On this installment of the podcast, I’ll be digging into the work of the London-based experimental and avant-garde label, Paradigm Discs. Founded in 1995 by Clive Graham of the long-running improv group, Morphogenesis, Paradigm Discs has since gone on to put out releases by the likes of Pauline Oliveros, Trevor Wishart, Daphne Oram, Adam Bohman, William Burroughs, amongst others. The label has remained active all of these years, but the last decade has seen Paradigm Discs operate on a steady, one-release-per-year basis, the most recent being an extensive box set from the group Gentle Fire.

This past week, I had a chance to speak with Clive through Skype about his time running Paradigm Discs and about some specific recent releases he has put out. We also discuss his involvement in Morphogenesis and his old radio show called Sound Poets Exposed.  I hope you enjoy this episode. Feel free to get in touch if you have any comments or questions. As always, thanks for looking and listening.

• ~Introductory Music: Hugh Davies “Strata” (excerpt) Variations 2 – A London Compilation CD (PD 5)
• Morphogenesis “Solarisation Bridge” Charivari Music CD (PD 02)
• Daphne Oram “Pulse Persephone” Oramics 2CD (PD 21)
• ~Interview segment with Clive Graham~
• Gentle Fire (Earle Brown) “4 Systems” Explorations (1970-1973) 3CD (PD 35)
• Captain Maurice Seddon “Assaulted Physically By Hooligans” The Seddon Tapes – Vol. 1 LP (PD 33)
• Amnon Raviv “5” Mirror LP (PD 34)
• ~Interview segment with Clive Graham~
• Adam Bohman “Metal Mushroom” + “At Home (Sunbury)” Music and Words CD (PD 09)
• Gus Coma “Topic of Cancer” Color Him Coma 2CD (PD 27)
• Lily Greenham “Tillid” Lingual Music 2CD (PD 22)
• J. Marks and Shipen Lebzelter “Trouble” Rock And Other Four Letter Words LP (PD 28)
• ~Interview segment with Clive Graham~
• Clive Graham “Time Spool” (excerpt) Variations 3 – A London Compilation CD (PD 10)
• Bob Cobbing “Alphabet of Fishes” Variations 3 – A London Compilation CD (PD 10)
• Smegma “Potatoe War” I.D. Art CD (PD 23)
• Anal Magic & Rev. Dwight Frizzell “Copulation of Basilea and Hyperion” Beyond the Black Crack CD (PD 06)
• Trevor Wishart “B” Machine CD (PD 25)

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