#2639: Totally Tubular

New Sounds | May 24, 2010
When you force air through a tube, sound results – whether that tube is an Australian didjeridoo, a length of plastic hose, a toy whirly, or the human throat. Each gets a workout on this New Sounds program in pieces by Michael Fahres, Wendy Mae Chambers, Sarah Hopkins, and Nick Didkovsky.

PROGRAM # 2639, “Totally Tubular – music for tubes” (First aired on February 8, 2007)

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Various artists: Sarah Hopkins

Austral Voices

Songs of the Wind [1:30]

New Albion #028**
www.newalbion.com*

Wendy Mae Chambers

122

Snake of Deep Waters [4:00]

New World #80526 www.newworldrecords.org

Arkady Shilkloper

Pilatus

Dragon’s Dream [2:30] Bazaar [8:00]

Boheme #906063. www.bohememusic.com*

Michael Fahres

The Tubes

The Tubes, excerpt [16:00]

Cold Blue #0024 www.coldbluemusic.com*

Nick Didkovsky

Tube Mouth Bow String

Tube Mouth Bow String, excerpt [7:00]

Pogus #21042 www.pogus.com*

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