Program 833: The American (Experimental) Dream
KALW Broadcast Date: July 13, 2025 | Host: Ian Mahanpour
On this sleepy edition of Music from Other Minds, the elusive American Dream takes on a humorously literal meaning as host Ian Mahanpour guides listeners through 30 years of American experimental music concerning sleep, dreams, lullabies, bedtime stories, and everything in between. Featured on the program are the nocturnal drones of Charlemagne Palestine’s Holy 1 & Holy 2 (1967), originally composed as a compliment to New York City’s nighttime soundscape; a short excerpt from RIP Hayman’s Dreamsound (1976) event, an all-night concert where the audience was expected to sleep during the performance; selections from Doris Hays’s rare Sleepers (1985) LP, a compendium of experimental lullabies; as well as pieces by Pauline Oliveros, Alison Knowles, La Monte Young, and Tom Johnson.
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Title: Bedtime Stories (1985)
Composer: Tom Johnson
Performer: Roger Heaton, clarinets and voice
Recording Title: Rational Melodies / Bedtime Stories (2006)
Record Label: ANTS
Title: Lullaby For Daisy Pauline
Composer: Pauline Oliveros
Performer: Queens College Chorale Society; Lawrence Eisman, conductor
Recording Title: Sleepers (1985)
Record Label: Finnadar Records
Catalog Number: 90266-1
Title: Mantra for Jessie (Some Help in Sleeping)
Composer: Alison Knowles
Performer: Alison Knowles
Recording Title: Sleepers (1985)
Record Label: Finnadar Records
Catalog Number: 90266-1
Title: Hush
Composer: Doris Hays
Performers: Janet Lawson, vocalist; Glen Velez, sand block; Jeff Kraus, reco-reco
Recording Title: Sleepers (1985)
Record Label: Finnadar Records
Catalog Number: 90266-1
Title: Snore Sonata (recorded 1982)
Composer: RIP Hayman
Performer: RIP Hayman
Recording Title: Dreamsound (1987)
Record Label: Other Media
Title: Yawn Quartet (recorded 1982)
Composer: RIP Hayman
Performers: Daniel Shklair, Kathy Coleman, Stephen Horlick, Vicki Stern
Recording Title: Dreamsound (1987)
Record Label: Other Media
Title: Yawn Quartet (recorded 1982)
Composer: RIP Hayman
Performers: Daniel Shklair, Kathy Coleman, Stephen Horlick, Vicki Stern
Recording Title: Dreamsound (1987)
Record Label: Other Media
Title: 13 I 73 5:35 – 6:14:03 PM NYC
Composers: La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, and the Theatre of Eternal Music (Jon Hassel, trumpet; Garrett List, trombone)
Performers: La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, and the Theatre of Eternal Music (Jon Hassel, trumpet; Garrett List, trombone)
Recording Title: Dream House 78’ 17’’ (1974)
Record Label: Shandar
Title: Drift Study 14 VII 73 9:27:27–10:06:41 PM NYC
Composers: La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, and the Theatre of Eternal Music (Jon Hassel, trumpet; Garrett List, trombone)
Performers: La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela and the Theatre of Eternal Music (Jon Hassel, trumpet; Garrett List, trombone)
Recording Title: Dream House 78’ 17’’ (1974)
Record Label: Shandar
Title: Holy 1 & Holy 2 (1967)
Composer: Charlemagne Palestine
Recording Title: Alloy (2000)
Record Label: Alga Marghen
