Flotation Device casts an appreciative gaze on some of our favorite new releases of 2022. Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Rzewski, Zorn, Dunn, Shipp, Smith, Halvorson-even Björk-all have prominent spots on the playlist. Heiner Goebbels appears as the composer of A House of Call and the director of Partch's Delusion of the Fury (in its first digital recording), while Java's Wukir Suryadi and Kiev's Dmytro Radzetskyi continue Partch's passion for self-built instruments. We reprise Adam Rudolph's tribute to Yusef Lateef and the latest offering from Brandon Seabrook's off-kilter power trio. On the historical front we sample a precursor to free jazz via the new Lennie Tristano archival compilation, and a classic John Cage collage piece that turned 50 in December.
Creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell. Annotated playlist and photo credits with Comments.
