WGXC-90.7 FM
Tracking The Odds: C. Spencer Yeh
90.7-FM in NY's Upper Hudson Valley and wgxc.org/listen everywhere
http://www.wgxc.org/
wavefarm.org/listen and 1620-AM at Wave Farm
https://audio.wavefarm.org/transmissionarts.mp3
Produced by Roulette Intermedium.
The composer/improviser/violinist/vocalist and media artist in excerpts from Roulette performances from 2021 for solo work and a 2013 electronic homage to his longtime collaborator, trumpet player Nate Wooley. C. Spencer Yeh was born in Taipei, Taiwan, studied film at Northwestern University, spent years in Ohio, and is now based in Brooklyn, NY. Yeh’s work has become increasingly interdisciplinary, incorporating his background in video and other mediums. As an improviser, Yeh has a distinct vocabulary meshing violin, voice, and electronics.
"Tracking The Odds: The Roulette Concert Archive" is a monthly hour-long radio special produced by Roulette Intermedium (roulette.org) and broadcast in partnership with Wave Farm’s WGXC 90.7-FM and Standing Wave Radio. The broadcasts feature selected highlights from Roulette’s New York experimental music space dating from the early 1980s to the present. Thousands of rare, formative, and often unheard recordings by innovators and adventurous musicians populate the archive. Tracking The Odds airs the fourth Monday of the month from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. and is archived at wavefarm.org.
Founded in 1978, Roulette operates a 400-seat concert hall on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn with a focus on experimental and unorthodox music and performance across all genres and media. It's archive of thousands of audio and video recordings is currently being restored.