Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left Center

3-15-25 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

Greetings!
Many new things, then, a digression in Phase 2 focused on the influence of gamelan in Western music.
Enjoy!
Joel
e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com
Blue Sky:  https://bsky.app/profile/envpusher1.bsky.social 
 
3-15-25 PTE Playlist
 
G's Sabbath - Double Bass: Roberto Cassani / Guitar: Graeme Stephen - Pictish Spaghetti - 577 Records (2025)
https://577records.bandcamp.com/album/pictish-spaghetti  
 
Lands End - composer: Luciano Chessa / piano: Claudio Sanna - Lands End - Col Legno (2025)
https://col-legno.com/de/shop/15030-lands-end 
 
Pillows - electronics: Simon Grab / drums: David Meier - Porœs - OUS (2025)
https://simongrab.bandcamp.com/album/por-s 
 
Strawberry Festival In Louisiana - Stereo Minus One - Dead Petals At The Other - Machine Records (2025)
https://stereominusone.bandcamp.com/album/dead-petals-at-the-other 
 
After The Flood - Jeff Greinke - Late Rain - Projekt Records (2025)
https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/late-rain 
 
Testing Area - Thomas Poken - digital single (2025)
https://thomaspoken.bandcamp.com/album/testing-area 
 
Universe Emerging (10 minute) - Gallanitte - Universe Emerging - digital release (2025)
https://gallanitte.bandcamp.com/album/universe-emerging 
 
Intro / Farfisa for Polly Peachum / Sure As Me - Petridisch - Horse Sense: Live at DUALITYFEST - self-release (2023)
https://petridisch.bandcamp.com/album/horse-sense-live-at-dualityfest 
 
Parlando I/II/III - percussion: Christopher Clarino / composer: Igor Santos - Parlando - Neuma Records (2025)
https://christopherclarino.bandcamp.com/album/parlando 
 
Estampes 1: Pagode - piano: Aldo Ciccolini / composer: Claude Debussy -  L'Œuvre Pour Piano, Vol. I - EMI (1992)
https://symposium.music.org/52/item/22-claude-debussys-gamelan.html 
 
"The Joy of the Blood of the Stars" from Turangalila Symphony - Orchestre De L'Opéra Bastille, cond. Myung-Whun Chung / composer: Olivier Messiaen - Mystic (The Musical Visions Of Olivier Messiaen) - Deutsche Grammaphon (1996)
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Olivier-Messiaen#ref54011 
 
Sleeping Braid - Gamelan Son of Lion / composer: Barbara Benary - The Complete Gamelan in the New World - Locust Music (2004) 
https://www.soundohm.com/product/the-complete-gamelan-in-t 
 
Lamentation & Fantasia Gamelantronique - Discus - 1st - Mellow (1999) 
https://mellowlabelproductions.bandcamp.com/album/1st 
 
Poem for Bali - Wendy Carlos - Beauty In The Beast - Audion (1986)
https://www.wendycarlos.com/+bitb.html 

3-1-25 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

Greetings!
Among the business to attend to during this week's program, we honor the memory and music of steel guitarist extraordinaire and Baltimore denizen, Susan Alcorn who passed on January 31. I was lucky enough to have seen her perform live at Baltimore's Red Room in 2023. 
Enjoy!
Joel
e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com
Blue Sky : https://bsky.app/profile/envpusher1.bsky.social 
 
 
3-1-25 PTE Playlist
 
Loop II & Solo - Robert Fripp - Houston Hall Philadelphia United States: 2-20-1981 - DGM digital (1981)
https://www.dgmlive.com/tour-dates/1693
 
R.I.P. Susan Alcorn
Brack Water Waltz (ft. Susan Alcorn) - Astroturf Noise (Sam Day Harmet: Mandolin/fx,  Sana Nagano: Violin/fx, Zachary Swanson: Bass) - Blazing/Freezing - 577 Records (2023)
https://577records.bandcamp.com/album/blazing-freezing
 
Thollem / Susan Alcorn 2 - keyboards: Thollem McDonas / pedal steel guitar: Susan Alcorn - Thollem / Susan Alcorn - Thollem's Astral Traveling Sessions - digital release (2021)
https://susanalcorn1.bandcamp.com/album/thollem-susan-alcorn-thollems-astral-traveling-sessions
 
Dream Crossed Twilight - Sirius Quartet / composer: Mark Edwards Wilson - Playing On The Edge 3 - Navona Records (2022)
https://www.navonarecords.com/catalog/nv6520 
 
New November - Simon Jermyn - Obsany - Elastic Recordings (2025)
https://simonjermyn.bandcamp.com/album/obsany-elastic-recordings 
 
Time Dilation - Andre LaFosse - Entry Level: An Introduction to Andre LaFosse - 7d Media (2025)
https://andrelafosse7d.bandcamp.com/album/entry-level-an-introduction-to-andre-lafosse 
 
Master of Inertia 3 - Peter Wullen - Master of Inertia - digital release (2025)
https://peterwullen.bandcamp.com/album/master-of-inertia 
 
mysterious - P.U.M.A. - ITINERE - The Church of Noisy Goat (2025)
https://thechurchofnoisygoat.bandcamp.com/album/itinere 
 
Official Facsimile - Neverending Audit - High Notes - Ingrown Records (2024)
https://ingrown.bandcamp.com/album/high-notes 
 
FIREFLIES for third-bridge acoustic guitar and electronics - Mike Frengel - Music For Guitar & Electronics - Ravona Records (2020)
https://www.ravellorecords.com/catalog/rr8035/ 
 
First Chirality - Kevin Kastning / Carl Clements / Soheil Peyghambari - Triple Helix - greydisc (2025)
https://kevinkastning.bandcamp.com/album/triple-helix 
 
Josephine's Fresh Cuts - Jack O' The Clock - Portraits - digital release (2025)
https://jackotheclock.bandcamp.com/album/portraits 
 
Playing The Game - Gentle Giant - Power and the Glory - Capitol Records (1974)
https://gentlegiantmusic.com/GG/The_Power_and_the_Glory 
 
Curious Corn - Ozric Tentacles - Curious Corn - Snapper Music (1997)
https://ozrics.com/discography/curious-corn/ 

2-22-25 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

Greetings!
What's New?  Most of today's program, that's what. In addition, we remember King Crimson percussionist Jamie Muir who recently passed and there's a bit of Sunn 0))) thrown in for good measure.
Enjoy!
Joel
e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com
Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/envpusher1.bsky.social 
 
2-22-25 PTE Playlist
 
Alien Fig Yogurt Incident /  origins #5 [pelso mix] - Geiger von Müller - Alien Fig Yogurt Incident (single, A & B sides) - digital release (2024)
https://geigervon.bandcamp.com/album/alien-fig-yogurt-incident 
 
Roxa (Purple) I / Terra da Garoa (Land of Drizzle) - Nick Storring - Mirante (Lookout) - We Are Busy Bodies - (March 2025)
https://nickstorring.bandcamp.com/album/mirante 
 
The Talking Drum / Larks Tongues in Aspic, Part II (Steven Wilson 2023 Stereo Mixes) - Larks Tongues in Aspic - Larks’ Tongues In Aspic - The Complete Recording Sessions - DGM (2023)
https://www.dgmlive.com/news/a-tribute-to-jamie-from-bill-bruford 
 
Impression du dehors - Torche! - 8 NOTIONS OF RELAXATION - Circum-Disc (2025)
https://circum-disc.bandcamp.com/album/8-notions-de-d-tente 
 
J'espère être absoute (I hope to be absolved) /  Affalée sur le sol (Slumped on the ground) - composer: Nour Symon /words: Roxane Desjardins - je suis calme et enragé•e (I am calm and enraged) - Ambiances Magnétiques (March 2025)
https://ambiances-magnetiques.bandcamp.com/album/je-suis-calme-et-enrag-e 
 
White Out - John Oliver - John Oliver Live at Red Gate - John Oliver Music (2025)
https://johnolivermusic.bandcamp.com/album/john-oliver-live-at-red-gate 
 
Date Night - Jeff Myers - Goodnight - Neuma Records (2025)
https://jeffmyers.bandcamp.com/album/goodnight-2 
 
Alice - Sunn 0))) - Monoliths & Dimensions - Southern Lord (2009)
https://sunn.bandcamp.com/album/monoliths-dimensions 
 
4AM - David Walraff - Insomnia - cassette/digital self-release (2025)
https://davidwallraf.bandcamp.com/album/insomnia 
 
VII - IS-CAT - DRONE//AMBIENT - digital release (2024)
https://is-cat.bandcamp.com/album/drone-ambient 

2-8-25 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center - - Mad Libs: acoustic instrument & non-instrument

Greetings!
I treated this episode of PTE as if I were filling in required words needed to complete a Mad Libs, a word game that might be categorized as a phrasal template game. In order to create today's playlist, the compositions required the inclusion of an acoustic instrument & a non-instrument such as electronics, tape, digital delay, computer, etc. 
Enjoy!
Joel
e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com
Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/envpusher1.bsky.social 
 
 
2-8-25 PTE Playlist: - Mad Libs: acoustic instrument & non-instrument 
 
Kagemusha: for pipa and electronics - Ningxin Zhang - Musicworks #148 - Musicworks (2024)
https://www.musicworks.ca/winners-2023-musicworks-electronic-music-composition 
 
Dialogue I for voice and live electronics (2021) - improvisation by Kate Soper & Sam Pluta - The Understanding of All Things - New Focus Recordings (2022)
https://newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-understanding-of-all-things
 
Toccata for percussion and tape - percussion: Beverley Johnston / composer: Gary Kulesha - Alternate Currents - Centredisques (1992)
https://beverleyjohnston.com/ 
 
Talkback IV for piano and computer - piano: Kathleen Suppove / composer-electronics: Guy Barash - Eye To Ivory - Starkland (2019)
https://starkland.org/catalog/st233/ 
 
Coeur d'Orr for clarinet and two-channel tape, sculptor Eric Orr - clarinet: Daniel Goode / tape - composer: Harold Budd - Frog Peak Music (2002)
https://frogpeak.org/fpartists/fpgoode.html 
 
Lonesome Dove - a true story, micro-opera for tenor saxophonist, watcher & portable darkness - tenor saxophone: Geoff Landman / watcher: Umber Qureshi / composer: Richard Cameron-Wolfe - Passionate Geometries - New Focus Recordings (2024)
https://newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/passionate-geometries 
 
Another Shore for celesta and digital delay - celesta and digital delay: Philip Schroeder - Cold Blue Two (an original anthology) - Cold Blue Music (2012)
https://coldbluemusic.bandcamp.com/album/cold-blue-two-an-original-anthology 
 
Heroin arranged by David Lang for cello, voice & electronics - cello: Maya Beiser / composer: Lou Reed - tranceclassical - Innova (2016)
https://www.innova.mu/albums/maya-beiser/tranceclassical 
 
Violin Phase (1967) for violin and pre-recorded tape - violin: Shem Guibbory / composer: Steve Reich - From The Kitchen Archives No. 2: Steve Reich & Musicians, Live 1977 - Orange Mountain Music (2005)
https://stevereich.com/composition/violin-phase/ 
 
Music for Player Piano (and computer) - James Tenney - Selected Works 1961-1969 - New World Records (2003)
https://www.newworldrecords.org/collections/james-tenney/products/james-tenney-selected-works-1961-1969 
 
Lowland Side (excerpt) - M.C. Schmidt - Batu Malablab Suite for Prepared Piano, Flute and Electronics - digital release (2014)
https://matmos.bandcamp.com/album/batu-malablab-suite-for-prepared-piano-flute-and-electronics 

2-1-25 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

Greetings!
This week is a real hodgepodge of new releases, new acquisitions for me and some older things i dragged out of mothballs both on the shelf and from the hard drive.
Enjoy!
Joel
e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/envpusher1.bsky.social 
 
2-1-25 PTE Playlist
 
Insomnio - Jon Nelson & Metalofonico / composer: Jon Nelson - Metalofonico: New Music For Brass & Percussion - New Focus Recordings (2024)
https://newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/metalofonico 
 
There Is No Division - Simon Heartfield - The State of Social Movement - Machine Records (2025 April pre-release)
https://machinerecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-state-of-social-movement-2 
 
Naturall Occuring Brushstrokes - missing scenes - dream or memory? - digital release (2025)
https://missingscenes.bandcamp.com/album/dream-or-memory 
 
Lullaby for Piano and Electronics - David Handler - Life Like Violence - Cantaloupe Music (2025 May pre-release)
https://davidhandler.bandcamp.com/album/life-like-violence 
 
Track 6 (Your Eyes Are Like A Cup Of Tea (Reprise With Flute)) - The Pipes of Pan at Jajouka - Brian Jones presents The Pipes of Pan at Jajouka - Point Music / Phillips (1971/1995)
https://www.joujouka.org/brian-jones-in-morocco-ugly-things-feature-on-the-rolling-stones-guitarists-recordings-in-joujouka/ 
 
Alchemy II: Dreamland - Loop 2.4.3 (Thomas Kozumplik / Lorne Watson) - American Dreamland - Music Starts From Silence (2012)
https://musicstartsfromsilence.bandcamp.com/album/american-dreamland 
 
Trance - Bill Frisell / Victor Bruce Godsey / Brian Ales - American Blood - Safety In Numbers - Intuition (1995) 
 
Soliloquy & Rondo - flute: Lyndsey Goodman / piano: Clare Longendyke / composer: Richard E. Brown - In The Company of Music - Navona Records (2024)
https://www.navonarecords.com/catalog/nv6656 
 
Variations For Flute And Electronic Sound - Wendy Carlos - Electronic Sound (compilation) - Turnabout (1965)
https://www.wendycarlos.com/ 
 
Variations sur une Flûte mexicaine [Variations on a Mexican flute] (1949) - Pierre Schaeffer - Œuvres 1948-1952 - NA grm (2023)
https://pierreschaeffer.bandcamp.com/album/uvres-1948-1952 
 
Boiled Cadillac - Emily Hay, flute / Wayne Peet, piano / Brad Dutz, percussion - Like Minds - PfMentum (2005)
https://emilyhay.com/ 
 
Amores Montuños (Mountain Loves) - Duo Zuber: Patricia Zuber, flute / Greg Zuber, marimba / William Susman, composer - Blackbird Redux - belarca records (2018)
https://belarca.com/releases/blackbird-redux.php 
 
Lila for flute, bass flute and contrabass flute - flute: Claire Chase / composer: Dai Fujikura - Density 2036: part iii (2015) - Corbett vs. Dempsey (2020)
https://clairechase.bandcamp.com/album/density-2036-part-iii-2015 
 
Flute Drone (excerpt) - Mean Flow - Flute Drone - digital release (2016) 
https://meanflow.bandcamp.com/album/flute-drone-2 

1-25-25 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

Greetings!
This week's program has no particular theme, rhyme or reason outside of including some brand new things which reminded me tonally of not so new things which allowed me to fill up Phases One & Two.
Enjoy!
Joel
e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com
Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/envpusher1.bsky.social Twitter-like x-thing: https://twitter.com/envpusher1  
 
1-25-25 PTE Playlist
 
Perihelion - Forrest Fang - Perihelion - Projekt Records (2025)
https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/perihelion 
 
Reborn 02 - Marikhi (Sandro Mishelashvili) - Reborn - digital release (2024)
https://marikhi.bandcamp.com/album/reborn 
 
Crawl Inside a Bell - Joseph White - (The Game is) Hypnosis - Gold Bolus Recordings (2025)
https://joewhitenoise.bandcamp.com/album/the-game-is-hypnosis  
 
⦁ limbo - Heavy Cloud ⦁ Collins Avenue - Joel Krutt ⦁ Der heilige Kotstein [The holy poop stone] (feat. der vegane Profistuhler / the vegan professional chair maker) -  R​ö​tK​ö​t ⦁ Geese flapping in the kitchen - CIRM⦁ Die geheimen Tennispl​ä​tze der Reichen (the secret tennis courts of the rich) - Monad Node
42 Seconds Vol. 7 - Owlripper Records (2024)
https://owlripperrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/42-seconds-7 
 
Tank - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Rhino (1970)
https://www.emersonlakepalmer.com/ 
 
Through A Lens - Imaginary Kings - Dreams from an Empty House - digital release (2024)
https://imaginarykings.bandcamp.com/album/dreams-from-an-empty-house 
 
Medenas Suite: I Felt The Shosh / Wind Games / Im falschen Orus (In the wrong Orus) / Verloren (Lost) / Sis Siddis - Avant Orchid Zone - Medena Dysrembara - digital release (2024) 
https://avantorchidzone.bandcamp.com/album/medena-dysrembara 
 
Chichen Itza - Dennis Egberth - The Dennis Egberth Dynasty - 577 Records (2025)
https://577records.bandcamp.com/album/the-dennis-egberth-dynasty 
 
Lessons of the Sky - soprano sax: Kyle Jones / piano: Timothy Jones / composer: Rodney Rogers - Dualities - Neuma Records (2024)
https://kylejonessax.bandcamp.com/album/dualities 
 
Oumagatoki (Oumaga Time)  - Yoshiko Sai - Mangkeyou - WeWantSounds (1975/2024)
https://wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/merch/yoshiko-sai-mangekyou-cd-edition 
 
Just Imaginings - Wendy Carlos - Beauty In The Beast - Audion (1986)
https://www.wendycarlos.com/+bitb.html  
 
touch the sky - David Beardsley - klang and the silver cord - digital release (2023)
https://davidbeardsley.bandcamp.com/album/klang-and-the-silver-cord 
 
Exploring Psychic Powers Live - Bicycle Deck - Telepathic Table Games - digital release (2025)
https://bicycledeck.bandcamp.com/album/telepathic-table-games 
 
The Zen of Space - Zakir Hussain - The Elements: Space - Music Today (1995)
https://zakirhussain.com/ 

1-18-25 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center - R.I.P. Zakir Hussain

Greetings!
On this week's program, we pay tribute to the pre-eminent tabla virtuoso of our time, Zakir Hussain, who passed away on December 15th of last year. He was appreciated both in the field of percussion and in the music world at large as an international phenomenon and one of the world’s most esteemed and influential musicians. 
Enjoy!
Joel
 
1-18-25 PTE Playlist: R.I.P. Zakir Hussain (https://zakirhussain.com/)
 
Ek Taal - Ustad Allah Rakha & Zakir Hussain - A Gift to Ustad Allah Rakha: 75th Birthday - Super Cassettes Industries/T Series (1994)
 
Zindagi Jaam Se - vocal: Hariharan / tabla: Ustad Zakir Hussain - Hazir - Magnasound (1992)
 
Balinese Fantasy - Zakir Hussain - Trance Planet (compilation) - Worldly Music/Triloka (1994)
 
Mad Tea Time, Parts 1 & 2 - Steve Smith & Zakir Hussain - Drum Nation, Vol. 1 - Magna Carta Records (2004)
httphttps://magnacartarecords.bandcamp.com/album/modern-drummer-presents-drum-nation-volume-one 
 
J Bhai - Dave Holland, Zakir Hussein & Chris Potter (Crosscurrents Trio) - Good Hope - Edition Records (2019)
https://crosscurrentstrio.bandcamp.com/album/good-hope 
 
Forgiveness - Pat Martino - Firedance - Mythos Records (1997) 
 
Joy - Shakti w/ John McLaughlin - Shakti w/ John McLaughlin - Columbia Legacy (1976)
https://www.shakti50.com/band/discography/ 

1-11-25 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

Greetings!
A bout of upper respiratory ailment and I am forced to turn to my standby gambit of playing long pieces so my on-air mic time is kept to a minimum. Voila!
Enjoy!
Joel
 
1-11-25 PTE Playlist
 
Rewild - Ghost Ensemble / composer & ensemble member: Ben Richter - Rewild - New World Records (2024)
https://www.newworldrecords.org/products/ben-richter-rewild
 
A Glitch has Appeared in the Business District - deepspace - Neon Blue Utopia - Projekt Records (2025)
https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/neon-blue-utopia 
 
Infinity Avenue (2015) for laptop and improvising ensemble- Robert Carl - Infinity Avenue - Neuma Records (2024)
https://robert-carl.bandcamp.com/album/infinity-avenue
 
Shallow Brown - Paul Pinto - Water Music - Gold Bolus Recordings (2024)
https://paulpinto.bandcamp.com/album/water-music 
 
deux (excerpt) - pä (Paulo da Fonseca) - dialogue sur le sommeil (sleep dialogue) - digital release (2024)
https://lesondouble.bandcamp.com/album/dialogue-sur-le-sommeil 
 
 

1-4-25 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center - The Most Interesting Releases of 2024, Part 2

Greetings!
For your listening pleasure, the 1/4 edition of Pushing The Envelope, bringing you the second of two programs presenting tracks from the releases I found most interesting in 2024!Listen & Enjoy! https://envelope.podbean.com/e/1-4-25-pushing-the-envelope-music-decidedly-left-of-center-the-most-interesting-releases-of-2024-part-2/?token=f5ee23292984e78feea5b98cf29c2cef Joele-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/envpusher1.bsky.social Twitter-like x-thing: https://twitter.com/envpusher1 Podbean: https://envelope.podbean.com/ 
 
1-4-25 PTE Playlist - The Most Interesting Releases of 2024, Part 2
 
You Made Me Miss - Benjamin Croft - We Are Here To Help - Galactic Receiver (2024)
https://www.benjamincroftmusic.com/ 
 
DVXNS: Mvmts. 1-3 (Directo & Reverso) - Dan Roman and Cuarteto Latinoamericano - DVXNS - Neuma Records (2024)
https://danroman.bandcamp.com/album/dvxns 
 
13_16 / 11_16 - Valley Lines - 13_16 - Machine Records (2024)
https://machinerecords.bandcamp.com/album/13-16 
 
All I Know - Steve Roach - One Day of Forever - Projekt (2024)
https://steveroach.bandcamp.com/album/one-day-of-forever 
 
The Pat & Jerry Show - Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Jonathan Sheffer composer & conductor / Daniel Barrett, baritone; Adam Maxey, bass baritone / Text adapted from a broadcast of The 700 Club - Four Ten-Minute Operas - Navona (2024)
https://www.navonarecords.com/catalog/nv6610/ 
 
Strange Ukelele / Conscience / Objets - Martin Tétreault - Vraiment plus de Snipettes !!! - AMBIANCES MAGNÉTIQUES (2024)
https://actuellecd.com/en/album/6706-vraiment-plus-de-snipettes
 
Miramere / Love Is The Light - Big, Big Train - The Likes of Us - InsideOut Music (2024)
https://bigbigtrain.bandcamp.com/album/the-likes-of-us-24-bit-hd-audio 
 
Dance of the Fungi - Sam Wilson - Wintertides - self-release (2024)
https://samwilsonmusiq.bandcamp.com/album/wintertides 
 
No. 7 (Nilan) - Dun-Dun Band - Pita Parka Pt. 1 : Xam Egdub - Ansible Editions (2024)
https://kunudusuvuntu.bandcamp.com/album/pita-parka-pt-i-xam-egdub 
 
Markus Reuter & Stefano Castagna - Sea of Hopeless Angels - Flatiron Records (2024)
https://markusreuterflatiron.bandcamp.com/album/sea-of-hopeless-angels 
 
Echad Mi Yodea - Teiku - Teiku - 577 Records (2024)
https://577records.bandcamp.com/album/teiku 

12-28-24 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center - Solstice

Greetings!
The winter solstice, or hibernal solstice, occurs when either of Earth's poles reaches its maximum tilt away from the sun. This happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere. For that hemisphere, the winter solstice is the day with the shortest period of daylight and longest night of the year, and when the Sun is at its lowest daily maximum elevation in the sky.
With the winter solstice having occurred on December 21st and the advent of winter, it seemed appropriate to play music addressing these topics.
Enjoy!
Joel
e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com
Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/envpusher1.bsky.social 
Twitter-like x-thing: https://twitter.com/envpusher1 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joelkru/ 
 
12-28-24 PTE Playlist: Winter Solstice
 
Solstice - Tom Bickley - Jepson Prairie - Other Minds Records (2023)
https://othermindsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/jepson-prairie 
 
Solstice, Mvt. 1-4 -   Garth Newel Piano Quartet  / composer:  David Bidenbender - all we are given we cannot hold - Blue Griffin Recording (2023)
https://www.bluegriffin.com/cd-catalog/p/biedenbender-all-we-are-given-we-cannot-hold 
 
The Sun Stands Still - Pulselovers - Solstice 24 - Subexotic Records (2024)
https://subexoticrecords.bandcamp.com/album/solstice-24 
 
The Coming of Winter - David Borden - Cayuga Night Music - Cuneiform Records (1993/2021)
https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cayuga-night-music 
 
A Sure Winter - Soundician - Wise Trees - digital release (2015)
https://soundician.bandcamp.com/album/wise-trees 
 
Symphony No. 1: Winter - Douglas Schmidt, bandoneon / John Oliver, sampling and granulation synthesizers - Symphony No. 1: Winter - John Oliver Music (2022)
https://johnolivermusic.bandcamp.com/album/symphony-no-1-winter 
 
Wintertides - Sam Wilson - Wintertides - self-release (2024)
https://samwilsonmusiq.bandcamp.com/album/wintertides 
 
Winter Metal + Sounds Occurring (excerpt) - Martin Back - Cthonic Hymal - momodisti netlabel (2015)
https://modistilabel.bandcamp.com/album/cthonic-hymal 
 
Winter - Petrozavodsk - Winter War - School of the Arts (2020)
https://petrozavodsk.bandcamp.com/album/winter-war