Slow Hand Clutches: Murmuration 1st May 2022

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THE EARLY BIRD SHOW W/ MARIA SOMERVILLE

Drifting into a new day with Maria Somerville, live from Ireland's wild west coast.

Sounds on Screen: Shuji Terayama

One hour of sonic snippets from the surreal universe of Shuji Terayama - the poet, playwright, filmmaker, boxing commentator, horse racing tipster and artist – who shook the foundations of 20th Century Japanese society with his provocative visual style and avant-garde worldview. Selected by @shujiterayamaoffice.

Free Jazz Spiritual Jazz

FM: We think a lot about murmur, what Du Bois calls “the murmur of ages,” and we think about murmuration, that amazing shift of social formation that birds do in the air.

SS: Like over Brighton pier.

FM: “Murmuration” is a cool word because it bears the trace of the sound. It’s beautiful when you watch those movements, but it’s even more beautiful when you hear them. The internal differentiation of the swarm is absolute wealth.

Extract from Refusing Completion: A Conversation Fred Moten, Stefano Harney, and Stevphen Shukaitis

Tracklist

Michael Jon FinkMichael Jon Fink
Cold Pastoral
Dave HollandDave Holland
God Bless The Child
Anthony Braxton, Anthony Braxton, Muhal Richard AbramsMuhal Richard Abrams
Nickie

John Cage, John Cage, The Arditti QuartetThe Arditti Quartet
String Quartet In Four Parts
Richard LongRichard Long
A Round Of Desert Flowers
Abdul WadudAbdul Wadud
Oasis
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Butch MorrisButch Morris
Irin Sun
Sam RiversSam Rivers
Rose
AbdullahAbdullah
Eternal Spiraling Spirit
David Holland QuartetDavid Holland Quartet
Conference Of The Birds
Duke EllingtonDuke Ellington
Meditation
Tony WilliamsTony Williams
Too Young