10-17-26 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center
Greetings!
Many current releases this week with a Phase One focus on the I Heart Noise label's 10th anniversary sampler (Congrats Ilya!) and Joseph Benzola's new single skewing Phase Two primarily towards piano centered pieces.
Listen & Enjoy!
Joel
e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhusl@gmail.com
prior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/
10-17-26 PTE Playlist
Intro
A Shadow Cast - David Granström - Echoes of Impermanence - XKatedral (November 2026, pre-release)
https://davidgranstrom.bandcamp.com/album/echoes-of-impermanence
Deep Water Trawling, Parts 1 & 2 - Matthew Aucoin, composer - Music for New Bodies - DACAMERA Editions (2026)
https://dacameraeditions.bandcamp.com/album/matthew-aucoin-music-for-new-bodies
unrest - EXISTHEMUENS - Synth Aesthetic Imagery - Burnt Seed Records (2026)
https://existhemuens.bandcamp.com/album/synth-aesthetic-imagery
Grammy - Turkish Delight - Start Here - Vol. 1 (IHN 10th anniversary compilation) - I Heart Noise (2026)
https://iheartnoise.bandcamp.com/album/ihn018-start-here-vol-1
Row, Lathe, Halo - The Earthly Frames - Start Here - Vol. 1 (IHN 10th anniversary compilation) - I Heart Noise (2026)
https://iheartnoise.bandcamp.com/album/ihn018-start-here-vol-1
Sun - Electric Jinn - Start Here - Vol. 1 (IHN 10th anniversary compilation) - I Heart Noise (2026)
https://iheartnoise.bandcamp.com/album/ihn018-start-here-vol-1
Permabloom - OD (aka Alex O'Donovan) - Svalr - SITE Series / Driftworks & Audiobulb Records (2026)
https://driftworks.bandcamp.com/album/svalr
no official record - Anti Sucksesss - identity pending - digital self-release (2026)
https://antisucksess.bandcamp.com/album/identity-pending
Phase Two
Motherboard Rare Earths Part 2 - Bit Cloudy - Motherboard Rare Earths (For Krankenhaus 2026) - digital release (2026)
https://bitcloudy.bandcamp.com/album/motherboard-rare-earths-for-krankenhaus-2026
Autumn - Josesph Benzola - digital single (2026)
https://j(Disturbed) Radiance - Janis Mercer, piano / Brian Belet, composer & Kyma - Sufficient Trouble: Compositions for Computer, Live Instruments & Voice - Ravello Records (2017) https://www.ravellorecords.com/catalog/rr7969/osephbenzola.bandcamp.com/track/autumn
Toccata for Violin & Player Piano - Mia Wu, violin / Conlon Nancarrow, composer - Conlon Nancarrow: Orchestra, Chamber & Piano Music - Naxos (2005)
https://www.naxos.com/CatalogueDetail/?id=8.559196
(Disturbed) Radiance - Janis Mercer, piano / Brian Belet, composer & Kyma - Sufficient Trouble: Compositions for Computer, Live Instruments & Voice - Ravello Records (2017)
https://www.ravellorecords.com/catalog/rr7969/
Twelve Mosaics, for piano: Promenade / Merrythought / Chromatic Waltz / Musette / Pattern in Color / Quiet Invention / Undercurrent / Thirds on the Run / Minute March / Pensive Lullaby / Brief Ballad / Restless Theme - John Noel Roberts, piano / composer: Alec Wilder - Alec Wilder: Music for Piano - Albany Records (2011)
https://www.albanyrecords.com/catalog/troy1294/
Battle For Britain / Loneliest Guy / Disco King - Mike Garson - The Bowie Variations for Piano - Reference Recordings (2011)
https://www.mikegarson.com/discography/the-bowie-variations-mike-garson/
16 Oct 2026
10-3-26 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center
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
26 Sept 2026
9-26-26 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center
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/
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