4-22-23 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

Greetings.

Man...I'll tell ya.  Of course death is an everyday part of life, but the passing of folks whose music has touched your brain and heart is never easy.  Let's see...my short list for 2023 includes Jeff Beck, Burt Bacharach, Ray Shulman (Gentle Giant), Wayne Shorter, Scott Johnson, Fuzzy Haskins (Parliament-Funkadelic), Yukihiro Takahashi (Yellow Magic Orchestra) and now his YMO cohort, the brilliant musician/composer, Ryuichi Sakamoto.  In Phase One, we'll hear a bunch of pieces from Sakamoto & YMO, while in Phase Two things will change up to bring you some new progressive rock in tandem with some other goodies.  

In an attempt to try to balance things out, next week's program will feature the music of living composers whose birthdays are in April.

Take care,

Joel

e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/envpusher1 

 

4-23-23 PTE Playlist

 

•  _Latkes_  / _Flaounes_ - Petridisch - Extrait - Mahorka (2023)
• https://mahorka.bandcamp.com/album/extrait 

 

• Scattered Focus - Valiska - Wolf Moon - digital release (2023)
• https://valiska.bandcamp.com/album/wolf-moon 

 

R.I.P.  Ryuichi Sakamoto (March 28) / Yukihiro Takahashi (Jan 11)

https://www.sitesakamoto.com/ 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/18/arts/music/yukihiro-takahashi-dead.html 

• Thatness Thereness - Ryuichi Sakamoto - B-2 Unit (2019 Remaster) - Alfa Music (2019/1980)
• Diabaram - Ryuichi Sakamoto feat. Youssou N'Dour - Beauty - Virgin (1989)
• Yellow Magic (Tong Poo) - Yellow Magic Orchestra - Yellow Magic Orchestra (U.S. Version) - Restless Records (1979)
• Be A Superman - Yellow Magic Orchestra - Technodon - EMI Japan (1993)
• Kai-Koh - Yellow Magic Orchestra - Naughty Boys - Restless Records (1983)
• Improvisation (Live) - Ryuichi Sakamoto / Jaques Morelenbaum - Morelenbaum²/Sakamoto - CASA - Sony Classical (20020
• Milan, 1909 - Ryuichi Sakamoto - Futurista - Midi (1986)
• Acceptance - End Credits - Ryuichi Sakamoto - Little Buddha (Original Soundtrack) - Milan (1993)

 

• Time (Eric's Songwriting Diary) - Eric Woolfson - The Turn of a Friendly Card CD 2 (Eric's Songwriting Diaries) - The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Limited Edition Box Set) - Esoteric Recordings (2023)
• https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/the-alan-parsons-project-the-turn-of-a-friendly-card-3cd-blu-ray-limited-edition-box-set/ 

 

• Time - The Alan Parson's Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card CD 1 - The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Limited Edition Box Set) - Esoteric Recordings (2023)
• https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/the-alan-parsons-project-the-turn-of-a-friendly-card-3cd-blu-ray-limited-edition-box-set/ 

 

• My Moonlight Dream - Rick Wakeman & The English Rock Ensemble - A Gallery of the Imagination - Madfish (2022)
• https://www.rwcc.com/notices/agoti.php 

 

• Riverflow - M­-Opus - At The Mercy Of Manannán - Rude Chord Recordings (2023)
• https://m-opus.bandcamp.com/album/at-the-mercy-of-manann-n 

 

• Tomorrow - Days Before Tomorrow - Now and Then Part II: Stories and Dreams - digital self-release (2023)
• https://daysbeforetomorrow.bandcamp.com/track/tomorrow 

 

• Royal Augmentation - Anchor & Burden - Kosmonautik Pilgrimage - Moonjune Records (2023)
• https://anchorandburden.bandcamp.com/album/kosmonautik-pilgrimage 

 

• Change - Goldfeather - Change - Innova (2023)
• https://www.innova.mu/albums/goldfeather/change 

 

• Teenbeat Introduction / Teenbeat - Henry Cow - Leg End - ReR Megacorp/Morphius Records (1973)
• https://henrycow.bandcamp.com/album/leg-end