PLATO & the Western Tradition

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PLATO & the Western Tradition is a Postmodern Improvisation Ensemble that has been recording real-time improvisations using electronic and acoustic instruments since 1988. The founders and core me... more

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PLATO & the Western Tradition episodes:

April 28, 2026 PLATO No. 11025 Time's Horizons
Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton & Boyd Nutting, recorded April 27, 2026, PLATO’s Studio, MIchiana. David: PLATO, No. 1521, “Beatitude I” (David, & ‘Vid Grande, 12-30-06) 59:54-72:54. Boyd: SERGE—›VCV Rack; Theremin+Vocoders—›Pro-cessors; PLATO, No. 1250a,“Contingent Enigma part 1” (David, Boyd, Andrew Jackson, Scott Hatt,, John Riche, & Kirk Ott, 6-30-03) 13:00-26:00, 20:00-33:00.
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April 28, 2026 PLATO No. 11024 Time's Possibilities
Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton & Boyd Nutting, recorded April 27, 2026, PLATO’s Studio, MIchiana. David: Kybd—›Synths; 11014 MIDI. PLATO, No. 0124, “Night on Oxyphont Mountain, part 2” (David, Boyd Nutting, & Phil Ray 3-11-89) 00:02-13:02. Boyd: SERGE—›VCV Rack; Theremin+Vocoders—›Processors; PLATO, No. 1241b, “CONCRETE” (Boyd, Andrew Lersten, & Tom Mondschein, Michiana Improvi-sational Music Festival XIII No. 2, 5-30-03) 00:08-21:00.
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April 27, 2026 PLATO No. 11023 Light's Heart
New Music by David K. Barton, recorded April 26, 2026, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. PLATO, No. 0123, “Night on Oxyphont Mountain, part 1” (David, Boyd Nutting, & Phil Ray 3-11-89) 00:02-13:02, 17:34-30:34.
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April 26, 2026 PLATO No. 11022 Lunar Incantation
New Music by David K. Barton, recorded April 25, 2026, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. PLATO, No. 2011, “Orphic Dialogue” (David, & Boyd Nutting, 8-18-10) 08:50-21:50; with, PLATO, No. 2110, “Strumming the Heartstrings” (David & Boyd 2-9-11) 03:12- 16:12.
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April 25, 2026 PLATO No. 11021 Invisible Light
New Music by David K. Barton, recorded April 24, 2026, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. PLATO, No. 3423, “CosmicStrings (A BirthDay present for Evie)” (David, solo, 8-15-15) 00:02-13:02, 15:44-28:44.
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April 24, 2026 PLATO No. 11020 Empty Chapels
New Music by David K. Barton, recorded April 23, 2026, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. PLATO, No. 0021, “Gesang der junglische Rex”(David, Boyd Nutting, & Evie Barton 4-16-88) 00:01-13:01, 19:50-32:50.
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April 23, 2026 PLATO No. 11019 Imperfect Will
New Music by David K. Barton, recorded April 22, 2026, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. PLATO, No. 1911, “Not the Pied Piper”(David, & Boyd Nutting 3-31-10) 00:12-12:28, 03:39-15:55 both Tr -1.
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April 22, 2026 PLATO No. 11018 Memory's Rose
New Music by David K. Barton, recorded April 21, 2026, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. PLATO, No. 1810, “Insolent Toucan”: 00:12-13:12; with, PLATO, No. 1811, “Inscrutable Oracle”: 00:06-13:06 (both: David, & Boyd Nutting 9-23-09).
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April 21, 2026 PLATO No. 11017 Gate & Stile
Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton & Boyd Nutting, recorded April 20, 2026, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: Kybd—›Synths; PLATO, No. 6647, “Underground Mastery” (David, solo 4-20-19) 13:00-26:00. Boyd: Theremin+Vocoder—›Processors; PLATO No. 1710, “The Pyramid of Blessings” (David & Boyd 3-4-09) 00:00-13:00, 09:00- 22:00.
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April 21, 2026 PLATO No. 11016 Will & Word
Real-Time Improvisation by David K. Barton & Boyd Nutting, recorded April 20, 2026, PLATO’s Studio, Michiana. David: Kybd—›Synths; PLATO, No. 6647, “Underground Mastery” (David, solo 4-20-19) 00:00-13:00. Boyd: Theremin+Vocoder—›Processors; Music Mouse—›Radius Electronics—›Processors.
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FAQs about PLATO & the Western Tradition:

How many episodes does PLATO & the Western Tradition have?

The podcast currently has 1,344 episodes available.