Michael Wittmann's Musical Pages

An overview of a variety of pages that I've written since 1994.

links Music history:  page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4 page 5 Disc list and radio playlists WMUC Album reviews Music Links

Music listening history (until ca. 1995) I consider my path to be totally normal for a 90's scenario: Eighties pop, early hard core, Neubauten industrial, Wax Trax industrial dance, all sorts of goth, free jazz, spiritual minimalism, modern composition, hints of grunge and alternarock, international elements and electronic eclecticism ... Read about it if you want to...  WMEB Radio, "Das Internationale Elektron": I'm presently running a radio show on Thursday mornings, 10 AM to noon. The topic of the show is international eclecticism. I play every genre of music, as long as there are no English lyrics involved. That doesn't mean I'm not listening to English language music at home (Low, Radiohead, Strokes, Death Cab for Cutie, Bjork, Gillian Welch, etc.), it just means that I'm not playing it on the air. The name of the show comes from a song by the group Die Mäuse, and deals with the interchangeability of fermions - all music is equal, after all. WMUC Radio, "The Return Trip" (1993-2000): I was international music librarian, meaning a lot of material came my way. You can: read my radio show playlists from the time that I was there. Since I no longer keep track of my playlists electronically, I don't do this for my WMEB shows. have a gander at the WMUC album reviews. These were written here and there, and I've sometimes changed my mind about them. Someday, I'll set up a blog for record reviews and comments. WXDU Radio, 1989-1993: My radio career began at WXDU in Durham, NC. I started off as a goth alternative guy (Cure, Pixies, Einstürzende Neubauten, that sort of thing) and moved into free jazz after a while. By the end, pure noise and spoken word were common, too. I have no clue what the various shows were called, but I did name one of them after the old Pressure Boys song, "Fakin' Dub." Or, you can browse through my outdated list of magazines, radio stations, and record labels if you so desire...

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