Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left Center

4-25-26 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

Greetings! We start with a couple of prog adjacent new releases from our friends at Cuneiform Records followed by organ and organ-ish pieces.  The balance of the program roams all over the place.  Check it out and see what you think.  Listen and Enjoy!  Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com [pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com] Prior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/ [https://envelope.podbean.com/]    4-25-26 PTE Playlist   Intro * Nova Express - NeBeLNeST- Saalfelden 2007 - Cuneiform Records (2026) * https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/saalfelden-2007 [https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/saalfelden-2007]    Phase One * The Lords of Creation - Mike Johnson - The Gardens of Loss - Cuneiform Records (2026) * http://cuneiformrecords.com/bandshtml/mike_johnson.html [http://cuneiformrecords.com/bandshtml/mike_johnson.html]    * String of Garlands - Guy Klucevsek - Hope Dies Last - Starkland (2023) * https://starkland.bandcamp.com/album/guy-klucevsek-hope-dies-last [https://starkland.bandcamp.com/album/guy-klucevsek-hope-dies-last]    * Rejser - Emil Mark - Mellemtid - Tonal Union (2026) * https://emilmark.bandcamp.com/album/mellemtid [https://emilmark.bandcamp.com/album/mellemtid]    * Gesangvoll: Variations on a Theme by Beethoven - Karel Martinek, organ; Jan Kučera, oboe / composer: John Rommereim - Into The Still Hollow - Navona Records (2025) * https://www.navonarecords.com/catalog/nv6710/ [https://www.navonarecords.com/catalog/nv6710/]    * Three Pieces for Electronic  Organ - Hans Kox - Anthology Of Dutch Electronic Tape Music: Volume 1 (1955-1966) - Basta Music (2008) * https://bastamusicstore.com/collections/dutch-electronic-music/products/anthology-of-dutch-electronic-tape-music-volume-1-1955-1966-digital-download?variant=1106618504 [https://bastamusicstore.com/collections/dutch-electronic-music/products/anthology-of-dutch-electronic-tape-music-volume-1-1955-1966-digital-download?variant=1106618504]   * Ahwak - Assa’d Khoury - Electronic Touches Belly Dance - We Want Sounds (2026) * https://wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/album/electronic-touches-belly-dance [https://wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/album/electronic-touches-belly-dance]    * Antimatter (Reversed Version) - Billy Yfantis - Reversed Universe - digital release (2026) * https://billyyfantis.bandcamp.com/album/reversed-universe [https://billyyfantis.bandcamp.com/album/reversed-universe]    * Flowering Dandelion for violin and electronics - Sarah Plum, violin / composer-electronics: Kyong Mee Choi - Personal Noise - Blue Griffin (2022) * https://www.bluegriffin.com/cd-catalog/p/personalnoisesarahplum [https://www.bluegriffin.com/cd-catalog/p/personalnoisesarahplum]    Phase Two * Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock - David Russell, cello & vocals / composer: Eric Chasalow - ...arching, reaching, breathless - New Focus Recordings (2026) * https://www.newfocusrecordings.com/catalogue/eric-chasalow-arching-reaching-breathless/ [https://www.newfocusrecordings.com/catalogue/eric-chasalow-arching-reaching-breathless/]    * A • I N T O X I Q U É S • P A R • L A • L V N E - Céleste Gatier - ERMITAGE DE LA FUMÉE VIOLETTE (Hermitage of the Violet Smoke) - MMLI (2023) * https://mmli.bandcamp.com/album/ermitage-de-la-fum-e-violette [https://mmli.bandcamp.com/album/ermitage-de-la-fum-e-violette]    * Solo - Beller - Matthias Muche - Trombone Alone - Col Legno (2026) * https://www.col-legno.com/en/home [https://www.col-legno.com/en/home]    * I Am! - Alison Cotton - The Gods Laugh - Glitterbeat Records (June 2026 pre-release single) * https://alisoncotton-uk.bandcamp.com/album/the-gods-laugh [https://alisoncotton-uk.bandcamp.com/album/the-gods-laugh]    * Stillness / Bounce Bounce - Hilary Hahn, violin / Volker Bertelmann (Hauschka), prepared piano - Silfra - Deutsche Grammophon (2012) * https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/catalogue/products/hilary-hahn-hauschka-silfra-11321 [https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/catalogue/products/hilary-hahn-hauschka-silfra-11321]    * Two of You - I Am The Mackerel - Network Relay: Open Channel (compilation) - digital release (2026) * https://experimentalmusicnetwork.bandcamp.com/album/network-relay-open-channel [https://experimentalmusicnetwork.bandcamp.com/album/network-relay-open-channel]

4-11-26 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

Greetings! Let's see...we've got some contemporary gamelan followed by a bunch of blues-based experimental stuff, leading to some interesting vocal pieces, only to close out with a smorgasbord of new and old pieces.  There.  That'll about do it. Listen & Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingthenevelopewhus@gmail.com [pushingthenevelopewhus@gmail.com] Prior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/ [https://envelope.podbean.com/]      4-11-26 PTE Playlist   Phase One * Stones Are The Flowers - Gamelan Yowana Sari / composer: Kyle Miller - Gamelan Yowana Sari - Cantaloupe Music (April 2026 pre-release) * https://gamelanyowanasari.bandcamp.com/album/gamelan-yowana-sari [https://gamelanyowanasari.bandcamp.com/album/gamelan-yowana-sari]    * New Revisit - Geiger von Müller - Neocubist Blues - digital release (2026) * https://geigervon.bandcamp.com/album/neocubist-blues [https://geigervon.bandcamp.com/album/neocubist-blues]    * The Mill Pond Drowns Hope - John Fahey - The Mill Pond - Broker's Tip/Little Brother (2019) * https://thejohnfahey.bandcamp.com/album/the-mill-pond [https://thejohnfahey.bandcamp.com/album/the-mill-pond]   * One Man's Meat (feat. David Johansen) - Gary Lucas / Gods & Monsters - Coming Clean - Mighty Quinn (2006) * https://garylucas.com/www/disc/clean/cleanMAIN.shtml [https://garylucas.com/www/disc/clean/cleanMAIN.shtml]    * Pachuco Cadaver - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica - Straight Records (1969)    * Celestial Power - Henry Flynt - Graduation - Superior Viaduct (2013) * https://henryflynt.bandcamp.com/album/graduation [https://henryflynt.bandcamp.com/album/graduation]    * Subpolar Clime - feldmark - Motu Maha - digital release (2026) * https://hyenaedon.bandcamp.com/album/motu-maha [https://hyenaedon.bandcamp.com/album/motu-maha]    Phase Two * last lullaby - David Lang feat. Katie Geissinger - last lullaby - Cantaloupe Music (2026) * https://davidlangmusic.bandcamp.com/album/last-lullaby [https://davidlangmusic.bandcamp.com/album/last-lullaby]    * MONO - Leonie Strecker - Chroma - Line Sound Art Editions (2026) * https://lineimprint.bandcamp.com/album/chroma [https://lineimprint.bandcamp.com/album/chroma]    * Summerette - Michael Scott Dawson - Guitar, Solo - We Are Busy Bodies (2026) * https://michaelscottdawson.bandcamp.com/album/guitar-solo [https://michaelscottdawson.bandcamp.com/album/guitar-solo]    * Les machines de Léonard - Sam Vitoulis w/ Sergio Koval - Léonard - digital release (2004) * https://samvitoulis.bandcamp.com/album/l-onard [https://samvitoulis.bandcamp.com/album/l-onard]    * Etam Kolhem Hazuyim "Their voices are predicted." (Live at the Middle East - 12-28-2025) - Solilians Slosha / Skyjelly - Challah II b/w Far Boundaries - I Heart Noise (2026) * https://iheartnoise.bandcamp.com/album/ihn013-solilians-slosha-skyjelly-challah-ii-b-w-far-boundaries [https://iheartnoise.bandcamp.com/album/ihn013-solilians-slosha-skyjelly-challah-ii-b-w-far-boundaries]    * The Western Lands (A Dangerous Road Mix) - Material -- The Road To The Western Lands - Triloka (1997) * https://billlaswell.bandcamp.com/album/seven-souls-remixes [https://billlaswell.bandcamp.com/album/seven-souls-remixes]

3-28-26 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Cetner

Greetings! Many new musics in store for you with a second phase nod to memory & music of Keith Emerson upon the 10th anniversary of his passing. Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com [pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com] To check out prior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/ [https://envelope.podbean.com/]    3-28-26 PTE Playlist   Intro * New Distortion Properties - Ben Vida - Oblivion Seekers - Shelter Press (2026) * https://benvida.bandcamp.com/album/oblivion-seekers [https://benvida.bandcamp.com/album/oblivion-seekers]    Phase One * Downbeat - Kristina Warren - Tusk - Gold Bolus Recordings (2026) * https://kmwarren.bandcamp.com/album/tusk [https://kmwarren.bandcamp.com/album/tusk]    * First Rays - Steve Roach & Serena Gabriel - Entering Elysium - Projekt Records (April 2026 pre-release)  * https://www.projekt.com/ [https://www.projekt.com/]    * Passing Beneath The Sea's Floor - Shane Aspegren - Spiritual Cannibalism - Prohibited Records (2026) * https://shane-aspegren.bandcamp.com/album/spiritual-cannibalism [https://shane-aspegren.bandcamp.com/album/spiritual-cannibalism]    * Olive Cotton - Sarah Plum, viola / composer: Osnat Netzer - an expanding distance of multiple voices - Blue Griffin Recordings (April 2026 pre-release) * https://sarahplum.bandcamp.com/album/an-expanding-distance-of-multiple-voices  [https://sarahplum.bandcamp.com/album/an-expanding-distance-of-multiple-voices]    * He Walks The Tide - Emily Bezar - Vista - Demivox Records (2026) * https://emilybezar.bandcamp.com/album/vista [https://emilybezar.bandcamp.com/album/vista]    Phase Two * Variations for Light Waves -  Linnéa Talp - Variations for Light Waves - thanatosis (2026) * https://linneatalp.bandcamp.com/album/variations-for-light-waves [https://linneatalp.bandcamp.com/album/variations-for-light-waves]    * Organs form - Findings - Parallel mirrors - Eustress Tapes (2024) * https://eustresstapes.bandcamp.com/album/parallel-mirrors [https://eustresstapes.bandcamp.com/album/parallel-mirrors]    * Mars: The Bringer of War - Emerson, Lake & Powell - Emerson, Lake & Powell:  “The Complete Collection” - Spirit of Unicorn Music (2024) * https://www.cherryred.co.uk/emerson-lake-and-powell-the-complete-collection-3cd-box [https://www.cherryred.co.uk/emerson-lake-and-powell-the-complete-collection-3cd-box]    * Hammer It Out - Keith Emerson - Emerson Plays Emerson - Cherry Red (2017)    * Keith Emerson - Joseph Benzola - Portraits of the Dead Complete: 1995-2022 - Amanita Music (2019) * https://josephbenzola.bandcamp.com/album/portraits-of-the-dead-complete-1995-2022 [https://josephbenzola.bandcamp.com/album/portraits-of-the-dead-complete-1995-2022]    * Mach kein Krach! - Martin Küchen - Chase the Demons Out - thanatosis (2026) * https://martinkuchen.bandcamp.com/album/chase-the-demons-out [https://martinkuchen.bandcamp.com/album/chase-the-demons-out]   * Seranade for Four Flutes (1960) - Flute Force / composer: Ingolf Dahl - Flute Force - CRI (1990) * https://www.newworldrecords.org/products/flute-force?_pos=1&_sid=027a483c2&_ss=r&variant=32226756591695 [https://www.newworldrecords.org/products/flute-force?_pos=1&_sid=027a483c2&_ss=r&variant=32226756591695]

3-14-26 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

Greetings! Today's program opens highlighting the ambient space music of Robert Scott Thompson, followed by a veritable potpourri of new and classic tracks, ranging from Alec Wilder & Ozric Tentalces to b.mez (a Birdsongs of the Mesozooic spin-off) and Frank Zappa! Listen & Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com [pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com] Prior Programs & Playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/ [https://envelope.podbean.com/]    3-14-26 PTE Playlist Intro * Paradigm as Supergenre (Dark Hedges Mix) - Robert Scott Thompson - As First Star Wakes, She Wanders There - Somewhere Cold Records (2021) * https://robertscottthompsonswc.bandcamp.com/album/as-first-star-wakes-she-wanders-there [https://robertscottthompsonswc.bandcamp.com/album/as-first-star-wakes-she-wanders-there]    Phase One * Ice and Ember / Serenum - Robert Scott Thompson - Ice and Ember - Aucourant Records digital release (2026) * https://robert-scott-thompson.bandcamp.com/album/ice-and-ember [https://robert-scott-thompson.bandcamp.com/album/ice-and-ember]    * Film Still / The Sea - Felicia Atkinson & Christina Vantzou - Reflections Vol. 3: Water Poems - Shelter Press (2026) * https://feliciaatkinson.bandcamp.com/album/reflections-vol-3-water-poems [https://feliciaatkinson.bandcamp.com/album/reflections-vol-3-water-poems]    * Ledge - b.mez - Under Circuitous Skies - Cuneiform Records (2026) * https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/under-circuitous-skies [https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/under-circuitous-skies]    * Big Foot (with intro) - Eric Johnson / Mike Stern / w Leni Stern: n'goni & vocal - Eclectic - Heads Up International (2014) * https://concord.com/concord-albums/eclectic/ [https://concord.com/concord-albums/eclectic/]    * Invisible - Spock's Beard - The Archaeoptimist - Madfish Music (2025) * https://madfishmusic.bandcamp.com/album/archaeoptimist [https://madfishmusic.bandcamp.com/album/archaeoptimist]    Phase Two * Dissolve: I. Evenly / II. Slowly (2018) - PRISM Quartet / composer: Emily Cooley - XAS digital release (2026) * https://prismquartet.bandcamp.com/album/dissolve [https://prismquartet.bandcamp.com/album/dissolve]    * Jack, This Is My Husband / Scherzo for String Quartet / It's Silk - Feel It - Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Richard Audon Clark, cond. / composer: Alec Wilder - Neurotic Goldfish - Kleos Classics (2001) * https://www.alecwildermusicandlife.com/biography/ [https://www.alecwildermusicandlife.com/biography/]    * Part I: The Pterodactyls Have Landed - Sean Noonan & The London Symphony Orchestra - The Drummer of Tedworth - Neuma Records (2026) * https://brewedbynoon.bandcamp.com/album/the-drummer-of-tedworth [https://brewedbynoon.bandcamp.com/album/the-drummer-of-tedworth]    * The Black Page, Parts 1 & 2 - Zappa Plays Zappa feat. Terry Bozzio & Steve Vai  - Zappa Plays Zappa - Razor & Tie (2008)    * Cheepnis - Percussion / Cheepnis - Frank Zappa & The Mothers - Roxy - The Movie (The Soundtrack) - Zappa Records (2015) * https://www.zappa.com/movie/roxy-the-movie/#/ [https://www.zappa.com/movie/roxy-the-movie/#/]   * Sultana Detrii (live) - Ozric Tentacles - Pyramidion - Snapper Music (2001) * https://ozrics.com/ [https://ozrics.com/]

2/21/26 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

Greetings! Mostly new goodies for your listening pleasure, aurally illustrating the word "multi-genre". Listen & Enjoy! Joel   2-21-26 PTE Playlist   Intro * What Lies Just Beyond? - Andrew MacKelvie's Many Worlds - Many Worlds - Watch That Ends The Night Records (2026) * https://manyworldshfx.bandcamp.com/album/many-worlds [https://manyworldshfx.bandcamp.com/album/many-worlds] Phase One * Realities Blossom - Andrew MacKelvie's Many Worlds - Many Worlds (2026) Watch That Ends The Night Records * https://manyworldshfx.bandcamp.com/album/many-worlds [https://manyworldshfx.bandcamp.com/album/many-worlds]   * dve - David / David - Blame Haro - 577 Records (2026) * https://577records.bandcamp.com/album/blame-haro [https://577records.bandcamp.com/album/blame-haro]    * Immutable traveler - tangent mek - Immutable traveler - Carton Records (2026) * https://cartonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/immutable-traveler [https://cartonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/immutable-traveler]    * Bear - Toninato & Thiessen - Dream of Heat - Ambiances Magnetiques (2026) * https://ambiances-magnetiques.bandcamp.com/album/dream-of-heat [https://ambiances-magnetiques.bandcamp.com/album/dream-of-heat]    * I suppose - Noeumi Buechi - Exuvie - -ous (2026) * https://noemibuchi.bandcamp.com/album/exuvie [https://noemibuchi.bandcamp.com/album/exuvie]    * Evor (ft. Coagulant) - Fletina - Terrow - digital release (2026) * https://fletina.bandcamp.com/album/terrow [https://fletina.bandcamp.com/album/terrow]    * Monologue - Bi Kyo Ran - Who Ma (Live Vol. 2) - Belle Antique (1993) * https://marquee.co.jp/belle_antique/belle-254296/ [https://marquee.co.jp/belle_antique/belle-254296/]    Phase Two * Firepinks / Jewelweed - piano: Emily Manzo / composer: Mary Halvorson - Time In Water - Gold Bolus Recordings (2026) * https://emilymanzo.bandcamp.com/album/time-in-water [https://emilymanzo.bandcamp.com/album/time-in-water]    * newDay - Bello Benischauer - The Feel Good Project - Burnt Seed Records (2026) * https://existhemuens.bandcamp.com/album/the-feel-good-project [https://existhemuens.bandcamp.com/album/the-feel-good-project]    * mart1 - Burnet207 - mart - Khyron Label (2026) * https://khyron.bandcamp.com/album/mart [https://khyron.bandcamp.com/album/mart]    * Bland träden - Fauna - Taiga Trans - Glitterbeat Records (2026) * https://faunagbg.bandcamp.com/track/bland-tr-den [https://faunagbg.bandcamp.com/track/bland-tr-den]    * Kinu No Michi - Yoshiko Sai - Mikkou - WeWantSounds (1976/2026) * https://wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/merch/yoshiko-sai-mikkou-cd-edition [https://wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/merch/yoshiko-sai-mikkou-cd-edition]    * Sitar & Bongos Duo 1 - David First, sitar & composition / Danny Tunick, bongos - Sitar Music of North Brooklyn (Same Animal, Different Cages vol. 4) - self-release (2018) * https://davidfirst.bandcamp.com/album/sitar-music-of-north-brooklyn-same-animal-different-cages-vol-4 [https://davidfirst.bandcamp.com/album/sitar-music-of-north-brooklyn-same-animal-different-cages-vol-4]