Soundmaking

Composer Richard Baker discusses the work "Motet" from his March 2024 NMC release The Tyranny of Fun Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Composer Henrik Hellstenius presents his latest album Public Behaviour released in February 2024 on BIS Records. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vilde & Inga discuss their amazing double album "How Forests Think", released on Sofa Music.A short documentary about the making of the album can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Composer and guitarist Fredrik Rasten presents his latest disc, Lineaments, out on SOFA Music, as well as other work reflecting his fascination for just intonation and related sound phenomena. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Composer Jonah Haven discusses the track Gasser from his recent portrait release on WERGO. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kerry Young discusses his project Cover Me Cage Kerry Yong is a performer, composer and arranger based in east London. He trained as a pianist and now also performs on keyboards and electronics. His piano repertoire includes unusual classical repertoire (such as the Alkan’s arrangement of Mozart’s D minor Concerto K 466 for solo piano), new compositions, and his own project Cover Me Cage: electronic arrangements of various prepared piano works by John Cage.He performs in groups such as Apartment House, Plus-Minus Ensemble and WeSpoke, and has appeared in many new music festivals including Audiograft, Borealis, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, LCMF, MaerzMusik, ISCM World Music Days, Ultima; in series such as Kammer Klang, Music We’d Like To Hear and NonClassical; on BBC Radio and recording labels Another Timbre and Wirripang.Kerry studied piano with Stephanie McCallum in Sydney and completed a doctorate at the Royal College of Music in London studying piano with Andrew Ball. He is also Director of Music of Grace Church Hackney, where they are happy to use ancient chants, traditional hymns and new works with choirs, bands, electronics, objects and the like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Juliana Snapper and Andrew Infanti speak about their under-water opera “You Who Will Emerge from the Flood”. At the end of the episode, you will hear Blorkra Suite, a 6-minute mash-up of electronic music and vocal recordings from several site-specifics productions of this work. The work has been presented at AKSIOMA, Institute for Contemporary Art (Ljubljana); Queer up North Festival (Manchester); TRAMA Festival de Artes Performativas (Porto); Teatr Dramatyczny Migracje Festiwal (Warsaw); La Bâtie - Festival de Genève; and Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music.https://www.julianasnapper.com/?pg=work-you-who-will-emerge-from-the-flood Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sarah Saviet speaks about Every Strand of Thread and Rope, a four movement work for solo violin work by Soosan Lolavar, released on All That Dust. The episode features extracts from the first and second movements and the entirety of the final movement at the end. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Singer Mimi Doulton and composer Neil Luck present "Five English Folk Songs" out May 1, 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Composer Tansy Davies and keyboard player Zubin Kanga discuss the track "Star-Way" from Zubin's upcoming release "Machine Dreams" on nonclassical. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jesse Broekman (electronics) and Christian Smith (Drums) in Contrafacta present their debut album "a place to sing at night" released on Moon Villain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

American pianist Richard Valitutto presents his solo album Nocturnes & Lullabies out on New Focus Recordings Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Xenia Rubinos talks about tracks off her album Una Rosa, released on ANTI. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sound artist Lasse Marhaug discusses the making of "Context", released on Smalltown Supersound. Check out more releases by Lasse here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Composer and Percussionist John Lane presents the album Trigger – Artists respond to gun violence. Also check out a video on The Innocents https://www.the-innocents.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Australian pianist Lisa Moore talk about her album No Place to Go But Around with pieces by Frederic Rzewski .The album was released by Cantaloupe Music in June 2022, and may be purchased hereWatch the album trailer:https://youtu.be/RVNGR_FDgUw…and the video made for the opening track To His Coy Mistress: https://youtu.be/CcbiJB4sPhEThe New York times wrote about the album:“That inviting quality of Moore’s album extends to her latest performance of “Coming Together,” one of Rzewski’s most well-known contributions to the modern repertoire… Moore’s solo voice-and-piano approach takes dramatic notice of references to lovers’ “emotions in times of crisis” that are present in the literary source material…Just as striking is her take on the rarely heard “To His Coy Mistress,” a setting of Andrew Marvell’s poem from the 17th century. Moore’s playing is meticulous when it comes to the compact three-act structure of the music (and its text); she hits the gas with a controlled force" ...“The lushness of some of its (Amoramaro) chords, though, is what strikes me most forcefully on repeat listens. And that’s thanks in part to Moore’s overall approach to Rzewski, which often allows for a greater range of emotion than other interpreters permit, including the composer."https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/03/arts/music/lisa-moore-rzewski.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

London-based composer WIlliam Marsey and pianist Joseph Havlat present their album Dutch Indoor Subjects. The album and sheet music can be bought hereStreaming links are hereDutch Indoor Subjects is inspired by the Dutch paintings of painting, everyday scenes from the 15- and 1600s.Track 7, Belmont Chill, was nominated for BASCA British Composer Award 2018 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Composer Catherine Lamb and electronic musicians Bryan Eubanks and Xavier Lopez discuss the release Wave/Forming (astrum), which was mixed and mastered by Newton Armstrong and released on the All that Dust label.Also check out the duo's 2021-release "Natural Realms" here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Producer Ian Brennan speaks about the Yanna Momina's album Afar Ways, the 10th release in Glitterbeat’s “Hidden Musics” series. Afar Ways was recorded live in a stilt-hut in Djibouti in the spring of 2018, and may be purchased here: https://yannamomina.bandcamp.com/album/afar-wayshttps://glitterbeat.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anders Førisdal from asamisimasa talks about the release Spätstil, with music by Trond Reinholdtsen. The albums was released as gatefold vinyl in September 2022, and may be purchased here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.