It's the most wonderful time of the month: new releases on the radio! Hear prog-marching band music from Chicago's Mucca Pazza, ambient-gothic Norwegian-Icelandic music from the duo Jo Berger Myhre & Ólafur Björn Ólafsson, jazz-tronic ambient minimalism from London's Portico Quartet, and new work from Danish experimental supergroup Girls in Airports. Also, hear new music by Molly Joyce for cellist Nick Photinos, new work from Kaki King & the Porta Girevole Chamber Orchestra, and more.
Hear ambient-gothic music from Norwegian bassist Jo Berger Myhre and Icelandic drummer Ólafur Björn Ólafsson in their composed work, “1000%,” which was recorded in an abandoned Reykjavik warehouse. Also, listen to driving indie jazz from the Danish experimental ensemble, Girls in Airport, recorded live in Germany.
There’s a new release from Chicago’s “interdisciplinary instrumental music and performance ensemble” – or circus-spectacle alt marching band, Mucca Pazza. It’s a bit proggy (Yes, Weather Report, Rush) and perhaps hard to march to, but “[t]he band spent eight years practicing counting to seven before they were ready to record this piece.” There’s also a new work by Terry Riley for Del Sol String Quartet, “Dark Queen Mantra,” featuring guitarist Gyan Riley. Plus listen to music by Kaki King - arranged for guitar and orchestra from her forthcoming Live At Berklee release.
Listen to music from Eighth Blackbird founding cellist Nick Photinos; it’s a work by Molly Joyce, originally for for baroque cello and pre-recorded electronics, called “Sit and Dance.” Also, there’s music from London-based composer & producer Leah Kardos, which was made using analogue instruments and technologies, from her record, Rococochet.
PROGRAM #4018, August 2017 New Releases (First Aired: 8/31/2017)
ARTIST: Jo Berger Myhre & Ólafur Björn Ólafsson
WORK: 1000%, excerpt [1:00]
RECORDING: The Third Script
SOURCE: Hubro Music
INFO: hubromusic.com
ARTIST: Mucca Pazza
WORK: Andy Deitrich: Barbarous Relic [3:30]
RECORDING: Barbarous Relic
SOURCE/INFO: store.muccapazza.com
ARTIST: Leah Kardos
WORK: Malio Malio [2:35]
RECORDING: Rococochet
SOURCE: Bigo & Twigetti
INFO: bigoandtwigetti.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Portico Quartet
WORK: Current History [6:07]
RECORDING: Art In The Age Of Automation
SOURCE: Gondwana Records
INFO: porticoquartet.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Jo Berger Myhre & Ólafur Björn Ólafsson
WORK: 1000% [6:42]
RECORDING: The Third Script
SOURCE: Hubro Music
INFO: hubromusic.com
ARTIST: Girls in Airports
WORK: King's Birthday [3:28]
RECORDING: Live
SOURCE: Edition Records EDN1097
INFO: Due out Sept. 22, 2017 | girlsinairports.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Nick Photinos
WORK: Molly Joyce: Sit and Dance [6:34]
RECORDING: Petits Artefacts
SOURCE: New Amsterdam Records
INFO: newamsterdamrecords.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Del Sol String Quartet, Gyan Riley
WORK: Terry Riley: III. Dark Queen Mantra [11:49]
RECORDING: Dark Queen Mantra
SOURCE: Sono Luminus 92215
INFO: delsolquartet.com
ARTIST: Kaki King, Porta Girevole Chamber Orchestra, Gabriela Sofia Gomez Estevez, student conductor
WORK: Magazine [5:30]
RECORDING: Live At Berklee
SOURCE: BIRN Cooperative Recordings
INFO: Due out Sept. 22, 2017 | smarturl.it/KakiKingLive