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clowntronics

Nov 4, 2021 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM

With ameena

join me on the sofa of life with a delicious cup of ambient joe. mmmm... stretchy.

60 // an introduction to onkyo (& some lowercase)

Tonight’s edition of CLOWNTRONICS asks you to consider what makes up the very bare essence of sound: when you really strip it down to its most minimal elements, what do you hear? This is the question that guides the experimentations of Japan’s onkyo-kei scene (derived from 音響系, or “reverberation of sound”). Emerging in Tokyo in the late 1990s and continuing on into the present, the musicians behind this movement developed and explored an interest in the texture (rather than melodic/musical structure) of sound through slow, meditative improvisation, quiet minimalism, and sometimes just plain silence. This introduction to the genre will feature some early classics and underappreciated later works by pioneers of the movement like Sachiko M, Otomo Yoshihide, and Taku Sugimoto; various side projects and collaborations between themselves and other musicians joining from outside of the scene; later contributions from newer domestic and foreign names; and occasional dips here and there into some works that came out of onkyo-kei’s Western counterpart, lowercase.

8:07 PM		Toshiya Tsunoda Solid Vibration Of A Support Pillar For The External Unit For A Large Size Refrigerator Extract From Field Recording Archive #1 WrK 1997 From liner notes: "The external unit of a large size refrigerator which makes ice for preserving marine products, was being supported by a concrete pillar. The sound of the vibrations of the unit's motor is something that we often hear as an air vibration, but in this case, due to the structure of the support pillar, what was observed was a solid vibration stationary wave which had 5-10 overtone frequencies."
8:14 PM		Taku Unami / Moe Kamura / Tetuzi Akiyama Before Sprout, After Seed Hontatedori Compare Notes 2013
8:21 PM		Haco Left and right side of machine body (PowerMac G4) Stereo Bugscope 00 Improvised Music From Japan 2004
8:27 PM		Sachiko M Don't Move Sine Wave Solo Amoebic 1999
8:33 PM		Cosmos Untitled #2 Tears Erstwhile 2002 duo of sachiko m + ami yoshida
8:52 PM		Taku Sugimoto & Moe Kamura Kaidan [かいだん] Saritote [さりとて] Saritote 2007
8:54 PM		Taku Sugimoto Last Letter Flagments Of Paradise Test 1997
8:57 PM		Moe Kamura Kokode Miru Yume [ここでみるゆめ] Usagi No Kurashi [うさぎのくらし] Zipangu 2004
9:02 PM		Akio Suzuki Aeolian Harp Odds and Ends Fossil 2001
9:06 PM		Ryu Hankil Various Accidents By Vibrating Speakers With Interconnected Mechanical Clock Parts. Becoming Typewriter Taumaturgia 2009
9:23 PM		ju sei △▽ Conesolo [コーンソロ] Enban 2011
9:31 PM		Toshimaru Nakamura Heater/refrigerator Egrets Samadhisound 2010
9:36 PM		Otomo Yoshihide Modulation #1 Cathode Tzadik 1999
9:46 PM		Tetuzi Akiyama / Erik Carlsson / Toshimaru Nakamura / Henrik Olsson Stockholm In Search of Wild Tulips Bombax Bombax 2009
10:00 PM		Sukora Ene / Oyo Oeo Ignivomous 1998 "Sukora is a music project based on the concept of language."
10:15 PM		Utah Kawasaki / Takahiro Kawaguchi / Nick Hoffman A-Side Noise Without Tears Pilgrim Talk 2011
10:26 PM		Kaffe Matthews / Andrea Neumann / Sachiko M Track 4 In Case of Fire Take the Stairs Improvised Music From Japan 2002
10:39 PM		Eric La Casa part IV (feat. Seijiro Murayama) Supersedure Hibari 2009
10:47 PM		Kim Cascone Nulldrift Cathodeflower Ritornell 1999
10:53 PM		Polly Bradfield 1 Solo Violin Improvisations Parachute 1979
10:57 PM		Bject Untitled Object 4 Locust 2004

Chat is archived.

hello hellooo

Sounds like something Alvin Lucier would do.

Hey Ameena, super interesting show tonight, I'd never heard of the onkyo and lowercase movements.

thanks, dsm! hope you enjoy

i'll have to look into alvin lucier! @andy

I also love when WPRB programming makes me wonder if my stereo is malfunction or it's the intended broadcast lol

hehe that's definitely one of my favorite things

Thank you for escorting us to the fringe! Ready to jump ▫️◽◻⬜

it's a fun dive tonight...

soulseekcore

seeking...

coring

deep into the earth

The current selection is almost recreating my favorite all time WPRB moment: 20 minutes of wondering a few years ago if I was hearing music, or was hearing interstation static phenomenon due to WPRB being off the air.

we do like to keep them guessing here at prb...

glad this brought back the memory!

i can imagine how this was made....

hahahah

aaaand did not see the similar comment from DSM below when I posted that 😎

rubbing the microphone snoopy nose on the carpet...

music for dogs....

i don't know too much about dogs...

hahaha i typed that before you said it...

doggie music...

whoa...was not prepared for that.

this track is full of unexpected twists...

deep listening

heheheh

momus moment

request for king kong and ping pong

maybe for a shibuya-kei special....

personal momus moment

Kim Cascone ran Silent Records and was in PGR...check it out!

ooh definitely will look into it!

Chemical Bride is a fave...

Great track!

thanks mike!

Yo Mike Hunter!

howdy....standing by for a fill inb broadcast next!

Thanks Ameena! Ready for Space.

;-)