Captain Maurice Seddon describes acquiring another deep-freeze which will take its place amongst the other deep-freezes in his garden providing storage space for food for himself and his numerous dogs. Some of the food is years past its sell-by date but this does not deter Maurice from consuming it. I relate an incident in a restaurant in Ventimiglia, Italy, when a diner at the next table vomited profusely on to the floor. The programme finishes with a track from Soni Sclavus, a new CD by Israel Quellet; les bouffisures, les croupissures – pour voix, percussions, orgue, sons divers (things that bloat, things that stagnate – for voice, percussion, organ and miscellaneous sound).
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Wavelength – Corrected Slogans
Two songs by Frederic Rzewski: Lullaby: God to a Hungry Child, poem by Langston Hughes originally published in 1925 and reprinted in Good Morning Revolution. Rzewski version written in 1974, with David Holloway, baritone; Karl Berger, vibraphone and Anthony Braxton, clarinet. Apolitical Intellectuals; David Holloway, baritone; Frederic Rzewski, piano. Both tracks from New American Music, New York Section Composers of the 1970’s. Then, Don’t Talk to Sociologists from Corrected Slogans by Art and Language and The Red Crayola (1976). Money Blues (Parts 2 and 3) by Archie Shepp from Things have got to change, featuring the voice of Joe Lee Wilson (1971). Finally, new world order, who decides? by Charles Hayward from Near and Far (1997).
Wavelength – Hans Krusi
Track one from Hans Krusi; “While preparing a new edition of Anton Bruhin works, Alga Marghen discovered some mysterious tapes by Hans Krusi. Fascinated by the raw and brute contents of those sounds, mixing field recordings of insects, sheep and distant bells with primitive chanting, percussive noises and distorted radio folk songs, Alga Marghen started to conceive one of the most obscure editions in his catalog. The Swiss-born, self-taught painter Hans Krusi (1920-1995) was a wiry man who eked out an existence on the margins of society”. Brief introduction to the London Art Book Fair, with Richard Thomas and finally; track 26 from Modern Shit Will Make You Ill by Xentos Bentos and Lepke Buchwalter.
Wavelength – David Curtis
Recorded interview with David Curtis, author of Experimental Cinema (1971) and A History of Artists Film and Video in Britain (2007), curator of A Century of Artists Film in Britain and founder of the British Artists Film and Video Study Collection.
Wavelength – John Wynne
Interview with sound artist John Wynne about his installation at Beaconsfield Gallery London: Soundtrap IV which runs from 10th September to 18th October 2009 www.beaconsfield.ltd.uk
On 24th September at 7pm Rex Lawson will give a performance of Nancarrow studies for player piano and will join Ed Baxter and John Wynne in a discussion on sound art, player pianos and cultural redundancy. Admission five pounds, booking advisable: bookings@beaconsfield.ltd.uk (Since this programme was broadcast, the installation has been bought in its entirety by Charles Saatchi).
Wavelength – Soundtrap IV, player pianos
Announcement: Soundtrap IV: John Wynne; an installation for pianola, 300 recycled hi-fi speakers and vacuum cleaner at Beaconsfield Gallery, 22 Newport Street, London SE11 6AY from 9th September to 18th October. The announcement of this exhibition provided an opportunity to play some pianola or player-piano music: Alfredo Casella, Trois Pieces pour Pianola (1918) Prelude, Valse, Ragtime. Conlon Nancarrow speaks with Charles Amirkhanian from Conlon Nancarrow: Lost Works, Last Works. Study No.12 and Study No.17 from Complete Studies for Player Piano Volume Four by Conlon Nancarrow.
Wavelengh – 2009 August 14th Armer Tschitchik!
Armer Tschitchik! by Martin Klapper and Roger Turner from Recent Croaks 1997, then pour percussions and saturation by Israel Quellet from Oppressum 2005 and finally the third section from A Crimson Grail for 400 Electric Guitars by Rhys Chatham recorded live in Paris 2006.
Wavelength – David Leister, Kino Club
David Leister, host of The Optical Sound Show, veteran filmmaker, presenter of the Kino Club since the 1980s and virtuoso projectionist talks about the 9.5mm film club, his part in the proliferation of film projectors in Art Galleries and his patented film loop device.
Wavelength – A psyche and its geography…
Three tracks from A psyche and its geography. Inside Out: curated by Andrew Kotting 2008 www.deadad.info ‘A Sense of Place’ by Tony Hill and Sally Goode, ‘Mapping Perception’ by Toby McMillan, ‘Fragment’ by Max Richter. Followed by several tracks from I.D. Art 2 CD produced by Clive Graham in 2006, originally released in 1976 by the Los Angeles Free Music Society in an edition of 200 copies. The played tracks from a total of 44 were: Fredrik Nilsen ‘You can’t hide from aldehyde’, Josie Roth ‘Heal, and another little time’, Otto Flick (0:48), Mike Green ‘Martin Heidegger revisited’, Mr. Foon ‘Timeless Number 1’, Tom Kemp ‘Pasadena subway station poetry stills’. Final track is ‘Big Sur Moon’ by Buckethead from Colma.
Wavelength – DJ Numpty + Tony Fayne
DJ Numpty aka Steven Parry, comedian and winner of the Wavelength theme tune competition in the studio. His mystery prize was an EP by Tony Fayne “British Institutions Part Two” and one track from the EP was played; Garden Fetes. Other tracks played included an obscure recording of Peter Cook and Rainbow George provided by DJ Numpty, and finally “Dau 45” from vinyl EP Von Mund zu Mund by Asmus Tietchens (Die Stadt DS28).