Serious Moonlight Sonatas with Carol: Playlist from December 13, 2020

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New	Approx. start time
Lubomyr Melnyk	Requiem For A Fallen Tree   → "Requiem For A Fallen Tree" by "Lubomyr Melnyk"	Fallen Trees	Erased Tapes	2018		Ukranian pianist and composer / While living in Paris, he pioneered a new technique of piano playing, based on extremely rapid and complex note-series. Because of his technique, he is the fastest pianist in the world, sustaining speeds of over 19.5 notes per second in each hand, he also holds the record for most number of notes played in one hour with 93,650 individual notes. This was documented in Sweden, in 1989. (from artist's discogs page)			0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Mogwai	Dry Fantasy   → "Dry Fantasy" by "Mogwai"	As The Love Continues	Rock Action	2021		10th studio album from Scottish band Stuart Braithwaite (guitar, vocals), Barry Burns (guitar, piano, synthesizer, vocals), Dominic Aitchison (bass guitar), and Martin Bulloch (drums)		*	0:07:10 (Pop-up)
Klaus Schulze / J. Krishnamurti	Georg Trakl / How To Stop Living In Fear   → "Georg Trakl / How To Stop Living In Fear" by "Kla...	X / Lecture, Saanen, 1978 (excerpt)	Brain	1978		Austrian Expressionist poet Georg Trakl attended a Catholic elementary school, while receiving Protestant religious instruction; he was an unsuccessful student and eventually dropped out of school. Later, however, he entered the University of Vienna for training as a pharmacist, a vocation which facilitated his lifelong use of drugs. Soon after leaving the university he was drafted into the Austrian army and assigned to the medical corps. Returning to civilian life, Trakl found a job in a pharmacy, failed to adjust to the routine of working life, and reenlisted in the army. In 1912, while stationed in Innsbruck, he met Ludwig von Ficker, editor of "Der Brenner." Ficker became friend and mentor to Trakl for the remaining years of his short life, publishing the poet’s work regularly in his literary journal. Trakl died of a self-administered, though perhaps accidental, drug overdose in a Polish hospital while recovering from his battle experience during WWI. (poetryfoundation.org)			0:12:23 (Pop-up)
Robert Schröder / Kristen Twardowski	Brain Voyager / Birth (by Georg Trakl)   → "Brain Voyager / Birth (by Georg Trakl)" by "Rober...	Brain Voyager	Lifestyle	1985		7th full-length album from German artist Robert Schröder-Trebor			0:37:49 (Pop-up)
Tangerine Dream / George Carlin	Movements of a Visionary / We Swam In The Hudson...   → "Movements of a Visionary / We Swam In The Hudson....	Phaedra	Virgin	1974		5th full-length album from German trio Edgar Froese, Christopher Franke & Peter Baumann & the first album to make use of a Moog / In Greek mythology, Theseus’ queen, Phaedra, fell in love with Hippolytus. When Phaedra’s passion was revealed to him, he reacted with such revulsion that she killed herself, leaving a note accusing Hippolytus of having tried to rape her. Theseus, refusing to believe Hippolytus’ protestations of innocence, banished him.			0:43:06 (Pop-up)
Jarguna/Uzbazur	Sublimation   → "Sublimation" by "Jarguna/Uzbazur"	Sublimation	Projekt	2020		AKA Italian artist Marco Billi & Simone Santarsiero / In chemistry, "sublimation" refers to the passage of a body from the solid state to the gaseous state without passing through the liquid state. / Find the album here for Name Your Price level: https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/sublimation-name-your-price		*	0:50:34 (Pop-up)
Yo-Yo Ma	The Legend Of 1900 Theme (by Ennio Morricone)   → "The Legend Of 1900 Theme (by Ennio Morricone)" by...	Songs Of Comfort - Live on March 27, 2020		2020		Yo-Yo Ma was born in Paris to Chinese parents and had a musical upbringing. His mother, Marina Lu, was a singer, and his father, Hiao-Tsiun Ma, was a violinist and professor of music. His family moved to NY when he was 5 years old. At a very young age, Ma began studying violin, and later viola, before finding his true calling by taking up the cello at age 4. According to Ma, his 1st choice was the double bass due to its large size, but he compromised and took up cello instead. He began performing before audiences at age 5, and performed for Presidents John F. Kennedy and Dwight D. Eisenhower when he was 7. At age 8, he appeared on American television with his sister, Yeou-Cheng Ma, in a concert conducted by Leonard Bernstein. By 15 years of age, Ma had graduated from Trinity School in NY. Ma studied at the Juilliard School with Leonard Rose and briefly attended Columbia University before ultimately enrolling at Harvard University. Ma's primary performance instrument is the cello nicknamed Petunia, built by Domenico Montagnana in 1733. It was named this by a female student that approached him after one of his classes in Salt Lake City asking if he had a nickname for his cello. He said, "No, but if I play for you, will you name it?" She chose Petunia, and it stuck. This cello, more than 270 years old, was lost in the fall of 1999 when Ma accidentally left the instrument in a taxicab in NYC. It was later recovered undamaged. (from artist's discogs page)			1:10:22 (Pop-up)
Fovea Hex	Carol   → "Carol" by "Fovea Hex"	Hail Hope	Fovea Hex	2011		Ireland group - voices: Clodagh Simonds, Laura Sheeran, Matt Waldron, Jessica Way, Michael Begg, and various nameless others / harmonium: Clodagh Simonds / cello: John Contreras / violin, viola: Cora Venus Lunny / other sounds: Clodagh Simonds, Michael Begg			1:11:59 (Pop-up)
Lake Turner	Videosphere   → "Videosphere" by "Lake Turner"	Videosphere	Kompakt	2020		debut album by London-based Andrew Halford		*	1:15:15 (Pop-up)
Tears For Fears	Pale Shelter   → "Pale Shelter" by "Tears For Fears"	The Hurting	Mercury	1983		debut album from UK duo Curt Smith & Roland Orzabal			1:18:44 (Pop-up)
Shareholder / Alan Watts	The Glass / Ending Your Inner Civil War (by Carl Yung)   → "The Glass / Ending Your Inner Civil War (by Carl ...	The Glass	Chocolate Monk	2020				*	1:23:06 (Pop-up)
rRine / Alan Watts	Ufot Pid / Ending Your Inner Civil War (by Carl Yung)   → "Ufot Pid / Ending Your Inner Civil War (by Carl Y...	Eaciv+	Touched	2020		expanded 2-CD edition of 2005 album, "Eaciv" containing 9 additional tracks / UK label, Touched Music, brings electronic & ambient artists together for charities.		*	1:27:16 (Pop-up)
John Also Bennett	Indiana Blindfold   → "Indiana Blindfold" by "John Also Bennett"	Field Works: Ultrasonic (V/A)	Temporary Residence	2020		John Also Bennett (nee JAB) is a NYC-based composer, musician, and sound designer. As well as recording and performing solo, he is a member of the groups Forma and Seabat, and has collaborated with many others			1:31:04 (Pop-up)
Karen Constance	The Junk Merchant (excerpt)   → "The Junk Merchant (excerpt)" by "Karen Constance"	The Junk Merchant	Chocolate Monk	2020				*	1:34:35 (Pop-up)
Kronos Quartet	Summertime   → "Summertime" by "Kronos Quartet"	Live @ NPR's 10th Anniversary Concert - 2017	Kronos	2017		David Harrington (violin), John Sherba (violin), Hank Dutt (viola), & Sunny Yang (cello) / "Summertime" was composed by George Gershwin (music) & DuBose Heyward (lyrics) for "Porgy And Bess," an opera by American composer George Gershwin, with a libretto written by author DuBose Heyward and lyricist Ira Gershwin. It was adapted from Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward's play "Porgy," which was an adaptation of DuBose Heyward's 1925 novel of the same name. "Porgy and Bess" was first performed in Boston in 1935, before it moved to Broadway in NYC			1:47:02 (Pop-up)
Vikingur Ólafsson	The Arts And The Hours (by Jean-Philippe Rameau)   → "The Arts And The Hours (by Jean-Philippe Rameau)"...	Live @ OPUS KLASSIK, 2020 Awards @ Konzerthaus Berlin - 10/30/20	Vikingur Olafsson	2020		Icelandic pianist / original version of this song can be found on his 2020 album, "Debussy Rameau" out on Deutsche Grammophon		*	1:51:26 (Pop-up)
Indistinct Chatter	Coffee Please   → "Coffee Please" by "Indistinct Chatter"	Cabin Lights Off	Arbutus Yarns	2020		AKA Dublin-based Myles O'Reilly / about the album from the artist's bandcamp page: "I started with my eyes closed, inspired by long haul flights (RIP). I miss that feeling of tearing through the air, hundreds of miles an hour, thousands of feet above ground, snug behind a few panes of plexiglass, looking out at a sun setting above the clouds, dipping behind this giant space rock, made all the more present with a long and windy drone in my ears. Doesn't really matter how I travel, there's no better soundtrack than minimal ambient for staring out a window into the middle distance, when my mind turns it's focus to the imagination and doesn't want to be distracted. Eyes and ears not focusing on anything in particular but allowing my mind to investigate inwards. Hearing not listening. Seeing not watching. Ultimately, feeling as though I'm flying through the air like that kid in Snowman, and not sitting in a giant gravity defying sardine can." / In the surreal dog days of this unprecedented global pandemic, a new trend cropped up: International airlines began to offer “flights to nowhere,” for customers who missed the anesthetized atmosphere of an airplane cabin enough to pay for the experience alone.		*	1:56:49 (Pop-up)
Ela Minus	Dominique   → "Dominique" by "Ela Minus"	Acts Of Rebellion	Domino	2020		debut album from Bogata-born & now NY-based Gabriela Jimeno		*	2:08:09 (Pop-up)
Blancmange	Living On The Ceiling   → "Living On The Ceiling" by "Blancmange"	Happy Families	London	1982		debut album from English duo Neil Arthur & Stephen Luscombe / When asked back in 2017 where they came up with the name, the duo said that “we were making experimental music for a while, really just for ourselves, not thinking anyone would want to listen. A name wasn't an issue or even needed until we were asked to play at the art college. The posters for the event were being printed and a name therefore was required to advertise the gig. In a throwaway moment we chose Blancmange, so as to save time and get on with the music. Actually we were called The Blancmange.”			2:11:23 (Pop-up)
Satoshi & Makoto / Alan Watts	Crepuscule Leger / Thinking About Thinking...   → "Crepuscule Leger / Thinking About Thinking..." by...	CZ-5000 Sounds & Sequences / A Zen Approach To Anxiety	Safe Trip	2017		Kawasaki-based brothers Satoshi & Makoto Tomino / album is a homage to the Casio CZ-5000			2:15:00 (Pop-up)
Emily A. Sprague	Horizon   → "Horizon" by "Emily A. Sprague"	Hill, Flower, Fog	RVNG Intl.	2020		of Florist		*	2:21:51 (Pop-up)
Move D & Benjamin Brunn / Alan Watts	Grains / The Beauty Of The Ordinary...   → "Grains / The Beauty Of The Ordinary..." by "Move ...	Let's Call It A Day / A Zen Approach To Anxiety	Smallville	2020		re-issue of the German duo's 2006 album			2:27:50 (Pop-up)
Richard Norris / Alan Watts	Fire / Wherever The Straw Lands...It Leaves An Orange Color...   → "Fire / Wherever The Straw Lands...It Leaves An Or...	Elements / A Zen Approach To Anxiety	Group Mind	2020		of Psychic TV / 4th solo full-length album		*	2:35:53 (Pop-up)
Harold Budd	Agua   → "Agua" by "Harold Budd"	Agua	Sine	1995		Live album recorded at the Lanzarote Music Festival in 1989			2:43:53 (Pop-up)