Rhythm and Noise:
The Avant-Garde and Popular Music

An Exploration of the Fringes of Popular Music

Profs. Clayton J. Whisnant 
and David M. Whisnant

 

Life and being alive and excitement and sex are full of noise. Death is quiet.        

          -- Alec Empire (Atari Teenage Riot)
  • Meeting Times: 10:00-12:00, 1:30-3:30
     
  • Meeting Place:

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I am frightened of old ones.

                                           -- John Cage


2006 Schedule

Jan 3 Early Modernism in Classical Music Jan 17 Postpunk and Early Industrial
Jan 4 Early Experimental and Electronic Music Jan 18 Noise Rock from the 1980s American Underground
Jan 5 Electronic Music and Early Rock 'n' Roll Jan 19 1980s New Wave
Jan 6 John Cage Jan 20 The Art of DJing and the Impact of Sampling: Postmodernism in Music
Jan 9 Modern Jazz: Modal, Free and Electric Jan 23 1980s House and Techno
Jan 10 Pop Music and Conceptualism in the Sixties Jan 24 Rave Culture I: The Rave Explosion
Jan 11 Early Art Rock and Prog Rock Jan 25 Rave Culture II: Electronica Evolves
Jan 12 Minimalism Jan 26 Industrial and Its Offshoots
Jan 13 Brian Eno and Krautrock Jan 27 Postrock
Jan 16 Punk, Early New Wave and No Wave    
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Week 1

Tuesday, Jan 3  2006

   

 Early Modernism in Classical Music Return to Schedule Menu
Listening:
  • Anton Webern: "Concerto for 9 Instruments (Op. 24)"
1934
Reading:
  • "Music Theory: An Introduction"
  • Modris Eksteins, "Paris" from Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age.
  • Allan Janik and Stephen Toulmin, "Culture and Critique: Social Criticism and the Limits of Artistic Expression," from Wittgenstein's Vienna
Morning: Discussion:
  • Early Modernism in Classical Music
Afternoon: Video
  • "The Glenn Gould Collection," Glenn Gould on Shoenberg and Webern

 

Wednesday, Jan 4  2006  

 

 Early Experimental and Electronic Music of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s

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Listening:

Early Electronic Music

  • Leon Theramin: "Valse Sentimentale" (played by Clara Rockmore) from Ohm: Early Gurus of Electronic Music
1977
  • Olivier Messiaen: "Oraison" from Ohm: Early Gurus of Electronic Music
 1937

Experimental Music

  • Harry Partch: Delusion of the Fury
 1969
 
  • Henry Brant: "Kingdom Come" from Kingdom Come/Machinations
1970
  • Ben Johnston: "String Quartet Nr. 4" from Kronos Quartet, Released: 1985-1995
 1973
Reading:  

 

Morning: Discussion

          Early Electronic Music & Experimentalism of the 1930s and 1940s

 

 Afternoon:
  • "Theramin: An Electronic Odyssey"
Thursday, Jan 5   2006

 

 Electronic Music and Early Rock n' Roll    

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Listening:

Electronic Music

  • Pierre Schaeffer: "Etude aux Chemins de Fer" from Ohm: Early Gurus of Electronic Music
1948
  • Otto Luening: "Low Speed" from Ohm: Early Gurus of Electronic Music
1952
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen: Gesang der Jünglinge
 1955-56
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen: Selection from Kontakte
1959-60

Early Rock 'n' Roll

  • Jo Stafford: "You Belong to Me" 
1954
  • Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats: "Rocket 88"  
1951
  • Elvis Presley: "That's All Right Mama"  
1954
  • Little Richard: "Good Golly, Miss Molly" 
1957
  • Jerry Lee Lewis: "Whole Lotta' Shakin' Goin' On"
1957
  • Chuck Berry: "Johnny B. Goode"
1957
  • The Flamingos: "I Only Have Eyes For You"
1959
Reading:

Electronic Music

 

Early Rock 'n' Roll

 

Morning: Discussion
  • Electronic Music of the 1950s and 1960s
 Afternoon: Discussion
  •  Pop Music in America in the 1950s

 

Friday, Jan 6  2006 

 

 John Cage and Experimental Music

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Listening:
  • John Cage: "Imaginary Landscape No. 3"
    (performed by the Amadinda Percussion Group)
1942
  • John Cage: Sonatas Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 from Sonatas & Interludes for Prepared Piano (performed by Marcus Hintermeyer)
1946-48
  • John Cage: Williams Mix from Wire 20 Years: 1982-2002
1952
  • Announcer: Performance Introduction to Variations IV
 1965
  • John Cage and David Tudor: Selection from Variations IV
 1965
Reading:

 

Morning: Discussion
  • John Cage and Experimental Music
 Afternoon: Video
  • "John Cage: I Have Nothing To Say and I Am Saying It"

 

Week 2

Monday, Jan 9   2006

 

 Modern Jazz: Modal, Free & Electric

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Listening:
 
  • Miles Davis: "So What" from Kind of Blue
1959
  • Ornette Coleman: "Lonely Woman" from The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959)
1959
  • John Coltrane: "My Favorite Things" from Live at the Village Vanguard Again!
1966
  • Cecil Taylor: "Enter Evening" from Unit Structures
1966
  • Miles Davis: Excerpt from "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down"  from Bitches Brew
1969
  • The Art Ensemble of Chicago: "Illistrum" from Fanfare for the Warriors
1973
  • Spring Heel Jack/The Blue Series Continuum: "Salt" from Masses
2001
Reading:
  • Reading & Listening Guide: Modern Jazz
  • "Music Theory: An Introduction"
  • Grover Sales, "The Age of Self-Conscious Innovation" from Jazz: America's Classical Music
  • Grover Sales,"Ornette Coleman: The New Bird" from Jazz: America's Classical Music
  • Ornette Coleman. "Change of the Century." Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music. Ed. Christopher Cox and Daniel Warner. pp 253-254.
  • Bill Martin, Avant Rock, pp. 45 - 60

 

 

Morning: Discussion
  • Modern Jazz: Modal, Free and Electric
Afternoon: Video
  • "The World According to Coltrane"

 

Tuesday, Jan 10   2006

 

 Pop Music and Conceptualism in the Sixties

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Listening:

Rock & Soul Music

  • The Beatles: "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
1963
  • Bob Dylan: "Like a Rolling Stone"
1965
  • The Rolling Stones: "Satisfaction"
1965
  • The Temptations: "The Way You Do The Things You Do"
1964
  • The Kingsmen: "Louie Louie"
1963
  • The Beach Boys: "Good Vibrations"
1967
  • Jefferson Airplane: "White Rabbit"
1967
  • Jimi Hendrix: "Star-Spangled Banner"
1969
  • Otis Redding: "Respect"
1967

Conceptual Music

  • George Maciunas: "Piano Piece #13 For Nam June Paik (Carpenter's Piece)" from Goodbye 20th Century (performed by Sonic Youth)
1962
  • Pauline Oliveros: Bye-Bye Butterfly from Ohm: Early Gurus of Electronic Music
1965
  • Steve Reich: "Pendulum Music" from Goodbye 20th Century (performed by Sonic Youth)
1968
  • La Monte Young: Excerpt from Drift Study from Ohm: Early Gurus of Electronic Music
1969
  • Yoko Ono: "Why" from Plastic Ono Band
1970
  • Yoko Ono: "Why Not" from Plastic One Band
1970
  • Yoko Ono: "Don't Worry, Kyoko" from Fly
1971
  • Robert Ashley: Excerpt from "Automatic Writing" from Ohm: Early Gurus of Electronic Music
1979
Reading:

Rock & Soul Music

 

 

 

Conceptualism

Morning: Discussion
  • Conceptualism
Afternoon: Discussion
  • Pop Music in the 1960s

 

Wednesday, Jan 11   2006

 

 Early Art Rock and Prog Rock

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Listening:
  • The Beatles: "Tomorrow Never Knows" from Revolver
1966
  • The Velvet Underground: "Heroin" from The Velvet Underground & Nico
1967
  • The Velvet Underground: "I'm Waiting for the Man" from The Velvet Underground & Nico
1967
  • The Velvet Underground: "Venus in Furs" from The Velvet Underground & Nico
1967
  • Frank Zappa: "Trouble Every Day" from Freak Out!
1966
  • Frank Zappa: "Flower Punk" from We're Only in It for the Money
1968
  • Frank Zappa: "The Chrome Plated Megaphone of Destiny" from We're Only in It for the Money
1968
  • Jefferson Airplane, "Cushinagoro " from Crown of Creation
1967
  • Captain Beefheart: "Dachau Blues" from Trout Mask Replica
1969
  • Pink Floyd: "Brain Damage" from Dark Side of the Moon
1973
  • Yes: "Roundabout" from Fragile
1972

 

Reading:

 

Morning: Discussion
  • Early Art Rock & Prog Rock
Afternoon: Video
  • "Moog"

 

Thursday, Jan 12   2006

 

 Minimalism

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Listening:
  • Terry Riley: In C  (performed by Bang on a Can)
1964
  • Steve Reich: "Different Trains" from Kronos Quartet, Released: 1985-1995
1988
  • Philip Glass: "String Quartet No. 5, Mvmt III" from Kronos Quartet Released: 1985-1995
1991
Reading:
  • Reading & Listening Guide: Minimalism
  • Terry Riley, "In C: Performing Directions"
  • Kyle Gann. "Thankless Attempts at a Definition of Minimalism." Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music. Ed. Christopher Cox and Daniel Warner. pp 299-303.
  • Tony Conrad. "LYssophobia: On Four Violins." Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music. Ed. Christopher Cox and Daniel Warner. pp 313-318.
  • Mark Prendergast, The Ambient Century, pp. 91-115, 132-141.
  • Susan McClary. "Rap, Minimalism, and Structures of Time in Late Twentieth-Century Culture." Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music. Ed. Christopher Cox and Daniel Warner. pp 289-298.
Morning: Discussion
  • Minimalism
Afternoon: Video
  • "Koyaanisqatsi"

 

Friday, Jan 13   2006

 

 Brian Eno and Krautrock

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Listening:
 
  • Roxy Music: "The Bogus Man" from For Your Pleasure
1973
  • Brian Eno: "In Dark Trees" from Another Green World
1975
  • Tangerine Dream: Excerpt from "Nebulous Dawn" from Zeit
1972
  • Neu!: "Fur Immer" from Neu! 2
1973
  • Can: "Soup" from Ege Bamyasi
1972
  • Kraftwerk: "Trans-Europe Express" from Trans-Europe Express
1977
  • David Bowie: "Subterraneans" from Low
1977
  • David Bowie: "Heroes" from Heroes
1977
  • Philip Glass: "Subterraneans" from "Low" Symphony
1992
Reading:
  • Reading & Listening Guide: Brian Eno and Krautrock
  • Brian Eno. "Ambient Music." Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music. Ed. Christopher Cox and Daniel Warner. pp 94-97.
  • Mark Prendergast, The Ambient Century, pp. 115-132.
  • Simon Reynolds, "Krautrock," in Modulations, Ch. 2 (ed. Peter Shapiro)

 

Morning: Discussion
  • Brian Eno and Krautrock
Afternoon:
  • PBS History of Rock 'n Roll, Vol. 7: "The Wild Side"

 

Week 3

Monday, Jan 16   2006

 

 Punk, Early New Wave, and No Wave

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Listening:
 

New York Punk & New Wave

  • Television: "Marquee Moon" from Marquee Moon
1977
  • Pere Ubu: "Street Waves" from The Modern Dance
 1978
  • Ramones: "Judy is Punk" from The Ramones
1976
  • Talking Heads: "Psycho-Killer" from Talking Heads: 77
1977

British Punk

  • Sex Pistols: "God Save the Queen" from Never Mind the Bullocks
1977
  • X-Ray Spex: "Germ Free Adolescence" from Germ Free Adolescence
1978
  • Wire: "I Am the Fly" from Chairs Missing
1979

New York No Wave

  • Teenage Jesus and the Jerks: "The Closet" from No New York 
1979
  • Mars: "11,000 Volts" from Wire 20 Years: 1982-2002
1977
  • Diamanda Galas: "Insane Asylum" from Malediction and
    Prayer
1998
  • PJ Harvey: "Sheela-Na-Gig" from Dry
 1992
Reading:
Morning: Discussion
  • Punk, Early New Wave, and No Wave
Afternoon: Video
  • "The Filth and the Fury"
Tuesday, Jan 17   2006

 

 Postpunk and Early Industrial

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Listening:
 
  • Throbbing Gristle: "Hamburger Lady" from Greatest Hits
1978
  • Throbbing Gristle: "Subhuman" from Greatest Hits
1980
  • Cabaret Voltaire: "Nag, Nag, Nag" from The Living Legends
1978
  • Suicide: "Frankie Teardrop" from Suicide I
1977
  • Devo: "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" from Q: Are We Not Me? A: We Are Devo!
1978
  • Joy Division: "Shadowplay" from Unknown Pleasures
1979
  • Public Image Limited: "Swan Lake" from Metal Box
1979
  • Einstürzende Neubauten: "Yü Gung" from Halber Mensch
1985
  • Einstürzende Neubauten: "Halber Mensch" from Halber Mensch
1985
  • Einstürzende Neubauten: "Prolog" from Haus der Luege
1989
  • Nick Cave & the Badseeds: "The Mercy Seat" from Tender Prey
1988

 

 Reading:
  • Reading & Listening Guide: Post-Punk and Early Industrial
  • "Music and Its Others: Noise, Sound, Silence." Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music. Ed. Christopher Cox and Daniel Warner. pp 5-6.
  • Luigi Russolo. "The Art of Noises: Futurist Manifesto." Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music. Ed. Christopher Cox and Daniel Warner. pp 10-14.
  • Hanns Eisler and Theodor Adorno. "The Politics of Hearing." Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music. Ed. Christopher Cox and Daniel Warner. pp 73-75.
  • Peter Shapiro, "Post-Punk," in Modulations, Ch. 4 (ed. Peter Shapiro)
  • Mary Russo and Daniel Warner, "Rough Music, Futurism, and Postpunk Industrial Noise Bands," Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music. Ed. Christopher Cox and Daniel Warner. pp 47-54.

 

 

Morning: Discussion
  • Postpunk and Early Industrial
Afternoon: 
  • Einstürzende Neubauten: "Liebeslieder"
Wednesday, Jan 18  2006

 

 Noise Rock from the 1980s American Underground

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Listening:
  • Butthole Surfers: "Graveyard" from Locust Abortion
    Technician
1987
  • Glen Branca: Second Movement from Symphony No. 10 (The Horror)
1994
  • Sonic Youth: "Teen Age Riot" from Daydream Nation
1988
  • Sonic Youth: "Candle" from Daydream Nation
1988
  • The Cows: "The Woman Inside " from Cunning Stunts
1991
  • Big Black: "Kerosene" from Atomizer
1986
  • The Jesus & Mary Chain: "It's So Hard" from Psychocandy
1985
  • Dinosaur Jr.: "Little Fury Things" from You're Living All Over Me
1987
  • Pussy Galore: "Wretch" from Right Now
1987
  • Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: "Wail" from Now I Got Worry
1996
  • Merzbow: "Cannibalism of Machine" from Tauromachine
 1995


 

Reading:
  • Reading & Listening Guide: Noise Rock from the 1980s American Underground
  • Michael Azerrad, Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991, Ch. 7, 8
  • Kyle Gann, American Music in the Twentieth Century, "Glenn Branca," pp. 301-304
  • Chard Hensley. "The Beauty of Noise: An Interview with Masami Akita of Merzbow," Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music. Ed. Christopher Cox and Daniel Warner. pp 59-61
  • Bill Martin, Avant Rock, pp. 153 - 162

 

Morning: Discussion
  • Noise Rock from the 1980s American Underground
Afternoon:
  • no plans

 

Thursday, Jan 19   2006

 

 1980s New Wave

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Listening:

Synth Pop
 

  • Gary Newman: "Metal" from The Pleasure Principle
1979
  • Human League: "Don't You Want Me" from Dare
1981
  • Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark: "Electricity" from OMD
1980
  • Devo: "Whip It" from Freedom of Choice
1980
  • New Order: "Blue Monday" from Power, Corruption & Lies
1983
  • Eurythmics: "Sweet Dreams" from Sweat Dreams (Are Made of This)
1983
  • Depeche Mode:  "Blasphemous Rumours" from Some Great Reward
 1984

Atmospheric New Wave

  • Talking Heads: "Once In a Lifetime" from Remain in the Light
1980
  • Cocteau Twins: "Ivo" from Treasure
1984
  • Cocteau Twins: "Lorelei" from Treasure
1984
  • U2: "4th of July" from The Unforgettable Fire
1984
  • U2: "Bad" from The Unforgettable Fire
1984
  • My Bloody Valentine: "Sometimes" from Loveless
1991
  • Lush: "Nothing Natural" from Spooky
1992
Reading:

 

Morning: Discussion
  • 1980s New Wave
Afternoon: Video
  • "PBS History or Rock 'n' Roll, Vol 9: "Punk"
Friday, Jan 20   2006

 

 The Art of DJing and the Impact of Sampling: Postmodernism in Music

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Listening:
 

Dub

  • Lee "Scratch" Perry: "Vamp a Dub" from Real I Dub
    Organizer
1975
  • Vivian Jackson & King Tubby: "Tubby's Vengeance"
1977

Disco

  • Donna Summer: "I Feel Love"
1977

Hip-Hop

  • The Sugar Hill Gang: "Rapper's Delight"
1979
  • Afrika Bambaataa: "Planet Rock"
1982
  • Run-D.M.C.: "Walk this Way" from Raising Hell
1986
  • Public Enemy: "Bring the Noise" from It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
1988
  • Public Enemy: "She Watch Channel Zero" from It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
1988

Music Collage

  • The Art of Noise: "Close (to the Edit)" from (Who's Afraid of?) The Art of Noise!
1984
  • Christian Marclay, "Jukebox Capriccio" from Wire 20 Years: 1982-2002
1985
  • Negativland: "Stress in Marriage" from Escape from Noise
1987
  • Jesus Jones: "Info Freako" from Liquidizer
1989
  • DJ Shadow: "The Number Song" from Endtroducing
1996

 

 Reading:
  • Reading & Listening Guide: The Art of DJing and the Impact of Sampling
  • "DJ Culture." Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music. Ed. Christopher Cox and Daniel Warner. pp 329-330.
  • David Toop. "Replicant: on Dub." Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music. Ed. Christopher Cox and Daniel Warner. pp 355-357.
  • Brewster and Broughton, "Love is the Message" from Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
  • David Toop, "Hip-Hop," in Modulations, Ch. 6 (ed. Peter Shapiro)
  • "Music in the Age of Electronic (Re)production." Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music. Ed. Christopher Cox and Daniel Warner. pp. 113-114
  • Chris Cutler. "Plunderphonia." Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music. Ed. Christopher Cox and Daniel Warner. pp. 138-156
  • Christian Marclay and Yasunao Tone. "Record, CD, Analog, Digital." Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music. Ed. Christopher Cox and Daniel Warner. pp 341-347.

 

 

Morning: Discussion
  • The Art of DJing and the Impact of Sampling: Postmodernism in Music
Afternoon:
  • PBS History or Rock 'n' Roll, Vol 10.: "The Perfect Beat"

 

Week 4

Monday, Jan 23   2006

 

 1980s House and Techno

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Listening:

Traditional Chicago House

  • Farley "Jackmaster" Funk: "Love Can't Turn You Around"
1986
  • Boris Badenough: "What's Up Rocky"
1988

Acid House

  • Armando: "Land of Confusion"
1988
  • DJ Pierre: "Box Energy"
1985

Detroit Techno

  • Model 500: "No UFOs" from Juan Atkins: Wax Trax! Mastermix
1985
  • Rhythim is Rhythim: "Nude Photo" from Juan Atkins: Wax Trax! Mastermix
1986
  • Number of Names: "Sharevari" from Juan Atkins: Wax Trax! Mastermix
1981

House Goes Mainstream

  • M/A/R/R/S: "Pump up the Volume"
1987
  • Technotronic: "Pump of the Jam" from Pump up the Jam
1989
  • New Order: "Fine Time" from Technique
1989
  • Pet Shop Boys: "So Hard" from Behavior
1990
  • Snap: "Rhythm is a Dancer"
1990


 

 Reading:
  • Reading & Listening Guide: 1980s House and Techno
  • Simon Reynolds, "A Tale of Three Cities" from Generation Ecstasy
  • Matthew Collin, "Summer of Love" from Altered State
  • Philip Sherbourne. "Digital Discipline: Minimalism in House and Techno." Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music. Ed. Christopher Cox and Daniel Warner. pp 319-326.

 

Morning: Discussion
  • 80's House and Techno
 Afternoon: Video
  • "Modulations: Cinema for the Ear"
Tuesday, Jan 24   2006

 

 Rave Culture I: The Rave Explosion 

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Listening:

Madchester Rave-Rock

  • The Happy Monday: "Stayin' Alive"
1991
  • The Stone Roses: "She Bangs the Drum" from The Stone Roses
1989

British Techno

  • LFO: " LFO" 
1990
  • Nightmares on Wax: "Aftermath"
1990
  • Orbital: "Time Becomes" from Orbital 2
1992
  • Orbital: "P.E.T.R.O.L." from In Sides
1996

Hardcore Techno/Rave Music

  • Praga Khan: "Injected with a Poison"
 1991
  • Lords of Acid: "Take Control" from Lust
1991
  • Prodigy: "Break & Enter" from Music for the Jilted Generation
1995

Ambient & IDM

  • Orb: "Little Fluffy Clouds" from The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Underworld
1991
  • Aphex Twin: "Xtal" from  Selected Ambient Works 85-92
1993
  • Autechre: "Dael" from Tri Repetae++
1995
  • Fennesz: "Don't Talk" (1998) from Wire 20 Years: 1982-2002
1998


 

 Reading:

 

Morning: Discussion
  • Rave Culture I: Pop House, Madchester, Hardcore, Techno and Ambient
Afternoon: Video
  • "24 Hour Party People"
Wednesday, Jan 25   2006

 

 Rave Culture II: Electronica Evolves

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Listening:

Trip-Hop & Downtempo

  • Massive Attack: "Five Man Army" from Blue Lines
1991
  • Tricky: "Overcome" from Maxinquaye
1995

Jungle & Drum 'n' Bass

  • Goldie: "Timeless" from Timeless
1995
  • Photek: "Smoke Rings" from Modus Operandi
1997
  • Aphex Twin: "4" from The Richard D. James Album
1996

Progressive House

  • Underworld: "Cowgirl" from Underworld: 1992 - 2002
 1993
  • Underworld: "Born Slippy" from Underworld: 1992 - 2002
 1995
  • Underworld: "Pearls Girl" from Underworld: 1992 - 2003
 1996
  • Leftfield: "Afro-Left" from Leftism
 1995

Trance

  • Dream Traveler: "Time" from Paul Oakenfold's Tranceport
1998
  • Paul van Dyke: "Traveling" from Out There and Back
2000

Big Beat & Pop Electronica

  • Chemical Brothers: "Setting Sun" from Dig Your Own Hole
1997
  • Fat Boy Slim: "The Rockfeller Skank" from You've Come a Long Way, Baby
1998
  • Moby: "Find My Baby" from Play
1999
Reading:

 

 

Morning: Discussion
  • Rave Culture II: Trip Hop, Downtempo, Drum & Bass, Progressive House, Trance, and Big Beat
 Afternoon: Video
  • "Groove"
Thursday, Jan 26   2006

 

 Industrial and Its Offshoots

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Listening:
 
  • Skinny Puppy: "VX Gas Attack" from VIVIsect VI
1988
  • Skinny Puppy: "Worlock" from Rabies
1989
  • Front 242: "Headhunter V3.0"
1988
  • Ministry: "Thieves" from The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste
1989
  • Nine Inch Nails: "Head Like a Hole" from Pretty Hate Machine
1989
  • Nine Inch Nails: "Down In It" from Pretty Hate Machine
1989
  • Napalm Death: "Malicious Intent" from Harmony Corruption
1990
  • Godflesh: "Christbait Rising" from Streetcleaner
1990
  • John Zorn: "Reanimator" from Naked City
1989
  • White Zombie: "Electrichead, pt. 1" from Astro Creep: 2000 -- Songs of Love, Destruction
1995
  • Marilyn Manson: "The Beautiful People" from Antichrist Superstar
1996


 

Reading:

 

 

Morning: Discussion
  • Industrial and Its Offshoots
 Afternoon: Video
  • No plans
Friday, Jan 27   2006

 

 Postrock

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Listening:
  • Slint: "Washer" from Spiderland
1991
  • Stereolab: "Jenny Ondioline" from Transient Random Noise Bursts with Announcements
1993
  • Tortoise: "Djed" from Millions Now Living Will Never Die
1996
  • Mogwai: "Katrien" from Young Team
 1997
  • Cul de Sac: "K" from Crashes to Light
1999
  • Godspeed You Black Emperor: "Static" from Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven!
2000
  • Sigur Ros: Track 1 from ( )
 2002


 

Reading:
Morning: Discussion
  • Postrock
 Afternoon:
  • No plans