021 - Warren Burt

Take a soak in the musical seas of Warren Burt, who has been an avid pioneer in microtonality and electronics for nearly half a century! Stories of his personal journey into a passionate curiosity for tuning; discussion of the use of algorithmic processes in composition; ruminations on technology; mysteries of lost gear; and more. Music All tracks and excerpts composed by Warren Burt except where otherwise indicated [0:00] Yellow Bill (2018) - Additive 11 tone MOS Canon [3:32] Twenty Dekanies (1998) - Dekany 15 [4:54] John Cage and Lejaren Hiller - HPSCHD (1969) [9:20] Explorations of 31 (1981-2) - D [15:32] Charlemagne Palestine - Four Manifestations On Six Elements (1974) [20:54] 39 Dissonant Etudes (1992) - 35 tone [22:24] 39 Dissonant Etudes - 25 tone [25:42] Improvisation in Two Ancient Greek Modes (1987) [33:36] Voices, Tuning Forks and Accordion (1986) [43:20] And the Archytan Transpositions (2004-5) [47:55] Hexany Fantasy: While reading "The Children's Grimoire," Bluebearry and Yellow Hippo stumble into the realm of the ever-evolving Hexanies, encountering the sonically embodied memories of those who envisioned whole other servings of tapioca. (2014) [59:55] Kenneth Gaburo - Dante's Joynte (1968) [1:03:55] Harmonic Colour Fields - Portrait of Erv Wilson (1997) [1:06:23] Nightshade Etudes (2012) Book 1 - Tobacco Wurlitzer Electric Piano [1:09:24] Nightshade Etudes Book 3 - Tobacco Steel Drums [1:13:12] Nightshade Etudes Book 2 - Tobacco Xylophone [1:14:51] 39 Dissonant Etudes - 41 tone [1:20:21] 39 Dissonant Etudes - 21 tone Socials/Projects http://www.warrenburt.com/ Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/nowandxen Follow http://nowandxen.libsyn.com https://twitter.com/now_xen https://www.facebook.com/nowxen/ Subscribe RSS: http://nowandxen.libsyn.com/rss iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/n… Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1mhnGsH… Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/nowxen Twitter: https://twitter.com/now_xen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nowxen/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnmYNMpemAIq8DnK5HJ9gsA