#2452: Technical Arrangements

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

Up on this New Sounds program, dig into the latest from the new music ensemble Alarm Will Sound. Listen to some all-acoustic interpretations of pieces by Aphex Twin (Richard D. James), featuring such creative instrumentation as hoses, whistles, shop hardware, and piano treatments. There’s also the keyboard and stasis sounds of Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto, from the release “insen.” Plus, sample more of Zappa's "last band," the Ensemble Modern, from their recent CD of Frank Zappa’s works, “Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions.”
PROGRAM #2452, Electronic/Acoustica (First aired on 9/14/05)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Aphex Twin	Selected Ambient Works, Vol. 2	Blue Calx [7:00]	Sire #45482** available online*
Alarm Will Sound	Acoustica: Alarm Will Sound Performs Aphex Twin	Blue Calx [7:30]	Cantaloupe #21028** www.cantaloupemusic.com* .
Ensemble Modern	Greggery Peccary And Other Persuasions – music of Frank Zappa	What Will Rumi Do?/Night School [6:30]	BMG Classics #59842** www.bmgclassics.com*
Aphex Twin	Selected Ambient Works, Vol. 2`	Cliffs [7:00]	See above.
Alarm Will Sound	Acoustica: Alarm Will Sound Performs Aphex Twin	Cliffs [7:00]	See above.
Philip Glass Remixed	Glass Cuts	Tirol Concerto (Sebastian Escofet remix) [6:30]	Orange Mountain Music #0023** www.philipglass.com *
Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto	Insen	Moon [6:00]	Asphodel #2029** www.asphodel.com *

*, ** Find the recordings you've heard - go to the New Sounds Recordings Information page

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