Flotation Device spans six countries, three continents, and a healthy range of composed, improvised and fixed-media works in this podcast. Prominent in the mix is Wadada Leo Smith’s new 7-CD box set of string quartets, distilled into a representative 13-minute medley. We also say farewell to the late Hans-Joachim Hespos, and happy (40th) birthday to Caroline Shaw, and we honor the 50th anniversary of a pair of French acousmatic classics. We’ve got new albums from Satoko Fujii and Joe Fonda, Germany’s Eckard Koltermann, Poland’s Anna Gadt, and the Northwest’s native electroacoustician Steve Layton, plus newfangled harpsichord music from Francesco Filidei, old-time banjo music (of a sort) from Weston Olencki, and a brand-new avant-fusion alloy from the all-stars of Lyon’s Dur et Doux collective.
Creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell. Photo credits and annotated playlist with comments.
