Night After Night

Playlist (Become Spirit and Light).

A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears.

Richard Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Michael Volle, Roberto Saccà, Anna Gabler, Monika Bohinec, Peter Sonn, Markus Werba, Georg Zeppenfeld, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic/Daniele Gatti (Euroarts; 2014)

Tom Carter/Ingebrigt Haker Flaten/Lisa Carson - Halversonics (Bandcamp subscriber exclusive; 2019)

Kevin Drumm - More (Sunday Stuff) (self-released; 2019)

This Is Not This Heat - Le Noumatrouff, Mulhouse, France, August 25, 2018 (YouTube; 2018)

Dale Trumbore - How to Go On: The Choral Works of Dale Trumbore - Choral Arts Initiative/Brandon Elliott (Choral Arts Initiative; 2017)
> How to Go On; In the Middle; Lodestar; After the Storm Passes

New Dad - Former Eagle (Wrong Whole; 2019)

Klaus Lang & Golden Fur - Beissel (Another Timbre; 2019)

Angharad Davies/Rie Nakajima/Alice Purton - Dethick (Another Timbre; 2019)

Julius Eastman - Femenine - Apartment House (Another Timbre; 2019)

Magnus Granberg - Nun, es wird nicht weit mehr gehn - Skogen (Another Timbre; 2019)

Cyril Bondi/Pierre-Yves Martel/Christoph Schiller/Angharad Davies - awirë (Another Timbre; due in 2019)

Turning Jewels into Water - Map of Absences (FPE Records; 2019)

The Caretaker - Everywhere at the End of Time (Stage 6) (History Always Favours the Winners; 2019)

Jim O'Rourke - Steamroom 44 (Steamroom; 2019)

Jason Lescalleet - This Is What I Do, Vol. 21 (Glistening Examples; 2019)

Kevin Drumm - Christ! (self-released; 2019)

Celer - Vamps (Patient Sounds; 2019)

Turning Jewels into Water - Which Way Is Home? (FPE Records; 2018)

Playlist (Moths Swirl and Clouds Call).

A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears.

Caroline Shaw - Orange - Attacca Quartet (New Amsterdam/Nonesuch; due April 19, 2019)
> Entr'acte; Valencia; Plan & Elevation; Punctum; Ritornello; Limestone & Felt

Kevin Drumm - Basic Combustion (self-released; 2019)

Merzbow - MONOAkuma (Room40; 2018)

Full of Hell/Merzbow - Full of Hell & Merzbow (Profound Lore; 2014)

Bryce & Brian - Bryce & Brian (Commend; 2018)

Lightbath/Emily A. Sprague - full/new (Commend; 2019)

Matthew Goodheart - Berlin Head Metal (Infrequent Seams; due April 26, 2019)

Richard Lainhart - White Night (Ex Ovo; 1974/2007)

Merzbow - Hybrid Noisebloom (Vinyl Communications; 1997)

Merzbow - Collection Era, Vol. 1 (Merzbox 04) (Extreme; 2000)

Grasshopper - Miles in the Sky (Baked Tapes; 2009)

Current 93 - The Light Is Leaving Us All (Jnana; 2018)

Vanessa Rossetto - you & i are earth (Tone Glow; 2019)

George Benjamin - Written on Skin - Barbara Hannigan, Bejun Mehta, Christopher Purves, Rebecca Jo Loeb, Allan Clayton, Mahler Chamber Orchestra/George Benjamin; Duet for Piano and Orchestra - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Mahler Chamber Orchestra/George Benjamin (Nimbus; 2013)

Annea Lockwood - A Sound Map of the Danube (Lovely Music; 2008. Audio samples here.)

Richard Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Michael Volle, Roberto Saccà, Anna Gabler, Monika Bohinec, Peter Sonn, Markus Werba, Georg Zeppenfeld, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic/Daniele Gatti (Euroarts; 2014)

Goings On About Town, March 18, 2019.

My contributions to the Goings On About Town section in the March 18, 2019 issue of The New Yorker, covering the dates March 13-19. (Click on any listing to enlarge it.)

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Playlist (A Time for Passing).

A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears.

Nate Wooley - Columbia Icefield (Northern Spy; 2019)

Philip White - Control: Live Works for Mixer Feedback (self-released; 2013)

Grant Evans - Vessel (\\NULL|ZØNE//; 2018)

Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden (EMI; 1988)

Merzbow - OM Electrique (Merzbox 01) (Extreme; 2000)

Merzbow - Tauromachine (Release; 1998)

Jessica Pavone - hope dawson is missing (Tzadik; 2012)

Theresa Wong - The Unlearning (Tzadik; 2011. Audio samples here.)

Merzbow - Metal Acoustic Music (Merzbox 02) (Extreme; 2000)

Merzbow - Green Wheels (Self-Abuse; 1995)

Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (Polydor; 1991)

John Cage - The Works for Piano 10 - Thomas Schultz (Mode; 2018)
> Two Pieces for Piano (1936); Solo for Piano; Two Pieces for Piano (1946); Swinging

Alvin Lucier - Two Circles - Alvin Lucier, Alter Ego (Mode; 2016)
> Three Transformations of the Works of Maurizio Mochetti; Two Circles; I Am Sitting in a Room; Fideliotrio

Riot Ensemble - Speak, Be Silent (Huddersfield Contemporary Records; 2019. Audio samples here.)
> Chaya Czernowyn - Ayre: Towed through plumes, thicket, asphalt, sawdust and hazardous air I shall not forget the sound of; Anna Thorvaldsdóttir - Ró; Mirela Ivičević - Baby Magnify/Lilith's New Toy; Liza Lim - Speak, Be Silent; Rebecca Saunders - Stirrings Still II

Merzbow - Remblandt Assemblage (Merzbox 03) (Extreme; 2000)

Merzbow - Hybrid Noisebloom (Vinyl Communications; 1997)

Robert Fripp - Hit Factory, New York, NY, January 18, 1978 (DGMLive; 2011. Audio samples here.)

King Crimson - Capitol Theatre, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Sept. 20, 1973 (DGMLive; 2019. Audio samples here.)

Caroline Shaw - Orange - Attacca Quartet (New Amsterdam/Nonesuch; due April 19, 2019)
> Entr'acte; Valencia; Plan & Elevation; Punctum; Ritornello; Limestone & Felt