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2 duos, 2 debuts, 1 year in the Un|Herd Archives

Submitted by Sean Ongley on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 10:03pm
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Alas we have arrived at Un | Herd Archive Episode number 13. This one includes two performances, the main show being that of an improvisational duet entitled, Deeds. And they are Brian Mumford on electric guitar and Un | Herd veteran, John Niekrasz on drums. The second portion of the show will be a 6 minute clip from one of my earliest programs featuring John again on drums and Seth Brown on Fender Rhodes piano, performing as Why I Must Be Careful. The prior goes back to November 23, 2009, and the latter goes back to November 24, 2008. I believe they were both debut performances; the prior was totally new and improvised; the latter was freshly composed. So please enjoy Deeds and Why I Must Be Careful.

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Infiltration Meditation

Submitted by Sean Ongley on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 4:44pm
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Mon, 02/01/2010

 Infiltration Lab is the effort of one, Jason Plumb. You can see the pool of talent he offers the world at noisybox.net, and he generously offers his rather cutting edge, real deal noise music -- which should be on labels like Soileil Moon or Tzadik -- for free download at www.infiltrationlab.com. He took on the hour alone with his sampler and brilliant little Linux computer in a plastic tool box running PD (Pure Data open source audio software). This hour long program was special to me, meditative and relaxing. 

Enjoy.

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Avante-Garde Trifecta: Sustentacula, Jean-Paul Jenkins, Golden Retriever

Submitted by Sean Ongley on Sat, 12/19/2009 - 12:09pm
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Welcome to Un|Herd Archive episode #7.

I will be combining two programs and three performances: Sustentacula, Jean-Paul Jenkins, and False Entries. Sustentacula is David Rafn – designer, improviser, singer-songwriter -- performing acoustic guitar and prepared noisy things, from his new album on Rasbliutto Recordings. Jean-Paul Jenkins is he-who-plays-in-the-world, as an improviser or abstract composer, also on Rasbliutto Recordings, this time playing with guttural, fuzzed out bluesy electric guitar. The laterally mentioned performances were broadcast live, March 23rd 2009.

For the 3rd part of this show, we have Golden Retriever, which was a debut performance between Matt Carlson and Jonathan Sieloff, and was recorded March 2nd, 2009. Carlson and Sieloff are each academically learned musicians who took to the Portland scene of improvisers and avante-garde composers. Golden Retriever demonstrates modal improvisation using electrified bass clarinet (Sieloff) and synthesizer keyboards (Carlson).

This program was produced and engineered by Sean Ongley.

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Un|Herd Collection: New, Local Avante-Garde

Submitted by Sean Ongley on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 10:42pm
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 View the playlist for this program at http://kboo.fm/node/17239 or click HERE.

This was a special episode featuring the music of my collection. Thank you to all who gave me this music.

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Fair Trade Music

Submitted by Sean Ongley on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 1:23pm
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Mon, 09/28/2009

 Fair Trade Music is a movement to level the economic playing field at clubs, bars, and all venues for music in Portland. This is a program co-sponsored by the Musicians Union. Representatives are interviewed by avante-garde performer and host of KBOO's Un|Herd, Sean Ongley. For more information on the subject, visit http://fairtrademusicpdx.org.

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Un|Herd Archive Episode #2

Submitted by Sean Ongley on Mon, 09/28/2009 - 7:49pm
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Un|Herd Archive Episode #2

Original Live Performance on September 7th, 2009

Produced and Engineered by Sean Ongley at KBOO Studios

Live Musical Guests: Moth and Abusive/Consumer

Morales left, sculpture by Moth right, photos by Moth

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Composing for a New Era, Branic Howard

Submitted by Sean Ongley on Mon, 11/23/2009 - 6:40pm
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Mon, 07/27/2009
Branic Howard is a Composer, so recognized by Portland State University upon recent completion of his Bachelor’s Degree. Currently, he attends Syracuse, where he is on track to a PHD. Most classical music lovers assume that to be recognized as a composer by a major university means traditional, standardized conceptions of sound. Not so! Branic is indeed part of a new generation of composers. In this “composition”, Branic electronically mixes live strings and clarinet simultaneously performing isolated rooms. Each performer is unaware of what the other is doing, but they each have a “score” based upon fragments of time described by squarish shapes. This type of direction makes certain that not a single player, even the composer, can accurately predict what is going to happen in the composition. It is a game of chance. This sort of composition is loosely based upon John Cage and David Tudor’s classic, “Indeterminacy”.
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New-No-Wave in the Un|Herd Archives

Submitted by Sean Ongley on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 9:25pm
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Mon, 06/01/2009

<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 <![endif]-->Welcome to Un-herd Archives episode 12, dating back to June 1st 2009. The guest is Dinner and the Main Course. This is a band that grew on me, not that I was displeased with their performance, but it took some time for their style to really sink in to my psyche. Considering themselves a new-no-wave band, they actually deliver. I initially discovered the brothers in the band, TJ and Dylan Riley, through an improvisational music night that I hosted back in 2008. We became friends and we booked shows together with their improve group, Use Value. Why bring this up? Their background was noise and free jazz and so when you put that with driving groovy drums and grunting female vocals, you do indeed gain this no-wave quality – something I wasn’t expecting when I first heard them play on June 1st 2009. I last spoke with them in October 2009 just before relocating to Burbank California; they are no longer performing. Related projects include Floridians and Byproduct. So please kick back or putz around and enjoy this document of Dinner and the Main Course.

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Un|Herd Archive Episode #1

Submitted by Sean Ongley on Thu, 09/24/2009 - 8:55pm
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Un|Herd.May 25th 2009.Hexlove/Everybody/Chant Oh's

Produced by Sean Ongley

Engineering Assistance by Devon

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The Diversity of Unity in Electric Guitars

Submitted by Sean Ongley on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 4:14pm
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Mon, 04/27/2009

 

April, 27th 2009 my guests were +cnctd (Plus Connected) and Yellow Crystal Star: two vastly divergent musical talents, yet when you listen closely they're similar; both use a lot of effected electric guitar, noise, and dynamic range. On a personal level, both have an inward lifestyle with a tendency toward the psychedelic. The point is with a show like this is that we're all connected, audiences are not the defining factor.
 
+CNCTD is currently at work at transcribing his sound to piano. And of curiosity, see his 30 piece myspace installation. Yellow Crystal Star moved away from Portland and for all I know has launched to Mars, but you should look for him in a town near you.
 

This program was Produced by Sean Ongley, with engineering assistance from Devin.

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Un-Herd playlist for 10/26/2009

Submitted by Sean Ongley on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 10:38pm
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Haning/Tauber/ThomasPointilismPrime NumberOrigin
Neal MorganBirch Bark Boat in SpaceTo the Breathing WorldSelf
Abusive/ConsumerN/AN/ASelf
SustentaculaKing's Food TasterPlay This LoudRasbliutto
Soup PurseAll Roads Lead To VagueSelf-TitledBelow PDX
Brain Sucking PeanununnersMidnight SharpThe Meta MegaMelon Expander Records
Ongley/HansonEMDRSynthesisSelf
Pulse EmitterExcerptMeditative MusicSelf
Spirit DuplicatorThe Opening ActDuplicate BridgeSelf
Points of FrictionAny Stovepipe...Afterlife Finger DNA PaintingMelon Expander
Art Lessing and Flower VatoCrashing Halleluwah2007 Norcal NoisefestNorcal Noisefest
ImraTemplingA Sunriseself
MoodringLyndee EngladArt Rooster Compilationself

Occasionally I pull from my CD collection, the music that has been given to me over time; music that friends have given with no strings attached and music that is submitted for air time. This is my playlist for one of those shows. Oct 26 2009.

Un-Herd playlist for 10/24/2008

Submitted by Sean Ongley on Fri, 10/24/2008 - 3:56am
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Please look at the playlist JPEG for complete playlist. This mornings show included Bo Diddley, Captain Beefheart, Henry Cow, William Burroughs, Samuel Becket, Middle Eastern music and more.

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Un-Herd playlist for 09/26/2008

Submitted by Sean Ongley on Fri, 09/26/2008 - 4:17am
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Dorham, KennyUna MasUna Masblue note 1963
Dolphy, EricHypochristmutreefuzz, You Don't Know What Love IsLast DateLimelight
""Inner Flight #1Other Aspectsblue note 1987
Mengelberg, MishaChicago quartet 2Two Days in ChicagoHat-ology 1999
Dolphy, EricInner Flight #2, Improvisations/TukrasOther Aspectsblue note 1987
Hawes, HamptonTurn Axle GreaseNorthern WindowsPrestige 1974
Gang of FourTo Hell With PovertyReturn the Giftv2 2005
GrailsFeversRedlightNeurot Recordings
ZNRSide 1, 1st several tracksBarricade 3Recommended Records
Royal TruxThe Juside Game, Victory ChimpThe Radio Video EPDrag City 1999
Yamash'taPoker DiceFloating MusicIsland Records 1972
Satie, EricTracks 1-6Teodoro AnzellotiW&W 1998
Rose, EthanSongs 1,2Ceiling SongsLocust Music 1996
PakistanGhazalThe Music of QawalUnesco-Auvidis 1990
Iraq Ensemble of BaghdadMakam HusayniMakamatOcora-RTF 1967?
SuchitraAn English AfternoonAsk Any AngelSelf Released 2008

Un-Herd, September 26th, 2am-5:30am.

This morning's show consisted of 3 genre blocks. From 2-3am there was jazz, 3-4am was rock, and 4-5am was 20th/21st Century music. Refer to the playlist for details. And as usual, 5-5:30am is the world music block focusing on current events related nations; due to recent trading of fire with Pakistan and the on-going conflicts with Iraq, music was played from these nations.

Keep it cool

Sean Ongley

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