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Program #005
This December 5, 1986 episode of New Sounds looks at a wide swath of contemporary composers who have explored new ways of extending the musical possibilities of the human voice. We hear pieces using extended vocal techniques, as in the overtone singing of David Hykes and the Harmonic Choir. Others incorporate sampling, delays, and other electronic manipulations, like Alvin Lucier's 1969 electroacoustic classic "I Am Sitting in a Room," and Scott Johnson's "John Somebody" (1982) for electric guitar, woodwinds, percussion & electronics. Insider footnote: Program No. 005 was the first thematic show to air nationally (New Sounds was heard nationally on NPR from 1986-1997).
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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Michael McNabb |
Computer Music |
"Orbital View" |
LP 1750 Arch Records, S-1800 (1982), Possibly available
through Sonic Tiger Music P.O. BOX 678, STOW, MA 01775-0678 U.S.A. |
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David Hykes and the Harmonic Choir |
Current Circulation |
"Subject to Change" |
Celestial Harmonies 13010 |
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Alvin Lucier |
I Am Sitting In A Room |
Edited version |
Lovely Music #1013 www.lovely.com
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Scott Johnson |
John Somebody |
Parts 1, 3,4 |
Nonesuch /Icon LP #5503 |
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Ensemble Theodore Vassilikos |
Grece 3+4: Liturgies anciennes orthodoxes |
"Cherouvikon" |
Ocora 558 545/46 |
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