Recording of Ricardo Mandolini's Poema Reiterado using the voice of Leonardo Martinez reciting Mandolini's own poem "Palabras" in an electro-acoustic composition. All sound material are disengaged from the speech of the spoken text (Sprachkomposition) which embodies the idea of the ancient synthesis between text and music. Realized at the Studio of the Musikhochschule in Cologne, Germany in 1983.

Recording of José Augusto Mannis' Cyclone. The composer describes this work as a language of electroacoustic music in which what counts is the gesture of the sound. The movement of the composition is lively, vigorous and energetic, creating clear musical articulations.

Recording of Tera de Marez Oyen's Ambiversion performed by Harry Sparnaay, bass clarinetist.

Recording of Gottfried Martin's Pax for tape. Includes electronic and natural sounds, including voice, news recordings, and recordings of war sounds.

Recording of Peter Martincek's Les insectes. Incorporates the sounds of insects into a electronic piece of music.

Interview with Bob Kalbitz, speaking of the insurance losses after Hurricane Alicia hit in August 1983. Kalbitz describes in depth the insurance claims, and the damages brought on by the Hurricane, and a few anecdotes concerning insurance laws passed in Texas during the 1970's.

Interview with Norman Dykes, Lt. C. E. Shaffer, Sgt. Gary Cochran, Officer James Thornton, and Officer Roger Clifford, residents of Baytown, TX during Hurricane Alicia. They discuss their memories of Hurricane Alicia.

Interview with Marcine Lanham, a Red Cross volunteer after Hurricane Alicia struck the Gulf Coast of Texas, and Jean Shepherd. Lanham and Shepherd both share their memories of the aftermath of Hurricane Alicia including work with the Red Cross helping clean up the damage caused by the hurricane.

Interview with Jean Shepherd, Leon Warner, Fletcher Hickerson, residents of the Baytown area during Hurricane Alicia. All three women answer questions and elaborate on their experiences during and after Hurricane Alicia causing major damage in the surrounding area.

Interview with Judy Smith, Irene Sanders, Lt. William Jackson, Norman Dykes, residents of Baytown, Texas during Hurricane Alicia. They discuss their experiences and memories of Hurricane Alicia.

Interview with Jerry Traylor, Miller Casey, and Mike Prewitt, who were Public Works employees during Hurricane Alicia. Topics include memories of Hurricane Alicia and the aftermath.

The Lamentation of Attio was composed by Vincent McDermott at the Laboratory of Sonology in Utrecht. This multi-media piece is based on classical Latin poetry by C. Valerius Catullus. The text tells the story of Attis who was emasculated to join the worship of Cibelle. When he complains about what he has become, Cibelle sends his lions after him for eternity.

Recording of Stephen Montague's "Slow Dance on a Burial Ground." Inspired by multi-traking and over-dubbling in pop music. Montague plays all various individual parts on folk flutes and log drums, playing at various speeds and other manipulations in an electronic studio to create at virtuosic product, even with modest skills on the instruments. The piece is an exploration in "Romantic minimalism," with its monthematic unfolding of a melody in the dorian mode and static harmony, but also with 18th/19th form influence.

Recording of Stephen Montague's Tigida Pipa. Commissioned by Elms Concerts for Singcircle, with funds provided by the Arts Council of Great Britain. Tigida Pipa was composed in Ghent, Belgium, and completed in London in January, 1983, but revised several times until 1989. The text consists of invented words and percussive sounds whose inherent rhythmic structure propels the work at breakneck speed through a rondo of sonic adventures.

Recording of Shin'ichi Morita's Coeficient of rebound. The piece focuses on the concept of rebound, which makes up the natural rhythm and influences the sound. Based on a calculation Morita made on the computer, he added realized sound and natural sounds to the rhythm of rebound to create the piece.

This piece is a part of a cycle of 8 pieces. J.M. Wyx is a fictional figure, who suggests a fanciful atmosphere of an ancient world and historical instruments. The form is in a large ABA form. Within the composed music, the piece offers an improvisation possibility for solo instrument.

Fantasies for Soprano Saxophone and Tape was written in 1983 for saxophonist Kenneth Fischer. It is dedicated to him and to the memory of Peter Tod Lewis. The music commemorates Lewis' wit and taste for the unexpected. Each movement addresses a different facet of his rich personality. The first movement, "Imminence," is a tongue-in-cheek serial work, involving grotesque tape sounds and robust counterpoint between the tape and the saxophone, resolving to an uncertain and hazy cadence. The second movement, "Remember," is a gentle recollection of Lewis' warmth, punctuated by a cry of grief at the end. The final movement, "Homage (Little Birds)," is a rollicking juxtaposition of the classic and the popular in 20th century music. The lyricism of the saxophone music is violated repeatedly and finally squelched by the tape's jolly violence, spiced by quotations from contemporary rock and roll. With the exceptions of the "rock" quotations, all of the analog tape sounds were created using complex concrete manipulation of loops of gong, cymbal, and almglock attacks. The work was realized in the Electronic Music Studio of the University of Georgia.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Kenneth Olsen, J S Gray and Paul Spain. These men were prisoners of war on the Philippines and share anecdotes of their captivity. Olsen also tells stories from his time in captivity in Japan. Paul Spain shares a story about rescuing an American flag and keeping portions of it throughout his captivity. They also discuss their weight upon being liberated.

Sound recording of Carlotta Herman Mellon being interviewed by G. Morris.

Sound recording of Carlotta Herman Mellon being interviewed by G. Morris.

Sound recording of Knox Mellon being interviewed by an unknown member of the Oral History Association.

Sound recording of Ron Marcello being interviewed by Joel Gardner.

Recording of Åke Parmerud's "Kren," a concert piece. The title is an acronym of time (the clock) and energy: Kronos an Energy (KREN). The main idea for this piece was to create an electric world loaded with sound events that were emitted in a regular way. The work was created in Stockholm's EMS Studios and was commissioned by the Swedish Institute for National Concerts in 1983.

Recording of a fixed media piece by Iván Patachich.