This week we explore somber works inspired by Beckett and Dürer, contrasting Charles Dodge’s speech-synthesized realization of Beckett’s play Cascando with Trevor Bača's new rendition of Stirrings Sti...

Progressive Proclamations, Free Jazz Gestures, Intentions, and more Blood with your host John Seman.

Flotation Device celebrates the 50th birthday of Einstein on the Beach, the iconoclastic opera by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson that was first performed on July 25, 1976. It became a worldwide hit, d

Flotation Device previews several enticing Northwest new music events, with Seattle Symphony premiering works by Joan Tower and Christopher Theofanidis, Seattle Modern Music tackling Ligeti’s Piano Co...

Flotation Device checks in with one of the OGs of creative music, Roscoe Mitchell, and his new album of duets with drummer Michele Rabbia. His legacy touches multiple generations, as can be deduced by...

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​Flotation Device bids farewell to Éliane Radigue with a look at her audacious and beautiful music built from complex, slowly-transforming drones. Our survey of her electronic landmarks of the 20th ce...

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Now in podcast format: our 2025 Mother's Day extravaganza, featuring Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. This year we celebrate the group's 60th anniversary with help from two new archival relea...