Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left Center

Greetings! Since today's program falls right on July 4th, I've decided to return to an older PTE tradition of playing only progressive rock; new, classic and in-between. Enjoy! Joel   7-4-26 PTE Playlist: Prog On The 4th of July   Eternal Hand - Gong - Bright Spirit - KScope (2026) https://gongband.bandcamp.com/album/bright-spirit-4     Dissembler - Jane Getter Premonition - Anomalia - Esoteric An...

Greetings! A focus on Alabama based composer, William Price starts out today's PTE, followed by music spanning varied genres and time, highlighting many recent releases. Listen & Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com prior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/     6-27-26 PTE Playlist   Intro Trope No. 1 Surface Tension / Trope No. 2 Saturation Point / Trope No...

Greetings!  New x 4 (Lua Jungck, b.mez, murmer, Petridisch & Society of Composers), bouncing balls, Phase Two focus on Niblock, Hooker, Soldier & First's, "Paiva River Songs" and closing out with Squid In Chains.  Now if that's not variety! Listen & Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com prior programs and playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/     6-6-26 PTE Playlist  ...

Greetings! Scattered  throughout today's program are takes in both word and music of "Blue in Green", the classic Miles Davis/Bill Evans tune. (Happy 100th Birthday, Mr. Davis!)  That didn't start out being intentional until i noticed that the opening Laurie Altman piece was later followed by the similarly titled Morten Qvenild track.  I was then motivated to find a couple of more unusual covers o...

Greetings! Phase One focuses primarily on new releases and a wonderful piece for electric guitar & piano by Canadian composer, Tim Brady.  In contrast, for most of Phase Two we celebrate Robert Fripp's 80th birthday with classic works featuring Mr. Fripp with prestigious collaborators! Listen & Enjoy! Joel   e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com prior programs & playlists: https://e...

Greetings! All kinds of neat stuff this week, with my faves being the new releases from Edward Givens, "biomes, vol. 1-4" and Stereo Minus One's, "The Acid Tape (Original Soundtrack)". Listen & Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com Check out prior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/       5-16-26 PTE Playlist   Intro Mimic - Nick Fraser - Areas - Elastic Reco...

Greetings! I've assembled another themed show for your listening pleasure, this time: Fire & Smoke, including all the assorted genres you've come to know and love on PTE. Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com Prior programs & playlists:  https://envelope.podbean.com/       5-9-26 PTE Playlist: Fire + Smoke! Intro Ritual Fire - Lingyuan Yang - Cursed Month - Chaospace Records...

Greetings! The agenda for Phase One includes new releases and a couple current acquisitions of my own. In Phase Two, we honor the memory & music of just intonation composer Michael Harrison, followed Viet Cuong's imaginative composition, "Re(new)al", a percussion quartet concerto which address the topic of renewable energy. I recently had the privilege of seeing the Columbia Symphony perform t...

Greetings! We start with a couple of prog adjacent new releases from our friends at Cuneiform Records followed by organ and organ-ish pieces.  The balance of the program roams all over the place.  Check it out and see what you think.  Listen and Enjoy!  Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com Prior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/     4-25-26 PTE Playlist   Intro Nova...

Greetings! Let's see...we've got some contemporary gamelan followed by a bunch of blues-based experimental stuff, leading to some interesting vocal pieces, only to close out with a smorgasbord of new and old pieces.  There.  That'll about do it. Listen & Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingthenevelopewhus@gmail.com Prior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/       4-11-26 PTE Playlist...

Greetings! Many new musics in store for you with a second phase nod to memory & music of Keith Emerson upon the 10th anniversary of his passing. Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com To check out prior programs & playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/     3-28-26 PTE Playlist   Intro New Distortion Properties - Ben Vida - Oblivion Seekers - Shelter Press (2026) https://ben...

Greetings! Today's program opens highlighting the ambient space music of Robert Scott Thompson, followed by a veritable potpourri of new and classic tracks, ranging from Alec Wilder & Ozric Tentalces to b.mez (a Birdsongs of the Mesozooic spin-off) and Frank Zappa! Listen & Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com Prior Programs & Playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/  ...

Greetings! Mostly new goodies for your listening pleasure, aurally illustrating the word "multi-genre". Listen & Enjoy! Joel   2-21-26 PTE Playlist   Intro What Lies Just Beyond? - Andrew MacKelvie's Many Worlds - Many Worlds - Watch That Ends The Night Records (2026) https://manyworldshfx.bandcamp.com/album/many-worlds Phase One Realities Blossom - Andrew MacKelvie's Many Worlds - Many Worlds...

Greetings! Sports-truncated show.  Pianos! Listen & Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com Bluesky / Twitter: @envpusher1     1-10-26 PTE Playlist   All The Things You Are - Bill Evans - The Solo Sessions: Volume 2 - Milestone (1963/1992) https://billevansofficial.com/     Dispatch From The Interzone - Joseph Benzola - Amanita Music single (2026) https://josephbenzola.bandcamp.co...

Greetings! Only the first half of this show was aired due to a sports pre-emption, but here's the whole thing in it's glorious completeness! Listen & Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com Bluesky:    1-3-26 PTE Playlist   Parallels for tuned triangles, hi-hats & 4-channel 1-bit electronics / percussion: Meehan/Perkins Duo, composer/electronics/programming: Tristan Perich - P...

Greetings! Let's see...  brand new music from Jon Porras, Uterocele, John Oliver, Lingyuan Yang, Ian Smit and the pairing of Bryan Day w/ Ernesto Diaz-Infante.  You'll also get a taste of recent releases from Ye Gods, Avant Orchid Zone & Fletina rounded out by older tracks from Gary Husband, Robert Wyatt & Bill Laswell's mix-translation of Miles Davis.  Not too shabby, if I should say so m...

Greetings! Happy Holidays, Y'all.  Lots of new things. Acoustic & electronics, songs, noise & even Tangerine Dream (then and now). Enjoy! Joel     12-20-25 PTE Playlist   Blink II - Arid Landscapes - Arid Landscapes - self-release (2025) https://aridlandscapes.bandcamp.com/album/arid-landscapes     Iceberg Star Chart - Gayle Young & Robert Wheeler - From Grimsby To Milan - Farpoint Rec...

Greetings! All over the place this week! Starting on more of a jazz note, meandering all over the place to more ambient/atmospheric things from the folks at Projekt Records and focusing on new releases in Phase Two. Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/envpusher1.bsky.social     12-13-25 PTE Playlist Intro Meandering - Haeun Joo - Just Gravity - 57...

Greetings! It's always a unique sonic experience when Kevin Kastning releases new music and I'm happy to open this week's program with his two latest, paired with long-time compadres, Sandor Szabo &  Carl Clements.  In addition, we honor the memory and music of the late Jack DeJohnette, followed by a number of new things, including a notable release from percussionist/composer Pauline Roberts....

Greetings! Limited production time means longer pieces, so we return to Tim Brady's excellent current release for the title track, the Nakedeye Ensemble's take on a classic Frederic Rzewski piece and Pamela Z's new composition, "Simultaneous" in it's entirety.   Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/envpusher1.bsky.social       11-15-25 PTE Playlist...