Date: Thu, 29 Jun 1995 21:45:16 -0400

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WIRED FOR SOUND
CHRIS MELOCHE: HOST/PRODUCER
P.O. BOX 1403, STN. "A"
LONDON, ONT., CANADA N6A 5M2
Internet e-mail cmeloche@julian.uwo.ca
WIRED FOR SOUND: Mondays 7 to 9 PM, CHRW 94.7 FM

WIRED FOR SOUND:
A BRIEF INTRODUCTION

In 1984, Herb Bayley and Brian Hannigan founded the radio programme NEW
DIRECTIONS. This show spotlighted many forms of music which were out of
the mainstream of normal radio programming - avant- garde jazz,
contemporary classical music, improvisation etc... In 1990, I was invited
to become a regular part of NEW DIRECTIONS. This was due, in part, to my
knowledge of contemporary classical and electroacoustic music. It was also
because of my profile and involvement in the local and national music
scenes. 

As a composer of electroacoustic works and a founding member of the
Canadian Electroacoustic Community, Bayley and Hannigan believed that my
input could be a valuable asset to their programme. In this role, one of
my first projects was a four-part series chronicling the work of Karlheinz
Stockhausen. 

Contemporary classical and electroacoustic music, however, are only a
small part of my general interest in music. I have been a proponent for
the exposure of many genres of music which not given adequate exposure on
the radio (including avant-garde, improvisation, new jazz, ambient, prog
and exotica). 

In 1993, both Bayley and Hannigan left CHRW Radio and I was left to take
over the Monday evening time slot with my own programme. WIRED FOR SOUND
began with the intention of continuing the basic concept of NEW DIRECTIONS
and to take it even further. 

Since this change, I have continued to correspond with many performers,
composers, record labels and international music centres. I presently
receive contributions from around the globe including the U.S.A., Finland,
Japan, Sweden, Iceland, Britain, Canada, Switzerland, Hungary among
others. Contributors have long been supportive of this form of networking. 

CHRW-FM is a non-profit / non-commercial radio station with its broadcast
facilities located in the heart on the University of Western Ontario. The
programming on the station fills a large void which is created by the
other commercial stations in the area. Broadcasting with 3,000 watts ERP,
CHRW's signal reaches an area inhabited by over half a million people.
While the audience for a programme such as WIRED FOR SOUND may admittedly
be limited compared to rock music shows, there is at least one music
professor at UWO who recommends the programme to his students. 

I welcome submissions of material in CD, LP, DAT or high-quality cassette
formats. WIRED FOR SOUND encompasses contemporary classical music, new
jazz, avant-garde, experimental, electroacoustic, ambient, obscure and
overlooked music. 

PAST FEATURED ARTISTS/COMPOSERS/PERFORMERS

PROG, AMBIENT & EXOTICA: 
AIR ENESEMBLE, AMON DUUL II, ARBETE & FRITID, ATOM HEART, AURAL EXPANSION,
AZONIC, BETWEEN, BIOSPHERE, BOBVAN, RICHARD BONE, BROTHERS, CAN, CARAVAN,
CHAOS FACE, RHYS CHATHAM, CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS, CLUSTER, NICOLAS COLLINS,
DAVID CUNNINGHAM, CYPHER 7, HOLGER CZUKAY, DEATH CUBE K, DEN FULE, ARTHUR
DENT & DEEPER THAN SPACE, DR.  ATMO, ENTROPICA, FAUST, ROBERT FRIPP, FSOL,
ALBAN GERHARDT, MICHAEL GORDON, BO HANSSON, HARMONIA, HAWKWIND, HEAVENLY
MUSIC CORPORATION, HEDININGARA, RICK HEIZMAN, BRIAN HELLER, LARS HOLLMER,
HUGH HOPPER, HOVEN DROVEN, HUMAN MESH DANCE, TETSU INOUE, IRRESISTIBLE
FORCE, KEBNEKAJSE, KEVIN KELLER, KRAFTWERK, PETER KUHLMANN, BILL LASWELL,
BENJAMIN LEW, OLIVER LIEB, MAKYO, MASTERS OF PSYCHEDELIC AMBIANCE, CHRIS
MELOCHE, MODULA GREEN, ROBERT MUSSO, MYNTA, PETE NAMLOOK, BEN NEILL, BILL
NELSON, NEU, NORRLATAR, YASUHIRO OHTANI, ORNAGE, JOHN OSWALD, DANIEL
PEMBERTON, POPOL VUH, RAMLOSA KVALLAR, MICHEL REDOUR, DAVID REEVES, ROBERT
RICH, RINNERADIO, STEVE ROACH, 777, SAMLA MAMMAS MANNA, SATOR, KLAUS
SCHULZE, TONY SCOTT, SETI, JONAH SHARP, YATHA SIDHRA, SOFT MACHINE, SOLAR
QUEST, CARL STONE, SYNAESTHESIA, TANGERINE DREAM, TERRY THAEMLITZ,
THASTROM, DAVID TOOP, TRANSONIC, 23 DEGREES, JAI UTTAL, UVOII, CHARLES
UZZELL-EDWARDS, VIOLET ARCANA, LOIS V. VIERK, VIRTUALIZER, VON SALMA,
VUEMORPH, HENRY WOLFF & NANCY HENNINGS, FRANK ZAPPA... 

CLASSICAL & ELECTROACOUSTIC:  JON APPLETON, ARDITTI QUARTET, CHARLES
ARGERSINGER, ARRAYMUSIC, ROBERT ASHLEY, LARRY AUSTIN, SERGIO BARROSO,
WENDE BARTLEY, MICHELE BOKANOWSKI, GLENN BRANCA, EARLE BROWN, KRISTINE
BURNS, JOHN CAGE, ELLIOTT CARTER, JOHN CELONA, RICK CHATHAM, GUSTAV
CIAMAGA, HENRY COWELL, ALVIN CURRAN, YVES DAOUST, BRUNO DEGAZIO,
JEAN-FRANCOIS DENIS, VIOLETA DINESCU, TOD DOCKSTADER, PAUL DRESHER, MIKAEL
EDLUND, ANDREI ESHPAI, EVERGREEN CLUB, FAST FORWARD, MORTON FELDMAN, BRIAN
FENNELLY, LUC FERRARI, C.P. FIRST, HAROLD FORTUIN, ARI FRANKEL, JOHN FREE,
ELLEN FULLMAN, PHILIP GLASS, GILLES GOBEIL, WILLIAM GOLDBERG, AITOR
GOYARROLA, SOFIA GUBAIDULINA, PETER MICHAEL HAMEL, PETER HATCH, CHRISTOS
HATZIS, PAAVO HEININEN, ALAN HEARD, HILDEGARD VON BINGEN, ANDERS HILLBORG,
ADRIANA HOLSZKY, CHARLES IVES, KENNETH JACOBS, DAVID A.  JAFFE, JAN
JARVLEPP, SVEN-ERIC JOHANSEN, MAURICIO KAGEL, UDO KASEMETS, DAVID KEANE,
REGINA KEANE, JEROME KITZKE, RUDOLPH KOMOROUS, JUKKA KOSKINEN, KRONOS
QUARTET, HENRY KUCHARZYK, PAUL LANSKY, MAGNUS LINDBERG, NILS LINDBERG, PAR
LINDGREN, DAVID LOEB, ALEXINA LOUIE, JACKSON MAC LOW, ALVIN LUCIER, TOD
MACHOVER, JACKSON MAC LOW, LIONEL MARCHETTI, MICHAEL MATTHEWS, MAUVE
SIDESHOW, DANIEL MCCARTHY, CHRIS MELOCHE, AARE MERIKANTO, USKO MERILAINEN,
OLIVIER MESSIAEN, DAVID MOTT, JEROME NOETINGER, LUIGI NONO, ROBERT
NORMANDEAU, CAREY NUTMAN, JIM O'ROURKE, HARRY PARTCH, ALAIN PERRON, JEAN
PICHE, MARK POLISHOOK, FLOKE RABE, AARON RABUSHKA, ELIANE RADIGUE, STEVE
REICH, TERRY RILEY, GINO ROBAIR, WALTER RUTTMANN, FREDERIC RZEWSKI, KAIJA
SAARIAHO, ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, DANIEL SCHEIDT, ALFRED SCHNITTKE, CLAUDE
SCHRYER, RODNEY SHARMAN, ROBERT SIMPSON, LINDA C. SMITH, ANN SOUTHAM, KEN
STEEN, ORJAN STRANDBERG, KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN, ERIC STOKES, HARVEY J.
STOKES, MORTON SUBOTNICK, TORU TAKEMITSU, JAMES TENNEY, ROBERT SCOTT
THOMPSON, JUKKA TIENSUU, STEVE TITTLE, GILLES TREMBLAY, BARRY TRUAX, NANCY
VAN DE VATE, TREVOR WISHART, CHRISTIAN WOLFF, IANNIS XENAKIS, CHRISTIAN
ZANESI, TOMMY ZWEDBERG.

JAZZ & IMPROVISATION:  RAY ANDERSON, ASIAN AMERICAN JAZZ TRIO, BABKAS,
JOEY BARON, CARLOS BAUMANN & SCHIZODIE, HERB BAYLEY, HAN BENNINK, TIM
BRADY, ANTHONY BRAXTON, PETER BROTZMANN, CLUSONE 3, ORNETTE COLEMAN, MILES
DAVIS, RICHARD DAVIS, ERNEST DAWKINS NEW HORIZONS ENSEMBLE, CHRISTY DORAN,
MARKUS EICHENBERGER, LISLE ELLIS, BILL EVANS & PUSH, ORJAN FAHLSTROM,
FIGURE 8, ADRIAN FREY TRIO, FULL METAL REVOLUTIONARY JAZZ ENSEMBLE,
CHRISTOPH GALLIO, LLOYD GARBER, MIKE GIBBS ORCHESTRA, GEORGE HASLAM, GUGGE
HEDRENIUS' BIG BAND, WILLIAM HOOKER, JAN JOHANSSON, KADASH, KARL EIN KARL,
KIELOOR ENTARTET, FRANKLIN KIERMEYER, FRANZ KOGLMANN, HUMAN FEEL, STEVE
LACY, DAVID LEE, URS LEIMGRUBER, SUSANNA LINDEBORG, YVES MASSEY, MYRA
MELFORD, BUTCH MORRIS, NADELOHR, P.A. NILSSON, LARS ERIK NORRSTROM, NRG
ENSEMBLE, JOHN OSWALD, PINSKI ZOO, DAVID PRENTICE, MICHEL RATTE, PHAROH
SANDERS, MATTHEW SHIPP, ERIC STACH, FREDY STUDER, SUBURBAN SAX, JIMI
SUMEN, CECIL TAYLOR, MCCOY TYNER, BIGGI VINKELOE TRIO, VYSHNIAUSKAS /
BAUMANN / SIRON, MAL WALDRON, DAVID S. WARE, MIKE WESTBROOK, MICHEL
WINTSCH. 
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