WMEB radio show, 20090512

Here are the songs I plan to play today - at the moment out of order. Who knows if I will put them in order during the show. Commentary may or may not arrive. Times may or may not be listed. We'll see if I pay attention to the blog while immersing my head in the music.

• Serenade for Six German Sirens Op. 43 --- Hallgrímur Valjálmsson --- Serenade for Six German Sirens Op. 43
  12.04
  Only played the first 9 minutes, the "first movement." It's a set of sirens (duh) at different frequencies and tempos, and they play against each other like the best and most classic of minimalist phase music. Very very cool.
  
• Das Mecklenburger Pferd --- Hans-Karsten Raecke --- Sound Sculptures
  12.16
  Play a sculpture, go ahead. Add a badly played saxophone. Go ahead, enjoy it. It's pretty fun. Then the skronking starts. Is this postclassical music, free jazz, both? Who cares. It's fun.
  
• Procession / Peregrinacion --- Pauline Oliveros --- Ghost Dance
  Dude, this is weird.
  
• Greetings / Saludos --- Pauline Oliveros --- Ghost Dance
  
  12.39
  And this is hysterical. A wiggly accordion plays crazily, the bass end honks away, the treble/keyboard end noodles away, and hysterical Spanish and English voices say stupid greetings to each other. I'm giggling.
  
• Ghosting / Relaciones --- Pauline Oliveros --- Ghost Dance
  
• Fragments / Fragmentos --- Pauline Oliveros --- Ghost Dance
  
  
• In The Houses Of My Families / En Las Casas De Mis Familias --- Pauline Oliveros --- Ghost Dance
  12.49
  these three flow into each other, washes and waves of sound reverberating louder and louder. Beautiful.
  
• Reverberations / Reverberaciones --- Pauline Oliveros --- Ghost Dance
  12.50
  From a drone to percussion, now there are gongs and triangles and bells making this awesome racket. This is not an easy piece, but it is totally captivating.
  
• Duet / Dueto --- Pauline Oliveros --- Ghost Dance
  
• Body Stories / Historias Del Cuerpo --- Pauline Oliveros --- Ghost Dance
  By now, this has gotten kind of disturbing. Still utterly captivating, as well.
  
• Monkey / Chango --- Pauline Oliveros --- Ghost Dance
  13.00
  And here, suddenly, the disturbing shifts into something more pleasant. Yes, the uncomfortable vocal continues, but the accordion hits a much nicer chord, and the looping is not as frantic, and more beautiful.
  
• Wolf / Loba --- Pauline Oliveros --- Ghost Dance
  
• Private Journies / Viajes Privados --- Pauline Oliveros --- Ghost Dance
  
• River Of Folk Dance / Rios Folkloricos --- Pauline Oliveros --- Ghost Dance
  
• The Last Time / Ultima Vez --- Pauline Oliveros --- Ghost Dance
  
• 03 Phonetische Etüde --- Wolfgang Roscher --- Sound Sculptures
  
• Igor Ballereau : Noctis Labyrinthus --- Kenneth Kirschner/Aaron Siegel/Igor Ballereau/Giuliano D'Angiolini --- Shsk'h Vol.03 - Kenneth Kirschner/Aaron Siegel/Igor Ballereau/ Giuliano D'Angiolini
  
• I Am Sitting In A Room --- Alvin Lucier --- I am sitting in a room
  Like I thought, i stopped typing. Whoops. I did like the last few songs. And now, with Alvin Lucier, I'm closing out on a classic piece of conceptual art. More on Lucier can be found in this Nate Aldrich interview. Enjoy!