Archival Ensembles (1992 – 2003)
Boston Improvisors’ Collective (1994 – 1996)
Bottom Feeder (1997)
Composer’s Orchestra (1995)
Equilibrium (1999)
Expansions (1994)
Fractal Music (1994 – 1995)
Leaping Water Trio (1992 – 1994)
Raqib Hassan (1993 – 1998)
Skysaw (2003)
Wind (1994 – 1999)
Mental Notes (1996 – 1997)
Archival Ensembles
Mental Notes was a different kind of Radio Show than I have ever experienced as a performer or listener. I would call it a Radio Broadcast Performance (with mad genius Craig Schildhauer using the entire Radio Station as an instrument). When I met Craig he had been doing this for years most every Saturday night at midnight. He would make a single uninterrupted mix for the entire length of his program. His show was 2 hours, but he would do it until the next DJ arrived – sometimes for 5 or 6 hours in a row. WMFO had three studios and Craig would use all three of them at the same time. He created loops and tapes in advance, he set up huge analog tape loops with two reel-to-reel decks, he sampled albums of all kinds from the library, he set up his bass and then he ran around between the three studios all night like a crazed fiend. He invited all kinds of different improvising musicians to come and play both as ensembles and as ensembles with Radio Station accompaniment. I was fortunate to participate about 20 times between 1996 and 1997 and I always brought blank DAT tapes with me so I could document the results. These discs are from those performances.
PEK – 11/25/2023
Bottom Feeder – 4/27/1996:
Tufts University, Medford MA – 27 April 1996
1) Mental Notes 4/27/1996 ‐ 1:54:43
Bottom Feeder, Wind – 5/1/1996:
Tufts University, Medford MA – 1 May 1996
1) Mental Notes 5/1/1996 Part I ‐ 2:01:31
2) Mental Notes 5/1/1996 Part II ‐ 37:33
Bottom Feeder, Wind – 5/11/1996:
Tufts University, Medford MA – 11 May 1996
1) Mental Notes 5/11/1996 ‐ 1:57:08
Bottom Feeder, Rob Bethel, Forrest Larsen – 6/13/1996:
Tufts University, Medford MA – 13 June 1996
1) Mental Notes 6/13/1996 ‐ 2:02:17
Tufts University, Medford MA – 27 July 1996
1) Mental Notes 7/27/1996 ‐ 1:59:51
Tufts University, Medford MA – 17 August 1996
1) Mental Notes 8/17/1996 ‐ 1:59:25
Tufts University, Medford MA – 24 September 1996
1) Mental Notes 9/23/1996 ‐ 1:59:25
Tufts University, Medford MA – 18 October 1996
1) Mr. Mental ‐ Mental Notes 10/18/1996 Part I ‐ 2:01:31
2) Mr. Mental ‐ Mental Notes 10/18/1996 Part II ‐ 37:33
Bottom Feeder, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Tor Snyder:
Tufts University, Medford MA – 2 November 1996
1) Mental Notes 11/2/1996 Part I ‐ 2:00:22
2) Mental Notes 11/2/1996 Part II ‐ 35:36
Craig Schildhauer, PEK, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Tor Snyder
Bottom Feeder, Wind – 11/15/1996:
Tufts University, Medford MA – 15 November 1996
1) Mental Notes 11/15/1996 ‐ 1:57:08
Bottom Feeder, El-Ron – 12/7/1996:
Tufts University, Medford MA – 7 December 1996
1) Mental Notes 12/7/1996 Part I ‐ 1:53:24
2) Mental Notes 12/7/1996 Part II ‐ 15:33
Craig Schildhauer, PEK, El-Ron
Tufts University, Medford MA – 11 January 1997
1) Mental Notes 1/11/1997 ‐ 2:00:56
Bottom Feeder, Wind – 2/7/1997:
Tufts University, Medford MA – 7 February 1997
1) Mental Notes 2/7/1997 ‐ 1:57:12
Tufts University, Medford MA – 15 March 1997
1) Mental Notes 3/15/1997 Part I ‐ 1:57:06
2) Mental Notes 3/15/1997 Part II ‐ 58:01
Tufts University, Medford MA – 27 March 1997
1) Mental Notes 3/27/1997 ‐ 1:59:25
Bottom Feeder, Wayne & Kate, El-Ron
Tufts University, Medford MA – 12 April 1997
1) Triple Duo ‐ Mental Notes 4/12/1997 Part I ‐ 1:59:22
2) Triple Duo ‐ Mental Notes 4/12/1997 Part II ‐ 1:11:07
Craig Schildhauer, PEK, Wayne Rodgers, Kate Biggard, El-Ron
Bottom Feeder, Jeff Hudgins – 4/17/1997:
Tufts University, Medford MA – 7 April 1997
1) Mental Notes WMFO Broadcast – 17 April 1997 – Part I – 1:07:43
2) Mental Notes WMFO Broadcast – 17 April 1997 – Part II – 52:38
3) Mental Notes WMFO Broadcast – 17 April 1997 – Part III – 35:36
Craig Schildhauer, PEK, Jeff Hudgins
Archival Ensembles (1992 – 2003)
Boston Improvisors’ Collective (1994 – 1996)
Bottom Feeder (1997)
Composer’s Orchestra (1995)
Equilibrium (1999)
Expansions (1994)
Fractal Music (1994 – 1995)
Leaping Water Trio (1992 – 1994)
Raqib Hassan (1993 – 1998)
Skysaw (2003)
Wind (1997 – 1999)
Mental Notes (1996 – 1997)