Akusmi, Nelson Patton, arc rae, hackedepicciotto, Grateful Dead and more

Episode 17 spends its first half putting things together: drone loops rebuilt into full arrangements, improvised cello reassembled into composition, a century-old fiddle tune rebuilt with dance and harmonics, before heading to Los Angeles for a band that builds the same unresolved tension by hand, live, in a room. The back half turns from a microtonal utopia and a rhythmic ambient interior to a straight line from Peter Gabriel through Bruce Hornsby's brand new record featuring Bob Weir and into the Grateful Dead themselves.

Playlist

• Akusmi "Rain Dance" from Terra Incognita (Tonal Union) 00:00
• Nelson Patton "Did U Try the Baths? (feat. Stuart Bogie)" from Lost in a Nation (DNel Music) 08:01
• arc rae "Rubicon (feat. Mathilde Vendramin)" from Bow and Arrow (feat. Mathilde Vendramin) (Mystery Circles) 15:03
• hackedepicciotto "Einig" from LICHTUNG (Mute) 19:19
• Sophie Wellington "Scolding Wife" from Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still (Adhyâropa Records) 22:31
• Bondo "Strummer" from Bondo (Solid Brass Records) 24:56
• Phillip Golub "mutiny meeting" from Partisan Ship (BERTHOLD records) 27:42
• Gregory Uhlmann "Days" from Extra Stars (International Anthem) 30:04
• Peter Gabriel "I Belong to the Sky (Bright-Side Mix)" from I Belong to the Sky (Bright-Side Mix) (Real World) 37:21
• Bruce Hornsby "Might As Well Be Me, Florinda (feat. Blake Mills)" from Indigo Park (Zappo Productions) 44:45
• Grateful Dead "New Potato Caboose" from Anthem of the Sun (Rhino/Warner Records) 51:58