Drummer/composers take center stage in music on this New Sounds. Hear from the talented Aaron Alexander and his double-drumming punk-klezmer project Midrash Mish Mosh, and sample the sometimes melodic and fluid music of Jim Black's AlasnoAxis. Plus, drummer Brian Blade teams up with guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel for an improvisational foray into the gorgeous, dynamic and restless spaces where loops against loops enable Blade to pick up a guitar as well. Not to be outdone, there's music from Savage Aural Hotbed, who have dubbed themselves the house band for the Orc Prom. Also, listen for the percussive kalimbas through blown-out amps and beatings on car parts of Konono #1, the middle-eastern rockingness of Raquy Danziger and more.

PROGRAM #2678, Drummer/Composers (First aired on Wednesday, 5/16/07)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Jim Black & AlasNoAxis	Dogs of Great Indifference	Oddfelt [8:00]	Winter & Winter #910120 www.winterandwinter.com www.jimblack.com myspace.com/alasnoaxismusic
Raquy and the Cavemen	Jordan	Jordan [6:00]	Meef #63812 www.raquy.com/cavemen
Aaron Alexander	Midrash Mish Mosh	Debkavanah [6:30]	Tzadik #7194** www.tzadik.com*
Bobby Previte	Coalition of the Willing	Anthem for Andrea [6:00]	Ropeadope #70 www.ropeadope.com
Jim Black & AlasNoAxis	Habyor	Cha [5:30]	Winter & Winter #910073 www.winterandwinter.com
Savage Aural Hotbed	The Unified Pounding Theory	Fortnight In Londrina [6:30]	Innova #661 www.innova.mu
Various artists: Konono No. 1	Congotronics 2	TP Couleur Café, [4:00] excerpt	Crammed Discs #Cram29 www.crammed.be
Wolfgang Muthspiel & Brian Blade	Friendly Travelers	Between the Beats [4:00]	Material #017 www.materialrecords.com