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Rare Frequency Podcast
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The Rare Frequency podcast is devoted to experimental, electronic, avant-pop, and other unusual music. Tune in to the regular radio show each Thursday from 7-10pm (EST) on WZBC 90.3 Newton. Visit www.rarefrequency.com for the internet stream.
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Rare Frequency Podcast 65 - Q Edition One
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Asher Tuil, "ii" East Somerville Stories (Bandcamp) 2020
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Nihiloxica, "Dubugwanjuba" Biiri (Nyege Nyege Tapes) 2020
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CEL (Felix Kubin & Hubert Zemler), "Lichtton" CEL (Felix Kubin & Hubert Zemler) (Bureau B) 2020
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MANAS, "Ah! the waving lespedeza,Which spills not a drop Of the clear dew!"e; MANAS III (Feeding Tube) 2017
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Will Guthrie, "Catlike" Nist Nah (Black Truffle) 2020
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Meryll Ampe, "Residues of Time I" Residues of Time (Scum Yr. Earth) 2020
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Moor Mother, "After Images" After Images” Analog Fluids for Sonic Black Holes (Don Giovanni) 2019
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Sympathy Nervous, "Sympathetic Nerves" Sympathy Nervous (Minimal Wave) 2019 (orig 1980)
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Jan St. Werner, "On The Infinite Of Universe and Worlds" Molocular Meditation (Editions Mego) 2020
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Andrea Pensado, "For Them & Machault" As Within So Without (FTAM) 2019
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Jennifer Walshe, "Guillaume De Machaut: Messe de Notre Dame, Agnus Dei”" A Late Anthology of Early Music, Vol. 1: Ancient to Renaissance (Tetbind) 2020
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Anne-F Jacques & Tim Olive, "A3" Bistre (Tsss) 2020
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Enrico Malatesta, "Side A" Bestiario, Vol 2 (Senufo) 2012
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Minoru Sato / Asuna, "Song for Two" One As Two (Senufo) 2010
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Supermalprodelica, "Don’t Talk To Me About Love (Extended Version)" Supermalprodelica CLD (Scum Yr Earth) 2019
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Clara de Asis, "Sans nom ni forme" Sans Nom Ni Forme (Pilgrim Talk) 2020
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Sarah Davachi, "Dysis" Horae (Bandcamp) 2020
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Beatriz Ferreyra, "L’autre … Ou Le Chant Des Marecages" Echoes + (Room40) 2020
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Marja Ahti, "Entering a Cloud" Entering a Cloud (Longform) 2018
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crys cole, "In Praise of Blandness (Chapter IX)" Beside Myself (Students of Decay) 2020
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Leyland Kirby, "Bursts of Anxiety" We, so tired of all the darkness in our lives (History Always Favors the Winners) 2017
This podcast features a live set by local artist and musician Philip Fryer (aka Moondrawn. Phil has a variety of different musical projects, including the dark ambient duo TOOMS and Princess Beautiful (with his partner Rosie Renauro. In addition, Phil works in performance art, and installation, and is a long standing member of the Mobius artists’ group.
Podcast 64: Moondrawn Live on Rare Frequency, September 7, 2017
This podcast features a live set by local artist, composer, and concert curator Morgan Evans-Weiler. In addition to his solo work, Morgan is a founding member of the experimental music ensemble Ordinary Affects and organizes the Standing Waves performance series. His latest CD, Unfinished Variations (for Jed Speare) is out next week on Sarah Hennies’ Weighter label.
Podcast 63: Morgan Evans Weiler Live on Rare Frequency, August 10, 2017
This podcast features a live set by local improviser and concert organizer Michael Rosenstein. This is a rare solo set by Michael, who often performs in ensembles, regularly collaborating with musicians such as Howard Martin and Jesse Kenas Collins. In this set, Michael works with an assortment of homemade instruments, using everyday objects, contact mics, springs, a banjo, and amplified surfaces, as well as field recordings.
Podcast 61: Michael Rosenstein Live on Rare Frequency, April 27, 2017
Rare Frequency Podcast 61
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Yuko Nexus6, "J’aime Beaucoup La Cassette #1" Journal de Tokyo (Sonore) 2002 CD Time: 00:00-01:35
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John Chantler, "All Visible Signs" Which Way to Leave? (Room40) 2017 LP Time: 01:50-08:18
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Laurence Crane, "John White in Berlin" Chamber Works, 1992-2009 (Another Timbre) 2015 2CD Time: 08:18-21:42
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Leo Okagawa, "Lumbar Spinre"e; The Notional Terrain (Glistening Examples) 2016 LP/mp3 Time: 21:37-32:16
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Sarah Davachi, "In Staying" Vergers (Important Records) 2016 LP/mp3 Time: 32:12-42:35
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Stefan Mathieu, "Traum" Radiance X: Her Dark Gaze Drowned In Light (Schwebung) 2017 mp3 Time: 42:34-48:25
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Gelbart, "The Big Sleep" Preemptive musical offerings to satisfy our future masters (Gagarin) 2016 LP Time: 49:39-53:56
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Franck Vigroux / Reinhold Friedl, "Tobel A1" Tobel II (Monotype) 2015 CD Time: 53:55-1:09:13
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Ghost Grass, "The Wooden Man" The Wooden Man (Bandcamp) 2016 mp3 Time: 1:09:01-1:14:42
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Porter Ricks, "Harbour Chart" Shadow Boat EP (Tresor) 2016 12” Time: 1:14:37-1:21:05
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Ashley Bellouin, "Bourden" Ballads (Drawing Room) 2016 LPTime: 1:21:51-1:38:53
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Asmus Tietchens, "Soiree Fantastique #2" Soiree Fantastique (Auf Abwegen) 2016 EPTime: 1:40:08-end
Rare Frequency Podcast 60
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Goh Lee Kwang, "untitled 1" __, and Vice Versa (Herbal International) 2011 CD Time: 00:00-01:44
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Jon Mueller, "A" A Magnetic Center (Rhythmplex) 2015 cassette/mp3 Time: 01:45-20:18
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Coppice, "Flut (Tighter)" Preamble to Newly Cemented Dedication to Freedom (Aposiepese) 2016 CDr/EP/mp3 Time: 20:18-24:48
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Olivia Block, "Dissolution BDissolution (Glistening Examples) 2016 LP/mp3 Time: 24:47-38:18
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W. Zabarkas, "Autumn Invades the House" The Origin of Dreams (Glistening Examples) 2016 LP/mp3 Time: 38:18-46:40
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Kassel Jaeger / Jim O’Rourke, "Side A" Wakes on Cerulean (Editions Mego) 2016 LP Time: 46:23-56:18
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Linda Catlin Smith, "Part 14" Dirt Road (Another Timbre) 2016 CD Time: 56:25-1:05:59
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Morgan Evans-Weiler, "Ensemble 3" Endless Overtones in Relational Space (Suppedaneum) 2016 CD Time: 1:00:59-1:13:20
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Conrad Schnitzler & Pole, "Drachenbäume sind friedliche Wesen" Con-Struct (Bureau B) 2017 CD Time: 1:15:38-end
An extended program in which I play some music, repeat myself, speak softly, and sound rather like the world is closing in on me… which it may well be.
Rare Frequency Podcast 59
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AK Klosowski, "Deutcher Zoo" …plays the Kasseteninstrument (Gagarin) 2016 LPTime: 00:00-01:08
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Graham Lambkin, "The Saver" Community/ Easter (Erstwhile) 2016 2CD Time: 01:27-08:44
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Mika Vainio and Franck Vigroux, "Le Souterrain" Peau froide, léger soleil (Cosmo Rhythmatic) 2015 CD Time: 08:44-16:32
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Rashad Becker, "Dances VII" Traditional Music of Notional Species Vol. II (PAN) 2016 LP Time: 16:32-20:33
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Marc Baron, "Un Lac" n Salon Au Fond D’Un Lac (Potlatch) 2016 CD Time: 20:33-36:43
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Anne-F Jacques, "Side A" Welcome, Electricians (Dinzu Artefacts) 2016 cassette Time: 36:43-46:35
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Mouse on Mars, "Lichter" IGR10 (Infinite Greyscale) 2016 10” Time: 47:37-1:00:27
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Eli Keszler, "Sudden Laughter, Laughter without Reason" Last Signs of Speed (Empty Editions) 2016 LP” Time: 1:00:27-1:04:43
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Felix Kubin und das Mineralorchester, "Sztylet" II: Musicfor Film and Theatre (Dekorder) 2016 LP” Time: 1:04:43-1:08:33
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Vanessa Rossetto, "I Cut My Own" The Way You Make Me Feel (Unfathomless) 2016 CD Time: 1:08:33-1:17:44
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Chris Abrahams / Burkhard Beins, "The Non-Passage" Instead of the Sun (Herbal International) 2016 CD Time: 1:18:30-1:28:04
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Asha Tamirisa, "Callus" Callus/Redux (Pan Y Rosas) mp3 2015Time: 1:28:02-1:42:32
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Pinkcourtesyphone, "Stars Fell (closet mix)" Talk the pleasure out of it (Champion Version) 10” 2017 Time: 1:42:32-1:47:45
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Alan Courtis, "Corralon" Los Galpones (Fabrica) LP 2017 Time: 1:47:45-1:53:03
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Eric Arn, "The Lure of the Labyrinth" Orphic Resonance (Feeding Tube) LP 2017Time: 1:53:02-2:00:34
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A.K. Klosowski, "Newsticker" …plays the Kasseteninstrument (Gagarin) LP 2016Time: 2:01:40-end
This podcast features a live set by local sound artist and experimental musician Proxemia (José Rivera). José is an experimental musician living in Somerville, MA. He is currently a graduate student in the Art, Culture, and Technology program at MIT.
Podcast 58: Proxemia Live on Rare Frequency, February 2, 2017
This podcast features a long live set by local composer and experimental musician Luke Martin. Luke is an experimental composer, musician, and poet currently living in Allston, MA (Boston). His work focuses on the concepts of silence, blandness, and community and is primarily interested in exploring the limits of perception.
Podcast 57: Luke Martin Live on Rare Frequency, December 15, 2016
This podcast features two live pieces by local composer and noise musician Andrea Pensado. Born in Argentina and classically trained as a pianist, Andrea is one of the most extraordinary figures in the New England noise and experimental music scenes. Her performances are intense, ferocious, and extraordinary. She runs a fantastic experimental music series in Salem, MA called Sonorium. She plays two sets here an intense “noise piano” piece and a more traditional (for her) set. There is a few seconds of silence separating the two pieces. .
Podcast 56: Andrea Pensado Live on Rare Frequency, September 8, 2016
Rare Frequency Podcast 55
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RP Collier, "Cloky" Trundlebox (Bandcamp) 2016 mp3 Time: 00:00-01:50
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Carers, "Easter" …it’s eternity, Ester”/ Easter (Cerium) 2016 EP Time: 02:33-08:03
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Klangkrieg, "Flieger In Der Großen Spirale" Das Fieber Der Menschlichen Stimme (Audioview) 1998 CD Time: 08:03-15:43
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Valerio Tricoli, "As for the Crack" Clonic Earth (PAN) 2016 2x12” Time: 15:43-22:26
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Laura Cetilia, "Plucked From Obscurity" Used, Broken & Unwanted (Estuary, Ltd.) 2013 LP Time: 22:27-29:15
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Vanessa Rossetto, "I cut my own" The Way You Make Me Feel (Unfathomless) 2016 CD Time: 29:15-38:26
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Fluxmonkey, "Failure #89" Failure Cake (self-released) 2015 CD Time: 38:26-44:58
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Robert Beatty, "untitled (1)" Soundtracks for Takeshi Murata (Glistening Examples) LP 2013Time: 44:58-47:50
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Nils Potet, "Lointaines résonances: premiere partie: errance" Lointaines résonances (GMVL) CD 2014 Time: 53:02-58:02
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Lea Bertucci, "Dragano Earworm" Axis/Atlas (Clandestine Compositions) cassette/mp3 2016 Time: 59:25-end
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Richard Garet, "Pulse" Silver (Observatoire) CD 2012 Time: 53:02-58:02
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Z’ev and Karl J. Paloucek, "Rails" Cities and Rails (Latest Flame Records) CD 2015 Time: 53:02-58:02
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Lithops, "Handed" Ye, Viols! (Thrill Jockey) CD 2008 Time: 53:02-58:02
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Pita, "S200729" Get In (Editions Mego) CD 2016 Time: 53:02-58:02
Rare Frequency Podcast 54: On and on
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COH, "Helicon" To Beat (Editions Mego) 2014 CD Time: 00:00-06:18
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Driftmachine, "To Nowhere, pt. 2" Nocturnes (Umor Rex) 2014 LP Time: 06:18-11:32
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Foom, "Abstract Communications" No Fidelity Audio (No Fidelity Audio) 1998 CD Time: 11:32-21:02
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Andrea Parker and Daz Quayle reinterpreting Daphne Oram, "Frightened of Myself" Private Dreams and Public Nightmares (Aperture) 2014 CD Time: 21:02-34:35
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El g, "Grand Huit" La Chimie (SDZ) 2013 LP Time: 34:35-37:46
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David Toop, "Silver Birds" Mondo Black Chameleon (Sub Rosa) 2014 CD Time: 37:45-40:04
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Thomas Tilly, "Unidentified Insects Colony" Script Geometry (Aposiopese) 2014 2LP Time: 40:00-48:52
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Fennesz, "The Liar" Becs (Editions Mego) CD 2014Time: 48:38-53:11
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Dino Spiluttini, "Anxiety" Modular Anxiety (Umor Rex) LP 2014 Time: 53:02-58:02
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Devo, "Booji Boy’s Funeral" Hardcore Devo, Vol. 2 (Rykodisc) CD 2013 Time: 59:25-end
Rare Frequency Podcast 53: Many Happy Returns
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Raymond Scott, "Ohio Plus" Manhattan Research Inc. (Basta) 2000 Time: 00:00-00:17
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Raymond Scott, "The Wild Piece" Manhattan Research Inc. (Basta) 2000 Time: 00:17-04:16
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Ekoplekz, "Sleng Zen" Unfidelity (Planet Mu) 2LP 2014 Time: 4:17-9:08
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Nils Quak, "Octagonal Journey" Modular Anxiety (Umor Rex) LP 2013 Time: 9:07-15:54
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Jean-Claude Risset, "Mutations" Music for Computer (Editions Mego) LP Time: 15:54-26:17
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Sculpture, "Lingual Junk" Membrane Pop (Software) LP 2014 Time: 26:13-29:55
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The Jist, "The Jist of Being In Between Jobs" The just (Va Fangool) CD 2014 Time: 29:50-37:20
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Felix Kubin, "Piscine Ressonenz!" Zemsta Plutona (Gagarin/ZickZack) CD 2013Time: 37:20-42:23
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Boris Hauf, "Dust" Soft Left at Westland (Mosz) CD 2005 Time: 42:23-46:05
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C Spencer Yeh/Okkyung Lee/Lasse Marhaug, "Serious Cat’s Milk" Wake Up Awesome (Software) LP 2013 Time: 45:57-50:13
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Coppice, "Hoist Spell " Big Wad Excisions (Quakebasket) 2014 Time: 50:12-57:20
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Ursula Bogner, "Shepard Monde " Sonne=Black Box (Faitiche) CD 2011 Time: 57:20-1:00:02
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Laurie Spiegel, "Appalachian Grove I " The Expanding Universe (Unseen Worlds) 2CD 2012 Time: 1:00:02-1:05:20
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Ø, "Takaisin" Konstelaatio (Sähkö) CD 2014 Time: 1:05:20-1:12:18
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Pete Um, "Norwegian Blues" The Old Album (Grist) CD 2008 Time: 1:14:28-end
Rare Frequency Podcast 52: Life Is Only a Dream
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Phantom Horse, "Neunzehnhundertzweitausend" s/t (Dekorder) 2012 Time: 00:00-02:32
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Zdenek Liska, "IKARIE XB-1 Intro" Parasol Elektroniczny: Rumours from the Eastern Underground (Radio Macba Podcast) mp3 2001Time: 2:30-5:44
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Nick Edwards, "Part 1: Chance Meets Causality Uptown" Plekzationz (Editions Mego) LP 2012 Time: 5:42-22:01
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Thought Broadcast, "Emergency Stairway" Emergency Stairway (Editions Mego) LP 2012 Time: 21:22-26:42
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Frank Bretschneider, "Kippschwingungen 6 Bren Om Natta" Kippschwingungen (LINE) CD Time: 26:36-33:56
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Yannick Dauby, "Lind 07.06.18 Mooste" Lind, Raud (Invisible Birds) CD 2012 Time: 35:00-36:31
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Giuseppe Ielasi, "8l" 15 Tapes (Senufo Editions) CD 2011 Time: 36:30-37:56
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Failing Lights, "We Don’t Want a Death in the Home" Dawn Undefeated (Dekorder) LP 2012Time: 37:56-43:22
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Reines D’Angleterre, "5" Globe et Dynastie (Bo Weavil) LP 2012 Time: 43:21-51:00
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Kassel Jaeger, "Final " DELTAS (Editions Mego) LP 2012 Time: 50:57-58:13
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Kouhei Matsunaga, "755 " unreleased (Pan Records) 2012 Time: 57:56-1:04:20
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Sensate Focus/Mark Fell, "SOA-5 " Sentielle Objectif Actualite (Sensate Focus) 2LP 2012 Time: 1:06:20-end
Rare Frequency Podcast 51: Iced Over
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Daniel Padden, "Trust in His Deceptive Charm" Ship Chop (Dekorder) 2012 Time: 00:00-01:30
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Frank Bretschneider, "Tones" Curves (Mille Plateaux) CD 2001Time: 1:41-6:02
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Carl Calm, "Te Newet" A Party Tide (self-released) cassette 2011 Time: 6:00-13:37
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LRAD, "B 05" Bugs (Carpal Tunnel) CD 2011 Time: 13:36-17:33
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Alog, "Bomlo Bren Om Natta" Unemployed (Rune Grammofon) CD Time: 17:31-25:35
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Andrew Pekler, "12 Moon Velvet (Shadows, Whispers, Rivers, Windmills)" Sentimental Favourites (Dekorder) LP 2011 Time: 26:14-33:18
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France Jobin, "D Orbital" Valence (Line) CD 2012 Time: 33:10-51:12
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Felix Kubin, "Reflection 5" TXRF (It’s) 2LP 2012Time: 51:37-57:19
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John Wiese, "Don’t Stop Now You’re Killing Me" Seven of Wands (Pan) LP 2011 Time: 57:19-1:13:08
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Jean-Claude Vannier, "L’Ours Paresseux" Electro Rapide (Finder’s Keepers) CD 2011 Time: 1:13:59-1:16:01
Rare Frequency Podcast 50: The Return of Stormy Weather
A podcast, which was put together on a stormy evening, and uploaded in its sunny aftermath under the watchful/hostile eye of Necco-San. Enjoy!
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Daphne Oram, "Melodic Sound Shapes 2" Melodic Sound Patterns (His Master’s Voice) 7” 1962 Time: 00:00-00:30
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Chris Watson, "El Devisidaro" El Tren Fantasma (Touch) CD 2011Time: 1:35-7:02
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Ernst Karel, "Scuol Matta-Naluns" Swiss Mountain Transport (Gruenrekorder) CD 2011 Time: 7:02-11:18
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Rick Reed, "Mesmerism" The Way things Go (Elevator Bath) 2LP 2011 Time: 11:20-19:33
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Harmonizer, "Derdeba" World Complete (Mexican Summer) EP Time: 19:34-26:20
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Judy Dunaway, "”Blown Balloon Solo Improvisation Live in the Netherlands" Globos (Alku) Cassette 2011 Time: 27:19-34:31
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C. Spencer Yeh, "Two Guitars" 1975 (Intransitive) CD 2011 Time: 34:31-40:36
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Sculpture, "Iterative Deviation" Toad Blinker (Dekorder) LP 2011Time: 40:36-43:48
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Pimmon, "Cane Toccatore" Lay Down Real Slow (Stunned) Cassette 2011 Time: 44:42-55:54
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Yannick Franck, "Horsehead Negula (for Philip Maggi)" Memorabilia (Silken Tofu) CD 2011 Time: 55:54-58:35
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Astral Social Club, "Wishaw" Generator Breaker (Dekorder) LP 2011 Time: 59:29-66:30
Rare Frequency Podcast 49: Stormy Weather
A podcast, which was put together on a stormy day, and uploaded on another. Enjoy!
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J.D. Robb, "Spatial Serenade" Electronic Music: From Razor Blades to Moog (Locust) CD 2006 Time: 00:00-2:24
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Caboladies, "Promise Ring Tone" Renewable Destination (Students of Decay) LP 2011Time: 2:25-6:52
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Mark Fell, "Multistability 8" Multistability (Raster-Noton) CD 2011 Time: 6:53-13:40
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Graham Lambkin & Jason Lescalleet, "Color Drop" Air Supply (Erstwhile) CD 2011 Time: 13:41-16:55
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Delia Derbyshire and Barry Bermange, "Running" Inventions for Radio: Dreams (BBC) Radio 1964 Time: 16:54-24:59
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Phonophani, "Ilka" Kreken (Rune Grammofone) CD 2011 Time: 24:58-27:58
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Pimmon, "We Buzz in Blue" Dimension P (Headlock) CDr 2010 Time: 27:56-34:25
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Mike Bullock, "First Disappearance" Mild Disappearances (Songs from Beneath the Floorboards) CDr 2011Time: 34:24-48:54
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The Caretaker, "Mental Caverns Without Sunshine" An Empty Bliss Beyond This World (HAFTW) CD 2011 Time: 48:53-52:03
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Group Doueh, "Zayna Jumma" Zayna Jumma (Sublime Frequencies) CD 2011 Time: 53:26-57:54
This podcast features a live set by Columbus, Ohio noise and drone musician Mike Shiflet. In the last few years, Shiflet’s music has taken a decidedly warm and melodic turn and this lovely set reflects this turn. To learn more, check out this RF interview.
Podcast Special Ed. 55: Mike Shiflet Live, June 23, 2011
This podcast features a live set by Providence composer and sound artist, Caroline Park. The heaven is in the details here, so focused listening is especially recommended! To learn more about Caroline’s work, check out this RF interview with her.
Podcast Special Ed. 54: Caroline Park Live, June 02, 2011
When the Italian duo Tumble (percussionist Andrea Belfi and electronic musician Attila Faravelli) came to Boston in March 2011, the plan was for them to do a special live set on Rare Frequency in addition to their concert at the Spectacle loft. Due to a scheduling error, however, the radio set never materialized; however, the Andrea and Attila kindly provided a live recording of their performance at Spectacle. This is that recording. Enjoy!
To learn more about Andrea and Attila check out my interview with them. Enjoy!
Podcast Special Ed. 53: Tumble Live at Spectacle