Playlist.
A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears.
Spotify jukebox does not correspond precisely with the selections listed, but maintains the playlist’s continuity and personality.
Tom Carter – 58 Minutes Over Brussels (self-released Bandcamp subscriber exclusive; 2018)
Bobby Previte – Rhapsody (RareNoise; 2018)
Sonar with David Torn – Vortex (RareNoise; 2018)
Kassel Jaeger – Retroactions (Éliane Tapes/Moving Furniture; 2018)
Dante Boon – Düsseldorf recital (Rhizome.s; 2017)
> Coleman Zurkowski – Die von Blumen reich ich dir; Gil Sansón – untitled (for Antoine Beuger); Anastassis Philippakopoulos – piano piece; Eva-Maria Houben – lose verbunden; Assaf Gidron – Dim.; Jack Callahan – Blue Dream Excerpt with Proportional Ending
The Residents – Meet the Residents (Ralph/Cherry Red; 1974/2018)
Graham Lambkin – No Better No Worse (Vol 1) (self-released; 2018)
Simon Cummings – Studies, Vol. 5 (Interrobang; 2017)
Kevin Drumm – Frozen Pipes (self-released; 2018)
Bernd Alois Zimmermann – Cello Concerto “en forme de pas de trois” – Heinrich Schiff, SWF Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden/Michael Gielen (Philips; 1993)
Eva-Maria Houben – Breath for Organ (Second Editions; due Feb. 8, 2018)
Helmut Lachenmann – Salut für Caudwell – Wilhelm Bruck, Theodor Ross; Les Consolations – Schola Heidelberg/Walter Nussbaum, WDR Sinfonieorcheter Köln/Johannes Kalitzke; Concertini – Klangforum Wien/Johannes Kalitzke (Kairos; 2008)
David Garland – Verdancy (Tall Owl Music; 2018)
Sannhet – So Numb (Profound Lore; 2017)
Portal – ION (Profound Lore; 2018)
Graham Lambkin – Salmon Run (Kye; 2007)
Aaron Cassidy – The Crutch of Memory – Elision Ensemble (Neos; 2012)
> The Crutch of Memory; Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion; I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips; metallic dust; asphyxia; songs only as sad as their listener
Aaron Cassidy – A Painter of Figures in Rooms – EXAUDI/James Weeks (NMC; 2012)
Enno Poppe – Arbeit I; Wespe; Arbeit II; Trauben; Arbeit III; Schrank; Salz – Daniel Gloger, Ernst Surberg; ensemble mosaik/Enno Poppe (Kairos; 2013)
Radu Malfatti – One man and a fly (Cathnor; 2015)
Jennifer Higdon – Viola Concerto; Oboe Concerto; All Things Majestic – Roberto Díaz, James Button, Nashville Symphony/Giancarlo Guerrero (Naxos)
Dave Douglas – “The Power of the Vote” from Uplift (Greenleaf Music Bandcamp subscriber exclusive; 2018)