#2303: Program #2303

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

Hear works played by real people, but inspired by the sounds of machinery on this edition of New Sounds. There’s a looping order to Marc Mellits’ “5 Machines,“ with impressive and complicated cross-rhythms and syncopated hooky lines, carried by marimba, piano, bass clarinet, guitar, all amplified. Plus, listen to music by Vini Reilly (of Durutti Column fame and one of the forces behind Factory Records) using, well, “the Guitar and Other Machines,” specifically a Yamaha Sequencer and a DMX Drum Machine to make perky synth loops and punchy drum sounds, while also trying out new approaches with his guitar playing. Then, there’s also the sound fragmentation of Christopher Willits, who folds fractured guitar lines on top of one another. And much more.

PROGRAM #2303 Musical Machines (7/06/2004)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Marc Mellits	Bang On A Can All-Stars, BAM, 10/28/01	5 Machines, parts 4& 5 [7:00]	Not yet commercially released. Info about Mellits at www.marcmellits.com
Annie Gosfield	Flying Sparks & Heavy Machinery	EWA-7, Part 3:Impulse Turbine:Inlet,Exhaust-Combustion Chamber [12:00]	Tzadik #7069** www.tzadik.com*
Procédé Rodesco-Letort	Volume Premier	Suite for String Quartet and Diverse Machines [12:00]	Tangram #3026 www.tangram-records.com
The Durutti Column	The Guitar & Other Machines	Miss Haymes [5:00]	Virgin #90887. Available as an import on Polygram records. Try Amazon.com
Various artists: Christopher Willits	E.A.D.G.B.E.	7 Machines for Summer: The Kotekan Machine[1:30] The Fall In Love Machine [4:30]	12K #1025. Limited edition cd; www.12k.com
Arnold Dreyblatt & The Orchestra of Excited Strings	The Adding Machine	The Adding Machine, excerpt [2:00]	Cantaloupe #21006** www.cantaloupemusic.com

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