Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left Center

Greetings!This week's focus is on a trio of extended compositions from Robyn Jacob, Louis Andriessen & Michael Gordon peppered with Sanskrit chant, fusion, electronics & drone.Listen & enjoy!Joele-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.comprior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/ 7-18-26 PTE Playlist IntroBrain Dance - DDSM5 - Lattice - digital self-release (2026)...

Greetings!This week's PTE leans into the worlds of ambient, drone & noise w/ side-tracks of new/classic Berlin electronic and contemporary composition.Listen & Enjoy!e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com prior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/ 7-11-26 PTE PlaylistIntroMagnificent Walk - Kyriakos Plsds - Turn Dystopia Into Eutopia (compilation) - noise-below...

Greetings!Since today's program falls right on July 4th, I've decided to return to an older PTE tradition of playing only progressive rock; new, classic and in-between.Enjoy!Joel 7-4-26 PTE Playlist: Prog On The 4th of July Eternal Hand - Gong - Bright Spirit - KScope (2026) https://gongband.bandcamp.com/album/bright-spirit-4 Dissembler - Jane Getter Premonition - Anomalia - Esoteric Antenna...

Greetings!A focus on Alabama based composer, William Price starts out today's PTE, followed by music spanning varied genres and time, highlighting many recent releases.Listen & Enjoy!Joele-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.comprior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/ 6-27-26 PTE Playlist IntroTrope No. 1 Surface Tension / Trope No. 2 Saturation Point / Trope No. 3...

Greetings! New x 4 (Lua Jungck, b.mez, murmer, Petridisch & Society of Composers), bouncing balls, Phase Two focus on Niblock, Hooker, Soldier & First's, "Paiva River Songs" and closing out with Squid In Chains. Now if that's not variety!Listen & Enjoy!Joele-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.comprior programs and playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/ 6-6-26 PTE Playlist...

Greetings!Scattered throughout today's program are takes in both word and music of "Blue in Green", the classic Miles Davis/Bill Evans tune. (Happy 100th Birthday, Mr. Davis!) That didn't start out being intentional until i noticed that the opening Laurie Altman piece was later followed by the similarly titled Morten Qvenild track. I was then motivated to find a couple of more unusual covers of...

Greetings!Phase One focuses primarily on new releases and a wonderful piece for electric guitar & piano by Canadian composer, Tim Brady. In contrast, for most of Phase Two we celebrate Robert Fripp's 80th birthday with classic works featuring Mr. Fripp with prestigious collaborators!Listen & Enjoy!Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.comprior programs & playlists:...

Greetings!All kinds of neat stuff this week, with my faves being the new releases from Edward Givens, "biomes, vol. 1-4" and Stereo Minus One's, "The Acid Tape (Original Soundtrack)".Listen & Enjoy!Joele-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.comCheck out prior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/ 5-16-26 PTE Playlist IntroMimic - Nick Fraser - Areas - Elastic Recordings (2026)...

Greetings!I've assembled another themed show for your listening pleasure, this time: Fire & Smoke, including all the assorted genres you've come to know and love on PTE.Enjoy!Joele-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.comPrior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/ 5-9-26 PTE Playlist: Fire + Smoke!IntroRitual Fire - Lingyuan Yang - Cursed Month - Chaospace Records (2025)...

Greetings!The agenda for Phase One includes new releases and a couple current acquisitions of my own. In Phase Two, we honor the memory & music of just intonation composer Michael Harrison, followed Viet Cuong's imaginative composition, "Re(new)al", a percussion quartet concerto which address the topic of renewable energy. I recently had the privilege of seeing the Columbia Symphony perform...