RC07: Top 40!
On May 12th, Neighborhood Public Radio turned up the volume and aimed its mutherfuckin’ microphones at local musicians, noisemakers, electronic wizards, and sound-guerillas of every shape and size. Just when NPR looked like it was settling into a familiar role as output of exciting, unexpected talk-radio projects, the producers made a jump to the dance floor. Below you’ll hear a wild variety of music-making madness, with a nod towards the stuff you’d rarely, if ever, hear on the radio.
Equipment ready and waiting
12:00pm - 1:00pm - Alternate Soundtrack 04
A reprise of the Alternate Soundtrack City Tour 04 (Boombox Edition), whereby Lee walked around with his cellphone and a music player and captured both the sound from the street and of the music he was playing, sending that live to the studio where Jon Brumit processed it in real time.
Alternate SoundTrack 04 (Boombox Edition)(mp3)
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1:00pm - 2:00pm - Mission Creek Music Festival
Jeff Ray and John Fellman joined us to share some of what was going on at the annual independent music event. Always a treat to have them on the air.
Jeff and John
Mission Creek(mp3)
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2:00pm - 2:30pm - TrigilioTronic
Superpop mashups, vocal harmonies, and acoustic guitars all laptopped-up at 110 BPM. . . by NPR’s own Michael Trigilio.
Yaow! M on the M
Trigiliotronic(mp3)
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2:30 - 3:00pm - Wayne Grim
One of NPR’s favorite alumni, Wayne Grim, returned to the airwaves with poems and everyday sonic wizardry.
Wayne Grim on the mic
Wayne Grimm(mp3)
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3:00 - 3:30pm - Lonely Star
Getting a little bit of a late start, this local group set the air a’buzz with harmonies and banjos.
Lonely Star
Lonely Star again
Lonely Star(mp3)
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3:30 - 4:00pm - Les Stuck
Local composer/performer Les Stuck put some music on for us. How sweet it is.
Les Stuck(mp3)
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4:00 - 4:30 - Patrice Scanlon
As she did at our ISEA show in August, Patrice set the whole radio booth on fire with a dizzying battery of beats, glitches, pitters, and bleeps. Another amazing performance.
Patrice Scanlon
Patrice Scanlon(mp3)
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4:30 - 5:00 - Jon Brumit
Jon Brumit held nothing back with this mind-bending electronic performance. This performance was equal parts jam and poetry.
Jon Brumit on the Top 40!
Jon Brumit(mp3)
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5:00 - 5:30 - Pile-on, Music-up, Gang-bang, Party-jam
Everyone left in the gallery got in front of a microphone and made noise. We made noise together. We made noise and music. And, at the end, we made ORANGELO.
Jon does this thing
Lee piles it on
Pile On(mp3)