German composer and inventor Hans Reichel has been working with the daxophone instrument series for some years now. His invention, which looks something like a tripod, produces noise when the carved wood on top is bowed. Depending on the shape of the wood carving, the instrument can approximate various sounds, like growls, warbling singing voices, kazoos, and synthesizer noises. Hear the singing voice of wood, multitracked and with nifty percussion all over his latest release, YUXO: A New Daxophone Operetta, on this edition of New Sounds. Plus, Bill Trig plays a recent composition by Kevin Volans live in the studio and hear from fellow German composer Ferdinand Försch as well.

PROGRAM #2062 New Instruments (First aired on 7/31/02)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Hans Reichel	YUXO - A New Daxophone Operetta	The Duke of Syracuse [2:00] A Life Without Lychees [3:30] You Can Dance With Me [5:30]	a.l.l. #003 www.Free-Music-Production.de info at www.daxo.de and www.yuxo.de To order, write to fmp.distribution@t-online.de
Ferdinand Försch/Tracy Silverman	Superstring	L'Arcton 4/2 [14:00]	Klangbilder #30052 Klangbilder.de OR info@artelier-media.de
Bill Trigg	Live	Kevin Volans: Akrodha [10:00]	Not commercially available.
Mark Deutsch	Fool	Painted Bird, excerpt [7:30]	www.bazantar.com *

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