Program 844: NoCal Mixtape
KALW Broadcast Date: October 19, 2025 | Host: Ed Herrmann
Music from Other Minds listeners are well aware of the rich history of musical experimentation from Northern California. This program celebrates that diverse and creative tradition with a mixtape, featuring music by Lou Harrison, Pauline Oliveros, Terry Riley, Henry Kaiser, Theresa Wong, Chris Brown, ROVA, Harry Partch, Cheryl Leonard, Maggi Payne, Tom Djll, Ron Heglin, Bart Hopkin, Sarah Cahill, Ellen Fullman, Samuel Adams, Giacomo Fiore, William Winant, and more!
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Title: Strofo 6
Composer: Lou Harrison
Performer: American Gamelan, Chorus of UC Berkeley
Recording Title: La Koro Sutra
Record Label: New Albion
Catalog Number: NA 015
Title: Concerto for Pipa with String Orchestra – Troika
Composer: Lou Harrison
Performer: Wu Man, The New Professionals Orchestra
Recording Title: Lou Harrison For Strings
Record Label: Mode
Catalog Number: Mode 140
Title: Music for Violin with Various Instruments
Composer: Lou Harrison
Performer: David Abel, William Winant
Recording Title: Drums Along the Pacific
Record Label: New Albion
Catalog Number: NA 122
Title: everyday light
Composer: Theresa Wong
Performer: Theresa Wong
Recording Title: Practicing Sands
Title: Ryan Mountain Suite
Composer: Giacomo Fiore
Performer: Giacomo Fiore
Recording Title: Lost Horse Wash Drone
Record Label: Other Minds
Catalog Number: OM 1042-2
Title: Violin Diptych II. Changes Move
Composer: Samuel Adams
Performer: Karen Gomya, Conor Hanick
Recording Title: Current
Record Label: Other Minds
Catalog Number: OM 1040-2
Title: Branches
Composer: Chris Brown
Performer: Chris Brown, William Winant
Recording Title: Sub Way Beats
Record Label: Artifact Recordings
Catalog Number: ART 3026
Title: Dans le Sable
Composer: Loren Rush
Recording Title: Dans le Sable
Title: Swang
Composer: Ackley, Adams, Ochs, Raskin
Performer: ROVA
Recording Title: From the Bureau of Both
Record Label: Black Saint
Catalog Number: 120135-2
Title: Mysterious Requiem for Paul Plimley
Composer: Henry Kaiser
Performer: Henry Kaiser
Recording Title: Mahalo Nui
Record Label: Metalanguage
Catalog Number: ML-2023-1
Title: Twelfth Collection, Pattern D
Composer: Mamoru Fujieda
Performer: Sarah Cahill
Recording Title: Patterns of Plants
Record Label: Pinna Records
Catalog Number: PINNA 2
Title: Castor & Pollux
Composer: Harry Partch
Performer: Partch
Recording Title: Plectra and Percussion Dances
Record Label: Bridge
Catalog Number: 9432
Composer: Bart Hopkin
Performer: Bart Hopkin
Recording Title: Audiorium
Composer: Cheryl Leonard
Performer: Cheryl Leonard
Recording Title: Antarctica: Music from the Ice
Record Label: Other Minds
Catalog Number: OM 1030-2
Title: Slow Alternate – Bass Alternate
Composer: Ellen Fullman
Performer: Ellen Fullman
Recording Title: Change of Direction
Record Label: New Albion
Catalog Number: NA 102
Title: Bye Bye Butterfly
Composer: Pauline Oliveros
Performer: Pauline Oliveros
Recording Title: Electronic Works
Record Label: Paradigm Discs
Catalog Number: PD 04
Title: Son of Metropolis San Francisco
Composer: Charles Amirkhanian
Performer: Charles Amirkhanian
Recording Title: Loudspeakers
Record Label: New World Records
Catalog Number: 80817-2
Title: Desert of Ice
Composer: Terry Riley
Performer: Terry Riley
Recording Title: Shri Camel
Record Label: Columbia
Catalog Number: M 35164
Title: Dwadot
Composer: Ron Heglin & Tom Djll
Performer: Ron Heglin & Tom Djll
Recording Title: Duos for Voice and Runglers
Record Label: Public Eyesore
Catalog Number: PECD 165
Title: Shimmer
Composer: Maggi Payne
Performer: Maggi Payne
Recording Title: Ahh-Ahh
Record Label: Aguirre
