PLATO & the Western Tradition
PLATO & the Western Tradition
PLATO & the Western Tradition is a Postmodern Improvisation Ensemble that has been recording real-time improvisations using electronic and acoustic instruments since 1988. The founders and core members are David K. Barton of South Bend, Indiana, and Boyd Nutting of Niles, Michigan. As of December 4, 2016, we have recorded 4,054 improvisations, and would like to share our music. PLATO & The Western Tradition invites others in the Electronic Music Community to participate in the creation of an on-line compilation called “Weaving Indra’s Net”. Here are the “rules”:1. Download from http://www.soun...
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PLATO No. 10794 Data Centers 10.12.2025 13:00
New Music by David K. Barton, recorded December 9. 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana. PLATO, No. 1794, “Religion in the service of technology” (David, & Boyd Nutting, 8-19-09) 00:05-13:05, 13:05-26:05.
PLATO No. 10793 Endless Reception 09.12.2025 13:00
Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton & Boyd Nutting, recorded December 8, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: Kybd—›Synths; PLATO, No. 1793, “Thickets of Irrationality” (David, Julie, & Boyd 8-12-09) 00:07-13:07. Boyd: Theremin—›Vocoder—› Processors; Electronics—›Processors; PLATO, No. 1739, “The Afterglow of Creation” (David & Boyd 4-15-09) 26:00-39:00, 47:00-60:00.
PLATO No. 10792 Polyphony of Light 09.12.2025 13:00
Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton & Boyd Nutting, recorded December 8, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: Kybd—›Synths; PLATO, No. 1792, “The Undergrowth of the Psyche” (David & Boyd 8-12-09) 04:25-17:25. Boyd: Theremin—›Vocoder—› Processors; Electronics—›Processors; PLATO, No. 0297b, “CONCRETE: Meanderthal” (Boyd, Andrew Lersten, & Mickey MacKenzie MIMF I No. 10, 7-27-91) 13:00- 26:0...
PLATO No. 10791 Stretching Open 09.12.2025 13:00
Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton & Boyd Nutting, recorded December 8, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: PLATO, No. 1791, “Breaking Eggshell Pieties” (David & Boyd 8-12-09) Tr -14. Boyd: Theremin—›Vocoder—› Processors; Electronics—›Processors; PLATO, No. 1197a, “Arcanum I The Magician, part 1” (David & Boyd 11-25-02) 14:00- 27:00, 30:00- 43:00.
PLATO No. 10790 Flower Muscles 09.12.2025 13:00
Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton & Boyd Nutting, recorded December 8, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: Kybd—›Synths; Samples: Grp 1, scene 8; PLATO, No. 1790, “in the Dream City” (David & Boyd 8-5-09) 14:51-27:51. Boyd: Theremin—›Vocoder—›Processors; Electronics—›Processors; PLATO, No. 1790: 13:00- 26:00, 15:00-28:00.
PLATO No. 10789 …or Nothing 09.12.2025 13:00
Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton & Boyd Nutting, recorded December 8, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: Kybd—›Synths; PLATO, No. 1789, “Radius of Anarchy” (David & Boyd 8-5-09) 00:05-13:05. Boyd: Theremin—›Vocoder—›Processors; Electronics—›Processors; PLATO, No. 0897, “On the Astral Runway” (David, & Scott Hatt 4-12-98) 13:00-26:00, 32:00-45:00.
PLATO No. 10788 Filled with Something… 09.12.2025 13:00
Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton & Boyd Nutting, recorded December 8, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: Kybd—›Synths; PLATO, No. 1788, “In the Birdcage, for Merce” (David, Julie Soales & Boyd 7-29-09) 00:07-13:07. Boyd: Electronics—›Processors; PLATO, No. 1788: 13:00-26:00, 42:00-55:00.
PLATO No. 10787 Owning Time 08.12.2025 13:00
New Music by David K. Barton, recorded December 7. 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana. PLATO, No. 1778, “Reattachment to Time” (David, & Boyd Nutting 7-1-09) 13:05-26:05, 39:05-52:05.
PLATO No. 10786 Tangled Roots 07.12.2025 13:00
New Music by David K. Barton, recorded December 6. 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana. PLATO, No. 1687, “Past Life Revisited” (David, & Boyd Nutting 1-21-09) 13:06-26:06, 41:25-54:25.
PLATO No. 10785 Mirror Images 06.12.2025 13:00
New Music by David K. Barton, recorded December 5, 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana. PLATO, No. 0857, “Harding’s Reel & Jigs, No. 13” (David, & Boyd Nutting, with David Harding, viola, 11-28-97) 00:06-13:06, 32:09-45:09.
PLATO No. 10784 Sky's Silence 05.12.2025 13:00
New Music by David K. Barton, recorded December 4. 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana. PLATO, No. 1784, “Sky full of stars” (David, & Boyd Nutting 7-15-09) 00:06-13:06, 21:27-34:27.
PLATO No. 10783 Unquiet Instincts 04.12.2025 13:00
New Music by David K. Barton, recorded December 3. 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana. PLATO, No. 0387, “The Philtre of Apollo” (David, & Boyd Nutting 10-28-92) 00:03-13:03, 13:10-26:10.
PLATO No. 10782 Listening with Marble Ears 04.12.2025 13:00
New Music by David K. Barton, recorded December 3. 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana. PLATO, No. 0821, “Monograms of Memory 2” (David, & Boyd Nutting, 8-2-97) 13:03-26:03, 18:17-31:17.
PLATO No. 10781 The Circle Opens 03.12.2025 12:59
Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton & Boyd Nutting, recorded December 2, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: Kybd—›Synths; PLATO, No. 1718, “Nibbling at the Edges of Perception” (David & Boyd 3-11-09) 58:52-71:52. Boyd: Electronics—› Processors; PLATO, No. 1187, “Resonant Changes” (Boyd & John Richez 8-27-02) 08:00- 21:00, 31:00-44:00.
PLATO No. 10780 Seemingly Strange 03.12.2025 12:58
Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton & Boyd Nutting, recorded December 2, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: Kybd—›Synths; PLATO, No. 1708, “The Toyshop of Creation” (David & Boyd 2-25-09) 07:35-20:35. Boyd: Electronics—› Processors; PLATO, No. 0801, “Inferno—after Dante” (David & Boyd 5-18-97) 13:00- 26:00, 31:00-44:00.
PLATO No. 10779 Measuring Being's Span 03.12.2025 13:00
Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton & Boyd Nutting, recorded December 2, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: PLATO No. 1669, “Nebelschreif”: 00:00-12:56; No. 1946, “Beyond Closed Composition”: 00:00-12:55; No. 1996, “The Pathless Beyond”: 00:00-13:00; PLATO, No. 1977, “Ominous Landscape” (David & Boyd 6-24-09) 03:29-11:29, Tr -8. Boyd: Electronics—›Processors; PLATO, No. 1977, Tr -3.
PLATO No. 10778 Inconceivably Distant 03.12.2025 12:50
Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton & Boyd Nutting, recorded December 2, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: Kybd—›Synths; PLATO, No. 1787, “Crepuscular Insight” (David, Boyd, & Chris Dutrieux 6-24-09) 07:35-20:35. Boyd: Electronics—›Processors; PLATO, No. 1778, “Reattachment to Time” (David & Boyd 7-01-09) 00:00-13:00, 39:00-52:00.
PLATO No. 10777 Learning from the Present 03.12.2025 13:14
Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton & Boyd Nutting, recorded December 2, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: Kybd—›Synths; Samples from PLATO, No. 0216, ”Truth Revealed by Time, part 4” (David, Boyd, & Phil Ray 5-28-90); PLATO, No. 1777, “Detachment from Time” (David & Boyd 6-24-09) 13:00-26:00. Boyd: Electronics—›Processors; PLATO, No. 1777: 26:00-39:00, 48:00-61:00.
PLATO No. 10776 Adrift Among the Stars 03.12.2025 13:00
Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton & Boyd Nutting, recorded December 2, 2025, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: Kybd—›Synths; PLATO, No. 1767, “Afternoon Soliloquy” (David, solo, Michiana Improvisational Music Festival XIX, No. 18, 5-31-09) 00:01-11:36, Tr -2. Boyd: Theremin+Electronics—›Processors (Ring Modulators); PLATO, No. 10154, “Shepherd Avatars” (David & Boyd 12-02-24).
PLATO No. 10775 Gravity's Ecstasy 01.12.2025 13:00
New Music by David K. Barton, recorded November 30, 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana. PLATO, No. 1775, “Attachment to Time” (David, & Boyd Nutting 6-17-09) 00:06-13:06, 21:26-34:26.
PLATO No. 10774 Deploring Decay 30.11.2025 13:00
New Music by David K. Barton, recorded November 29, 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana. PLATO, No. 0774, “Time Loops 1” (David, Carol Miranda, & Brett Padgett 2-7-97) 00:03-13:03, 30:30-43:30.
PLATO No. 10773 Finding Earth's Ways 29.11.2025 13:00
New Music by David K. Barton, recorded November 27, 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana. PLATO, No. 0773, “Basement of the Ivory Tower 2” (David, Carol Miranda, & Brett Padgett 1-31-97) 00:02-13:02, 28:45-41:45.
PLATO No. 10772 Ringing Glass, Shattered 28.11.2025 13:00
New Music by David K. Barton, recorded November 27, 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana. PLATO, No. 1772, “Overhearing the Past” (David, Boyd Nutting, & Eric Lester 6-10-09) 14:42-27:42, 27:42-40:42.
PLATO No. 10771 Inner Vibration 27.11.2025 13:00
New Music by David K. Barton, recorded November 26, 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana. PLATO, No. 1771, “On the Road 2” (David, Boyd Nutting, & Eric Lester 6-10-09) 00:13-13:13, 13:13-26:13.
PLATO No. 10770 Implied Non-Being 26.11.2025 13:00
New Music by David K. Barton, recorded November 25, 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana. PLATO, No. 1770, “McCarthy” (David, & Boyd Nutting 6-10-09) 00:06-13:06, 14:30-27:30.
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