Serious Moonlight Sonatas with Carol: Playlist from January 31, 2021

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New	Approx. start time
Brian Eno	Driving Me Backwards   → "Driving Me Backwards" by "Brian Eno"	Here Come The Warm Jets	Island	1974		debut solo album			0:00:00 (Pop-up)
R.N.A. - Organism	Weimar 22   → "Weimar 22" by "R.N.A. - Organism"	Somewhere Between: Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds of Japan 1980​-​1988 (V/A)	Light In The Attic	2021		orig. from 1980 album, "R.N.A.O. MEETS P.O.P.O." on Vanity Records / AKA Japanese trio 0123, Chance (Tatsuo Kohki) & Zero (ゼロ)		*	0:04:56 (Pop-up)
John Cage	Imaginary Landscape No. 1   → "Imaginary Landscape No. 1" by "John Cage"	Early Modulations: Vintage Volts (V/A)	Calpirinha Productions	2000		composed in 1939 / Cage was the son of an inventor. He briefly attended Pomona College & then traveled in Europe for a time. Returning to the US in 1931, he studied music w/ Richard Buhlig, Arnold Schoenberg, Adolph Weiss, & Henry Cowell. While teaching in Seattle (1938–40), Cage organized percussion ensembles to perform his compositions. He also experimented with works for dance, and his subsequent collaborations with the choreographer and dancer Merce Cunningham sparked a long creative and romantic partnership. Cage’s early compositions were written using Schoenberg's 12-tone method, but by 1939 he had begun to experiment with increasingly unorthodox instruments such as the “prepared piano” (a piano modified by objects placed between its strings in order to produce percussive and otherworldly sound effects). Cage also experimented with tape recorders, record players, & radios in his effort to step outside the bounds of conventional Western music and its concepts of meaningful sound. In later years, Cage turned to Zen Buddhism and other Eastern philosophies and concluded that all the activities that make up music must be seen as part of a single natural process. He came to regard all kinds of sounds as potentially musical, and he encouraged audiences to take note of all sonic phenomena, rather than only those elements selected by a composer. To this end he cultivated the principle of indeterminism in his music & used a number of devices to ensure randomness and thus eliminate any element of personal taste on the part of the performer: unspecified instruments and numbers of performers, freedom of duration of sounds and entire pieces, inexact notation, and sequences of events determined by random means. At times, Cage often consulted the “I Ching,” or Book of Changes, to decide how he would cut up a tape of a recording and put it back together. In his later works he extended these freedoms over other media, so that a performance might include a light show, slide projections, and costumed performers, as well as multiple harpsichord soloists & multiple (51!) tape machines. (from Britannica Online)			0:08:28 (Pop-up)
Percy Grainger	Free Music No. 1 (For Four Theremins)   → "Free Music No. 1 (For Four Theremins)" by "Percy ...	An Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music / Second A-Chronology 1936-2003	Sub Rosa	2010		composed in 1936 / George Percy Grainger was born at Brighton, Melbourne, the only child of John Harry Grainger, architect, and his wife Rosa (Rose) Annie, née Aldridge, of Adelaide. Australian-born American composer, pianist, and conductor who was also known for his work in collecting folk music. Grainger first appeared publicly as a pianist at age 10. He was educated at home in Melbourne by his mother. He studied piano w/ Louis Pabst & later went to Frankfurt, where he attended the conservatory. He achieved a reputation as a brilliant concert pianist beginning in London in 1901. In 1906 Grainger became a friend of Edvard Grieg, under whose influence he began collecting and recording English folk songs by means of wax-cylinder phonographs. He settled in the US in 1914, performing for a few years with a U.S. Army band. Grainger was deeply affected by the suicide of his mother in 1922. He returned to Australia alone in 1924 and toured there as a pianist in 1926 & 1934–35. In 1932–33 he was head of the music department of NYU. In 1935 he founded the Grainger Museum at Melbourne, a museum of Australian music where much of his own work and some of his artifacts are preserved. (britannica online) / Grainger quote: "I have as much to learn from Chinese or zulu music as from Schönberg or Scarlatti. i feel that genius is everywhere."			0:15:54 (Pop-up)
Leif Elggren & Kent Tankred	Warszawa 1   → "Warszawa 1" by "Leif Elggren & Kent Tankred"	Από Μηχανής Μουσική (V/A)	Ano Kato	1991		Elggren is based in Stockholm. Together with artist Carl Michael von Hausswolff, he is a founder of the Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland (KREV) where he enjoys the title of King. Elggren spent 5 years at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm, specializing in drawing, design and bookprinting. In the late ‘70s he began to associate with performance groups, meeting people like Hausswolff & Thomas Liljenberg. With the latter he formed Firework in 1978, a duo that put up exhibitions and performances. Around the same time he purchased a press and started to publish art books. In 1988 he formed the duo Guds Söner (The Sons of God) with Kent Tankred, whom he had met 4 years earlier. The duo excels in creating long, puzzling stage performances that give equal roles to physical action (or inaction) and soundtrack (live or taped) with themes such as violence, love, the quotidian, food and royalty. (from https://leifelggren.org/) / Kent Tankred was born in Stockholm. He studied painting in the early 70s before studying at EMS (Institute for Electro-Acoustic Music) in Stockholm with Rolf Enström and Jan W Morthenson. Tankred is interested in musical encounters with other art forms,particularly pictorial art, which has resulted in fusions where his music has also functioned as installations at exhibitions. Tankred aims to strengthen the ties between music, movement and image and also to avoid conventional forms of expression. He often uses a "concresizer", a kind of instrument which he has constructed himself which controls different types of sound sculptures from a keyboard. (artist's discogs page)			0:17:06 (Pop-up)
Iannis Xenakis	Concrèt PH (1958)   → "Concrèt PH (1958)" by "Iannis Xenakis"	Early Modulations: Vintage Volts (V/A)	Caipirinha Productions	2000		w/ footsteps walking through the undergrowth			0:21:33 (Pop-up)
Frank Bretschneider	Crisis? What Crisis?   → "Crisis? What Crisis?" by "Frank Bretschneider"	Sinn + Form	Raster Noton	2015		w/ vodophone & notification of change of number / founder of KlangFarbe label & co-founder of Raster Noton			0:22:58 (Pop-up)
Euphotic	Pluton   → "Pluton" by "Euphotic"	Isopleths	Public Eyesore	2020		w/ gently pulsating humming, morse code & walking up stone steps / AKA trio Bryan Day, Cheryl Leonard & Tom Djll (of Pet The Tiger)		*	0:28:39 (Pop-up)
Add N to (X)	Revenge Of The Black Regent   → "Revenge Of The Black Regent" by "Add N to (X)"	Avant Hard	Mute	1999		3rd album from English trio Barry Smith, Ann Shenton & Steven Claydon			0:34:41 (Pop-up)
Andy Votel & Andrzej Korzyriski	Kleksploitation (excerpt 2)   → "Kleksploitation (excerpt 2)" by "Andy Votel & And...	Tunnels: The Wire - Below The Radar Special Edition (V/A)	Wire	2014		Andy Votel runs the Finders Keepers label / "Kleksploitation" is an homage to Pan Kleks, the Polish trilogy of films for children from the 1980s. Producer & artist Andy Votel draws on images, music and sound from the original films. The Pan Kleks trilogy was scored by Andrzej Korzyński, a Warsaw composer whose unearthed catalogue Votel is currently releasing on his Finders Keepers label. "Kleksploitation" was commissioned by Unsound in 2012, & presented at The Barbican in London in 2013. (from: http://unsoundproductions.com/projects/kleksploitation/)			0:38:36 (Pop-up)
Prurient	Tokyo Exorcist   → "Tokyo Exorcist" by "Prurient"	Chain Reaction At Dusk (split w/ Kelly Moran)	Hospital Productions	2020		AKA Dominick Fernow, based in NYC, founder of the Hospital Productions label in 1997. Other aliases: Christian Cosmos, D Magdalene, December Magic, Exploring Jezebel, Fanalis, Force Publique Congo, Lake, Noose Ensures Survival Wants And Needs, Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement, River Magic, Sierra Leone Anger, Tortured Hooker, Vatican Shadow, Window Cleaning By Ian, & Winter Soldier / Prurient means: marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire especially : marked by, arousing, or appealing to sexual desire. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)		*	0:44:03 (Pop-up)
Special Request	No Other Way To Say It   → "No Other Way To Say It" by "Special Request"	Spectral Frequency	R&S	2020		AKA Paul Woolford (other aliases: Bobby Peru, DJ Existential Crisis, Hip Therapist, Paul Woolford, Roberto Peruvia, Skip Donahue, & Wooly) / Inspired by the unruly conventions of UK pirate radio stations, the Special Request project aims to capture the raw energy and diversity of the illegal airwaves that have been an immeasurable influence on Woolford over the years. He describes it as “the ruffage, the rowdy younger brother” of his previous output as Paul Woolford. (artist's discogs page)		*	0:51:35 (Pop-up)
Gene Keys, Entheo, Phutureprimitive	Beauty   → "Beauty" by "Gene Keys, Entheo, Phutureprimitive"	Living Wisdom, Vol. 1	Native Harmonix	2020		Gene Keys is Richard Rudd, Entheo is based in Portland, Oregon & Phutureprimitive is the moniker of Bay Area producer & songwriter Rain, who started the Native Harmonix label / bandcamp page https://genekeys.bandcamp.com/album/living-wisdom-vol-1		*	1:04:00 (Pop-up)
Gareth Jones	Trinity   → "Trinity" by "Gareth Jones"	Electrogenetic	Wormhole World	2020		debut album from Jones, who has produced albums for Depeche Mode, Erasure, Wire, Einsturzende Neubauten,& Diamanda Galas, among others.		*	1:17:14 (Pop-up)
A Beautiful Idea	Reflection   → "Reflection" by "A Beautiful Idea"	Marshlights (split w/ Darren J. Holloway)	Submarine Broadcasting Company	2021		AKA David Barr / Auld anti-social bloke, born in a tenement in Yoker, Glasgow in 1966. Learning to play the guitar from the age of 12, he struggled to afford strings when they broke, so learned to play many songs using only 2. Started a band with Lee Johnson, Michael Sanderson, Steven and Mark Wade circa 1981. Originally called Red Alert they changed the name to Lost Cause when an Oi band called Red Alert became slightly more famous. After several rehearsals but no gigs or recordings, he was kicked out of the band for wearing a Rush badge to a rehearsal. Unfortunately for the other members, he was the only person who could actually play an instrument and who wrote all the music/lyrics, they folded soon after. Fast forward 40 years and a brief sojourn playing guitar in a 3-piece with no name, that folded due to his despotic character, A Beautiful Idea realized he didn't like people very much so decided to go solo, using synths. The World rejoiced. (from artist's discogs page: https://www.discogs.com/artist/7702306-A-Beautiful-Idea)		*	1:22:13 (Pop-up)
Carmen Villain	Light In Phases   → "Light In Phases" by "Carmen Villain"	Sketch for Winter IX: Perlita	Geographic North	2021		AKA Oslo-based artist Carmen Hillestad / "Perlita" is named for artist's grandmother, who lives in Puebla, Mexico / Sketch For Winter is an ambient series by various artists		*	1:26:27 (Pop-up)
Caroline Shaw (performed by Dawn Upshaw (vocals), Gilbert Kalish (piano) & So Percussion	The Narrow Sea, Part 1   → "The Narrow Sea, Part 1" by "Caroline Shaw (perfor...	Narrow Sea	Nonesuch	2021		The title piece, "Narrow Sea," was written for Sō Percussion, Dawn Upshaw, and Gilbert Kalish in 2017; they perform it on this recording as well. "Narrow Sea" comprises 5 parts, each a new setting of a text from "The Sacred Harp" 19th century collection of shape-note hymns. A composition Shaw wrote for Sō Percussion in 2012, "Taxidermy," also is on the album. / Caroline Shaw is a NY-based musician—vocalist, violinist, composer, and producer—who performs in solo and collaborative projects. She was the youngest recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2013 for "Partita for 8 Voices," written for the Grammy-winning Roomful of Teeth, of which she is a member. Recent commissions include new works for Renée Fleming with Inon Barnatan, Dawn Upshaw with Sō Percussion and Gil Kalish, Seattle Symphony, Anne Sofie von Otter with Philharmonia Baroque, the LA Philharmonic, Juilliard 415, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s with John Lithgow, the Dover Quartet, TENET, The Crossing, the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, the Calidore Quartet, Brooklyn Rider, the Baltimore Symphony, and Roomful of Teeth with A Far Cry. Caroline’s film scores include Erica Fae’s To Keep the Light and Josephine Decker’s Madeline’s Madeline as well as the upcoming short 8th Year of the Emergency by Maureen Towey. She has produced for Kanye West (The Life of Pablo; Ye) and Nas (NASIR), and has contributed to records by The National, and by Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry. Once she got to sing in three part harmony with Sara Bareilles and Ben Folds at the Kennedy Center, and that was pretty much the bees’ knees and elbows. Caroline has studied at Rice, Yale, and Princeton, currently teaches at NYU, and is a Creative Associate at the Juilliard School. She has held residencies at Dumbarton Oaks, the Banff Centre, Music on Main, and the Vail Dance Festival. Caroline loves the color yellow, otters, Beethoven opus 74, Mozart opera, Kinhaven, the smell of rosemary, and the sound of a janky mandolin. (from artist's website: https://carolineshaw.com)		*	1:30:19 (Pop-up)
Signum Saxophone Quartet	Giazotto: Adagio In G Minor (by Tomaso Albinoni)   → "Giazotto: Adagio In G Minor (by Tomaso Albinoni)"...	Echoes	Deutsche Grammophon	2021		recorded live at the Berlin Meistersaal / The 4 musicians Blaž Kemperle, Hayrapet Arakelyan, Alan Lužar and Guerino Bellarosa met in Cologne where they founded the SIGNUM Saxophone Quartet in 2006. The saxophonists have studied in Cologne, Vienna and Paris. This is their 3rd full-length album.		*	1:33:47 (Pop-up)
Burial + Four Tet + Thom York	Her Revolution   → "Her Revolution" by "Burial + Four Tet + Thom York"	Her Revolution / His Rope (single)	XL Recordings	2020		1st collaboration since 2011's one-off 12-inch “Ego“/”Mirror”		*	1:39:13 (Pop-up)
Ms. John Soda	Hi Fool   → "Hi Fool" by "Ms. John Soda"	Loom	Morr Music	2015		3rd album from German group Cico Beck, Thomas Geltinger, Micha Acher, & Stefanie Böhm			1:44:54 (Pop-up)
Patricia Brennan	Derrumbe De Turquesas   → "Derrumbe De Turquesas" by "Patricia Brennan"	Maquishti	Valley Of Search	2021		based in Veracruz, Mexico		*	1:58:16 (Pop-up)
Abul Mogard	I Watched The Sea, The Fields, The Sky   → "I Watched The Sea, The Fields, The Sky" by "Abul ...	Kimberlin (OST)	Ecstatic	2019		from Belgrade, Serbia			2:02:49 (Pop-up)
Sergio Diaz De Rojas	Mundo Flotante   → "Mundo Flotante" by "Sergio Diaz De Rojas"	XII (V/A)	Deutsche Grammophon	2020		Peruvian pianist based in Valencia, Spain			2:06:56 (Pop-up)
Charlie Morrow	Boo Wa Wa Wa   → "Boo Wa Wa Wa" by "Charlie Morrow"	America Lament	Recital	2020		Morrow is from Newark, NJ / collection of some of his works from 1970-2020)		*	2:08:50 (Pop-up)
Virginia Astley	A Summer Long Since Past   → "A Summer Long Since Past" by "Virginia Astley"	From Gardens Where We Feel Secure	Rough Trade	1983		British singer and songwriter, born in Watford, England, UK. "From Gardens Where We Feel Secure" was her debut full-length album. In 2017, she became writer-in-residence at Thomas Hardy’s Cottage. She performs, together with her daughter Florence on harp, at Max Gate – Thomas Hardy’s house in Dorchester. Astley's first book-length collection "The English River" combines both photographs and poems to paint a vivid picture of the river and the community that surrounds it. Beginning in late 2020, she began making her music and art available through Bandcamp, with the promise of more new music to come. (from her website: http://www.virginiaastley.com/)			2:13:18 (Pop-up)
Omnia	Grone Lunden (trad. Swedish)   → "Grone Lunden (trad. Swedish)" by "Omnia"	Musick And Poëtree	Banshee	2011		Netherlands group			2:17:42 (Pop-up)
State Of Grace	Head   → "Head" by "State Of Grace"	Miss You - EP	3rd Stone	1993		Anthony Wheeldon, Paul Arnall, Sarah Simmonds, & Tim Maddiso			2:21:22 (Pop-up)
Phantom/Ghost	Nothing Is Written (Part 1)   → "Nothing Is Written (Part 1)" by "Phantom/Ghost"	To Damascus	Mute	2003		German duo Dirk von Lowtzow & Thies Mynther			2:27:27 (Pop-up)
Mica Levi	A plain clothed Jimi Hendrix drives me to Newcastle. For some reason the trip will take 3 days...   → "A plain clothed Jimi Hendrix drives me to Newcast...	Ruff Dog	Mica Levi	2020		debut solo album		*	2:31:10 (Pop-up)
Jennifer Castle	Theory Rest   → "Theory Rest" by "Jennifer Castle"	Monarch Season	Paradise Of Bachelors	2020		from Toronto		*	2:32:16 (Pop-up)
Jahcoozi	Fish   → "Fish" by "Jahcoozi"	Pure Breed Mongrel	Kitty-Yo	2005		trio formed in Berlin			2:34:25 (Pop-up)
David Sedaris	A Visit To His Sister's House   → "A Visit To His Sister's House" by "David Sedaris"	Repeat After Me	David Sedaris	2002		Sedaris was born in Johnson City, NY. He was the 2nd of 6 children born to Sharon & Lou Sedaris, an IBM engineer who eventually moved the family to Raleigh, North Carolina. Sedaris graduated from Sanderson High School in Raleigh, where he performed in plays and wrestled with the realization he was gay. He briefly attended Western Carolina University and then Kent State University, but by 1977 he had dropped out of school to hitchhike around the country. Around this time, Sedaris began keeping a diary. He knew he wanted to be a writer by age 25, and honed his craft while attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. After graduating in 1987, he taught writing part time and began reading from his diary at a club. One reading caught the attention of Ira Glass of Chicago Public Radio, who invited Sedaris to appear on his program, "The Wild Room." After moving to NYC in the fall of 1991, Sedaris found jobs as a housecleaner & department store elf to support his writing. The author has been with longtime boyfriend Hugh Hamrick, an artist and designer, since the early 1990s. After living together in NYC, Paris and Tokyo, the couple finally settled in West Sussex, England. (from biography.com)			2:38:29 (Pop-up)