Flotation Device 2021-09-19 - Ingrid Laubrock interviewed

Old meets New, and East meets West. And in the spotlight, Ingrid Laubrock, joining host Mike Schell to talk about her new quartet album All Set, which borrows ideas—and its title—from Milton Babbitt's classic composition. Listen to tracks by Laubrock and co-saxophonist Stéphane Payen, juxtaposed with Babbitt's original as interpreted by BMOP.

In a similar vein is a new string quartet by Gerald Resch which chisels away at Beethoven’s No. 7. On the cross-cultural front, we hear Clarence Barlow channeling minimalism and Indian drones , Surabhi Saraf doing likewise with vocals, Dal:um modernizing Korean strings, and Vavabond contemplating electronic womb realms. We also continue our traversal of Matt Mitchell/Kate Gentile’s massive new box set, practice underwater breathing with Steph Richards, preview the Webstream of Abraham's Land, and celebrate Zeena Parkins at 65. Creative & improvised music from the Northwest and around the world.

Annotated playlist and photo credits in Comments.