#2559: BOAC Marathon 2006 Highlights, Part 2

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

Listen to highlights from the 2006 Bang on a Can Marathon, recorded live at the World Financial Center. With Alarm Will Sound, performing its acoustic arrangements of electronic music by Aphex Twin and John Adams. There’s also music from the electronic duo Matmos (whose aluminum rap sheet includes organized sound sources from crayfish swimming, human skulls, cards shuffling, and liposuction), joined by hardware-store lurking instrument-builders So Percussion. Plus music by the Icelandic string quartet Amiina making stunning music with water-glasses, table bells and musical saws. This is part two of a three-night series.

PROGRAM # 2559, from the 2006 Bang On a Can Marathon, Part 2 (First aired on Wed., 6/14/06)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Amiina	Bang on a Can Marathon 2006, from the World Financial Center, 6/4/06	Untitled [6:30]	This performance not commercially available. They have an EP out on Workers Institute #1 www.workersinstitute.com OR www.aminamusik.com
Matmos & So Percussion		Aluminum Piece [9:30]	This performance not commercially available. Matmos’ site is www.brainwashed.com/matmos, where you can find a complete discography And So Percussion’s site is www.sopercussion.com, their 2nd CD is at www.canteloupemusic.com*
Alarm Will Sound		Aphex Twin: Four [4:00]	This performance not commercially available. AWS’s CD of Aphex Twin arrangements is called “Acoustica” and is available at www.canteloupemusic.com*
Bang on a Can All-Stars		Michael Nyman: Manhatta [11:00]	This performance not commercially available. See www.michaelnyman.com for more information
Alarm Will Sound		John Adams: Coast [10:00]	This performance not commercially available. The piece appears Adams’ CD “Hoodoo Zephyr” Nonesuch #79311, www.nonesuch.com
Lisa Moore		Julia Wolfe: My Lips From Speaking, excerpt [5:00]	This performance not commercially available. The piece has been recorded, and appears on the OUT OF PRINT Piano Circus CD called “Loopholes,” Argo CD # 443527

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