Flotation Device celebrates the 80th birthday of Wadada Leo Smith, the 65th birthday of Merzbow and the 50th anniversary of Sun Ra’s first concert tour in Egypt with a cherishing look at all three musicians’ esoteric approach to radical music. We also launch our retrospective of 2021's best new albums of avant-garde music with some compelling music by George Crumb, Fred Frith, Ikue Mori, Joseph Kamaru AKA KMRU, Bill Horist, Sound-In, Acoustic Fringe, Luca Quintavalle, Rhys Chatham and the late Ghédalia Tazartès.
How did Egyptian concertgoers respond to the Arkestra’s bizarre spectacle? How did KBCS-FM’s management respond to our programming Merzbow? Stream this show anytime, anyplace, and find out. Creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, originally aired December 19, 2021.
Photo credits and annotated playlist with Comments.
