Cues: 1,100 Tracks, DG Sublabel, Amon/Kronos

â—¼ ***Random Access:*** **Jos Smolders**, back in the golden age of the compact disc, 1994, released *Music for CD Player*, a collection of 99 short tracks intended for the listener to sequence. He’s now released a sequel in the form of an [1,100-track album, titled *Music for FLAC Player*](). Yes, that is 1,100 tracks, the overwhelming majority of which are one second or less in length, and all but 30 or so of which are under 45 seconds:

Writes Smolders of the project:

>The [Music for CD Player] disc contained 99 tracks. The original plan, however, was to have many more tracks. However CD Redbook protocol allowed a maximum number of 99 tracks, with a minimum length of 3 seconds. With the Internet as a platform these limitations are gone. The number of tracks for an online album are limitless and the length of the tracks can be near zero.

â—¼ ***Recomposing DG:*** The esteemed classical label Deutsche Grammophon is launching a new label called Panorama (via [classical-music.com](http://www.classical-music.com/news/deutsche-grammophon-launches-%E2%80%98panorama%E2%80%99-crossover-label)). The first Panorama album will be from the highly collaborative **Schiller** (aka **Christopher von Deylen**). DG had previously released a series of genre-pushing “recomposed” albums including **Max Richter**’s reworking of **Vivaldi**’s *Four Seasons* and **Matthew Herbert**’s reworking of **Mahler**’s 10th Symphony.

â—¼ ***Amon v Kronos:*** “V838 Monocerotis” is the title of a new piece **Kronos Quartet** has
commissioned from **Amon Tobin** as part of the ensemble’s 40th-anniversary
celebration: [amontobin.com](), [kronosquartet.org]().

â—¼ ***iOS Care:*** [*I Care if You Listen*]() is a new iOS
multimedia magazine about contemporary (i.e. classical) music. The initial issue features
interviews with composers **Clint Mansell** and **Arlene Sierra**.

â—¼ ***Sonic Footnotes:*** Ora, the occasional broadcast/podcast by **Daniela Cascella** and **Salomé Voegelin**
about “listening and writing,” has followed up its [debut episode]() with a [reading list](), featuring the hosts’ own books and titles by **Gert Jonke**, **W.H Auden**, and **Clifford Geertz**, among others.

â—¼ ***Donut Hole:*** **Jordan Ferguson** is, like me, writing a book for the 33 1/3 series. Like me, he is focused on something that is fairly unusual for the series, in that both our books are about albums that have little in the way of words, let alone of lyrics. My book-in-progress is on Aphex Twin’s *Selected Ambient Works Volume II*. Ferguson’s is about **J Dilla**’s *Donuts*. And [like me](http://333sound.com/2012/12/04/the-33-13-author-qa-marc-weidenbaum/), he submitted to an interview for the publisher’s website. But, being a smart guy, he did his as a (http://333sound.com/2013/07/01/the-33-13-author-qa-jordan-ferguson/):

Also, **Evie Nagy** (formerly of Rolling Stone, now at Billboard) has been [interviewed](http://333sound.com/2013/06/25/the-33-13-author-qa-evie-nagy/) about her 33 1/3 book, which will focus on **Devo**’s *Freedom of Choice*.

â—¼ ***Sounds of Brands:*** Coca-Cola employed **Kurt Hugo Schneider** to [milk sounds of its cans and bottles](http://www.ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.com/) to make music. From [Adweek’s coverage](http://www.adweek.com/videowatch/coke-bottles-and-cans-serve-instruments-promotional-music-video-150986): “The recording obviously has some studio bells and whistles layered on it, but Adweek was assured that Schneider is truly playing the Coke ‘instruments.'” In another sound-related entry in the Coke series, you’re invited to see how long you can listen to [someone singing “ah.”](http://www.ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.com/)