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PLATO & the Western Tradition

PLATO & the Western Tradition

PLATO & the Western Tradition is a Postmodern Improvisation Ensemble that has been recording real-time improvisations using electronic and acoustic instruments since 1988. The founders and core members are David K. Barton of South Bend, Indiana, and Boyd Nutting of Niles, Michigan. As of December 4, 2016, we have recorded 4,054 improvisations, and would like to share our music. PLATO & The Western Tradition invites others in the Electronic Music Community to participate in the creation of an

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PLATO No. 10502 Night Qualities

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2025/06/24

Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton, Boyd Nutting, Ashley Sanders & Eric Lester, recorded June 23, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: Kybd—› Synths= MIDI 9388—›MarkFlute 6 Sample in GRII. PLATO, No. 2502, “Sacred Meanderings” (Boyd solo, MGS/MIMF XXII, No. 34, 6-23-12) Tr -11. Boyd: Theremin—›Vocoder—›Pro-cessors; PLATO, No. 0205, “Remembering the Future” (David & Boyd 4-11-90) 13:00- 26:00 . Ashley: Kybd—›LOGIC Instruments. Eric: Voice+Mouth Music.

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PLATO No. 10501 Luminous Vision

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2025/06/24

Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton, Boyd Nutting, Ashley Sanders & Eric Lester, recorded June 23, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: PLATO, No. 2501, “Robi’s Balloon” (David (Water Bottle), Boyd (Bell), & Robin Krostue (Balloon), MGS/MIMF XXII, No. 33, 6-22-12) Tr -8. Boyd: Electronics—›Processors; PLATO, No. 1001a, “CONCRETE Elipsoidal Alchemy” (Boyd, & Andrew Lersten, MIMF IX No. 1, 6-5-99) 00:00-13:00 . Ashley: Kybd—›LOGIC Instruments. Eric: Voice+Mouth Music.

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PLATO No. 10500 As the Sun Sets

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2025/06/24

Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton, Boyd Nutting, Ashley Sanders & Eric Lester, recorded June 23, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: PLATO, No. 2500, “Lament of the Garden Hose” (David, Boyd, & Jeff Campbell, MGS/MIMF XXII, No. 32, 6-22-12) 00:03-12:46. Boyd: Electronics—›Processors. Ashley: Kybd—›LOGIC Instru-ments. Eric: Voice+Mouth Music.

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PLATO No. 10499 The Endless Story

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2025/06/23

New Music by David K. Barton, recorded June 22, 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana. PLATO, No. 0499, “Art Attack!” (David, Boyd Nutting, Evie Barton & Marian Stetler-Emery 3-28-94) 18:10-31:10, 31:10-44:10.

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PLATO No. 10498 Uproarious Material

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2025/06/22

New Music by David K. Barton, recorded June 21, 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana. PLATO, No. 0497, “Prologues to Voyager, part 2” (David, & Marian Stetler-Emery 3-25-94) 00:02-13:02, 31:30-44:30.

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PLATO No. 10497 Interpreting Mystery

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2025/06/21

New Music by David K. Barton, recorded June 20, 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana. PLATO, No. 0497, “Prologues to Voyager, part 1” (David, & Marian Stetler-Emery 3-11-94) 00:02-13:02, 31:14-44:14.

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PLATO No. 10496 Mastered Flow

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2025/06/20

New Music by David K. Barton, recorded June 19, 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana. PLATO, No. 0496, “Morphic Dreams, part 2” (David, & Boyd Nutting 3-19-94) 13:02- 26:02, 30:43-43:43.

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PLATO No. 10495 Uneasy Dreaming

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2025/06/19

New Music by David K. Barton, recorded June 18, 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana. PLATO, No. 0495, “Morphic Dreams, part 1” (David, & Boyd Nutting 3-19-94) 00:01- 13:01, 19:00-32:00.

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PLATO No. 10494 Webs of Smoke

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2025/06/18

New Music by David K. Barton, recorded June 17, 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana. PLATO, No. 0494, “Typologies of Windmills, part 2” (David, & Marian Stetler-Emery 3-11-94) 00:03-13:03, 31:32-44:32.

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PLATO No. 10493 Forgetting Jargon

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2025/06/17

Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton & Boyd Nutting, recorded June 16, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: Kybd—›Synths;; PLATO, No. 0493, “Typologies of Windmills, part 1” (David, & Marian Stetler-Emery 3-11-94) 30:42-43:38. Boyd: Theremin—›Vocoder—›Processors+Electronics—›Processors; PLATO, No. 1493, “Song of the Earth part 1” (David & Boyd10-17-06) 00:00-13:00, 34:00-47:00.

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PLATO No. 10492 Reasonable Beings

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2025/06/17

Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton & Boyd Nutting, recorded June 16, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: six-part sample Matrix; PLATO, No. 0492, “Hard-ing’s Reels & Jigs, No. 2” (David, & David Harding, viola 2-22-94) 00:04-13:00. Boyd: Theremin—›Vocoder—›Processors+Electronics—›Processors; PLATO, No. 0294, “Venus-berg Music” (David & Boyd 7-4-91) 00:00-07:00 Tr -9, 30:00-43:00.

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PLATO No. 10491 Roads Open to Kindness

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2025/06/17

Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton & Boyd Nutting, recorded June 16, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: Kybd—›Synths+Voice; PLATO, No. 0491, “Harding’s Reels & Jigs, No. 1” (David, & David Harding, viola 2-22-94) 05:07-18:43. Boyd: Elec-tronics—›Processors; PLATO, No. 1901, “5 degrees of separation” (Boyd & Mark Wieger 3-11-10) 04:00-17:00.

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PLATO No. 10490 Ocean Covers Everything

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2025/06/17

Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton & Boyd Nutting, recorded June 16, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: Kybd—›Synths;. Loon 2 Sample, direct & processed; PLATO, No. 0490, “Ambivalent Meditation part 2” (David, & Marian Stetler-Emery 2-18-94) 00:02-12:58. Boyd: Electronics—›Processors; PLATO, No. 1490, “The Odin Stone” (David & Boyd 10-3-06) 00:00-13:00, 13:00-26:00.

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PLATO No. 10489 Two In Bush

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2025/06/17

Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton & Boyd Nutting, recorded June 16, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: Kybd—›Synths;. PLATO, No. 0489, “Ambivalent Meditation part 1” (David, & Marian Stetler-Emery 2-18-94) 25:29-38:25. Boyd: Elec-tronics—›Processors; PLATO, No. 0419, “Subliminal Prophecy” (David & Boyd 5-16-93) 13:00-26:00, 23:00-36:00.

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PLATO No. 10488 Bird in Hand

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2025/06/17

Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton & Boyd Nutting, recorded June 16, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: Long SongSparrow Sample, direct & processed, at 39, 78, & 20 bpm. PLATO, No. 0488, “Epiphany: Deep, Horrible, Without End, part 2” (David, & Boyd Nutting 2-12-94) 18:18-31:14. Boyd: Theremin—›Vocoder—›Processors; Loops; PLATO, No. 1884, “Acoustic Crystallography” (David & Boyd 2/10/10) 13:00-26:00, 26:00-39:00; PLATO, No. 0488: 13:00-26:00.

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PLATO No. 10487 Expectant Breath-Wind

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2025/06/16

New Music by David K. Barton, recorded June 16, 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana.PLATO, No. 0487, “Epiphany: Deep, Horrible, Without End” (David, & Boyd Nutting 2-12-94) 00:02-13:02, 19:00-32:00.

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PLATO No. 10486 The Sky Listens

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2025/06/15

New Music by David K. Barton, recorded June 14, 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana. PLATO, No. 0486, “Specters Come in Amity, part 2” (David, & Marian Stetler-Emery 2-4-94) 13:02-26:02, 29:37-45:47.

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PLATO No. 10485 Demins Flee

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2025/06/14

New Music by David K. Barton, recorded June 13, 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana.PLATO, No. 0485, “Specters Come in Amity, part 1” (David, & Marian Stetler-Emery 2-4-94) 00:01-13:01, 13:01-26:01.

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PLATO No. 10484 Undoing the Dark

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2025/06/13

New Music by David K. Barton, recorded June 12, 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana. PLATO, No. 0484, “White Wind Whispers, part 2” (David, Marian Stetler-Emery, & Kathy Kohn 1-22-94) 00:00-13:46, 13:44-27:30:11 both Tr +1.

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PLATO No. 10483 Stirring Universe Particles

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2025/06/12

New Music by David K. Barton, recorded June 11, 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana.PLATO, No. 0483, “White Wind Whispers, part 1” (David, Marian Stetler-Emery, & Kathy Kohn 1-22-94) 00:02-13:02, 19:11-32:11.

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