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Ken"s Last Ever Radio Extravaganza | WFMU

Ken"s Last Ever Radio Extravaganza and WFMU

A live, improvised sound collage experiment, going back 28 years, weaving mesmerizing new soundscapes from found and collected materials right in the present moment. Pop music, speeches, live phone calls and spontaneous monologues become ambient loopy layered threads riding the liminal spaces between waking and dreaming. [On hiatus.]

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Sleep Away (lost in the night) (Show #446+2020/2022...

Ken"s Last Ever Radio Extravaganza | WFMU ·

2022/01/24

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Sleep Away (lost in the night)" - Show #446, from Dec. 13, 2012 [Content unknown until today. With June 2020 & Jan. 2022 updates. Includes: Brian Eno, Jonny Greenwood, Kyle, Technology Excess snowmen phone callers, Arturo en el Barco, They Might Be Giants, Leon, Andre Gregory, Donald Sutherland, Fridge, Being There, Ghana Post Office workers, more Detailed source listing finally emerged today, below, not quite not in order:] Set: Ken's Last Ever Radio

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NEW! Anxiety-Failure-Tragedy-Excitement-Acceptance...

Ken"s Last Ever Radio Extravaganza | WFMU ·

2022/01/18

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Anxiety-Failure-Tragedy-Excitement-Acceptance (All beings follow the path)" - Show #796, from Jan. 17, 2022 [Live sound collage improvised right now!] [0:00:00] Set: Source samples used in today's live sound collage: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - "If You Leave Me loops" - Pretty In Pink s.t. [0:00:00] Ken - "Intro" [0:00:56] Edward Carini & Maria Callas of Scholastic - "Figuring Things Out" - Kindle: How Do I Learn? [ ] [0:03:21] Grouper - "Towers"

Everyone is Leaving (I love you, I forgive you,...

Ken"s Last Ever Radio Extravaganza | WFMU ·

2022/01/10

Ken - "2022 intro, there's echo in here" [0:00:00] Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Everyone is Leaving (I love you, I forgive you, forgive me, thank you, goodbye)" - Show #606, from Aug. 8, 2018 [With 2022 updates. Source sample listing follows:] [0:00:10] Set: Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza: Everyone is Leaving (I love you, I forgive you, forgive me, thank you, goodbye) Radiohead - "Exit Music (for a film) loops" [0:00:20] Ken - "You are here" [0:05:17] Radiohead - "Exit Music (for a

Swirled Freely & You Have Nowhere to Go (What's...

Ken"s Last Ever Radio Extravaganza | WFMU ·

2021/12/27

Ken - "2021 intro echo chamber" [0:00:00] Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Swirled Freely" - Show #348 from Jan. 4, 2005 [0:00:41] Set: Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - Swirled Freely Etienne Noiseau - "Waiting for the Mass" - One-Minute Vacation [Duomo, Siena, Italy, 2004. Field recording] [0:00:42] Matteo Trisoglio - "cascatella" - One-Minute Vacation [Field recording] [0:12:10] Gunnar Gentzsch - "Berlin backyard" - One-Minute Vacation [Field recording] [0:12:38] Alan Leveton - "Bhutan

Technology Excess (2 hours out of 3) | Download MP3...

Ken"s Last Ever Radio Extravaganza | WFMU ·

2021/12/13

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Technology Excess" - Show #389, from Dec. 24, 2008 [The debut of the HyperPlaylist 0,000,000,000,000] [0:00:00] Set: Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza: "Technology Excess" Marty McSorley - "Previous DJ's show" [0:00:17] mp3stream.wfmu.org - "Layering of previous DJ's show" [0:00:44] Music behind DJ: mp3stream.wfmu.org - "Layering of previous DJ's show" [0:06:39] Michael Linnen / David Wingo - "Hottub" - All The Real Girls s.t. [all the real girls loops

Austin aircheck: Around the Town Soundscape |...

Ken"s Last Ever Radio Extravaganza | WFMU ·

2021/12/06

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Around the Town Soundscape" - Show #304, from April 8, 2004 [Soundtrack to a remote world. An immersive two hours, utilizing only Austin-based music as source material.] Set: Around the Town Soundscape: Sampled source listing follows Ken - "Intro 2021" Her Space Holiday - "Spectator Sport" [One small loop. 1-1:05, 1:47-1:55] Ken - "Intro 2004" 7% Solution - "All About Satellites and Spaceships" - All About Satellites and Spaceships [1:05-1:47:30, 2:14-2:23,

Triple sound collage from 2003-2004 | Download MP3...

Ken"s Last Ever Radio Extravaganza | WFMU ·

2021/11/22

Ken - "Hi, here we go" [0:00:00] Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Karen's Dead (give her the goddamned camera!)" - Show #262, from 7/23/03 [with chatter from 2018, 2020, & now] [0:00:09] Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8" - Show #263, from 7/30/03 [with chatter from 2018, 2020, & now] [0:26:51] dj BC - "Einstein On The Beast" - Glassbreaks [Philip Glass (Einstein on the Beach) / Beastie Boys mashup, didn't exist yet during these sound collages]

Not a Single Thing, the double-station experiment,...

Ken"s Last Ever Radio Extravaganza | WFMU ·

2021/11/15

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Not A Single Thing (updated with 2020 semi-simulcast confusion + 2021 talk layer)" - Show #527, from June 21, 2017 [Improvised sound collage, confusingly half-simulcasted on two semi-overlapping stations, with new layers in 2020 and today in 2021] [0:00:00] Episode contains fragments of: Jóhann Jóhannsson, Circular Ruins, Westworld, Sweet Valley, Joe Frank, Alan Watts, THX-1138, possibilitywaves, Kenny Rankin, Gabor Mate, Lambchop, Ken's Last Ever Radio

Back in the Light + 2021 ending | Download 2021 MP3...

Ken"s Last Ever Radio Extravaganza | WFMU ·

2021/11/08

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Back In the Light (2019 update)" - Show #597, from June 20, 2018 [Updated Sept. 9, 2019, played here Sept. 11, 2019, here we are layering it some more in 2021. Fall back.] [0:00:00] Bloc Party - "The Pioneers (M83 Remix)" Ween - "The Mollusk" [Loop] Ken - "We're here now" Live phone caller - "Introducing, from The Bronx" Generationals - "Avery" [Loops] Gary Oldman - "Bring me everyone. Everyone!" - Leon: The Professional movie Anois - "A Noise" War on Drugs -

New live show! | Download full MP3 from Nov 1, 2021

Ken"s Last Ever Radio Extravaganza | WFMU ·

2021/11/02

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Live sound collage improvised right now" - Show #786, from Nov. 1, 2021 [Sampled sources used within? Someday...] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/109322

Lost In Chaos + KLERE Waves, from the Austin years |...

Ken"s Last Ever Radio Extravaganza | WFMU ·

2021/10/25

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Lost In Chaos (you've done it again)" - Show #338 from Oct. 26, 2004 [Hour 1: Live on KOOP Austin, ripened in vaults, intro'd in 2021] Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "KLERE Waves" - Show #343, from Nov. 30, 2004 [Hour 2: Live on KOOP Austin, ripened in vaults ] Ken - "2021 loopy outro" https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/109125

A Series of Dreams (it's a hard-knock life): 2021...

Ken"s Last Ever Radio Extravaganza | WFMU ·

2021/10/18

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "A Series of Dreams (it's a hard-knock life)" - Show #421, from July 4, 2010 [Edited and remastered today in 2021] Set: Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravagaza - A Series of Dreams (it's a hard-knock life) Gaylord Fields - "Outro by previous DJ" Explosions in the Sky - "Your Hand in Mine" - The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place [Loops] Ken - "2021 intro" Ken - "I'm almost ready" Don Pedro Colley - "How shall the new environment be programmed?" - THX-1138 CocoRosie - "By

Just When I Needed You Most v2.1 | Download full MP3...

Ken"s Last Ever Radio Extravaganza | WFMU ·

2021/10/04

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Just When I Needed You Most v2.1" [0:00:00] Clem Leek - "Mystery Moor" - Holly Lane Ken - "We don't know what will happen" The Art of Noise - "Metaforce (loops)" - The Seduction Of Claude Debussy Sam Pottle & Jim Henson - "The Muppet Show Closing Theme (loops)" Keith Forsey, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez - "The Breakfast Club loops" - The Breakfast Club movie The Kinks - "Nothing in the World Can Stop Me Worryin' Bout That Girl loops" - Kinda Kinks Lullatone -

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Present Toward the Future (marking it in pencil on...

Ken"s Last Ever Radio Extravaganza | WFMU ·

2021/09/20

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Present Toward the Future (marking it in pencil on the wall)" - Show #694, from Jan. 8, 2020 [My current favorite sound collage episode!] [0:00:00] Mogwai - "Kicking a Dead Pig (Surgeon remix)" - Kicking a Dead Pig: Mogwai Songs Remixed + Mogwai Fear Satan Remixes [0:00:00] Harry Nilsson - "Everybody's Talkin'" [0:00:04] Mogwai - "Kicking a Dead Pig (Surgeon remix)" - Kicking a Dead Pig: Mogwai Songs Remixed + Mogwai Fear Satan Remixes [0:01:17] The Moody

All Over the Place + 2021 mini-mix | Download MP3...

Ken"s Last Ever Radio Extravaganza | WFMU ·

2021/09/13

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "All over the place" - Show #510, from 9/24/16 [With 2021 talk updates. Contains but is not limited to: Bill Withers, The Carpenters, David Byrne, Donna Summer, Dr. Hook, infinite third, Lemon Jelly, Lullatone, Lullatone, Mountain Goats, Vangelis Plus spoken bits from Kicking and Screaming, American Look, Steve Paxton, David Lynch, GPaul, Gene Wilder, Fearless, Mary Poppins, Matthew Broderick, Mr. Jealousy, some Disney thing, Peggy Sue Got Married,

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New! Conformity (Are you sure that that thing is...

Ken"s Last Ever Radio Extravaganza | WFMU ·

2021/09/06

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Conformity (Are you sure that that thing is true?)" - Show #779, from Aug. 30, 2021 [Live improvised sound collage mix, right now] Set: Complete list of today's sampled sources: Plantasia - "Concerto for Philodendron & Pothos" - Mother Earth's Plantasia Royskopp - "Daddy's Groove" Jack London - "The Jacket" [2:05:59] Ken - "World Trade Center concourse field recording" Ken - "NYC subway field recording" Ken & Chut - "Ken & Chut field recording #1" Max Martin's

Container Entrainment (intentional possibility...

Ken"s Last Ever Radio Extravaganza | WFMU ·

2021/08/24

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Container Entrainment (intentional possibility understructure)" - Show #619, from Oct. 24, 2018 [Augmented live today in 2021 List of source samples follows:] [0:00:00] Thomas Park - One Minute Vacations [0:00:01] Ambrose Pottie - "Petting Zoo" - One-Minute Vacations [0:02:49] Stars of the Lid - "Articulate Silences" - And Their Refinement Of The Decline [0:03:28] Aaron Ximm - "Tradewinds in Palm" - One-Minute Vacations [0:03:49] Simon Hampson - "Walking

Light (a polyphonic spree) + This Mess is True (Show...

Ken"s Last Ever Radio Extravaganza | WFMU ·

2021/08/16

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Light (a polyphonic spree)" - Show #281, from Dec. 9, 2003 [(with 2021 intro) Uses layered loops from: Polyphonic Spree - Light and Day] [0:00:00] Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "This Mess Is True" - Show #283, from Dec. 20, 2003 [(with 2021 overlapping intro) Collages and layers sources: Hans Zimmer - You're So Cool Beach Boys - Good Vibrations Ken's Last Ever - NYC field recordings made April 29, 2001 Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About

1:57:04

Fleeting: A wake (I haven't told you lately) |...

Ken"s Last Ever Radio Extravaganza | WFMU ·

2021/08/09

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Fleeting: A wake (I haven't told you lately)" - Show #638, from Mar. 13, 2019 [Augmented today in 2021] [0:00:00] Set: Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza: "Fleeting: A wake (I haven't told you lately)" source samples follow: Garth Stevenson - "The Southern Sea" - Flying [0:00:10] Jared Leto - "Did I fall asleep? Sometimes I don't sleep" - Mr. Nobody [0:02:46] Garth Stevenson - "The Southern Sea" - Flying [0:02:52] Mirah - "We don't have that sticker in this

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A Carousel Ride after Too Much Soup + Pure...

Ken"s Last Ever Radio Extravaganza | WFMU ·

2021/07/27

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "A Carousel Ride after Too Much Soup" - Show #336, from Oct. 5, 2004 [A long-lost episode from the Austin years. 2021 talk near end] [0:00:00] Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Pure Imagination (Inaugural)" - Show #350, from Jan. 18, 2005 [God wants us to be free (and to maintain full productivity). Also from the Austin years.] [0:56:46] Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "New live mixing 2021" [1:53:43] Fridge - "Cut Up Piano and Xylophone" - Happiness

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