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Gary Smith: Solo Guitar (12 Improvisations)

Hosted by Elliott Sharp

A guitarist and improvisor living in London, Gary Smith has a unique and introspective guitar style filled with sonic surprises. His name has been associated with Rhys Chatham, Shoji Hano and others of the noise and guitar-driven experimental scene.

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The Music of Harry Partch

Hosted by Elliott Sharp , David Weinstein

This selection of music compiles the essence of the Harry Partch (1901-1974), who was one of the first post-Bach, equal temperament era, Western composers to work with microtonal scales.

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Traveling Through the Jungle

Hosted by Elliott Sharp

This radio show features African-American fife & drum bands, recorded 1942-1970. The roots of this music go back to the bedrock of North American folk, combining British and early-American melodic traditions with African percussion and syncopation.

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Bombay the Hard Way

Hosted by Elliott Sharp

Guns, cars, sitars – Bollywood film music composed by the legendary Shah brothers Kalyani and Anandji.

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Elliott Sharp's Living Room 1

Hosted by Elliott Sharp

Elliott Sharp's brain on the beach. During the 2004's Art Basel Miami Beach art fair Sharp and a crew of New York artists and radio freaks set up a broadcast station at the legendary Delano Hotel poolside, playing SERF Music for the New Feudal Era.

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Guitar Soloists, London Musicians Collective

Hosted by Elliott Sharp

From its festival of extreme music and radio Resonance FM in London, a set of guitarist tracks by Alan Licht, Janet Feder, Annette Krebs, Alfredo Genovese, Billy Jenkins, Paolo Angeli, Elliott Sharp, Dave Tucker, Simon King, Keith Rowe, John Bisset.

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Christopher Penrose, American Jingo

Hosted by Elliott Sharp

This 2006 collection bridges experimental sound collage and electro-acoustic music and engages in a reflection on American pop/trash culture from a perspective that ranges from cynicism to humor and is quite entertaining.

RADIO // Sonorama Anthony Braxton, 19 [Solo] Compositions (1989) Hosted by Elliott Sharp Radio show Live concert recordings featuring avant-garde composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton playing 16 of his works and three jazz classics. Each piece explores structural, tonal, or textural ideas, moods, or content. Live concert recordings featuring avant-garde composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton playing 16 of his works and three jazz classics (You Go To My Head, 'Round Midnight and Half Nelson). Each piece explores structural, tonal, or textural ideas,... Originally aired 10/10/11 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Sonorama Sinawai: Korean Shaman Music Hosted by Elliott Sharp Radio show Improvised music to accompany the dance of a usually-female shaman. Performed by an ensemble including Park Jong Sul-Changgo, Park Jung Sun-Ajaeng, Kim Bang Hyun-Taegum, Kim Chan Sub-Haegum, Han Se Hyon-Piri, Jung Jung Min-Ching, Hong Ok Mi-Haegum. Mostly improvised music meant to accompany the dance of a usually-female shaman (mudang). Performed by an ensemble including Park Jong Sul-Changgo, Park Jung Sun-Ajaeng, Kim Bang Hyun-Taegum, Kim Chan Sub-Haegum, Han Se Hyon-Piri, Jung Jung Min-... Originally aired 4/18/11 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Sonorama Michael Schumacher, Room Pieces Hosted by Elliott Sharp Radio show In 2006. composer and sound gallery innovator (Diapason in Brooklyn, New York) Michael J. Schumacher spoke with host Elliott Sharp about Room Pieces, his computer-generated, ambient, multi-channel sound installation. In a 2006 interview, composer and sound gallery innovator (Diapason in Brooklyn, New York) Michael J. Schumacher spoke with host Elliott Sharp around the subject of his Rooms PIces, computer-generated, ambient, multi-channel sound... Originally aired 7/17/06 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Sonorama Albert Ayler at La Cave Hosted by Elliott Sharp Radio show This mix of essential Albert Ayler features live tracks recorded at La Cave in Cleveland in 1966 and tracks from New Grass, among others. A unique vision of jazz, R 'n B, and gospel. This program of essential Albert Ayler begins with live tracks recorded at La Cave in Cleveland in 1966, with a band made up of Don Ayler (trumpet), Frank Wright (tenor sax), Michael Samson (violin), Mutawef Shaheed (bass) and Ronald Shannon Jackson... Originally aired 7/17/06 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Sonorama The Music of Sasandu Hosted by Elliott Sharp Radio show From the Indonesian island of Roti, Sasandu creates sounds using only instruments constructed of bamboo and coconut leaves. The recording is from the collection of the long-lost Tokyo-based King Record Company and is no longer findable except here. From the Indonesian island of Roti, Sasandu creates sounds using only instruments constructed of bamboo and coconut leaves. The recording is from the collection of the King Record Company (no relation to King Records in Cincinnati) a seminal music... Originally aired 7/17/06 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Sonorama Elliott Sharp's Radio Hyper-Yahoo Hosted by Elliott Sharp Radio show Tracks crafted by the composer around words and/or performances by words and performances by Tracie Morris, Eric Bogosian, Maggie Estep, Steve Buscemi, Lisa Lowell, Jack Womack, Eszter Balint, Edwin Torres, Eric Mingus, Steve Piccolo. A wild ride. Underpinning all of the words are music tracks on this wild show produced by composer Elliott Sharp range from the brutal electro beats of Tracie Morris' "Got It? Get It!" to the grinding funk of Eric Bogosian's "No Crime" to the stark soundscape... Originally aired 7/17/06 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Sonorama Miya Masaoka: Works Old and New Hosted by Elliott Sharp Radio show Composer, sound artist, and koto virtuoso Miya Masaoka hosts a program of her work from a 2006 session. She writes that she has "investigated the sound and movement of insects, as well as the physiological response of plants, the human body." Composer, sound artist, and koto virtuoso Miya Masaoka presents some of her work. this program was prepared in advance of her appearance at Issue Project Room in Brooklyn in 2006. She writes that in her music she has "investigated the sound and... Originally aired 3/20/06 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Sonorama Tod Dockstadter, Organized Sound Hosted by Elliott Sharp Radio show Tod Dockstader began working in Hollywood in 1955 as a cartoonist and film editor and became a self-taught sound engineer and sound-effect specialist. Within a few years, he used the machines to produce tapes of musique concrete. Electroacoustic music of the 1950s and 60s by this pioneering sound artist and selected here by composer Elliott Sharp. Tod Dockstader (born 1932 USA), began working in Hollywood in 1955 as a cartoonist and film editor. He became a self-taught sound... Originally aired 3/5/06 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Sonorama Peter Kowald and Damon Smith, Mirrors Hosted by Elliott Sharp Radio show Improvised pieces for two acoustic basses performed by the late, legendary, powerful, and influential Peter Kowald and Damon Smith who was inspired after hearing Kowald to transition from freestyle BMX bikes and punk bands to free improv. Improvised pieces for two acoustic basses performed by the late, legendary, powerful, and influential Peter Kowald from Wuppertal, Germany and Oaklander Damon Smith who was inspired after hearing Kowald to transition from freestyle BMX bikes and... Originally aired 10/24/05 Listen Read More »