Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left Center

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  1. 5d ago

    7-18-26 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

    Greetings! This week's focus is on a trio of extended compositions from Robyn Jacob, Louis Andriessen & Michael Gordon peppered with Sanskrit chant, fusion, electronics & drone. Listen & enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com prior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/      7-18-26 PTE Playlist   Intro Brain Dance - DDSM5 - Lattice - digital self-release (2026) https://fdbkmsk.bandcamp.com/album/lattice    Phase One Portals I: In The Offing - SHHH!! Ensemble: Zac Pulak, percussion and Edana Higham, piano / Robyn Jacob, composer - New Forevers - Redshift Records (August 2026 pre-release)  Portals II: The Verge - Marilou LePage (viola) and Architek Percussion (Noam Bierstone, Alexander Haupt)  / Robyn Jacob, composer - New Forevers - Redshift Records (August 2026 pre-release) https://redshiftmusicsociety.bandcamp.com/album/new-forevers     Om Namo Bhagavate - Deva Premal - embrace - White Swan Records (2002) https://whiteswanrecords.bandcamp.com/album/embrace    Hope for Enlightenment - Lama Gyurme & Jean-Philippe Rykiel - The Lama's Chant: Songs of Awakening - Sony Classical (1996)    Pastoral - The Mahavishnu Project - Return to the Emerald Beyond - Cuneiform Records (2007) https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/return-to-the-emerald-beyond    Phase Two Contra Tempus for large ensemble - Netherlands Ballet Orchestra, cond. Howard Williams / Louis Andriessen, composer - Louis Andriessen - Donemus / Composers' Voice Highlights (1994)   https://louisandriessen.com/    Field of Vision, sides A, B & C - Doug Perkins and the University of Michigan Percussion Ensemble / Michael Gordon, composer - Field of Vision - Cantaloupe Music (2026) https://michaelgordonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/field-of-vision    Dancing Electrons -  Shan Lyu / Mike Zellers - Dense Horizon Architecture - digital self-release (2026) https://mikezellers.bandcamp.com/album/dense-horizon-architecture    Vulcan - KORABL - The Moon in the Afternoon/Vulcan (split release w/ Millips) - digital release (2018) https://mmmmillips.bandcamp.com/album/the-moon-in-the-afternoon-vulcan

  2. Jul 11

    7-11-26 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

    Greetings! This week's PTE leans into the worlds of ambient, drone & noise w/ side-tracks of new/classic Berlin electronic and contemporary composition. Listen & Enjoy! e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com  prior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/    7-11-26 PTE Playlist Intro Magnificent Walk - Kyriakos Plsds - Turn Dystopia Into Eutopia (compilation) - noise-below (2025) https://noise-below.bandcamp.com/album/turn-dystopia-into-eutopia    Phase One knurl cracked green - Nolan Hildebrand - Noise Trip Explosion - Redshift Records (2026) https://redshiftrecords.org/catalogue/2026-releases/tk576/    Das freiwillige Exil (Fernab von Gottes Gnade) - Yhorm -  Rohmaterial - digital self-release (2026) https://yhorm.bandcamp.com/album/rohmaterial     Beyond The Immanent Will - Vaariat & Merzbow - Unintended Intention - I Shall Sing Until My Land Is Free (2023) https://ishallsinguntilmylandisfree.bandcamp.com/track/beyond-the-immanent-will    Flare Equilibrium - Sam Rosenthal - The Width of Shadows - Projekt Records (2026) https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-width-of-shadows    Jann Dusza - I Am Berlin - digital self-release (2026) https://janndusza.bandcamp.com/album/i-am-berlin-lp-2026    Neon Lights - Kraftwerk - The Man Machine - Capitol Records (1978) https://kraftwerk.com/    letas noiz zem - Gintas K - Sugar Noizy - zeromoon (2026) https://gintask.bandcamp.com/album/sugar-noizy-zeromoon-2026    Phase Two Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years - New York New Music Ensemble / composer: Eric Moe - Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years: Music of Eric Moe - New Focus Recordings (2026) https://newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/where-do-you-see-yourself-in-5-years    Var. 366 - Pauline Roberts, vibraphone / Esteban Insinger, composer - Nuevas Músicas para Vibráfono y Electrónica - self-release (2025) https://paulineroberts.bandcamp.com/album/nuevas-m-sicas-para-vibr-fono-y-electr-nica    Endless Filtration (excerpt) - Freight Cell - Endless Filtration - digital self-release (2026) https://freightcell.bandcamp.com/album/endless-filtration    You Know The Real Me, But I Only Know Myself Via The Lens Of An Impostor Syndrome - Wings of an Angel - Melodies Of Miraculous Boredom To A Pariah Who Cannot Become One Of The Quorum - digital release (2022) https://wingsofanangel.bandcamp.com/album/melodies-of-miraculous-boredom-to-a-pariah-who-cannot-become-one-of-the-quorum

  3. Jul 4

    Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center - Prog On The 4th of July

    Greetings! Since today's program falls right on July 4th, I've decided to return to an older PTE tradition of playing only progressive rock; new, classic and in-between. Enjoy! Joel   7-4-26 PTE Playlist: Prog On The 4th of July   Eternal Hand - Gong - Bright Spirit - KScope (2026) https://gongband.bandcamp.com/album/bright-spirit-4    Dissembler - Jane Getter Premonition - Anomalia - Esoteric Antenna (2021)   https://janegetter.bandcamp.com/album/anomalia    Spiral - Flat 122 - The Waves - Musea (2005) http://www.musearecords.com/boutique/anglais/index.php?ficheprod=1&artiste=FLAT122&refp=33399    Alcyone - Phaedrus - Pleiades Suite - Vessence Experimental (2026) https://vessence-e.bandcamp.com/album/pleiades-suite    Pasodoble - Juan Belda & The Bit Band - Moscas en la Playa (Flies On The Beach) - Astronomy Recording Music (2022/2026) https://juanbelda.bandcamp.com/album/moscas-en-la-play   Transcience - Mike Johnson - The Gardens of Loss - Cuneiform Records (2026) https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-gardens-of-loss    Lonely Robot - Lonely Robot - Please Come Home - InsideOut Music (2015) https://insideoutmusic.bandcamp.com/album/please-come-home-bonus-tracks-edition   Phase Two Tenemos Roads - National Health - National Health Complete - East Side Digital (1977/1990)    The Invisible Man - Marillion - Racket 60 - Live In Chile - Racket Records (2018) https://marillionofficial.bandcamp.com/album/racket-60-live-in-chile    The Transit of Venus Across the Sun - Big Big Train - Are We Nearly There Yet? - English Electric Records (2025) https://bigbigtrain.bandcamp.com/album/are-we-nearly-there-yet    Shadow Self - Kevin Gilbert - thud - PRA Records (1994) https://kevingilbert.com/    Lands End - Bruford - Gradually Going Tornado - Winterfold (1979) https://billbruford.com/winterfold/

  4. Jun 27

    6-27-26 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

    Greetings! A focus on Alabama based composer, William Price starts out today's PTE, followed by music spanning varied genres and time, highlighting many recent releases. Listen & Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com prior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/    6-27-26 PTE Playlist   Intro Trope No. 1 Surface Tension / Trope No. 2 Saturation Point / Trope No. 3 Brushstroke: A Gradient Collapse - William Price - Rush Hour (Electronic Works 1997-2017) - ablaze Records (2017) https://ablazewilliamprice.bandcamp.com/album/rush-hour    Billy's Lament for solo bassoon - Andrei Huzeyeu, bassoon / William Price, composer - The Blue Trail (compilation) - Phasma-Music (2025) https://www.phasma-music.com/label/catalogue/the-blue-trail    Phase One Lost Anthems - Leilehua Lanzilotti, viola / David Kaplan, piano / Scott Willschleger, composer - Lost Anthems - New Focus Recordings (2025) https://leilehua.bandcamp.com/album/scott-wollschleger-lost-anthems     4am Nowhere - Hemispheres - Hemispheres II - Music On The Edge / FMR Records (2025) https://musicontheedge.bandcamp.com/album/hemispheres-ii     Still Here - Jane Getter Premonition - Anomalia - Esoteric Antenna (2026) https://janegetter.bandcamp.com/album/anomalia    Equal Minds - Dominique Vantomme feat. Tony Levin,bass / Michel Delville, guitar / Maxim Lenssens, drums  -- Vegir (HD) - MoonJune Records (2018) https://dominiquevantomme.bandcamp.com/album/vegir-hd    Phase Two Prometheus Returns / The Continent - Steve Roach - LA ROSA: Live in Tucson, 2025 - Projekt Records (2026) https://steveroach.bandcamp.com/album/steve-roach-la-rosa-live-in-tucson    Rain - Museleon - Still(a)Life - digital self-release (2025) https://museleon.bandcamp.com/album/still-a-life    Cirkus - King Crimson - Lizard - DGM (1970/2009 remaster) https://dgmlive.com/key-albums/lizard    Hush - Tönky Hönk (Madeline Hildebrand, Everett Hopfner, pianos & sundry items) / Phyllis Chen, composer - Tönky Hönk: The ËP - Redshift Music (2026) https://redshiftmusicsociety.bandcamp.com/album/t-nky-h-nk-the-p    Wind Telephone - Heidi Ratke, alto saxophone / Ruby Fulton, composer - Convergence: Music for Saxophone & Fixed Media - Navona Records (2024) https://www.navonarecords.com/catalog/nv6608/     Satari - Alpha Wave Movement & Jim Cole - Bislama - Harmonic Resonance Recordings (2000) https://hrresonance.bandcamp.com/album/bislama

  5. Jun 21

    6-6-26 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

    Greetings!  New x 4 (Lua Jungck, b.mez, murmer, Petridisch & Society of Composers), bouncing balls, Phase Two focus on Niblock, Hooker, Soldier & First's, "Paiva River Songs" and closing out with Squid In Chains.  Now if that's not variety! Listen & Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com prior programs and playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/    6-6-26 PTE Playlist   Intro transients&transition / sleep cache - Lua Jungck - -ous (2026) https://luajungck.bandcamp.com/album/chase  Phase One Your Planet Is As Good As Mine - b. mez - Under Circuitous Skies - Cuneiform Records (2026) https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/under-circuitous-skies   liminal IV - murmer - mill:liminal - deep mapping (2026) https://deepmapping.bandcamp.com/album/mill-liminal    A Film by Laurent Boutonnat - Petridisch - The New Allante - SHIFT+CTRL Music (2026) https://ampwall.com/a/shiftctrlmusic/album/the-new-allante    Jouer - Kyle Hutchins, soprano saxophone / Leah Reid, composer - ANONYMOUS VEIL, presented by Society of Composers, Inc - Navona Records (2026) https://www.navonarecords.com/catalog/nv6829/    Inner Secrets - Eddie Jobson - Theme of Secrets - Private Music (1985)    Bucephalus Bouncing Ball - Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy - Warp/Sire (1997) https://aphextwin.warp.net/release/68141-aphex-twin-come-to-daddy    Lift Off - Secret Saucer - Space Rock: An Interstellar Traveler's Guide - Purple Pyramid (2016) https://purplepyramid.bandcamp.com/album/space-rock-an-interstellar-travelers-guide-2    Phase Two Paiva River Songs - Niblock, Hooker, Soldier & First - Paiva River Songs - Gold Bolus Recordings (2026) https://davidfirst.bandcamp.com/album/paiva-river-songs    Tango Lies - Squid In Chains - Drifting - Earsay Music (2024) https://earsaymusic.bandcamp.com/album/drifting

  6. Jun 8

    5-30-26 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

    Greetings! Scattered  throughout today's program are takes in both word and music of "Blue in Green", the classic Miles Davis/Bill Evans tune. (Happy 100th Birthday, Mr. Davis!)  That didn't start out being intentional until i noticed that the opening Laurie Altman piece was later followed by the similarly titled Morten Qvenild track.  I was then motivated to find a couple of more unusual covers of "Blue in Green", notably by Dave Fiuczynski's Screaming Headless Torsos & the classic lineup of Oregon.  These keep company with a plethora of new and less recent musics from multiple genres. Listen & Enjoy!! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com  prior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/        5-30-26 PTE Playlist   Intro Poem: Blue in Green / Blue in Green (after Miles Davis) - Laurie Altman, spoken word; Clipper Erickson, piano; Isabel Pfefferkorn, vocal - Briefly - Navona Records (2026) https://www.navonarecords.com/catalog/nv6835/    Phase One portrait RE - Ensemble Dal Niente / composer: Igor Santos - portrait RE / Flux / Pacific Time - New Focus Recordings (2025) https://dalniente.bandcamp.com/album/portrait-re-flux-pacific-time    every - Nicholas Remondino/ prepared drums - Ocra Rossa: Falling Stick Is A Necessary Gesture, Every Sonic Action Being Perfectly Voluntary And With Its Own Dignity - Shhpuma (2023) https://shhpuma.bandcamp.com/album/ocra-rossa    only ghosts - Ryan Scott, snare drum / Christina Volpini, composer - 21st-Century Canadian Snare Drum - Collection QB (2026) https://collectionqb.bandcamp.com/album/21st-century-canadian-snare-drum    Out of Blue Comes Green - Morten Qvenild - Lokalt Piano - Susanna Sonata (2026) https://mortenqvenild.bandcamp.com/album/lokalt-piano    Earthrise - Steve Hillage - Open Featuring Studio Herald - Caroline (1979/1990) http://stevehillage.com/    Phase Two God's Name / Being Watched / The Energy - Stereo Minus One - The Acid Tape (Original Soundtrack) - Machine Records (2026) https://stereominusone.bandcamp.com/album/the-acid-tape-original-soundtrack    Penalty Stroke - trang trai traicay - store in cool and dry places - Fruit Exports (2026) https://trangtraitraicay.bandcamp.com/album/store-in-cool-and-dry-places    Blue in Green - Screaming Headless Torsos - Live!! - Fuzelicious Morsels (2002) https://www.davidfiuczynski.com/screaming-headless-torsos    Rest In Pleasure - Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D + Evolution - Concord Records (2016) https://esperanzaspalding.bandcamp.com/album/emily-s-d-evolution    Warning Bell / They Are Waiting In The Van - Emily Bezar - Vista - digital self-release (2026) https://www.emilybezar.com/    Blue in Green - Oregon - Live at the Free Music Store - WBAI-FM  NYC  9-2-1972

  7. May 28

    5-23-26 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center - Happy 80th Birthday, Robert Fripp!!

    Greetings! Phase One focuses primarily on new releases and a wonderful piece for electric guitar & piano by Canadian composer, Tim Brady.  In contrast, for most of Phase Two we celebrate Robert Fripp's 80th birthday with classic works featuring Mr. Fripp with prestigious collaborators! Listen & Enjoy! Joel   e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com prior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/      5-23-26 PTE Playlist: Happy 80th Birthday, Robert Fripp!!   Intro Anima - Akusmi - Terra Incognita - Tonal Union (2026) https://akusmi.bandcamp.com/album/terra-incognita   Phase One The Frumious Bandersnatch - David Occhipinti - Looking Glass - Elastic Recordings (2026) https://davidocchipinti.bandcamp.com/album/looking-glass-elastic-recordings    bladders, bloody bladders - Totoabas (Petr Vrba and Zdeněk Závodný) - Winter Spawning - Circum-Disc (2026) https://circum-disc.bandcamp.com/album/winter-spawning    Aerial - Frédéric L'Epée - Contre courant - Cuneiform Records (2026) https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/contre-courant    Frame 1 - Resonanace for electric guitar, electronics & piano - Tim Brady, guitar/composer / Pamela Reimer, piano - Paying Guitar: Symphony #1 - Ambiances Magnetiques (2004) https://actuellecd.com/en/album/1251-tim-brady-playing-guitar-symphony-1     The Sun - Windy & Carl - Conscioussness - Kranky (2001) https://windyandcarl.bandcamp.com/album/consciousness    Phase Two For My Father - Prelude: Orison / Fugue: Upastuti - piano: Sarah Rothenberg / composer: Vijay Iyer - In Darkness And Light - DACAMERA Editions (2026) https://dacameraeditions.bandcamp.com/album/in-darkness-and-light    Happy 80th Birthday, Robert Fripp!!  https://dgmlive.com/  Hope - The Robert Fripp String Quintet - The Robert Fripp String Quartet - Discipline Records (1993) Firepower - David Sylvian & Robert Fripp - The First Day - Virgin (1993) I Advance Masked - Andy Summers & Robert Fripp - I Advanced Masked - A&M Records (1982) Swastika Girls - Fripp & Eno - No Pussyfooting - Opal/Inner Knot (1973/2008)

  8. May 22

    5-16-26 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

    Greetings! All kinds of neat stuff this week, with my faves being the new releases from Edward Givens, "biomes, vol. 1-4" and Stereo Minus One's, "The Acid Tape (Original Soundtrack)". Listen & Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com Check out prior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/      5-16-26 PTE Playlist   Intro Mimic - Nick Fraser - Areas - Elastic Recordings (2026) https://nickfraserthedrummer.bandcamp.com/album/areas-2    Phase One Four Saints, Part 1 / Secret Angels Beneath the West Side Highway Overpass - Bipolar Explorer - Last Lights - Slugg Records (2026) https://bipolarexplorer.bandcamp.com/album/last-lights    Orient- Occident - Iannis Xenakis - Electronic Music - EMF (1997)    Crash - Chaos Face - Doom Ride - Subharmonic (1994) https://billlaswell.bandcamp.com/album/doom-ride    Pope-A-Dope - Onilu  - Jakuta's Dance - 577 Records (2026) https://577records.bandcamp.com/album/jakutas-dance     Unorthodox - Stefania de Kenessey - In Her Words - Neuma Records (2022) https://stefaniadekenessey.bandcamp.com/album/in-her-words    Phase Two Eat Drugs / Thinking Relationship / Holding Onto Asphalt - Stereo Minus One - The Acid Tape (Original Soundtrack) - Machine Records (2026) https://stereominusone.bandcamp.com/album/the-acid-tape-original-soundtrack    Solis Overture - ensemble: Wild Rumpus / composer: Per Bloland - Shadows of the Electric Moon - New Focus Recordings (2025) https://newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/shadows-of-the-electric-moon    Steppes - Edward Givens - biomes, vol. 1 - digital self-release (2026) https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/album/biomes-vol-1    Cat People (Putting Out The Fire) - David Bowie - Cat People (OST) - MCA (1982)   Pasodoble - Juan Belda & The Bit Band - Moscas en la playa (Flies on the beach) - Astronomy Recording Music (2022/2026) https://astronomyrecordingmusic.bandcamp.com/album/moscas-en-la-playa    September the Ninth - Soupsongs Live: The Music of Robert Wyatt - Jazzprint (2000)

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