aworks :: "new" american classical music

aworks playlist :: lala "forecast"

lala has a new feature to create a "forecast" of four selected tracks for streaming. Here's mine:

aworks mix :: the american minimalists

I created a new mix on 8tracks -- the american minimalists. However, I avoided the following, due to reasons of length and/or extremism:

1. Music in Similar Motion. Philip Glass. lala
2. any full version of In C (e.g. the Shanghai Radio Orchestra).  Terry Riley. lala
3. I Was Looking at the Sky and Saw the Ceiling. John Adams. lala
4. Four Organs. Steve Reich. lala
5. Reed Phase. Jon Gibson
6. The Passing Measures. David Lang. last.fm
7. Drumming (Four Tet Remix). Steve Reich. lala
8. Outside the Dream Syndicate Live. Tony Conrad
9. Schlingen-Blängen. Charlemagne Palestine. last.fm clip
10. Trio for Strings. La Monte Young

Hmm, Reich actually had numerous candidates for exclusion. And yes, even I find the music of La Monte Young intimidating at times. Too bad I couldn't find a web stream of it...

aworks mix :: radiohead invades contemporary music

In honor of Thursday's Wordless Music Concert and Friday's Radiohead-led whatchamacallit festival, both in San Francisco, I've created an 8tracks mix -- radiohead invades contemporary music.

Since 8tracks is constrained to be legal, you aren't allowed to know exactly what I've programmed. But the following names could be relevant: John Adams, John Cage, Fred Frith, Jonny Greenwood, Joan Jeanrenaud, Gidon Kremer, Paul Lansky, Arvo Part, Radiohead, Sonic Youth, Edo de Waart, and William Winant

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8tracks legal q&a e.g. An objective of the compulsory license is to ensure that a listener's experience is similar to traditional radio and essentially non-interactive (i.e., you can't hear a specific song when you want it), so as not to substitute for music purchase.

Update: 8tracks may have solved the legal problems but there may still be some operational bugs -- I can't seem to play through the entire mix.

Update #2: It is working now for me.