On December 16 I was invited to play some tracks at a Seattle monthly called Voltage Control, an evening dedicated to electronic music made prior to 1983.  It was an awesome opening night for this hopefully long lasting monthly.  

I decided to redo a similar set at home, with more emphasis on some of the more subtle (and far from subtle) sounds.  This is the result.  I hope you enjoy this bunch of music as much as I have.

The next Voltage Control is January 6 at the Living Room, Seattle.  More info here:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=155713897809603&ref=ts

Many thanks to Patrick and Ian for hosting such a lovely night!

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Rough setlist in rough order:

The Weinberg Method - Muckde Foog
William S. Burroughs - Present Time Exercises
Alvin Lucier - I Am Sitting In A Room
Nik Raicevik - The Wanderer
Tod Dockstader - Quatermass: III. Parade
The Pink Floyd - Heart Beat, Pig Meat
Raymond Scott - Little Miss Echo
Stereofernic Orchidstra (7" side 2)
Oskar Sala - Tape 2
Kenneth Gaburo - Lemon Drops
Tod Dockstader - Luna Park
Nurse With Wound - Astral Dustbin Dirge
Alvin Lucier - Clocker
2nd Layer  - In Bits
Raymond Scott - Limbo: The Organized Mind
Walter Carlos - Winter
DAF - Osten Währt am Längsten
Severed Heads - Brassiere, in Rome
Nik Raicevik - Life's Timelessness
Severed Heads - Golden Boy
SPK - Post-Mortem
Human League - Being Boiled
Bourbonese Qualk - God With Us


Artwork is Lotus Mandala by Chaosbit

Transmission 12 - Revisiting Voltage Control (Electronic Music Produced Before 1983)

Thanks for listening & supporting!

Gunpowder Suite now airs Tuesdays 9-11pm PST on: http://HollowEarthRadio.org

I plan to post archives of the show here: http://www.mixcloud.com/gunpowdersuite/

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In a previous life I hosted various radio programs on KUCI, Irvine.  I look back to that time with great love and appreciation.  

Lately I have been thinking about a program I hosted called "on error off air".  The concept of that program was basically anything goes, including (and especially) material that might confuse the listener (is anything playing? is this just static? did I lose the station?) mixed together with more "musical" segments.  

Gunpowder Sweet is a tribute to both that time and the amazing sounds that surround me.  It should be treated more as a radio show, in all its sloppiness, than as a DJ mix.  There will be fades, cuts, abruptness, silence, noise...

Thank you for listening.

Gunpowder Sweet Radio