Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left Center

3-28-26 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Cetner

Greetings!
Many new musics in store for you with a second phase nod to memory & music of Keith Emerson upon the 10th anniversary of his passing.
Enjoy!
Joel
e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com
To check out prior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/ 
 
3-28-26 PTE Playlist
 
Intro
New Distortion Properties - Ben Vida - Oblivion Seekers - Shelter Press (2026)
https://benvida.bandcamp.com/album/oblivion-seekers 
 
Phase One
Downbeat - Kristina Warren - Tusk - Gold Bolus Recordings (2026)
https://kmwarren.bandcamp.com/album/tusk 
 
First Rays - Steve Roach & Serena Gabriel - Entering Elysium - Projekt Records (April 2026 pre-release) 
https://www.projekt.com/ 
 
Passing Beneath The Sea's Floor - Shane Aspegren - Spiritual Cannibalism - Prohibited Records (2026)
https://shane-aspegren.bandcamp.com/album/spiritual-cannibalism 
 
Olive Cotton - Sarah Plum, viola / composer: Osnat Netzer - an expanding distance of multiple voices - Blue Griffin Recordings (April 2026 pre-release)
https://sarahplum.bandcamp.com/album/an-expanding-distance-of-multiple-voices  
 
He Walks The Tide - Emily Bezar - Vista - Demivox Records (2026)
https://emilybezar.bandcamp.com/album/vista 
 
Phase Two
Variations for Light Waves -  Linnéa Talp - Variations for Light Waves - thanatosis (2026)
https://linneatalp.bandcamp.com/album/variations-for-light-waves 
 
Organs form - Findings - Parallel mirrors - Eustress Tapes (2024)
https://eustresstapes.bandcamp.com/album/parallel-mirrors 
 
Mars: The Bringer of War - Emerson, Lake & Powell - Emerson, Lake & Powell:  “The Complete Collection” - Spirit of Unicorn Music (2024)
https://www.cherryred.co.uk/emerson-lake-and-powell-the-complete-collection-3cd-box 
 
Hammer It Out - Keith Emerson - Emerson Plays Emerson - Cherry Red (2017) 
 
Keith Emerson - Joseph Benzola - Portraits of the Dead Complete: 1995-2022 - Amanita Music (2019)
https://josephbenzola.bandcamp.com/album/portraits-of-the-dead-complete-1995-2022 
 
Mach kein Krach! - Martin Küchen - Chase the Demons Out - thanatosis (2026)
https://martinkuchen.bandcamp.com/album/chase-the-demons-out
 
Seranade for Four Flutes (1960) - Flute Force / composer: Ingolf Dahl - Flute Force - CRI (1990)
https://www.newworldrecords.org/products/flute-force?_pos=1&_sid=027a483c2&_ss=r&variant=32226756591695 

3-14-26 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

Greetings!
Today's program opens highlighting the ambient space music of Robert Scott Thompson, followed by a veritable potpourri of new and classic tracks, ranging from Alec Wilder & Ozric Tentalces to b.mez (a Birdsongs of the Mesozooic spin-off) and Frank Zappa!
Listen & Enjoy!
Joel
e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com
Prior Programs & Playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/ 
 
3-14-26 PTE Playlist
Intro
Paradigm as Supergenre (Dark Hedges Mix) - Robert Scott Thompson - As First Star Wakes, She Wanders There - Somewhere Cold Records (2021)
https://robertscottthompsonswc.bandcamp.com/album/as-first-star-wakes-she-wanders-there 
 
Phase One
Ice and Ember / Serenum - Robert Scott Thompson - Ice and Ember - Aucourant Records digital release (2026)
https://robert-scott-thompson.bandcamp.com/album/ice-and-ember 
 
Film Still / The Sea - Felicia Atkinson & Christina Vantzou - Reflections Vol. 3: Water Poems - Shelter Press (2026)
https://feliciaatkinson.bandcamp.com/album/reflections-vol-3-water-poems 
 
Ledge - b.mez - Under Circuitous Skies - Cuneiform Records (2026)
https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/under-circuitous-skies 
 
Big Foot (with intro) - Eric Johnson / Mike Stern / w Leni Stern: n'goni & vocal - Eclectic - Heads Up International (2014)
https://concord.com/concord-albums/eclectic/ 
 
Invisible - Spock's Beard - The Archaeoptimist - Madfish Music (2025)
https://madfishmusic.bandcamp.com/album/archaeoptimist 
 
Phase Two
Dissolve: I. Evenly / II. Slowly (2018) - PRISM Quartet / composer: Emily Cooley - XAS digital release (2026)
https://prismquartet.bandcamp.com/album/dissolve 
 
Jack, This Is My Husband / Scherzo for String Quartet / It's Silk - Feel It - Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Richard Audon Clark, cond. / composer: Alec Wilder - Neurotic Goldfish - Kleos Classics (2001)
https://www.alecwildermusicandlife.com/biography/ 
 
Part I: The Pterodactyls Have Landed - Sean Noonan & The London Symphony Orchestra - The Drummer of Tedworth - Neuma Records (2026)
https://brewedbynoon.bandcamp.com/album/the-drummer-of-tedworth 
 
The Black Page, Parts 1 & 2 - Zappa Plays Zappa feat. Terry Bozzio & Steve Vai  - Zappa Plays Zappa - Razor & Tie (2008) 
 
Cheepnis - Percussion / Cheepnis - Frank Zappa & The Mothers - Roxy - The Movie (The Soundtrack) - Zappa Records (2015)
https://www.zappa.com/movie/roxy-the-movie/#/
 
Sultana Detrii (live) - Ozric Tentacles - Pyramidion - Snapper Music (2001)
https://ozrics.com/ 

2/21/26 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

Greetings!
Mostly new goodies for your listening pleasure, aurally illustrating the word "multi-genre".
Listen & Enjoy!
Joel
 
2-21-26 PTE Playlist
 
Intro
What Lies Just Beyond? - Andrew MacKelvie's Many Worlds - Many Worlds - Watch That Ends The Night Records (2026)
https://manyworldshfx.bandcamp.com/album/many-worlds
Phase One
Realities Blossom - Andrew MacKelvie's Many Worlds - Many Worlds (2026) Watch That Ends The Night Records
https://manyworldshfx.bandcamp.com/album/many-worlds
 
dve - David / David - Blame Haro - 577 Records (2026)
https://577records.bandcamp.com/album/blame-haro 
 
Immutable traveler - tangent mek - Immutable traveler - Carton Records (2026)
https://cartonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/immutable-traveler 
 
Bear - Toninato & Thiessen - Dream of Heat - Ambiances Magnetiques (2026)
https://ambiances-magnetiques.bandcamp.com/album/dream-of-heat 
 
I suppose - Noeumi Buechi - Exuvie - -ous (2026)
https://noemibuchi.bandcamp.com/album/exuvie 
 
Evor (ft. Coagulant) - Fletina - Terrow - digital release (2026)
https://fletina.bandcamp.com/album/terrow 
 
Monologue - Bi Kyo Ran - Who Ma (Live Vol. 2) - Belle Antique (1993)
https://marquee.co.jp/belle_antique/belle-254296/ 
 
Phase Two
Firepinks / Jewelweed - piano: Emily Manzo / composer: Mary Halvorson - Time In Water - Gold Bolus Recordings (2026)
https://emilymanzo.bandcamp.com/album/time-in-water 
 
newDay - Bello Benischauer - The Feel Good Project - Burnt Seed Records (2026)
https://existhemuens.bandcamp.com/album/the-feel-good-project 
 
mart1 - Burnet207 - mart - Khyron Label (2026)
https://khyron.bandcamp.com/album/mart 
 
Bland träden - Fauna - Taiga Trans - Glitterbeat Records (2026)
https://faunagbg.bandcamp.com/track/bland-tr-den 
 
Kinu No Michi - Yoshiko Sai - Mikkou - WeWantSounds (1976/2026)
https://wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/merch/yoshiko-sai-mikkou-cd-edition 
 
Sitar & Bongos Duo 1 - David First, sitar & composition / Danny Tunick, bongos - Sitar Music of North Brooklyn (Same Animal, Different Cages vol. 4) - self-release (2018)
https://davidfirst.bandcamp.com/album/sitar-music-of-north-brooklyn-same-animal-different-cages-vol-4 
 
 

2-7-26 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center - PIANO!

Greetings!
Sports-truncated show.  Pianos!
Listen & Enjoy!
Joel
e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com
Bluesky / Twitter: @envpusher1
 
 
1-10-26 PTE Playlist
 
All The Things You Are - Bill Evans - The Solo Sessions: Volume 2 - Milestone (1963/1992)
https://billevansofficial.com/ 
 
Dispatch From The Interzone - Joseph Benzola - Amanita Music single (2026)
https://josephbenzola.bandcamp.com/track/dispatch-from-the-interzone 
 
Poivrottes (x3 pianos) - Euan Dalgarno - Poivrottes (x3 pianos) - self-released single (2025)
https://euandalgarno.bandcamp.com/track/poivrottes-x3-pianos 
 
MODUL 13 - Nik Bärtsch - Hishiryo (Piano Solo) - Ronin Rhythm Records (2002)
https://nikbaertsch.bandcamp.com/album/hishiryo-piano-solo 
 
Piano Study #5 (for just Fender Rhodes) - piano: Andrew C. Smith / composer: Larry Polansky - Indexical (2017)
https://indexical.bandcamp.com/album/larry-polansky-piano-study-5
 
Symbi Oasis - Thollem McDonas - Infinite-Sum Game - ESP-Disk (2024)
https://thollem-esp.bandcamp.com/album/infinite-sum-game 
 
Metamorphosis Nos. 3 & 5 - piano: Bruce Brubaker / composer: Philip Glass - Glass Cage - Arabesque Records
https://arabesquerecords.com/z6744-glass-cage/ 

1-3-26 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

Greetings!
Only the first half of this show was aired due to a sports pre-emption, but here's the whole thing in it's glorious completeness!
Listen & Enjoy!
Joel
e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com
Bluesky: 
 
1-3-26 PTE Playlist
 
Parallels for tuned triangles, hi-hats & 4-channel 1-bit electronics / percussion: Meehan/Perkins Duo, composer/electronics/programming: Tristan Perich - Parallels - Physical Editions (2015) 
https://tristanperich.bandcamp.com/album/parallels 
 
Under Dali's Wing / These Castle Children - The Muffins - <185> - Cuneiform Records (1996)
https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/185 
 
Dancer Portraits Nos. 1-6 - Andrew Staniland - The Laws of Nature - Leaf Music (2025)
https://andrewstaniland.bandcamp.com/album/the-laws-of-nature 
 
In The Name(less) for Quadrachord and Marimba Lumina - Paul Dresher - Cage Machine - New Albion (2004)
http://www.newalbion.com/blog/-paul-dresher-cage-machine-na125cd 
 
He Loved Him Madly - Miles Davis / Bill Laswell, mix translation - Panthalassa - The Music Of Miles Davis 1969-1974 - Columbia (1998)
https://www.soundonsound.com/people/bill-laswell-re-shaping-music-miles-davis 
 

12-27-25 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

Greetings!
Let's see...  brand new music from Jon Porras, Uterocele, John Oliver, Lingyuan Yang, Ian Smit and the pairing of Bryan Day w/ Ernesto Diaz-Infante.  You'll also get a taste of recent releases from Ye Gods, Avant Orchid Zone & Fletina rounded out by older tracks from Gary Husband, Robert Wyatt & Bill Laswell's mix-translation of Miles Davis.  Not too shabby, if I should say so myself.
Enjoy & Have A Happy New Year!
Joel
e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/envpusher1.bsky.social 
 
 
 
12-27-25 PTE Playlist
 
Intro
Fields - Jon Porras - Achlys - Shelter Press (2025)
https://jonporras.bandcamp.com/album/achlys 
 
Phase One
Radiology Report, p. 1 / Urinary Flow / Radiology Report p. 2 / Tube With Contrast Medium / Radiology Report p. 3 -  Ureterocele - Tube With Contrast Medium - digital release (2025)
https://ureterocele.bandcamp.com/album/tube-with-contrast-medium 
 
Out of Tune - John Oliver - Out of Tune. Out of Time. - John Oliver Music (2025)
https://johnolivermusic.bandcamp.com/album/out-of-tune-out-of-time 
 
Bloodstain - Lingyuan Yang, guitar/ Shinya Lin, piano / Asher Herzog, drums  - Cursed Month - Chaospace Records (2025)
https://lingyuanyang.bandcamp.com/album/cursed-month 
 
The Fashion Police - The Gary Husband Group - Postcards from the Past - Moonjune Records (2025)
https://garyhusband.bandcamp.com/album/postcards-from-the-past 
 
Oil Can Sweets - Ian Smit - ¿QUÉ? - self-release (2025)
https://petitoquraineysmittorn.bandcamp.com/album/qu 
 
spin (excerpt) - Andrea Parkins / Eliad Wagner - Drag Drop Spin & Crawl - Superpang (2025)
https://superpang.bandcamp.com/album/drag-drop-spin-crawl 
 
Phase Two
Capillary Luau  - Bryan Day & Ernesto Diaz-Infante - Utility Spirits - scatterArchive (2025)
https://scatterarchive.bandcamp.com/album/utility-spirits 
 
Kochari - Ye Gods - The Arcane & Paranormal Earth - self-release (2025)
https://yegods.bandcamp.com/album/the-arcane-paranormal-earth 
 
Vapour Area / Goner - Avant Orchid Zone - Sanctuary Hearts EP - self-release (2025)
https://avantorchidzone.bandcamp.com/album/sanctuary-hearts-ep 
 
Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road - Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom - Virgin (1974)
https://rockbottom.differenteverytime.com/ 
 
Session 2.3 - Fletina - Objects & Materials II - digital release (2025)
https://fletina.bandcamp.com/album/objects-materials-ii 

12-20-25 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

Greetings!
Happy Holidays, Y'all.  Lots of new things. Acoustic & electronics, songs, noise & even Tangerine Dream (then and now).
Enjoy!
Joel  
 
12-20-25 PTE Playlist
 
Blink II - Arid Landscapes - Arid Landscapes - self-release (2025)
https://aridlandscapes.bandcamp.com/album/arid-landscapes 
 
Iceberg Star Chart - Gayle Young & Robert Wheeler - From Grimsby To Milan - Farpoint Recordings (2025)
https://farpoint.bandcamp.com/album/from-grimbsy-to-milan 
 
Terrestrial - Cathode Ray Tube - TRIP FM: Music for Modification - Triplicate Records (2025)
https://tripfm.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-modification 
 
Over There - Jeannine Wagar - Into The Night - Neuma Records (2025)
https://jeanninewagar.bandcamp.com/album/into-the-night 
 
Movements of a Visionary 2024 - Tangerine Dream - 50 Years of Phaedra: At The Barbican - Kscope (2025)
https://www.tangerinedreammusic.com/en/music/detail.asp?id=274&tit=50+Years+of+Phaedra%3A+At+The+Barbican 
 
Unraveling The Linear - Sylvan Winds / composer: Svjetlana Bukvich - Resonant Worlds - Albany Records (2025)
https://www.albanyrecords.com/catalog/troy2014/ 
 
coral - Avi C. Engel - A Little Light - Elephant Shrew Editions (2025)
https://aviengel.bandcamp.com/album/a-little-light 
 
W - Ice Cathedral - Carla Kihlstedt & Present Music - 26 Little Deaths - Cantaloupe Music (2025)
https://carlakihlstedt.bandcamp.com/album/26-little-deaths 
 
Men & Maggots - David Wallraf - Battleship Potemkin - digital release (2025)
https://davidwallraf.bandcamp.com/album/--7 
 
07 - Nick Storring - Humbucking Music - FALT (2025)
https://falt.bandcamp.com/album/humbucker-music 
 
Trance 1 - Icebreaker / composer: Michael Gordon - Trance - Cantaloupe Music (1995/2004)
https://michaelgordonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/trance 

12-13-25 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

Greetings!
All over the place this week! Starting on more of a jazz note, meandering all over the place to more ambient/atmospheric things from the folks at Projekt Records and focusing on new releases in Phase Two.
Enjoy!
Joel
e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/envpusher1.bsky.social 
 
12-13-25 PTE Playlist
Intro
Meandering - Haeun Joo - Just Gravity - 577 Records (2025)
https://577records.bandcamp.com/album/just-gravity
 
Phase One
Banff (intro) / Banff - The Patrick Smith Words Trio - Words Underlined - Lit Soc Records (2025)
https://litsocrecords.bandcamp.com/album/words-underlined 
 
I was almost there - Noemi Buchi - Exuvie - -OUS (2025)
https://noemibuchi.bandcamp.com/album/exuvie 
 
Biological Effects - Bob Lord - The Six Observables - digital release (2023)
https://boblordmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-six-observables 
 
Everything & Nothing - Bryan Beller - scenes from the flood - Onion Boy Records (2019)
https://bryanbeller.bandcamp.com/album/scenes-from-the-flood 
 
Watermelon In Easter Hay - Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage - Zappa Records (1979)
https://www.zappa.com/releases-archive/joes-garage-acts-i-ii-iii/#/ 
 
Longing Cries - Peter Phippen, flutes / Ivar Lunde, Jr., synths, ambient textures, frame drum / Paulina Fae, voices, piano - The Phantom Moon - Projekt Records (2025)
https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-phantom-moon 
 
Shadow Current - Steve Roach & SoRIAH - Curandero - Projekt Records (2025)
https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/curandero 
 
Pond Life - Michael Brook - Hybrid - Editions EG (1985)
https://www.michaelbrookmusic.com/ 
 
Phase Two
what came before me is going after me - Zihua Tan | No Hay Banda - what came before me is going after me - No Hay Discos (2025)
https://zihuatan.bandcamp.com/track/what-came-before-me-is-going-after-me 
 
Tyrannus Rex - Charles Amirkhanian - Ratchet Attach It - Other Minds Records (2025)
https://othermindsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ratchet-attach-it 
 
How To Peel A Steel Apple (excerpt) - Fletina - How To Peel A Steel Apple - digital release (2025)
https://fletina.bandcamp.com/album/how-to-peel-a-steel-apple 
 
 
 

12-6-25 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

Greetings!
It's always a unique sonic experience when Kevin Kastning releases new music and I'm happy to open this week's program with his two latest, paired with long-time compadres, Sandor Szabo & Carl Clements.  In addition, we honor the memory and music of the late Jack DeJohnette, followed by a number of new things, including a notable release from percussionist/composer Pauline Roberts.
Enjoy!
Joel
e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/envpusher1.bsky.social 
 
12-6-25 PTE Playlist
 
Phase One
And carries outward - Kevin Kastning & Sandor Szabo - To capture the light - Greydisc Records (2025)
https://kevinkastning.bandcamp.com/album/to-capture-the-light 
 
Now A Path, Now A Journey - Kevin Kastning & Carl Clements - Though Seldom Revealed - Greydisc Records (2025)
https://kevinkastning.bandcamp.com/album/though-seldom-revealed 
 
RIP Jack Dejohnette
Free Above Sea - Jack Dejohnette - Oneness - ECM (1997)
https://www.jackdejohnette.com/oneness 
Oneness - Gateway - Homecoming - ECM (1995)
https://ecmrecords.com/product/homecoming-gateway 
Peace for Five - Kenny Wheeler - Deer Wan - ECM (1978)
https://ecmrecords.com/product/deer-wan-kenny-wheeler/ 
 
A Chuckle In The Dark - The Galley Project - Insignificant (2025)
https://thegalleyproject.bandcamp.com/album/insignificant 
 
From Within - Anekdoten - From Within - KScope (1999)
https://anekdoten.bandcamp.com/album/from-within 
 
Phase Two
Inca Roads / The Black Page #1 / The Black Page #2 - The Furious Bongos - La Petite Tour-Ette - self-release (2024)
http://thefuriousbongos.com 
 
18 de Diciembre - Pauline Roberts - composer/vibraphone/voice - Nuevas Músicas para Vibráfono y Electrónica -self-release (2025)
https://paulineroberts.bandcamp.com/album/nuevas-m-sicas-para-vibr-fono-y-electr-nica 
 
Canción - Pauline Roberts - vibraphone & voice / Facundo Negri - composer & electronics - Nuevas Músicas para Vibráfono y Electrónica -self-release (2025)
https://paulineroberts.bandcamp.com/album/nuevas-m-sicas-para-vibr-fono-y-electr-nica 
 
Interlude - Drew Schlesinger & David Torn - Soul of the Machine: A Celebration of the Life & Legacy of ARP founder Alan R. Pearlman - Projekt Records (2025)
https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/soul-of-the-machine 
 
The Shaded Realm #1- Conducive - The Shaded Realm - digital release (2025)
https://conducivemusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-shaded-realm 
 
 
 

11-15-25 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

Greetings!
Limited production time means longer pieces, so we return to Tim Brady's excellent current release for the title track, the Nakedeye Ensemble's take on a classic Frederic Rzewski piece and Pamela Z's new composition, "Simultaneous" in it's entirety.  
Enjoy!
Joel
e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/envpusher1.bsky.social 
 
 
11-15-25 PTE Playlist (The Long Ones)
 
Sky (vinyl edition) - Tim Didymus & Foster Neville - Ulla - Subexotic Records (2025)
https://subexoticrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ulla 
 
For Electric Guitar, sections 1-3 - guitar/composer: Tim Brady - For Electric Guitar - People Places Records (2025)
https://peopleplacesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/for-electric-guitar 
 
Come Together - NakedEye Ensemble - Storylines Crossing - Starkland (2018)
https://starkland.bandcamp.com/album/nakedeye-ensemble-storylines-crossing 
 
Outro - 58 Seconds To Go - Age O.P.F. - 5 1/4 - digital release (2020)
https://ageopf.bandcamp.com/album/5-1-4 
 
Simultaneous - Pamela G. - Simultaneous - Other Minds Records (2025)
https://othermindsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/simultaneous 
 
March - Feinstruktur - 2025 - digital release (2025)
https://feinstruktur.bandcamp.com/album/2025