Program 531: Concrète, Electronic, and Non-Commercial Rock
KALW Broadcast Date: September 28, 2018 | Host: Mark Abramson
From Pierre Schaeffer to John Cage to Patti Smith, this program explores the many ways that musicians chose to use early electronic processes to expand the sonic possibilities of their work.
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30-Second Spot
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Title: Wire Recorder Piece (1944)
Composer: Halim El-Dabh
Performers: n/a
Recording Title: An Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music / Fourth A-Chronology 1937-2005
Record Label: Sub Rosa
Catalog Number: SR250
Title: Cinq études de bruits-Étude violette (1948)
Composer: Pierre Schaeffer
Performers: n/a
Recording Title: An Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music / First A-Chronology 1921-2001
Record Label: Sub Rosa
Catalog Number: SR250
Title: Wireless Fantasy (1960)
Composer: Vladimir Ussachevsky
Performers: Vladimir Ussachevsky
Recording Title: OHM+ The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music, 1948-1980
Record Label: Ellipsis Arts
Catalog Number: 3691
Title: Astronomy Domine (1967)
Composer: Syd Barrett
Performers: Pink Floyd
Recording Title: Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Record Label: Pink Floyd Records
Catalog Number: PFR1
Title: Fontana Mix (1958)
Composer: John Cage
Performers: n/a
Recording Title: Fontana Mix
Record Label: Él Records
Catalog Number: ACMEM194CD
Title: My Way (1969)
Composer: Paul Anka & Jacques Revaux
Performers: Pete Challis and Phil Diplock
Recording Title: Miniatures 1 & 2
Record Label: Cherry Red Records
Catalog Number: CDBRED361
Title: Hommage à John Cage (1959)
Composer: Nam June Paik
Performers: Nam June Paik
Recording Title: An Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music / First A-Chronology 1921-2001
Record Label: Sub Rosa
Catalog Number: SR190
Title: Chushingura (1968)
Composer: Spencer Dryden
Performers: Jefferson Airplane
Recording Title: Crown of Creation
Record Label: BMG Heritage
Catalog Number: 82876 53226 2
Title: Poème électronique (1958)
Composer: Edgard Varèse
Performers: Edgard Varèse
Recording Title: OHM+ The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music, 1948-1980
Record Label: Ellipsis Arts
Catalog Number: 3691
Title: Radio Ethiopia/Abyssinia (1976)
Composer: Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye, Richard Sohl
Performers: Patti Smith Group
Recording Title: Radio Ethiopia
Record Label: Arista
Catalog Number: AB 4097
