Anthony Braxton might be the most influential living American composer who’s not a minimalist. Flotation Device celebrates his 78th birthday with a peek at his new Lorraine writing method. We also sample the new 70th birthday retrospective from sonic ecologist David Dunn, and catch up on new releases by Brandon Seabrook, Claire Chase, Matana Roberts, Roxane Métayer, Cecilia Damström, and the Grdina/Maneri/Lillinger and Ullén/Bergman/Lund trios. Our 50 years ago in the avant-garde feature has its spotlight on contemporaneous works of Penderecki, Nancarrow, Cecil Taylor, Marion Brown and even Copland, and we’ll relate the first two back to last week’s Ligeti celebration.
Creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell. Photo credits and annotated playlist with Comments.
