突然ですがお知らせを

ニューヨーク大学のFMラジオ局WNYUで、12月18日火曜日の午後8時から9時(=日本時間の19日午前10時から11時)、「アーストワイル特集」としてレーベル主宰のジョン・アビーがゲストで出演し、今後のリリース予定やレーベルの方向などについて1時間語る予定です。来年リリース予定の新譜の未発表音源もいくつか番組でかける予定なので、興味のある方はぜひWNYUのホームページで聴いてみてください。(放送日が過ぎてもアーカイブに残るので、後日でも聴けます。)
http://wnyu.org/

ちなみに、番組の内容はこんな感じらしいです。

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■ERSTWHILE label head Jon Abbey on Outside

Jon Abbey will drop by Outside, where he'll talk about recent developments and future plans for the Erstwhile label, and he will air some new and possibly as of yet unheard material. Jon Abbey is the founder and curator of Erstwhile Records, an independent record label devoted to free improvisation, particularly the electroacoustic variety.

Founded in 1999, Erstwhile Records has largely focussed on a style of improvisation which could be called "post-AMM": slow-moving, often rather quiet, making non-standard use of computers and electronics (such as Sachiko M's "empty sampler" or Toshimaru Nakamura's "no-input mixing board"). Such unorthodox electronics are often paired with acoustic instruments, which are themselves often defamiliarizing by use of amplification and extended techniques (trumpeters Matt Davis and Axel Dorner, for instance, sometimes blow their instruments through the valves rather than the mouthpiece). Critic John Eyles writes, "Just as such labels as Blue Note, ECM, and Incus have captured and defined the zeitgeist at various points in the past, Erstwhile is now doing so. Like them, it has its own distinctive roster of players, its own sound and a distinctive visual style ... No need to see the label to know it's on Erstwhile."

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他にもいろいろ面白いニュースなどがあるのですが、それらはまた後ほど…。


■上記のネットラジオで聞ける番組、放送中はストリームの速度が落ちたりして聞きにくいかもしれないので、放送後にアーカイブで聞く方が良いかもです。