Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left Center

9-10-22 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

Greetings!
 
This show will put me about half way to catching up on posting recent shows.  Not a lot of focus, though I did base part of a set on individuals composer & Baltimore local, Ian Power studied with including Chaya Czernowin & John Luther Adams. (I was reading his bio after I planned on airing his composition "BUOY" on today's program.)  
Enjoy, enjoy!
Joel
e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/envpusher1 
 
 
9-10-22 PTE Playlist
 
Evryali - midi programming: Daniel Grossmann / composer: Iannis Xenakis - Music for Keyboard Instruments Realised By Computer - NEOS Music (2008) https://neos-music.com/
 
Moebius-Ring - piano: Ning Yu / composer: Misato Mochizuki - Of Being - New Focus Recordings (2020) https://newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/of-being
 
Frederick Chopin / Arthur Ferrante & Louis Teicher - Christian Marclay - More Encores - ReR (1997) 
 
Deux oreilles concr​è​tess - R​é​my Carré - fragile lesson - Institute For Alien Research (2022) https://ifarmusiqueconcretecompilation.bandcamp.com/album/fragile-lesson
 
BUOY (after Laurence Crane) - organ, appliances & composer: Ian Power - Maintenance Hums - Carrier (2020) https://ianpoweromg.bandcamp.com/album/maintenance-hums
 
The Last Leaf for sopranino saxophone - sax: Ryan Muncy / composer: Chaya Czernowin - HOT - New Focus Recordings (2013) https://newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/hot
 
Dream of the Canyon Wren - ensemble: The Jack Quartet / composer: John Luther Adams - The Wind In High Places - Cold Blue Music (2015)  https://johnlutheradams-coldblue.bandcamp.com/album/the-wind-in-high-places
 
The Village Choir Asks The Important Questions of The Day / The Village Orchestra Poses The Main Themes of This Musical Quest / The Village Wind Orchestra: The Answer Is Blowing In The Winds / Who Has The Biggest Noise? / Who Can Play The Fastest? - Paul Dolden - Who Has the Biggest Sound? - Starkland (2014) https://starkland.org/catalog/st220/
 
Smiles Story & Morning Grin / Rope Ladder To The Moon - Jeff Berlin - Jack Songs - self-release (2022) https://www.jeffberlinmusicgroup.com/shop/scy7kkswbv62yy8z7apqlq5dbc8yrx
 
Post War - Jack Bruce w/ Clem Clempson, Billy Cobham & David Sancious - Concert Classics: Volume 9 - Concert Classics (1999) http://www.jackbruce.com/
 

9-3-22 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

Greetings!
 
Well, I'm about a month behind in posting recent shows, so I'll begin with the next up from early September which appears to have been all over the place musically.
Hope you enjoy & subscribe to get notified when the shows are posted!
Joel
e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/envpusher1 
 
9-3-22 Pushing The Envelope Playlist
 
The Inner Landscape of a Cabin in the Woods (for found sounds and improvised electric guitar) - Gina Biver (composer/electric guitar) - Mind & Machine, Vol. 4 - Ravello Records (2022)
https://www.ravellorecords.com/catalog/rr8070/
 
Invitation To A Party In The Sky - Lewis Jordan & Music At Large - Critical Mass - Innova Recordings (2022)
https://www.innova.mu/albums/lewis-jordan-and-music-large/critical-mass?qt-album_tabs=0
 
Electric Rock Like A Cat / sanse is crede nza- Reconnaissance Fly - Flower Futures - Edgetone Records (2014)
http://www.edgetonerecords.com/catalog/4139.html
 
To The Concert - Dafnis Prieto, feat. Luciana Souza - Cantar - Dafnison Music (2022)
https://dafnisonmusic.com/cantar
 
La Sirène - Cellista - digital single (2015)
https://cellista.bandcamp.com/track/la-sir-ne
 
King Carlos Of Silverstone - Charles Rice Goff III & Eric Matchett - All Taped Out - digital self-release (2022)
https://archive.org/details/AllTapedOut
 
There Are Never Guilty - Mabisyo - Memories Of Semipalatinsk - digital self-release (2022)
https://mabisyo.bandcamp.com/album/memories-of-semipalatinsk
 
Lithuania (Martin Homtveth mix) - Jaga Jazzist - Animal Chin EP - Gold Standard Laboratories (2003) 
 
Time-Sound Canvas Brush Fire - Sarah Belle Reid / David Rosenboom - NOWS - Ravello Records (2022)
https://www.ravellorecords.com/catalog/rr8072/
 
Anthemes 2 - violin: Hae-Sun Kang / electronics: Andrew Gerzso / composer: Pierre Boulez - Deutsche Grammophon (2000)
https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/catalogue/products/boulez-sur-incises-messagesquisse-8075
 
Seismologic for bassoon & recombinant electronics - bassoon: Dana Jessen / electronics: Eli Stine / composer: George Lewis - The Recombinant Trilogy - New Focus Recordings (2021)
https://www.newfocusrecordings.com/catalogue/george-lewis-the-recombinant-trilogy/
 
Mechanical Rhythms, Part 2 - Trinity Ward - Hymns for Machines - digital self-release (2015)
https://bandcamp.com/trinityward

8-27-22 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center - Celebrating International Strange Music Day

THE HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL STRANGE MUSIC DAY
International Strange Music Day was created by Patrick Grant, a New York City musician and composer. The aim of the celebration was to get people to play and listen to types of music that they had not before. Grant believed that something as simple as broadening our musical taste can also make us broadminded and more accepting of others. He follows the mantra ‘listening without prejudice.’ Grant also picked the day to promote his new album “Fields Amaze” in 1997, as a way to honor his girlfriend’s father (and his artistic mentor) on his birthday. By 2002, the day became an international phenomenon with various artists and venues. This growing movement is now attached to concerts, hosts a record label, and gains popular support from summer schools. The day is also appreciated as a great way to stimulate young minds.
 
8-27-22 PTE Playlist: Celebrating International Strange Music Day
 
Fields Amaze - Patrick Grant - FIELDS AMAZE and other sTRANGE music-: 20th Anniversary Edition Pepergreen Media (2018)
https://tiltedaxes.bandcamp.com/album/fields-amaze-and-other-strange-music
 
Infinite Queue 5 / Gravity Assist 2 - Jeff Carey - index [off] - digital self-release (2020)
https://jeffcarey.bandcamp.com/album/index-off
 
Roses & Teeth for Ludwig Wittgenstein - Matmos - The Rose Has Teeth In The Mouth of A Beast - Matador (2006)
https://matmos.bandcamp.com/album/the-rose-has-teeth-in-the-mouth-of-a-beast
 
Thermoplastic Riot Shield - Matmos - Plastic Anniversary - Thrill Jockey (2019)
https://matmos.bandcamp.com/album/plastic-anniversary
 
Flight To Sodom _ Lot do Sodom - Matmos - Regards​/​Ukłony dla Bogusław Schaeffer - Thrill Jockey (2022)
https://matmos.bandcamp.com/
 
Project for Tuba and Tape (1980) - tuba: Zdzisław Piernik  /composer, tape:  Bogusław Schäffer - Tuba Universale - Pro Viva (1980)
https://soundcloud.com/piernicazioni/sets/piernik-plays-sikora-schaffer-borkowski-zajaczek-piernik-pro-viva-1980
 
Gala / The Governeses' Departure - Petridisch - Les Gouvernantes (The Governesses) - digital self-release (2022)
https://petridisch.bandcamp.com/album/les-gouvernantes
 
The Most Unwanted Music - David Soldier (2015)
https://davesoldier.com/experimental.html
 
Kimbolton Gnome Song (1981) - Renaldo & The Loaf - Songs For Swinging Larvae / Songs From The Surgery - Klanggalerie (2015)
https://klanggalerie.bandcamp.com/album/songs-for-swinging-larvae-songs-from-the-surgery
 
Aloha! - Main Title Theme - Cristobal Tapia De Veer - The White Lotus (soundtrack from the HBO Original Limited Series) - Watertower Music (2021)
https://www.watertower-music.com/releases/release.php?title=thewhitelotus
 
Goosebump (1980): Disaster / Plants / Farmers / Twinkle - The Residents - Diskomo 2000 - East Side Digital (2000) 
https://www.residents.com/historical/?page=diskomo#diskomo2000
 
Tevye's Dream - Negativland - Knitting On The Roof - Knitting Factory Records / Jewish Alternative Movement (1999) 
 
Gadberry's- Carl Stone - Mom's - New Albion (1992)
https://carlstone.bandcamp.com/music
 

8-20-22 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

Greetings!
Quite the genre mish-mash this week, though with a focus on the new Klaus Schulze tribute album, "Requiem: Klaus Schulze Tribute / Electronic Music Artists for Ukraine Relief" from the folks at Aural Films.
Enjoy!
Joel
 
e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/envpusher1
 
8-20-22 Pushing The Envelope Playlist
Esthetic Nourishment - Steve Horowitz - Old Monsters Trio (Deluxe Blend) [feat. Jim Bove & Scott Looney] - Steve Horowitz Music (2022)
https://www.stevehorowitzmusic.com/home
 
Sound Tenement - Zero Times Everything - Sound of Music, Disc 1: Black Hole - Skrymir (2021) https://www.zerotimeseverything.com/
 
The Arrow of Time - Jordan Dykstra - The Arrow of Time - New World Records (2020)
https://newworldrecords.bandcamp.com/album/jordan-dykstra-the-arrow-of-time
 
Ifrastructure - Charles Rice Goff III - Requiem: Klaus Schulze Tribute / Electronic Music Artists for Ukraine Relief - Aural Films (2022)
https://auralfilms.bandcamp.com/album/requiem-klaus-schulze-tribute
 
Wind Valley Advisory - Carlos Jennings - Requiem: Klaus Schulze Tribute / Electronic Music Artists for Ukraine Relief - Aural Films (2022)
https://auralfilms.bandcamp.com/album/requiem-klaus-schulze-tribute
 
Denkmal - Chuck Van Zyl - Requiem: Klaus Schulze Tribute / Electronic Music Artists for Ukraine Relief - Aural Films (2022)
https://auralfilms.bandcamp.com/album/requiem-klaus-schulze-tribute
 
Boddy Love - Ian Boddy - Requiem: Klaus Schulze Tribute / Electronic Music Artists for Ukraine Relief - Aural Films (2022)
https://auralfilms.bandcamp.com/album/requiem-klaus-schulze-tribute
 
The Evolution of Dawn (bonus track) - Alpha Wave Movement - Transcendence - Harmonic Resonance (1995)
https://hrresonance.bandcamp.com/album/transcendence
 
Flowering Dandelion (2020) for violin and electronics- violin: Sarah Plum / composer- electronics: Kyong Mee Choi - Personal Noise - Blue Griffin Records (2022)
https://www.bluegriffin.com/cd-catalog/p/personalnoisesarahplum
 
Layered Lament - English Horn: Jacqueline Leclair / composer: Fay-Ellen Silverman - Muisc for English Horn Alone - New Focus Recordings (2020)
https://newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-english-horn-alone
 
Syncophony - harp/composer: Elizabeth Panzer - Dancing In Place - O.O. Discs (1999)
 
Glow - Paulina Fae - Glow - Projekt Records (2022)
https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/glow
 

7-30-22 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

Greetings!
I'm finally catching up on the backlog of unposted shows and continuing to go through the piles of music that have amassed since before the onset of the pandemic.  Therefore, many new or new-ish items in addition to honoring the memory of the late Michael Henderson, bassist extraordinaire, here shining on a track recorded during his tenure with Miles Davis, from the classic "On The Corner" sessions.
Enjoy!
Joel
e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/envpusher1
 
7-30-22 Pushing The Envelope Playlist
 
At Sergio's Request - Tim Brady - Actions Speak Louder – ACT 1: SOLOS and a QUARTET: Simple loops in complex times - Redshift Records (2021)
https://redshiftrecords.org/releases/tk486/
 
R.I.P. Michael Henderson: Helen Butte / Mr. Freedom X - Unedited Mastern - Miles Davis - The Complete On The Corner Sessions - Columbia Legacy (1972-75/2007)  
https://www.milesdavis.com/albums/the-complete-on-the-corner-sessions/
 
Aquarian Mars / Daniel Carter: Flute, Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone , Voice - 5-Track: Guitar - Evan Strauss: Electric Bass, Upright Bass, Bass Clarinets, Tenor Saxophone, Synthesizers, Programming - Sheridan Riley: Drums / The Uproar in Bursts of Sound and Silence / 577 Records (2022 - August pre-release)
https://danielcarternyc.bandcamp.com/album/the-uproar-in-bursts-of-sound-and-silence
 
Expansion Of... - Jarguna & Various Artists - Chimera of a New World, Session Two - Projekt Records (2022)
https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/chimera-of-a-new-world-session-two-name-your-price
 
Miniatüre #9 - Nobuka - Miniatüre - Difficult Art & Music (2022)
https://difficultartandmusic.bandcamp.com/album/miniat-re
 
High Alien Priest - Clara Engel - Their Invisible Hands - self-release (2022)
https://claraengel.bandcamp.com/album/their-invisible-hands
 
When The Fire Grows Cold - Vanderwolf & The Last Man Standing Ensemble, feat. Robert Wyatt - Extinction! - digital EP (2022)
https://vanderwolf1.bandcamp.com/album/extinction
 
Close To You - John Hallenbeck - Songs We Like A Lot - flexatonic records (2020 re-issure)
https://johnhollenbeck.bandcamp.com/album/songs-we-like-a-lot
 
Energy Prayer / Cradle of Life - New Party Systems - The Best We Can: Songs by David First - digital release (2020)
https://davidfirst.bandcamp.com/album/the-best-we-can
 
In The Air Tonight - Ben Aldridge / Charlie Anson / Jonathan Bailey / Katie Brayben / Cassandra Compton / Susannah Fielding / Holly James / Lucie Jones / Tom Kay / Gillian Kirkpatrick / Eugene McCoy / Hugh Skinner / Holly Dale Spencer - American Psycho: Original London Cast Recording - Concord Music (2016)
 
String Quartet No. 3: I. Twist and Shout / II. Poet Voice / III. Auction Chant / IV. Effects Pedal / V. Anthem - The Indianapolis Quartet / composer: Robert Paterson - Robert Paterson: String Quartets 1-3 - American Modern Recordings (2022)
https://www.americanmodernrecordings.com/the-indianapolis-quartet-robert-paterson-string-quartets-1-3
 
Not Waving, But Drowning - Collins - Skins - Subexotic Records (2022)
https://garycollins.bandcamp.com/album/skins

7-23-22 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

Greetings!
This week's program starts with some fine examples of contemporary composition from Viet Cuong, interpreted by saxophonist, Dylan Ward, the latest release from Aaron Jay Myers & experimental electronics from Anıl Çamcı.  Following a brief Gentle Giant interlude, the balance of the show consists of electronic/electro-acoustic artists, demonstrating the broad scope of sound made available for us to partake of.
 
Enjoy!
Joel
e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/envpusher1
 
 
7-23-22 Pushing The Envelope Playlist
 
Naica - saxophone: Dylan Ward / composer: Viet Cuong - Tourmaline - Neuma Records (2022)
https://neumarecords.org/ols/products/dylan-ward-tourmaline
 
A Now Unknown - Anıl Çamcı - Dekagon - Innova (2022)
https://www.innova.mu/albums/anil-camci/dekagon
 
Clever Machines - Transient Canvas: bass clarinet - Amy Advocat / marimba - Matt Sharrock / composer: Aaron Jay Myers - Clever Machines - New Focus Recordings (2021)
https://www.newfocusrecordings.com/catalogue/aaron-jay-myers-clever-machines/
 
Paroxysm - bass guitar: Kevin Price / electric guitar & composer: Aaron Jay Myers / piano: Sarah Bob / drums: Daniel T. Lewis - Clever Machines - New Focus Recordings (2021)
https://www.newfocusrecordings.com/catalogue/aaron-jay-myers-clever-machines/
 
Experience - Gentle Giant - In A Glass House - Alucard (1973)
https://gentlegiantmusic.com/GG/In_a_Glass_House
 
Neptune - Spectral Bazaar - The Planets - digital self-release (2019)
https://spectralbazaar.bandcamp.com/album/the-planets-album-in-various-formats
 
Invitation - Violet Mist - Cyberwave - Subexotic Records (2022)
https://violetmistmusic.bandcamp.com/album/cyberwave
 
Arcadia - Tim Walters - Stricture - Vaux Flores Industrial (2021)
https://thecoldvacuumofspace.bandcamp.com/album/stricture
 
Thieve's Cant - Pulselovers - Circles Within Circles (pre-release) - Subexotic Records (2022) 
https://subexoticrecords.bandcamp.com/
 
Music to Vernisage II - Flute: Miloš Jurkovič / composer: Ivan Parik - Anthology of Slovak Electroacoustic Music 1966-1991 -  Centre for Electroacoustic and Computer Music, Bratislava, 1992 (CD 1, 2) and 1994 (CD 3)
https://monoskop.org/CECM/Anthology_of_Slovak_Electroacoustic_Music
 
Life Tumbling & Absorption / The Elderly Gentleman / Stranger 2 - Petridisch - Les Gouvernantes (The Governesses) - digital self-release (2022)
https://petridisch.bandcamp.com/album/les-gouvernantes
 
Memoir - Robert Scott Thompson - Ascension - Aucourant Records (2022)
https://robert-scott-thompson.bandcamp.com/album/ascension-2
 
Ian Power - for "current" resonance - Brian Archinal, percussion / piano: Antoine Françoise, piano (resonance) / composer: Ian Power - Maintenance Hums - Carrier (2020)
https://ianpoweromg.bandcamp.com/album/maintenance-hums
 
Sonambulist - Museleon - Eidolon - digital self-release (2022)
https://museleon.bandcamp.com/album/eidolon
 
Electric Fence - Swansither / Tom Kennedy - Inner Space - Subexotic Records (2022)
https://swansither.bandcamp.com/album/inner-space
 

7-16-22 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

Greetings!
Yes, I'm finally getting to catch up on posting current programs since I wasn't needed to work on Sunday as I had been originally scheduled. (I'm per diem speech pathologist, but I'm still not overly fond of 6 day work weeks.)  Nonetheless, today's program focuses primarily on a playlist suggested by an article, written by Paul Walker on the Medium.com website, entitled, "The Best Seven Prog Rock Albums of 2022 So Far".  (Unfortunately, you can't check out the article, since it has since been removed by the author.)  Having not heard any of the releases, I thought it would be interesting how my thoughts about the music lined up (or not) with Mr. Walker's.  Actually, they're quite close.
Enjoy!
Joel
e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/envpusher1
 
7-16-22 Pushing The Envelope Playlist
 
Opening - Psalm - Son of the Morning - digital self-release (2022)
https://psalm2.bandcamp.com/album/son-of-the-morning
 
Wind Down 2 - Yaz Lancaster - Musicworks #142 (SUMMER 2022: INVENTIONS AND INTERVENTIONS) - Musicworks (2022)
https://www.musicworks.ca/whats-inside-musicworks-142
 
Washington Square XI - Robert Fripp - Washington Square Church - DGM (2022)
https://www.dgmlive.com/
 
Renewal - Frederick Hand - Across Time - New Focus Recordings/ReEntrant (2022)
https://www.newfocusrecordings.com/catalogue/frederic-hand-across-time/
 
Lilly - Kompendium feat. Steve Hackett -Beneath The Waves - Tigermoth Records (2012)
https://kompendium.bandcamp.com/album/beneath-the-waves
 
Mine Is The Mountain - Jethro Tull - The Zealot Gene - Inside Out Music (2022)
https://jethrotull.com/the-zealot-gene/
 
World Gone Crazy - The Flower Kings - By Royal Decree - Inside Out Music (2022)
https://www.roinestolt.com/
 
The Connection Plan - Big Big Train - English Electric Recordings (2022)
https://www.bigbigtrain.com/discography/welcome-to-the-planet/
 
The Frozen Dead of Night - Kaipa - Urskog  - Inside Out Music (2022)
https://kaipa.info/discography/urskog.html
 
Rats Return - Porcupine Tree - Closer/Continuation - MRI (2022)
https://porcupinetree.com/
 
The Tangent - Songs from the Hard Shoulder - InsideOut Music (2022)
https://thetangent.org/articles/tangent-songs-from-the-hard-shoulder
 
Rock-Paper-Scissors - Pattern-Seeking Animals - Only Passing Through - InsideOut Music (2022)
https://www.psanimals1.com/
 
Herd Culling - Porcupine Tree - Closer/Continuation - MRI (2022)
https://porcupinetree.com/
 

7-2-22 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center - Prog Extravaganza

Greetings!
This week I've decided to return to my old PTE tradition of featuring progressive rock on the week of July 4th.  Outside of a track from Renaissance, most of my selections are based on newer bands, including Connecticut based bands like new band The Far Cry and an older band that members came out of, Holding Pattern.  
I hope you enjoy my Progressive 4th on the 2nd!!
Joel
e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/envpusher1
 
 
7-2-22 Pushing The Envelope Playlist
 
Sirrah - Trey Gunn Band - Live @ The Baked Potato_Hollywood, CA / 2-9-2001 - bootleg
http://www.treygunn.com/
 
Programophone - The Far Cry - If Only - Paid Piper Productions (2021)
https://thefarcry1.bandcamp.com/
 
Out Of The Tunnels -  Holding Pattern - Holding Pattern - Cleefo Archive Series (1981)
https://www.facebook.com/Holding-Pattern-136046976412179/
 
Not The Future I Ordered - Blue Shift - [Not The Future I Ordered] - Mayday Records (1997)
http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=1684
 
It's Too Late - The Prog Collective feat. Candice Night (Blackmore’s Night) & Dweezil Zappa - Songs We Were Taught - Cleopatra Records (2022)
https://cleorecs.com/store/shop/the-prog-collective-songs-we-were-taught-cd-digipak/
 
Speak To Me / Breathe - Adrian Belew / Alan White / Tony Kaye / Jeff "Skunk" Baxter / Malcom McDowell - Return to the Dark Side of the Moon: A Tribute to Pink Floyd - Purple Pyramid (2006)
https://cleorecs.com/store/shop/return-to-the-dark-side-of-the-moon-cd-digipak/
 
The Sorcerer (excerpt) - CYAN - For King and Country - Tigermoth Records (2022)
https://www.tigermothshop.co.uk/store/Cyan-For-King-And-Country-2021-CD-DVD-p383087294
 
Utopia Theme - Todd Rundgren's Utopia - Live At The Chicago Theater (May 22, 2018) - Cleopatra (2019)
https://toddrundgren.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-chicago-theatre
 
Return To OM - Artnat - The Mirror Effect - self-release (2021)
https://soundcloud.com/artnat_progrock/track-3-return-to-om/s-Xkn7G5Lzyr0
 
Ocean Gypsy - Renaissance - Scheherazade & Other Stories  - Sire (1975)
https://renaissancetouring.com/
 
New Design - Clint Bahr - Puzzlebox - MoonJune Records (2022)  
https://clint-bahr-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/puzzlebox
 
Driving Patterns - Patrick Grant - A Sequence of Waves (twelve stories and a dream) - Peppergreen Media (2017)
https://tiltedaxes.bandcamp.com/album/a-sequence-of-waves-twelve-stories-and-a-dream
 
Level 5 - Stick Men (Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, Markus Reuter w/ Gary Husband) - Owari - Moonjune Records (2021)
https://stickmen.bandcamp.com/album/owari
 

6-25-22 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

Greetings!
 
On today's program, I'm happy to open with new music from a long-time friend of PTE, guitarist Kevin Kastning in tandem with pianist, Laszlo Gardony from their new release of improvisations, "Levitations I".  In addition, continuing PTE tradition of bringing attention to music from the state of Connecticut, my home state and home of WHUS, the show closes with music from CT-based musician Liquid Terrain (Tim Wolf) and the New London Drone Orchestra, of which Tim is a member.
Enjoy!
Joel
e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/envpusher1
 
 
6-25-22 PTE Playlist
 
Levitation, Opus III - 36-string Double Contraguitar: Kevin Kastning / piano: Laszlo Gardony - Levitation I - Greydisc (2022)
http://www.kevinkastning.com/  http://www.lgjazz.com
 
A Day At The Beach - David Margolin Lawson & David Merrill - Signals - Neuma Records (2022)
https://neumarecords.org/ols/products/lawson-merrill-signals
 
The Invocation Sky - Geoff Gersh - These Predicaments - Deep Listening (2009)
https://geoffgersh.bandcamp.com/album/these-predicaments
 
Ancient Ocean Floor - Gayle Young w/ Sarah Albu - Musicworks #142 - Musicworks (2022)
https://www.musicworks.ca/gayle-young-gentle-interventions
 
of architecture and accumulation (for organ & wine glasses) - organ: Wil Smith / composer: Paula Matthusen - Pieces for People - Innova (2015)
https://www.innova.mu/albums/paula-matthusen/pieces-people
 
Eastern Platinum - Gong Expresso - Decadence - self-release (2017)
https://hansfordrowe.bandcamp.com/album/decadence
 
Deep Sleep I - Akku Quintet - Live - 7dMedia (2022)
https://akkuquintet7d.bandcamp.com/album/live
 
Red (for two marimbas) - New Music Detroit / composer: Marc Mellits - Smoke: Music of Marc Mellits - Innova (2018)
https://www.innova.mu/albums/new-music-detroit/smoke-music-marc-mellits
 
Fraud - Liquid Terrain (Tim Wolf) - Ripples - self-release (2022)
https://liquidterrain.bandcamp.com/album/ripples
 
Liquid Mix - New England Drone Orchestra - Isolation-Collaboration - self-release (2020)
https://enterthecircle.bandcamp.com/album/isolation-collaboration

6-11-22 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

Greetings!
Today's festivities feature tracks of some length, since I will be away in Portugal and wanted to have a show ready, but put it together in a minimal amount of time while I get all my travel stuff together. I'm particularly happy to feature one of two extended tracks from Jack Curtis Dubowsky from his new release, "Bolsa Chica Calm", an homage to Bolsa Chica State Beach, one of his favorite surfing spots in Huntington Beach.  The piece references ambient, environmental, new age and experimental music, from vaporwave to Wendy Carlos’ "Sonic Seasonings." 
Enjoy!
Joel
e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com
Twitter: @envpusher1
 
6-11-22 Pushing The Envelope Playlist
 
Way - String Noise (violins: Conrad Harris, Pauline Kim Harris) / composer: Alex Mincek - WAY - New Focus Recordings (2022)
https://stringnoise.bandcamp.com/album/way
 
Washington Square Five - Robert Fripp - Washington Square Chruch - Discipline Global Mobile (2022)
https://www.dgmlive.com/
 
Four North American Ballads:  dreadful memories / which side are you on? / down by the riverside / Winnsboro cotton mill blues - piano: Kathleen Supove / composer: Frederic Rzewski - Figure 88 - New World Records (1993)
https://www.newworldrecords.org/products/kathleen-supove-figure-88
 
Bolsa Chica Rain - Jack Curtis Dubowsky - Bolsa Chica Calm - self-release CD/digital (2022)
https://jackcurtisdubowsky.bandcamp.com/album/bolsa-chica-calm
 
Poppies In A Field / The Last Bridge Organ - Tom Doncourt & Mattias Olsen's Cathedral - Roth-händle (2020)
https://roth-handle.bandcamp.com/album/tom-doncourt-mattias-olssons-cathedral