Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left Center

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  1. 5d ago

    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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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/

  8. 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

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