A Different Nature
A Different Nature Mission Statement: A Sustained Explorations of New, Experimental Music and Sonic Art
A Different Nature is a curatorial program of genre-defying avant garde music and spoken word that champions historic and modern sound art and spotlights, new, emergent experimental music and audio art generally not heard anywhere else.
The program's format provides the space for deep listening to pieces not confined to pop song lengths and shows are generally focused on an artist, school of music or discipline, record label or art movement.
A Different Nature is a collaborative effort of the ADN Collective, who each curate a show every week on an informal rotating basis, or a group show, depending on the subject at hand.
A Different Nature was founded in the late Seventies by Richard Francis, who fearlessly championed new music and the unheard Avant Garde. His programs went into exhaustive detail on individual artists, labels and musical disciplines. He also spearheaded many important events on the air, such as the 2001 and 2008 Dada and Surrealism festivals that dominated the airwaves for days on end and involved many in the local avant garde community as well as many KBOO programmers.
Richard passed away in 2009 but it's our hope to carry on with his mission of introducing listeners to unheard new music as a collective of his collaborators and listeners.
Long live Papa Dada!
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richard's records
This time on A Different Nature, we delve into the program's past, and play gems from founder Richard Francis' own record collection. It's KBOO's spring membership drive, so A Different Nature listeners will have the opportunity to pledge their support for the station during the program. We have special thank-you gifts to offer new or renewing members: copies of the CD "Hendrix Uncovered: New Music Inspired by Jimi Hendrix", donated by March Music Moderne & Bob Priest.
- Length: 119:47 minutes (164.51 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 192Kbps (CBR)
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Interview with Homer Flynn/Residents
For forty years, the San Francisco Avant-Garde band The Residents have basked in relative obscurity, much of it self-imposed. Their earliest modus operandi had them creating works under their 'theory of obscurity', first coined by N. Senada, who may or may not be an actual person. One aspect of the theory is that a work is created with the intent of never releasing a work until every participant has forgotten about it - or something like that.
Another aspect of the Residents is that they've kept their real identity a secret for many decades, with a few people speaking on their behalf in a business capacity who may or may not be Residents themselves.. Hmmm..
We did, however, manage to get Homer Flynn, The Resident's creative director and visual Major Domo on the phone, while he was, uh, helping the band on the Eastern leg of their Wonder of Weird 40th Anniversary tour.
Homer was more than generous with his time and lots of questions get answered, including a long-time rumour around KBOO's history.
But I'll let you listen to that yourself.
- Artist: Rich Lindsay & Erin Yanke
- Title: Interview with Homer Flynn/Residents
- Album: Homer Flynn/Residents Interview 02/14/13
- Length: 28:44 minutes (65.78 MB)
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ADN 9/17/2012 CAGE CENTENARY PROGRAM 3
ADN 9/17/2012 CAGE CENTENARY PROGRAM 3 / host: dj what the!@#%*!
- Length: 119:30 minutes (109.41 MB)
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A Different Nature 4/30/2012 featuring Derek Ecklund
- Artist: Derek Ecklund
- Title: 12.04.30 ADN1
- Genre: Natural Soundscapes
- Length: 124:16 minutes (170.66 MB)
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Interview with Edward Ka-spel of the Legendary Pink Dots
Kathy, Dr Zomb & Rolf interviewed Edward Ka-Spel of the Legendary Pink Dots for A DIFFERENT NATURE. We conducted the interview at the Doug Fir a couple hours before they performed and aired it on ADN that night. Also thanks to Crystal for digital audio editing before the interview aired.
- Title: Edward Ka-spel interview
- Length: 23:31 minutes (21.53 MB)
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A Different Nature playlist for 12/28/2009
Tonight on A Different Nature, a look at the works of Brion Gysin.
He is perhaps best known as a collaborative partner of William S. Burroughs and for introducing him to the cut-up technique.
Brion worked in painting, collage, calligraphic art, sound poetry and writing, but in his life never achieved the recognition that his peers did, despite his efforts latter in life and those of Burroughs, who frequently championed Gysin as his inspiration during what they called their "Third Mind" era.
Perhaps one of Gysin's most enduring - and curious - inventions is the Dream Machine. Part kinetic sculpture, part spiritual shrine, the Dream Machine was intended to create a drugless high and lead to mystic visions. Gysin hoped it would replace the television in people's homes and believed it was art taken to the logical apex - that it was the end of art. The Dream Machine remains an esoteric oddity among hipsters and is shrouded in mystery and intrigue to this day.
He also collaborated with many musicians, most notably Jazz saxophonist Steve Lacey.
Brion Gysin passed away in Paris in 1986.
Here's a link to an online, virtual Dream Machine: http://www.netliberty.net/dreamachine.html
Please note: This can cause Photosensitive epilepsy in some people, depending on the frequency chosen.
Playlist (Track/Artist - Album - Label):
Hour one:
In the Beginning Was the Word - Recordings 1960-1981 - Perdition Plastics
Thoughts on the BBC - Recordings 1960-1981 - Perdition Plastics
I've Come to Free the Words - Recordings 1960-1981 - Perdition Plastics
Thoughts on Censorship - Recordings 1960-1981 - Perdition Plastics
Where's That Word - Recordings 1960-1981 - Perdition Plastics
I Am That I Am - Recordings 1960-1981 - Perdition Plastics
Pistol Poem - Recordings 1960-1981 - Perdition Plastics
Pistol Poem Pt. 2 - Recordings 1960-1981 - Perdition Plastics
Recalling All Active Agents - Recordings 1960-1981 - Perdition Plastics
No Poets Don't Own Words - Recordings 1960-1981 - Perdition Plastics
Thoughts on Jean Genet - Recordings 1960-1981 - Perdition Plastics
Readings at October Galleries - Recordings 1960-1981 - Perdition Plastics
Thoughts on Surrealists - Recordings 1960-1981 - Perdition Plastics
Thoughts on Modern Art - Recordings 1960-1981 - Perdition Plastics
Thoughts on the Value of Art - Recordings 1960-1981 - Perdition Plastics
Sound Poem - Recordings 1960-1981 - Perdition Plastics
Duet - Recordings 1960-1981 - Perdition Plastics
Side A - Poems of Poems - Alga Marghen
Hour two:
Dream machine mix (excerpt from documentary Flicker mixed with Throbbing Gristle from Heathen Earth)
Thoughts on the Dream Machine - Brion Gysin - Recordings 1960-1981
Dream Machine - Brion Gysin - Self-Portrait Jumping - Made To Measure
Neglected Interview segment (1981 Staalplat cassette)
Kick That Habit, Junk Is No Good Baby, Somebody Special, & Blue Baboon- The Nova Convention
Role of an artist Interview segment (1981 Staalplat cassette)
Mutate Interview segment (1981 Staalplat cassette)
Art as criminal act - Interview segment (1981 Staalplat cassette)
Underrated? Interview segment (1981 Staalplat cassette)
Junk is no good baby (Permutations) - Steve Lacy Six with Brion Gysin - Lacy and Gysin: Songs - hat ART
Kick that habit man (Permutations)) - Steve Lacy Six with Brion Gysin - Lacy and Gysin: Songs - hat ART
I don't work you dig (Permutations)) - Steve Lacy Six with Brion Gysin - Lacy and Gysin: Songs - hat ART
What's your daily life like? Interview segment (1981 Staalplat cassette)
Kick - Brion Gysin/Ramuntcha Matta/Don Cherry - Self-Portrait Jumping
Junk - Brion Gysin - Self-Portrait Jumping - Made To Measure
Somebody Special - Steve Lacy Six with Brion Gysin - Lacy and Gysin: Songs - hat ART
A Different Nature playlist for 12/14/2009
Kyle Burris filled in with a two hour look at Japanese composer Akira Yamaoka. Akira gained notoriety with his work on the video game series Silent Hill, combining industrial noise, electronic jazz, and hard rock to create some of the most memorable soundtracks in the medium.
Every song played on this night's show should be available at Silenthillmemories.net.
A Different Nature playlist for 12/07/2009
| Artist | Title | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 Taj Mahal Travellers | Part 1(excerpt)` | Live Stckholm July, 1971 | Drone Syndacate |
| 8:25 Taj Mahal Travellrs | Between 7:03 pm-7:15 pm | July 15, 1972 | Iskra |
| 8:36 Taj Mahal Travellers | Part 1 | Oz Days Live | Oz Records |
| 8:58 Taj Mahal Travellers | Part 1 | August 1974 | Columbia |
| 9:17 Taj Mahal Travellers | Part 3 | August 1974 | Columbia |
| 9:39 East Bionic Symphonia | Part 2 | s/t | Lam |
filling in
A Different Nature playlist for 11/16/2009
| Artist | Title | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ikue Mori | Redeye Skimmer | Class Insecta | Tzadik |
| Ikue Mori | Master of Deception | Class Insecta | Tzadik |
| Ikue Mori | Walking Stickss | Class Insecta | Tzadik |
| Ikue Mori | Luciol | Class Insecta | Tzadik |
| Tucker Martine | Partical Swarm Intelligence | Brokenhearted Dragonflies | Sublime Frequencies |
| Biosphere | Music for Insects | Music for Insects | Microsound |
| Graeme Revell | Nocturne (On An Oriental Theme) | The Insect Musicians | Musique Brut |
| Graeme Revell | The Sleeping Sicness | The Insect Musicians | Musique Brut |
| Graeme Revell | Melancholia | The Insect Musicians | Musique Brut |
| Graeme Revell | La Danse Des Ténèbres | The Insect Musicians | Musique Brut |
| David Dunn | Chaos & Emergent the Mind of the Pond | Angels and Insects | ¿What Next? |
| John Hudak | The Pond | The Pond | Meme |
| Chris Watson | River Mara at Night | Stepping into the Dark | Touch |
Music for Insects.
Rich Lindsay was your host organism for this evening's A Different Nature.
All sounds in the background of my back-announcing - and mixed in here or there - were from Kazuyuki Hashimoto's Insect Sound World, a site for insect field recordings.
A Different Nature playlist for 11/02/2009
| Artist | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Coil | The Golden Section | Horse Rotorvator |
| Jim Carrol Band | People Who Died | s/t |
| Anti Group | Pre-Eval | Digiteria |
| Iggy Pop | Tonight | Lust For Life |
| Patti Smith | Elegy | Horses |
| Richard Francis | backwards voices | |
| Hank Williams | Beyond the Sunset | Luke the Drifter |
| Joy Division | Dead Souls | Still |
| Elodie Lawton | Death is a Shadow | Death of Don Juan |
| David Bowie | My Death | Ziggy Stardust-the Motion Picture |
| Current 93/Nurse With Wound | The Burial of the Sardine | Nature Unveiled |
| Stephan Montague | ||
| Andrew Hosch | Ancestors Descend from the Stars | |
| Pierre Henry | Le Livre des Mortes Egyptien | |
| David Bowie | We Are the Dead | Diamond Dogs |
| Dirty Dozen Brass Band | Just a Closer Walk With Thee | Funeral for a Friend |
| Louis Armstrong | St James Infirmary Blues | |
| Michael Prime | Side 1 | Requiem |
| Sarada | The Darkest Path | Hand/Eye compilation |
| Ralph Stanley | Oh Death | Clinch Mountain Sweethearts |
| Oingo Boingo | Dead Man's Party | Dead Man's Party |
| Chris & Cosey | Dancing On your grave | Exotica |
| Coil | Blood From the Air | Horse Rotorvator |
| Current 93 | This Carnival is Dead and Gone | All the Pretty Little Horses |
| Flipper | Life | Generic Flipper |
A Day of the Dead in memory of Richard version of A DIFFERENT NATURE, with music selected by Rolf, Dr. Zhomb, Daniel, David Lifton, Andy Hosch, and others...
A Different Nature playlist for 10/19/2009
| Artist | Title | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spunk | Flagre | Den overste toppen pa en blamalt flaggtang | Rune Grammofon |
| Maja Ratkje/Jaap Blonk | Queasy Chin Dip | Post Human Identities | Kontrans |
| Maja Ratkje | Joy | Voice | Rune Grammofon |
| Maja Ratkje/Oslo Sinfonetta | Waves IIB | River Mouth Echoes | Tzadik |
| Spunk | Eaten | Kantarell | Rune Grammofon |
| Spunk | Hornkonserten | der eneste jeg vet er at det ikke er en stovsuger | Rune Grammofon |
| Maja Ratkje/Lasse Marhaug | The Sad Clown Called the Law | Music for Faking | C3R |
| Maja Ratkje/Lotta Melin | It Was All in Her | Illegal Parking | Kning Disk |
| Spunk | Deam Man Watching | en aldeles forferdelig sykdom | Rune Grammofon |
| Maja Ratkje | Vacuum | Voice | Rune Grammofon |
| Fe-Mail | Artbeak | Voluptuous Vultures | PsychForm |
| Maja Ratkje | Part 2 | The Stalker | Important |
| Fe-Mail | A Merry Day in the Woods | Syklubb fra Haelvete | TV5 |
| Fe-Mail | Navrattan Korma | Blixter Toad | Asphodel |
| Fe-Mail | Modogin | Syklubb fra Haelvete | TV5 |
| Spunk | Bipolarity | Kantarell | Rune Grammofon |
| Maja Ratkje | Wintergarden | River Mouth Echoes | Tzadik |
A Different Nature playlist for 09/28/2009
| Artist | Title |
|---|---|
| E*Vax | Awl |
| Mudboy | Study for A Sleep Album - 2nd Movement |
| Apex Twin | Rhubarb |
| Battles | Ip2 - 2 |
| Bjork | Batabid |
| Ethan Rose | Ceiling Song 3 |
| Starfucker | Miss You |
| White Rainbow | Mystic Prism |
| Grouper | Quiet Eyes |
| Caribou | Drumheller |
| Boards of Canada | Julie and Candy |
| Nudge | Dayrise |
| Clogs | |
| Fila Brazilla Remix | Golden Brown |
| Dirty Three | Rain On |
| Chevron | Cylvia Poggioli |
| Do Make Say Think | A Tender History in the Rust |
| Explosions in the Sky | What Do You Go Home To? |
| Smoke & Mirrors | Ocean |
| M83 | In Church |
| Paint and Copter | Don't Ask Any Questions |
| Clint Mansell | Xibalba |
| Sigor Ros | |
| John Zorn | Ahavah |
| A Silver Mount Zion |
Marc fills in as guest DJ for A Different Nature
A Different Nature playlist for 08/17/2009
| Artist | Title | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgard Varese-- | The Complete Works--2CD set---CD1--Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra--CD2--Asko Ensemble-- | London--Decca Records | |
| 8:03-- | Density-- | CD2--Jacques Zoon--flute-- | |
| 8:07-- | Octandre-- | CD2-- | |
| 8:14-- | Offrandes-- | CD2--Sarah Leonard--soprano-- | |
| 8:20-- | Ameriques-- | CD1-- | |
| 8:45-- | Hyperprism-- | CD2-- | |
| 8:49-- | Ionisation-- | CD2-- | |
| 8:56-- | Ecuatorial-- | CD2--Kevin Deas--bass-- | |
| 9:07-- | Nocturnal-- | CD1--Sarah Leonard--soprano--Men of the Prague Philharmonic Choir-- | |
| 9:17-- | Deserts-- | CD2-- | |
| 9:41-- | Poem Electronic-- | CD1-- | |
| 9:57-- | Un Grand Sommeil Noir-- | CD2--Mireille Delunsch--soprano--Francois Kerdoncuff--piano-- |
CLASSICS, ANTIQUES AND CURIOS: EDGARD VARESE (France, 1883-1965) was a major musical innovator, the inventor of the term "organized sound," and a composer whose use of new instruments and electronic resources outraged some but led others to call him the "Father of Electronic Music" and "The Stratospheric Colossus of Sound."
A Different Nature playlist for 08/10/2009
| Artist | Title | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Various | Anthology of Dutch Electronic Tape Music--4-CD set-- | Basta | |
| 8:01--Simeon ten Holt-- | I Am Sylvia-- | Vol. II, CD 2-- | |
| 8:17--Peter Schat-- | The Aleph-- | Vol. I, CD 2-- | |
| 8:25--Jaap Speck-- | Impulses-- | Vol. I, CD 1-- | |
| 8:33--Tony van Campen-- | Sintering-- | Vol. II, CD 2-- | |
| 8:42--Victor Wentink-- | Discours-- | Vol. II, CD 2-- | |
| 8:56--Luctor Ponse-- | Etude I-- | Vol. I, CD 2-- | |
| 9:02--Frans van Dorn-- | Minuet-- | Vol. II, CD 1-- | |
| 9:11--Thomas Arras-- | A.B.C.-- | Vol. II, CD 1-- | |
| 9:19--Jos Kunst-- | Exterieur-- | Vol. II, CD 1-- | |
| 9:29--Ton du Leeuw-- | Antiphonie-- | Vol. I, CD 1-- | |
| 9:52--Gilius van Bergeijk-- | D.E.S.-- | Vol. II, CD 1-- |
SURPRISE NIGHT--Selections taken from the 4-CD collection ANTHOLOGY OF DUTCH ELECTRONIC TAPE MUSIC, Volumes I and II, 1955-1977.
A Different Nature playlist for 08/03/2009
| Artist | Title | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Francois Bayle-- | L'Experience Acoustique-- | INA/GRM | |
| 8:01-- | L'Aventure du Cri-- | ||
| 8:18-- | Le Langage des Fleurs-- | ||
| 8:53-- | La Preuve Par Le Sens-- | ||
| 9:24-- | L'Epreuve Par Le Son-- | ||
| 9:51-- | La Philosophie du Non-- |
MUSIQUE CONCRETE: FRANCOIS BAYLE (Madagascar, 1932) is one of the world's most highly regarded composers of musique concrte and acousmatic music. He served as head of Groupe de Recherches Musicales/Institut national de l'audiovisuel (INA/GRM) and has been the winner of SACEM Grand Prize, 1978; National Record Grand Prize, 1981; Ars Electronica Prize, Linz, 1989; City of Paris Grand Prize for Music, 1966; Homage by the CIME of Sao Paolo, 1977, and the Charles Cros Presidential Grand Prize, 1999. Expect to also be impressed.
This program taken up entirely by L'Experience Acoustique which was realized in 1970 but not released to the public until 1994. The opening 1:35 which presents "themes-sons" was edited out as were the silences between the movements in order to get the piece to fit in the 2-hour limit of the show.
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A Tribute to PANDIT PRAN NATH
http://www.soundmaps.net/pandit_pran_nath.html
A Different Nature playlist for 08/22/2011
A DIFFERENT NATURE presents
A TRIBUTE to PANDIT PRAN NATH --
A 3 HOUR special on A Different Nature (To read more about Pandit Pran Nath and the American avant-garde underground, here is an excellent article -- http://www.bidoun.org/magazine/20-bazaar/lord-of-the-drone-pandit-pran-nath-and-the-american-underground-by-alexander-keefe/.)
The first 2 hours were dedicated to 4 compositions --4 Portland area composers offering their piece in tribute to or inspired by Pandit Pran Nath
1. Air Objects by John Berendzen 24:30
2. Planetary Sine Wave Organ by Derek Ecklund 30:30
3. Referent by Scott Goodwin 24:00
4. Raindrop Garden by Matt Carlson 10:00
The last hour of the broadcast was indeed very special, even historic, as Michael Stirling sang/performed a raga live in the KBOO studios with accompaniment from Derek Ecklund and Kelly Jennings, each playing a tambura, and Aran Adams on tablas.
Here's what Michael had to say about this raga: "i dedicate my offering to Shamsudin Faridi Desai, a music family friend from Dehli who passed on 8/16 - one of the last living masters of the Binkar in the tradition of Mian Bande Ali Khan - the great Binkar of the Kirana tradition. He and sarangi virtuoso and Khalifa of the Kirana Gharana, Ustad Hafizullah Khan were inspiriations and their classical music will never be duplicated - as Terry Riley said of Faridi, a Ghandarva!
To listen, enjoy, and paint the inside of your mind with peace and the walls of your home with a deep resonant ommmmmmmmmmmm, click on this : http://www.soundmaps.net/pandit_pran_nath.html
have a nice trip.
A Tribute to PANDIT PRAN NATH
http://www.soundmaps.net/pandit_pran_nath.html
A Different Nature playlist for 08/22/2011
A DIFFERENT NATURE presents
A TRIBUTE to PANDIT PRAN NATH --
A 3 HOUR special on A Different Nature (To read more about Pandit Pran Nath and the American avant-garde underground, here is an excellent article -- http://www.bidoun.org/magazine/20-bazaar/lord-of-the-drone-pandit-pran-nath-and-the-american-underground-by-alexander-keefe/.)
The first 2 hours were dedicated to 4 compositions --4 Portland area composers offering their piece in tribute to or inspired by Pandit Pran Nath
1. Air Objects by John Berendzen 24:30
2. Planetary Sine Wave Organ by Derek Ecklund 30:30
3. Referent by Scott Goodwin 24:00
4. Raindrop Garden by Matt Carlson 10:00
The last hour of the broadcast was indeed very special, even historic, as Michael Stirling sang/performed a raga live in the KBOO studios with accompaniment from Derek Ecklund and Kelly Jennings, each playing a tambura, and Aran Adams on tablas.
Here's what Michael had to say about this raga: "i dedicate my offering to Shamsudin Faridi Desai, a music family friend from Dehli who passed on 8/16 - one of the last living masters of the Binkar in the tradition of Mian Bande Ali Khan - the great Binkar of the Kirana tradition. He and sarangi virtuoso and Khalifa of the Kirana Gharana, Ustad Hafizullah Khan were inspiriations and their classical music will never be duplicated - as Terry Riley said of Faridi, a Ghandarva!
To listen, enjoy, and paint the inside of your mind with peace and the walls of your home with a deep resonant ommmmmmmmmmmm, click on this : http://www.soundmaps.net/pandit_pran_nath.html
have a nice trip.
A new song for your show
http://www.boyjah.net/music/LoveMe2.mp3
Archived shows?
I loved the show today and read about the history of the show and about Richard. Are there any archived Richard Francis shows? I feel bereft i am so late to this party!
Ben
Thank you!
Tuned in on my way home from work. I don't usually get to listen but tonight I did and I'm sooooooo glad I found this show! I love gamelan. Love love it. Thank you!!!!
Experimental music show
Hello, I am a portland experimental music artist and would like to know how to get my music on Kboo. Thanks
-Electriqu Quid
Program submission forms are
Program submission forms are available at the station, 20 SE 8th Ave. You can also call Program Director Chris Merrick at (503) 231-8032. This is assuming you've already gone through volunteer orientation and FCC training....
music submissions
Is this the official KBOO music submission
"protocol"?
-OR-
Can I send a cd with some music on it ?
Programs & Schedules
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Next Board of Director's Meeting
JUNE 3, 2013 - 6PM
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Your writing is so refreshing
Your writing is so refreshing compared to the most other writers and this time also. I like your view of Different Nature Mission Statement. Really this is a curatorial program of genre-defying avant garde music. Thanks mate and keep it up. online contest