Sound artist Gen Ken Montgomery in concert and studio recordings illustrating his multi-layered montage techniques built from found sound, field recordings, and domestic noise (percolators, dripping sinks, etc.). In this edition we hear excerpts from three pieces: a 1989 duo with David Lee Myers (Arcane Device), a 1998 solo, both at Roulette, and a track from his 2002 XI Records release pondfloorsample. Montgomery is a New York based artist whose involvement in Cassette Culture and Mail Art led to the creation of the Generations Unlimited electronic music label with David Prescott and Conrad Schnitzler in 1987. In 1989, with partner Scott Konzelmann aka Chop Shop, Montgomery opened Generator, the first sound art gallery in New York City. Since then he has continued organizing, creating multi-channel cassette performances, championing and archiving the work of his mentor Schnitzler, and widening the net of communication between artists and audiences through the exchange of sounds, images, and unpredictable interventions.

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.