#4658, Typewriter Music
Hear the typewriter in many musical settings, from Steve Reich to an orchestral concerto featuring the typewriter, and the producer Cornelius, in music from Wales, Germany, Canada, and Japan.
Welsh artist Meilir creates soundscapes with a blend of piano, electric guitar, and assorted synthesizers with such instrumentation as a thumb piano, wine glasses, a tray full of gravel, and yes, an antique typewriter. Also, listen to music by Joni Void, the electronica project of France/Canada producer Jean Cousin, featuring a thoughtful typewriter as a layer in the song, "Safe House".
Also, from Brian Eno’s pre-ambient days, hear a work with a typewriter solo from the album, Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy). And, listen to Irish composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer Daniel Figgis and a percussion-heavy romp called, “The Typing Pool”. That, and more. - Caryn Havlik
Program #4658, Typewriter Music (First aired 9/6/2022)
ARTIST: Brian Eno
WORK: China My China [1:00]
RECORDING: Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
SOURCE: Island Records/ E.G. Records #17
INFO: Available at AppleMusic, YouTube Music, Amazon.com, Spotify
ARTIST: Meilir
WORK: Music For Typewriter [4:20]
RECORDING: In Tune
SOURCE: Gwdihw Records
INFO: meilir.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Cornelius
WORK: Typewrite Lesson [5:51]
RECORDING: Fantasma
SOURCE: Trattoria
INFO: corneliusofficial.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Joni Void
WORK: Safe House [2:51]
RECORDING: Mise En Abyme
SOURCE: Constellation Records
INFO: jonivoid.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: David Courtney
WORK: Come Again to Junk Food World [1:44]
RECORDING: From the Pages of Experimental Musical Instruments
SOURCE: 1987 cassette
INFO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEpT_yWIsl8&t=0s
ARTIST: Steve Reich
WORK: Typing Music [2:57]
RECORDING: The Cave
SOURCE: Nonesuch #79327
INFO: www.nonesuch.com
ARTIST: Groundchuck
WORK: Baby Tigers [2:52]
RECORDING: Project>Soundwave: An Exploration into the Nature of Sound
SOURCE/INFO: https://soundwavesf.com/about | AppleMusic, Youtube Music and Amazon.com
ARTIST: Daniel Figgis
WORK: The Typing Pool [4:06]
RECORDING: The Typing Pool
SOURCE/INFO: https://linearobsessional.bandcamp.com/album/the-typing-pool
ARTIST: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, cond.
WORK: Leroy Anderson: The Typewriter [1:50]
RECORDING: The Typewriter | Leroy Anderson Favorites
SOURCE: RCA 68048
INFO: AppleMusic, Youtube Music and Amazon.com
ARTIST: Botho Lucas
WORK: Winky-Pinky [2:44]
RECORDING: Happiness
SOURCE: UBM Records
INFO: AppleMusic, Youtube Music and Amazon.com
ARTIST: Brian Eno
WORK: China My China [3:44]
RECORDING: Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
SOURCE: Island Records/ E.G. Records #17
INFO: Available at AppleMusic, YouTube Music, Amazon.com, Spotify
ARTIST: Nico Muhly
WORK: Typing [1:18]
RECORDING: Kill Your Darlings
SOURCE: Sony Classical #88843005632
INFO: Available from Amazon.com, AppleMusic, Spotify
ARTIST: Kraftwerk
WORK: Pocket Calculator [2:54]
RECORDING: Minimum Maximum
SOURCE: Astralwerks 60611-2
INFO: Available at Amazon.com, AppleMusic, Spotify
