Late-night music for the elements
Nick Luscombe with millennial otters, Korean zithers, a Kazakh ode to the cosmos and a lesson on rainfall from continuous music pianist Lubomyr Melnyk.
Pianist Lubomyr Melnyk is known for his continuous music style, an exploration of notes played rapidly in complex series, which is inspired by Indian classical music, Terry Riley and Haydn. He describes it as ‘a classical technique advanced into a constant river of sounds.’ We hear an extract from an interview with him and Nick Luscombe recorded earlier this year at Sea Change festival, discussing how nature infuses everything he plays and finding out where his body ends and the piano begins.
Plus, Nick plays an ode to our disintegrating ecosystem by Kazakh composer Angelina Yershova; Korean quartet Black String update the sound of the geomungo, the Korean six-stringed zither, with pedal-driven electric guitar; and the latest from Matana Roberts’ COIN COIN guise, a project which weaves African-American history with jazz, spoken word and afrofuturism.
Produced by Alannah Chance.
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Jorge Ben Jor
Errare Humanum Est
- A Tábua De Esmeralda.
- Philips.
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Silver Jews
Smith and Jones Forever
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Matana Roberts
"Raise Yourself Up" / "Backbone Once More" / "How Bright They Shine"
- Constellation.
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Black String
Flowing, Floating
- Mask Dance.
- ACT.
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Lubomyr Melnyk
Son of Parasol
- Fallen Trees.
- Erased Tapes.
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Bananagun
Do Yeah
- Do Yeah 7".
- ANTI FADE.
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Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal & Jesse Paris Smith
Lotus Born, No Need to Fear
- Songs from the Bardo.
- Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.
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Angelina Yershova
Korgau
- Cosmotengri.
- Twin Paradox.
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Basic Rhythm
Nuh Ramp
- 2 Da Core.
- Planet Mu.
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Nubiyan Twist
Addis to London (feat. Mulatu Astatke)
- Jungle Run.
- Strut.
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Chocolate
Un Tych
- Peru's Master Percussionist (Perspectives on Afro​-​Peruvian Music. The Collecti.
- Buh Records.
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Quentin Sirjacq
Dance
- COMPANION.
- Schole Records.
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Tomaga & Pierre Bastien
Machines With Ideas
- Bandiera Di Carta.
- Other People.
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K-Conjog
Millennials Otters
- Magic Spooky Ears.
- Schole Records.
Broadcast
- Thu 8 Aug 2019 23:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3
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