The Sound Projector

All selections reviewed in forthcoming The Sound Projector 13th, to be published 2005.

1. Wolf Eyes, ‘Burned Mind’
   From Burned Mind, USA SUB POP SPCD 638 CD (2004)
2. Isis, ‘Syndic Calls’
   From Panopticon, USA IPECAC RECORDINGS IPC-57 CD (2004)
3. Lightning Bolt, ‘On Fire’
   From Wonderful Rainbow, USA LOAD RECORDS LOAD 041 CD (2002)
4. LSD-March, ‘Suddenly, Like Flames’
   From Suddenly, Like Flames, USA LAST VISIBLE DOG 064 CD (2004)
5. Pharaoh Overlord, ‘August’
   From II, USA NO QUARTER NOQ003 CD (2003)
6. Fennesz, ‘Circassian’
   From Venice, UK TOUCH TO:53 CD (2004)
7. Aki Onda, ‘Voice’
   From Ancient & Modern, USA PHONOMENA PAAM-020CD (2004)
8. Hans-Joachim Irmler, ‘Atlantik’
   From Lifelike, GERMANY STAUBGOLD 44 CD (2003)
9. Gerald Hawk, ‘If it’s not your hair it’s your underwear’
   From The Honey Guide Bird, USA ABDUCTION ABDT026 CD (2004)
10. Axolotl, ‘Untitled’ (track 2)
    From Axolotl, USA PSYCH-O-PATH RECORDS CDPSP-8 CD (2004)
11. Fred Lane, ‘The Shemp Howard Story’
    From Raudelunas Pataphysical Revue, UK ALCOHOL RECORDS ALRP1CD (2003)
12. Cocaine, ‘Overhell’
    From Space is No Place Volume 2, USA PSYCH-O-PATH RECORDS CDPSP-7 CD (2004)
13. Alvin Curran, ‘Music is not Music’
    From Lost Marbles, USA TZADIK TZ 7097 CD (2004)
14. Sun City Girls, ‘Krung Thep Cut Up’
    From Carnival Folklore Resurrection Radio, USA ABDUCTION CFR 11/12 2 x CD (2004)
15. Merzbow and The New Blockaders, ‘Transcience Part 1′ (fade)
    From The Ten Foot Square Hut, UK HYPNAGOGIA GIA03 CD (2004)

The Sound Projector radio show,
originally broadcast on Resonance 104.4 FM

1. Sun Ra, ‘Where Pathways Meet’
   From Lanquidity, USA EVIDENCE 22220-2 CD (2000)
   Original issue PHILLY JAZZ PJ 666 (1978)
2. Sun Ra and His Astro-Galactic Infinity Arkestra, ‘Journey To Saturn’ [1972-1974]
   From The Singles, USA EVIDENCE ECD 2216402 2 x CD (1996)
3. Sun Ra and His Outer Space Arkestra, ‘Nuclear War’
   From Nuclear War, USA ATAVISTIC / UNHEARD MUSIC SERIES UMS/ALP222 CD (2001)
   Original issue UK Y RECORDS Y RA 2 (1984)
4. Le Sun Ra and His Arkestra, ‘India’ (1956)
   From Super-Sonic Jazz, USA SATURN LP 0216 (UNOFFICIAL REISSUE, ND)
5. Sun Ra and His Astro-Galactic Infinity Arkestra, ‘Enlightenment’ [1972-1974]
   From The Singles, op cit.
6. Sun Ra and His Solar Myth Arkestra, ‘Space Is The Place’ (Live at Ann Arbor 1972)
   From Life Is Splendid, USA TOTAL ENERGY RECORDS NER 3026 LP (1999)
7. Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Research Arkestra, ‘Watusa’ (Live in Berlin 1970)
   From Black Myth / Out In Space, GERMANY MOTOR MUSIC 557 656-2 2 x CD (1998)
8. Sun Ra, ‘Disco 3000′ (fade)
   From Disco 3000, UK ART YARD LP 001 (2004)
   Original issue SATURN CMIJ78 (1978)
9. Sun Ra and His Myth-Science Arkestra, ‘And Otherness’
   From Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy, USA EVIDENCE ECD 22036-2 CD (1992)
   Original issue SATURN 408 (1963)
10. Sun Ra, ‘Outer Nothingness’ (1965)
    From The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Vol I, ITALY BASE RECORDS ESP-DISK 1014 (ND)
11. Sun Ra and His Myth-Science Arkestra, ‘Adventure Equation’ (fade)
    From Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy, op cit
12. Sun Ra and His Outer Space Arkestra, ‘The Bridge’ (1968)
    From The Singles, op cit.
13. Sun Ra and His Solar-Myth Arkestra, ‘Seen III Took 4′ (1970-1971)
    From The Solar-Myth Approach Vol I, BYG/ACTUEL 40 LP (REISSUE, ND)
14. Sun Ra and His Astro-Infinity Arkestra, ‘The Wind Speaks’
    From My Brother The Wind Vol II, USA EVIDENCE ECD 22040-2 CD (1992)
    Original issue SATURN 523
15. Sun Ra, ‘Exotic Forest’ (fade) (1966)
    From Nothing Is…, ITALY BASE RECORDS ESP-DISK 1045 (ND)

The Sound Projector radio show,
originally broadcast on Resonance 104.4 FM

Special guests My Cat Is An Alien (Maurizio and Roberto Opalio) played three live improvisations in the Resonance studio, using toy Casio keyboard, theremin, microphones, feedback, space toys, junk, etc. (With some background droning from EP on the turntables). These improvs soon to be released on their own OPAX RECORDS label. (See www.mycatisanalien.com)

Extracts from following MCIAA records were also played (not in this order), sometimes simultaneously:

• Landscapes of an electric city, USA ECSTATIC PEACE e#54b 2 x LP (2002)
• Il Segno, USA STARLIGHT FURNITURE 20 LP (2003)
• The Rest Is Silence, USA ECLIPSE RECORDS 027 2 x LP (2003)

From The Earth To The Spheres split LPs series:

• Vol 1, Thurston Moore / MCIAA, ITALY OPAX RECORDS OPX 011 (2004)
• Vol 2, Thuja / MCIAA, ITALY OPAX RECORDS OPX LP2 (2004)
• Vol 4, Jim O’Rourke / MCIAA, ITAL OPAX RECORDS OPX LP4 (2004)
• The First Flame of Tomorrow, ITALY OPAX RECORDS OPX 009 CD (2003)
• Out of the Blue, Into the White, ITALY OPAX REC 007 3 x CD (2002)
• The Cosmological Eye Trilogy part one, ITALY OPAX RECORDS 008 CD (2002)

The Sound Projector radio show,
originally broadcast on Resonance 104.4 FM

1. John Cage and Kenneth Patchen, The City Wears A Slouch Hat (1942) excerpt
   USA CORTICAL FOUNDATION ORGAN OF CORTI 14 CD
2. Caetano Veloso, ‘London London’
   From The Definitive Collection, WRASSE WRASS092 CD (2003)
3. Fred Astaire, ‘Flying Down To Rio’
   From A Portrait of Fred Astaire, GALLLERIE GALE 414 CD (1997)
4. Tav Falco’s Panther Burns, ‘Vampire From Havana’
   From Life Sentence, FRANCE NEW ROSE 422136 CD (1991)
5. Jack Nitzsche, ‘Puerto Vallarta’ (1963)
   From The Lonely Surfer, USA COLLECTOR’S CHOICE CCM 195 2 CD
6. Jack Nitzsche, ‘Lower California’
   From Three Piece Suite: The Reprise Recordings 1971-1973, USA RHINO HANDMADE RHM2 7787 3 x CD (2003)
7. Mama Cass, ‘California Earthquake’
   From Dream a Little Dream, USA DUNHILL RECORDS DS-50040 LP (1968)
8. X, ‘Los Angeles’ (1982)
   From Los Angeles, USA RHINO R2 74370 CD
9. Charles Laughton, ‘Ruby’
   From Night Of The Hunter, GERMANY BEAR FAMILY BCD 16263 AJ CD (1998)
10. The Viscounts, ‘Harlem Nocturne’
    From Various Artists, Swing for a Crime, FRANCE GMG / VENUS IN FURS 75031 LP (1988)
11. The Shangri-Las, ‘Train From Kansas City’
    From The Best Of The Shanri-Las, MERCURY 314 512 371-2 CD (1996)
12. Winston Holmes & Charlie Turner, ‘Kansas City Call’
    From Cornshucker’s Frolic vol. 1, USA YAZOO 2045 CD (1999)
13. Jerry Lawler, ‘Memphis Tennesee’
    From It Came From Memphis Vol 2, USA BIRDMAN RECORDS BMR 036 CD (2001)
14. Butthole Surfers, ‘Wichita Cathedral’
    From A Brown Reason for Living, UK ALTERNATIVE TENTACLES RECORDS VIRUS 32 LP (1983)
15. The Mad Daddy, ‘Immaculate Conception Record Hop / RCA Dehumid-d-d-d-difier’
    From Wavy Gravy, USA NORTON CED-300 CD (2003)
16. Lloyd Briscoe, ‘Mr. Cleveland’
    From Man About Ska-Town, UK KING EDWARDS KELP 04 LP (ND)
17. Harry Partch, ‘The Letter’
    From The Harry Partch Collection vol.2, USA CRI CD 752 CD (1997)
18. The Kinks, ‘Oklahoma USA’ (1971)
    From Muswell Hillbillies, USA KONK / VELVEL 63467-79719-2 CD (1998)
19. The Bonzo Dog Band, ‘Keynsham’
    From Cornology vol.2, UK EMI 0777 7 99597 2 3 CD (1992)
20. The Honeybus, ‘Blackpool Rock’ (1968)
    From She Flies Like A Bird, UK CASTLE CMEDD 533 CD
21. Hedy West, ‘Sheffield Apprentice’
    From Ballads, UK TOPIC 12T163 LP (1967)
22. Nino Rota, ‘Aria De Roma (overture)’
    From Fellini Roma OST, CD ST311
23. Lee Hazlewood, ‘No Train To Stockholm’
    From Cowboy In Sweden, USA SMELLS LIKE RECORDS SLR 030-12 LP (1999)
24. Archie Shepp, ‘There Is A Balm In Gilead’ (1970)
    From Blasé, CHARLY SNAF 534 CD
25. The Residents, ‘Constantinople’ (1978)
    From Duck Stab / Buster & Glen, EUROPE RALPH INDIGO 21272 2 x 3″ CD
26. The Modern Lovers, ‘Fly Into The Mystery’
    (unreleased)

The Sound Projector radio show,
originally broadcast on Resonance 104.4 FM