2024

2024 was a landmark year for UNPOP. For the first time, we ran the installation via 100% solar power instead of a gasoline generator, which not only increased the sustainability of the piece but also made its operation silent! UNPOP opened on Sunday, August 25, and began running each night with just a few technical snags interrupting our first nights. By Wednesday, we judged that we had the power capacity and enough protection from heat that we could run the piece 24 hours, so for the first time UNPOP played all day and night. As in 2022, we used an algorithm to generate a randomized playlist, ensuring that all pieces were played the same number of times while also ensuring that no piece was repeated too closely together.

a circular sound installation in the desert with a large bank of prominent solar panels, in bright daylight
a circular sound installation in the desert with a large bank of prominent solar panels, lit up by white and blue LED lights at night


This year our collection grew to 145 total pieces, created by 106 different composers (or teams). A list of all of the played pieces for 2024 follows:

Playlist:


ArtistTitle of Work
Alejandro AlbornozThe Light
Nico ArnaezElectrofuga
Nico ArnaezEl Lenguaje de la Piel
Cindy Bakerthings i've forgotten
Jon BellonaLying In Fireflies Beside Brown Curls
Christopher BiggsNew Year's Eve
Olivia BlockDissolution
Beth BradfishCatch Your Breath
Serge BulatInkblot
Rachel BullerWinter Walking
Landon CaldwellBLOOM
Landon CaldwellRings
Raylene CampbellLanding 23
Nicole CarrollIn The Liminal Space
Anna ChaurizeVoce
Ted CoffeyPetals 8
Nick Collins8
Nicolas CollinsImmortal Coil
Darren CopelandWhile Working and Walking
Ian CrutchleyFontana Mix
Troy CruzHighway Hypnosis
Luke DahlAssessment Postponement Nexus No. 5
Shawn DeckerMare
Shawn DeckerRusk
Wayne DeFehr, Linn R. Friberg, Jon Shuemaker, Danica Hoffart, Trevor DePagieFloating for a Time
Hou Lam Wu (Eagle)Fragile
Frank EkebergHyperthermic
Barbara EllisonCybersongs Excerpt
Barbara EllisonFairsinge Series
EvidenceGo Where Light Is
EvidenceThe Way In
EvidenceVisuals
Vincent FillionDensifications
Vincent FillionStridulations
Hugo Flores GarciaWorld of Mouth
Hannah FoerschlerOver Under
forceghosta.m. funk
forceghostattention (a tension)
forceghostwhere does the time go?
Rob FunkhouserIris
Rob FunkhouserSpace Station
Brian GarbetWould You Like Fries With That?
Jeffrey Nils GardnerFive Twenty Three AM
Thierry GauthierAmbient Background Spectrum
Madhav GheiPartial Occluder
Russell GillespieCenter
Big Pal (Doug Barber, Patrick Glennon, Chrystine Rayburn)Florets
Big Pal (Doug Barber, Patrick Glennon, Chrystine Rayburn)Under The Mind/Tacky Airport Swag
Lyn GoeringerLouhi
Mark HannessonChorale
Louise Harrissys_m1
Florian HartleibVerzweigung
Olive HaughRemakings
Olive HaughSolar Winds
Helene HedsundKlinga
Jullian HoffMachine In The Shell
Hu YuUndo
Anthony JanasWhen The Sunshine Acid Turned Sour
Whitney JohnsonPlasmaether
Jonesy JonesPurgatory Park
Jonathan KawchukEverywhen
Kertayuda & Bill ParodYudha Hati
Panayiotis KokorasQualia
Mikel KuehnDancing In The Ether
Sébastien LavoieThe Four Seasons
Vanissa LawExhaled Rhyme
Felix Lebrun-PareLa Volonte du Periscope
Fiona LeeHorizon
Han geul LeeSuperdensity Noir
Elainie LilliosHastening Toward The Half-Moon
Elainie LilliosContemplating Larry
Elainie LilliosListening Beyond
localStyleIgnis Noster
Stephanie LovelessSome Day
Francisco LópezUntitled #370
Johnathan D. MartinOpen Doors
Johnathan D. MartinWalkways I – Interchange
Paula Matthusenwithin the social history of saltpeter
Chris MercerCollatz
Chris MercerThe Audible Phylogeny Of Lemurs
Tom MerklingerCaterpillar Cocoon
Christina Masha MilinusicMarmot Meteorite
Alyssa MiserendinoCoancoan
MoldoverFear of Silence
Allen MooreSolar Church
Stephan MooreA Grid Against The Sky
Stephan MooreCaldera
Stephan MooreCalling Up
Stephan MooreDusk in Goa
James MosesOscillator Pond After Dark
Jascha Narveson8-Ply
Jascha NarvesonDoors
Jascha NarvesonPennsylvania Frogs
Frank NiehusmannFragrance
Bill ParodEvening Forest
Bill ParodForest At Raja Berneh
Bill ParodGarnet
Bill ParodLovina Morning
Bill ParodMorning Water
Shawn PinchbeckKoidulinn
Shawn PinchbeckPathways
Sam PlutaEndangered Species
Kasey PociusPiano Dreamscapes I: Winter Rhythms
Kasey PociusPiano Dreamscapes II: Snowglobe Bells
Kasey PociusPiano Dreamscapes III: Ice Flow Isolation
Christophe PreissingAmbiguation
Laurie RadfordVagus II
Brad RobinConsumption
Tommaso Rosatisy
Danilo RossettiSubstâncias Moldáveis
Kelly RuthTranscendant To Space Transcendant To Time
Michael J. SchumacherVague Awareness
Larry ShuenPartials
Andy SlaterOlde Castlemaigne Gaol
Scott SmallwoodColton Swarm
Scott SmallwoodCosimos Stars
Scott SmallwoodFloe
Scott SmallwoodGreen Stone Cylinder
Scott SmallwoodGrove
Stefan Smulovitz68 Paths Canon
Stefan SmulovitzA Constant Sea
StarkPoint Cloud
Eli StineMurmuration No. 5
Colin Sullivan & Chromatest PantsmakerPhoenix Summer Solstice 2022
Colin SullivanLive Demo Spring 2022
Stephen SyverudEIRTH
Stephen SyverudREBORN
Stephen SyverudTIMIN
Gen TanakaHalfway There
Tat ShamWhat Is Your Soundmark Of The Year?
Matt TestBloop
Matt TestViola
Spencer TopelDeus Gratias
Barry TruaxEarth and Steel
Sam TymorekHeliotropic Patterns
Federico VisiThe Desert Changes
Federico VisiUnfolding Clusters
Hildegard WesterkampFür Dich - For You
Hildegard WesterkampInto the Labyrinth
Hildegard WesterkampTalking Rain
Alex YiuAlter Ego
Gayle YoungCascade
Katherine YoungDiligence
Samson YoungBookshelf Music
Lidia ZielińskaInsektarion

an image captured from above of a circle of low white walls surrounding two couches and a sound installation in the desert in daylight, near sunset
an image captured from above of a circle of low white walls surrounding two couches and a sound installation in the desert at night, lit up with white and blue LED lights


2022

UNPOP was open for 6 nights, 6:30pm to 7:00am, each night of the event in 2022, which was a really hot one! This year we did not make playlists, rather, we used a computer instead of the Tsunami to play back the audio files, and we decided to randomize the playlist process, with a few simple rules. We were unable to generate an exact list of each night's pieces, but below is the list of all pieces that were played in 2022. Most of these pieces would have played 3-4 times during the event.

Playlist:


Alejandro Albornoz
The Light
Jon Bellona
Lying In Fireflies Beside Brown Curls
Christopher Biggs
New Year's Eve
Olivia Block
Dissolution
Beth Bradfish
Catch Your Breath
Serge Bulat
Inkblot
Rachel Buller Winter
Walking
Raylene Campbell
Landing 23
Nicole Carroll
In The Liminal Space
Ted Coffey
Petals 8
Nick Collins
8
Nicolas Collins
Immortal Coil
Ian Crutchley
Fontana Mix
Luke Dahl
Assessment Postponement Nexus No. 5
Shawn Decker
Mare
Hou Lam Wu (Eagle)
Fragile
Frank Ekeberg
Hyperthermic
Evidence
Go Where Light Is
Evidence
Visuals
Vincent Fillion
Densifications
Vincent Fillion
Stridulations
Hannah Foerschler
Over Under
Jeffrey Gardner
Five Twenty Three AM
Thierry Gauthier
Ambient Background Spectrum
Madhav Ghei
Partial Occluder
Russell Gillespie
Center
Lyn Goeringer
Louhi
Louise Harris
sys_m1
Florian Hartleib
Verzweigung
Helene Hedsund
Klinga
Jullian Hoff
Machine In The Shell
Hu Yu
Undo
Whitney Johnson
Plamaether
Jonesy Jones
Purgatory Park
Jonathan Kawchuck
Everywhen
Kertayuda & Bill Parod
Yudha Hati
Panayiotis Kokoras
Qualia
Mikel Kuehn
Dancing In The Ether
Sébastien Lavoie
The Four Seasons
Felix Lebrun-Pare
La Volonte du Periscope
Fiona Lee
Horizon
Elainie Lillios
Hastening Toward The Half-Moon
Elainie Lillios
Contemplating Larry
localStyle
Ignis Noster
Stephanie Loveless
Some Day
Johnathan D. Martin
Open Doors
Johnathan D. Martin
Walkways I – Interchange
Chris Mercer
Collatz
Chris Mercer
The Audible Phylogeny Of Lemurs
Tom Merklinger
Caterpillar Cocoon
Stephan Moore
A Grid Against The Sky
Stephan Moore
Calling Up
Stephan Moore
Dusk in Goa
James Moses
Oscillator Pond After Dark
Jascha Narveson
Doors
Jascha Narveson
Pennsylvania Frogs
Frank Niehusmann
Fragrance
Bill Parod
Evening Forest
Bill Parod
Forest At Raja Berneh
Bill Parod
Garnet
Bill Parod
Lovina Morning
Bill Parod
Morning Water
Shawn Pinchbeck
Pathways
Sam Pluta
Endangered Species
Kasey Pocius
Piano Dreamscapes I: Winter Rhythms
Kasey Pocius
Piano Dreamscapes II: Snowglobe Bells
Kasey Pocius
Piano Dreamscapes III: Ice Flow Isolation
Laurie Radford
Vagus II
Danilo Rossetti
Substâncias Moldáveis
Kelly Ruth
Transcendant To Space Transcendant To Time
Larry Shuen
Partials
Andy Slater
Olde Castlemaigne Gaol
Scott Smallwood
Colton Swarm
Scott Smallwood
Cosimos Stars
Scott Smallwood
Floe
Scott Smallwood
Green Stone Cylinder
Scott Smallwood
Grove
Stephen Smulovitz
68 Paths Canon
Stephen Smulovitz
A Constant Sea
Eli Stine
Murmuration No. 5
Colin Sullivan & Chromatest Pantsmaker
Phoenix Summer Solstice 2022
Colin Sullivan
Live Demo Spring 2022
Tat Sham
What Is Your Soundmark Of The Year?
Matt Test
Bloop
Matt Test
Viola
Spencer Topel
Deus Gratias
Barry Truax
Earth and Steel
Federico Visi
The Desert Changes
Federico Visi
Unfolding Clusters
Hildegard Westerkamp
Für Dich
Hildegard Westerkamp
Into the Labyrinth
Hildegard Westerkamp
Talking Rain
Alex Yiu
Alter Ego
Gayle Young
Cascade
Gayle Young
Diligence
Lidia Zielińska
Insektarion


2019

UNPOP was open for 6 nights, 6:30pm to 7:00am, starting Monday, August 26 and ending Sunday, September 1, 2019. Three different programs of music were offered in the 8-channel system, each 6 hours and 15 minutes in length. The programs were repeated once each night to account for the full 12 hour, 30 minute running time. Program 1 was played on Monday and Thursday evenings, Program 2 on Tuesday and Friday, and Program 3 on Wednesday and Saturday. Therefore, each program was played in its entirety four times over the course of the week.

The music presented was composed by 57 different composers, mostly working in octophonic (8-channel) format, but also in 7.1, 5.1, quadraphonic (4-channel), and even stereo, all adapted to suit the 8-channel system. The complete sequence of each of the three programs is listed below.

Program 1:


Smallwood, Scott
Cosimo's Stars
Crutchley, Ian
Fontana Mix, September 20th
Yiu, Alex
Alter Ego
Narveson, Jascha
Pennsylvania Frogs
Hartlieb, Florian
Verzweigung
Smallwood, Scott
Floe
Lillios, Elainie
Hastening Toward the Half Moon
Visi, Federico
Unfolding/Clusters
Parod, Bill
Lovina Morning
Martin, Jon
Open Doors
Evidence
Go Where Light Is
Narveson, Jascha
Doors
Moses, Jim
Oscillator Pond - After Dark
Smallwood, Scott
Green Stone Cylinder
Mercer, Chris
Collatz
Moore, Stephan
A Grid Against The Sky
Fillion, Vincent
Stridulations
Smallwood, Scott
Grove
Coffey, Ted
Petals8
Stine, Eli
Murmuration No. 5
Niehusmann, Frank
Fragrance


Program 2:


Loveless, Stephanie
Some Day
Radford, Laurie
Vagus II
Smulovitz, Stefan
A Constant Sea
Law, Vanissa
Exhaled Rhyme
Biggs, Christopher
New Years
Carroll, Nicole
In the Liminal Space
Young, Katherine
Diligence
Pluta, Sam
Endangered Species
Campbell, Raylene
Landing 23
Pinchbeck, Shawn
Pathways
Arnáez, Nico
Electrofuga
Jones, Jonesy
Purgatory Park
Dahl, Luke
Assessment Postponement Nexus No. 0.5
Test, Matt
Bloop
Smallwood, Scott
Colton Swarm
Moore, Stephan
Toowoomba Looproom: Music of Transmission Damage
Gillespie, Russell
Center
Collins, Nicolas
Immortal Coil
Senécal, Pierre-Luc
Schrei
Fillion, Vincent
Densifications
Shuen, Larry
Partials
Young, Gayle
Cascade
Smulovitz, Stefan
68 Paths: Canon
Gardner, Jeffrey Nils
Five Twenty Three AM
Slater, Andy
Old Castlemaine Gaol
Johnson, Whitney (Matchess)
Plasmaether
Bellona, Jon
Lying in Fireflies Beside Brown Curls
Moore, Stephan
Calling Up


Program 3:


Hoff, Julian
Machine in the Shell
Moore, Stephan
Dusk in Goa
localStyle (Jay Alan Yim and Marlena Novak)
Ignis Noster
Foerschler, Hannah
Over Under
Parod, Bill
Forest at Raja Berneh
Ruth, Kelly
Transcendant to Space Transcendent to Time
Lillios, Elainie
Contemplating Larry
Truax, Barry
Earth & Steel
Evidence
Visuals
Test, Matt
Viola
Lebrun-Paré, Félix
La Volonte du Periscope
Martin, Jon
Walkways mvmt 1: Interchange
Block, Olivia
Dissolution
Martin, Jon
Walkways mvmt 2: Passage
Smallwood, Scott
Bull Dozes
Goeringer, Lyn
Louhi
Siu, Remy
Qanimts
Copeland, Darren
While Working and Walking
Ghei, Madhav
Partial Occluder
Lavoie, Sebastian
Wow Concert
Visi, Federico
The Desert Changes
Westerkamp, Hildegard
Into the Labyrinth
Parod, Bill
Garnet
Topel, Spencer
Deus Gratias


2018

UNPOP was open for 6 nights, 6:30pm to 7:00am, starting Monday, August 26 and ending Sunday, September 2, 2018. Three different programs of music were offered in the 8-channel system, each 6 hours and 15 minutes in length. The programs were repeated once each night to account for the full 12 hour, 30 minute running time. Program 1 was played on Monday and Thursday evenings, Program 2 on Tuesday and Friday, and Program 3 on Wednesday and Saturday. Therefore, each program was played in its entirety four times over the course of the week.

The music presented was composed by 40 different composers, mostly working in octophonic (8-channel) format, but also in 7.1, 5.1, quadraphonic (4-channel), and even stereo, all adapted to suit the 8-channel system. The complete sequence of each of the three programs is listed below.

Program 1:


Smallwood, Scott
Cosimo's Stars
Crutchley, Ian
Fontana Mix, September 20th
Yiu, Alex
Alter Ego
Narvesson, Jascha
Pennsylvania Frogs
Siu, Remy
Qanimts
Smallwood, Scott
Floe
Lillios, Elainie
Hastening Toward the Half Moon
Visi, Federico
Unfolding/Clusters
Parod, Bill
Lovina Morning
Martin, Jon
Open Doors
Evidence
Go Where Light Is
Narveson, Jascha
Doors
Moses, Jim
Oscillator Pond - After Dark
Smallwood, Scott
Green Stone Cylinder
Lavoie, Sebastien
The Four Seasons
Moore, Stephan
A Grid Against The Sky
Fillion, Vincent
Stridulations
Smallwood, Scott
Grove
Coffey, Ted
Petals8
Stine, Eli
Murmuration No. 5
Niehusmann, Frank
Fragrance


Program 2:


Loveless, Stephanie
Some Day
Radford, Laurie
Vagus II
Smulovitz, Stefan
A Constant Sea
Law, Vanissa
Exhaled Rhyme
Smallwood, Scott
Wave Passage Effects
Carroll, Nicole
In the Liminal Space
Biggs, Christopher
New Years
Campbell, Raylene
Landing 23
Evidence
Visuals [Render 2]
Arnáez, Nico
Electrofuga
Moses, Jim
Westminster Street
Dahl, Luke
Assessment Postponement Nexus No. 0.5
Test, Matt
Bloop
Smallwood, Scott
Colton Swarm
Moore, Stephan
Toowoomba Looproom: Music of Transmission Damage
Topel, Spencer
Syr
Senécal, Pierre-Luc
Schrei
Martin, Jon
Parallel Windows
Fillion, Vincent
Densifications
Parod, Bill
Brastagi
Shuen, Larry
Partials
Young, Gayle
Cascade
Smulovitz, Stefan
68 Paths: Canon
Topel, Spencer
Ambient Chaconne
Bellona, Jon
Lying in Fireflies Beside Brown Curls
Moore, Stephan
Calling Up


Program 3:


Hoff, Julian
Machine in the Shell
Moore, Stephan
Dusk in Goa
Smallwood, Scott
Slow Heating
Young, Samson
Bookshelf Music
Parod, Bill
Forest at Raja Berneh
Topel, Spencer
Rán
Lillios, Elainie
Contemplating Larry
Truax, Barry
Earth & Steel
Evidence
Visuals [Render 1]
Test, Matt
Viola
Lebrun-Paré, Félix
La Volonte du Periscope
Moses, Jim
Passing Landscapes
Martin, Jon
Seven Vignettes
Smallwood, Scott
Bull Dozes
Goeringer, Lyn
Louhi
Siu, Remy
Qanimts
Mercer, Chris
The Audible Phylogeny of Lemurs
Lavoie, Sebastien
Basketball Glitch
Visi, Federico
The Desert Changes
Westerkamp, Hildegard
Into the Labyrinth
Parod, Bill
Garnet
Topel, Spencer
Deus Gratias