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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. 10363 Miniature Disaster

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2025/04/03

New Music by David K. Barton, recorded April 2, 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana. PLATO, No. 0363, “Tiny Apocalypses part 1” (David, & Boyd Nutting 5-31-92) 00:03- 13:03, 32:48-45:48.

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PLATO No. 10362 Lament, Heard in Ocean's Foam

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2025/04/02

New Music by David K. Barton, recorded April 1, 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana. PLATO, No. 1326, “Ariadne Abandoned” (David, Boyd Nutting, & Jack Gober 10-17-04) 00:04-13:04, 51:40-64:40.

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PLATO No. 10359 In the Ocean of Self

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2025/04/01

Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton & Boyd Nutting, recorded March 31, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: M3 Percussion, R3; PLATO, No. 6614, “Dawn Moonrise” (David, solo, 4-1-19) 13:00-26:00. Boyd: LIVE Loops+Electronics—›Processors; PLATO, No. 1059, “B-Field Ear, part 1” (David, Boyd, & Scott Hatt 5-13-00) 13:00-26:00, 20:00-33:00.

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PLATO No. 10360 In the Kitchen of Love

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2025/04/01

Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton & Boyd Nutting, recorded March 31, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: PLATO, No. 6615, “Fragmentary Juxtapositions” (David, solo, 4-2-19) 00:00-13:00. Boyd: Electronics—›Processors; PLATO, No. 0160, “Light of Other Suns” (David, Boyd, & Kurt Boesinger 8-24-89) 13:00-26:00, 16:00-29:00.

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PLATO No. 10357 Souls Become Empty

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2025/04/01

Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton & Boyd Nutting, recorded March 31, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: Kybd—›LIVE Synths; PLATO, No. 6613, “Automatic Writing” (David, solo, 3-31-19) 13:00-26:00. Boyd: LIVE Loops+Electronics—›Processors; PLATO, No. 1753, “Ramifications of Mechanical Desire” (David & Boyd, MIMF XIX, No. 1, 5-29-09) 08:00-21:00.

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PLATO No. 10361 In the Forest of Lions

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2025/04/01

Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton & Boyd Nutting, recorded March 31, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: M3 Percussion, R3; PLATO, No. 6615, “Fragmentary Juxtapositions” (David, solo, 4-2-19) 00:00-13:00. Boyd: Electronics—›Processors; PLATO, No. 0113, “Peloria” (David, Boyd, Evie Barton, & Phil Ray 1-29-89) 13:00-26:00, 17:00-30:00.

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PLATO No. 10358 Hands Create Artifice

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2025/04/01

Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton & Boyd Nutting, recorded March 31, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: Planet Earth Toke Set; PLATO, No. 6614, “Dawn Moonrise” (David, solo, 4-1-19) 00:00-13:00. Boyd: Electronics; PLATO, No. 0183, “This Hollowed Ground” (David, Boyd, Evie Barton & Phil Ray 1-20-90) 13:00-26:00, 17:00-30:00.

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PLATO No. 10356 Hearts Dance

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2025/04/01

Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton & Boyd Nutting, recorded March 31, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: Kybd—›Synths; PLATO, No. 6613, “Automatic Writing” (David, solo, 3-31-19) 00:00-13:00. Boyd: LIVE Loops+Electronics—›Processors; PLATO, No. 0361, “The Middle Pillar” (David & Boyd 5-3-92) 00:00-13:00, 32:00-45:00.

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PLATO No. 10355 Stillness,aiff

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2025/03/31

New Music by David K. Barton, recorded March 28, 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana. PLATO, No. 6612, “Quiet Nowhere” (David, solo, 3-30-19) 00:00-13:00, 13:00-26:00.

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PLATO No. 10354 Spiritual Clothing

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2025/03/30

New Music by David K. Barton, recorded March 29, 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana. PLATO, No. 1345, “Wistful Thinking” (David, & Boyd Nutting 1-28-05) 00:03-13:03, 63:25-76:25.

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PLATO No. 10353 Closed Doorways

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2025/03/29

New Music by David K. Barton, recorded March 28, 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana. PLATO, No. 6610, “Gates & Latches” (David, solo, 3-28-19) 00:00-13:00, 13:00-26:00.

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PLATO No. 10352 Beyond Seeking

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2025/03/28

New Music by David K. Barton, recorded March 27, 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana. PLATO, No. 1352, “Hubris of Spirit” (David, & Boyd Nutting 2-24-05) 00:06-13:06, 61:30-74:30.

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PLATO No. 10351 Window Shopping

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2025/03/27

New Music by David K. Barton, recorded March 26, 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana. PLATO, No. 1510, “New Advent Rhapsody” (David, & Boyd Nutting 12-19-06) 00:08-13:08, 55:50-68:50.

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PLATO No. 10350 Stellar Flight

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2025/03/26

New Music by David K. Barton, recorded March 24, 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana. PLATO, No. 1305b, “Red Shift Music, part 2” (David, Jeff Theume, & Jae-Sun Lee, violin 4-23-04) 00:12-13:12, 21:55-34:55.

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PLATO No. 10344 Ignoring Sensible Advice

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2025/03/25

Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton, Boyd Nutting, & Eric Lester, recorded March 24, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: PLATO, No. 0344, “Synaidon part 1” (David, & Alan de Somer, sitar 2-8-92) 04:00-15:56; No. 0414, “Cosmic String” (David, Evie Barton, & David Harding, viola 4-24-93) 23:42-35:38; No. 1443, “Deflective Reconstruction” (David, solo, Spurious Fugitive Gallery, 5-5-06); No. 3249, “cathartipult” (Boyd, solo, 3-24-15); No. 3250, “brearthwork” (Boyd, solo, 3-24-15)-Looped

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PLATO No. 10346 Cotton in Our Ears

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2025/03/25

Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton, Boyd Nutting, & Eric Lester, recorded March 24, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: Voice+Recorder; PLATO, No. 0416, “Blossomtime Parade” (David & Boyd 5-3-93) 33:34-40:06; 1643, “Undercurrents 3” (David, solo, Spurious Fugitive Gallery 7-11-08) 01:15-07:47; No. 3249, “cathartipult” (Boyd, solo, 3-24-15); No. 3251, “Edge Manifesto” (Boyd, solo, 3-24-15)-Looped;. Boyd: Loops; Guitar—›Processors; No. 0416, “Blossomtime Parade”: 13:00- 26:00; 19:00-32:00

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PLATO No. 10348 Unstuck Music

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2025/03/25

Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton & Boyd Nutting recorded March 24, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: Kybd—›Synths; PLATO, No. 0481, “Leviathan in the Kingdom part 1” (David & Boyd 1-16-94) 10:11-23:07; No. 1804, “Stone Flower Ritual 2” (David & Boyd 9-12-09) 01:03-12:59; No. 3249, “cathartipult” (Boyd, solo, 3-24-15); No. 3250, “brearth-work” (Boyd, solo, 3-24-15)-Looped; No. 3251, “Edge Manifesto” (Boyd, solo, 3-24-15)-Looped. Boyd: Electronics—›Processors; No. 0381, “Eumenides III”

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PLATO No. 10349 The Taste of Silence

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2025/03/25

Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton, Boyd Nutting, & Eric Lester, recorded March 24, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: Kybd+Synths; PLATO, No. 1094, “Laboratorium XI: Celestial Influx or Wind” (David, Boyd, Evie Barton & Jon Yazell 1-20-01) 17:42-30:38; No. 1904, “Transmuting Dark Energy” (David, Boyd, & Zander (cat) 3-17-10) 07:46-13:48-Looped; No. 3250, “brearthwork” (Boyd, solo, 3-24-15)-Looped; No. 3251, “Edge Manifesto” (Boyd, solo, 3-24-15)-Looped; No. 3252, “Channeling Cletus”

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PLATO No. 10345 Untying Culture Knots

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2025/03/25

Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton, Boyd Nutting, & Eric Lester, recorded March 24, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: PLATO, No. 1254a, “Treasure Island, part 1” (David & Boyd 3-3-05); No. 1543, “Blacksburg Requiem” (David, Marie Fryar, Wei Chin, & Valerie Rumpf 3-23-07) 00:02-12:58; No. 3251, “Edge Manifesto” (Boyd, solo, 3-24-15)-Looped; No. 3252, “Channeling Cletus” (Boyd, & Julie Soales, guitar 3-24-15). Boyd: Loops; Electronics—›Proces-sors; No. 0154b, “NOH TV Strange Tides on Bull

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PLATO No. 10347 Packages of Emptiness

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2025/03/25

Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton, Boyd Nutting, & Eric Lester, recorded March 24, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: Voice+M3 Drums+Oscillot voices; PLATO, No. 0471, “Luminous Air part 1” (David, Kathy Kohn & Marian Stetler-Emery 12-3-93) 26:52-39:48; No. 1704, “Tickling the Edge” (David & Boyd 2-18-09) 18:38-32:32; No. 3250, “brearthwork” (Boyd, solo, 3-24-15)-Looped; No. 3252, “Channeling Cletus” (Boyd, & Julie Soales, guitar 3-24-15). Boyd: Loops; Guitar—›Processors; No. 1074, “The

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