The Tesla Effect

Episode #9

The Tesla Effect episode #9 (May 9th) now in the archives, www.newtownradio.com

Featuring works by Peter Nowogrodzki, David Braden, The Holy Experiment, & a conjuring of Louis Armstrong…

“…. Louis wanted to make everything golden, not like coins or icons but like ripe ears of corn, gold like the Goldenrod: gold that everybody could look at, and feel and roll around in….”

- Henry Miller

Playlist (in order):

The Holy Experiment- “Arrivals”

Samuel Coleridge (Read by Jena Blythe ) - “Kubla Khan”

David Braden - “Is That You”

Peter Nowogrodzki - “Lamellophone”

Henry Miller - “Jazz Passacaglia”

Louis Armstrong - “St. James Infirmary”

The Holy Experiment - “Death Rattle Passages”

Musical interludes:

Treetops

Links:

David Braden

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~barleydog/WORDSOUNDCOMPOSITIONS.html

The Holy Experiment

http://www.myspace.com/theholyexperiment

Henry Miller

http://www.ubu.com/sound/miller.html

Episode # 8

Episode #8 now available in the archives: www.newtownradio.com. Featuring works from David Braden & and an audio excerpt from the documentary Bury Me in Redwood Country. Give a listen!

Playlist (in order):

David Braden - “Goin’ to the Zoo (Butt-Muscle Remix)”

Unknown - “Where’s Waldo”

Benjamin Greené & Benj Cameron - “Bury Me in Redwood Country (audio excerpt from the full length documentary)”

David Braden - “When the Waves Came Through”

Sound collage:

Rahim Alhaj - “Taqsim Maqam Ajam (sample)” 

&

Pale Blue Sky - “Fleece”

Links:

David Braden

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~barleydog/WORDSOUNDCOMPOSITIONS.html

“Where’s Waldo”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvWh6PMi9Ek

Bury Me in Redwood Country

www.redwoodsdocumentary.com

http://www.myspace.com/redwoodcountry

Rahim Alhaj

http://www.rahimalhaj.com/

Pale Blue Sky

http://www.palebluemusic.com/band.html

http://www.myspace.com/palebluesky

Episode # 7

April 25th, 2010. Episode available in the archives: www.newtownradio.com

Sound collage and voices from the ether….enjoy

Playlist (in order):

David Braden - “Uyen Neyu”

Human Skab - “Throwin’ Rocks at Windows”

Pegamoid - “Ludi-Strashnye”

Lush - “Opus: Movements in the Canopy (excerpt)”

Mika Ebbesen - “Five Second Supermarket”

David Braden - “Apoplectic Wings”

Russell Edson (& read by Russell Edson) - “Let Us Consider”

Amy Sullivan - “Sound Poem”

Lush - “Opus: Movements in the Canopy (excerpt)”

Links:

David Braden

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~barleydog/WORDSOUNDCOMPOSITIONS.html

http://www.myspace.com/davidbraden

“Uyen Neyu” is part of a work called “Jenifer’s Words”. Three of those pieces were featured in Aslongatittakes Issue #3. There is an extensive description of the project at:
http://www.aslongasittakes.org/issue%203.html#BRADEN

Human Skab

http://www.family-vineyard.com/index2.php

Russell Edson

http://www.jadedpaper.com/edson

Episode # 6

Broadcasted April 18th & now in the archives: www.newtownradio.com 

Playlist (in order):

Joe Frawley - “The White Gloves (excerpt)”

Eddie Sears - “Dig Deep”

Mountains - “Interlude”

Mika Ebbesen - “Arrested Departures” 

Benjamin Greené - “Sonification of Glenn Gould’s Feelings While Performing Bach”

Andrew Parsons (music by Ben Matin) - “Steeplejacking with Bob Richards”

Joe Frawley - “Sound Collage No.2, Wilhelmina’s Dream (1914)”

Future Shuttle - “Flying Swoon”

Roland P. Young - “Night Air”

Mountains - “Choral”

Ambient sounds:

Nasa Voyager Recordings

Links:

Joe Frawley

http://www.joefrawleymusic.info/

Mountains

http://www.myspace.com/apestaartjemountains

Andrew Parsons

www.radiowavespodcast.com

Ben Matin

www.benmatin.com

Future Shuttle

http://www.myspace.com/futureshuttle

Episode #5

Broadcasted April 4th, featuring another incredible live performance by gorgeousTaps with guest Alex Rosenberg. Check out The Church of gorgeousTaps and the Reality Show Radio, now every Monday 7-9pm on Newtown!

Playlist (in order):

Glenn Gould (playing from Partita No.4 by Bach) - “Sarabande”

Mike Lamm - “L.A. Confidential”

Peter John - “Improvisation on Waves”

Thomas Woody (reading from The Book of Exodus): “Frogs and Gnats”

Live performance:

gorgeousTaps and Alex Rosenberg, The Church of gorgeousTaps and the Reality Show: Advice

w/ musical interludes of Horowitz & Dekorder

show available in the archives: www.newtownradio.com

Episode #4

Broadcasted March 28th, featuring a live performance by gorgeousTaps & guest sermonizer Lindsay Howard! Episode available in the archives at http://newtownradio.com/

Playlist (in order):

Peter Nowogrodzki (read by Mike Lamm) - “As Told on the Radio: Twain and Tesla and the Xray Gun”

Peter John Trio - “Misty”

Mika Ebbesen - “Don’t Sing”

Live performance:

gorgeousTaps (Genevieve Belleveau) & Lindsay Howard, The Church of gorgeousTaps and the Reality Show: Internet Intimacy 

Links:

Peter John

http://soundcloud.com/88fingerspete/

gorgeousTaps

http://www.myspace.com/gorgeoustaps

Lindsay Howard

http://look-im-lucid.tumblr.com/

Episode #3

Episode #3 broadcasted March 21st, emerging once again from a soundscape of galactic noise and human voice….The show is in the archives at: http://newtownradio.com

Playlist (in order): 

Patrick McClure - “Cities”

Edward Sears - “Buildings Made With Hands”

Jessa Farkas - “Jessa Speak: Mothers Day, 1986”

Camilla Padgitt-Coles - “Animal Experimentation Should be Stopped”

Six Organs of Admittance - “Awaken”

William S. Burroughs & Kurt Cobain - “The Priest They Called Him”

Growing - “Blue Angels”

Links:

Patrick McClure

http://www.winterdateswinterthings.blogspot.com/

Jessa Farkas & Camilla Padgitt-Coles:

http://www.myspace.com/futureshuttle

Episode #2

Episode #2 broadcasted March 14th. The show is available for download at: http://newtownradio.com

Playlist (in order): 

Jake Lemkowitz - “Six Poems with Effects”

Arp - “The Rising Sun”

Lauren Kirby - “Personal Narrative 2005”

Benjamin Greené - “John Sawyer”

Ted Rees - “Olivia”

Ted Rees - “In a Trough”

Ira Cohen - “Majoon Traveller”

Links:

Arp: 

http://www.myspace.com/arp001

Lauren Kirby: 

http://www.prx.org/users/Lauren%20Kirby

Ted Rees: 

http://deepmovements.blogspot.com/2007/05/season-submersion.html

Ira Cohen: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Cohen

Episode #1

Our first broadcast was Sunday, March 7th! The show is available for download at: http://newtownradio.com/ under ARCHIVE : Tesla Effect. Thank you to all of our contributors! 

Playlist (in order): 

Dekorder - “Blizzard Angels Of The Golden Stratosphere”

Lush - “Eye of the Storm”

Benjamin Greené - “Vern Canfield”

That’s What She Said - “Alpini” 

Mary Elizabeth Matthews - “Angel Poem”

Kenya (Robinson) - “Beyond Heaven”

Mika Hayashi Ebbesen - Out and Around

Kenya (Robinson) - “(W)RAPPING”

Benjamin Greené , P. Corwin Lamm & Brooke Shuman - “Have I Got a Witness” (excerpt)

Lawrence and Peter Kilham - “The Frog Pond”

Links:

Kenya (Robinson)

(W)RAPPING: http://www.vimeo.com/9258070 

Beyond Heaven: http://www.vimeo.com/8885428

Kenya (Robinson) at LMCC Workspace:
http://kenyaworkspace.blogspot.com
http://lmcc.net/art/residencies/workspace/2009/session/kenya-robinson.html
Online Portfolio
http://www.wotartist.com/art-website.asp?profileid=4781

Benjamin Greené
http://farnorthproject.blogspot.com/
www.redwoodsdocumentary.com

Have I Got a Witness, trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-cuXpgDyuA