Greetings!

Welcome to the UCONN sports truncated edition of this week's program. It may be shorter, but as they say, "It's quality, not quantity!" Many new tracks w/ a few classic items.

Listen & Enjoy!

Joel

e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com

prior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/

10-3-26 PTE Playlist

Intro

• Rashomon - Max Kutner - The Illustrated Interior - digital release (2026)
• https://maxkutner.bandcamp.com/album/the-illustrated-interior

Phase One

• New Addresses: I. To Breath / II. To My Heart at the Close of Day / III. To "Yes" - Hub New Music / Christopher Cerrone, composer - New Addresses - Better Company Records (2026)
• https://hubnewmusic.org/albums/6xdls84qo8rucv9qb1vjw3x2zyb9bj

• Zein ( Introlude ) / Chronic - dvdv - STARVVING - digital self-release (2025)
• https://dvdv.bandcamp.com/album/starvving

• Rocket's Tail - Kate Bush feat. The Trio Bulgarka - The Sensual World - Columbia (1989)
• https://www.katebush.com/the-sensual-world/

• Underground Music - Avi Engel - Seedhead - Elephant Shrew Music (2026)
• https://aviengel.bandcamp.com/album/seedhead

• Sweet Release - Skinnerbox - The Imaginary Hearth Of... - Bobok Ltd. (1991)
• https://skinnerbox2.bandcamp.com/album/the-imaginary-heart-of

• Kettlemoths - Erin Demastes & Bryan Day - Fridgeworks - Steep Gloss (2026)
• https://steepgloss.bandcamp.com/album/fridgeworks

• Melodrama - Bulie Jordeaux - UMBRA - moli del tro records (2026)
• https://molideltro.bandcamp.com/track/melodrama

• Modul 17 - Nik Bärtsch's Ronin - LIVE - Ronin Rhythm Records (2003)
• https://nikbaertsch.bandcamp.com/album/live

Greetings!

This week's program came together as stream of consciousness. A melding of sound and concepts to hopefully create a cohesive whole.

Listen and enjoy!

Joel

e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com

prior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/

10-3-26 PTE Playlist

Intro

• An Ocean Divided - Mia Zabelka, Joshua Trinidad, Icostech - Aftershock Vol.3 - DL Subcontinental Records (2023)
• https://subcontinentalrecords.bandcamp.com/album/aftershock-vol-3

Phase One

• Nori II - Jin Hi Kim, composer / Zeitgeist, ensemble - The Jin Hi Kim Collection - Neuma Records (2026)
• https://neumarecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-jin-hi-kim-collection

• Parallel Moving Streams IV - Kevin Kastning & Paul Wertico - Interchange Two - Greydisc Records (2026)
• https://kevinkastning.bandcamp.com/album/interchange-two

• Corner Conversation - Wertico - StereoNucleosis - A440 Music (2004)
• http://wertico.com/discography/aboutstereonucleosis.php

• Fee Hikes - Devin Gray feat. Nathaniel Morgan - El Bronco - Rataplan Records (2026)
• https://rataplanrecordsnyc.bandcamp.com/album/el-bronco

• In Vivo - Devin Gray feat. Andrea Parkins & Frank Gratkowski - Hz of Gold - Rataplan Records (2026)
• https://rataplanrecordsnyc.bandcamp.com/album/hz-of-gold

• Dies Caniculares ("Dog Days" - Fwap (Andy West / bass - Joaquin Lievano / guitar, vocals - Hilary Jones / drums) - Perfect World - OOP (2005)
• https://andywest.com/

Phase Two

• The Mesh - Nicholas Mohanna - Whistler - self-release (2026)
• https://nickolasmohanna.bandcamp.com/album/whistler

• Exposure (alternate) - Robert Fripp - Exposure - DGM (2006 version)
• https://dgmlive.com/

• Vigil - CZIGO - Eight Contemplations of Sorrowful Things - Machine Records (December 2026, pre-release)
• https://machinerecords.bandcamp.com/album/eight-contemplations-of-sorrowful-things

• Autumn Orange Spectrum - Trem 77 - Textural Colour Spectrum Sandpainting - digital self-release (2026)
• https://trem77.bandcamp.com/album/textural-colour-spectrum-sandpainting

• Ecstatic Orange - Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman, cond. / Michael Torke, composer - Color Music - Argo (1991)
• https://michael-torke.squarespace.com/ecstatic-orange

• The Philosopher - ALG Trio - Between The Vistula And The Hudson - Aesthetiko (2026)
• https://aesthetiko.com/shop/new-releases/p/alg-trio

• Chorale - Liberté Anne & FROTAE - Volume 2 - Halocline Trance (2026)
• https://liberteanne.bandcamp.com/album/volume-2-2

• Confessions - Zbigniew Seifert - Solo Violin - EMI (1978)
• https://zbigniewseifert.com/

Greetings!

This week's program features brand new and classic Carl Stone, followed by Spanish prog, Mexican experimental electronics, all seasoned with Bryan Ferry & Ray Manzarek. And that's just Phase One!

Phase Two features new music from Petridisch, cellists, India Gailey & Leah Plave, trumpet & no-input mixer chaos from Mark Kirsenmann and the first-place winner of the 2025 Musicworks Electronic Music Composition Contest, Panayiotis Kokoras.

Listen & Enjoy!

Joel

e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com

prior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/

9-12-26 PTE Playlist

Intro

• The Beatles (1962-1970) - Aki Takahashi, piano / John Cage, composer - Hyper Beatles - EMI (1990)
• https://www.aki-takahashi.net/

Phase One

• Al-Noor - Carl Stone - Al-Noor - Intone Music (2007)
• https://www.rlsto.net/

• Al-Noor - Carl Stone - Arthur Fischl Conducts the Music of Carl Stone - Unseen Worlds (2026)
• https://carlstone.bandcamp.com/album/arthur-fischl-conducts-the-music-of-carl-stone

• Love Is The Drug - The Bryan Ferry Orchestra - The Jazz Age - BMG (2012)
• https://www.bryanferry.com/collections/the-jazz-age

• Onda Media - Juan Belda & The Bit Band - Memories of a Loser - Astronomy Recording Music (2026)
• https://astronomyrecordingmusic.bandcamp.com/album/memories-of-a-loser

• ∞ sincronia - Huerta Ensemble - S∞S - Elevator Bath (October 2026 pre-release)
• https://huertaensamble.bandcamp.com/album/s-s

• Come, My Beauty (Veni Veni Venias) - Ray Manzarek / Carl Orff - Carmina Burana - A&M Records (1983)
• https://raymanzarek.com/discography-carmina-burana/

Phase Two

• The Way Appears - India Gailey & Leah Plave, cello / Kelly-Marie Murphy, composer - The Way Appears - Redshift Music (October 2026 pre-release)
• https://redshiftmusicsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-way-appears-2

• Touch Sensitive - Mark Kirschenmann - Return to Sender - Neuma Records (2026)
• https://neumarecords.bandcamp.com/album/return-to-sender

• Viper Snake - Panayiotis Kokoras - Musicworks 154 - Musicworks Magazine (2026)
• https://www.musicworks.ca/panayiotis-kokoras-2026-composition-contest-winner

• The Antagonist (Version 1) - Petridisch - Early Works Vol. 1 - self-release (2026)
• https://petridisch.bandcamp.com/album/early-works-vol-1

• Cogs In Cogs, pt. 1: Dance / Cogs In Cogs, pt. 2: Song / Cogs In Cogs, pt. 3: Double Fugue - Brad Meldhau - Jacob's Ladder - Nonesuch (2022)
• https://bradmehldau.bandcamp.com/album/jacobs-ladder

• The Runaway - Gentle Giant - In A Glass House - Alucard (2026)
• https://gentlegiantband.com/blogs/news/in-a-glass-house-returns-in-newly-remixed-and-remastered-edition

• Religion - Philip Glass - Naqoyqatsi (nah-coy-cot-see) - Nonesuch (2002)
• https://philipglass.com/recordings/naqoyqatsi/

Greetings!

A sport truncated PTE, featuring a pair of memorials, some fine new & classic progressive rock and closing out with Swedish jazz.

Listen & Enjoy!

Joel

e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com

prior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/

9-5-26 PTE Playlist

Intro

• Simplicity - Tim Curry (RIP) - Simplicity - A&M Records (1981)

• Pretender - Dally Proton / Plunderphonics - Plunderphonic Songs - FONY (1988) https://plunderphonic.bandcamp.com/track/pretender (Dolly Parton, RIP)

Phase One

• Hogtied & Slightly Slack / Construction of Light / Firepower Coda - Rendezvous Rodeo - 7d Media (2026)
• https://tu-ner7d.bandcamp.com/album/rendezvous-rodeo

• Frippada Andaluza - Malabriega - Frippada Andaluza (La mar limpia) [Andalusian Frippada (The Clean Sea)] - Astronomy Recording Music (2025)
• http://astronomyrecordingmusic.bandcamp.com/album/frippada-andaluza

• Last Minute On Earth - The Flower Kings - The Rainmaker - InsideOut Music (2001)
• https://insideoutmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-rainmaker-24-bit-hd-audio

• Live at Bubblan - Dark Horse - Music For Ukraine (compilation) - We Jazz Records (2023)
• https://wejazzrecords.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-ukraine

Greetings!

Much recent music plus more classic thrift store acquisitions!

Listen & enjoy!

Joel

e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com

prior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/

8-29-26 PTE Playlist

• Circadian Rhythms - Adam Hill - Dance Card - self-release (2026)
• https://misteradamhill.bandcamp.com/album/dance-card

• Fall In Love With Your Mind - Leah Callahan - Our Lady of the Sad Adventure - self-release (2026)
• https://leahcallahan.bandcamp.com/album/our-lady-of-the-sad-adventure

• Others - Art in America - Dreams of the Disappeared - Iconoclassic Records (Sept 2026 pre-release)
• https://iconoclassicrecords.com/album/dreams-of-the-disappeared/

• In This Moment - Held By Trees - The Call of Home - (October 2026 pre-release)
• https://heldbytrees.bandcamp.com/album/the-call-of-home

• The Lone Man feat. David Torn (textural guitar) - Patrick O'Hearn - Trust - Deep Cave Records (1995)
• https://www.patrickohearn.com/music-trust

• Piece in the Old Style 1 - William Orbit (R.I.P.) / composer: Henryk Gorecki - Pieces in a Modern Style - Maverick Recording Company (2000)
• https://www.williamorbit.com/albums/pieces-in-a-modern-style

• Interplanetary Time (featuring Lauren Jones) - theAdelaidean - Airward - Projekt Records (2026)
• https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/airward

• India (John Coltrane) - Robert Dick & The Soldier String Quartet - Jazz Standards On Mars - Enja (1997)
• https://robertdick.net/category/recordings/jazz-standards-on-mars/

• Songbird - Louise Campbell, clarinet/electronics/composer - Sources - Redshift Records (2023)
• https://redshiftmusicsociety.bandcamp.com/album/sources

Phase Two

• Un - Super scintillant (Nicolas Bernier & Melanie Bourassa) - Tarot - Ambiances Magnétiques (September 2026 pre-release)
• https://ambiances-magnetiques.bandcamp.com/album/tarot

• On the River - Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin /Bohdan Kryvopust, composer - Music of Resilience: Ukrainian Music for Violin and Orchestra - Naxos (2026)
• https://www.naxos.com/CatalogueDetail/?id=8.579191

• my lips from speaking... - Grand Band / Julia Wolfe, composer - Grand Band Live - Cantaloupe Music (2026)
• https://grandbandnyc.bandcamp.com/album/grand-band-live

• Victory Parade C - Paixomenos (peh-ZOH-meh-nohss) - Victory Parade - digital release (2026)
• https://paixomenos.bandcamp.com/album/victory-parade

• What Next? - Joel Krutt - What Next? - self-release (2003)
• https://gajoob.org/gajoob/joel-krutt-whats-next-digital-2003/

• Gending Sekar Gadung - Gamelon Selonding - Bali: Gamelan & Kecak (ke-chock) - Nonesuch Explorer (1989)
• https://www.nonesuch.com/albums/bali-gamelan-kecak

Greeting!

Lots of new things with a Phase Two focus, sampling unique collaborations and solo work from guitarist Kevin Kastning's recent releases.

Listen & Enjoy!

Joel

e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com

prior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/

8-8-26 PTE Playlist

• Champion - inc inc inc - Thorny Tailed Seal - self-release (2026)
• https://incincinc.bandcamp.com/album/thorny-tailed-seal

• The Nightstalker / Pijamas - Senogul - III - Astronomy Recording Music (2026)
• https://astronomyrecordingmusic.bandcamp.com/album/iii

• interstate - Bang On A Can Allstars - interstate - Cantaloupe Music single (2026)
• https://bangonacan.bandcamp.com/track/interstate

• Auratones of desire / I can feel the waves - Frances Chang - been thinking bout confession - RVNG Intl. (2026)
• https://destinyisadog.bandcamp.com/album/been-thinking-bout-confession

• Path A - The Abstract Observer - The Path Integral - digital self-release (2026)
• https://the-abstract-observer.bandcamp.com/album/the-path-integral

• Ta Min Hand - Klara Lewis - Opening - Editions MEGO September pre-release track (2026)
• https://klaralewis.bandcamp.com/album/opening

• Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road - Robert Wyatt & Friends - In Concert - Theatre Royal Drury Lane 9-8-1974 - Domino Recording Company (2005)
• https://www.dominomusic.com/releases/robert-wyatt/drury-lane/cd

• Mundos Diversos - Francisco Mela & Zoh Amba - Causa y Efecto, Vol. 2 - 577 Records (2024)
• https://franciscomela577.bandcamp.com/album/causa-y-efecto-vol-2

Phase Two

• Adjacent Flowing Streams - Kevin Kastning & Paul Wertico - Interchange One - Greydisc Records (2026)
• https://kevinkastning.bandcamp.com/album/interchange-one-2

• Arcana III - Kevin Kastning - Codex III - Greydisc Records (2026)
• https://kevinkastning.bandcamp.com/album/codex-iii

• Never Explaining, Only Revealing - Kevin Kastning & Phil Grenadier (trumpet, flugelhorn) - Unreal City - Greydisc Records (2026)
• https://kevinkastning.bandcamp.com/album/unreal-city

• Garden of Earthly Delights - Avi Engel - Seedhead - self-release (August 2026)
• https://aviengel.bandcamp.com/album/seedhead

• Kling Klang - Ezra - Whippersnap - Adhyâropa Records (2026)
• https://ezraquartet.bandcamp.com/album/whippersnap

• Impvov- 11 July 2026 for solo piano - Joseph Benzola - Amanita Music digital single (2026)
• https://josephbenzola.bandcamp.com/track/impvov-11-july-2026

• Covid Variations: Nero - Denman Maroney Quartet - The Air-Conditioned Nightmare - Neuma Records (2024)
• https://denmanfmaroney.bandcamp.com/album/the-air-conditioned-nightmare-2

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

prior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/

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