WGXC-90.7 FM
Tracking The Odds: Elliott Sharp
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https://audio.wavefarm.org/transmissionarts.mp3
Produced by Roulette Intermedium.
Composer and multi-instrumentalist Elliott Sharp in a solo set on 8-string guitarbass, playing selections from his album, Octal, and sections from a concert performance of pieces from Dispersion, Sharp's 2018 album, with his NYC ensemble SysOrk (Rachel Golub, violin; Shayna Dulberger, bass; and Terry L. Green II, trombone) and six members of the Slovakian collective, The Veni Academy. Elliot Sharp is known for using algorithmic scores and graphic notation, free and structured improvisation, extended techniques, and imaginative software and is a master of genres from blues to noise. All recorded at the Roulette concert hall in Brooklyn on a single night in November 2018.
"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.