Flotation Device celebrates the 100th birthday of David Tudor with a mini-retrospective of his career as pianist, electronicist and chief musical collaborator of John Cage. We also preview Yarn/Wire's upcoming appearance at Seattle's Meany Center with a look at their efforts to expand the repertory of music for two pianos and percussion. Steve Reich, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Enno Poppe, Marcel Zaes, Morton Feldman and Tyondai Braxton are on hand to assist with those two features. And accompanying them is a sampling of new and recent albums by Flotation Device veterans Charles Rumback, Cecilia Lopez, Yikii, Bekah Simms and the Rosa Ensemble, plus newcomers Lila Meretzky and Yang Lingyuan. A first look at Stephan Crump’s Otherlands Trio and a follow up listen to For Living Lovers’ first album in over a decade round out the proceedings. Creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, from KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma.
