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KEXP Presents Sonarchy Radio

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Sonarchy Radio is a live performance broadcast that showcases many Northwest artists who are pushing the limits of music. 628142

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Episodes

  1. Sonarchy Radio Podcast: Wally Shoup Electric Quartet

    After 22 years on air, the final Sonarchy brodcast features a freely improvised explosion of sound from Wally Shoup (alto sax), Dennis Rea and Bill Horist (electric guitars) and Greg Campbell (extended drum kit).

  2. Mike O. Band

    New jazz music from composer/keys player Michael Owcharuk performed with Kate Olson (soprano sax), Jacques Willis (vibes), Mike Catts (bass) and Mike Musburger (drums).

  3. Wu Wei

    Tao in the atmosphere tonight from Dick Valentine (flutes) and Don Berman (percussion).

  4. Blake DeGraw

    A large ensemble joins composer/improviser Blake DeGraw for a radio communication summit.

  5. Lori Goldston and Judith Hamann

    Deep listening exploration of the big world of cello with this pair of cellists.

  6. Kevin Nortness Trio

    New jazz music from Kevin Nortness (tenor sax), Troy Schiefelbein (bass), and Mike Gebhart (drums).

  7. Devil's Club

    This session features the sounds of live patched modular synthesizer and cut-up samples flying above the wreck on the highway.

  8. William Monteleone and Stephen Fandrich

    Stellar improvisation from William Monteleone (saxophones) and Stephen Fandrich (piano).

  9. Nosretep

    It's a heavy, heavy, very heavy Christmas with Igor Abuladze (guitar), Andy Sells (bass), and Mike Peterson (drums).

  10. Climax Golden Twins

    This archival show from August 1996 features the American experimental rock band consisting of Jeffery Taylor, Robert Millis and John Vallier, three timeless super-freaks and masters of suspension.

  11. Clifford Dunn

    Textural and dimensional displays of acoustic sound from Clifford Dunn (flute & piccolo) and Patrick Neill Gundran (guitars).

  12. Chris Icasiano

    Andria Nicodemou (vibraphone), Kelsey Mines (bass), and Chris Icasiano (drums) perform freely improvised music involving extended techniques and deep listening.

  13. Dowsing Freely

    Solo music for a live setting in which the player is the muse, creator, director and listener.

  14. Marc Barreca

    New music for jazz quartet performed by Kate Olson (soprano sax), Matt Endahl (piano), Gary Prince (guitar), and Tim Cohen (drum set).

  15. Cagematch

    In this session, the Pacific Northwetern electronic music pioneer creates dense, highly-refined layers of sonic textures developed through years of dedicated listening.

  16. The Antenna Project

    Improvised music is where surprises from Steve Griggs (saxophone), Ben Griggs (synthesizer) and Greg Campbell (percussion) are hiding.

  17. False Face Society

    Extended techniques and deep listening inform the trio of Scott Eave (guitar), Alan Cook (percussion), and Dave Bamberger (bass).

  18. Gregg Belisle-Chi and Chelsea Crabtree

    Adventures into the avant garde with Gregg (guitar) and Chelsea (vocals).

  19. New Art Orchestra

    An archive broadcast recorded in May 1995 reveals this seminal band, featuring 14 Seattle players on twice as many instruments, in full flight.

  20. Noel Kennon and Will Leon

    This session features work on the border of music and sound art, produced by piano, percussion, and electronics.

  21. Clock Time

    New music for a piano trio featuring Tim Kennedy (piano), Geoff Harper (bass), and Brad Gibson (drums.)

  22. Myrrum

    A session of new electric music driven by jazz, fusion, and experimental thinking.

  23. Norm Chambers

    This session features solo electronics and field recordings in service of a well-calibrated ambience.

  24. BreathPlay

    An improvised music/sound art performance by Christopher Yohmei Blaudel (shakuhachi) and Byron Au Yong (performing with water, chinese percussion, er-hu, voice and piano.)

  25. The Machine That We Built

    This session features an instrumental/orchestral approach to the music of Jimi Hendrix performed by a large ensemble.

  26. Portland Bike Ensemble

    Four bicycles, four contact microphones and four amps create a strange and fascinating world of sound in this session.

  27. Cecil Moses & the SG's

    Rising from the formidable Seattle funk/soul scene comes this super-sturdy outfit featuring Colin Higgins (guitar), Marc Hager (keys), Bob Heinemann (bass), and Olli Klomp (drums).

  28. Sonarchy Radio Podcast: Kristopher Wettstein

    In this session, Kristopher Wettstein performs "Tent of Meeting", an experiment in loving action for solo piano.

  29. Fish Out Of Water

    This 2005 session features masterful free-improvisation from Toshi Makihara (percussion,) Elizabeth Falconer (koto,) and Suzie Kozawa (sounds and textures,) to create a unique listening experience.

  30. Astrol Waters

    Vocalist Keenen Magik leads the psychedelic hip-hop big band in this session.

  31. Dub Championz

    This 2006 performance from the Pacific Northwest's finest is a powerhouse with live and fully connected dub.

  32. Matrio

    A stunning musical collaboration between James Falzone (piano, clarinet, shruti box), Tom Baker (fretless guitar, theremin), and Greg Campbell (percussion, effects and french horn.)

  33. Newaxeyes

    This session from Tyler Coray (guitar), William Hayes (guitar, prepared guitar), Bret Gardin (electronics), and Jordan Rundle (electronics) sounds like "the internet, funerals and government conspiracies."

  34. Azelia

    This 1996 session from the Sonarchy archive series features the compositions of Andrew Dury (drums), Brent Arnold (cello), Fred Chalenor (bass), and Steve Moore (trombone).

  35. Rahikka

    Meditative atmospheres created through electronics highlight this session.

  36. Fraktal Phantom

    A massive, free-jazz, bomb-dropping session with Sean Fisher (guitar), Cary Kindberg (bass), and Jack Gold-Molina (drums).

  37. Jason E. Anderson

    A computer-controlled (super collider) analog synth and the processed voice of Ian Halloran form this gauzy session.

  38. Brown Cloud

    Slow, low, loud, and deep sounds from Kristian Garrard (guitar, electronics), Andrew Swanson (sax, keys), Chris Icasiano (drums.)

  39. Vicki Ray Scot Ray

    This session features new 20th century music for prepared piano, looped slide guitar, and fine-tuned listening.

  40. Paul Kikuchi's Bat of No Bird Island

    The ensemble of Tari Nelson-Zagar, Maria Scherer Wilson, Eyvind Kang, Bill Horist, Stuart Dempster, and Rob Millis perform a new piece inspired by a family memoir and a 78rpm record collection.

  41. Big Crinkly Trio

    An ideal trio balance in a jazz music setting features Pete Turner (drums), Doug Lilla (electric bass) and Jim Knodle (trumpet.)

  42. Moraine

    This electric, bomb-dropping session from Dennis Rea's band aims equally at prog rock partisans, jazz aficionados, and metalheads.

  43. Todd Bishop's Pop Art 4

    Jazz interpretations of the music of French pop icon Serge Gainsbourg played by Rich Cole (sax), Dan Duval (guitar), Chris Mosely (guitar), Jason Goessl (bass), and Todd Bishop (drums).

  44. Big Band Thing

    Produced by drummer Don Berman, this session features 10 players performing "Ascension NW", based on John Coltrane's "Ascension."

  45. Pi

    First heard in 2003, Thomas Bell (bass), Kevin Sawka (drum kit), Leif Dalon (keys), Dave Carter (trumpet), and Francis Mazzeo (electronics) lead this massive demonstration of band power replacing sequencers in electronic music.

  46. Matt Shoemaker

    In this session focused upon the electronic treatment of sonic phenomena, Matt Shoemaker employs microphones, recorders, computers and acoustic instruments to create compositions that uniquely imagine a space encrypted to the point of vanishing.

  47. Michael Bisio Quartet

    This archive broadcast from 2003 features a masterful performance by Michael Bisio (bass), Joe Giardullo (winds), Rob Blakeslee (brass( and Billy Mintz (drums).

  48. Big Sky

    Inspired by Montana, shared sensibilities and a deep creative impulse fuel Alan Cook (drums, percussion), Tari Nelson-Zagar (violin), and Scot Ray (guitar, effects.)

  49. Charles Stanyan

    A collection of high-flying, shimmering drones and hyper-tactile field recordings from Charles Stanyan.

  50. Scriptures

    Dark western music for post-apocalyptic literature and the geography of the Pacific Northwest played by Blaine Craft (drums), Levi Fuller (bass), Casey Alexander (guitars), David Totten (guitars), and Jeff Forrest (guitars).

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Sonarchy Radio is a live performance broadcast that showcases many Northwest artists who are pushing the limits of music. 628142

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