Serious Moonlight Sonatas with Carol: Playlist from June 28, 2020

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New	Approx. start time
Louise Bock & P.G. Six	Luminous Wind   → "Luminous Wind" by "Louise Bock & P.G. Six"	Unreleased Collaborations		2020		1st collaboration for the duo / Madison, Wisconsin-based Louise Bock is Taralie Peterson (AKA Tar Pet) and is in the group, Spires That In The Sunset Rise. Taralie works with mainly sax, clarinet, cello, voice, & denatured lap harp / P.G. Six is NY-based Pat Gubler, solo artist & multi-instrumentalist and of groups Garcia Peoples, Memphis Luxure, Metal Mountains, The Tower Recordings, The Werefrogs, Weeping Bong Band, & Wet Tuna. He has also collaborated with Dan Melchior.		*	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Pink Floyd	Careful With That Axe, Eugene   → "Careful With That Axe, Eugene" by "Pink Floyd"	Live At Pompeii	Pink Floyd	1972		orig version of this song was released as a B-side to "Point Me At The Sky" / The title "Careful With That Axe, Eugene" is a reference to the beginning lyrics of "Point Me At The Sky: "Hey Eugene; This is Henry McClean..." / recorded in 1971			0:03:13 (Pop-up)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor	The Dead Flag Blues   → "The Dead Flag Blues" by "Godspeed You! Black Empe...	F# A# ∞	Kranky	1998		Godspeed You! Black Emperor began with Efrim Menuck, Mauro Pezzente and Mike Moya in Montréal in the early 90s, playing a handful of shows and recording a self-released cassette as a trio before beginning to transform the group into a large band. Recruiting numerous Montreal musicians through 1995-1996, GYBE mounted sense-rattling wall-of-sound performances, featuring as many as 14 musicians and several 16mm film projectors, eventually self-recording their debut vinyl-only version of F#A#∞, released on Constellation in late summer 1997. The band's Hotel2Tango warehouse space in Montréal's Mile-End district was a central hive of DIY activity, with band rehearsal rooms, silkscreen and wood shops, and weekend shows that took place under the radar. The group settled into a permanent 9-member line-up by late 1998, with Aidan Girt and Bruce Cawdron on drums, Thierry Amar and Mauro on basses, Efrim, Dave Bryant and Roger Tellier-Craig on guitars, and Norsola Johnson and Sophie Trudeau on cello and violin respectively. / The original recording of F♯ A♯ ∞ took place in 1997. By this time, the band had reached an unwieldy 15 members. In preparation of the album, they trimmed their numbers to 10. The culmination of material spanning back to 1993 resulted in 2 lengthy songs, each about 20 minutes in length. After the record's release, the band became interested in touring the US. In order to make headway, they sent a copy of their album to the Chicago-based record label Kranky. Impressed by the recording, Kranky offered to re-release the album on compact disc. The band quickly returned to the studio and re-recorded the album, which was released in June 1998. Changes to the album included the addition, subtraction and reorganization of material, resulting in 3 tracks & slightly over an hour of music.			0:09:44 (Pop-up)
Seabuckthorn	While There By The Woods   → "While There By The Woods" by "Seabuckthorn"	Through A Vulnerable Occur	IIKKI	2020		Seabuckthorn is UK artist Andy Cartwright (on guitar, charango, & effects) w/ Gareth Davis (on clarinet) / album is a music and visual collaboration designed to accompany Sophie Gabrielle’s new book of photography		*	0:25:51 (Pop-up)
Vague Imaginaires	L'Île Somnambule   → "L'Île Somnambule" by "Vague Imaginaires"	L'île D'or	Not Not Fun	2020		debut album from Denis Morin from Grenoble, France / from bandcamp page: Recorded in anticipation of the birth of his daughter (an experience Morin likens to “an ancestral journey”), the album alternates between ritual and lullaby, spirit vine questing and chill-out tent meditation. Guyana forest field recordings and the sound of springtime birds color the songs with wind and wildlife, evoking lagoons clouded in mist and steam, overgrown paths winding through twilit jungles.		*	0:30:13 (Pop-up)
Mogwai / Stephen Pearlman & Sean Gullette	Moon In Reverse / It's Not Our Way...   → "Moon In Reverse / It's Not Our Way..." by "Mogwai...	ZEROZEROZERO (series soundtrack) / Pi	Mogwai	2020		Scottish quartet Stuart Braithwaite (guitar, vocals), Dominic Aitchison (bass guitar), Barry Burns (guitar, piano, synthesizer), & Martin Bulloch (drums) / "ZeroZeroZero" is an Italian crime drama tv series based on the book of the same name by Roberto Saviano		*	0:46:27 (Pop-up)
Ennio Morricone / Robert Duvall, et al.	Main Theme (from "The Thing") / It's Gonna Be A Big One...   → "Main Theme (from "The Thing") / It's Gonna Be A B...	The Essential John Carpenter Film Music Collection / Apocalypse Now	Silva America	2002		born in Rome, Morricone is a composer, conductor, and former trumpet player, and has composed over 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as over 100 classical works			0:50:18 (Pop-up)
Michael Andrews	The Artifact & Living   → "The Artifact & Living" by "Michael Andrews"	Donnie Darko (soundtrack)	Enjoy	2001		Andrews (AKA Elgin Park) is an American musician and film score composer. Originally the lead singer for The Origin, he began his career in the college rock scene with long time friend Gary Jules, who he later collaborated with for the acoustic cover of Tears For Fears' "Mad World" for the Donnie Darko soundtrack. After Jules left The Origin before putting out their first album, Andrews continued with The Origin until they disbanded. / "Donnie Darko" was his first soundtrack			0:54:43 (Pop-up)
Inventions	Continuous Portrait   → "Continuous Portrait" by "Inventions"	Continuous Portrait	Temporary Residence	2020		3rd full-length album from Inventions, the American duo of Matthew Cooper of Eluvium, and Mark T. Smith of Explosions in the Sky / Inventions formed in 2013 as a side project for both musicians, whose main projects were signed to the same record label.		*	0:57:00 (Pop-up)
Onuka	Vidlik   → "Vidlik" by "Onuka"	Vidlik - EP	Aby Sho MZK	2017		ONUKA is a joint project of Ukrainian sound producer and musician Eugene Filatov (The Maneken) and Nata Zhyzhchenko (former vocalist of Tomato Jaws and Kooqla)			1:08:32 (Pop-up)
Die Angel	Epikouros   → "Epikouros" by "Die Angel"	Utopien I	Karlrecords	2020		duo Ilpo Väisänen (AKA Pan sonic, I-LP-O IN DUB, Liima, & Piiri) and Dirk Dresselhaus (AKA Schneider TM, A S S, Locust Fudge, Ida Van Selbst, & Millimeter)		*	1:11:19 (Pop-up)
Sibling & Heavenchord / Frank Zappa	Wind / We Are Nothing...   → "Wind / We Are Nothing..." by "Sibling & Heavencho...	Sounds Of Silence	Greyscale	2020				*	1:19:39 (Pop-up)
Wasisinqu	Maze   → "Maze" by "Wasisinqu"	Tribal Experience	Wasisinqu	2019					1:28:52 (Pop-up)
Sonic Boom	Spinning Coins And Wishing On Clovers   → "Spinning Coins And Wishing On Clovers" by "Sonic ...	All Things Being Equal	Carpark	2020		AKA Pete Kember from the UK / aliases: E.A.R. (Experimental Audio Research), Mark Wayne, Peter Gunn, The Mainliner / Sonic Boom is a founding member of Spacemen 3 / this album is the first release under his solo Sonic Boom moniker since his 1989 debut release, "Spectrum"		*	1:33:33 (Pop-up)
Jacek Sienkiewicz / Frank Zappa	120 D-Rooms / That's My Dream...   → "120 D-Rooms / That's My Dream..." by "Jacek Sienk...	PRES Rebooted: New Works Based on Sounds from Polish Radio Experimental Studio (V/A)	Wire	2020		Sienkiewicz is a Polish DJ and producer born in Warsaw; and he is the founder of the Recognition label in 2000. / this Wire comp came w/ June 2020 edition of Wire magazine		*	1:40:14 (Pop-up)
Jlin / Frank Zappa	Lotus / Everyone Should Be Happy With What They've Got   → "Lotus / Everyone Should Be Happy With What They'v...	PRES Rebooted: New Works Based on Sounds from Polish Radio Experimental Studio (V/A)	Wire	2020		Jerrilynn Patton (AKA Jlin) is a producer originally from Gary, Indiana		*	1:47:36 (Pop-up)
Section Futur	A Fenster To My Soul   → "A Fenster To My Soul" by "Section Futur"	Louisat		2020				*	1:51:31 (Pop-up)
Anne F Jacques & Takamitsu Ohta / Van's Peppy Syncopators	Mine (excerpt) / Tyrant Heads   → "Mine (excerpt) / Tyrant Heads" by "Anne F Jacques...	Two Forms Of Contact With Objects / No Music Festival 1998	More Mars Team	2017		Anne-Françoise Jacques is a composer and performer from Quebec / Ohta is a Japanese stone collector & designer, who was born in Osaka, Japan			1:55:09 (Pop-up)
Rebecca Foon	New World   → "New World" by "Rebecca Foon"	Waxing Moon	Constellation	2020		Foon is the composer and musician behind Saltland and Esmerine; and is a former longstanding member of Silver Mt. Zion / this is her first eponymous release		*	2:04:47 (Pop-up)
Fabrizio Paterlini	Week #10   → "Week #10" by "Fabrizio Paterlini"	Autumn Stories 2019	Self Released	2019		Paterlini was born and lives in the ancient northern Italian city of Mantua / album features: Fabrizio (on piano); Eugenio Gargiola (on violin); Massimo Brutti (on viola); Silvia Dal Paos (on cello)			2:09:39 (Pop-up)
Clara Engel	To Keep The Ghost At Bay   → "To Keep The Ghost At Bay" by "Clara Engel"	Hatching Under The Stars		2020		artist based in Toronto / Clara Engel: (voice, electric guitar, hammond organ, keyboard, acoustic twelve string guitar, chromonica, harmonica, banjitar); Paul Kolinski: (drums); Mitchell Girio: (bass); & Lys Guillorn: (lap steel)		*	2:11:41 (Pop-up)
Midori Hirano	Invisible Island   → "Invisible Island" by "Midori Hirano"	Invisible Island	Sonic Pieces	2020		Hirano is a Japanese musician, composer, sound artist and producer, born in Kyoto and now based in Berlin.		*	2:17:18 (Pop-up)
Synthezaur	Head   → "Head" by "Synthezaur"	PRES Rebooted: New Works Based on Sounds from Polish Radio Experimental Studio (V/A)	Wire	2020		This Wire comp is an exclusive anthology of tracks made from samples originally produced at the legendary Warsaw electronic music studio. Between 1957–2003, the Polish Radio Experimental Studio were global pioneers of utilitarian sound design and the practices of modern music production. Operating at its centre in Warsaw, the studio made a profound impact on the sound of Eastern European cinema, producing more than 300 soundtracks for films, experimental animation, video art and theatre, as well as thousands of works for television and radio. All tracks are based on free samples from the Polish Radio Experimental Studio. Compilation produced by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of the Polska Music programme and the international cultural programme marking the centenary of Poland regaining independence. Financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-annual programme NIEPODLEGŁA 2017–2022		*	2:22:44 (Pop-up)
Section Futur	India Blues3   → "India Blues3" by "Section Futur"	Louisataabni		2020				*	2:26:37 (Pop-up)
Magthea	Magthea and Insanity (Extract)   → "Magthea and Insanity (Extract)" by "Magthea"	80s Underground Cassette Culture Volume 1 (V/A)	Contort Yourself	2017		this track originally released as a full album-length cassette in 1983 / Get the full Magthea album here			2:31:12 (Pop-up)
Jack Nitzsche (performed by City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra)	Main Theme (from Starman)   → "Main Theme (from Starman)" by "Jack Nitzsche (per...	The Essential John Carpenter Film Music Collection	Silva America	2002		the music for "Starman" was written by Jack Nitzsche / The "Starman" soundtrack was one of the first ever released by Varèse Sarabande, on both LP and CD in 1990 / Born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised on a farm in Newaygo, Michigan, Nitzsche, son of German immigrants, moved to Los Angeles in 1955 with ambitions of becoming a jazz saxophonist. He was hired by Sonny Bono, who was at the time an A&R (artists and repertory) executive at Specialty Records, as a music copyist. While there Nitzsche wrote a novelty hit called "Bongo Bongo Bongo". Nitzsche wrote with Bono the song "Needles and Pins" for Jackie DeShannon, later recorded by the Searchers. He became arranger and conductor for producer Phil Spector, and orchestrated the Wall of Sound for the song "River Deep, Mountain High" by Ike and Tina Turner. In 1964, he met the Rolling Stones and went on to play keyboards on their albums "The Rolling Stones," "Now!" (The Rolling Stones No. 2 in the UK), "Out of Our Heads," "Aftermath" and "Between the Buttons" as well as on their hit singles "Paint It, Black" and "Let's Spend the Night Together." He collaborated with Neil Young, beginning with producing "Expecting to Fly" by Buffalo Springfield. Nitzsche played electric piano with Crazy Horse throughout 1970. Despite frequent clashes with Billy Talbot and Ralph Molina, Nitzsche remained with the band after Young left in 1970. Nitzsche produced the band's 1971 self-titled debut album and sang lead vocal on "Crow Jane Lady". Nitzsche began to concentrate more on film music rather than pop music in the mid-1970s, becoming one of the more prolific film orchestraters in Hollywood during the period. In 1983, he received the Academy Award for Best Song for co-writing "Up Where We Belong" (from the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman) with Will Jennings and Buffy Sainte-Marie. Nitzsche had also worked on film scores throughout his career, such as his contributions to the Monkees movie Head, the theme music from Village of the Giants (recycling an earlier single, "The Last Race") and the soundtracks for Performance (1970), The Exorcist (1973), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Hardcore (1979), The Razor's Edge (1984) and Starman (also 1984).			2:35:59 (Pop-up)
Frank Zappa	Watermelon In Easter Hay (Live) / Stop Giving People A Reason...   → "Watermelon In Easter Hay (Live) / Stop Giving Peo...								2:40:49 (Pop-up)
Frank Zappa	Watermelon In Easter Hay   → "Watermelon In Easter Hay" by "Frank Zappa"	Joe's Garage	Zappa Records	1979		Frank Zappa developed the song, "Watermelon In Easter Hay," during his live performances in 1978. The first recorded instance of "Watermelon in Easter Hay" was at at the Hammersmith Odeon in London on January 27, 1978. Another version was recorded a month later in Germany and is available on "Frank Zappa Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa." / On drummer who played on "Joe's Garage" album: Many consider Vinnie Colaiuta the most advanced drummer who played with Zappa. Here is Steve Vai: “He’s one of the most amazing sight-readers that ever existed on the instrument. One day we were in a Frank rehearsal, this was early ’80s, and Frank brought in this piece of music called “Mo ‘N Herb’s Vacation.” Just unbelievably complex. All the drums were written out, just like “The Black Page” except even more complex. There were these runs of like 17 over 3 and every drumhead is notated differently. And there were a whole bunch of people there, I think Bozzio was there. Vinnie had this piece of music on the stand to his right. To his left he had another music stand with a plate of sushi on it, okay? Now the tempo of the piece was very slow, like “The Black Page.” And then the first riff came in, [mimics bizarre Zappa-esque drum rhythm patterns] with all these choking of cymbals, and hi-hat, riffs, spinning of rototoms and all this crazy stuff. And I saw Vinnie reading this thing. Now, Vinnie has this habit of pushing his glasses up with the middle finger of his right hand. Well I saw him look at this one bar of music, it was the last bar of music on the page. He started to play it as he was turning the page with one hand, and then once the page was turned he continued playing the riff with his right hand, as he reached over with his left hand, grabbed a piece of sushi and put it in his mouth, continued the riff with his left hand and feet, pushed his glasses up, and then played the remaining part of the bar. It was the slickest thing I have ever seen. Frank threw his music up in the air. Bozzio turned around and walked away. I just started laughing.” / On "Joe’s Garage" Zappa continued to use his technique of xenochrony, the placement of previously recorded material on top of studio tracks. Almost all his guitar solos on the album were recorded during live performances from his 1978 tours, and he let band members accompany these solos in the studio and improvise on top of them. He recorded only one new solo for Joe’s Garage and that was "Watermelon in Easter Hay." As for the name, Zappa told an interviewer: “If a drummer overplays, if the bass player overplays or the keyboard overplays . . . if they don’t have any sensitivity to what I’m doing or if they aren’t smart enough to track the direction that I am going in, it’s like dragging an anchor. In fact, I’ll point out the way that song, “Watermelon in Easter Hay” got its name. It’s from the statement that playing a solo with this band is like trying to grow a watermelon in Easter hay. And most of the bands that I’ve had, it was like that. It’s been just recently where I’ve had rhythm sections that don’t get in my way and let me do what I am going to do.”			2:45:41 (Pop-up)