A Different Nature

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Every Monday from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM.

Sustained Explorations of New, Experimental Music and Sonic Art

A Different Nature Mission Statement: A Sustained Explorations of New, Experimental Music and Sonic Art
A Different Nature is a curatorial program of genre-defying avant garde music and spoken word that champions historic and modern sound art and spotlights, new, emergent experimental music and audio art generally not heard anywhere else.
The program's format provides the space for deep listening to pieces not confined to pop song lengths and shows are generally focused on an artist, school of music or discipline, record label or art movement.

 A Different Nature is a collaborative effort of the ADN Collective, who each curate a show every week on an informal rotating basis, or a group show,     depending on the subject at hand.

A Different Nature was founded in the late Seventies by Richard Francis, who fearlessly championed new music and the unheard Avant Garde. His programs went into exhaustive detail on individual artists, labels and musical disciplines. He also spearheaded many important events on the air, such as the 2001 and 2008 Dada and Surrealism festivals that dominated the airwaves for days on end and involved many in the local avant garde community as well as many KBOO programmers.

Richard passed away in 2009 but it's our hope to carry on with his mission of introducing listeners to unheard new music as a collective of his collaborators and listeners.

Long live Papa Dada!

 

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Bernard Parmegiani (1927-2013)

Airs at: Mon, 07/21/2014 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
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Parmegiani is known for his innovations in electroacoustic music, spinning together natural and synthetic sounds. He joined France's musique concrète collective Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRM) in the late 1950s, working with the likes of Pierre Schaeffer and Iannis Xen... Read more

Fiasco LIVE on KBOO

Airs at: Mon, 07/14/2014 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
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Fiasco Free Improvisation will be playing LIVE at KBOO Monday July the 14th. Fiasco, unit focused ONLY on Free Improvisation, have been playing together (NEVER THE SAME THING TWICE) for over 12 years in Portland, Oregon. They have played LIVE on KBOO 2-3 times before. Unfortu... Read more

A Different Nature on 07/07/14

Airs at: Mon, 07/07/2014 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
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A Different Nature on 06/23/14

Airs at: Mon, 06/23/2014 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
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A Different Nature on 06/16/14

Airs at: Mon, 06/16/2014 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
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Decibel: 40 Years of Experimental Music from Mexico

Airs at: Mon, 06/09/2014 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
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This Monday evening we will dedicate our show to a very important experimantal music band: Decibel. Formed in the early-mid 1970's in Mexico City, Decibel is considered to be (one of) the first experimental bands in Mexico. They have been together for around 40 years, and ... Read more

ADN

Airs at: Mon, 06/02/2014 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
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Tonight on ADN we listen to some experimental music from some contemporary Norwegian artists, including Jazzkamer, Spunk, Hild Sofie Tafjord,  and more...  . Read more

Ifukube 100

Airs at: Mon, 05/26/2014 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
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Akira Ifukube was born on May 31, 1914 in Kushiro on the Japanese island of Hokkaido , the third son of a Shinto priest.  Legend has it that Ifukube decided to become a composer at the age of 14 after hearing a radio performance of Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring".  Largel... Read more

ADN stories and myths

Airs at: Mon, 05/19/2014 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
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Tonight on A Different Nature we will listen to several avant garde peices inspired by children's stories and greek mythology.. mostly focuses on either electroacoustic or text-sound.. A few of the selections will be:        Bruit TTV's "Castafiore" based on the Adventures o... Read more

Music from Lindsay Cooper

Airs at: Mon, 05/12/2014 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
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Tonight on A Different Nature, dj Virginia Furr features the music by Lindsay Cooper (1951-2013). Lindsay Cooper was an English oboeist , bassoonist , and multi-instrumentalist, originally trained in the classical tradition, but who was best known for her work with Henry Co... Read more