These are 1-minute pieces written and recorded for an experimental radio project called "In Determining John Cage." The project is part of 120 Hours for John Cage, a celebration of Cage's works for radio organized to mark Cage's centennial and curated by free103point9 and the John Cage Trust. 

"In Determining John Cage" is an experimental adaptation of Cage's1959 performance-essay "Indeterminacy." It consists of ten 1-minute stories and ten 1-minute musical compositions which were written entirely independent from each other and paired at random to create a 10-minute performance. Because the pairing of story and music is determined only by chance, it is unlikely that any two performances will be exactly the same.

"In Determining John Cage" was  conceptualized by Michael Garofalo, Shonni Enelow, and Josh Hoglund. Michael Garofalo composed and recorded the music. Shonni Enelow wrote and performed the text with Josh Hoglund directing.

The final piece incorporating these ten tracks will be available publicly in September 2012. Michael Garofalo plans to develop extended versions of these tracks to be released as a full-length album in 2013.

*Empty lectern image by Sayaka Nagata

Music for In Determining John Cage

Basil Kirchin & John Coleman - Mind On The Run

Peter Olof Fransson: All instruments, voices, arrangement etc...

This composition, "Absorption", was recorded on December 13th, 2014.

Absorption

Peter Olof Fransson: Organ/Keyboard, Sound & Rhythmic Collages, Lead Vocals.
Svante Sjöstedt: Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar, Backing Vocals.

This composition, "Crystal Trees", was recorded during the end of 2014 and in January 2015.

© 2015 Peter Olof Fransson/Svante Sjöstedt
- The Owl Report

All rights reserved.

Crystal Trees

End of the opening ceremony at the Angola Prison Rodeo, 19 Apr 2015.

Angola Prison Rodeo National Anthem

A Pale King

Charles Burst - Drums
James Canty - Guitars
Peter Kerlin - Basses
+Brent Cordero - Keys on 1 & 4

Recorded and Mixed by Charles Burst at Seaside Lounge, Brooklyn, 2015

Sleepwalkers, Do Not Bother Other Sleepwalkers.

These are 1-minute pieces written and recorded for an experimental radio project called "In Determining John Cage." The project is part of 120 Hours for John Cage, a celebration of Cage's works for radio organized to mark Cage's centennial and curated by free103point9 and the John Cage Trust. 

"In Determining John Cage" is an experimental adaptation of Cage's1959 performance-essay "Indeterminacy." It consists of ten 1-minute stories and ten 1-minute musical compositions which were written entirely independent from each other and paired at random to create a 10-minute performance. Because the pairing of story and music is determined only by chance, it is unlikely that any two performances will be exactly the same.

"In Determining John Cage" is a collaboration between Michael Garofalo, Shonni Enelow, and Josh Hoglund. Michael Garofalo composed and recorded the music. Shonni Enelow wrote and performed the text with Josh Hoglund directing.

The final piece incorporating these ten tracks will be available publicly in September 2012. Michael Garofalo plans to develop extended versions of these tracks to be released as a full-length album in 2013.

*Empty lectern image by Sayak Nagata 

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Version of experimental radio project called "In Determining John Cage" broadcast in September 2012 on WGXC. The project was part of 120 Hours for John Cage, a celebration of Cage's works for radio organized to mark Cage's centennial and curated by free103point9 and the John Cage Trust.

"In Determining John Cage" is an experimental adaptation of Cage's1959 performance-essay "Indeterminacy." It consists of ten 1-minute stories and ten 1-minute musical compositions which were written entirely independent from each other and paired at random to create a 10-minute performance. Because the pairing of story and music is determined only by chance, it is unlikely that any two performances will be exactly the same.

"In Determining John Cage" was conceptualized by Michael Garofalo, Shonni Enelow, and Josh Hoglund. Michael Garofalo composed and recorded the music. Shonni Enelow wrote and performed the text with Josh Hoglund directing.

In Determining John Cage

Michael Garofalo is an electro-acoustic musician and documentary radio producer. 

Using analog synthesizers, lamellophones, field recordings, and found sounds he crafts pieces that reside in a sonic territory between incidental music for radio/television and eccentric synthpop. 

He was a founding member of the improvising trio Latitude/Longitude (active 2004-2010). Today, he performs solo and with like-minded artists. 

Recent collaborations include the experimental radio piece, "In Determining John Cage" (2012), with Shonni Enelow and Josh Hoglund, and an outdoor installation-performance at Groundswell (2014), "Black Mirror Picnic," with Laura Ortman and Bryan Zimmerman. 

Michael's documentary radio work can be heard nationally on public radio as part of the long-running StoryCorps series.

He is a transmission artist with the nonprofit arts organization Wave Farm/free103point9.

In Determining John Cage

Michael Garofalo

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