For Episode #132 of The Big Note today we briefly have a bit of fun with April Foolery then get right into some recent Australian artist's music that I have wanted to share with you for a while.

Later, I briefly introduce an amazing character named Harry Partch, a pioneer of modern microtonality. Instead of dividing the octave into 12 equal steps (12-Tone equal temperament, like a piano), Partch divides it into 43 unequal tones, all derived from simple ratios. This method is known as Just Intonation rather than Equal Temperament. He purpose built a number of interesting, sometimes almost sculptural instruments to realise this musical system.

EPISODE #132 PLAYLIST:

* Fool - Bridgitte Bardini [20-09-24] Ruby Valley Records Pty Ltd
* Love’s Fool - Leica Louise [30-03-26] Foghorn Record
* Five Easy Pieces - Azimuth James from “Alluvial Shores” [20-02-26]
* Deer Hunting Season - My Daydreams [27-03-26]
* 1000 Horses - Oscar Perrett [01-04-26] Rockford Records
* 110 - Hayden Lawson [11-02-26]
* The Whitest Bread - Billy Peril CHEERSQUAD RECORDS & TAPES
* Journey - Badinage from “Banter” [06-02-26] Behind The Beat
* Why Don’t Birds Suddenly Appear - Big League from “Windanswagger” [25-03-26]
* Colca - Soviet Dust from “Soviet Dust”  [23-03-26] Bellissimo Fingers
* Walk the Dinosaur - Was (Not Was) from “What Up, Dog?” [1988]
* Creeping Evil - The Southern Edge from “Monkey Land” [05-03-26]
* Indefinite Hiatus - Off Chops [27-02-26]
* Till Death Do Us Part - Shitzulover07  from “Till Death Do Us Part “ [25-03-26]
* Delusion of the Fury: Chorus of Shadows - Ensemble musikFabrik from “Harry Partch: Delusion of the Fury. A Ritual of Dream and Delusion” [2022]
* Delusion of the Fury: The Quiet Hobo Meal - Ensemble musikFabrik from “Harry Partch: Delusion of the Fury. A Ritual of Dream and Delusion” [2022]
* Delusion of the Fury: The Lost Kid - Ensemble musikFabrik from “Harry Partch: Delusion of the Fury. A Ritual of Dream and Delusion” [2022]
* L’Aberek - Angine de Poitrine from “Angine de Poitrine Vol. 1” [2024]

Episode Image [from Wikipedia] "The Boo" - The Boo I (one of Harry Partch's many unique instruments) was first built in 1955. Some of the bamboo was replaced with larger-diameter pieces in 1963. It has a total of 64 bamboo resonators, organized into six ranks. The back ends of the tubes are sealed.