radio playlist, 24 april, 2011, 10am-12 pm, ktru fm (rice university radio)

richard youngs / come hear us now [(k-raa-k) festival] on the k-raa-k label.
this kind of punishment / the diary of hermann doubt [a beard of bees] on the ajax label.
fugu / f22 (géorhyque de zech) [fugu e.p.] on the semantic label.
the pretty things / she says good morning [s.f. sorrow] on the emi/snapper label.

ñico estrada y su sonora (feat. vicky zamora) / ven pa' mi casa [¡gózalo! bugalú tropical, vol. 1] on the vampi soul label.
moondog / why spend a dark night with me [moondog 2 (1971)] on the cbs label.
the magnetic fields / you love to fail [the wayward bus] on the popup label.
volcano the bear / burnt seer [amidst the noise and twigs] on the beta-lactum ring label.
this heat / a new kind of water [deceit] on the these label.

man city lion / nah anad [siamese soul: thai pop spectacular, vol. 2] on the sublime frequencies label.
anna homler / oo'na to'ye [macaronic sines] on the lowlands label.
kemialliset ystävät / utuaurat [kellari juniversumi] on the fonal label.
fougou / oculus [reversed dreams of this nature] on the ikuisuus label.
bob cobbing / are your children safe in the sea? [the spoken word: early recordings 1965-1973] on the british library label.
psychic tv / orchids [dreams less sweet] on the some bizzare label.

rosa lee hill / bullying well [been here all my days] on the mississippi label.
alastair galbraith / portrait [morse/gaudylight] on the xeric/table of the elements label.
wolf people / silbury sands [steeple] on the jagjaguwar label.
ersen / gunese don cicegem [ersen] on the finders keepers label.
pudding / magic bus [rubble six: the clouds have groovy faces] on the bam caruso label.

the fall / the man whose head expanded [totally wired: the rough trade anthology] on the rough trade/castle label.
barbara manning / mark e. smith & brix [scissors] on the heyday label.
omar khorshid / wadil mulul (valley of the kings) [guitar el chark] on the sublime frequencies label.
ghost / who found a lost rose in the warship? [lama rabi rabi] on the drag city label.
the dentists / the little engineer's set [some people are on the pitch they think it's all over it is now] on the spruck/rev-ola label.
wire / mannequin [pink flag] on the pink flag label.

alasdair roberts / you muses assist [spoils] on the drag city label.
klimperei / les lapins dans la lune [tout seul sur la plage en hiver] on the in-poly-sons label.
dolly mixture / never let it go [demonstration tapes] on the royal mint label.
ivor cutler / cockadoodledon't [ludo] on the rev-ola label.
the friendly science orchestra / sutekina sora o [miniature album 7"] on the friendly science enregisterments label.

boards of canada / sixtyten [music has the right to children] on the warp/skam label.
belbury poly / caermaen [the willows] on the ghost box label.
forest / graveyard [the full circle] on the harvest/zap! label.
nick drake / fly [bryter layter] on the hannibal label.
young marble giants / wurlitzer jukebox [colossal youth] on the rough trade label.
abner jay / my mule [true story of abner jay] on the mississippi label.

can / sing swan song [ege bamyasi] on the spoon label.

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here's the playlist for my last broadcast on 91.7 fm at ktru. despite a significant effort from students/alumni/listeners to block the sale of the 91.7 frequency and transmitter to the university of houston, the fcc recently approved the transfer, and ktru will no longer be broadcast on 91.7 fm after 6 am (CST) april 28, 2011. ktru will continue to broadcast via ktru.org (streamable online and via several mobile devices) and via hd radio @ kpft hd 2.

for this special show, i selected several of my favorite bands and tracks and gave them one last spin on the houston airwaves. the selection is more song-oriented than my usual freeform shows, but with the temporary relinquishment of playlist requirements, i decided to take the opportunity to put together a show that was very, well...very me.

i got an enthusiastic call about the anna homler track, which made me very happy, because the caller's reaction mirrored my own when the song was first introduced to me by my fabulous friend dan plunkett (creator of nd magazine and co-proprietor of end of an ear records in austin, texas) sometime in the mid-to-late 90s. i also have dan to thank for introducing me to this heat's "a new kind of water". he first played it for me in his original record shop (the late, great 33 degrees in austin), and it was an unforgettable experience.

we attempted to make a digital recording of the show, but due to microphone issues (i.e., tons of static in the microphone), it's virtually unlistenable during the talksets (which overlap with the music on most occasions). i thoroughly enjoyed the music, though, and i WILL make a mix of these songs to share with friends & listeners soon. i just need to decide if i want to do a segued, music-only mix or a podcast with some commentary about the tracks played.

anyway, i'll continue to dj at ktru--and reach out to others electronically through music--for at least a little while longer. so stay tuned. (just not on fm anymore.)

image cribbed from this page at the always excellent 50 watts (formerly a journey round my skull) blog.

genetic memory radio playlist (1 hour by nan), 11 april 2011, ktru rice university radio

smegma / mirage [mirage] on the important label.
chora / glasgeblase [the wax wheel] on the zero jardins label.
leonard emmanuel / hoot owl fight / mocking a fox / a cornered 'coon [hollerin'] on the rounder label.
stewart walden / mmmmorning [agdam compilation] on the agdam label.
derek rogers / signal space 1 [triagonals] on the ruralfaune synth series label.
susan matthews / mbox2 [temporal echoes] on the sirenwire label.
the compass rose / the plough horse [the plough horse] on the ekhein label.
asmus tietchens / weiter nicht [aus freude am elend] on the dom/die stadt label.
conrad schnitzler & wolfgang seidel / espana [consequenz ii] on the captain trip label.
christina carter / a blind eye [texas blues working] on the blackest rainbow label.
ariel kalma / le temps des moissons [le temps des moissons] on the beta-lactum ring label.
akemi ishijima / time drops [time drops] on the paradigm label.
m. holterbach & julia eckhardt / two stasis made out of electricity [do-undo (in g maze)] on the helen scarsdale agency label.
kahondo style / peach boy [green tea and crocodiles] on the nato label.
michel chion, lionel marchetti & jérôme noetinger / i'm dracula [les 120 jours] on the fringes label.
innercity / untitled [last year of obsolete reality] on the amnesia agency label.
demons / tropical depression [in between] on the aa label.
parashi / a surrender [troika] on the stunned label.
paul de vree / kleine caroli [henri chopin's revue ou] on the alga marghen label.
jean c. roché & jean thevenet / martinique, january 1969 [cicadas & crickets] on the sittelle label.
k11 / pietro riparbelli & philippe petit / chapter 3: doppelganger presence [the haunting triptych] on the boring machines label.
lily greenham / seascape [lingual music] on the paradigm label.

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these were the sound materials for the hour programmed by me (the first third of the show). there was some excerpting of tracks (but not much) and a lot of overlapping/layering. if you'd like to hear to the music mix (just a continuous music mix--no on-air announcements or anything), you can grab it here.

the entire radio show playlist (in reverse chronological order and including hk's choices, too) is at ktru's site: here.

image cribbed from the endlessly fascinating 50 watts blog, probably from one of the posts from livre de la sante.

genetic memory radio playlist by hk & nan, 14 february 2011, ktru rice university radio

i've been remiss in posting playlists. in fact, i've been quite remiss in my blogging duties in general. but i've been so inspired by several great blogs lately (particularly a sound awareness, toys & techniques and the dunwich radio podcast), i've just GOT to revive this thing. i have lots of wonderful things to share. i really do.

after a fabulous 5-course dinner at t'afia, hk and i pulled ourselves out of our respective food comas and went over to KTRU to create our monthly genetic memory radio program. we split our 3-hour timeslot 50/50. here is what we played:

hk's set:
brian lavelle / the red and the white [avalonian] on the apollolaan label.
richard youngs / sussex pond (don't go backwards and forth mix) [atlas of hearts] on the apollolaan label.
marcus fischer / cascadia obscura [monocostal] on the 12k label.
gareth davis and machinefabriek / part two [grower] on the sonic pieces label.
aghast / sacrifice [hexerei im zwielicht der finsternis] on the cold meat industry label.
seefeel / aug30 [seefeel] on the warp label.
andrew liles / part three [the progeny of flies] on the beta-lactam ring label.
dick raaijmakers (as dick raaymakers) / piano forte (1959-1960) [an anthology of noise and electronic music volume 6] on the sub rosa label.
mz 412 / salvo honoris morte [in nomine dei nostri satanas luciferi excelsis] on the cold spring label.
cube of force / eye of vecna [book of vile darkness] on the onyudo label.
andrew paine / the rest will follow [the rest will follow] on the self-released label.
henrik nordvargr bjorkk / a wilderness of cloades 5-6 [a wilderness of cloades] on the old europa cafe label.
stephan mathieu / schwarzschild radius - original mix [a static place] on the 12k label.
dead voices on air / eyes i dare not meet in dreams [from afar all stars spark and glee] on the lens label.
wil bolton / slate [time lapse] on the hibernate label.
xela / eve's reposte [the sublime] on the digitalis label.
troum / the self-playing ocean [mare idiophonika] on the tourette label.
soliloquy sun / ii [soliloquy sun] on the sonic oyster label.

nan's set:
æthanor / laudanum tusk [en form for bla] on the vhf label.
ruth white / lover's wine [flowers of evil] on the creel pone label.
ron geesin / u.f.o. [electrosound] on the glo-spot label.
nmperign & jason lescaleet / the mystery disease that haunts my town [love me two times] on the intransitive label.
louise huebner / the turkish bean spell for tender love [seduction through witchcraft] on the warner label.
anna homler / robot love song [house of hands] on the nd label.
quiet evenings / cabin incense [cascades] on the hooker vision label.
leafcutter john / palm reader [tunis] on the tsuku boshi label.
lionel marchetti / la visite des morts [red dust] on the crouton label.
sidney sager / start title [children of the stones soundtrack] on the unreleased label.
throbbing gristle / persuasion [20 jazz funk greats] on the grey area/mute label.
pedestrian deposit / east fork [east fork / north fork] on the monorail trespassing label.
vanessa rossetto / swim bladder [mineral orange] on the kye label.
tim hecker / midnight whispers [my love is rotten to the core] on the alien8 label.
es / she puts out the fire in her heart with her tears [a love cycle] on the fonal label.
catherine jauniaux & ikue mori / i fall in love too easily [vibraslaps] on the recrec label.
pierre raph / bruits et voix dans le cemetaire [the films of jean rollin] on the lucertola label.
chris watson / gahlitzerstrom [stepping into the dark] on the touch label.
monos / a place of voices [above the sky] on the icr label.
teiji ito / true love found [from "maeva"] [music for maya] on the tzadik label.
rolf julius / brazil [für einen kleinen see] on the because tomorrow comes label.
vava kitora / from the deep woods [the spinning song] on the there label.
tapa paha tapa / i love it [more arctic hysteria / son of arctic hysteria] on the love label.
pantaleimon / pure raw heart (cloisters) [re-imaginging by plinth] [heart of the sun] on the durto/jnana label.

thanks to this post @ a sound awareness for the excerpt from the children of the stones soundtrack (which is still unreleased). thanks, once again, to a journey round my skull (best eye candy ever), the source of the lovely fish-people artwork. here's the original post from whence it came.

genetic memory radio playlist (all 3 hours), 13 december 2010, ktru rice university radio

vava kitora / the spirit who knocks on the door [the spinning song] on the there label.
sugarconnection / untitled [track 2] [alien cakes] on the no mans land label.
vanessa rossetto / make good use of the ground [mineral orange] on the kye label.
alessandro bosetti / zahre [zwolfzungen] on the sedimental label.
john cage / radio music [fluxus anthology] on the anthology label.
people like us & wobbly / female convict [plus a little bit of "sardines" from people like us's "thermos explorer"] [music for the fire] on the illegal art label.
cassis cornuta / halo 10 [mag ik eens even in uw broek pissen?] on the ultra eczema label.
daphne oram / rockets in ursa major (except 1) [oramics] on the paradigm label.
of / ii [the quartz pool] on the jewelled antler label.
chris watson / ol-olool-o [weather report] on the touch label.
felix kubin / vogel ohne specht [echohaus] on the dekorder label.
andrew paine / lgb [thelordgodbird] on the (private pressing) label.
space weather / the weather's maiden [the weather's maiden] on the apollolaan label.
kuupuu / teen tulen tanaan [illusia] on the time-lag label.
philip sanderson / radium lab [seal pool sounds] on the seal pool label.
olivia block / mobius fuse, part 1 [last 11 min. or so] [mobius fuse] on the sedimental label.
silverman / this side of the door [time on thin ice] on the beta-lactum ring label.
current 93 / i have a special plan for this world [i have a special plan for this world] on the durtro label.
dead machines / dead end on olson street pt. 1 [dead end on olson street] on the ypsilanti label.
call back the giants / call back the giants [call back the giants] on the kye label.
chrystal belle scrodd / immanence [belle de jour] on the klanggalerie label.
teresa rampazzi / environ [musica endoscopica] on the die schachtel label.
pefkin / counting the leaves that tremble at dawn [zugunruhe] on the sound & fury label.
blood stereo / helium contract [the magnetic headache] on the bottrop boy label.
kemialliset ystävät / mestari ei väsy [ullakoppalo] on the fonal label.
lsd-march / kumoitachikumo [uretakumo nakunarutorika] on the beta-lactum ring label.
volcano the bear / planetary bethlehem [side b, excerpt] [planetary bethlehem] on the beta-lactum ring label.
ghédalia tazartès / six [antemortem] on the hinterzimmer label.
pietro grossi / modulzioni per michelangelo [combinatoria] on the die schachtel label.
monopoly child star seachers / waterfalls introduction [bamboo for two] on the olde english spelling bee label.
cosey fanni tutti / invisible whispers [mist while sleeping/invisible whispers] on the dirter promotions label.
joerg siegert & chorus of xii / viii [brain sound: an attempt to record coincidence] on the nero's neptune label.
runhild gammelsaeter / expanding the universe [amplicon] on the utech label.
maja s. k. ratkje / cyborgic [side a, excerpt] [cyborgic] on the last recording company label.
cyclobe / strix nebulosa [the visitors] on the phantom code label.
part wild horses mane on both sides / milky days [all cows are sacred] on the house of alchemy label.

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image shameless pilfered from the continuously inspiring 'a journey round my skull' blog, which is now 50 watts.

greengage sounds

i've just created a blog for my newly revived record label, greengage sounds. the first release was a 7" lathe-cut split single by two sun tears & buddha on the moon.

forthcoming releases: fougou cd-r and kyle bruckmann 7" lathe-cut.

see greengagesounds.blogspot.com for more info.

radio playlist 17 october 2010, 10am-12 pm, ktru fm (rice university radio)

alasdair roberts / a lyke wake dirge [no earthly man] on the drag city label.
black to comm / jonathan [alphabet 1968] on the type label.
tex la homa / orange moon [into timeless shadows] on the acuarela label.

dara puspita / mabuk laut (sea sick) [1966-1968] on the sublime frequencies label.
soul vendors / get with it [clement "coxsone" dodd: musical fever, 1967-1968] on the trojan label.
deru / goodbye [say goodbye to useless] on the mush label.
alice cohen / liquid letters [walking up walls] on the olde english spelling bee label.
alain savouret / time is only a revolution [50 ans de musique electroacoustique] on the fondazione teatro massimo label.
hassle hound / cicada circle [born in a night] on the staubgold label.

the shalabi effect / harpie [unfortunately] on the alien8 label.
shirley collins & davey graham / nottamun town [folk roots, new routes] on the fledg'ling label.
family fodder / kisses [more great hits!] on the jungle label.
tatsuya nakatani / untitled [9] [abiogenesis] on the h&h label.
robert a.a. lowe & rose lazar / fantomoj de la vitro domo [eclipses] on the thrill jockey label.

low red center / olive shaped [low red center] on the s-s label.
josef k / sorry for laughing [the only fun in town] on the ltm label.
ivor cutler / squeeze bees [jammy smears] on the virgin label.
lau nau / lue kartalta [nukkuu] on the locust label.

mississippi sheiks / yodeling fiddling blues [american yodeling 1911-1946] on the trikont label.
ebo taylor / kwame [love and death] on the strut label.
volcano the bear / my favorite tongues [classic erasmus fusion] on the beta-lactum ring label.
greg davis / fennel and tangerine [divorce series vol. 5 [split 7"]] on the ache label.
a.r. & machines / i'll be your singer you be my song [die grune reise] on the tangram label.

sharon van etten / one day [epic] on the ba da bing label.
lower dens / holy water [twin hand movement] on the gnomonsong label.
lsd-march / my mother has killed me [under milk wood] on the important label.
seaworthy & matt rosner / meroo lake pt. 1 [two lakes] on the 12k label.
machine for making sense / observance 8 [the act of observation becomes the object itself] on the rossbin label.

sitt wedoudah al-manyalawiyyah (with sami al-shawa) / asmar helwah ya nas uhibuh (oh people! i love this dark-skinned one) [women of egypt, 1924-1931] on the topic label.
terry riley / music for the gift, pt. 2 [music for the gift/bird of paradise/mescalin mix] on the organ of corti label.
budos band / budos dirge [iii] on the daptone label.
ephram carter, j.w. jones, james jones & floyd bussey / old hen cackled, laid a double egg [travelling in the jungle] on the testament label.
richard youngs / fountain of light [river through howling sky] on the jagjaguwar label.

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i haven't posted a playlist (or anything else) for a while now, but i did have quite a bit of fun on the air this morning, so i thought i'd slap this one up here. ktru is still on the air in houston, but our days are literally numbered unless we act now. to find out how you can help, visit www.savektru.org.

genetic memory radio playlist (1 hour), 6 september 2010, ktru rice university radio

richard youngs / mountain got so lonely [inceptor] on the volcanic tongue label.
charles curse / u-bolt / sombre noble anti-fuck [rain in skull] on the olde english spelling bee label.
ghedalia tazartes / la vie et la morte legendaires du spermatozoide humuch lardy [diasporas / tazartes] on the alga marghen label.
venus handcuffs [AKA corpses as bedmates] / birds fly out [venus handcuffs] on the ad hoc label.
sean mccann / gaslit statues [fable shop] on the cylindrical habitat modules label.
alessandro bosetti / restless (mandarin chinese) [zwolfzungen] on the sedimental label.
rotten piece / hoof and mouth [within the apparatus are pockets of quiet] on the fleece label.
orphan fairytale / phantom shapes [ladybird labyrinth] on the ultra eczema label.
dylan nyoukis / these throats your feathers [inside wino lodge] on the no fun productions label.
brian lavelle / i did not go outside [magdelena] on the diophantine label.
milk from cheltenham / our dictator [triptych of prisoners] on the alga marghen label.
andrew paine & richard youngs / third call to solomon [guide to music] on the sonic oyster label.
graham lambkin / jumpskins [salmon run] on the kye label.
storm bugs / aboulia [let's go outside and get it over] on the snatch tapes label.
volcano the bear / all the paint i can breathe [guess the birds] on the beta-lactam ring label.
kodama / wandering around inside of "ourea" we blew into the breathing of the stochastic rushing water / and once again, the mirror was too steamed to cross the voracious throat [turning leaf migrations] on the olde english spelling bee label.
jim copp & ed brown / the duck, the tiger, the shrimp and the owl [a fidgety frolic] on the playhouse label.
alastair galbraith / dances for the blind owl 2 [dances for the blind owl] on the la station radar label.
anna homler / e'sha ko'la kee'yo [house of hands] on the nd label.

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tag-teamed last night's 3-hour genetic memory shift with austin caustic and hk. (the entire 3-hour playlist, in reverse order, is here. only my hour is posted above.) i did the middle hour. hk said it was like a neopolitan ice cream treat: austin (who went first) was the chocolate, i was the strawberry, and he (hk) was the vanilla. i asked hk if he minded being the vanilla, which suggests his hour was the blandest or most boring (which isn't true, of course). he said no. he said that vanilla serves a very important purpose with regard to the other flavors--i.e., it offsets/complements/enhances them. (i love vanilla ice cream, by the way.)

more freeform playlists coming soon, along with my first official mix, which is almost ready for posting. i just need a good visual to go along with it. working on that...

save ktru! (www.savektru.org)

(wonderful louis wain image from the journey round my skull archives: here)