Merry Psychic Tuesday!!!
On this episode of PTR, we’ll be diving into the Christmas spirit with a subtly surreal Winter mood piece entitled Abstract Holiday, guaranteed to grant all of your warm and cozy wishes during these bitterly cold nights!
As always,
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Merry Psychic Tuesday!!!
In this episode of PTR, we’ll be both celebrating and shedding some historical light on one of the most iconic samples used in the music of the 80’s : the “orchestra hit”, a fragment of Stravinsky’s Firebird captured within the Fairlight Computer Musical Instrument, the first digital ‘sampler’, as ‘ORCH5’. This loud orchestral attack was made famous by Bronx DJ Afrika Bambaataa, who incorporated the sound into his seminal 1982 dance track, ‘Planet Rock’. Tune in cuz we’ll be listening to an hour’s worth of 80’s tracks that use this legendary sample!
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Merry Psychic Tuesday!!!
On this episode of PTR, we’ll be experiencing a brand new edition of Joel Nelson's enticing Experimental Mind Mincing series! This time around, he’ll be exploring the intense, avant-garde sounds of Birmingham’s own LaDonna Smith! She’s a violinist, violist, and pianist who has toured the US, Canada, Europe, including Russia and Siberia, Korea, India, China and Japan!
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Merry Psychic Tuesday!!!
This episode of PTR finds us experiencing in full Part 1 of William Basinki’s monumental and historical Disintegration Loops. These 4 albums are comprised of tape loop recordings played for extended time, with noise and cracks increasing as the tape deteriorated. Basinski discovered the effect while attempting to transfer his earlier recordings to digital format.
The completion of the recording coincided with the 9/11 attacks, which Basinski witnessed from his rooftop in Brooklyn; the cover art features his own video still of the New York City skyline in the aftermath of the World Trade Center’s collapse. He dedicated the music to the victims of the attacks.
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Merry Psychic Tuesday!!!
On this edition of PTR, we’ll be dining on everything but the kitchen sink in this Thanksgiving special of an episode called Kids’ Table Classics, which is a smorgasbord full of delicious food-themed tunes guaranteed to simultaneously increase your waist-size and leave you craving more for dessert!
As always,
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Merry Psychic Tuesday!!!
On this episode of PTR, we’ll be conducting another Sit+Listen session (in which we experience a masterpiece of an album in its entirety) … This session finds us celebrating the Viking of Sixth Avenue himself, the irreplaceable Moondog! His 1969 self-titled album is an artistic triumph and displays the composer at his peak.
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Merry Psychic Tuesday!
This episode of PTR finds us indulging in a brand new edition of Joel Nelson's enticing Experimental Mind Mincing series! On this episode, we’ll explore the sonic world of American composer, violin and viola player Mat Maneri!
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Merry Psychic Tuesday!
This Halloweeny PTR episode finds us indulging in a special hour and a half long 8 O’Clock Shuffle Spooktacular (with in-studio guest, Sav of Substrate's Kiddo Radio show!) and experiencing the entire soundtrack to the 1968 hair-raiser, Night Of The Living Dead!!!
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Merry Psychic Tuesday!!!
You better watch your necks, cuz this week’s feature is a blood-sucking affair called How To Become A Vampire Victim In One Easy Lesson! It’s chock-full of spine-tingling songs and stories all about those sharp fanged, cape-wearing charmers!
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