The Hear and Now, for March 14, 2013 - 10:00pm
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The Hear and Now with guests Connie Field and Greg Scharpen on Don BuchlaSynthesizer inventor Don Buchla is the subject of a film-in-progress by Connie Field ("Have You Heard from Johannesburg," "The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter") and Greg Scharpen. They'll talk with Derk Richardson about the project and its Kickstarter funding campaign, and play music made on Buchla's pioneering instruments (including pieces by Morton Subotnick and others).
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Playlist for this Program:
| Artist | Song | Album | Label |
| Show Start | Interview with filmmakers Connie Field and Greg Scharpen about Don Buchla | in the KPFA studio | |
| Morton Subotnickd | Silver Apples of the Moon, part 1 | OHM+ The Early Gurus of Electronic Music : 1948-1980 | Ellipsis Arts |
| Talk | Interview with Connie Field and Greg Scharpen | ||
| Bob Ostertag | Motormouth | Etudes for the 200e: A Compilation of Pieces by Users of the Buchla 200e | Buchla and Associates |
| Talk | |||
| Nicole Mitchell | Awakening | Awakening | Delmark |
| Talk | |||
| Roscoe Mitchell and the Note Factory | The Inside of a Star | Song for my Sister | Pi Recordings |
| Talk | |||
| The Who | Pure and Easy | Who's Next | MCA |
| Richard Thompson | Straight and Narrow | Electric | New West |
| The Meters | Look-Ka-Py-Py | The Very Best of the Meters | Rhino |
| Van Dyke Parks | FDR in Trinidad | Discover America | Warner Bros |
| Talk | |||
| Stephen Stills | Black Queen | Carry On | Rhino |
| Stephen Stills and Jimi Hendrix | No-Name Jam | Carry On | Rhino |
| Jimi Hendrix | Hear My Train A Comin' | People, Hell and Angels | Legacy / Experience Hendrix |
| Ten Years After | As the Sun Still Burns Away | Cricklewood Green | EMI |
| Talk | |||
| Roy Buchanan | The Messiah Will Come Again | Sweet Dreams: The Anthology | Polydor |
| Stomu Yamashta, Steve Winwood et al. | Crossing the Line | Go | Hip-O Select |
| Talk |
Comments
This is a fantastic project to document Buchla's importance to the future of creative music. However there should be many more important people recognized who have contributed to the development and recognition of the Buchla instruments. To name one person who is so far not mentioned, David Rosenboom, Dean of CalArts. To name an institution that helped developmentally, Northern Illinois University.
Much more research should be done before this documentary is completed and so far it is CA exclusive.