Born OTD in 1971 was @VijayIyer, keyboardist and composer, heard here in both capacities, writing for cellist Matt Haimovitz (via PENTATONE) and performing alongside trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith and drummer Jack DeJohnette. #versatility
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Now in podcast form:
-Steve Reich for orchestra (w/LA Phil & Susanna Mälkki)
-@Bjork & @BambuWukir avant-pop meets Indonesian beats
-Muhal's lineage w/Shipp William Parker @CharlesRumback Macie @DanWeissDrum & more
-PooYar avant-Iran + Xenakis
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My simple two bits of advice to journalists writing about “the American condition” (politics, inequality, whatever) is

1) don’t stay in fancy hotels. Cheap motels far better

2) don’t take cabs, or ubers.

Walk & use buses. Unless you doing the very rural.

Perhaps the most famous of birthday boy Berio's Sequenza compositions is number 5 for trombone, premiered by Seattle's own Stuart Dempster. Hear him describe the origins of that piece, and much more, in our Radio Eclectus profile/interview from April 2020.
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Happy 91st birthday to the the queen of living composers, Sofia Gubaidulina. Also the queen of musical menace and death strokes, as evinced in pieces like The Light of the End, recorded last year by Gewandhausorchester and @Andris_Nelsons for Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Thanks to all who joined us live! If you missed us, catch Steve Reich, Heiner Goebbels, Kurws on @DurEtDoux, Countryman-Tan-Bucher on FMR, and all the rest at this link for the next 2 weeks, after which the podcast version will appear at Mixcloud.
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A big takeaway from NBC News poll: If young Americans vote, Dems have a shot. If young voters stay home, the GOP wins.
In generic party question, Dems lead 47-46 among all registered voters. R’s lead 48-47 among likely voters.
Among 18-34’s: Dems up 60-30. nbcnews.com/meet-the-press…

2nite on Flotation Device another Steve Reich premiere from LA Phil & Susanna Mälkki. Plus:
-Josh Modney 4tet
-Amba/Francisco Mela duo
-Pacific Rim noise trio Haino/O’Rourke/@OrenAmbarchi
-Countryman-Tan-Bucher in Manilla
Sun 10pm–Mid PDT, 91.3 KBCS 91.3fm kbcs.fm

Tonight we associate the reclaimed voices in Heiner Goebbels' new album w/Dub Taylor's plunderphonics in Lumière (turning 50 this month). Plus we associate Klein's loopy new album with Pauline Oliveros' early tape experiments.
Su 10pm–Mid PDT, 91.3 KBCS 91.3fm kbcs.fm

Thinking about what it means that this guy controls the fastest growing, most adored by young people communications platform in the world.

The conservative 'The Federalist,' saying Republicans should 'seize power' and then *might* relinquish it later. (FYI, Cincinnatus was a leader given absolute power to save Rome.) To beat this guy, I'd vote for Wokey McWokester from Wokesville in Wokistan.
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You can get into a lot of fights about exactly how to characterize it, but one thing clearly happening in American society is strong ideological sorting across professions (conservative cops, progressive teachers) and it’s unhealthy for the functioning of social institutions.

Tonight, Radio Eclectus bids farewell to Toshi Ichiyanagi with a complete broadcast of his landmark graphic work Sapporo, performed by Eye Music. Plus @Meredith_Monk, @BangOnACan, @MusikFabrik, Anna Meredith & more.
Thur, Oct-20, 9pm–Mid PDT, KHUH 104.9fm HollowEarthRadio.org

What should we expect if—or is it when?—Republicans retake the House in the midterms? Russell Berman and Elaine Godfrey discuss: theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…

I don't really care very much about Kanye West, but you do realise that if someone in classical music were to have said the things he says (don't @ me about Wagner) that there'd be concerted voices calling for an end to the entire art form.

This is some monstrous bullshit

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Nice signal to Putin that he can turn this thing around if he can just wait until November and the Republicans win.

So done with the GOP

Our new podcasts bids farewell to Pharoah Sanders, reassesses Stockhausen's Carré, and contemplates the fragility of culture with Silvestrov & Alvin Curran. Plus the latest from 𝙽𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝙳𝚒𝚍𝚔𝚘𝚟𝚜𝚔𝚢, @SeptimalComma, Yarn/Wire, Lucas Niggli & more, all in HQ audio.
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Former President Obama weighs in on Democratic 'woke-ism' and its potential to alienate voters:

'The less we're leaning into an argument that says, 'We're deserving of consideration and you guys are the problem' ... I think most people don't want to be lectured to in that way.'