Martian Gardens Episode 936
Recorded at Max’s home studio,
Amherst, Massachusetts
June 24, 2018
Contact Max Shea: martiangardens@gmail.com
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Hour 1

SET ONE
Philip Perkins: selections from Drive Time
a. Rainy Third Street (0:41)
b. At Home and Away (3:14)
c. Noise Organ (1:10)
d. Xmas Party (0:42)
e. Ella (1:24)
f. Mechanical Piano Parade (2:15)
Drive Time
Body Double Records/2013 (orig. Fun Music release/1985)
instruments (Casio synthesizer, electronics, guitars, folk instruments,  e. 1907 player piano, recorded in an antique store in Soho, New York City); arrangements, tapes: Philip Perkins; recorded in San Francisco, 1980s; total selections time: 10:45

The Residents: selections from Petting Zoo
a. Safety is a Cootie Wootie (edit) (3:52)
b. Hello Skinny (2:39)
Petting Zoo
East Side Digital/2002
instruments, arrangements, tapes: The Residents; original releases: a. Residue (Ralph Records/1983; b. Duck Stab (Ralph Records/1978); total selections time: 5:31

The Residents: Diskomo 2000
Diskomo 2000 e.p.
East Side Digital/2000
instruments, arrangements, tapes: The Residents; time: 4:50

SET TWO
Marco Oppedisano: Red Cent
The $100 Guitar Project (various artists)
Bridge Records/2013
the $100 guitar; Marco Oppedisano; time: 2:08

James Moore: Birds
The $100 Guitar Project (various artists)
Bridge Records/2013
the $100 guitar; James Moore; time: 1:53

“Blue” Gene Tyranny: The Intermediary (Part 1)
The Intermediary
Lovely Music, Ltd./2008 (orig. 1982)
piano, electronics: BGT; computer: Joel Ryan; time: 17:55

SINGLE PLAY
James Tenney: For Twelve Strings (Rising)
Harmonium
New World Records/2018
Scordatura Ensemble (violins: Janneke van Prooijen, Suzanne Groot, Carter Williams, Roman Santos; violas: Elisabeth Smalt, Robert Meulendijk, Ig Henneman, Hans Rijkmans; cellos: Michael Weidner, Anne Magda de Geus; double basses: Rozemarie Heggen, Cody Takacs; conductor: Alfrun Schmid); recorded at Studio 150, Amsterdam, December 15, 2017; composition year: 1971; time: 8:30

Hour 2

SET THREE
John Luther Adams: Everything That Rises (excerpt)
Everything That Rises
Cold Blue Music/2018
The JACK Quartet (violin: Christopher Otto, Austin Wulliman; viola: John Pickford Richards; cello: Jay Campbell); recorded at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, 2017; composition year: 2017; excerpt: first 10 minutes of 56:21

Walter Zimmermann: 10 Fränkische Tänze
Songs of Innocence & Experience
Mode Records/2012
(sublimated for string quartet); string quartet/drone quartet: Sonar Quartett (violins: Suanne Zapf, Kirsten Harms; viola: Nikolaus Schlierf; cello: Cosima Gerhardt); recorded at Siemens-Villa Berlin-Lankowitz, Germany, February 2011; composition year: 1977; time: 12:56

SET FOUR
Steve Layton & ImprovFriday: Journey on the Longest Day
Summer Mirages
ImprovFriday/2012
musicians: Richard Sanderson, Paul Mimlitsch, Chris Vaisvil, Kavin Allenson, Paul Muller, Norbert Oldani, Kevin Martin, mash-ups created, edited and mixed by Steve Layton at the composer’s studio, June 2012; time: 11:51

Ross Feller: Still Adrift
X/Winds
Innova Recordings/2017
(for piano and electroacoustic sound); piano: Adam Tendler; recorded at Roulette, Brooklyn, composition year: 2013; time: 7:16

Sabrina Peña Young: CYBERNATION
60 x 60 — 2006/2007 (various artists)
Vox Novus/2008
fixed media: SPY; composition year: not listed; time: 1:00

Anne Vanschothurst: Street Life
60 x 60 — 2006/2007 (various artists)
Vox Novus/2008
harp, fixed media: Anne Vanschothurst; composition year: not listed; time: 1:00

SINGLE PLAY
Christian Bouchard: Impasto — Finale
Automacité DVD
empreintes DIGITALes/2011
synthesizers, sampler, processing: Christian Bouchard; realized at the composer’s studio, Montreal, 2008; mastered by Dominique Bassal, Montreal, 2011; time: 9:38

Hour 3

SET FIVE
Carla Scaletti: Cyclonic (excerpt)
University of Illinois Experimental Music Studios (various artists)
In Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the University of
Illinois Experimental Music Studios (1958–2008)
U. of Il. EMS/2008
computer music (pitches derived from National Weather Service alert signals; weather events recorded in Champaign, Illinois, studio processing): Carla Scaletti; composition year: 2008; excerpt time: 8:15

Carla Scaletti: sunSurgeAutomata
CDCM Computer Music Series Vol. 3 (various artists)
Experimental Music Studios and Computer Music Project at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Centaur Records/1989
computer music (Platypus Digital Processor designed by Carla Scaletti); realized at the University of Illinois EMS; composition year: 1987; time: 5:10

Brian Belet: Still Harmless [BASS]ically
Electroacoustic Music
CD-R/2006
(for Kyma interactive computer processing environment and electric bass); electric bass: Brian Belet; recorded at San Jose State University; composition year: 2000; time: 7:05

SINGLE PLAY
Sten Hanson: Le nom des 7 nuit
IMEB Opus 30 Vol. 1 — 1970 — 1983 (various artists)
Mnemosyne Musique Media/2003
electroacoustic music realized at the Institut international de musique électroacoustique de Bourges, 1975; time: 22:14

SINGLE PLAY
Brian Ferneyhough: Casandra’s Dream Song
Neuma New Music Series Volume 2 (various artists)
Neuma Records/1988
flute: Pierre-Yves Artaud; recording location: not listed; composition year: 1970; time: 9:35

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