Live Constructions Playlists

This evening I aired an interview with John Olson and Nate Young, during which they discussed their new project, Stare Case. Stare Case is a noise project incorporating aspects of blues music, featuring Nate on bass, vocals, and synthesizers and John on reed instruments, sax, and electronics.

Best known as founders of the legendary noise group Wolf Eyes, Olson and Young were in town from Michigan on their January 2011 "Actin' Bad" tour. They headlined a show at Red Light District and performed at a P.S. 1 show before continuing on to Baltimore for another show.

Several live recordings of Keith Fullerton Whitman's "Generator" performances for the Doepfer hybrid analogue/digital synthesizer. Whitman's synthesizer 'plays itself' by self-modulation combined with the inherent degradation of analogue signals.

This Sunday we had Iron Dog come in to perform a live set and talk about upcoming projects and shows. Iron Dog is Sarah Bernstein (violin/processing/text), Stuart Popejoy (bass guitar/effects), and Andrew Drury (drums, percussion). We heard a live set with them, listened to two tracks off their album "Field Recordings 1" and spoke about the dynamics of the band. To catch them live, check out their set Friday, October 8 at the Stone (www.thestonenyc.com). For more information about Iron Dog, check out their website (www.irondogmusic.com).

This evening, we heard a set recorded a few weeks ago at WKCR by John Butcher. Butcher, renowned British saxophonist, came in and played three sax improvisations, and then spoke about his evolutions as a musician, projects and upcoming shows, and about his role as composer and leader. We also listened to a track from his John Butcher Group release, "somethingtobesaid", out on Weight of Wax.

For more information about John and his music, please see his website, http://www.johnbutcher.org.uk.