Compiling a varied and dense collection of artistic concepts, the subscription only tape label Tellus documents New York’s expansive art scene between 1983 and ’93. 29-minute-program featuring tracks from 13 releases, with works by Cardboard Air Band, Gretchen Bender, Liquid Liquid, Remko Scha, and others.
ListenCategory: Avant-pop
Experiments in popular music, distinct from established styles, and sometimes inspired by Avant-garde inventions.
A Few Things From Japan
During the Seventies, musical traditions are being rediscovered in Japan. By blending them with their own preferences, artists create new sound worlds. 48-minute program with works by Akio Suzuki, Haruomi Hosono, Jun Togawa Unit, Toshi Ichiyanagi, and more, realized between 1969 and 2000.
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Sekt oder Karies
Owing to a straightness rooted in Punk, new things and personalities get invented everywhere and all the time in West-Germany’s music scene of the Eighties. 53-minute program with Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle, Holger Hiller, Ingrid Wiener & Chor, Martin Kippenberger, and others.
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Hello, USA!
Observations from the Land of the Free. 52-minute program of artistic snapshots by Amiri Baraka, Ann Magnuson, Culturcide, Henry Rollins, Negativland, Peter Roehr, and others – produced between 1966 and 2002.
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New York In The Sixties
Whether conceptual or performance art, electronic music, counterculture, minimalism, drone music, or Fluxus. New York is a hotbed for all sorts of experiments during the Sixties. 66-minute program with Angus MacLise, Henry Flynt, La Monte Young & Marian Zazeela, Richard Maxfield, and more.
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Tabla Love
Since the Sixties, tabla drums occured also apart from Indian classical music. 63-minute program with works by Don Cherry and Latif Khan, Geir Jenssen, Robert Ashley, Yoko Ono, and more – produced between 1967 and 2001.
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The Poetry Of DIY
67-minute program of ideas being expressed with sound. With Die Tödliche Doris, Los Angeles Free Music Society, Mozart vs. Mesmer, Neu!, and others – realized between 1956 and 2016.
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