Tuesday 3/21: KPFA 'No Other Radio Network'

11:59pm (PST) ::: RADIO: 94.1 FM / Berkeley CA

:::: NO OTHER RADIO NETWORK ::::

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LIVE SPOTLIGHT:
FORMS OF THINGS UNKNOWN
Live performance in the KPFA studio

hosted by dAS (co-host Ninah Pixie)

FORMS OF THINGS UNKNOWN is the musical nom-de-guerre of San Francisco multi-instrumentalist Ferrara Brain Pan.

Ferrara Brain Pan is a windplayer whose instrumental abilities range from the more familiar woodwinds such as flutes, saxophones, bass clarinet and recorders to such non-Western wind instruments as yidaki, shakuhachi, and kang ling or thighbone trumpet. In addition to these and other wind instruments, Ferrara also performs on the bowed psaltery, harmonium, glockenspiel, and Tibetan singing bowls (typically augmenting and/or treating all of these with electronic signal processors, loops and devices).

Ferrara Brain Pan's checkered musical career includes early collaborations with noise music pioneer Boyd Rice (1970s), the mercifully short-lived goth-damage fiasco Bad Alchemy (80s), ambient dub project 23 Degrees (early 90s), and a recorded appearance on 1994's Rien by Krautrock legends Faust (produced by Jim O'Rourke). More recently the artist was co-founder (with Ure Thrall) of dark ambient duo Darmstadt Pharmacy. Ferrara's past and present creative endeavors extend to the media of visual arts, notably Mail Art and photomontage.

FOR MORE INFO ABOUT FORMS OF THINGS UNKNOWN: http://formsofthingsunknown.com

Station call line: (510) 848-4425

Since 1981, KPFA's NO OTHER RADIO NETWORK has pioneered and provided a forum for underground, noise, electronic, industrial, psycho acoustic and many other genres of music, in addition to featuring live interviews and performance over the airwaves.

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