Playlist Week of 2014-12-13

* F. Couperin: L’Apotheose á la memoire de Lully, etc. (Kuijken, et al.) (Seon/ABC 2LP)

* L. Couperin: Suiten und Pavane (Leonhardt) (Harmonia Mundi LP)

* Satie: L’Œvre pour piano (Ciccolini) (selections) (EMI 5CD)

* Sun Ra: Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow (Saturn/Universal LP)

* Sun Ra: Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy (Saturn/Universal LP)

* Sun Ra: The Night of the Purple Moon (Saturn/Universal LP)

* Sun Ra: Of Mythic Worlds (Philly Jazz LP)

* John Coltrane: Offering: Live At Temple University (Impulse! 2CD)

* Wayne Shorter: Atlantis (Columbia LP)

* Wayne Shorter: Joy Ryder (Columbia LP)

* Ketil Bjornstad/David Darling/Terje Rypdal/Jon Christiansen: The Sea (ECM CD)

* Rodger Coleman & Sam Byrd: Heeltop Home Studio 2014-11-25 (No.9 remix) (WAV)

* Steven Halpern/Georgia Kelly: Ancient Echoes (Heru LP)

* Iasos: Celestial Soul Portrait (Numero Group 2LP)

* Stevie Wonder: Songs In The Key Of Life (Motown/Universal BD)

* Flying Lotus: You’re Dead! (Warp 2LP)

* Spirit: Spirit (Ode LP)

* Spirit: The Family That Plays Together (CBS LP)

* Nektar: A Tab In The Ocean (Passport LP)

* Nektar: Remember The Future (Passport LP)

* Nektar: Down To Earth (Passport LP)

* Curved Air: Phantasmagoria (Warner Bros. LP)

* Anthony Phillips: 1984 (Passport LP)

* Klaatu: Hope (Capitol LP)

* Earth: A Bureaucratic Desire for Extra-Capsular Extraction (Southern Lord 2-45RPM LP)

* Opeth: Pale Communion (Roadrunner CD/BD+2-7” box)

* Mastodon: Call of the Mastodon (Relapse EP)

* BXI: BXI (Southern Lord EP)

* Cynic: Kindly Bent To Free Us (Trouble In Mind 2-45RPM LP)

* Red Fang: Whales And Leeches (Relapse LP+EP)

* Pallbearer: 2010 Demo (Reliquary Edition) (20 Buck Spin EP)

* Pallbearer: Sorrow and Extinction (Profound Lore CD)

* Pallbearer: Foundations of Burden (Profound Lore CD)

* Usnea: Random Cosmic Violence (Relapse 2-45RPM LP)

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Commentary:

"Free Form Friday" was a blast! A nice crowd turned out to hear the Voight-Kampff duo play improvised electronic music followed by a program of three compositions by Stan Link: "In Ida's Mirror" for alto flute and fixed medium (performed by Phil Dikeman, alto flute); "Concert" for piano and laptop (performed by me and Stan); and "Toda la Tierra" for guitar, spoken voice and fixed medium (performed by Joshua McGuire, guitar, and Sal Mirand, voice).

The Black Box Theater is the perfect venue for this sort of experimental, avant-garde music with the Dig Deep Light Show bringing their psychedelic visuals to the proceedings. Kudos to the Metro Parks Department for making this happen -- and with free admission! There is a possibility I will be presenting my music at a future "Free Form Friday" sometime next year. Stay tuned!

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Next up this week: OPETH!