#1886: Program #1886

New Sounds | May 24, 2010
Strange and colorful ensemble music is the focus of this edition of New Sounds. We hear from the Kamikaze Ground Crew (pictured), a group comprised of such downtown vets as trumpeter Steven Bernstein (Sex Mob, Lounge Lizards), saxophonist and drummer Peter Apfelbaum (Hieroglyphics Ensemble), and drummer Kenny Wollesen (John Zorn, Tom Waits). Their vast stylistic reach is heard in the bucolic tone poem, "Morning in Bhutan." We also get a taste of Squonk Opera's "Bigsmorgasbordwunderwerk" (a musical theater work vaguely about food), and music by DAAU, Stockhausen, and Cro Magnon.

PROGRAM # 1886, Odd (and Oddly-Named) Ensembles (First aired on Feb. 8, 2001)

ARTIST(S)

RECORDING

CUT(S)

SOURCE

Kamikaze Ground Crew

The Scenic Route

Duke's Entrance [1:30]

New World #80400** www.newworldrecords.org/ OR available for purchase at Amazon.com*

Kamikaze Ground Crew

Covers

Morning In Bhutan [8:00]

Koch Jazz #7882**
available for purchase at Amazon.com*

Cro Magnon

Zapp!

Sahib [2:30]

Carbon 7 Records (#C7-005). 23 Av. Gl. Eisenhower; B-1030 Brussels, Belgium Tel.32 2 / 242.97.03; Fax.32 2 / 245.38.85
100257.214@compuserve.com
web: www.magic.be/Carbon7/Carbon7.html

DAAU

We Need New Animals

Gin And Tonic [6:30]

Sony #60674.
available for purchase at Amazon.com*

Kamikaze Ground Crew

Covers

Stockhausen: Capricorn [4:30]; Hendrix: Electric Ladyland [4:00]

See above.

Cro Magnon

Zapp!

Cleo [3:00]

See above.

Die Knödel & Amy Denio

Non Lo So, Polo

Finalala [4:00]

Make Up #MAKE5. Spoot Music, PO Box 85154, Seattle WA 98145. T/f: 206-323-9215; denio@csi.com

Squonk Opera

Bigsmorgasbordwunderwerk

Dance of the Seven Vowels [3:00] Sighs of her Eyes [3:30]

Angel #26523**
available for purchase at Amazon.com*

Les Negresses Vertes

Mlah

Orane [4:30]

Sire/Warner Bros #26028.
available for purchase at Amazon.com*

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