 and featured performances and interviews with Daniel Lentz, Chris Brown, and members of the Repercussion Unit. The program begins with two works for female vocalist, MIDI keyboards, and percussion, processed, mixed, and modified live by the composer. The first work “wolf-KYRIE” is taken from Lentz’s “wolfMASS” and the second is “Time’s Trick.” Both compositions featured multi-tracked vocals and instruments, and are in the repetitive or minimal music style. These are followed by a work of purely electronic music, composed by Chris Brown and performed by Brown utilizing an assortment of analog and digital electronic instruments, some of which have been modified or invented by the composer. The program then concludes with four of the five members of Repercussion Unit, a percussion ensemble specializing in contemporary music, performing Larry Stein’s dynamic and engaging “Orfacape.”
Genres
New music
Electro-Acoustic / Electronic
Musical Selections
wolf-KYRIE [2nd movement of “wolfMASS”], for voice, MIDI keyboards, percussion, and electronics (1987) (8:32) / Daniel Lentz -- Time’s Trick, for voice, MIDI keyboards, percussion, and electronics (1984) (9:17) / Daniel Lentz -- His Master’s Voice, for electronic instruments (6:30) / Chris Brown -- Orfacape, for percussion ensemble (8:13) / Larry Stein
Performers
Daniel Lentz & Group (Wolf-KYRIE ; Time)
Jessica Lowe, vocals (Wolf-KYRIE ; Time)
Wayne Jones, MIDI keyboard (Wolf-KYRIE ; Time)
Trina Dye Ballanger, MIDI keyboard (Wolf-KYRIE ; Time)
David Kuehn, MIDI keyboard (Wolf-KYRIE ; Time)
Brad Ellis, MIDI keyboard (Wolf-KYRIE ; Time)
Ray McNamara, percussion (Wolf-KYRIE ; Time)
Bob Fernandez, percussion (Wolf-KYRIE ; Time)
Chris Brown, electronics (His Master’s)
members of Repercussion Unit: (Orfacape)
Larry Stein, percussion (Orfacape)
Ed Mann, percussion (Orfacape)
James Hildebrandt, percussion (Orfacape)
Steven "Lucky" Mosko, percussion (Orfacape)
Subjects
New music
Electro-acoustic
Electronic music
Masses
Songs (High voice) with electronics
Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble
Unconventional instruments
Percussion ensembles
Acknowledgment
Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Related Entities
NPR
National Public Radio
Daniel Lentz & Group
Repercussion Unit (Musical group)
Goodkind, James
Lentz, Daniel, 1942-
Lowe, Jessica
Jones, Wayne
Dye, Trina
Kuehn, David
Ellis, Brad
McNamara, Ray
Fernandez, Robert
Brown, Chris, 1953-
Stein, Larry (Percussionist)
Mann, Ed
Hildebrandt, James
Mosko, Stephen L.