Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left Center

Greetings! This week's program included primarily new music with a smattering of newly accquired music.  Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com [pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com] Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/envpusher1.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/envpusher1.bsky.social]    4-19-25 PTE Playlist   * They Went Away / Un Message - Tremosphere - saturated solace - Slugg Records (May 2025 pre-release) * https://tremosphere.bandcamp.com/album/saturated-solace [https://tremosphere.bandcamp.com/album/saturated-solace]    * A Freedom Worth Dying For - Spite Cathedral - Unforgiven Thoughts - Sound+Matter (2025) * https://spitecathedral.bandcamp.com/album/unforgiven-thoughts [https://spitecathedral.bandcamp.com/album/unforgiven-thoughts]    * Over These Dark Ages - Trem 77 - Blacklight Sunset - Grape Mod Records (May 2025 digital pre-release) * https://trem77.bandcamp.com/album/blacklight-sunset [https://trem77.bandcamp.com/album/blacklight-sunset]    * Shimo (Avec Duty Free) - Tommy Crane's Dance Music for All Occasions - Reality Curated: Live at Ursa - Elastic Recordings (2025) * https://tommycrane.bandcamp.com/album/reality-curated-live-at-ursa-elastic-recordings [https://tommycrane.bandcamp.com/album/reality-curated-live-at-ursa-elastic-recordings]    * Three Wars - stef.in - Icterus II - Barnyard Records (2025) * https://stefin.bandcamp.com/album/icterus-ii [https://stefin.bandcamp.com/album/icterus-ii]    * Cities - How Much - Washing the Clothes Go Round (compilation) - Fish Prints (2025) * https://fishprintsinc.bandcamp.com/album/washing-the-clothes-go-round [https://fishprintsinc.bandcamp.com/album/washing-the-clothes-go-round]    * transᅲ - Andreas Lutz - Aura Trans - Kasuga (2025) * https://andreaslutz.bandcamp.com/album/aura-trans [https://andreaslutz.bandcamp.com/album/aura-trans]    * Send A Message From The Heart - Karmakanic - Who's The Boss In The Factory - InsideOut Music (2008) * https://insideoutmusic.bandcamp.com/album/whos-the-boss-in-the-factory [https://insideoutmusic.bandcamp.com/album/whos-the-boss-in-the-factory]    * SPQR - John Teves - The Vast Ocean of Being - self-release (2025) * https://johnteves.bandcamp.com/album/the-vast-ocean-of-being [https://johnteves.bandcamp.com/album/the-vast-ocean-of-being]    * Age of Lies (Digital Life Suite, pt. 5)/ AI Masters (Fall of Man) (Digital Life Suite, pt. 6) - Digital Life Project - self-release (2025) * https://digitallifeproject.com/ [https://digitallifeproject.com/]    * caves - pathetique - Turbulence - digital release (2025) * https://pathetique.bandcamp.com/album/turbulence [https://pathetique.bandcamp.com/album/turbulence]    * After Beethoven - Christopher DeLaurenti - Favorite Intermissions - GD Stereo (2006) * https://gdstereo.com/recordings/gd019-favorite-intermissions-christopher-delaurenti [https://gdstereo.com/recordings/gd019-favorite-intermissions-christopher-delaurenti]

Greetings! By the time I post this, I will have returned from Cruise To The Edge 2025.  Some of my favorite performances included Karmakanic, Thank You, Scientist, The Aristocrats, Steve Hackett (playing a few of his own tunes, a chunk of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway & other Genesis favorites), Riverside, Big Big Train & Robert Fripp/David Singleton in conversation.  Great Fun!! Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com [pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com] Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/envpusher1.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/envpusher1.bsky.social]    3-29-25 PTE Playlist - Cruise To The Edge 2025   * Soul Diver - Thank You, Scientist - Plague Accommodations - Flying Jangus Records (2021) * https://thankyouscientist.bandcamp.com/album/plague-accommodations [https://thankyouscientist.bandcamp.com/album/plague-accommodations]    * Paintbox - Pendragon - The Masquerade Overture - Toff Records (1996) * https://www.pendragon.mu/discography/the-masquerade-overture/ [https://www.pendragon.mu/discography/the-masquerade-overture/]    * Daddy Long Legs - Trifecta - The New Normal - Kscope (2024) * https://kscopemusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-new-normal [https://kscopemusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-new-normal]    * Hey, Where's My Drink Package? - The Aristocrats - Duck - BOING! Music (2024) * https://the-aristocrats-band.bandcamp.com/album/duck [https://the-aristocrats-band.bandcamp.com/album/duck]    * Spectral Mornings - Steve Hackett - Live Archive Nearfest - Camino Records (2003) * https://www.hackettsongs.com [https://www.hackettsongs.com]    * Dream The Dead - Caligula's Horse - Caligula's Horse on Audiotree Live - Audiotree (2024) * https://audiotree.bandcamp.com/album/caligulas-horse-on-audiotree-live [https://audiotree.bandcamp.com/album/caligulas-horse-on-audiotree-live]    * Catherine Howard - Rick Wakeman - Yes & Friends (compilation) - Snapper Music (2003) * https://www.rwcc.com/ [https://www.rwcc.com/]    * Burning Match - Marbin - Breaking The Cycle - Moonjune Records (2011) * https://marbinmusic.bandcamp.com/album/breaking-the-cycle [https://marbinmusic.bandcamp.com/album/breaking-the-cycle]    * Miramare - Big Big Train - The Likes of Us - InsideOut Music (2024) * https://bigbigtrain.bandcamp.com/album/the-likes-of-us-24-bit-hd-audio [https://bigbigtrain.bandcamp.com/album/the-likes-of-us-24-bit-hd-audio]    * Duchess Desire - Kyros - Fear & Love (EP) - digital release (2024) * https://kyrosmusic.bandcamp.com/album/fear-love [https://kyrosmusic.bandcamp.com/album/fear-love]    * Mothallah - TEMIC - Terror Management Theory - Season of Mist (2023) * https://temic.bandcamp.com/album/terror-management-theory [https://temic.bandcamp.com/album/terror-management-theory]    * Guiding Light - IQ - The Seventh House - Giant Electric Pea (2000) * https://iq-gep.bandcamp.com/album/the-seventh-house [https://iq-gep.bandcamp.com/album/the-seventh-house]    * Molok Rising - Gazpacho - Molok - Kscope (2015) * https://kscopemusic.bandcamp.com/album/molok [https://kscopemusic.bandcamp.com/album/molok]    * Valles Marinares - Rick Wakeman - The Red Planet - Madfish (2020) * https://www.rwcc.com/ [https://www.rwcc.com/]

Greetings! New Petridisch, new Tremosphere, new Robert Scott Thompson, other new things, slightly older stuff, then a tangent focused on the work of Ricky Ian Gordan and Adam Guettel. (Oh, did I ever tell you I once co-hosted a show themed around musical theater & related goodies?) Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com [pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com] Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/envpusher1.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/envpusher1.bsky.social]    3-22-25 PTE Playlist   * They Went Away - Tremosphere - saturated solace - Slugg Records (May 2025 pre-release) * https://tremosphere.bandcamp.com/album/saturated-solace [https://tremosphere.bandcamp.com/album/saturated-solace]    * This Earthly Round (REDUX) - Stephen Page, saxophone / Alexandre Maynegre-Torra, piano / Australian composer: Miriama Young - Earthly Round - Navona Records (2025)  * https://www.navonarecords.com/catalog/nv6707/ [https://www.navonarecords.com/catalog/nv6707/]    * Our Again S - Petridisch - Apéritifs - fourth world (2025) * https://fourthworld.bandcamp.com/album/ap-ritifs [https://fourthworld.bandcamp.com/album/ap-ritifs]    * The Universe Spins on a Vector of Silence - Robert Scott Thompson - In Slow Ascent - Aucourant Records (2025) * https://robert-scott-thompson.bandcamp.com/album/in-slow-ascent [https://robert-scott-thompson.bandcamp.com/album/in-slow-ascent]   * Jaunpuri - Sophia Subbayya Vastek: just intonation piano / Nitin Mitta: tabla / Michael Harrison tanpura & composer - Histories - Innova (2017) * https://innova.mu/album/histories/ [https://innova.mu/album/histories/]    * Janet Underneath The Roses - Ricky Ian Gordon - A Horse With Wings - Blue Griffin Records (2010) * https://rickyiangordon.com/ [https://rickyiangordon.com/]    * Once I Was - voice: Theresa McCarthy / piano - composer: Ricky Ian Gordon - Bright Eyed Joy: The Songs of Ricky Ian Gordon - Nonesuch (2001) * https://rickyiangordon.com/ [https://rickyiangordon.com/]    * Contemporary - voice: Adam Guettel / poem: W.S. Merwin - music: Ricky Ian Gordon - Bright Eyed Joy: The Songs of Ricky Ian Gordon - Nonesuch (2001) * https://rickyiangordon.com/ [https://rickyiangordon.com/]    * Saturn Returns - vocal/composer: Adam Guettel - Myths & Hymns - Nonesuch (2001) * https://www.adamguettel.com/ [https://www.adamguettel.com/]    * Pegasus - vocals: Billy Porter / Lynette DuPre / Audra McDonald / composer: Adam Guettel - Myths & Hymns - Nonesuch (2002) * https://www.adamguettel.com/ [https://www.adamguettel.com/]   * Come To Jesus - guitar: Garrett Gleason / composer: Adam Guettel - Myths & Hymns - Big Round Records (2023) * https://www.bigroundrecords.com/catalog/BR8984/ [https://www.bigroundrecords.com/catalog/BR8984/]   * Prisms for Gene Davis - ensemble: Nata Swara / composer: Brian Baumbusch - Chemistry for Gamelan and String Quartet - New World Records (2023) * https://www.newworldrecords.org/products/brian-baumbusch-chemistry-for-gamelan-and-string-quartet [https://www.newworldrecords.org/products/brian-baumbusch-chemistry-for-gamelan-and-string-quartet]    * Duck Blind - Paul Dresher Ensemble w/ Rinde Eckert - Slow Fire - Minmax Music (1992) * https://minmax.bandcamp.com/album/slow-fire [https://minmax.bandcamp.com/album/slow-fire]    * Weeping Monolith - Gelbart - Liquids & Flesh - Egglike Records (April 2025) * https://gelbart.bandcamp.com/album/liquids-flesh [https://gelbart.bandcamp.com/album/liquids-flesh]    * Hidden No More - Kekal - Quantum Resolution - digital release (2020) * https://kekal.bandcamp.com/album/quantum-resolution [https://kekal.bandcamp.com/album/quantum-resolution]    * March - feinstruktur - 2025 - digital release (2025) * https://feinstruktur.bandcamp.com/album/2025 [https://feinstruktur.bandcamp.com/album/2025]

Greetings! Many new things, then, a digression in Phase 2 focused on the influence of gamelan in Western music. Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com [pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com] Blue Sky:  https://bsky.app/profile/envpusher1.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/envpusher1.bsky.social]    3-15-25 PTE Playlist   * G's Sabbath - Double Bass: Roberto Cassani / Guitar: Graeme Stephen - Pictish Spaghetti - 577 Records (2025) * https://577records.bandcamp.com/album/pictish-spaghetti [https://577records.bandcamp.com/album/pictish-spaghetti]     * Lands End - composer: Luciano Chessa / piano: Claudio Sanna - Lands End - Col Legno (2025) * https://col-legno.com/de/shop/15030-lands-end [https://col-legno.com/de/shop/15030-lands-end]    * Pillows - electronics: Simon Grab / drums: David Meier - Porœs - OUS (2025) * https://simongrab.bandcamp.com/album/por-s [https://simongrab.bandcamp.com/album/por-s]    * Strawberry Festival In Louisiana - Stereo Minus One - Dead Petals At The Other - Machine Records (2025) * https://stereominusone.bandcamp.com/album/dead-petals-at-the-other [https://stereominusone.bandcamp.com/album/dead-petals-at-the-other]    * After The Flood - Jeff Greinke - Late Rain - Projekt Records (2025) * https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/late-rain [https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/late-rain]    * Testing Area - Thomas Poken - digital single (2025) * https://thomaspoken.bandcamp.com/album/testing-area [https://thomaspoken.bandcamp.com/album/testing-area]    * Universe Emerging (10 minute) - Gallanitte - Universe Emerging - digital release (2025) * https://gallanitte.bandcamp.com/album/universe-emerging [https://gallanitte.bandcamp.com/album/universe-emerging]    * Intro / Farfisa for Polly Peachum / Sure As Me - Petridisch - Horse Sense: Live at DUALITYFEST - self-release (2023) * https://petridisch.bandcamp.com/album/horse-sense-live-at-dualityfest [https://petridisch.bandcamp.com/album/horse-sense-live-at-dualityfest]    * Parlando I/II/III - percussion: Christopher Clarino / composer: Igor Santos - Parlando - Neuma Records (2025) * https://christopherclarino.bandcamp.com/album/parlando [https://christopherclarino.bandcamp.com/album/parlando]    * Estampes 1: Pagode - piano: Aldo Ciccolini / composer: Claude Debussy -  L'Œuvre Pour Piano, Vol. I - EMI (1992) * https://symposium.music.org/52/item/22-claude-debussys-gamelan.html [https://symposium.music.org/52/item/22-claude-debussys-gamelan.html]    * "The Joy of the Blood of the Stars" from Turangalila Symphony - Orchestre De L'Opéra Bastille, cond. Myung-Whun Chung / composer: Olivier Messiaen - Mystic (The Musical Visions Of Olivier Messiaen) - Deutsche Grammaphon (1996) * https://www.britannica.com/biography/Olivier-Messiaen#ref54011 [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Olivier-Messiaen#ref54011]    * Sleeping Braid - Gamelan Son of Lion / composer: Barbara Benary - The Complete Gamelan in the New World - Locust Music (2004)  * https://www.soundohm.com/product/the-complete-gamelan-in-t [https://www.soundohm.com/product/the-complete-gamelan-in-t]    * Lamentation & Fantasia Gamelantronique - Discus - 1st - Mellow (1999)  * https://mellowlabelproductions.bandcamp.com/album/1st [https://mellowlabelproductions.bandcamp.com/album/1st]    * Poem for Bali - Wendy Carlos - Beauty In The Beast - Audion (1986) * https://www.wendycarlos.com/+bitb.html [https://www.wendycarlos.com/+bitb.html]

Greetings! Among the business to attend to during this week's program, we honor the memory and music of steel guitarist extraordinaire and Baltimore denizen, Susan Alcorn who passed on January 31. I was lucky enough to have seen her perform live at Baltimore's Red Room in 2023.  Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com [pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com] Blue Sky : https://bsky.app/profile/envpusher1.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/envpusher1.bsky.social]      3-1-25 PTE Playlist   * Loop II & Solo - Robert Fripp - Houston Hall Philadelphia United States: 2-20-1981 - DGM digital (1981) * https://www.dgmlive.com/tour-dates/1693 [https://www.dgmlive.com/tour-dates/1693]   R.I.P. Susan Alcorn * Brack Water Waltz (ft. Susan Alcorn) - Astroturf Noise (Sam Day Harmet: Mandolin/fx,  Sana Nagano: Violin/fx, Zachary Swanson: Bass) - Blazing/Freezing - 577 Records (2023) * https://577records.bandcamp.com/album/blazing-freezing [https://577records.bandcamp.com/album/blazing-freezing]   * Thollem / Susan Alcorn 2 - keyboards: Thollem McDonas / pedal steel guitar: Susan Alcorn - Thollem / Susan Alcorn - Thollem's Astral Traveling Sessions - digital release (2021) * https://susanalcorn1.bandcamp.com/album/thollem-susan-alcorn-thollems-astral-traveling-sessions [https://susanalcorn1.bandcamp.com/album/thollem-susan-alcorn-thollems-astral-traveling-sessions]   * Dream Crossed Twilight - Sirius Quartet / composer: Mark Edwards Wilson - Playing On The Edge 3 - Navona Records (2022) * https://www.navonarecords.com/catalog/nv6520 [https://www.navonarecords.com/catalog/nv6520]    * New November - Simon Jermyn - Obsany - Elastic Recordings (2025) * https://simonjermyn.bandcamp.com/album/obsany-elastic-recordings [https://simonjermyn.bandcamp.com/album/obsany-elastic-recordings]    * Time Dilation - Andre LaFosse - Entry Level: An Introduction to Andre LaFosse - 7d Media (2025) * https://andrelafosse7d.bandcamp.com/album/entry-level-an-introduction-to-andre-lafosse [https://andrelafosse7d.bandcamp.com/album/entry-level-an-introduction-to-andre-lafosse]    * Master of Inertia 3 - Peter Wullen - Master of Inertia - digital release (2025) * https://peterwullen.bandcamp.com/album/master-of-inertia [https://peterwullen.bandcamp.com/album/master-of-inertia]    * mysterious - P.U.M.A. - ITINERE - The Church of Noisy Goat (2025) * https://thechurchofnoisygoat.bandcamp.com/album/itinere [https://thechurchofnoisygoat.bandcamp.com/album/itinere]    * Official Facsimile - Neverending Audit - High Notes - Ingrown Records (2024) * https://ingrown.bandcamp.com/album/high-notes [https://ingrown.bandcamp.com/album/high-notes]    * FIREFLIES for third-bridge acoustic guitar and electronics - Mike Frengel - Music For Guitar & Electronics - Ravona Records (2020) * https://www.ravellorecords.com/catalog/rr8035/ [https://www.ravellorecords.com/catalog/rr8035/]    * First Chirality - Kevin Kastning / Carl Clements / Soheil Peyghambari - Triple Helix - greydisc (2025) * https://kevinkastning.bandcamp.com/album/triple-helix [https://kevinkastning.bandcamp.com/album/triple-helix]    * Josephine's Fresh Cuts - Jack O' The Clock - Portraits - digital release (2025) * https://jackotheclock.bandcamp.com/album/portraits [https://jackotheclock.bandcamp.com/album/portraits]    * Playing The Game - Gentle Giant - Power and the Glory - Capitol Records (1974) * https://gentlegiantmusic.com/GG/The_Power_and_the_Glory [https://gentlegiantmusic.com/GG/The_Power_and_the_Glory]    * Curious Corn - Ozric Tentacles - Curious Corn - Snapper Music (1997) * https://ozrics.com/discography/curious-corn/ [https://ozrics.com/discography/curious-corn/]