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1. radiOM.org - Ode To Gravity Survival of the Fiddle: Music by Steve Reich & Michael Sahl [6.606% Popularity: 0.00000]

Ode To Gravity: Survival of the Fiddle: Music by Steve Reich & Michael Sahl Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 55 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA Two avant-garde works for violin, played by one of the world’s leading musicians, Paul Zukofsky. In a “Mitzvah for the Dead, for Violin and Tape”, Michael Sahl has written a piece in four movements which recalls tonal music as a possibility for usage in not merely collage snippets, but as an important element basic to the conception of the work. In the second work, “Violin Phase” by Steve Reich, the composer takes samples of sound and subjects them to a sort of magnification that provides the listener with the opportunity to notice elements that would normally be lost. The entire work is generated out of less than sixty seconds of material. It is suggested that the listener suppress any initial desire to turn it off, but to rather increase the volume, sit comfortably, relax, and let go. Notice the combinations formed by the overlapping of the ele...

2. radiOM.org - The 12th International Sound Poetry Festival [5.066% Popularity: 0.00000]

The 12th International Sound Poetry Festival Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 160 min Event Type: Spoken Word Program Origin: KPFA The The 12th International Sound Poetry Festival was held at the Washington Square Church in New York City in April 1980. Organized by Charlie Morrow and Sten Hanson, the Festival included performances by such well known composers and poets as Jerome Rothenberg, Adriano Spatola, Charles Amirkhanian, Beth Anderson, Bernard Heidsieck, John Giorno, and Jackson Mac Low. In this program you will hear selections from the Festival, that range from traditional modern poetry, to performance poetry, phonetic poetry, concrete poetry, tape and spoken word compositions, and narratives with instrumental accompaniment. Part 1 of 4: Musical Selections: 13th Horse-Song of Frank Mitchell (c. 1972) (5:00) / Jerome Rothenberg -- Azoot d'Puund (c. 1979) (3:20) / Charles Bernstein -- Aviacion Aviateur (4:34) / Adriano Spatola -- Dreams Freud Dreamed (1979) (5:32) / Charles Amirkhanian -- Ano...

3. radiOM.org - World Ear Project Transmission Nine, May 1971 [5.059% Popularity: 0.00000]

World Ear Project: Transmission Nine, May 1971 Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 85 min Event Type: Other Finds Program Origin: KPFA The ninth transmission of KPFA’s groundbreaking series the World Ear Project, featuring unedited ambient recordings of unique or unusual environments. The World Ear Project was an attempt to bring everybody’s ears a little closer. KPFA asked their listeners and friends from around the world to send in recordings made in common places, of the sounds that surround our daily existence. The environments in which these recording were made were the sole subject of the project. It was the philosophy of those that began this endeavor, that one key step in trying to understand our neighbors is getting to know the setting in which they carry out their daily lives. In this particular program Richard Friedman plays field recordings of a helicopter landing, a recycling center, and a rodeo parade. Also included as a sort of program within the program are two recordings originally br...