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1. A quick and totally incomplete overview of the minimalist subgenre "drone" music.
26:05A quick and totally incomplete overview of the minimalist subgenre "drone" music!Featured music: PAULINE OLIVEROS - LEAR (1989) Eliane RADIGUE - TRILOGY DE LA MORT (intermediate) LA MONTE YOUNG - COMPOSITION 1960 no. 7 LAMONTE YOUNG - DREAM HOUSE (except from THEATER OF ETERNAL MUSIC) CHRISTINA VANTZOU - VALLEY DRONE Ram Narayan- Mishra DesRADIK TYULUSH-oskus urag Krzysztof Penderecki- SONG OF THE CHERUBIM MEREDITH MONK-UNISON (1986) ROBERT AIKI AUBERY LOWE - RESONANCE PERFORMANCE 2014 VELVET UNDERGROUND-LOOP 1964 VELVET UNDERGROUND - VENUS IN FURS LOU REED - METAL MACHINE MUSIC JESUS + MARY CHAIN - NEVER UNDERSTAND NIRVANA - HEART SHAPED BOX SUNN O))) - MOCKING SOLEMNITY KALI MALONE - SPECTACLE OF RITUAL ELLEN ARKBRO - FOR ORGAN AND BRASS MARIA W HORN - EPISTASIS EMERALDS - SOLAR BRIDGE STEVE REICH - MUSIC FOR 18 MUSICIANS
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2. Pattern music
25:19A short and messy introduction to minimalism + pattern music as presented by Nathan Larson. featured music:STEVE REICH - ELECTRIC COUNTERPOINT - I FAST w Pat MethenySTEVE REICH - MUSIC FOR MALLET INSTRUMENTS, VOICES + ORGANSTEVE REICH - MUSIC FOR 18 MUSICIANSPHILIP GLASS ENSEMBLE - FACADESPHILIP GLASS ENSEMBLE - MUSIC IN 12 PARTSPHILIP GLASS - EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH - KNEE 3PHILIP GLASS - EINSTEIN IN THE BEACH -ACT 1_ TRAIN 1LAURIE ANDERSON - O SUPERMANLAURIE ANDERSON - FROM THE AIRFRANK OCEAN - IN MY ROOMCHARLI XCX - BOYSDJ BC - GLASSBREAKS 01 - BEASTIE BOYS -PASS THE MIC / PHILIP GLASS - EINSTEIN ON THE BEACHSAWEETIE FT. DOJO CAT - BEST FRIENDKRAFTWERK - TRANS EUROPE EXPRESSAFRIKA BAMBAATAA - PLANET ROCKKRAFTWERK - THE MAN MACHINEFEARLESS FOUR - ROCKIN ITKRAFTWERK - THE ROBOTSDAFT PUNK - AROUND THE WORLDSKI MASK THE SLUMP GOD - FOOT FUNGUSTERRY REILY - IN C (1968)TERRY REILY - IN C (SHANGHAI FILM ORCHESTRA 1989)TERRY REILY- IN C (AFRICA EXPRESS/ MALI 2013)
3. A brief and totally incomplete discussion of "ambient" music
26:15Featured musicBRIAN ENO - THURSDAY AFTERNOON SATIE - 3 GYMNOPEDIES : NO 1debussy - clair de luneJOHN CAGE - IN A LANDSCAPE (1948)ROXY MUSIC - 2HbBRIAN ENO- DISCREET MUSIC (1975)BRIAN ENO - 1/1 MUSIC FOR AIRPORTS (1978)KING TUBBY - JAH JAH DUBPUBLIC IMAGE - CAREERINGMIDORI TAKADA - THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS - MR HENRI ROUSSEAU'S DREAM (1983)SATOSHI ASHIKAWA - STILL WAY (WAVE NOTATION 2) (1982)ISAO TOMITA - CLAIR DE LUNE NO 3 (1974)LAURIE SPIEGEL - THE EXPANDING UNIVERSE - OLD WAVEBRIAN ENO - AN ASCENTDAVID TOOP-OCEAN OF SOUNDBOOKS BY BRIAN ENOBOOKS BY JOHN CAGEBOOKS BY PAULINE OLIVEROS
4. SOME OF THE NEW
33:18SOME OF THE NEWA random but satisfying sampling of current artists who draw on experimental and minimalist traditions, merged with new age, space pop, gospel, cosmic jazz, and contemporary R + B .... giving us hope for the future. JULIANNA BARWICK - CALL (2013) JULIANNA BARWICK - THE MAGIC PLACE (2011) KAITLYN AURELIA SMITH - STRATUS (2016)MARY LATTIMORE - THE QUIET AT NIGHT (2016)NAILAH HUNTER - RUINS / QUIET LIGHT (SPELLS EP - 2020) - LEAVING RECORDSGALDRE VISIONS - LIVING SPACE STATION (BAD DREAMS) - 2020 EP - LEAVING RECORDSRAS G - CUTLASS (2020) FLYING LOTUS ft. THUNDERCAT - DESCENT INTO MADNESS (2014)SERPENTWITHFEET - HYACINTH (DEACON 2021) EARTHEATER - BELOW THE CLAVICLE (2021)FELICIA ATKINSON - EVERYTHING EVAPORATE (2020)SARAH DAVACHI - DIAPHONIA BASILICA (CANTUS, DESCENT - 2020)KELLY MORAN - WATER MUSIC (ULTRAVIOLET - 2018)Attention! These artists and so many others are cut off from an income stream as the pandemic continues to prevent touring and live performance. If you'd like to support them, please consider purchasing their music via Bandcamp, or contributing to their work via Spotify's Artist Fundraising program, which can be found on their profile pages. Thank you. WARP RECORDSBRAINFEEDER RECORDSSECRETLY CANADIAN RECORDS