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Music from 231

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Music from 231. Electroacoustic compositions & live improvisations: Andeas K (cello), Eric B (basses), Martin G. (guitars, pedal steel, mandolin, violin) (AEM) Sefan Smulovitz (viola, bass) (KMS)and Wendy Rubin (piano/flute/voice). Live improvisations are not overdubbed or edited.

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Episodes

  1. Solo for January 2026

    An improvisation using my octave mandolin in regular tuning (GDAE). The instrument with its longer neck affords more complex chords and voice leading than I can manage on my conventional mandolin.

  2. Threnody 25 for solo violin & pedals

    An improvisation for solo NS violin with a variety of guitar pedals. A meditation on 2025. Recorded live December 28th, 2025.

  3. December No. 73.

    Solo guitar improvisation. 57 year old Gibson J50. jrBaggs pickup and preamp. Finger style. Exploration of A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. Recorded on Dec. 1, 2025 with the rain on the skylight. It is my 73rd December.

  4. October Rain

    Solo exploration of my octave mandolin.

  5. April's Rain 4.8.25

    A short improvisation with my new octave-mandolin. Inspired by the rain on the studio's skylight.

  6. Threnody WR&MG

    A spontaneous musical conversation leaning towards tonality and somehow capturing the mood of early January 2025.

  7. April Solos 2024: Fretless

    One of a series of eight minute improvisations on the different instruments that I have been studying. This is my Godin fretless nylon string guitar. No editing. Processing includes bass enhancement, compression and reverb.

  8. April 2024 Solos: Taylor 12 string

    One of a series of eight minute improvisations on the different instruments that I have been studying. This is my Taylor, electric/acoustic 12 string. No editing. Processing includes bass enhancement, compression and reverb.

  9. April 2024 Solos: Mandolin

    One of a series of eight minute improvisations on the different instruments that I have been studying. This is my Epiphone mandolin. No editing. Processing includes bass enhancement, compression and reverb.

  10. April Solos 2024: NS Violin

    One of a series of eight minute improvisations on the different instruments that I have been studying. This is an NS electric, fretted violin. No editing. Processing includes compression and reverb.

  11. April 2024 Solo Series: J50

    One of a series of eight minute improvisations on the different instruments that I have been studying. This is my oldest – a 1968 Gibson J50 that I bought new, some 56 years ago. No editing. Processing includes bass enhancement, compression and reverb.

  12. The Times We Are In

    A voice & piano (Wendy Rubin) and violin (Martin Gotfrit) improvisation. Wendy & I have been meeting for these spontaneous musical conversation for quite some time and this work captures much of the essence of why it is so important to us.

  13. E Down + Rain 01.27.24

    Unadorned recording of an improvisation on my 60+ year old J50. Rainy and dark January day.

  14. Penta, Sorta

    A musical conversation: Wendy Rubin piano, Martin Gotfrit guitar with pedals.

  15. A Week In [10.17.23]

    A flute (Wendy Rubin) and Violin (Martin Gotfrit) improvisation from our weekly music conversations.

  16. Looking For The Light (MIDI guitar controller sample)

    Saxophone sample from a Yamaha MODX played by a MIDI guitar.

  17. October 7th 2023

    Responding to the events of October 7th, 2023. A solo played on an 11 string fretless guitar.

  18. Solo J50 10.10.23 B minor

    A solo improvisation - acoustic steel string and a variety of pedals. No editing, etc. but some mastering. Part of a series exploring different keys and modes.

  19. Kol Nidre Opening Atmosphere 09.11.23

    Samples + Wendy Rubin piano, Martin Gotfrit violin

  20. Flute & Guitar August 2023

    An improvisation flute (Wendy Rubin) and acoustic guitar (Martin Gotfrit). An example of our ongoing musical conversations over the past years. This one is based on a piece for solo guitar in E major with a slight pentatonic feel at times.

  21. By The River

    An orchestral sketch of a theme for Patricia Gruben's new film "Heart of Gold", now finishing post production.

  22. Heart of Gold

    A short study for the trailer for a new film by Patricia Gruben.

  23. Mandolin & Violin V.2.08.22

    Playing with myself again - a track of mandolin (note all finger picking) and another layer of violin.

  24. Unadorned J50 54 Years Of Blues In G .01.27.22

    Blues in G on a 54 year old Gibson J50. Played with a stone pick.

  25. Unadorned J50 In My Hands 01.27.22

    Part of my new unadorned series. My 54 year old J50 played into a Røde MT1 recorded on a Zoom H6. Improvisation played finger style.

  26. Unadorned Mandolin Blues .01.27.22

    Part of my new unadorned series of improvisations. A blues study for the mandolin. Kentucky mandolin & Røde NT1 microphone into a Zoom H6

  27. Unadorned Vioin - In My Blood 01.27.22

    An acoustic violin improvisation on the 77th Anniversary of the liberation of Aushwitz-Berkinau. Part of a new series of my instruments played without pedals, etc.

  28. Celtic Tune In Gm 01.12.2022

    Mandolin & acoustic guitar in celebration of coming through Omicron.

  29. 2021

    An orchestral essay on the year that is just passing.

  30. C#m Tuning Fretless 12.4.21

    A study for fretless guitar in an alternate tuning I invented in 1999 and just recently re-visited. Solo, improvisation with nods to two previous pieces of mine: In the Cold Distance and Playing Guitar in the late 20th Century.

  31. November 2021

    A study for piano and violin, reflecting on the dark November just passed

  32. Gibson E Mj B7 Solo 11.19.21

    A guitar solo in E Mixolydian or E Major with a b7.

  33. Mandolin Solo In G 11.19.21

    An exploration of a common middle eastern/asian tune on the mandolin

  34. flights

    The title plays with the ambiguity of the word: referring to both the act of fleeing and of flying and the synonym for a set of stairs. The composition was entirely derived from only two recordings: the interior of a passenger aircraft landing in Bahrain and the composer running down an office...

  35. The Promise Of 5782 V2

    Based on the skeleton of a piece from 40 years ago. Chords based on 5ths to mark another circle around the sun.

  36. This Land Was Not Promised 4.24.21

    An orchestral choral study as a response to recent personal revelations about colonialism.

  37. A Sunny Day In January 1.13.21v2

    Real-time improvisation with a Godin A-8 mandolin, Electro Harmonix "h.o.g.", Red Panda "particle", compression, reverbs. No overdubs.

  38. Solstice 2020

    On a dreary and dark Solstice afternoon — an improvisation. Two tracks - one with guitar & pedals, the other with violin and pedals. (NS electric violin / 1974 Gibson ES335, Red Panda Particle, meris Hedra, E.H. h.o.g., & E.H. Memory Man)

  39. November Chorale 2020

    In light of all the darkness this November I was in need of creating something joyous.

  40. Rumours Of War 11 - 1-2020

    On the eve of the US election. Rumours abound. Fret-less guitar, violin (live) plus sampled orchestra.

  41. Winter's Coming

    Revisiting an old musical idea, playing the piano again after a while, thinking of the changing season in this strange time.

  42. October Rain For Guitar & Violin 2020

    Fretless guitar with a layer of fretted violin, both using a large array of pedals. A mediation for a rainy and dark October day in 2020.

  43. Ruth 5781

    Solo violin. On the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the start of 5781.

  44. August Is The Shortest Month V2

    Two violins - one layer with pedals, the other fairly clean. A musical expression of summer passing. My birthday is at the end of August, so it signals the end of how I mark my own years. In 2020, with all in disarray, the promise of the new year that tempered the passing of the old is…

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  45. July 1st 2020, Vancouver BC

    A miniature made in Vancouver on July 1st, with rain falling. Live mandolin with piano and bass via Logic and Kontakt.

  46. J50+pedals - Live.Solstice2019

    A live recording of my Gibson J50 through several pedals: EH H.O.G., Bass9, Canyon, Oceans 11, Memory Man, and T.C. Elec. Reverb. After listening to it - it's partly an homage to Joni Mitchell (some of the chords and changes are reminiscent of hers) and there is a clear influence of the optimism…

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  47. Violin with Wendy Rubin (voice)

    A musical conversation: Fretted violin & voice with spontaneous Hebrew lyrics from the Song of Songs.

  48. Memories For Fretted Violin

    Continued explorations with my recently acquired NS fretted electric violin. Not likely a real maqam as I've taken liberties. Of note is a vibrato that is now possible for me with the frets...

  49. 1-3-6 In 5ths

    A simple structure from a film soundtrack recorded by Metamusic maybe 40 years ago. Looping pedal for layers of violin, fretless guitar, with a live track of mandolin laid on top later. Thanks for listening.

  50. Mandolin+H.O.G. 7 - 9 - 18

    A solo improvisation with my Godin A8 electric violin with the ElectroHarmonix H.O.G. pedal. It sustains some of the material and adds a lower octave. A few other pedals to round out the sound. A little happier than the other 7-9-18 pieces.

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Music from 231. Electroacoustic compositions & live improvisations: Andeas K (cello), Eric B (basses), Martin G. (guitars, pedal steel, mandolin, violin) (AEM) Sefan Smulovitz (viola, bass) (KMS)and Wendy Rubin (piano/flute/voice). Live improvisations are not overdubbed or edited.

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