7-18-26 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of 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!

Joel

e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com

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7-18-26 PTE Playlist

Intro

Brain Dance - DDSM5 - Lattice - digital self-release (2026)
https://fdbkmsk.bandcamp.com/album/lattice 

Phase One

Portals I: In The Offing - SHHH!! Ensemble: Zac Pulak, percussion and Edana Higham, piano / Robyn Jacob, composer - New Forevers - Redshift Records (August 2026 pre-release) 
Portals II: The Verge - Marilou LePage (viola) and Architek Percussion (Noam Bierstone, Alexander Haupt)  / Robyn Jacob, composer - New Forevers - Redshift Records (August 2026 pre-release)
https://redshiftmusicsociety.bandcamp.com/album/new-forevers  

Om Namo Bhagavate - Deva Premal - embrace - White Swan Records (2002)
https://whiteswanrecords.bandcamp.com/album/embrace 

Hope for Enlightenment - Lama Gyurme & Jean-Philippe Rykiel - The Lama's Chant: Songs of Awakening - Sony Classical (1996) 

Pastoral - The Mahavishnu Project - Return to the Emerald Beyond - Cuneiform Records (2007)
https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/return-to-the-emerald-beyond 

Phase Two

Contra Tempus for large ensemble - Netherlands Ballet Orchestra, cond. Howard Williams / Louis Andriessen, composer - Louis Andriessen - Donemus / Composers' Voice Highlights (1994)  
https://louisandriessen.com/ 

Field of Vision, sides A, B & C - Doug Perkins and the University of Michigan Percussion Ensemble / Michael Gordon, composer - Field of Vision - Cantaloupe Music (2026)
https://michaelgordonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/field-of-vision 

Dancing Electrons -  Shan Lyu / Mike Zellers - Dense Horizon Architecture - digital self-release (2026)
https://mikezellers.bandcamp.com/album/dense-horizon-architecture 

Vulcan - KORABL - The Moon in the Afternoon/Vulcan (split release w/ Millips) - digital release (2018)
https://mmmmillips.bandcamp.com/album/the-moon-in-the-afternoon-vulcan