Program 836: Strings, Drums, Electrons
KALW Broadcast Date: August 17, 2025 | Host: Ed Herrmann
This week on Music from Other Minds: Strings, Drums, and Electrons. Highlights of this program include Bay Area native Scot Gresham-Lancasterโs electronic treatment of Martian Time Slip by Philip K. Dick; Myths of Origin,ย a conduction-style piece for improvising string orchestra and drum set by Jason Kao Hwang; String Quartet No. 8ย by Gloria Coates; and Sandbox Percussion performing Bloomย by Michael Torke.
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Title: Bloom (excerpts)
Composer: Michael Torke
Performer: Sandbox Percussion
Recording Title: Bloom
Record Label: Ecstatic Records
Catalog Number: ER092403
Title: Martian Time Slip
Composer: Scot Gresham-Lancasterย
Performer: Scot Gresham-Lancaster
Recording Title: Modulisme Session 129
Record Label: Modulisme
Catalog Number: 129
Title: Geodesic Ellipsoid
Composer: Scot Gresham-Lancasterย
Performer: Scot Gresham-Lancaster
Recording Title: Modulisme Session 129
Record Label: Modulisme
Catalog Number: 129
Title: Haegum – sanjo
Performer: Choe Taehyon & Chang Dokhwa
Recording Title: Sinawi Music of Korea
Record Label: King Records
Catalog Number: KICC 5163
Title: Vagabond
Composer: Jason Kao Hwangย
Performer: Jason Kao Hwang
Recording Title: Soliloquies
Record Label: True Sound Recordings
Title: Myths of Origin
Composer: Jason Kao Hwangย
Performer: Jason Kao Hwang conducting Improvising String Orchestra and Drum Set
Recording Title: Myths of Origin
Record Label: True Sound Recordings
Catalog Number: TS06
Title: String Quartet No. 8
Composer: Gloria Coates
Performer: Kreutzer Quartet
Recording Title: Gloria Coates String Quartets Nos. 2, 3, 4, 7, and 8
Record Label: Naxos
Catalog Number: 8.559152
