Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left Center

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  1. Sep 26

    9-26-26 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

    Greetings! This week's program came together as stream of consciousness. A melding of sound and concepts to hopefully create a cohesive whole.   Listen and enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com prior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/     10-3-26 PTE Playlist Intro An Ocean Divided - Mia Zabelka, Joshua Trinidad, Icostech - Aftershock Vol.3 - DL Subcontinental Records (2023) https://subcontinentalrecords.bandcamp.com/album/aftershock-vol-3    Phase One Nori II - Jin Hi Kim, composer / Zeitgeist, ensemble - The Jin Hi Kim Collection - Neuma Records (2026) https://neumarecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-jin-hi-kim-collection    Parallel Moving Streams IV - Kevin Kastning & Paul Wertico - Interchange Two - Greydisc Records (2026) https://kevinkastning.bandcamp.com/album/interchange-two    Corner Conversation - Wertico - StereoNucleosis - A440 Music (2004) http://wertico.com/discography/aboutstereonucleosis.php    Fee Hikes - Devin Gray feat. Nathaniel Morgan - El Bronco - Rataplan Records (2026) https://rataplanrecordsnyc.bandcamp.com/album/el-bronco    In Vivo - Devin Gray  feat. Andrea Parkins & Frank Gratkowski - Hz of Gold - Rataplan Records (2026) https://rataplanrecordsnyc.bandcamp.com/album/hz-of-gold    Dies Caniculares ("Dog Days" - Fwap (Andy West / bass  - Joaquin Lievano / guitar, vocals - Hilary Jones / drums) - Perfect World - OOP (2005) https://andywest.com/    Phase Two The Mesh - Nicholas Mohanna - Whistler - self-release (2026) https://nickolasmohanna.bandcamp.com/album/whistler    Exposure (alternate) - Robert Fripp - Exposure - DGM (2006 version) https://dgmlive.com/    Vigil - CZIGO - Eight Contemplations of Sorrowful Things - Machine Records (December 2026, pre-release) https://machinerecords.bandcamp.com/album/eight-contemplations-of-sorrowful-things    Autumn Orange Spectrum - Trem 77 - Textural Colour Spectrum Sandpainting - digital self-release (2026) https://trem77.bandcamp.com/album/textural-colour-spectrum-sandpainting    Ecstatic Orange - Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman, cond. / Michael Torke, composer - Color Music - Argo (1991) https://michael-torke.squarespace.com/ecstatic-orange    The Philosopher - ALG Trio - Between The Vistula And The Hudson - Aesthetiko (2026) https://aesthetiko.com/shop/new-releases/p/alg-trio    Chorale - Liberté Anne & FROTAE - Volume 2 - Halocline Trance (2026) https://liberteanne.bandcamp.com/album/volume-2-2    Confessions - Zbigniew Seifert - Solo Violin - EMI (1978) https://zbigniewseifert.com/

  2. Sep 12

    9-12-26 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

    Greetings! This week's program features brand new and classic Carl Stone, followed by Spanish prog, Mexican experimental electronics, all seasoned with Bryan Ferry & Ray Manzarek. And that's just Phase One! Phase Two features new music from Petridisch, cellists, India Gailey & Leah Plave, trumpet & no-input mixer chaos from Mark Kirsenmann and the first-place winner of the 2025 Musicworks Electronic Music Composition Contest, Panayiotis Kokoras.  Listen & Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com prior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/      9-12-26 PTE Playlist Intro The Beatles (1962-1970) - Aki Takahashi, piano / John Cage, composer - Hyper Beatles - EMI (1990) https://www.aki-takahashi.net/    Phase One Al-Noor - Carl Stone - Al-Noor - Intone Music (2007) https://www.rlsto.net/    Al-Noor - Carl Stone - Arthur Fischl Conducts the Music of Carl Stone - Unseen Worlds (2026) https://carlstone.bandcamp.com/album/arthur-fischl-conducts-the-music-of-carl-stone    Love Is The Drug - The Bryan Ferry Orchestra - The Jazz Age - BMG (2012) https://www.bryanferry.com/collections/the-jazz-age    Onda Media - Juan Belda & The Bit Band - Memories of a Loser - Astronomy Recording Music (2026) https://astronomyrecordingmusic.bandcamp.com/album/memories-of-a-loser    ∞ sincronia - Huerta Ensemble - S∞S - Elevator Bath (October 2026 pre-release) https://huertaensamble.bandcamp.com/album/s-s    Come, My Beauty (Veni Veni Venias) - Ray Manzarek / Carl Orff - Carmina Burana - A&M Records (1983) https://raymanzarek.com/discography-carmina-burana/    Phase Two The Way Appears - India Gailey & Leah Plave, cello / Kelly-Marie Murphy, composer - The Way Appears - Redshift Music (October 2026 pre-release) https://redshiftmusicsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-way-appears-2    Touch Sensitive - Mark Kirschenmann - Return to Sender - Neuma Records (2026) https://neumarecords.bandcamp.com/album/return-to-sender    Viper Snake - Panayiotis Kokoras - Musicworks 154 - Musicworks Magazine (2026) https://www.musicworks.ca/panayiotis-kokoras-2026-composition-contest-winner   The Antagonist (Version 1) - Petridisch - Early Works Vol. 1 - self-release (2026) https://petridisch.bandcamp.com/album/early-works-vol-1    Cogs In Cogs, pt. 1: Dance / Cogs In Cogs, pt. 2: Song / Cogs In Cogs, pt. 3: Double Fugue  - Brad Meldhau - Jacob's Ladder - Nonesuch (2022) https://bradmehldau.bandcamp.com/album/jacobs-ladder    The Runaway - Gentle Giant - In A Glass House - Alucard (2026) https://gentlegiantband.com/blogs/news/in-a-glass-house-returns-in-newly-remixed-and-remastered-edition    Religion - Philip Glass - Naqoyqatsi (nah-coy-cot-see) - Nonesuch (2002) https://philipglass.com/recordings/naqoyqatsi/

  3. Sep 6

    9-5-26 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

    Greetings! A sport truncated PTE, featuring a pair of memorials, some fine new & classic progressive rock and closing out with Swedish jazz. Listen & Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com prior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/    9-5-26 PTE Playlist   Intro Simplicity - Tim Curry (RIP) - Simplicity - A&M Records (1981)   Pretender - Dally Proton / Plunderphonics - Plunderphonic Songs - FONY (1988) https://plunderphonic.bandcamp.com/track/pretender  (Dolly Parton, RIP)   Phase One Hogtied & Slightly Slack / Construction of Light / Firepower Coda - Rendezvous Rodeo - 7d Media (2026) https://tu-ner7d.bandcamp.com/album/rendezvous-rodeo    Frippada Andaluza -  Malabriega - Frippada Andaluza (La mar limpia) [Andalusian Frippada (The Clean Sea)] - Astronomy Recording Music (2025) http://astronomyrecordingmusic.bandcamp.com/album/frippada-andaluza    Last Minute On Earth - The Flower Kings - The Rainmaker - InsideOut Music (2001) https://insideoutmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-rainmaker-24-bit-hd-audio    Live at Bubblan - Dark Horse - Music For Ukraine (compilation) - We Jazz Records (2023) https://wejazzrecords.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-ukraine

  4. Aug 31

    8-29-26 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

    Greetings! Much recent music plus more classic thrift store acquisitions! Listen & enjoy! Joel   e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com prior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/    8-29-26 PTE Playlist   Circadian Rhythms - Adam Hill - Dance Card - self-release (2026) https://misteradamhill.bandcamp.com/album/dance-card    Fall In Love With Your Mind - Leah Callahan - Our Lady of the Sad Adventure - self-release (2026) https://leahcallahan.bandcamp.com/album/our-lady-of-the-sad-adventure    Others - Art in America - Dreams of the Disappeared - Iconoclassic Records (Sept 2026 pre-release) https://iconoclassicrecords.com/album/dreams-of-the-disappeared/    In This Moment - Held By Trees - The Call of Home - (October 2026 pre-release) https://heldbytrees.bandcamp.com/album/the-call-of-home    The Lone Man feat. David Torn (textural guitar) - Patrick O'Hearn - Trust - Deep Cave Records (1995) https://www.patrickohearn.com/music-trust    Piece in the Old Style 1 - William Orbit (R.I.P.) / composer: Henryk Gorecki - Pieces in a Modern Style - Maverick Recording Company (2000) https://www.williamorbit.com/albums/pieces-in-a-modern-style    Interplanetary Time (featuring Lauren Jones) - theAdelaidean - Airward - Projekt Records (2026) https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/airward    India (John Coltrane) - Robert Dick & The Soldier String Quartet - Jazz Standards On Mars - Enja (1997) https://robertdick.net/category/recordings/jazz-standards-on-mars/    Songbird - Louise Campbell, clarinet/electronics/composer - Sources - Redshift Records (2023) https://redshiftmusicsociety.bandcamp.com/album/sources    Phase Two Un - Super scintillant (Nicolas Bernier & Melanie Bourassa) - Tarot - Ambiances Magnétiques (September 2026 pre-release) https://ambiances-magnetiques.bandcamp.com/album/tarot    On the River - Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin /Bohdan Kryvopust, composer - Music of Resilience: Ukrainian Music for Violin and Orchestra - Naxos (2026) https://www.naxos.com/CatalogueDetail/?id=8.579191    my lips from speaking... - Grand Band / Julia Wolfe, composer - Grand Band Live - Cantaloupe Music (2026) https://grandbandnyc.bandcamp.com/album/grand-band-live    Victory Parade C - Paixomenos (peh-ZOH-meh-nohss) - Victory Parade - digital release (2026) https://paixomenos.bandcamp.com/album/victory-parade    What Next? - Joel Krutt - What Next? - self-release (2003) https://gajoob.org/gajoob/joel-krutt-whats-next-digital-2003/    Gending Sekar Gadung - Gamelon Selonding - Bali: Gamelan & Kecak (ke-chock) - Nonesuch Explorer (1989) https://www.nonesuch.com/albums/bali-gamelan-kecak

  5. Aug 24

    8-22-26 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center - Field Recordings

    Greetings! The focus for this week is self-explanatory.  Raw field recordings, processed field recordings, compositions containing field recordings and composed pieces consisting only of field recordings.  Since my own sonic handiwork is often in this area, I've included both raw recordings I've made and pieces assembled that have been included in a couple of compilations. Listen & Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com prior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/    8-22-26 PTE Playlist - Field Recordings   Intro Battle of Capron - Time Rival - stay safe out there - digital October pre-release (2026) - https://timerival.bandcamp.com/album/stay-safe-out-there    Phase One Bell Schedule -  Time Rival - Counterwave - digital self-release (2026) https://timerival.bandcamp.com/album/counterwave    Ineffectual States #2 - Fletina - Ineffectual States - digital self-release (2026) https://fletina.bandcamp.com/album/ineffectual-states    field recording: Call To Prayer - 6:36am - Istanbul, Turkey - Joel Krutt (2024, personal)   Shikijitsu - Tokyo Bedroom Orchestra - Tsuioku - Kitchen. Label (2026) https://tybo.bandcamp.com/album/tsuioku    Grass In The Moonlight - Orca, Attack!  (Elizabeth Joan Kelly and David Rodriguez) - Mortality Tables (digital single 2026) https://mortalitytables.bandcamp.com/album/grass-in-the-moonlight    Collins Avenue - Joel Krutt - 42 Seconds #7 (compilation) - Owlripper Recordings (2024) https://owlripperrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/42-seconds-7  Rain Washer - Museleon - Rattle and Whirr - digitial self-release (2026) https://museleon.bandcamp.com/album/rattle-and-whirr    Gravity Fields - Audio Obscura - Acid Field Recordings in Dub - Subexotic Records (2024) https://audioobscura.bandcamp.com/album/acid-field-recordings-in-dub    Flamingo nuptual dance - Colin Hunter - Field Recordings of the Year 2025 - Cities & Memory (2025) https://citiesandmemory.bandcamp.com/album/field-recordings-of-the-year-2025    Avian Reduction - Joel Krutt - Melt : Minnesota Remixed - Wandering Ear (2007) https://web.archive.org/web/20070223111246/http://www.wanderingear.com/we005.html     2 second swing loop: Jun 7, 2025  2;30 PM - Chesapeake Beach, MD - Joel Krutt (2025 personal)   Phase Two Return to Archive - Matmos featuring Aaron Dilloway - Return to Archive - Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (2023) https://folkways.si.edu/matmos/return-to-archive   Gently Penetrating - Hildegard Westerkamp - Into India - Earsay Music (2002) https://earsaymusic.bandcamp.com/album/into-india    slow drip - How Much? - R.C.C.T.S. - digital self-release (2026) https://howmuchboston.bandcamp.com/album/r-c-c-t-s    Washing Machine and Cartoon Salad - Strattanpossum - Issue 53: "Field Recording Vol. 5" - Gelombang Audiozine (2026) https://gelombangaudiozine.bandcamp.com/album/issue-53-field-recording-vol-5    8-14-2005 Gravity Drum - Building 169 - Dave Grzyb (2005) - personal copy

  6. Aug 12

    8-8-26 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

    Greeting! Lots of new things with a Phase Two focus, sampling unique collaborations and solo work from guitarist Kevin Kastning's recent releases. Listen & Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com prior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/      8-8-26 PTE Playlist   Champion - inc inc inc - Thorny Tailed Seal - self-release (2026) https://incincinc.bandcamp.com/album/thorny-tailed-seal   The Nightstalker / Pijamas - Senogul - III - Astronomy Recording Music (2026) https://astronomyrecordingmusic.bandcamp.com/album/iii    interstate - Bang On A Can Allstars - interstate - Cantaloupe Music single (2026) https://bangonacan.bandcamp.com/track/interstate    Auratones of desire / I can feel the waves - Frances Chang - been thinking bout confession - RVNG Intl. (2026) https://destinyisadog.bandcamp.com/album/been-thinking-bout-confession    Path A - The Abstract Observer - The Path Integral - digital self-release (2026) https://the-abstract-observer.bandcamp.com/album/the-path-integral    Ta Min Hand - Klara Lewis - Opening - Editions MEGO September pre-release track (2026) https://klaralewis.bandcamp.com/album/opening    Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road - Robert Wyatt & Friends - In Concert - Theatre Royal Drury Lane 9-8-1974 - Domino Recording Company (2005) https://www.dominomusic.com/releases/robert-wyatt/drury-lane/cd    Mundos Diversos - Francisco Mela & Zoh Amba - Causa y Efecto, Vol. 2 - 577 Records (2024) https://franciscomela577.bandcamp.com/album/causa-y-efecto-vol-2    Phase Two Adjacent Flowing Streams - Kevin Kastning & Paul Wertico - Interchange One - Greydisc Records (2026) https://kevinkastning.bandcamp.com/album/interchange-one-2    Arcana III - Kevin Kastning - Codex III - Greydisc Records (2026) https://kevinkastning.bandcamp.com/album/codex-iii    Never Explaining, Only Revealing - Kevin Kastning & Phil Grenadier (trumpet, flugelhorn) - Unreal City - Greydisc Records (2026) https://kevinkastning.bandcamp.com/album/unreal-city    Garden of Earthly Delights - Avi Engel - Seedhead  - self-release (August 2026) https://aviengel.bandcamp.com/album/seedhead    Kling Klang - Ezra - Whippersnap - Adhyâropa Records (2026) https://ezraquartet.bandcamp.com/album/whippersnap    Impvov- 11 July 2026 for solo piano - Joseph Benzola - Amanita Music digital single (2026) https://josephbenzola.bandcamp.com/track/impvov-11-july-2026    Covid Variations: Nero - Denman Maroney Quartet - The Air-Conditioned Nightmare - Neuma Records (2024) https://denmanfmaroney.bandcamp.com/album/the-air-conditioned-nightmare-2

  7. Jul 18

    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

  8. 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

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