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Joel Krutt / Pushing The Envelope
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36 years of bringing you the finest in the outer realms of contemporary music. Saturdays 11 am - 1 pm EST Tune In!
http://www.whus.org.

Check out prior programs at https://envelope.podbean.com/

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11-8 PTE: This week's program was constructed with a kind of "stream of consciousness". Comparisons of the same piece, pieces w/ words, spacey ambience, contemporary composition, kalimbas & fusion. Why not?

Listen & Enjoy! bit.ly/43Ul5CJ

#ambient #experimental #avantgarde #fusion #prog #classical
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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10/25 PTE: We've got music for every taste: New Orleans-influenced horn music (like Ken Field's Revolutionary Snake Ensemble), experimental guitar (Bill Frisell, Ian Smith, Trey Gunn, Tim Brady) and classic and new tracks across multiple genres.

Enjoy! bit.ly/4oodbd8

#jazz #experimental #ambient
November 3, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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10-11 PTE: Includes a new track from my friend Joe Benzola, the latest from Jessica Pavone (who I had the pleasure of driving for her High Zero Festival appearance in Baltimore) and a classic track by Carl Stone. (lots of current releases and new acquisitions, too!)

Listen & Enjoy!
bit.ly/49dpOCY
October 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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10-4 PTE: Let's see...we've got electronica, microtones, trombone and voice with a big chunk of gamelan and gamelan influenced music. Hot Dog!

Listen & Enjoy! envelope.podbean.com/e/10-4-25-pu...

#experimental #avantgarde #electronic #microtonal #gamelan
October 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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October 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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9/27 PTE: This week, more prog and prog adjacent music prior to an upcoming jaunt to New Jersey to attend ProgStock. Plus, we start the program with two new releases featuring Canadian artists and labels.

Listen & Enjoy!
bit.ly/4nVA1YM

#prog #experimental #ambient #drone #chant #avantgarde
October 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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9-20 PTE: This week we wish happy 90th birthday to Arvo Pärt after which there are some recent releases & a dollop of new and classic prog!!

Listen & Enjoy!
envelope.podbean.com/e/9-20-25-pu...

#classical #experimental #avantgarde #prog #electronic #ambient #drone
September 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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9/6 PTE: Lots of current releases. So much music, so little time.

Listen & Enjoy! envelope.podbean.com/e/9-6-25-pus...

#experimental #classical #ambient #drone #avantgarde #jazz #improvisation #electronic #fieldrecording
September 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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The 9/13 edition of PTE presents an audio stew consisting of some more recent thrift store goodies, new releases & a couple of tracks buried on my hard drive.

Listen & Enjoy! envelope.podbean.com/e/9-13-25-pu...

#experimental #jazz #ambient #classical #noise #avantgarde #gamelan
September 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Belated Happy International Strange Music Day! The brainchild of composer Patrick Grant of Tilted Axes fame, it took place on 8-24. In true PTE style, we're late, but not a dollar short, as we present a plethora of interesting pieces for your consideration.

Listen & Enjoy! bit.ly/4mOJCjY
September 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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8/23 PTE: Phase One has us delving into the realm of Dub in it's many incarnations, followed by many new releases in Phase Two.

Listen & Enjoy! envelope.podbean.com/e/8-23-25-pu...

#dub #experimental #ambient #avant-garde #noise #electronic
August 30, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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@ 8/16 PTE: I would like to share in the bounty of my Bandcamp Friday haul for August! From avant-big band pop and microtonal music to impaired kidney function electronics and multiple Casio CZ-101s, it's all here!

Listen & Enjoy! bit.ly/41NN7yM

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August 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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For the 8/9 edition of PTE we have everything from neo-classical orchestral music to outright noise. Multi-genre avant-garde as it should be!

Listen & enjoy! envelope.podbean.com/e/8-9-25-pus...
August 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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7/26 PTE:Airing "Intortus," the winner of the 2024 Musicworks electronic music composition contest, created by composer Rocío Cano Valiño. In addition, you'll hear the unique cornucopia of interesting music that has defined PTE for the past 35 years.

Listen & Enjoy: bit.ly/41CgYKq
August 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Greetings!
In the musical assortment that comprises the 7/19 edition of PTE: new/new, old/new, new/old, old/old. Your job, figure out which is which.

Listen & Enjoy! envelope.podbean.com/e/7-19-25-pu...

#jazz #drone #experimental #prog #classical #ambient
July 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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PTE 7/5: Phase Two brings new prog releases, including a taste from a 10-disc Caravan live box set and 2 tracks from the soon to be released 2-disc Dave Bainbridge (Iona co-founder) extravaganza.

Phase One is diverse.

Listen: bit.ly/3Gdp7Oa

#jazz #drone #experimental #prog #classical #ambient
July 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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The 6/28 edition of PTE features lots of new releases, an older Jah Wobble track and a couple of things I concocted in my basement lair.

Listen & Enjoy! bit.ly/4kgQLro

#experimental #ambient #classical #electroacoustic #electronic #avantgarde
June 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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June 27, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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6/14 PTE: A couple of new jazz items from our friends at 577 Records, some carnivalesque music in Phase One, classic stuff from the ready to re-boot label Table of the Elements and a smathering of other goodies!

Listen & Enjoy! bit.ly/442WdI9

#jazz #drone #experimental #prog #classical #ambient
June 17, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Just back from Providence, Rhode Island where I experienced the I Heart Noise Fest 2025 in all it's noisy #ambient, #drone, #experimental, rocked out, spacey glory. 6/7 PTE presents the featured artists who played that evening. Kudos to Ilya S. who put it together!

Listen & Enjoy! bit.ly/45iNKTG
June 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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5/31 PTE: I've been sifting through a passel of new releases, most from artists not currently in my purview. These make up a sizeable chunk of today's program, along with a few classics/favorites.

Listen: bit.ly/43zviVB

#experimental #ambient #classical #electroacoustic #electronic #avantgarde
June 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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June 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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June 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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5/24 PTE: a bit of a world tour, starting in Shropshire, then moving along to distant climes including Princeton, Hamburg, Quebec & Oslo.

Listen & Enjoy! www.podbean.com/ep/pb-2hs7g-...

#experimental #ambient #classical #jazz #drone #fieldrecordings #electroacoustic #electronic #avantgarde
May 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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5/10 PTE: starts with tracks from my latest Bandcamp Friday haul, wanders around a bit then towards the end celebrates the 50th birthday ofTangerine Dream's "Phaedra".

Listen & Enjoy! bit.ly/43uoVl8

#experimental #ambient #classical #jazz #drone #fieldrecordings #electroacoustic #electronic
May 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM