5-2-26 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

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 this piece here in my hometown of Columbia, MD.

Listen & Enjoy!

Joel

e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com

To check out past programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/ 

5-2-26 PTE Playlist

Intro

Elevation Dub - Trem 77 - Aepochs - digital release (2026)
https://trem77.bandcamp.com/album/aepochs 

Phase One

Elephant Promenade I feat. Jonathan Kay, esraj  / Elephant Promenade II feat. Jonathan Kay, esraj & Zaynab Wilson, cajon - Amrita - digital release (2026)
https://amrita.bandcamp.com/album/amrita 

Open Road - Soft Machine - Thirteen - Moonjune Records (2026)
https://softmachine-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/thirteen 

Pile - Nathan Moore / Eddie Prévost / Ray Russell - Stacked - Cuneiform Records (2026)
https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/stacked 

Smiling Cats - Walter Thompson, Sam Day Harmet, Billy Martin - WaSaBi Trio - 577 Records (2026)
https://577records.bandcamp.com/album/wasabi-trio 

curtain - Myra Melford - life carries me this way - Firehouse 12 Records (2013)
https://myramelford.bandcamp.com/album/life-carries-me-this-way 

ERAT VERBUM John - Alvin Curran - State of the Union 2.001, Disc 1 - Electronic Music Foundation (2001)

Phase Two

Evening Light (Raga Yaman) - Michael Harrison & Ini Filip -  Evening Light: Raga Cycle I - Cantaloupe Music (2026)
https://michaelharrison.bandcamp.com/album/evening-light-raga-cycle-i 

Re(new)al, Concerto for Percussion Quartet - Albany Symphony, cond. David Allan Miller &  featuring the ensemble, Sandbox Percussion / composer: Viet Cuong - Renewal - Albany Records (2025)
https://www.albanyrecords.com/catalog/troy2018/ 

No Masters - David Wallraf -  نه (no) - Brachliegen Tapes (2024)
https://brachliegentapes.bandcamp.com/album/no 

part 1: sinai - Daniel Biro w/ Gareth Davis - a still, thin sound - Sargasso (2009)
https://danielbiro.bandcamp.com/album/a-still-thin-sound-2020-remaster