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Black Metal Special on Radio Heart!

Nov 1, ’10 9:24 AM

To ring in Halloween, I played two hours of black metal yesterday on Radio Heart. The EVR studio opens out directly on First Avenue, so I got quite a few trick-or-treaters as well, and had to juggle candy distribution with DJing. Per my taste, most of the tracks landed on the weirder spectrum of things, bands like Dead Reptile Shrine, Aluk Todolo, Ahulabrum, Acid Enema, and others. I also played Pyha, super dark and dense midi metal by a Korean 14 year old, a track from Triangulum & Tzalemoth who claim to have recorded their album in the woods of northern Michigan “using a minimalist setup consisting of a snare drum, carved pine branches as drum sticks, a portable 5 watt battery powered amplifier and a mini-cassette recorder” and Thorr’s Hammer lead singer Runhild Gammelsaeter‘s solo album Amplicon which is creeeeeepy and also kind of terrible.

Read the full playlist here.

Listen to the show here.

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Duane Pitre’s “Feel Free” on Radio Heart

Jun 21, ’10 7:04 AM

Yesterday on Radio Heart I broadcast a live recording of Duane Pitre’s Feel Free from May 30th at Zebulon in Brooklyn.

Read the full playlist here.

Listen to the show here.

Duane provided a nice description of the composition, you can read about it below.

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Duane Pitre’s Feel Free is a new work-in-progress that is based around pre-recorded, guitar string harmonics tuned in Just Intonation. The harmonics are randomized in their order of play via a computer program, with the result touching on the sporadic, yet orderly nature of wind chimes. The computer acts as the wind, and the guitar harmonics the chimes, creating chance-melodies and, at times, a Zen-like setting. These randomized harmonics are the core of the piece, and the program can run on its own as an installation — or, the core can be augmented by the composer’s custom-built, Justly tuned, virtual synthesizer. With this simple-timbre electronic instrument, Pitre carries out a planned improvisation with the guitar harmonics, whose pitch sets vary throughout the piece in a sequence of subtly shifting sections.

This “duo” of guitar harmonics and synth comprises the solo version of Feel Free. For group versions of the piece, a wide variety of acoustic instrumentation such as harp, violin, and double bass can be added to this “duo.” Each performer is equipped with an instrument-specific score that allows them to approach the performance in a similar manner as Pitre. The composer performs with the group while also guiding them through the series of sections, with each section offering slight, yet progressive variations in the performer’s fixed-pitch choices, playing methods, and technique restrictions. In addition, the performers are instructed to look/listen (at times) to the randomized guitar harmonics as a lax guide, creating a central focus within the group, yet one that is not strict and rigid, but more so relaxed and flowing, creating a fluid ecosystem of sound.

The premiere performance of the group version of Feel Free took place May 30, 2010 at Zebulon in Brooklyn, NY.

Performers included:

Duane Pitre – composition, simple-timbre synth, computer-randomized guitar harmonics

Jesse Sparhawk – harp

Jim Altieri – violin

James Ilgenfritz – double bass

Jessie Marino – cello

Shannon Fields – hammered dulcimer

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East Village Radio App

Jun 18, ’10 6:24 AM

East Village Radio now has an app for the iPhone! You can get it here. The app allows you to stream archives of all the shows on your phone, plus connect to DJs and other listeners.

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Mi Or and the Pedestals Live on Just Music

Apr 19, ’10 6:48 AM

I played a live set on my friends Jeff and Casey’s radio show Just Music last night. It was super fun, and I got to hear a bunch of new music. Jeff brought in the new Aluk Todolo album and Jacob Gorchov dropped by with some records too, like Congregacion’s Viene. I think the set turned out well! You can listen to the streaming archive here.

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CrudLabs on Radio Heart

Apr 11, ’10 5:17 PM

I had CrudLabs aka Steven Litt on Radio Heart this afternoon. He creates gritty, industrial techno using an instrument he developed and built called the CrudBox. The CrudBox is a 16 step, 8 channel step sequencer which replaces digitally created or analog synthesized sounds typically associated with sequencers and electronic music with the amplified sounds of whatever electronic or electromechanical devices are plugged into it, ranging from turntables to solenoids to power tools.

Read the full playlist here.

Listen to the show here.

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Joanna Brouk Special on Radio Heart

Mar 22, ’10 6:53 AM

“All music has its source in silence. It rises and falls from that infinite source. By ‘tuning in’ to one’s own silence, one can hear the music of the spheres, the hum of the universe and the songs of the cosmos. Joanna Brouk demonstrates though her own compositions how a single note can resonate to create a symphony and how the physical body is the instrument for a myriad of musical creations. One of the results of listening to Joanna Brouk’s music is that the listener becomes aware of the silence that creates music. Music – or sound – therefore, contains those principles which structure silence into motion. The ‘spaces between’ notes become as important as the notes themselves.”

– Liner Notes from Joanna Brouk’s “Healing Music”

Read the full playlist for the Joanna Brouk special here.

Listen to the show here.

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Wu Fei on Radio Heart

Mar 15, ’10 6:26 AM

Composer, vocalist and guzheng player Wu Fei was a guest on Radio Heart yesterday. It was a real treat — she brought in a ton of live recordings for the show, both solo and in collaboration with musicians such as Fred Frith, Carla Kilhstedt, Billy Martin, to name a few. During the interview, she talked about her background and training. For years, she studied in more traditional music conservatories in Beijing and Texas, before going to Mills for graduate school. This was a formative experience for her, as she moved towards improv and more experimental forms. She also sang a 10 minute excerpt from the Peony Pavilion, a 16th century Chinese opera. The Peony Pavilion is an example of Kunqu, the oldest type of opera in China, and a form she’s currently studying in Beijing. I think Wu Fei’s take on the guzheng is totally unique and worth checking out, I can’t recommend this show more!

Read the full playlist here.

Listen to the show here.

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Double Feature: Nite Jewel and Xeno and Oaklander — Live on Radio Heart

Feb 8, ’10 6:53 AM

Yesterday I broadcast on Radio Heart back-to-back live recordings from Los Angeles-based Nite Jewel, from their Feb. 3rd gig at the Wierd Records party at Home Sweet Home, and Xeno and Oaklander, from the closing party for Tova Carlin’s exhibition at Chinatown art space 179 Canal.

Read the full playlist here.

Listen to the show here.

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Listen to Raw Thrills on Radio Heart

Jan 27, ’10 12:35 PM

Last Sunday Zak Mering aka Raw Thrills guested on Radio Heart. He played the newest EP by his other project with Tyler Thacker, Greatest Hits, and a bunch of his own solo recordings, under both the Raw Thrills and Insted moniker.

Read the full playlist here.

Listen to the show here.

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Sade Sade on Radio Heart

Oct 12, ’09 4:03 PM

Sade Sade, aka Gabriel Mindel Saloman, played on Radio Heart this past Sunday, it was a blast! Zefrey Throwell took some photos during the show, below. To listen to a stream of the broadcast, click here.

Also, Sade Sade is playing tonight (10/12) at West Nile with Chuck Bettis (of Brown Wing Overdrive), along with Chaw Mank (Members of Mouthus and Sightings) and Slasher Risk.



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