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Joel Krutt / Pushing The Envelope
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36 years of bringing you the finest in the outer realms of contemporary music. Saturdays 11 am - 1 pm EST Tune In!
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Joel Krutt / Pushing The Envelope @envpusher1.bsky.social · 7d
11/15 PTE: Limited time = longer pieces. We return to Tim Brady's current release for the title track, the Nakedeye Ensemble's take on a classic Frederic Rzewski piece and Pamela Z's new composition, "Simultaneous" in it's entirety.  

Listen & Enjoy! bit.ly/3JSSTJR

#experimental #avantgarde
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CRi reissue now on bandcamp -->
Music for the Viola: A Twentieth Century Anthology, Vol. 3 (~1988)
works by Shostakovich, Bergsma, & Britten
John Graham, viola; Thomas Muraco, piano
#ClassicalMusic
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Music for the Viola: A Twentieth Century Anthology, Vol. 3, by John Graham
5 track album
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November 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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11/15 PTE: Limited time = longer pieces. We return to Tim Brady's current release for the title track, the Nakedeye Ensemble's take on a classic Frederic Rzewski piece and Pamela Z's new composition, "Simultaneous" in it's entirety.  

Listen & Enjoy! bit.ly/3JSSTJR

#experimental #avantgarde
November 19, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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John Reidar Holmes - In the Palace of Joy

"A four track EP of relaxed and contemplative ambient bordering on longform"

#bandcampcodes #ambient #experimental #downtempo #zen #eurorack #focus #modularsynthesizer #music

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November 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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CRi reissue now on bandcamp -->
Charles Ives & William Flanagan: Orchestral Works (1963)
Imperial Philharmonic of Tokyo; Members of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; William Strickland, conductor
#ClassicalMusic
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Charles Ives & William Flanagan: Orchestral Works, by Various Artists
5 track album
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November 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Fundraiser going on now for the organization I used to work for and lead, Anthony Braxton's Tri-Centric Foundation! Perks are 🔥. I got a tote. How fortunate I am to be able to call Anthony Braxton my former boss.
fnd.us/braxton80fun...
Tri-Centric Archive Campaign: Celebrating Braxton at 80
Tri-Centric Foundation is a non-profit organization which preserves and disseminates the works of American composer and musician Anthony Braxton. Contribute to our campaign to support the preservation...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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11-8 PTE: This week's program was constructed with a kind of "stream of consciousness". Comparisons of the same piece, pieces w/ words, spacey ambience, contemporary composition, kalimbas & fusion. Why not?

Listen & Enjoy! bit.ly/43Ul5CJ

#ambient #experimental #avantgarde #fusion #prog #classical
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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The Best Ambient Music on Bandcamp, October 2025
Our guide to the month’s crucial ambient LPs.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Tell your friends! Two new DAAM releases!

difficultartandmusic.bandcamp.com/music
November 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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live to digital, as they used to say. Spontaneous, so there wasn't a enough planning. I love the dynamics, but at the same time it could have used a bit of compression to tame this and get the volume levels a bit more even
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the miracle plastic eye - speck of dust

davidbeardsley.bandcamp.com/album/speck-...

psych side project composer dB Aug25 live to digital mono bass sound on guitar after I broke both elbows 09 dont actually play these days captured testing Dano bass Moog ringmod few other boxes in the moment.
November 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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10/25 PTE: We've got music for every taste: New Orleans-influenced horn music (like Ken Field's Revolutionary Snake Ensemble), experimental guitar (Bill Frisell, Ian Smith, Trey Gunn, Tim Brady) and classic and new tracks across multiple genres.

Enjoy! bit.ly/4oodbd8

#jazz #experimental #ambient
November 3, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Fancy your very own Delia Derbyshire and Radiophonic Workshop diorama? 😍

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Cardboard Delia in her cardboard workshop diorama!
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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A creative life to celebrate: Alison Knowles, 'Make a Salad' Artist and Fluxus Pioneer Dies
Alison Knowles, Fluxus Artist Who Spun Art from the Everyday, Dies at 92
Alison Knowles, the Fluxus artist behind 'Make a Salad,' has died at 92.
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November 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
Jack DeJohnette, versatile jazz drummer known for Miles Davis fusion recordings, dies aged 83
Drummer played on Bitches Brew and other landmark recordings, as well as making numerous albums as a bandleader
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October 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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October 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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jane siberry's new song "bountiful beautiful" is free to download and stream on her site now...and it's exactly the beautiful idiosyncratic magic that one would expect from her. janesiberry.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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10-11 PTE: Includes a new track from my friend Joe Benzola, the latest from Jessica Pavone (who I had the pleasure of driving for her High Zero Festival appearance in Baltimore) and a classic track by Carl Stone. (lots of current releases and new acquisitions, too!)

Listen & Enjoy!
bit.ly/49dpOCY
October 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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be like beats
October 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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10-4 PTE: Let's see...we've got electronica, microtones, trombone and voice with a big chunk of gamelan and gamelan influenced music. Hot Dog!

Listen & Enjoy! envelope.podbean.com/e/10-4-25-pu...

#experimental #avantgarde #electronic #microtonal #gamelan
October 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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October 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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sine tones for now
minimalism 'n' microtones
music for you

the full digital discography on sale, 50% off.

davidbeardsley.bandcamp.com

#microtonal #microtones #justintonation #xenharmonic
#ambientmusic
October 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xeu2...
Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles
YouTube video by Captain Beefheart - Topic
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October 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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the Valley Advocate (Amherst MA) attempts an "Art Rock" canon, 30 November 1977
Sgt. Pepper to Zappa's Hot Rats, with Bowie, Family, Kansas, Genesis, Tull, King Crimson, Henry Cow, Meat Loaf, Moody Blues, Floyd, Strawbs, Talking heads, Yes, etc
October 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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October 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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www.instructables.com/Trash-Kalimb...
Trash Kalimba Musical Instrument
Trash Kalimba Musical Instrument: Disclaimer: Warning: making your own musical instruments is fun and addictive. You may experience so much joy that you will never buy an instrument again and choose ...
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October 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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9/27 PTE: This week, more prog and prog adjacent music prior to an upcoming jaunt to New Jersey to attend ProgStock. Plus, we start the program with two new releases featuring Canadian artists and labels.

Listen & Enjoy!
bit.ly/4nVA1YM

#prog #experimental #ambient #drone #chant #avantgarde
October 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM