Michael Schell

@schellsburg.com

103 Followers 137 Following

Composer/intermedia artist, host of Flotation Device on 91.3 KBCS, contributor to Sequenza 21, cribbage player. Views expressed are mine and no one else's. https://linktr.ee/MichaelSchell

Photo credits: KMRU and microphone via the artist, Jonathan Lawson via Climate Solutions, Alice Coltrane by Jeff Dunas, Michael Gordon by Peter Serling, Beatriz Ferreyra by INA grm, Naked City (Wayne Horvitz, John Zorn, Bill Frisell, Joey Baron, Fred Frith) by Timothy Greenfield Sanders, Alëna Korolëva by Mike Hoolboom, Pauline Oliveros by David A. Cantor, Christopher DeLaurenti by Alex Woodward, Michael Schell and John Seman via the artists, William Parker via AUM Fidelity. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice
Photo credits: Stuart Dempster performing General Speech, Sun Ra and Ahmed Abdullah in Montreux by Leon Collins, Pauline Oliveros and Stuart Dempster via Andy Clausen, Kenneth Gaburo in Michael Schell: Just Words, Chen Yi by Jiang Xiao Ming, Giya Kancheli via Wise Music Classical, John Cage in Nam June Paik: Good Morning Mr. Orwell, Satoko Fujii and Myra Melford by Michele Giotto, WRENS (Elias Stemeseder, Ryan Easter, Lester St. Louis, Jason Nazary) by Guarionex Rodriguez, Jr., Miles Okazaki by John Rogers. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice
Photo credits: José María Sánchez-Verdú by Zafino Visual, Joan Tower by Michael Schell, Canto Ostinato by Simeon ten Holt, Miroslav Vitous via The Guardian, Kölner Philharmonie 1988 (Jürgen Hocker, Conlon Nancarrow, György Ligeti) by Gisela Gronemeyer, Christopher Theofanidis by Matthew Fried, Fred Frith Trio (Jordan Glenn, FF, Jason Hoopes) via Moods, Harriet Tubman (Brandon Ross, JT Lewis, Melvin Gibbs) via M M Music Agency, Jessica Lurie via Key Leaves. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice
Photo credits: Endlings (John Dieterich, Raven Chacon) via the artists, Biliana Voutchkova by C. Marx (Photomusix), Wolfgang Rihm by Astrid Ackermann, Arvo Pärt by Kaupo Kikkas, Baschet bass cristal by Marc-Antoine Millon, Isang Yun by Elke Nord, Lukas Ligeti via the artist, Cheer-Accident via the artists, Maya Beiser's salted cello by Abigail Fenton, Domenica Diavoleria via the artist, Nick Fraser by Jim Croft, Frederic Rzewski and his daughter by Françoise Walot, Nethering (Colin Stetson, Greg Fox, Trevor Dunn) via Envision Records, Brian Ferneyhough by Charlotte Oswald (Edition Peters). Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice
Photo credits: Marcin Stańczyk by Paride Galeone, Sandbox Percussion (Jonny Allen, Terry Sweeney, Ian Rosenbaum, Victor Caccese) by Alex Lee, Robert Millis at Kyushu University, Lou Harrison via Cabrillo Festival, Gérard Grisey by Jackie Carson, Joan Tower by Bernard Mindich, Bernhard Lang by Harald Hoffmann, Vivian Fung by Geneviève Caron, Pierre Schaeffer via ISM, Philip Glass by Danny Clinch. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice
Photo credits: Steve Layton via the artist, György Kurtág via Müpa Budapest, Anthony Braxton and Brandon Seabrook via Brandon Seabrook, Dave Holland, Anthony Braxton, Kenny Wheeler rehearsing in Braxton’s Woodstock home by Bill Smith, Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Ah Young Hong performing Kurtág by James Holt/Seattle Symphony, Iannis Xenakis via Les Amis de Xenakis, Kurtág: Kafka Fragments, Pierre-Laurent Aimard and György Kurtág by Balint Hrotko. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice
Photo credits: Matthew Welch via the artist, Uwalmassa (Harsya Wahono, Pujangga Rahseta, Randy Pradipta) via the artists, Anthony Braxton rehearsing Creative Orchestra Music 1976 by Bill Smith, Sebastian Fagerlund by Sirpa Räihä, Cecil Taylor in Chrystel Egal and Alain Kirili: IFA, Charles Wuorinen By Javier Del Real, yMusic (Mark Dover, CJ Camerieri, Alex Sopp, Gabriel Cabezas, Nadia Sirota, Rob Moose) by Shervin Lainez, Friedrich Cerha and Wolfgang Kogert by Daniel Auer, Theresa Wong by Peter Gannushkin. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice
Photo credits: Meng Meng via Seattle Symphony, Frederic Rzewski by Michael Wilson, Qigang Chen and Olivier Messiaen via Qigang Chen, Žibuoklė Martinaitytė by Tomas Terekas, James Weeks via the artist, Juri Seo via the artist, Latitude 49 via New Amsterdam Records, score excerpt from The People United Will Never Be Defeated!. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice
Photo credits: Alireza Amirhajebi by AmirAli Piroozbakhsh, Laibach (Janez Gabrič, Luka Jamnik, Milan Fras, Donna Marina Mårtensson, Jani Novak) via the artists, Alireza Mashayekhi via Toos Foundation, Kalevi Aho by Kuva Rajattu, Marc-André Hamelin by Benjamin Ealovega, Anthony Braxton via Mosaic Records, Creative Orchestra Music 1976 artwork by Frederick J. Brown, Anahita Abbasi by Michael Schell, Nasim Khorassani via the artist, Wet Ink Ensemble (Antonio, Lesser, Pluta, Mincek, Soper, Wubbels, Modney) via the artists, Ata Ebtekar AKA Sote via the artist, Iranian Female Composers Association by Deniz Khateri, Hiyoli Togawa by Anne Hornemann. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice
Photo credits: Nicolaus Richter de Vroe by Astrid Ackermann, Frederic Rzewski by Roberto Cifarelli, Ralph Towner in 1975, Eva Novoa via the artist, David Lang by Dacia Clay, Oregon in 2010 (Ralph Towner, Paul McCandless, Mark Walker, Glen Moore) by Efrem Lukatsky, Gavin Higgins via the artist, Chaya Czernowin by Ittai Bar-Joseph, Horse Lords+ (Owen Gardner, Arnold Dreyblatt, Andrea Belfi, Andrew Bernstein, Max Eilbacher) by Camille Blake, Iannis Xenakis in Xenakis Revolution, Farabi Toshiyuki Suzuki via the artist, Daniel Goode via the artist. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice
Photo credits: Yikii via the artist, Tyondai Braxton by Dustin Condren, Yarn/Wire (Julia Den Boer, Sae Hashimoto, Russell Greenberg, Laura Barger) via the artists, David Tudor and Rainforest at the Andy Warhol Museum in 1994, Enno Poppe via Ricordi, Otherlands Trio (Stephan Crump, Eric McPherson, Darius Jones) via the artists, David Tudor by Betsy Epstein Williams, Lingyuan Yang via the artist, Steve Reich by Jeff Herman, Morton Feldman and Karen Phillips by Steven Sloman, Bekah Simms by Riley Stewart, Lila Meretzky via the artist. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice
Photo credits: Cergio Prudencio via Kairos Records, Morton Feldman by Philip Guston, Morton Feldman by Steven Slomana, Bryn Harrison via University of Huddersfield, Kris Davis by Peter Gannushkin, The King of Denmark by Morton Feldman, Morton Feldman and John Cage via Non Profit, Louis Andriessen by Francesca Patella, Mark Rothko by Denisova Olesya Alexandrovna, Joan La Barbara by Roberto Massoti, Tyshawn Sorey via the artist. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice
Photo credits: Out Came the Sun by Tanner Porter (for Shuying Li), Mark Feldman by Michael Jackson, Dobrinka Tabakova by Benjamin Ealovega, John Zorn by David Garland, Denis Dufour via the artist, Steph Richards by Chris Weiss, Marilyn Crispell by Bobby Glazer, circuit by John Bischoff, Charles Ives via the Charles Ives Society, Les mercenaires de l'amour fou (Christian Bucher, Matthias Reinhard-DeRoo, Martin Medimorec) via the artists, Paweł Łukowiec by Joanna Klich, Matt Mitchell and Kate Gentile via the artists, Hannah Kendall by Emily Denny. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice
Photo credits: Sofia Gubaidulina via Sikorski, Timo Andres by Jason Marck, Koan 3 by Ingrid Laubrock, John Zorn in MindFlux 2010, Keith Jarrett by Rose Anne Colavito, Beckmesser harp by Horngacher, Daphne Oram via Electronic Sound, Gabriel Prokofiev by Nathan Gallagher, Meredith Monk by Julieta Cervantes, Sylvie Courvoisier and Mary Halvorson by Caroline Mardok, Ornette Coleman by Michael Hoefner, Cosa Brava (Zeena Parkins, Norman Teale, Fred Frith, Carla Kihlstedt, Matthias Bossi) by Heike Liss, Eiffel Tower by Leslie Fehling, Cantica Profana (John Surman, Lucian Ban, Mat Maneri) by Mircea Albutiu. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice
Photo credits: Eleanor Alberga by Ben Ealovega, Tim Berne Trio (Gregg Belisle-Chi, Tom Rainey, Tim Berne) by Sarah Berne, Ig Henneman by Francesca Patella, Steve Reich by Jesse Yang, Peter Eötvös by Jean-Francois Leclercq, self portrait by Alex Paxton, Pigpen (Briggan Krauss, Fred Chalenor, Mike Stone, Wayne Horvitz) via Wayne Horvitz, Trio Mediæval (Linn Andrea Fuglseth, Anna Maria Friman, Jorunn Lovise Husan) by Åsa Maria Mikkelsen, Nastasia Khrushcheva via Melodiya, Sifters (Jeremy Viner, Marc Ducret, Kate Gentile) via the artists, Frederic Rzewski via Nonesuch Records, Stomu Takeishi by Daniel Sheehan, Putu Septa via Other Minds. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice
Photo credits: Frederic Rzewski by Lynn Garon, Ye Olde plus Simulacrus (Miles Okazaki, Josh Dion, Mary Halvorson, Ava Mendoza, Sean Moran, Jacob Garchik, Vinnie Sperrazza, Brandon Seabrook, Jonathan Goldberger) by Ernest Stuart, Elisabeth Steiner and Toni Blankenheim in Wozzeck (Staatsoper Hamburg 1970), Cenk Ergün via the artist, Adoration (Marc Kudisch, Naomi Louisa O'Connell, Omar Najmi) by Maria Baranova, Matt Choboter by Krestine Havemann, Chaos Magick (Brian Marsella, Matt Hollenberg, John Medeski, Kenny Grohowski) via Roulette Intermedium, Mako Sica (Przemyslaw Krzysztof Drazek, Hamid Drake, Tatsu Aoki, Brent Fuscaldo, Thymme Jones) by Taylor Hales, Meredith Monk by Julieta Cervantes. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice
Photo credits: Stefano Gervasoni via the artist, Younghi Pagh-Paan by Astrid Ackermann, Laetitia Sonami via the artist, Miranda Cuckson and Georg Friedrich Haas by Gene Gaudette, Andrew McIntosh via the artist, Osvaldo Coluccino in Rosetta Berardi: Intreccio, Raven Chacon by Adam Conte, Giacinto Scelsi via Wikimedia Commons, Brandon Ross via 27 East, Nina C. Young via the artist, John Zorn and Dave Lombardo via DiegoMH2002, Frederic Rzewski by Michael Wilson. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice
Photo credits: Björk by Viðar Logi, Morton Feldman via Universal Edition, Helmut Lachenmann by Ensemble recherche, Alec Hall by Laura Bianchi, Sarah Maria Sun by Rüdiger Schestag, Ornette Coleman by Michael Hoefner, Pression by Helmut Lachenmann, The Dwarfs of East Agouza (Alan Bishop, Maurice Louca, Sam Shalabi) by Hans Van Der Linden, Gunther Schuller by William E. Sauro. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice.
Photo credits: Bryn Harrison via Another Timbre, Cantica Profana (John Surman, Lucian Ban and Mat Maneri) by Mircea Albutiu, Steven Mackey by Michael Schell, Jürg Frey via Le Vivier, John Adams by Musacchio Ianniello & Pasqualini, Ying Wang by Sophia Hegewald, Sifters (Jeremy Viner, Marc Ducret, Kate Gentile) via the artists, Blasio Kavuma via the artist, Steven Mackey on skis via the artist, Trio of Bloom (Craig Taborn, Nels Cline, Marcus Gilmore) by Frank Heath, Matt Mitchell and Sara Serpa by Mariana Meraz, Nicholas Tolle via UC Davis, Sylvie Courvoisier and Wadada Leo Smith by OGATA photography. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice.
Photo credits: Felipe Lara by Celeste Sloman, Wayne Horvitz and Butch Morris by Dany Gignoux, Sun Ra with Yamaha YC30 combo organ, John Zorn in MindFlux 2010 via the artist, Oxana Omelchuk via Orbit, Steph Richards by Chris Weiss, Butch Morris by Chad Batka, Michael Finnissy via the artist, Brandon Ross via 27 East, Henry Threadgill via Pi Recordings, Ingrid Laubrock by Frank Schindelbeck. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice.
Photo credits: Cergio Prudencio via Kairos Records, Meredith Monk by Julieta Cervantes, Jack DeJohnette via the artist, Aquaserge (Audrey Ginestet, Julien Chamla , Manon Glibert, Benjamin Glibert, Olivier Kelchtermans) by J.P. Sageal, Alex Paxton by Jess Rose, Standards Trio (Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette, Gary Peacock) by Roberto Massoti, Norma Jean Bell and Frank Zappa by Gail Zappa, Frederic Rzewski and daughter by Françoise Walot, Jack DeJohnette and Miles Davis by Harry Monty, Orquesta Experimental de Instrumentos Nativos via the artists, Clone Row (Liberty Ellman, Mary Halvorson, Nick Dunston, Ches Smith) by Chase Pierson. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice.
Photo credits: Matthew Aucoin via the artist, Megan Moore in Music for New Bodies via Meany Center, Wayne Horvitz by Tom Chargin, Cecilia Lopez by Ian Kornfeld, Kris Davis Trio (Kris Davis, Robert Hurst, Johnathan Blake) by B Natural, Zeena Parkins by Andy Newcombe, Dai Fujikura by Seiji Okumiya. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice.
Photo credits: Carol Levin via the artist, Toshio Hosokawa by Kaz Ishikawa, Luciano Berio by Gisela Bauknecht, Trio of Bloom (Craig Taborn, Nels Cline, Marcus Gilmore) by Frank Heath, Sequenza V by Luciano Berio, Patricia Brennan by Werner Siebert, Luciano Berio and Cathy Berberian via Seattle Chamber Orchestra, Gabriella Smith via the artist, Stuart Dempster via Still Listening Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice.
Photo credits: Dai Fujikura by Seiji Okumiya, Theatre of Eternal Music (Tony Conrad, Marian Zazeela, La Monte Young, John Cale), Dobrinka Tabakova by Benjamin Ealovega, La Monte Young by Co Broerse, Joe McPhee via the artist, Harry Partch riding the rails, improvisation segment from Ulysses Departs from the Edge of the World, Shardik (Sana Nagano, Danny Sher, Nick Jost, Matt Hollenberg) by Naeemah Maddox, Rudresh Mahanthappa via the artist, Henry Cow (John Greaves, Fred Frith, Dagmar Krause, Chris Cutler, Lindsay Cooper) via the artists. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice.
Photo credits: Zeena Parkins by Andy Newcombe, Henry Threadgill via Pi Recordings, Clone Row (Ches Smith, Nick Dunston, Mary Halvorson, Liberty Ellman) by Bianca Zwerlein, Robert Fokkens via Music Theatre Wales, Maurice Ohana by Dominique Souse, Interpret It Well (Craig Taborn, Mat Maneri, Ches Smith, Bill Frisell) by Bianca Claircidor, François Bayle creating Vibrations composes, William Winant by Dennis Letbetter, Frederic Rzewski by Michael Wilson. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice.
Photo credits: Oasis Boom (Vincent Duchosal, Mélissa Acchiardi) by Julie Ricosse, Cuong Vu Trio (Stomu Takeishi, Cuong Vu, Ted Poor) by William Poor, Sofia Gubaidulina by Mario Wezel, John Cage by Ann Keyvan, Amelia Cuni via the artist, Quatuor Bozzini (Alissa Cheung, Stéphanie Bozzini, Clemens Merkel, Isabelle Bozzini) by Michael Slobodian, Blake DeGraw via the artist, Arlene Sierra by Ian Phillips-McLaren, Steph Richards by Chris Weiss, Tim Berne Trio (Gregg Belisle-Chi, Tom Rainey, TB) by Sarah Berne, Pat Metheny by William Ellis, Conlon Nancarrow by Michael MacIntyre, Marshall Allen by Alexis Maryon. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice.
Photo credits: The Dwarfs of East Agouza (Alan Bishop, Maurice Louca, Sam Shalabi) by Maged Nader, Laurie Spiegel via Drew Schlesinger, Frederic Rzewski and Daan Vandewalle via Passacaille Records, Irène Schweizer via the artist, Alexander Hawkins via the artist, Workers Union by Louis Andriessen, Ye Xiaogang via Resonus Classics, Blasio Kavuma via the artist, Cosa Brava (Zeena Parkins, Norman Teale, Fred Frith, Carla Kihlstedt, Matthias Boss) by Heike Liss, Frank Zappa recording Orchestral Favorites by John Williams, Louis Andriessen by Marco Borggreve. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice.
Photo credits: Arvo Pärt and Heino Eller via Arvo Pärt Centre, Arvo Pärt by Eric Marinitsch, Arvo Pärt in 1962 by Armin Alla, Arvo and Nora Pärt by Rene Riisalu, Paavo Järvi and Arvo Pärt by Kaupo Kikkas, Für Alina, Between Two Sounds by Joonas Sildre. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice.
Photo credits: Tania León via the artist, Wayne Horvitz by Daniel Sheehan, Sivan Eldar via the artist, Wayne Horvitz and Butch Morris by Dany Gignoux, Wayne Horvitz and Robin Holcomb by Robin Laanenan, Naked City (Wayne Horvitz, John Zorn, Bill Frisell, Joey Baron, Fred Frith) by Timothy Greenfield Sanders, Diamanda Galás by Pere Masramon, Pigpen (Briggan Krauss, Fred Chalenor, Mike Stone, Wayne Horvitz) via Wayne Horvitz, William Dazeley and Juliette Allen in Like Flesh by Simon Gosselin. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice.
Mockup of the padded cell where Ai Weiwei was incarcerated by Chinese authorities for nearly three months
Photo credits: Mary Halvorson and Anthony Braxton by Peter Gannushkin, Carla Bley by Klaus Muempfer, Mary Halvorson with Guild Artist Award Archtop by Steve DiBenedetto, Clone Row (Liberty Ellman, Mary Halvorson, Nick Dunston, Ches Smith) by Chase Pierson, Shaun Robert via the artist, Anthony Braxton: Composition No. 355, Amaryllis sextet (Nick Dunston, Adam O'Farrill, Patricia Brennan, Jacob Garchik, Mary Halvorson, Tomas Fujiwara) by Ernest Stuart, Sylvie Courvoisier and Mary Halvorson by Caroline Mardok, Mary Halvorson and Jamaaladeen Tacuma via the artists, Wet Ink Ensemble (Ian Antonio, Erin Lesser, Sam Pluta, Alex Mincek, Kate Soper, Eric Wubbels, Josh Modney) via the artists, Thumbscrew (Michael Formanek, Mary Halvorson, Tomas Fujiwara) by Amy Touchette. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice.
Photo credits: Valentin Silvestrov by Marco Caselli, Mesías Maiguashca at WDR Köln Studio für Elektronische Musik 1973, Fall (Jean-Baptiste Barrière, Kaija Saariaho, Tuija Hakkila in 1983) by Pirkko Tanttu, Tim Berne Trio (Gregg Belisle-Chi, Tom Rainey, TB) by Sarah Berne, Tomas Fujiwara by Peter Gannushkin, Bridget Riley and Firebird (1971), Crazy Doberman via the artists, Donnacha Dennehy by Iarla, Nastasia Khrushcheva via Melodiya, Dan Weiss Quartet (Dan Weiss, Patricia Brennan, Miles Okazaki, Peter Evans) via Firehouse 12, Christopher Hoffman via the artist. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice.
Photo credits: Sylvain Kassap by Schorle, Grateful Dead in 1975 (Jerry Garcia, Bobby Weir, Phil Lesh, Donna Godchaux), Miriodor (Bernard Falaise, Pascal Globensky, Rémi Leclerc) by Marc Tessier, Robert Linn via Roger Linn, Dmitri Shostakovich via National Portrait Gallery London, Ennio Morricone by Georges Biard, Cecil Taylor and Tony Oxley by Heinrich Brinkmöller-Becker, young Sofia Gubaidulina, Djuro Zivkovic via the artist, Joe McPhee by Bernd Scholkemper, Agathe Vidal in Jacopo Baboni Schilingi: Scarlet K141. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice.
Photo credits: Roscoe Mitchell by Elvira Faltermeier, Wadada Leo Smith and Roscoe Mitchell via East of Borneo, Art Ensemble of Chicago (Famoudou Don Moye, Roscoe Mitchell, Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors) by Enid Farber, Roscoe Mitchell and Thomas Buckner by Clara Pereira, People in Sorrow by Roscoe Mitchell via Paul Steinbeck, Pauline Oliveros and Roscoe Mitchell in Bologna 2011, Roscoe Mitchell with his paintings by Terrence Antonio James, Anthony Braxton and Roscoe Mitchell by Bill Smith, Muhal Richard Abrams by Brian McMillen. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice.
Photo credits: Roy Kiyooka in Michael de Courcy: Voice, A Joyful Noise (Marshall Allen, Knoel Scott, Sun Ra) by Robert Mugge, Andrew Poppy via the artist, Joe Morris by Rob Miller, Sylvie Courvoisier by George Braunschweig, Lester St. Louis by Peter Ganushkin, Sun Ra with Yamaha YC30 combo organ, Hildegard Westerkamp by Peter Grant, Missy Mazzoli by Marylene Mey, John Zorn and Bill Laswell with Sterling Ruby painting by Pushpin Films, Raven Chacon by Adolphe Pierre-Louis. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice.
Photo credits: Thollem and ACVilla via the artists, Liza Lim by Astrid Ackermann, John Cage by Marion Kalter, Anthony Braxton at Montreux 1975, Fabien Lévy by Jenny Wolf, Johannes Kalitzke: Kapitän Nemos Bibliothek (Johanna Zimmer, puppets, Iurii Iushkevich), Edges (Sylvain Kassap, Steve Swell, Benjamin Duboc, Chad Taylor) by Nicholas Dorbon, Matt Mitchell by Q. Bertram, Peter Ruzicka by Wilfried Beege, Keith Jarrett by Rose Anne Colavito, Evan Parker and Jean-Marc Foussat at Cafe OTO. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice.
Photo credits: David Lynch Eraserhead by Matteo Mariano, Joane Hétu via Productions SuperMusique, Valentin Silvestrov by Dmitri Matveyev, Harriet Tubman (Brandon Ross, JT Lewis, Melvin Gibbs) via MM Music Agency, Sylvie Courvoisier by Mimi Chakarova, Georges Lentz by Klae McGuinness, Unclassified Affections (Dan Weiss, Patricia Brennan, Miles Okazaki, Peter Evans) by Stephanie Ahn-Weiss, Adi Newton by E Gabriel Edvy, Cobar Sound Chapel by Lindsay Johnston, Nick Didkovsky by Lutz Diehl, Jose Davila by Alessandra Freguja, The Cave (Marilyn Crispell, Michala Østergaard-Nielsen, Thommy Andersson) by Stefani Sjöström Windfelt. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice.
Photo credits: Matthew Shipp by Michael Wilderman, Laibach (Janez Gabrič, Luka Jamnik, Milan Fras, Marina Mårtensson, Jani Novak) via the artists, Julius Hemphill by Brian McMillen, Yoko Ono at Lisson Gallery 1967, Roger Reynolds by Malcolm Crowthers, Lou Reed by Keith Miller, Agustí Fernández via Jazz Music Archives, Reena Esmail via Community Musicworks, Marshall Allen with EVI by Elizabeth Robertson/Philadelphia Inquirer, Ken Ueno via UC Berkeley, Steve Layton via the artist, Alex Paxton by Jess Rose. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice.
Photo credits: Matthew Shipp by Michael Wilderman, Laibach (Janez Gabrič, Luka Jamnik, Milan Fras, Marina Mårtensson, Jani Novak) via the artists, Julius Hemphill by Brian McMillen, Yoko Ono at Lisson Gallery 1967, Roger Reynolds by Malcolm Crowthers, Lou Reed by Keith Miller, Agustí Fernández via Jazz Music Archives, Reena Esmail via Community Musicworks, Marshall Allen with EVI by Elizabeth Robertson/Philadelphia Inquirer, Ken Ueno via UC Berkeley, Steve Layton via the artist, Alex Paxton by Jess Rose. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice.
Photo credits: Abaton Trio (Sylvie Courvoisier, Mark Feldman, Erik Friedlander) by Deborah Feingold, Sylvie Courvoisier and Mary Halvorson by C. Mardok, Pierre Charial punching a barrel organ roll, Five Pieces 1975 (Anthony Braxton, Barry Altschul, Dave Holland, Kenny Wheeler) by Bill Smith, Anthony Braxton by Giuseppi Pino, Iannis Xenakis via Les Amis de Xenakis, Sylvie Courvoisier by Harald Krichel, Composition No. 23g by Anthony Braxton, horse bone flute by Matthew Herbert, Conlon Nancarrow punching a player piano roll, Chimaera (Kenny Wollesen, Nate Wooley, Drew Gress, Sylvie Courvoisier, Wadada Leo Smith, Christian Fennesz) by David Breskin
Photo credits: Quartet 1985 at Stonehenge (AB, Mark Dresser, Marilyn Crispell, Gerry Hemingway) by Nick White, AB and Epistrophy by Edu Hawkins, AB in 2007 by Michael Hoefner, AB in 1976 by Tom Marcello, Standards 2020 (Neil Charles, AB, Stephen Davis) by Edu Hawkins, AB drawing by Ian Johnson, Chick Corea via the artist, Thumbscrew (Michael Formanek, Mary Halvorson, Tomas Fujiwara) by Amy Touchette, Richard Teitelbaum with afro by Dennis Luzak, AB and Dave Holland via Qwest TV, Composition 115 by AB, Max Roach and AB via Inconstant Sol
Photo credits: Mark Dresser by Alessandro D'Amico, Beingness (Dave Liebman, Adam Rudolph, Billy Hart) by Caris Liebman, Fabien Lévy by Jenny Wolf, Alex Paxton by Jess Rose, Pauline Oliveros and Guy Klucevsek via the artists, Jakob Bro by Luciano Rossetti, Ingrid Laubrock by Helmut Berns, Toshi Ichiyanagi via Metason.net, Maija Hynninen via the artist, Yasunao Tone by Chris Buck, Anna Rubin via the artist, Austin Wullimen by Anneliese Varaldiev, Kaija Saariaho by Maarit Kytöharju
Photo credits: Matt Mitchell and Kate Gentile via the artists, Steph Richards by Chris Weiss, Bright Sheng via the artist, Music Frees Our Souls (Matt Shipp, William Parker, Francisco Mela) by Kenneth Jimenez, Peter Adriaansz by Alex Schröder, Catalina Vicens by Kurt Van der Elst, Dal:Um (Hyeyoung Hwang, Ha Suyean) via Glitterbeat Records, Prach Boondiskulchok via the artist
Photo credits: Frank Zappa via @Zappa estate, Mothers of Invention (top: Jimmy Carl Black, Ray Collins, Art Tripp, Roy Estrada, middle: Ian Underwood, Bunk Gardner, Don Preston, Motorhead Sherwood, bottom: FZ) at Whiskey a Go Go 1968 by George Rodriguez, Orchestral Favorites cover by Gary Panter, Captain Beefheart and FZ by John Williams, Edgard Varèse via Ricordi, young FZ, Mothers of Invention in 1974 (Napoleon Murphy Brock, Jeff Simmons, Ruth Underwood, Tom Fowler, Chester Thompson, George Duke, Ralph Humphrey, FZ, Bruce Fowler), The Penguins via Original Sound, Dupree’s Paradise, Larry Stein and FZ at US Senate 1985
Photo credits: Maddie Ashman with microtonal guitar via the artist, Steph Richards by Chris Weiss, Michael Ranta via Sarah Hennies, Nimikry (Alessandro Baticci and Rafal Zalech) by Svetlana Seleznev, Satoko Fujii by Bryan Murray, Purple Trap (Keiji Haino, Bill Laswell, Rashied Ali) via the artists, Sofia Gubaidulina via Alchetron, Jordina Millà and Barry Guy via Crossover Media, Thomas Larcher by Richard Haughton, Phil Haynes by Pierre Rene Allain, Michael Bisio by Marek Lazarski
Photo credits: Sebastian Fagerlund by Ville Paasimaa, June Tyson and Sun Ra in Space Is the Place, Sofia Gubaidulina via Orfeo Music, Robert Millis at Kyushu University, Jeong Lim Yang via Discogs, Painkiller (John Zorn, Bill Laswell, Mick Harris) via the artists, Sun Ra meets the French by Philippe Gras/Claude Gaspari, Olli Mustonen by Heikki Tuuli, Karlheinz and young Markus Stockhausen via the latter, Aulis Sallinen by Maarit Kytöharju, Caroline Shaw by Kait Moreno
Photo credits: Adam O’Farrill by Tore Sætre, Anna Thorvaldsdottir by Saga Sigurdardottir, Berio at GRM via Centro Studi Luciano Berio, François Bayle by Didier Allard, Max Johnson and Sam Newsome via the artists, Oregon (Glen Moore, Paul McCandless, Collin Walcott, Ralph Towner) via the artists, Suzana Lașcu by Jethro Bijleveld, Noriko Baba by Kyoko Nagashima, Anzû Quartet (Olivia De Prato, Karl Larson, Ashley Bathgate, Ken Thomson) by Markus Sepperer, Steve Reich by Jesse Yang
Photo credits: Elliott Carter by Philippe Gontier, Steve Reich by Wonge Bergmann, Placebo Domingo (David Helm, Philip Zoubek, Dominik Mahnig) via the artists, Sofia Gubaidulina by F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Hardy Fox in Theory of Obscurity, Stockhausen: Capricorn, Music im Bauch performed by Crossing 32nd Street, John Eaton and Syn-Ket via Simon Crab, Gordon Mumma via SEAMUS, Oxygen (Ken Vandermark, Joe McPhee, Ivo Perelman) via the artists, Ivo Malec via INA
Photo credits: Leonard Bernstein and Pierre Boulez by Christian Steiner, Boulez by Dennis Polkow, Boulez via New York Philharmonic Archives, Boulez and Yvonne Loriod via Ullstein Bild/AKG images, Boulez with Bruno Maderna and Karlheinz Stockhausen via Stockhausen, opening chord of Pli Selon Pli via Michael Schell, Frank Zappa and Boulez by Joël Robine (AFP), Boulez and Olivier Messiaen via Andrew Crust, Boulez in the studio by David Rentas, György Ligeti and Boulez by Jean-Pierre Leloir, Boulez and Barbara Hannigan by Jean Radel
Photo credits: Daniel Menche via the artist, Sofia Gubaidulina by Mario Wezel, Tristan Murail via Wikimedia, Steve Layton via the artist, Bernadette Speach by Christopher Drukker, Gateway (Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, John Abercrombie) by Dany Gignoux, Noriko Baba by Kyoko Nagashima, Philip Jeck by Dave Knapik, Domenica Diavoleria via the artist, Gellért Szabó’s Ideal Orchestra by Robin Lambrecht, Collin Walcott by Patrick Hinely, John Hollenbeck by Mercedes Jelinek, Faith Coloccia via Mamiffer
Photo credits: Collin Walcott and Meredith Monk by Martha Van Burek, Server Farm (Michael Formanek, Levy Lorenzo, Chris Lightcap, Mazz Swift, Peter Evans, Jon Irabagon, Dan Weiss, Matt Mitchell, Miles Okazaki, Wendy Eisenberg) by Chris Benham, Michael Gordon by Peter Serling, Ralph Towner via the artist, Arthur Levering by Janice Crotty, Marcel Chyrzyński via Polska Biblioteka Muzyczna, Noriko Baba by Kyoko Nagashima, Stewart Goodyear by Anita Zvonar, Meredith Monk in Education of the Girlchild via The House Foundation for the Arts, John Zorn in MindFlux 2010 via the artist. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice.
Photo credits: Bruno Strobl by Dieter Kulmer, Don Cherry and Terry Riley in 1970 via Terry Riley, Sarah Davachi via the artist, Sakhiwe Mkosana and Sarah Pring in New Year (Birmingham Opera Company) by Adam Fradgley, Gabriella Smith via the artist, Simon Nabatov by Florian Ross, Michael Tippett via Schott, Klaus Lang by Markus Sepperer, Satoko Fujii Quartet (Natsuki Tamura, Tatsuya Yoshida, SF, Hayakawa Takeharu) by Kazue Yokoi and Naoto Sugahara, Jacqueline Kerrod and Joe Morris via Morpeth Contemporary
Photo credits: Nastasia Khrushcheva via Melodiya, Cy Twombly: Lepanto III via Intakt Records, Julia Perry via Rider University, Fire! (Johan Berthling, Mats Gustafsson, Andreas Werliin) by Johan Bergmark, Rune Glerup by Caroline Bittencourt, Alfred Schnittke via Seattle Chamber Music Society, Michael Gregory Jackson via the artist, Odaline de la Martinez via the artist, Myra Melford via Roulette Intermedium, Galina Ustvolskaya via Wikipedia
Photo credits: Bernhard Lang by Harald Hoffmann, Bill Laswell by Michael Höfner, Tristan Murail via Radio France, Alois Hába via OperaPlus, Lei Liang by Alex Welsh/New York Times, Paul Beaudoin via the artist, Philip Glass by Chuck Close, Jean-Michel Pilc and Sam Newsome via the artists, Yu Kuwabara by Kenichi Sugimori, Anna von Hausswolff by smial, Reza Vali via the artist, Ewa Trębacz by Mark Haslam
Radio Eclectus