Summary: Listen to music made in or about the underground – catacombs, cisterns, cellars- on this New Sounds. There’s music by sax player, percussionist, and a composer for Sesame Street - Ken Field from his release “Subterranea,” recorded in several underground rooms in Roswell, New Mexico. Ranging from overdubbed saxophones, 'sticks on juice cans, sticks on suitcase' and lots of percussion, the pieces include titles like “Five Saxophones in Search of Meaning” and “Om On the Range.” Then, listen to “Underground,” a work from Paul Dresher, created and performed on multi-track tape loop system. Also, there’s music from Mecca Bodega, who appeared in the film “Subway Stories.” PROGRAM #3348, “Underground” Music (First aired on 6/8/2012) ARTIST(S) RECORDING CUT(S) SOURCE Ken Field Subterranea Om on the Range [4:51] OO Discs OO25 Available at Amazon.com Mecca Bodega Subway Stories Red Shoes Hybrid HY-20005 Available at Amazon.com Ken Field Subterranea Space in a Place [3:59] See above. Hannis Brown Severe Insomnia Imitating Chicago (underground) [6:33] Lumberton Trading Company LUMB015 www.lumberton-trading.com hannisbrown.bandcamp.com The Haissmavourk Choir The Music of Armenia, Volume 1: Sacred Choral Music Havoun, havoun (About the bird) [3:59] Celestial Harmonies 13115 www.harmonies.com Paul Dresher Casa Vecchia Underground [8:00] Starkland 204 www.starkland.com The Deep Listening Band Troglodyte’s Delight Trog Arena, excerpt [3:20] ?What Next? Recordings WN 0003 Available at Amazon.com, iTunes, and Emusic.com
