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playlist 3.7 [11/01/09]

2009-11-01T20:58:00.002-05:00

This evenings blog.cast is a selection of some darker & more contemplative music to accompany the cold and rainy weather we've been having this past week in Baltimore. Enjoy.

[HOUR.ONE]
He Said: Pump [1986]
East Ash: Australian Beaches [1990]
Gilbert & Lewis: Like This For Ages [1980]
The Field: The Deal [2007]
He Said: To & Fro [1986]
Nocturnal Emissions: Bird Position [1987]
Tuxedomoon: 59 to 1 [1980]
East Ash: Break Your Back [1991]
He Said: Com'era Dov'era [1986]
Tuxedomoon: In A Manner Of Speaking [1986]
The Field: From Here We Go Sublime [2007]

[HOUR.TWO]
Rapoon: This Side Of Zero [2009]
Tuxedomoon: Dark Companion [1984]
Rapoon: Hey... Drifting [2009]
Nocturnal Emissions: Vegetation Narration [1987]
Tones On Tail: Real Life [1985]
Bauhaus: Silent Hedges [1982]
Love & Rockets: Judgement Day [1996]
The Wake: Torn Calendar [1985]
Tuxedomoon: I Heard It Through The Grapevine [1977]
The Wake: Here Comes Everybody [1985]
Dome: Cruel When Complete [1981]

playlist 3.6 [09/10/09]

2009-09-10T00:27:00.007-05:00

this is a totally impromptu blog.cast. digging into the archives for lots of old school underground alt from the 80's and 90's.
keep refreshing your browser for songs as their added.

enjoy and i'll see you at the end of the month.

east ash - australian beaches [1990]
pale saints - porpoise [1991]
spoonfed hybrid - heaven's knot [1993]
throwing muses - a feeling [1987]
this ascension - august rain [1991]
east ash - milk and honey [1990]
the chameleons - view from a hill [1983]
underground lovers - holiday [1992]
the wolfgang press - cut the tree [live-london] [1987]
east ash - break your back [1991]
handful of snowdrops - white dominos [unreleased] [1989]
the cure - forever [live] [1980]
seofon - rev. 20:13 teknos (the seeding) [edit] [2001]

playlist 3.5 [8-31-09]

2009-08-30T19:58:00.001-05:00

there isn't any special theme or focus with this months play.list. just a few things i've been listening to a lot recently. if you have not heard kaffe matthews work before i highly suggest you check it out. i had the good fortune to see her live about 11 years ago. really amazing work. she was using a laptop with LiSa sampling software & a violin. this was long before laptops were considered the "norm" in most electronic or experimental music performances and quite bit before ableton's LIVE really took off.

enjoy.

HOUR [ONE]
A Custom Skylark    Kaffe Matthews
Spider And I    Brian Eno
Advent Herring    Kaffe Matthews
Instrument 1    Christian Fennesz
Advent Herring 2. Kaffe Matthews
Hair Shoes (demo) Pale Saints
Untitled I. [FUCK]    The Hafler Trio
Untie My Hands    Geniuser
Instrument 3    Christian Fennesz

HOUR [TWO]
Kinky Love Pale Saints
Parallels Fragment
Instrument 4    Christian Fennesz
Wild Mountain    Crash Worship
Porpoise    Pale Saints
Hunted    Pale Saints
Advent Herring III. Kaffe Matthews
Instrument 2    Christian Fennesz
Music For Tundra Pt. 1    Tim Hecker
Like the Ocean    Geniuser
Julie With ...    Brian Eno
Outro (Russian Version)    The Morningside

HOLIDAY

2009-06-20T00:51:00.002-05:00

there will be no june-july broadcast since i will be away on vacation/holiday. the blog.cast will return on AUGUST 30, 2009 at the regular time.

see you then.

playlist 3.4 [5-31-09]

2009-05-31T19:54:00.005-05:00

SOME OLD SCHOOL EBM AND SOME NEW SCHOOL ELECTRONIC
thoughts on this playlist forthcoming...

HOUR ONE //
Skinny Puppy: One Time One Place [1986]
Chris & Cosey: Hypnotika [1990]
Click Click: Hands Fall Backwards [1985]
Severed Heads: Petrol [1987]
Moev: Open Mind [1988]
Click Click: I Rage, I Melt [1988]
Chris & Cosey: Deep Velvet [1990]
Cyberaktif: Nothing Stays The Same [1993]
Moev: Crucify Me [1988]
Click Click: Headfuck [1990]

HOUR TWO//
Severed Heads: LFM [1988]
Suicide: Misery Train [2002]
Doubting Thomas: Hiding [1991]
Arovane: Instant God Out Of The Box [2004]
Throbbing Gristle: PreMature [2009]
Arovane: Cry Osaka Cry [2004]
Cabaret Voltaire: Yashar [1982]
Arovane: The Storm [2000]
Syzygy: Life Field [1994]
Robert Henke: Signal To Noise II [2004]

playlist 3.3 [4-26-09]

2009-04-26T19:42:00.007-05:00

Lots of great new music and some old favorites. I've decided to play much of the new and old back to back since so a lot of it, despite being released decades apart, sounds very retro. I suppose it's the "influences" showing through. Bat For Lashes [aka: natasha kahn] for example REALLY recalls kate bush in my opinion. You decide... enjoy.

More notes to come. It's just too hot in here to write at the moment. We're having some freaky Baltimore heatwave in April. [it's almost 90º at the moment].

enjoy.

HOUR ONE //
Bat For Lashes - What's A Girl To Do [2007]
The Wolfgang Press - My Life [1985]
The Prids - Not Even Sometimes [2003]
The Danse Society - Somewhere [1984]
Depeche Mode - Peace [2009]
Bat For Lashes - Glass [2009]
The Wolfgang Press - Hammer The Halo [1986]
The Prids - All That You Want [2006
Silversun Pickups - Growing Old Is Getting Old [2009]
Nico - Das Lied Einsanen Madchen [1985]
The Wolfgang Press - I'm Coming Home [Mama] [1985]
The Prids - The Problem [2003]
The Knife - Girl's Night Out [2003]

HOUR TWO //
Saul Stokes - Hello Radar [2008]
The Knife - Silent Shout [2006]
Silversun Pickups - Draining [2009]
Bat For Lashes - Daniel [2009]
Kate Bush - King Of The Mountain [2007]
Blonde Redhead - Bipolar [1997]
Cocteau Twins - Musette And Drums [1983]
The Chameleons - Is It Any Wonder? [1987]
Bat For Lashes - Travelling Woman [2009]
Saul Stokes - Interrupted By Time [2008]
jason.sloan - movement [2009] [from my new album, gotta do some self.promo ;-) ]

play.list 3.2 [3-29-09]

2009-03-28T10:59:00.013-05:00

for those that know me personally, you've heard my many stories about how i grew up in the middle of nowhere, USA. culture for many was a steady diet of winger, skid row, skoal and a mullet. if you were into new wave, punk, DIY culture or anything slightly off center, chances are you got called a "fag" and people always wanted to fight you or you would just get attacked. seriously! it's still hard for me to understand how something offering a different point of view from the majority can cause such upheaval in peoples lives. but looking back throughout society's history it seems to have always been that way. but for whatever reason, as a teenager, living an hour and half from any major metropolitan center, life was dark indeed ;-)

music was always an escape for me and like for many, saved me many times. i owe a big debt to my aunt patty who introduced me to new wave back in the early 80's. she would make me cassette copies of flock of seagulls, duran duran, split enz, the cars, inxs and other staples of that period (circa 82-85). i became aware a bit early that there was more out there that was edgier and sounded very different than what was being offered by the garbage kasey kasem and mainstream commercial radio were serving up. in these pre-internet days, there was really no way to hear what else was out there. it's kind of hard to fathom today when almost nothing is rare or inacessable, but it's very true.

then in the summer of 87 while laying in bed late one night listening to the radio on some cheap sony walkman knock-off, i came across a weak signal that was playing something that was VERY different than anything else i had ever heard on the radio. it turned out to be the pet shop boys "it's a sin" single which was just released a few weeks prior. every night after that i kept flipping the dial trying to find that station and see whatelse i could discover. fortunately over the course of the summer i was able to lock in on the station number with a better radio and was sure to preset 100.7 on the dial. i was exposed to so much great new music that summer. new order, guadalcanal diary, flesh for lulu, kate bush, love & rockets, jesus & mary chain and the list goes on. little did i know that when i went back to school that fall, very few people (probably under 10) were actually into the new wave scene or even knew what it was. but for the most part we stuck together and i have some pretty great memories from that time. we stuck out like a sore thumb amongst the mullets with our hair cuts, vision street wear and cure t-shirts, but in retrospect it was quite a bit of fun.

this months blog.cast is a big trip down memory lane with a 3 hour playlist assembled from requests from my friends that were rabid WXXP listeners and some of my favorite bands and tunes that were played by the station. i've been meaning to do this particular broadcast for a few years now, but with all the recent reconnections i've made with many of my friends from those years and our frequent mentions of "XX" this seemed like as good a time as any to pay my tribute to the station "that dared to be different."

WXXP 100.7 RIP 1986-1988.

enjoy.

SOME "WXXP" LINKS:
+ WXXP LEGACY
+ WXXP OFF AIR [FROM 1988]
+ WXXP MYSPACE TRIBUTE
+ DJ BIRD'S DIATRIBE

PLAYLIST: [subject to change]

• Alphaville: Big In Japan [Single Version]
• Voice Of The Beehive: I Say Nothing
• The Primitives: Crash [For Kelly who made me cassette copy of this album nearly 21 years ago]
• Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers: Tumblin' Down
• Gene Loves Jezebel: Twenty Killer Hurts
• Flesh For Lulu: Postcards From Paradise
• The Godfathers: Birth, School, Work, Death
• The Housemartins: There Is Always Something There To Remind Me
• The Cure: One More Time
• New Order: 1963
• The Church: Under The Milkyway
• XTC: Dear God [For Sheep]
• Shona Laing: Glad I'm Not [A Kennedy] (for Jennifer)
• The Jesus And Mary Chain: Sidewalking
• Julian Cope: World Shut Your Mouth
• Karel Fialka: Hey Matthew
• Depeche Mode: Get The Balance Right
• China Crisis: Arizona Sky
• Pet Shop Boys: It's A Sin (XX Mix)
• Love & Rockets: No New To Tell [For Kirk]
• Men Without Hats: O Sole Mio
• Midnight Oil: The Dead Heart
• Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians: Flesh No. One [Beatle Dennis]
• The Railway Children: A Pleasure
• The Mighty Lemon Drops: Fall Down Like The Rain
• The Mission UK: Wasteland
• Morrissey: I Know Very Well How I Got My Name
• Siouxsie & The Banshees: Song From The End Of The World
• Balaam and the Angel: I Love The Things You Do To Me
• Black: Everything's Coming Up Roses
• Jon Astley: Jane's Getting Serious
• Public Image Ltd: Seattle
• Shriekback: Go Bang!
• Tonio K. I'm Suppose To Have Sex With You
• The Soup Dragons: Head Gone Astray [For Frank]
• Stump: Charlton Heston
• The Sugarcubes: Birthday
• T-Bone Burnett: The Talking Animals
• Guadalcanal Diary: Litany (Life Goes On)
• The Wooden Tops: Stop This Car
• Kate Bush: Running Up That Hill
• Talking Heads: Blind
• The Screaming Blue Messiahs: I Wanna Be A Flintstone
• Big Pig: Breakaway
• The Affordable Floors: Wedding Ring
• Echo & The Bunnymen: People Are Strange
• Faith No More: We Care A Lot
• REM: It's The End Of The World As We Know It [And I Feel Fine]

play.list 3.1 [2-22-09]

2009-02-22T21:46:00.007-05:00

Lots of new stuff this month and well as some nostalgia.

I'm also really loving the new Morrissey album. In my opinion, it's his best since 1995's "Southpaw Grammer" He's put on a few pounds, but if it helps him put out a decent record, then I'm all for it.

In the second hour there are two live tracks from Mick Zimmerman and Justin Espinas. These are two of my students that gave some great live performances this week in class. Thanks guys.

See You Next Month.

[Hour.One]
Morrissey - Something Is Squeezing My Skull [2009] [FOR PAT]
The Ocean Blue - Between Something and Nothing [1989]
Morrissey - I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris [2009]
The Mighty Lemon Drops - Hollow Inside [1988]
New Order - Ceremony [Live 5/81 S.O. Club Berlin] [Thanks Jessica]
Luxúria - Luxúria [1988]
Macbeth - Help Me Lift You Up [1988]
Cocteau Twins - Feathers Oar Blades [Live1/83 Amsterdam] [Thanks Jessica]
Sinéad O'Connor - Jerusalem [1987]
Luxúria - Redneck [1986]
Morrissey - When Last I Spoke To Carol [2009]

[Hour.Two]
New Order - Everything's Gone Green [Live 5/81 S.O. Club Berlin] [Thanks Jessica]
Luxúria - Beast Box Is Dreaming [1988]
Morrissey - I'm Okay By Myself [2009]
Cocteau Twins - Wax and Wane [Live1/83 Amsterdam]
Psychic TV/PTV3 - Pickles and Jam [2009]
The Cars - Strap Me In [1987]
The Mighty Lemon Drops - Fall Down (Like The Rain) [1987]
The Cars - Breakaway [1987]
Psychic TV/PTV3 - The Thin Garden [2009]
Mick Zimmerman - Untitled [LIVE 2/09]
CINdYTALK- Vitriol In Memoriam [For Matt Kinnison] [2008]
CINdYTALK - It's Luxury [Demo] [1983]
CINdYTALK - By This River [Brian Eno cover, date unknown]
CINdYTALK - Inter Alia [2006]
Justin Espinas - Untitled [LIVE 2/09]

play.list 3.0 [1-25-09]

2009-01-25T20:02:00.006-05:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR! THE FIRST BLOG.CAST OF 2009

this month's play.list is made up of some excellent experimental ambient music and some contemplative psych rock.
the majority of these tracks are recent releases from the past few years with exception of a couple i pulled from my archive.

enjoy and feel free to leave comments.

[Hour.One]
Alva Noto - Xerrox Monophaser 1 - Xerrox Vol. 2 [2008]
Pocahaunted - Sister Calypso - Mirror Mics [2008]
Current 93 - Black Ship Skips To Armageddon - I Am Black Ship [2006]
Opal - Supernova - Happy Nightmare Baby [1987]
Alva Noto - Haliod Xerrox Copy 3 (Paris) - Xerrox Vol.1 [2007]
Murcof - Reflejo - Remembranza [2007]

[Hour.Two]
Sigur Rós - Untitled 7 - () [2002] (for my friend aubrey who has yet to hear Sigur Rós)
Pocahaunted - Divine Flesh - Peyote Road [2005]
Byla - Lake Opulia - Byla [2005]
Byla - The Last To Leave - Byla [2005]
Hrsta - Lime Kiln - L'eclat Du Ciel Etait Insoutenable [2001]
David Holmes - The Ballad Of Sarah and Jack - The Holy Pictures [2008]

play.list 2.6 [12-21-08]

2008-12-21T22:07:00.005-05:00

Happy Holidays!
Here is a special darker and contemplative winter mix of some great music both old and new from the collection.
enjoy...

[Hour.One]
Anne Clark - The Sitting Room [1982]
Piano Magic - Incurable [12" mix] [2006]
Mira Calix - Skin With Me [2000]
Pump - Blind [1987]
The Legendary Pink Dots - Pennies For Heaven [1991]
Mira Calix - Isabella [2000]
Crispy Ambulance - We Move Through The Plateau Phase [1981]
Anne Clark - Sleeper In Metropolis [1984]
CindytAlk - Fuck You Mrs. Grimace [1990]
Piano Magic - Password [2000]
Cocteau Twins - All But An Ark Lark feat. Gordon Sharpe [live 1982]
Cranes - Worlds [2008]
Film School - Activation [2006]

[Hour.Two]
Sixth Comm / Mother Destruction - Swan Death [1990]
Joy Division - Insight [John Peel Session] [1979]
Leather Nun - I Can Smell Your Thoughts [1987]
Michael Brook w/ Brian Eno & Daniel Lanois - Hybrid [1985]
Pylon - Crazy [1983]
Secret Machines - Daddy's In The Doldrums [2006]
The Stockholm Monsters - Kan Kill! [7" version] [1984]
Comsat Angels - Waiting For A Miracle [1984]
The Chameleons - View From A Hill [1982]
Wake - Melancholy Man [1985]
The Glove - A Blues In Drag [Robert Smith Demo w/ Vocal] [1984]
TV On The Radio - Providence [2006]

play.list 2.5 [11.23.08]

2008-11-23T20:22:00.015-05:00

CLASSIC TRAX
One of my favorite periods in modern electronic music history that i experience first hand, while it was happening, was spawned by the chicago based WAX TRAX! For me, the label's classic heyday period was from 1986-1992. Recently, i've been revisiting many of these classic albums from my collection. Some of them didn't age too well and while it kicked ass at the time, sounds pretty cheesy by today's standards (early Front 242, In The Nursery and a few A Split Seccond tracks for instance are pretty funny.) On the other hand, I was equally surprised at how much of this material STILL sounds pretty modern. There was nothing that sounded quite like the cold electronic dissonance that many of the WAX TRAX! bands created and nothing has really come close since then. In a fit of nostalgia I decided to compile a playlist for this months blog.cast of some of my favorite WAX TRAX! moments.

Be sure to check out Chris Connelly's new book: Concrete, Bulletproof, Invisible and Fried: My Life As A Revolting Cock published last year.
This was a REALLY enjoyable book. I recommend it for anyone that was even remotely into the underground electronic music scene in the US and Europe in the 80's and 90's.

play.list [HOUR ONE]
Revolting Cocks: No Devotion [1986]
A Split Second: Rigor Mortis [1986]
Finitribe: EyeBall [1989]
Suicide: Wild In Blue [1989]
1000 Homo DJs: Better Ways [12" Mix] [1990]
Ajax: Fast Car [1989]
TGT: REVO [The Eon Mix] [1988]
Chris Connelly: Stowaway [1991]
Coil: Further Back and Faster [1991]
Front 242: Controversey Between [1987]
Revolting Cocks: Stainless Steel Providers [1990]

play.list [HOUR TWO]
Front Line Assembly: Shutdown [1989]
KMFDM: Seutsche Schuld [1986]
Lead Into Gold: Age Of Reason [1990]
Greater Than One: Everybody's Crazy [1988]
Revolting Cocks: Cattle Grind [studio version]
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult: A Daisy Chain 4 Satan [Acid & Flowers Mix] [1990]
Pailhead: Man Should Surrender [1990]
Psychic TV: IC Water [1988]
PTP: Show Me Your Spine [1989]
Revolting Cocks: Physical [Rare Banned Version] [1990]
A Split Second: Colonial Discharge [1988]
Controlled Bleeding: Fodder Song [1989]

[classic WAX TRAX mail order catalog. scanned from the inside sleeve of of the TGT: REVO 12"]

REVOLTING COCKS: CATTLE GRIND
[LIVE FROM THEIR DEBUT PERFORMANCE AT THE METRO IN CHICAGO 1987]

play.list 2.4 [09.28.08]

2008-09-28T20:15:00.004-05:00

analogue vs. digital

play.list [hour 1]
severed heads: petrol // come visit the big bigot [1987]
front 242: sample d // no comment [1984]
severed heads: a million angels // since the accident [1983]
depeche mode: ice machine // new life b-side [1981]
severed heads: dead eyes opened 12" mix // dead eyes open 12" [1983]
psychic tv: bliss // towards thee infinite beat [1990]
black dog productions: xeper - carceres ex novum (+ phill(1)) // bytes [1993]
the new london school of electronics: the deepest cut // the deepest cut [1994]

play.list [hour 2]
boards of canada: sixtyniner // twoism [2002]
severed heads: spider lox elton // op3 side two - five elton johns [2007]
dreamfish: hymn // dreamfish 1 [1995]
severed heads: stupid maurice faction // op3 side one [2007]
carbon based lifeforms: central plains // hydroponic garden [2006]
the new london school of electronics: georgia // the deepest cut [1994]

BLOG.CAST RETURNS SEPTEMBER 28, 2008

2008-09-01T14:59:00.003-05:00

the fall season season of blog.cast will begin sunday september 28, 2008 at 10pm EST.
i'm looking very forward to the first broadcast of the season!

i hope everyone had a wonderful summer holiday.

until then,

jason.

play.list 2.3 [05.26.08]

2008-05-26T15:12:00.006-05:00

play.list [hour 1]
Ulrich Schnauss: Monday - Paracetamol [2003]
Silversun Pickups: Rusted Wheel [2006]
The Reegs: The Dream Police [1993]
Ulrich Schnauss: Clear Day [2003]
A Shoreline Dream: Zoning [2006]
The Reegs: The Nasty Side [1993]
This Ascension: Drone [1991]

play.list [hour 2]
Cranes: E.G. Shining [John Peel Session] [1991]
Film School: February [2005]
Wire: A Touching Display [1980]
Grinderman: No Pussy Blues [2007]
Cranes: Focus Breathe [John Peel Session] [1991]
Kitchens of Distinction: Margaret's Injection [1992]
Cranes: Lemon Tree [1995]
Seefeel: Industrious [1996]
Gyges: Polyspheric [2002}
Michael Reis: Generative Experiments [2008]

play.list 2.2 [04.27.08]

2008-04-27T19:24:00.005-05:00

play.list [hour 1]
John Tavener; Academy Of Ancient Music: Funeral Canticle [1999]
Tony Wakeford: Cupid & Death [1999]
Sol Invictus: The World Turns Green [2006]
Sol Invictus: All's Well In Hell [2006]

play.list [hour 2]
La Monte Young: The Well Tuned Piano [Part 7]
La Monte Young: The Well Tuned Piano [Part 8]

play.list 2.1 [03.30.08]

2008-03-30T18:54:00.003-05:00

play.list [hour 1]
Carbon Based Lifeforms: Abiogenesis
Autechre: Palalel Suns
Saul Stokes: Hurried Space
Autechre: Outh9X
Seefeel: Industrious
Falling You: Reading the Leaves
:Zoviet*France: Ammor
Autechre: Altibzz

play.list [hour 2]
The Wake: Melancholy Man
The Essence: Forever in Death
The Wake: Here Comes Everybody
The Essence: A Reflected Dream
Modern English: Gathering Dust
Joy Division: Insight [John Peel Session]
New Order: We All Stand [Live 1985]
Sol Invictus: All`s Well In Hell
Current 93: Hooves
Sol Invictus: The Watching Moon
Current 93: In Sadness Sang
The Wolfgang Press: Lisa (The Passion)

WHOOPS!!

2008-03-12T21:51:00.002-05:00

okay, the first time in over a year, and i forgot. the end of february just came and went. then i realized, holy hell, i missed the blog.cast. a couple people e.mailed wondering what happened and the simple truth is i forgot. i'll be back with a good playlist to make up for it on SUNDAY MARCH 30th from 8-10pm. catch you then...

play.list 2.0 [01.27.08]

2008-01-27T19:43:00.003-05:00

this play.list will broadcast from 8-10pm EST january 27, 2008

this month's blog.cast is kind of a grab bag of new and old favorites. it was a bit difficult creating a decent playing sequence since there is quite a bit of diversity with these artists but it actually flows well.

much of the first hour is dedicated to things from the past that i have either recently digitized from vinyl or cassette, because no one cares enough to release it on cd [ie: the happy cadavers, pump, three clouds in the sky] , or have re.discovered again on my cd shelves after years [old FLA, jane's & cyberaktif].

the second hour ends with a band i've recently discovered and just cannot stop listening to. the morningside are based in moscow and seem to defy an accurate classification. if you look them up online you'll see they're tagged as "doom metal", "progressive metal", "black metal" and everything else in between, but the bottom line is i really don't think they fit into any of those genres. the music on their 2007 debut album "the wind, the trees and the shadows of the past" is anything but metal in my book. sure there is some rocking parts, and yes the second track does feature those "throaty vocals" that seems to be a hallmark in "black metal" but the music is extremely well crafted and rather beautiful. if you would like to check out something new and are not afraid of venturing into some "doom metal" online forums, you'll probably be able to track down a copy of the entire album to sample. seems upon its initial release, the band made it available for free online for a bit. i've since ordered an actual hard copy for my library because i don't see myself tiring of this one for a while.

below is one of my favorite tracks from their debut album.
click the play button & enjoy...

The Morningside - The Shadows Of The Past

play.list [hour 1]

byla: lake opulia 9:21 [2005]
dole: satellite 5:17 [1985]
front line assembly: complexity 7:48 [1988]
cyberaktif: nothing stays the same 5:24 [1993]
front line assembly: black fluid 5:36 [1986]
pump: blind 6:34 [1987]
cindytalk: the moon above me 3:51 [1991]
jane's addiction: ted, just admit it 7:22 [1988]
the happy cadavers: magic or the spinner's song (spider of god) 10:06 [1992]

play.list [hour 2]

coitus int: you will not swear in this house 5:11 [1985]
three clouds in the sky: the song of singing violins 2:27 [1985]
jane's addiction: ocean size 4:20 [1988]
three clouds in the sky: a pretty picture 3:49 [1985]
the happy cadavers: down (version i.) 3:33 [1990]
the morningside: the wind, the trees and the shadows of the past: 42:02 [2007]

i. intro
ii. the wind
iii. the trees
iv. the shadows of the past
v. outro

play.list 1.8 [11.25.07]

2007-11-25T18:44:00.000-05:00

this play.list will broadcast from 8-10pm EST november 25, 2007

play.list [hour 1]

hilmar orn hilmarsson: sudurgata 3:29 [1986]
robert rich live in stanford 44:45 [1984]
hilmar orn hilmarsson: farm 3:18 [1986]
lisa gerrard: Inexile 6:04 [2006]
hilmar orn hilmarsson: Pretty Angles 5:06 [1986]

play.list [hour 2]

lisa gerrard: : comet en derness 3:29 [2006]
chris and cosey: Smell the Roses 4:32 [1985]
robert rich: live in monterey 46:25 [1983]
chris and cosey: send the magick down 4:34 [1985]

play.list 1.7 [10.28.07]

2007-10-28T18:54:00.000-05:00

tonight is a special 2.5 hour blog.cast from 8pm to 10:30pm EST.
the first hour i present a live set from the newest addition to the slo.bor media roster, kadman. this performance was recorded this past friday [10.26.07] night at the lo-fi social club in baltimore.

play. list [hour 1 contemplative slow.core / indie rock]
kadman // live at the lo-fi social club, baltimore, md. usa [recorded 10/26/07]

1. Diesel
2. Cleveland
3. Red Lights, Fresh Paint
4. Raise the Curtain
5. Sorry
6. No One
7. Honeymoon's End (for Kim)
8. New Years Day
9. Wake Up

play. list [hour 2: classic & forgotten space music]
the weather has finally turned cold here in baltimore and it has put me in the mood for some old favorites from years gone by. this past week i was pulling out some classics by eberhard schoener and peter michael hamel for a couple of my students studying experimental sound. i realized at that point i had not listened to these discs in years and proceded to rip them for my ipod [probably not the way schoener and hamel intended these works to be heard]. while re.visiting these albums after about 10-15 years on the shelf, i began to realized how much of an impact they've had on my own approach to music and philosophy towards sound. unfortunately, it seems like the artists that have a great influence and lay the foundation for others sometimes fall by the way side for whatever reason. with this in mind i would like to dedicate the second half of this blog.cast to those artists who dare to take that step forward, but never really get the praise or recognition they deserve.

michael hoenig: departure from the northern wasteland [1978]
michael shrieve: nucleotide [1984]
eberhard schoener: sky music [1973]
peter michael hamel: colours of time i. [1980]
popul vuh: aguirre [1975]
lou reed: wind coda [2007]

play.list 1.6 [9.30.2007]

2007-09-30T15:04:00.001-05:00

the formal concept of this blog.cast returns tonight with some of my favorite tracks to transition into the fall months with. new and classic contemplative sounds for the season of transitions.

play. list [hour 1]
erik wollow: nature morte [1990]
remco helbers: a kinder blue iv [2003]
pauline oliveros, stuart dempster and panaiotis: ione [1989]
remco helbers: anabaena [2006]
michael brook with brian eno & daniel lanois: mimosa [1985]
vidnaObmana and jeff pearce: wander [1999]
current 93: softblack stars ii. [1998]
tim hecker: kaito [2004]
lycia: down [1990]

play. list [hour 2]
Strange Boutique: The Flatterer [1990]
Film School: Must Try Easier [2007]
The Glove: A Blues In Drag [Alt Robert Smith Vocal] [1984]
T.G.V.T (Third Global Vagina Torture): Rinde 5 [1990]
Peter Gabriel: Of These, Hope [1989]
Brian Eno, Harold Budd: Late October [1984]
C.W. Vrtacek: Saying Goodbye To The Beauty and Complexity Of Life On Earth [1986]
Kevin Keller: Distanced [1999]
Popol Vuh: Aguirre [1975]
Projekt Electronic Amerika: Kathryn [1986]
Carbon Based Lifeforms: Betula Pendula [2006]
The Moon Seven Times: Dear Joe [1993]
Remco Helbers: Untitled [2007]
Pete Namlook: While Angels Sleep [2001]

play.list 1.5 [6.24.2007]

2007-06-24T16:31:00.000-05:00

for the first hour of tonight's blog.cast, i will be performing the first of three live improvised ambient sound works. these works will then be released in a limited edition cassette only series. the three movements will be released individually and packaged in a 7-1/8 x 4-5/8 x 9/16 clear plastic cassette album. included with each release is a 32 page, 6x9 full color perfect bound book with liner notes and art.work.

titles and dates for each performance are listed below:

i. 51 10' 48.213" // -1 49' 37.7176" [60:00 minutes] june 24, 2007 [8:00pm]
ii. 1 41 7' 46.8516" // -79 47' 46.4928" [60:00 minutes] july 22, 2007 [8:00pm]
iii. 39 19' 41.4156" // -76 36' 48.7332" [60:00 minutes] august 5, 2007 [8:00pm]

in may, i made a 9 day trip to europe to gather field recordings to use as the sonic backbone for each work in this series. live microphones will also be placed at various locations outside my studio windows, allowing the captured soundscapes to bleed live into the work.

the first cassette will be released july 8, 2007. ordering information and product photographs will be made available soon!!

PLAYLIST 1.5 [9:00PM]

the summer always brings me face to face with nostalgia. one of the fondest memories for me is the summer of 1987. i was re.discovering my.self and will always look at that year as a turning point in my life. this month's blog.cast may not appear to follow a specific theme or mood but in my mind it is in line with that spirit of re.discovery. what i've been listening to recently has actually been a grab.bag of old, new and re.discovered tracks.
enjoy.

play.list
kings of leon: knocked up [2007]
piano magic: the last engineer [2007]
silversun pickups: rusted wheel [2006]
kitchens of distinction: margaret's injection [1989]
seefeel: signals [1993]
current 93: in sadness sang [1993]
throbbing gristle: after the fall [2007]
the mission: tower of strength [1988]
sisters of mercy: neverland (full-version) [1987]

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play.list 1.4 [5.27.2007]

2007-05-27T18:21:00.000-05:00

to celebrate the first record by throbbing.gristle in over 25 years, thee endless knot 2007, i've put together a playlist of some of my favorite tracks by each of the groups members post T.G. i'll be writing more this week.
playlist:

sequencer - chris and cosey [1984]
almaost a kiss - throbbing gristle [2007]
well spring ov life - chris and cosey w/ john lacey [1984]
alters of peace - simon fisher turner (from derek jarman's the garden) [1990]
deep velvet [live] - chris and cosey [1988/2004]
time to tell - cosey fanni tutti [1981]
remote viewing i. - coil [2002]
lyre liar - throbbing gristle [2007]
thee whale - psychic tv [1993]
as pure as? - coil [1991]
resonance - chris carter [1980]
CTI credit sequence - CTI [1983]

play.list 1.3 [4.29.2007]

2007-04-28T15:53:00.000-05:00

this month's blog.cast will be divided into two parts:

i.
the first hour will feature a live in studio concert with neo.electronic experimentalist justin espinas. espinas creates his own custom electronic and circuit bent instruments. sunday evening his set will feature a bent burglar alarm and a custom built blue tooth circuit board. this instrument will be used to wirelessly control patches built using pure data. with the sonic terrain justin's work explores he could be looked at as a 21st century G.M. Koenig, Iannis Xenakis, or K.K Null. after his solo set, justin and i will throw caution to the wind and round out the first hour with a first time collaboration. be sure to check out the live web.cam to watch the performance while you are listening.

ii.
for the second hour, i am looking forward to playing some early experimental music. many of the ideas and theories that went into these works have been highly influential to my work over the years. this hour will be rounded out with a few contemporary works by younger artists working in this vein today.

playlist for blog.cast 1.3:
hour [1]: live in studio concert:

part one: justin espinas - live [25.m 38s]
part two: justin espinas & jason.sloan - live [35:08]

hour [2]:
otto luening: low speed (1960)
lannis xenakis: concret PH (1955)
pierre schaeffer: cinq etudes de bruits: etude violette (1984)
luigi and antonio russolo: corale (1921)
konrad boehmer: aspekt (1966)
henri pousseur: scambi (1957)
einsturzende neubauten: ragout: kuchen rezpt von einsturzende neubauten (1998)
jim o'rourke: mizu no nai umi (edit) (1990)
tim hecker: chimeras (2006)
tim hecker: rainbow blood (2006)