Tambourine, photo by Leo Reynolds.
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Complex Minimalism
Hosted by David Weinstein
Originally aired on Thursday, September 9th, 2010

This program exposes some of the edgier creations made by composers who innovated in the surprisingly complex world of minimalist music. It does not exhaustively investigate all the who’s and hows, the influences, and histories of this music, but a few revelations and comparisons can be found here. And some of these works are also widely seen as belonging in related genres such as Ambient, Drone, Trance, Noise or Process music (look for our other segments that focus on these). Produced by composer David Weinstein this segment features works by Philip Glass, Steve Reich, James Tenney, Terry Riley, LaMonte Young, Brian Eno, Arnold Dreyblatt, and Alan Lamb.

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Originally aired Monday, May 23rd, 2011

A trippy soundtrack for a 2005 installation by artist Justin Lowe at the SculptureCenter in New York. The installation had visitors crawl under and over a furniture-fort made of scavenged sofas, chairs, bed-frames, refrigerators, carpeting, and junk.

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Hosted by David Weinstein
Originally aired Monday, April 25th, 2011

Why can't you see in outer space and why can't you hear in a rainforest? A conversation, with sound illustrations, with the composer and sound artist in advance of his performance at EMPAC in Troy, New York on April 28, 29, 30, 2011 with 90 speakers.

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Hosted by Alanna Heiss
Originally aired Saturday, May 5th, 2007

Tracks commissioned by P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center for the 1993 Venice Biennale features homages and wild re-dos from the work of John Cage with Jello Biafra, Joey Ramone, John Zorn, Lou Reed, Elliott Sharp, Shelley Hirsch, John Cale, others...

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Originally aired Monday, July 10th, 2006

What do artists hear when they're alone? Filmmaker Jim McBride (The Big Easy, Great Balls of Fire, David Holzman's Diary) answers with this unusual mix of music from Willie Nelson to David Byrne to Kings of Leon to Henry Kaiser.

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Originally aired Monday, October 10th, 2005

A mix by artist Fred Tomaselli known for paintings that incorporate acrylic, photo-collage, pills, hallucinogenic plants and medicinal herbs in abstract compositions or fictive landscapes, with tracks ranging from Richard Hell to Barry white.

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Hosted by David Weinstein
Originally aired Monday, September 12th, 2005

A survey of Gulf Coast music assembled in the week following Hurricane Katrina in 2005 including artists Amédé Ardoin, Napolian Strickland, Dixie Cups, Dennis McGee, Professor Longhair, Allain Toussant, Louis Armstrong Hot Five, and many more

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Hosted by David Weinstein
Originally aired Monday, September 5th, 2005

A program of music to honor the memory of Robert Moog (1934-2005) and his most influential electronic instrument, the Moog Synthesizer, with tracks by Wendy Carlos, Dick Hyman, Kraftwerk, Perrey & Kingsley, Sun Ra, Emerson, Lake & Palmer and others.

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Hosted by David Platzker
Originally aired Monday, June 27th, 2005

17 versions of the Rolling Stones' 1965 rock and roll classic assembled host/producer David Platzker with tracks by Otis Redding, Devo, Bjork and PJ Harvey, Cat Power, Junior Wells, Brittany Spears, The Hampton String Quartet, and many others.

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Hosted by David Weinstein
Originally aired Monday, June 27th, 2005

Vocal explorer, improviser, raconteur, chanteuse and so much more, Brooklyn born Shelley Hirsch has been a central figure in New York's downtown music scene since the mid 1970s. This show samples from her CD sampler produced by John Zorn.

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Originally aired Tuesday, June 7th, 2005

Venice Love Boat Venice is a faux radio show assembled by composer Massimo Simonini. It features a wide variety of music effectively interspersed with "displaced announcers" - voices cut and pasted out of context. With Sun Ra, Stockhausen, Zappa...

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Originally aired Tuesday, June 7th, 2005

A mix by Mike Hajar made for the exhibit, Cabinessence, a 2001 work by artist Justin Lowe which consisted of a "hive-like dome" structure for six people to lounge in. The 65-minute mix tape of nostalgic ’60s music completes the experience.

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Hosted by David Weinstein

This playlist, curated and compiled specifically for Art Basel Miami Beach 2006 by David Weinstein, was designed for visitors to the Miami Beach Botanical Gardens to listen to with wireless headphones while roaming freely through the flora and fauna.

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Hosted by David Weinstein

A morning music mix with word jazz from Ken Nordine, a bit of pop from Arling & Cameron, some Bacharach, happy oldies, and advice from filmmaker-turned-composer Baz Luhrmann.

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