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Category: Avant-pop

Experiments in popular music, distinct from established styles, and sometimes inspired by Avant-garde inventions.

Tellus – Mapping New York‘s Art Scene On Tape
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Tellus – Mapping New York‘s Art Scene On Tape

Paul Paulun
15. November 2020
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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.

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A Few Things From Japan – Rediscovering Traditions
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A Few Things From Japan – Rediscovering Traditions

Paul Paulun
30. September 2020
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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  – West-Germany In The 80s
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Sekt oder Karies – West-Germany In The 80s

Paul Paulun
21. August 2020
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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
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Hello, USA! – Observations From The Land Of The Free

Paul Paulun
27. April 2020
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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 – A Hotbed For Experiments
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New York In The Sixties – A Hotbed For Experiments

Paul Paulun
26. March 2020
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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. 62-minute program with Angus MacLise, Henry Flynt, La Monte Young & Marian Zazeela, Richard Maxfield, and more.

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Tabla Love – Apart From Indian Classical Music
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Tabla Love – Apart From Indian Classical Music

Paul Paulun
27. February 2020
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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 – Ideas Expressed With Sound
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The Poetry Of DIY – Ideas Expressed With Sound

Paul Paulun
23. February 2020
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39-minute program of ideas being expressed with sound – made up trains, works with found sounds, or a collective approach in making music. Works by Amy Taubin, Angus & Hetty MacLise, Can, Tom Recchion, and others, realized between 1956 and 2016.

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From the Futurists to Hyperdub, musical ideas have constantly evolved. Follow Music explores this vast area of experiments with thematic programs.

The selection doesn’t strive to be canonical, it rather comes from being a DJ who dislikes clichés and genres, but is fond of moving on the time line.

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Beyond Spotify

Spotify may use the most advanced AI around, however, when it comes to Avant-garde and Avant-pop, there are many blank areas in the database.

On average, 50% of the titles that are featured in Follow Music’s programs are missing on Spotify.

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