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| Ukrainian Field Notes - 16 October 2024 - with the North Azovian Greek NGO Надазовські греки | 17 Oct 2024 | 00:59:20 | |
Ukrainian Field Notes - 16 October 2024 - with the North Azovian Greek NGO Надазовські греки Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re Tracklist Folk Group Fos - Bugdanku Sartanskie Samotsvety ensemble - Of, mana, vay! Nadiia Kalus - Ditty (udrama) "Ela miia kamiia" Bir Taifa group - Dushenkalar Bir Taifa group - Chikhmakh Khirimda Vasyl Tanacha - track 9 (button accordion) Suren Voskanian, Yaryna Dron, Andrii Levchenko - Vari-ava | |||
| Ukrainian Field Notes - 18 September 2024 - with Whaler | 19 Sep 2024 | 00:58:57 | |
Ukrainian Field Notes - 18 September 2024 - with Whaler Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re tracklist:
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| Ukrainian Field Notes - 20 March 2024 with Iryna Lobanok and Mariana Bondarenko (Ukrainian Institute) | 21 Mar 2024 | 00:59:01 | |
Ukrainian Field Notes - 20 March 2024 with Iryna Lobanok and Mariana Bondarenko (Ukrainian Institute) Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re tracklist: Hidden Element x Floex - Yellow Ribbon DZ'OB Ft. Mattia Prete - Zamovliannia Pokaz Trio - Song Of Sirens (Live at Bimhuis Amsterdam) SI Process - Rukh Vadim Neselovskyi - Odesa Railway Station Blooms Corda - Пісня про війну Ihor Tsymbrovsky - Brilliant Small Poetry | |||
| Episode 34: OLD & NEW DREAMS - with Kerry O'Brien and Will Robin | 28 Feb 2024 | 01:00:57 | |
This episode of Sound Propositions features scholars Kerry O’Brien and Will Robin, editors of the recent anthology On Minimalism: Documenting a Musical Movement. Described as a historical source reader, the book compiles over 100 primary sources retelling the story of minimalist music from the 1950s to the present. Sources include liner notes, interviews, journalism, manifestos, and other material organized chronologically and thematically, with introductory essays from the editors. Not a simple revisionist history seeking to expand the canon, let alone an attempt to dethrone the “Big Four” composers, On Minimalism nonetheless radically reconsiders the scope of minimalist music. In some ways the book is a restorative history, following the offshoots of musical practices that had once been described as “minimalist,” beginning with non-western music and modal jazz in the 1950s up to drone rock and techno of the present. We discuss the influence of Ravi Shankar, why the Coltranes were minimalists, the Julius Eastman revival, and much more. Read more at A Closer Listen —-Sound Propositions is written, recorded, mixed, and produced by Joseph Sannicandro. | |||
| Ukrainian Field Notes - 21 February 2024 - with Polje | 22 Feb 2024 | 00:59:47 | |
Ukrainian Field Notes - 21 February 2024 - with Polje Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re tracklist: Wiseword.Nidaros - Лев Polje - Maliunok Polje - Pa Polje - Yasne Mi Polje - Wall of Sirens Arthur Mine - Helicopter Theme Bayraktar - Ukrainian War Song Вічний Ґандж - Комарик Polje - Janmarko Read more at www.acloserlisten.com | |||
| Episode 33: DIS/EMBODIED - with Cruel Diagonals | 31 Jan 2024 | 00:58:46 | |
Having first captured our attention with Monolithic Nuance (2018) for Longform Editions, Megan Mitchell’s Cruel Diagonals has continued to impress with each new work. With Fractured Whole, she set herself the task of producing an album using nothing but her voice as raw material. While she deserves recognition as a gifted vocalist, she deserves at least as much praise for her production work, alchemically transmuting her voice into a wide range of instruments and textures. In this episode, she discusses the production challenges posed by Fractured Whole, her background in musical theatre, her work with the feminist archive Many Many Women, and much more. Read more at www.acloserlisten.com TRACKLIST ARTIST – “TITLE” (ALBUM, LABEL, YEAR) Cruel Diagonals - “Penance” (Fractured Whole, Beacon Sound, 2023) INTRO Cruel Diagonals - “Monolithic Nuance” (Monolithic Nuance, Longform Editions, 2018) Mika Vainio - “Se On Olemassa (It Is Existing)” (In The Land Of The Blind One-Eyed Is King, Touch, 2003) Matthewdavid - “Phased Moon” (Mycelium Music, Leaving, 2023) Cruel Diagonals - “Monolithic Nuance” (Monolithic Nuance, Longform Editions, 2018) Cruel Diagonals - “Render Arcane” (Disambiguation, Drawing Room Records, 2018) Cruel Diagonals & Jon Carr - “Fall Back Into Earth” (Fall Back Into Earth, 2022) Asmus Tietchens - “Club of Rome” (The Emergency Cassette Vol. 2, Los Angeles Free Music Society, 1981) Faust - “Why don’t you eat carrots?” (Faust, Polydor, 1971) Can - “One More Night” (Ege Bamyasi, Liberty, 1972) Demdike Stare - “Black Sun” (Voices of Dust, Modern Love, 2010) Andy Stott - “Luxury Problems” (Luxury Problems, Modern Love, 2012) Porter Ricks - “Biokinetics 2” (Biokinetics, Chain Reaction, 1996) Anne Gillis - “A6” (Monetachek, Rangehen, 1985) Techno Animal - “Bionic Beatbox (Tortoise version)” (Techno Animal Versus Reality, City Slang, 1998) Cruel Diagonals - “Intuit Sensate [edit]” (Fractured Whole, Beacon Sound, 2023) Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster, Panaiotis - “Lear” (Deep Listening, New Albion, 1989) Eliane Radigue - “L'Île re-sonante (2000)” (L'Île re-sonante, Shiiin, 2005) Annea Lockwood - “For Ruth” (Tête-à-tête by Ruth Anderson & Annea Lockwood, Ergot, 2023) Petr Kotik – S.E.M. Ensemble – Many Many Women – Part 13 (That being uncovered) (Many Many Women, Labor, 1981) Cruel Diagonals - “Fluvial” (A Dormant Vigor, 2021) Laurie Spiegel - “Three Sonic Spaces II” (Unseen Worlds, Scarlett/Infinity, 1991) Lana Del Rabies - “Grace the Teacher (Cruel Diagonals remix)” (Becoming Everything: STREGA BEATA Remixed, 2024) Cruel Diagonals - “Live in Los Angeles - March 2023 pt.1” (Live in Los Angeles, March 2023, Beacon Sound, 2023) Cruel Diagonals - “Vestigial Mythology (remix)” (Live in Los Angeles, March 2023, Beacon Sound, 2023) Cruel Diagonals - “Vestigial Mythology” (Fractured Whole, Beacon Sound, 2023) Andy Stott - “Submission” (We Stay Together, Modern Love, 2011) Andy Stott - “Promises” (It Should Be Us, Modern Love, 2019) Luc Ferrari - “Music Promenade” (Music Promenade / Unheimlich Schön, Recollection GRM, 2019) Cruel Diagonals - “Soporific Return” (Disambiguation, Drawing Room, 2018) Cruel Diagonals - “Decimated Whole” (Fractured Whole, Beacon Sound, 2023) Pauline Oliveros, Roscoe Mitchell, John Tilbury, Wadada Leo Smith - “Part III [Encore]” (Nessuno, I Dischi Di Angelica, 2016) Demdike Stare - “We have already died” (Elemental, Modern Love, 2012) Can - “Call Me” (Saw Delight, Mute/Spoon, 1977/1991) Silent Servant - “Violencia” (Violencia, Sandwell District, 2008) Realivox Ladies (2015) Bjork - “It’s Not Up To You” (Vespertine, Polydor, 2001) Pauline Oliveros - “Sound Patterns” (Extended Voices, Odyssey, 1967) Maxwell - “This Woman’s Work” (Now, 2001) Richard Maxwell - “Pastoral Symphony” (An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music Volume 5, 2008) Cruel Diagonals - “Live in Los Angeles - March 2023 pt.2” -—- Sound Propositions produced by Joseph Sannicandro. | |||
| Ukrainian Field Notes - 17 January 2024 | 20 Jan 2024 | 00:58:59 | |
Ukrainian Field Notes - 17 January 2024 - with ummsbiaus and Difference Machine Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re tracklist: ummsbiaus and Difference Machine: торований шлях | |||
| Ukrainian Field Notes - 15 November 2023 | 18 Nov 2023 | 00:58:46 | |
Ukrainian Field Notes - 15 November 2023 Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re Tracklist: Andriy Kiritchenko - Eyes of Exiles Roman Khropko - Kyiv 17.04.22 Roman Khropko - The Moment Of Unity (Sympathetic Mix) Myroslav Protsan - Ravens On The Cemetery Myroslav Protsan - Very Old Piano Improvisations Anthony Junkoid - Drum Vision Nightcourier - Temnivody Lena Mirzakh - A Little Interlude Kadaitcha - Seed Katarina Gryvul - Zemlya 58918012 - 7e3422 | |||
| Episode 32: INDISCREET MUSIC - with Patrick Nickleson | 10 Nov 2023 | 01:05:00 | |
Patrick Nickleson is the author of The Names of Minimalism: Authorship, Art, Music, and Historiography in Dispute, an academic study that radically reconsiders the origins and boundaries of musical minimalism. Uninterested in searching for the earliest work of musical minimalism, or even in doing the admittedly necessary work of expanding the canon to include lesser known but equally important figures, Nickleson instead underscores a different set of shared traits that he sees in (early) minimalism: the importance of collective authorship, often collaborating in a form of “bandness”; the priority of recording to tape over written scores; and distinguishing between “(early) minimalism” and the later canonization of Minimalism as we know it since the early 1980s. In addition to the book, we discuss searching for obscure records online, our shared love of Constellation Records, and the influence of Tony Conrad. Read more, including a tracklist, at www.acloserlisten.com TRACKLIST Godspeed You! Black Emperor - “Steve Reich” SP INTRO John Cale - “Terry’s Cha-Cha” [Glenn] Branca - “Lesson No. 3 (Tribute To Steve Reich)” Terry Riley - “[Excerpt]” Steve Reich - “Pulses (2)” Philip Glass - “Part 5 (Beginning)” Rhys Chatham & His Guitar Trio All-Stars - “Guitar Trio Pt. 1, Buffalo” Glenn Branca - “Structure” Tony Conrad - “Tony Conrad April 1965” Angus MacLise / Tony Conrad - “Untitled (recorded October 18, 1968 at Tony Conrad's apartment)” La Monte Young - “Pre-Tortoise Dream Music” Tony Conrad - “The Heterophony Of The Avenging Democrats, Outside, Cheers The Incineration Of The Pythagorean Elite, Whose Shrill Harmonic Agonies Merge And Shimmer Inside Their Torched Meeting House [excerpt]” Tony Conrad with Faust - “From The Side Of Machine” John Coltrane - “Africa” GENG PTP - “(alice coltrane)” Dickie Landry - “Kitchen Solos” Eliane Radigue - CHRY-PTUS (Version 2006, Giuseppe Ielasi) Morton Feldman - “Page 1, System 1, Measure 1” John Coltane (McCoy Tyner solo) - “Naima [excerpt]” Observer All Stars and King Tubby - “Rebel Dance” Philip Glass - “Two Pages (For Steve Reich)” Albert Ayler - “For John Coltrane” Radiohead - “How To Disappear Completely” Godspeed - “Deathkamp Drone" Nicholas Papador and the University of Windsor Percussion Ensemble - "Stasis" The Noiseborder Ensemble - [Improvisation on A-Ha’s "Take on Me"] (Live at Media City, Windsor ON, 2009) The Dream Syndicate with La Monte Young - “Day Of The Holy Mountain (excerpt 2)” Jon Gibson - “Cycles” ( Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra - “Fuck Off Get Free (For The Island Of Montreal)” Ornette Coleman - “Friends and Neighbors (instrumental) / “Friends and Neighbors (vocal)” Rhys Chatham - “Two Gongs (1971)” La Monte Young - “B Flat Dorian Blues 19 X 63 (5th day of the Hammer)” Terry Riley / Don Cherry “Descending Moonshine Dervishes” Sonic Youth - “Pendulum Music (Steve Reich, 1968)” Tony Conrad - “ten years alive on the infinite plain (#1)” [Live at the Kitchen, 1972] Tony Conrad, “Four Violins (1964)” Henry Flynt - “You Are My Everlovin” Catherine Christer Hennix - “The Electric Harpsichord [excerpt]” Raven Chacon - “Singing Toward The Wind Now / Singing Toward The Sun Now” Angus MacLise / Tony Conrad / John Cale - “Trance #2” John Cale - “A Midnight Rain of Green Wrens at the World's Tallest Building” Angus MacLise / Jack Smith / Tony Conrad - S.O.S. (Ca. 1968) Mt. Zion - “side one _ sow some lonesome corner so many flowers bloom” Angus MacLise - “Tunnel Music #2” [1965] John Cale / Tony Conrad / Angus MacLise / La Monte Young / Marian Zazeela - “Inside the Dream Syndicate Volume I: Day of Niagara” -—- Sound Propositions produced by Joseph Sannicandro. | |||
| Ukrainian Field Notes - 18 October 2023 - with Igor Yalivec, Revshark, Waveskania, Difference Machine, Natalia Tsupryk, YLOI and Andrii Kunin | 20 Oct 2023 | 00:59:47 | |
Ukrainian Field Notes - 18 October 2023 - with Igor Yalivec, Revshark, Waveskania, Difference Machine, Natalia Tsupryk, YLOI and Andrii Kunin Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re Tracklist: Gamardah Fungus - Vega Revshark - Restricted Areas Waveskania - Essential Difference Machine - Повідь Natalia Tsupryk - beyond the cemetery wall YLOI - UAV Hunting Andrii Kunin - threshold | |||
| Ukrainian Field Notes - 20 September 2023 - with Nastia and Vlad Fisun | 23 Sep 2023 | 00:59:05 | |
Episode 12 - with Nastia and Vlad Fisun Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re Nastia and Vlad Fisun talk about the burgeoning electronic scene in Ukraine, toxic behaviour and Ukrainian Identity. TRACKLIST DZ'OB - Sometimes Everything Is Wrong (S.Tolkachev re-imagining) Louwave and Splinter (UA) - Baby Let's Vibe Polygrim - Klang Koloah - Away https://soundcloud.com/nastia_ua | |||
| Episode 31: FREE TIME - with Andrea Belfi | 19 Sep 2023 | 00:59:09 | |
Andrea Belfi discusses his latest album, Eternally Frozen, a canon-based composition for percussion, electronics, and brass ensemble. Inspired by a visit to LA’s Museum of Jurassic Technology, Belfi draws upon the story of Deprong Mori, a mythological bat that could use its powers of echolocation to phase through solid matter, before being captured by an American researcher, “eternally frozen” in lead. Movement, circularity, and stasis are all terms that also describe Belfi’s interests as a composer. We discuss his origins in Italy’s punk scene, his time as drummer of the noisy instrumental rock band Rosolina Mar, opening for Thom Yorke, and the development of his unique approach to solo performance as a drummer. TRACKLIST Andrea Belfi - “Golden” [edit 1] (Eternally Frozen, Maple Death, 2023) SP INTRO Andrea Belfi - “Golden” [edit 2] (Eternally Frozen, Maple Death, 2023) Andrea Belfi - “Cera Persa 1” (Cera Persa, Latency, 2016) Andrea Belfi - “Wege B” (Wege, Room40, 2012) Andrea Belfi - “Ton” (Ore, Float, 2017) Thom Yorke - “Atoms for Peace” (The Eraser, XL, 2006) Four Tet - “Pyramid (Atoms For Peace remix)” (Pink Remixes, Bandcamp, 2014) Andrea Belfi - “Pulsing” (Eternally Frozen, Maple Death, 2023) Carla Bozulich - “Pissing” (Evangelista, Constellation, 2006) Andrea Belfi & Ignaz Schick - “Myth 5” (The Myth Of Persistence Of Vision Revisited, Zarek, 2011) Steve Reich / Ulrich Krieger (performer) - “Pendulum Music” (An Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music / Fourth A-Chronology 1937-2005, Sub Rosa, 2006) Andrea Belfi - “Shale” (Strata, Float, 2019) Steve Reich - “Drumming, Part I” (Works 1965-1995 (Disc 02 - Drumming), Nonesuch, 1997) John Zorn / Ennio Morricone - “The Battle of Algiers” (The Big Gundown, Nonesuch, 1986) Ennio Morricone - “L'Attentato” (C'era una volta il west, RCA, 1969) Egisto Macchi - “Gare Spatiale” (I Futuribili, Gemelli, 1971) Egisto Macchi - “Jungla I”(Africa Minima, Anya, 1972) Vladislav Delay - “Nesso” (Multila, Chain Reaction, 2000) Vladislav Delay - “Mustelmia” (Tummaa, Leaf, 2009) Medves [Andrea Belfi, Giuseppe Ielasi, Renato Rinaldi, Riccardo Wanke, Stefano Pilia] - “Untitled” [Figures Side] (Medves, Fringes Recordings, 2004) Rosolina Mar - “Malpensa Social Club” (Rosolina Mar, Wallace, 2004) Swell Maps - “Harmony In Your Bathroom” (A Trip To Marineville, Rough Trade, 1979) Antioch Arrow - “David” (Gems Of Masochism, Amalgamated, 1995) Clikatat Ikatowi- “Science Fiction Reality” (Orchestrated And Conducted By…, Gravity, 1996) Antioch Arrow - “Date With Destiny” (Gems Of Masochism, Amalgamated, 1995) Drive Like Jehu - “If it kills you” (Drive Like Jehu, Headhunter, 1992) Clikatat Ikatowi - “Rise and Shine” (River of Souls, Gravity, 1998) Heroin - “Indecision” [rework] (All About Heroin, Vinyl Communications, 1991) Hiroshima Rocks - “Walking Like US Maple” (Around Isolation Bus Blues, NO=FI, 2001) Stereolab - “Metronomic Underground” (Emperor Tomato Ketchup, Elektra, 1996) Gastr del Sol - “Thos. Dudley Ah! Old Must Dye” (Crookt, Crackt, Or Fly, Drag City, 1995) Gastr del Sol - “The Japanese Room At La Pagode” (The Japanese Room At La Pagode / May [Split with Tony Conrad], Table of the Elements, 1995) Rosolina Mar - “La Bottega Del Krapftwerk” (Rosolina Mar, Wallace, 2004) Rosolina Mar - “Before And After Dinner” (Before And After Dinner, Wallace, 2005) Rosolina Mar - “L'ora Di Religione” (Before And After Dinner, Wallace, 2005) Rosolina Mar - “Mingozo di Mongozo (Claudio Rocchetti Remix)” (Rosolina Mar Meet Trumans Water, Robot Radio, 2007) Rhythm & Sound - “Trace” (Rhythm & Sound, Rhythm & Sound, 2001) Andrea Belfi - “Picture Burning” (...a gift for (°!°)..., Afe/Grey Sparkle/et. al, 2004) 3/4hadbeeneliminated - “Loop Recorder in the Patient with Heart Disease” (a year of the aural gauge operation, häpna, 2005) Andrea Belfi - “Iso” (Ore, Float, 2017) Andrea Belfi - “Pastorale” (Eternally Frozen, Maple Death, 2023) -—- Sound Propositions produced by Joseph Sannicandro. | |||
| Episode 38: DIS/PLACED - with Matana Roberts | 12 Sep 2024 | 01:00:00 | |
Matana Roberts is a multidisciplinary artist, saxophonist, composer, and performer. With the release of In the Garden…, their ongoing, projected 12-chapter series COIN COIN is near its midpoint. Roberts has developed a composition system for the series based on mixed media scores combining graphic notation, visual art, film, and ephemera, channeling the images and (hi)stories left behind. Coming out of the fertile hybrid music scenes of Chicago, Roberts resists being pigeon-holed into any one genre, and has a particularly complicated relationship being labeled as a “jazz” musician. In fact, as they point out in this episode, Roberts rejects binaries in general, preferring to explore other ways of being, a theme which is also reflected in the narratives of each of the chapters of COIN COIN. In this episode, we discuss Chapter Five, the loss of jaimie branch, and the lessons they learned from Montreal. LINKS Improvisation, Community and Social Practice (ICASP) Suoni per il Popolo Read more, including tracklist, at https://acloserlisten.com/2024/09/15/sp-episode-38-dis-placed-with-matana-roberts-podcast/ | |||
| Ukrainian Field Notes - 19 July 2023 - with Katia Stieber and Kadiristy from Regular Disco | 21 Jul 2023 | 00:59:05 | |
Episode 11 - with Katia Stieber and Kadiristy from Regular Disco Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re TRACKLIST | |||
| Episode 29: CRITICAL POSITIVITY – with ACL | 14 Jul 2023 | 01:40:00 | |
Happy (very belated) birthday to us! Back in February of 2022 we celebrated the tenth anniversary of our blog. To celebrate, in this episode, we pull the curtain back a bit to talk with ten of the writers who have contributed to A CLOSER LISTEN since we began over a decade ago. Utilizing my idiosyncratic editing skills, I’ve conjured a virtual roundtable discussing the past, present, and future of ACL. We discuss the founding of the site, abandoning scoring, and all our sub-sites, mixes, and other projects that define us. Our discussion of video game music gives way to a reflection on film scores, and the relationship between sound and the visual more broadly, including artwork, packaging, and physical media. We recount what has made ACL distinct over the years, our openness to new sounds, the joys of ongoing discovery, our formative influences, and our signature blend of critical positivity. The music for this episode was selected collectively, drawn from tracks that came up throughout our conversations. Scattered throughout the episode are also many 10 second clips I solicited from friends of the site back in 2014. I used them to make some “community sound collages” that I never properly shared, so it seemed fitting to include them here.
Richard Allen Gabriel Bogart Joseph Sannicandro Jeremy Bye Samuel Rogers Nayt Keane Chris Redfearn-Murray David Murrieta Flores Maya Rose Merberg Jennifer Smart —- Sound Propositions is written, recorded, mixed, and produced by Joseph Sannicandro. | |||
| Ukrainian Field Notes - 21 June 2023 - with Mykyta Moiseiev and Maryana Klochko | 24 Jun 2023 | 00:59:30 | |
Episode 10, Ukrainian Field Notes - 21 June 2023 - with Mykyta Moiseiev and Maryana Klochko Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re TRACKLIST Mykyta Moiseiev featuring Maryana Klochko - Intro (from Falling OST) Maryana Klochko - оченька мої чорні Mykyta Moiseiev - Твій дім Mykyta Moiseiev – One Day in Ukraine OST trailer Mykyta Moiseiev featuring Maryana Klochko - Coffee (from Falling OST) Maryana Klochko – My Girl (from Stop-Zemlia OST) Mykyta Moiseiev – Didukh (from Ivan’s Land OST) Mykyta Moiseiev – Chornobaivka Maryana Klotchko – Kvity Mykyta Moiseiev – Intro Rejected (from Falling OST) | |||
| Ukrainian Field Notes - 17 May 2023 - with Alexander Pavlenko (Sunchase / Na Nich) and Vera Logdanidi | 17 May 2023 | 00:59:27 | |
Episode 9 Ukrainian Field Notes - 17 May 2023 - with Alexander Pavlenko (Sunchase / Na Nich) and Vera Logdanidi Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re Alexander Pavlenko and Vera Logdanidi talk about the first days of the full-scale invasion, the Ukrainian electronic scene and touring. TRACKLIST Misha Ziganoff (intro) | |||
| Ukrainian Field Notes - 19 April 2023 - with Alexander Stratonov | 22 Apr 2023 | 00:59:40 | |
Episode 8 Ukrainian Field Notes - 19 April 2023 - with Alexander Stratonov Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re Alexander Stratonov talks about working for Ukrainian state television Suspilne and scoring documentaries about war crimes. TRACKLIST Alexander Stratonov - "Before the Storm" (from Bucha 22 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RXf6REnoSs) Alexander Stratonov - "He Bought Himself a Clock" (from Bucha 22) Alexander Stratonov - "Numbering the People" (from Survivor's Diary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pacMw4oo_Zc) Alexander Stratonov - "The Last Lullaby" (from Notes Under the Cherry Tree - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cm6kmJbF7o) Alexander Stratonov - "Identification" (from Bucha: Final Destination - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBrbVkhG5wM) Плач Єремії - "Вона" | |||
| Ukrainian Field Notes - 15 March 2023 - with Asyncronous | 19 Mar 2023 | 00:59:38 | |
Episode 7 of Ukrainian Field Notes with Asyncronous live on ResonanceFM Wed 15 March at 5.30 pm (GMT) repeated Sunday 19 March at 11am. Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re Oleksii and Bohdan talk about their collaborative project as Asyncronous and about life in Kyiv one year on from the full-scale Russian invasion of February 24, 2022. Tracklist: Asyncronous - Midnight Sun Asyncronous - Point of no Return Asyncronous - Shinkansen Asyncronous - Stage of Delta (Ambient Remix) Arctica - Ambient Mix: Into the Unknown (background) | |||
| Episode 28: COGNITIVE DISSONANCE - with Archivio Diafònico | 25 Feb 2023 | 00:59:54 | |
This episode features Giuseppe Esposito, a Neapolitan musician who runs the tape label Archivio Diafònico, an operation that mostly documents artists who are based in Napoli. The chaotic and bustling capital of the South of Italy undeservedly gets a bad reputation, and the city has a vibrant cultural scene and rich history that is sorely underappreciated. Through a chronicle of his own musical formation and the birth of the label, Esposito constructs a map of the Neapolitan underground scene, with particular attention to noise and improvisation. We also discuss Abidjan Centrale / Partono i Bastimenti, a podcast Esposito produces with Carole Oulato exploring the diverse musical traditions of Africa. Mario [Gabola] - “Steno, tube, voice and feedback” (Idiolect, Archivio Diafònico/Viande, 2021) Eks - “B-side excerpt” (Echo Courts, Archivio Diafònico, 2019) Grausam Frühjahr - “B-side excerpt” (Ascent/Descent, Toxo, 2011) Velvet Underground - “White Light White Heat” (live 69) Tony Conrad and Faust - “From the Side of the Machine” (Outside the Dream Syndicate, Table Of The Elements, 1973/1993) My Bloody Valentine - “Loomer” (Loveless, 1991) Gristleism - YouTube Demo (Throbbing Gristle Buddha Machine, 2010) Weltraum - Sy.1 (Sy, 2009) A Spirale - “Suriciorbu” (Agaspastik, Fratto9 Under The Sky Records/Viande, 2009) Elio Martusciello– “For Mario Biserni” (...A Gift For (°!°)..., Afe, Grey Sparkle / Morirermo Tutti/ etc, 2006) Jealousy Party – "JP Punca For Trombones" (Again, Burp Publications, 2008) 99 Posse - “Curre Curre Guaglió” (Curre Curre Guagliò, Esodo autoproduzioni, 1993) Toni Esposito - “Rosso Napoletano” (Toni Esposito, Numero Uno, 1974) One Starving Day - “Black Star Aeon” (Broken Wings Lead Arms to The Sun, 2005) Francesco Gregoretti - “Faithful Walking Stick” (Solid Layers Deafening Shapes, 2016) Motosega (Ottavio Balzano) - “No No No” (NO, 2014) SEC_ - “Small traces” (Moscaio, Bocian, 2012) EKS - “Falafel Humpers” (Sedic, 2015) 70fps - “Untitled - Side A” (Campo Catodico, Archivio Diafònico, 2015) Matar Dolores - “The Great Transformation (Side B excerpt)” (The Great Transformation, Archivio Diafònico, 2014) False Moniker - Side A (Amidst The Statues, Archivio Diafònico 2019) Many Others - “Day Two / I” (Aggression of Paradox, Archivio Diafònico, 2017) Grizzly Imploded - Side B (You Are The Way You Face Your Death, Scissor Tale, 2013) Maurizio Argenziano - “Buio Riflesso” (Privazioni, Joy De Vivre, 2016) Forest Management - “Porter Creek (Side B Excerpt)” (Porter Creek, Archivio Diafònico, 2015) Luciano Cilio “Quarto Quadro” [1977] (Dell'Universo Assente, Die Schachtel, 2013) Liberato - “NUNNA VOGLIO NCUNTRÀ” (CAPRI RDV Ep03, 2019) Genital Warts - “Cut and Shit (Instrumental)” (Parappaio, Viande, 2015) Giuseppe and Carole talking on the phone from "Capo Verde"- (Partono i Bastimenti - Abidjan Central per Radio Cavone Stereo, 2019) Antoinette Konan - "Abidjan Adja" (RACINES & RYTHMES, 1995) Dur-Dur Band - “Dooyo” (Dur-Dur Band Vol 5., 1989) Zagazougou - “Varietoscope” (La Confirmation, 2000) Claudio Villa – “Santa Lucia Luntana” (Santa Lucia Luntana / 'O Surdato 'Nnammurato, Vis Radio, 1958) Salaad Darbi SideB (cassette, Awesome Tapes from Africa, 1970s?) Co'Sang - “Poesia Cruda (ft. Fuossera)” (Chi More Pe' Mme, Poesia Cruda Dischi, 2005) Kuupuu (Jonna Karanka) (Kuupuu / Hilma Glad split, self-released, 2011) Blood Feud - “Side B Excerpt” (AM Fields, Archivio Diafònico, 2014) Joseph Sannicandro, “Piano in Colle” (Field Recordings, 2022) | |||
| Ukrainian Field Notes - 15 February 2023 - with Heinali | 18 Feb 2023 | 00:59:17 | |
Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re Heinali talks about the making of his album Kyiv Eternal out on February 24, 2023 on the anniversary of the Russian full-scale invasion. Tracklist: Lugovsky - Sirens of Kyiv Heinali - Rare Birds / Field Recordings (unreleased) Heinali - Shulyavka / Field Recordings (unreleased) Sound Weekends - Tram 12 / Field Recording Heinali - Silpo Heinali - Botanichny / Field Recordings (unreleased) William Basinski - DLP 2.1 (snippet) Heinali - Kyiv Eternal Svitovamora Pleura A and Pleura B (background)
More from this series at https://acloserlisten.com/ | |||
| Sounding the housing crisis - Investigation Questions [bonus] | 02 Feb 2023 | 00:35:14 | |
Last fall I shared the first episode of Sounding the Housing Crisis, a bilingual (French/English) podcast by a collective of Montreal sound artists and tenants. I co-produced the eight episode series with Hubert Gendron-Blais, organizing and editing the contributions from each member of the collective. The project was partially inspired by the “militant sound inquiry” of Ultra-Red. In 2021, Ultra-Red co-founder Dont Rhine visited Montreal for a seminar at McGill, followed by a workshop/performance as part of Echoes of a Distance, Music, Protest and Community in Confined Times, organized by Hubert and The International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI). I'm now sharing the eighth episode in this feed as well, since it is one where I think my fingerprints are most visible. Find the series wherever you find this podcast, or stream/download at bandcamp: This eighth and last episode of the podcast 'Réverbérations d'une crise: Sounding the Housing Crisis' looks back to the elaboration of the investigation question that guided the project's the composition process, addressing in passing issues of mental health, precarity, the role of artists and gentrification. | |||
| Ukrainian Field Notes - 18 January 2023 - with Yaryna Denisiuk and Kseniia Yanus (Neformat Family) | 21 Jan 2023 | 00:58:58 | |
Gianmarco Del Re presents the fifth episode of the Ukrainian Field Notes podcast, broadcast on Resonance FM on Wednesday 18 January 2023 at 5:30 pm GMT and repeated on Sunday 22 January at 11 am GMT. Tracklist | |||
| Episode 37: QUANTUM BLUES - with France Jobin | 17 Aug 2024 | 00:59:59 | |
France Jobin has been exploring quantum theory for many years now, an interest that has shown up in her compositions, sound installations, and work with VR. But the pandemic finally afforded the Montreal-based minimalist composer time for deeper study with a personal brain trust of physicists she’d assembled over the years. Jobin recently released Infinite Probabilities (Particle 2) on the great Room40 label.We sat down in Montreal to discuss her formative sonic experiences, her origin in a blues band, her interest in physics, and a growing body of audio-visual work with Markus Heckmann. TRACKLIST ARTIST – “TITLE” (ALBUM, LABEL, YEAR) France Jobin - “Superposition [excerpt]” (Infinite Probabilities (Particle 2), Room40, 2024) SP INTRO Christopher Tyng - “Futurama Theme” (Futurama, 1999) Pierre Henry / Michel Colombier - “Messe Pour Le Temps Présent: Psyché Rock” (Les Jerks Électroniques De La Messe Pour Le Temps Présent Et Musiques Concrètes Pour Maurice Béjart, Philips, 1968) I8U (France Jobin) - “29 Palms [excerpt]” (29 Palms, Dragon’s Eye, 2010) France Jobin + Fabio Perletta - “Parallel” (Mirror Neurons, Dragon’s Eye, 2015) Son House - “Forever On My Mind” [1964] (Forever On My Mind, Easy Eye Sound, 2022) Marc Nerenberg - “Cocaine Blues [edit]” (Live at the Yellow Door Hootenanny, Montreal, Nov 2023) The Twelve Bar Bluesband - “Life is Hard (when you play the blues)” (Live at bluesmoose Radio, 2014) I8U - “10³³CM [excerpt]” (10³³CM, Room40, 2009) France Jobin and Stephan Mathieu - “Sea Song IV” (RADIANCE II: Music for the Answer, Schwebung, 2016) France Jobin - “The Fluidity Of Time Does Not Exist” (The Fluidity Of Time Does Not Exist, Room40, 2021) France Jobin - “Unified Quantum State” (Infinite Probabilities (Particle 2), Room 40, 2024) France Jobin - “f6e36b” (Hues, SUPERPANG, 2021) France Jobin - “Random” (Source of Uncertainty, Luminous Drift, 2022) France Jobin + Richard Chartier - “DUO 4” (DUO, Matter, 2018) France Jobin - “Casino Music” (Casino Music, 2023) France Jobin - “EMS Synthi” (#evenmoresynthporn, 2020) France Jobin - “A little buchla something...” (A little buchla something..., 2022) France Jobin - “Dégel” (Symbiose X - Dix Ans De Musiques Expérimentales - Ten Years Of Experimental Music, [walnut + locust] – wl076, Symbiose, 2022) France Jobin - “Superposition [excerpt]” (Infinite Probabilities (Particle 2), Room 40, 2024)
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| With a real gone mama, don't let me take your style. [bonus] | 14 Dec 2022 | 00:12:16 | |
I made this sound collage in early 2013, nearly a decade ago now, and listening back to it recently I can hear the early seeds of techniques I use in Sound Propositions. My friend Ian Stone Grey was producing a beautiful audio series called Portmanteau at that time, and he included a piano composition of mine in one episode. I was inspired to create some collages of my own that veered further away from music without becoming narrative. A Portmanteau of sorts. —- | |||
| Episode 27: ATTUNEMENT - with Jessica Moss | 22 Nov 2022 | 00:59:43 | |
Jessica Moss has just released Galaxy Heart, a surprising collection of ten songs that form a companion to last year’s Phosphenes. The Montréal-based composer, violinist, and vocalist recorded the material for both records (and more) during the peak of early pandemic lockdown, allowing her songcraft to take new forms, as well as welcoming collaborators into her solo music for the first time. Moss, of course, is a prolific collaborator, and we have been a fan of her work for over two decades, particularly her 15-year tenure with Silver Mt. Zion. In this episode, Moss dives into the making of her two recent solo albums, the highs and lows of pandemic touring, the return of Black Ox Orkestar, and her collaborations with Vic Chesnutt and Jem Cohen. | |||
| Ukrainian Field Notes - 16 November 2022 - with Nina Eba | 20 Nov 2022 | 00:59:07 | |
Gianmarco Del Re presents the fourth episode of the Ukrainian Field Notes podcast, broadcast on Resonance FM Wednesday 16 November 5.30-6.30 pm GMT and repeated on Sunday 20 November at 11am GMT. Tracklist Hidden Element and Ténèbre - Sensitive Content Jockii Druce - боі стули пельку Koloah - Time Traveller Ivan Skoryna - Cheap Gas, Cheap Blood Unfeeling - New Reality Axxent13 - Bleached Mint Nina Eba - сонце (demo) Запорозький марш - Вогнем і Мечем tiho tiho - Fragile Monuments (background) | |||
| Episode 26: LANE DISCIPLINE - with kranky | 02 Nov 2022 | 00:59:43 | |
Kranky co-founder Bruce Adams sits down to discuss his new book,You're With Stupid: kranky, Chicago, and the Reinvention of Indie Music. (UTPress) Adams explains the unique conditions that put Chicago at the heart of the ‘90s indie rock scene, the emergence of the kranky aesthetic, and sings the praises of Labradford. Interview recorded between Urbana and Montreal, August 2022
Labradford - “Listening in Depth” (Prazision, kranky, 1993) INTRO Tim Hecker - “harmony in blue iv” (Harmony in Ultraviolet, kranky, 2006) Sebadoh - “Gimme Indie Rock” (Gimme Indie Rock!, Homestead, 1991) Archers of Loaf - “Plumb line” (Icky Mettle, Alias, 1993) Smashing Pumpkins - “Cherub Rock” (Siamese Dream, 1993) Jessamine - “Secret” (Jessamine, kranky, 1994) Slint – “Good Morning Captain” (Spiderland, Touch & Go, 1991/1995) Tortoise - “Djed” (Millions Now Living Will Never Die, Thrill Jockey, 1996) Spacemen 3 - “Feel So Sad” (Recurring, Fire Records, 1991) The Art Ensemble Of Chicago – “Urban Magic (in 4 Parts)” (Urban Bushmen, ECM, 1982) Designer [Casey Rice]- “Vandal” (Vandal, Organico, 1996) Labradford - “New Listening” (Prazision, kranky, 1993) Labradford - “Recorded And Mixed At Sound Of Music, Richmond, Va.” (E Luxo So, kranky, 1999) Labradford - “Wien” (Fixed::Context, kranky, 2001) Labradford - “S” (Mi Media Naranja, kranky, 1997) Stereolab / Nurse With Wound - “Simple Headphone Mind” (Simple Headphone Mind, Duophonic Super 45s, 1997) Gastr del Sol – “The Harp Factory On Lake Street” (The Harp Factory On Lake Street, Table Of The Elements, 1995) AMP - “Celestialreturn” (astralmoonbeamprojections, kranky, 1997) Massive Attack - “Inertia Creeps” (Mezzanine, Virgin, 1998) Magnog - “Shapeshifter" (Magnog, kranky, 1996) Roy Montgomery - “The Soul Quitens” (Temple IV, kranky, 1995) Windy + Carl - “Surfacing” (Depths, kranky, 1998) Jessica Bailiff - “Beautiful Soul" (Even in Silence, kranky, 1998) Grouper - “Disengaged” (Dragging a Dead Deer Up A Hill, Type, 2008/ kranky, 2013) Low - “Remember” (Secret Name, kranky, 1999) Liz Phair - “Girls! Girls! Girls!” (Exile in Guyville, 1993) J Dilla “33” (Another Batch, 1998) Wadada Leo Smith - "Images" [excerpt] (Spirit Catcher, Nessa, 1979) Angel Bat Dawid - “The Oracle” (The Oracle, International Anthem, 2019) Christina Vantzou - “The Magic of the Autodidact” [edit] (N°2, kranky, 2014) Dead Texan - “The Struggle” (The Dead Texan, kranky, 2004) Stars of the Lid - “The Lonely People (Are Getting Lonelier)” (The Tired Sounds Of, kranky, 2001) Bowery Electric - “Deep Blue” (Lushlife, Beggars Banquet, 2000) Kevin Drumm - “Deep Breathing Doesn’t Work” (May(Part 2), 2017) Labradford - “Lake Speed” (Labradford, kranky, 1996) —- Sound Propositions is written, recorded, mixed, and produced by Joseph Sannicandro. | |||
| Episode 21: FOOD + MUSIC - with GENG PTP [replay] | 31 Oct 2022 | 00:45:18 | |
HAPPY DOOMSDAY GENG PTP aka King Vision Ultra memorializes the legacy of the late MF DOOM, who died on Halloween day 2020. GENG shares some memories about NYC hip hop in the 90s, muses on the similarities between KMD and De La, and praises the enduring influence of one of hip hop's greatest artists. Read more at https://acloserlisten.com/2021/10/31/sp-episode-21-food-music-with-geng-ptp-podcast/ TRACKLIST King Geedorah – “Voices Pt. 0 feat. MF GRIMM” (Take Me To Your Leader, GENG's Mecha-King Ghidorah Deluxe Edition, 2021) SP intro MF DOOM – “The Mystery of Doom (Skit)” (Operation: Doomsday, Fondle ‘Em, 1999) Metal Fingers – “Peach Extract” (Special Herbs, Vol. 9-0, Shaman Work, 2005) Metal Fingers – “Orris Root Powder” (Special Herbs, Vol. 9-0, Shaman Work, 2005) Viktor Vaughn – “The Drop” (Vaudeville Villain, Sound-Ink, 2003) Metal Fingers – “Nettle Leaves” (Special Herbs, Vol. 1-2, High Times, 2002) King Geedorah – “Foolish” (Take Me To Your Leader, GENG's Mecha-King Ghidorah Deluxe Edition, 2021) Metal Fingers – “Dragon’s Blood” (Special Herbs, Vol. 5-6, Nature Sounds, 2004) AMANI + KING VISION ULTRA – “Water” (An Unknown Infinite, PTP, 2020) GENG – “Hand of Doom (Chopped _ Slowed by GENG)” (Screwing Yourself to Live, PTP, 2012) Metal Fingers – “Arabic Gum” (Special Herbs, Vol. 3-4, Nature Sounds, 2003) Playboi Carti – “Stop Breathing” (Whole Lotta Read, Interscope, 2020) MF DOOM – “Kon Queso” (MM..FOOD, Rhymesayers Entertainment, 2004) Armand Hammer – “Parables (ft AKAI SOLO, prod. Navy Blue) (Shrines, Backwoodz, 2020) MF DOOM – “Operation: Greenbacks” (Operation: Doomsday, Fondle ‘Em, 1999) Madvillain – “Accordion (instrumental)” (Four Tet Remixes, Stones Throw, 2005) De La Soul – “I Am I Be” (Buhloone Mindstate, Tommy Boy, 1993) KMD – “Get-U-Now (instrumental)” (Black Bastards Ruff + Rares, Fondle ‘Em, 1998) KMD – “Get-U-Now” (Black Bastards, Sub Verse Music, 2001) Madvillain – “Supervillain Theme (Instrumental)” (Madvillainy, Stones Throw, 2004) Metal Fingers – “Mullien” (Special Herbs, Vol. 1-2, High Times, 2002) MF DOOM – “Tick, Tick…(Feat. MF GRIMM) (Operation: Doomsday, Fondle ‘Em, 1999) Metal Fingers – “Emblica Officinalis” (Special Herbs, Vol. 7-8, 2004) Billy Woods – “Borrowed Time” (Today, I Wrote Nothing, Backwoodz, 2015) Madvillain – “ALL CAPS” (Madvillainy, Stones Throw, 2004) Ghostface Killah x MF DOOM – “Money Folder” (Operation: Ironman, 2000) MF DOOM – “Hero vs. Villain (Epilogue)” (Operation: Doomsday, Fondle ‘Em, 1999) MF DOOM – “Doomsday” (Live at Nuyorican Poets Café, NYC, 1998) MF DOOM – “Doomsday” (Operation: Doomsday, Fondle ‘Em, 1999) Ras G – “Find Ya Self (ANU Wrld)” (Back On the Planet, Brainfeeder, 2013) | |||
| Reverberations d'une crise / Sounding the housing crisis [bonus] | 26 Oct 2022 | 00:29:58 | |
The first episode of the ‘Réverbérations d’une crise: Sounding the Housing Crisis' podcast, an introductory presentation of the approach underlying the project, with excerpts from different segments that will be presented during the next episodes. /// Premier épisode du balado 'Réverbérations d'une crise: une enquête sonore sur le logement à Montréal'. Présentation de la démarche qui sous-tend le projet et extraits de différents segments qui seront présentés durant les prochains épisodes.
The excerpts of some music pieces come from the album “Réverbérations d’une crise. Une enquête sonore sur le logement à Montréal”, Cuchabata Records, CUCH-205, 2022. /// Les extraits de certaines pièces musicales (“Homage to Martin Peach”, “The Price of Precarity”, etc.) proviennent de l’album. Réalisé par / Produced by Joseph Sannicandro & Hubert Gendron-Blais Art visuel/Visual art: Marjolaine Lord https://lostchildren.bandcamp.com/album/r-verb-rations-d-une-crise-une-enqu-te-sonore-sur-le-logement-montr-al-sounding-the-housing-crisis | |||
| Ukrainian Field Notes - 19 October 2022 - with Casa Ukrania | 23 Oct 2022 | 00:59:03 | |
The third episode of Gianmarco Del Re's Ukrainian Field Notes aired on Wed October 19 on ResonanceFM at5:30pm - 6:30pm GMT. Third episode of the podcast with Odesa based musicians Leonid Zhdanov and Nataly Hrytsenko, aka Casa Ukrania, discussing the current situation in the country in the aftermath of the recent shelling of Ukrainian cities on Monday 10th of October. Tracklist: | |||
| Ukrainian Field Notes - 21 September 2022 - with NFNR | 23 Sep 2022 | 00:59:00 | |
Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re Second episode of the podcast, with Olesia Onikyienko (NFNR) discussing fundraising and life in Kyiv. Tracklist: To support Ukraine visit: supportukrainenow.org/ | |||
| Episode 20: PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY - with Speaker Music [replay] | 15 Sep 2022 | 01:02:56 | |
DeForrest Brown, Jr. (aka Speaker Music) is a media-theorist, curator, and self-described rhythmanalyst. While he’s been based in NYC for the better part of the last decade, he was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, which also happens to be where Sun Ra first landed on Earth. Brown’s just-released book, Assembling a Black Counter Culture, traces the cycles of American history through the Great Migrations from the Deep South to the industrial centers of the north and back again. In this episode, Brown discusses his profound sense of future shock, the meaning of rhythmanalysis, and the making of Black Nationalist Sonic Weaponry, his critically acclaimed 2020 album. Headphone listening recommended. TRACKLIST Speaker Music – “Ex-American Blues (excerpt)” (Soul-Making Theodicy, Planet Mu, 2021) | |||
| ACL mix for Secret Thirteen [bonus] | 07 Sep 2022 | 01:13:34 | |
I'm still swamped with work, especially now that the semester has begun. New episodes will arrive later this fall. Until then, here is another bonus mix. It's probably my favorite mix I've ever done, made for Secret Thirteen, originally published in December 2014. S13 founder Justinas Mikulskis writes: “Secret Thirteen 139” is a picturesque and unique mix composed by Joseph Sannicandro. This mix is like a truly precious musical treasure every die-hard music lover could be searching for ages. In this over 1 hour long musical mosaic Joseph connects 55 pieces by his beloved and inspirational artists such as Tim Hecker, Vladislav Delay, Jon Hassell, Giuseppe Ielasi, Hue, Nicola Ratti, Machinefabriek, Klaus Schulze, MB, Steve Roden and many others, to form a complex, but at the same time a delightful soundscape. The opening and closing recordings by his The New Objective project tightly binds the overall mix’s concept and mood. The mix radiates a strange musical luminosity, which guides the mind and the soul to the pure infinite satisfaction even when it is played in complete darkness. Divine ambiance, unexpected twists between music genres, fluid melodies and harmonious and thoughtful attitude to even the smallest details bring this mix to another dimension, a dimension where the nature meets man and his fundamental desire to perceive cosmos. As Joseph whispered, the mix could stand in parallel with Giuseppe Penone’s metaphorical sculpture “The Hidden Life Within“. And it’s quite a good example, because both, mix and sculpture, are based on the magical and fantastic groundwork, also the form, which could not be replicated. In the beginning we asked Joseph to interpret the outer space theme with his mix through his own perspective, but in the end the recording expanded into a much deeper, more metaphysical exploration of the whole universe with all it’s phenomenons and wonders. Please, take a moment to read Joseph’s keen comment about the mix. Read more about the mix, including tracklisting: secretthirteen.org/joseph-sannican…ser-listen-mix/ acloserlisten.com/2015/01/10/acl-m…/#comment-127414 | |||
| Ukrainian Field Notes - 17 July 2024 - with Ostap Manulyak | 18 Jul 2024 | 00:59:33 | |
Ukrainian Field Notes - 17 July 2024 - with Ostap Manulyak Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re tracklist: * Ostap Manulyak - "Aeolian processes" [Fragment] * Myroslav Trofymuk - "Місто" [The City] [excerpt] * Dallek - "Arpeggio Disorder" * "Unspeakable Weight" - A multichannel audiovisual installation by Andriy Linik, Ostap Manuliak, Yurii Vovkohon, Yevhenia Nesterovych, based on the Yevhen Hulevych's recordings * Edgard Varese - "Ionisation" [excerpt] * Ostap Manulyak - "Reprogression" (Fragment 2) * Alla Zagaykevych - "Mithe IV: K.S." [excerpt] * Valentin Silvestrov - Maidan Requiem - Cycle IV - "Prayer For Ukraine" | |||
| dopo il diluvio [bonus] | 23 Jul 2022 | 01:00:32 | |
Joseph Sannicandro presents 'dopo il diluvio,' a binaural soundwalk made for headphones, following a specific route through the town of San Martino Valle Caudina (AV). A bandcamp page has been made available for the 2022 edition of Liminaria / Interferenze festivals. Read more at Bandcamp: https://lostchildren.bandcamp.com/album/dopo-il-diluvio This bonus episode is a bilingual version, combining the vocals into a special feature for our podcast listeners. Below you can find links to alternate versions, including a vocal-less 'soundscape' version that is my favorite. As always, Headphone Listening Recommended.
Downloads Special thanks to Leandro Pisano and Laura Marcoccia. Thanks also to the work of Matteo Renato Imbriani, Dante, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and the Gospel of James. -------Joseph Sannicandro | |||
| Ukrainian Field Notes - 18 July 2022 - with Burning Woman, Vlad Suppish, Zavoloka | 20 Jul 2022 | 00:59:46 | |
Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re with Zavoloka, Burning Woman and Vlad Suppish discussing the aftermath of the Russian invasion of February 24 2022 and issues relating to the sound-centred impact of war.
To support Ukraine visit: https://supportukrainenow.org/ | |||
| Ritmi Rurali (suonano ancora) [bonus] | 29 Jun 2022 | 00:15:12 | |
I'm still in rural southern Italy as artist-in-residence, so I haven't had time to finish up the next regular episode of the podcast, which is a tenth anniversary celebration of ACL. But last week I was in Colle Sannita in the province of Benevento, where my paternal grandfather's mother grew up and where her family had deep roots. I conducted a multi-day workshop, mostly leading soundwalks with high school students. I also interviewed townsfolk of all ages, and made all kinds of recordings. On Sunday evening, as part of the return of Liminaria, I made a public presentation to town, giving a brief overview of sound studies and my artistic methodology, before presenting a live soundscape composition based on the recordings and interviews I'd conducted during my workshop. I present that piece to you here: Ritmi Rurali (suonano ancora). Ritmi Rurali (suonano ancora) is a 15′ sound collage comprised of ambient soundscapes and interviews recorded in Colle Sannita (BN). I set the length of the piece to 15 minutes, which is also the interval at which the church bells in the campanile ring (day or night). I was a bit surprised how habituated the Collese are to the incessant chiming. We grow numb to background noise and even if we hear, we often fail to listen. Thus I lean heavily into the sound of those bells in this piece, both rhythmically and in terms of timbre. Interviews in Italian, Headphone Listening Recommended. -Joseph Sannicandro | |||
| Episode 25: IRREGARDS - with Matmos | 20 May 2022 | 01:00:13 | |
The long-running electronic duo Matmos have just released a gorgeous new LP, Regards / Ukłony dla Bogusław Schaeffer. Whereas their previous album, 2020’s The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form, saw the couple collaging contributions from 99 friends recorded at 99 bpm, their latest is dedicated to the work of just one person: Polish polymath Bogusław Schaeffer (1929-2019). In this episode, we discuss how their reputation for conceptualism has often served to obscure the formal characteristics of their work. Can an object be a concept? Is “washing machine” or “plastic” a concept? With their signature blend of serious humor, the pair reflect on touring with a washing machine, the practicalities of licensing music, and the complexities of working with Schaeffer’s archive. Interview recorded between Baltimore and Montreal, April 2022 TRACKLIST | |||
| Episode 24: KAKAPHONY - with Maria Chavez | 20 Apr 2022 | 01:04:08 | |
Maria Chavez is a pioneer of Abstract Turntablism, a self-described practice she developed under the guidance of Pauline Oliveros' Deep Listening. Born in Lima, Peru and raised in Houston, she cut her teeth as a DJ spinning techno and drum & bass, but the male chauvinism of that scene roused her to experiment further with the materiality of vinyl, using broken needles and non-musical sounds. Oliveros inspired her to ditch dance parties for improvisation with a single turntable, an artistic practice which has evolved to include installations, workshops, visual art, and curation. A true sound artist (she adamantly eschews the label “musician”), until recently, Chavez had released only one recording, 2004's Those Eyes Of Hers, focusing instead on her career as longform performance. But after beginning a medical sabbatical in 2019, which forced her to cease touring (a year before the rest of the world shut down), Maria began slowly releasing new recordings into the world. In this episode, we discuss recent and upcoming collaborations, her switch to using four turntables (with double needles), and staking out her rightful place in art history contra White supremacist power structures. TRACKLIST | |||
| Episode 23: HOMEWORK - with Patrick Shiroishi | 08 Mar 2022 | 01:00:34 | |
Patrick Shiroishi is a Japanese-American multi-instrumentalist & composer based in Los Angeles, whose 2021 album Hidemi was one of our favorites of the year. A prolific collaborator, Shiroishi can also be heard in various duos, trios, and larger ensembles, including the quartet Fuubutsushi, another group that has been in steady rotation at ACL. In this episode, we reminisce about elementary school concert band and Third Wave ska, discuss his introduction to various modes of improvisation, and explore his love of black metal. Shiroishi also unpacks the importance of family history and ancestry to his work, particularly against the recent rise in anti-Asian racism. And as live performances pick up again, he looks back on how the pandemic turned him into an unlikely proponent of online collaboration. Read more at www.acloserlisten.com TRACKLIST Patrick Shiroishi - “nerves of human life” (black sun sutra, Weird Cry Records, 2013) SP INTRO Patrick Shiroishi - “眼には眼を”[excerpt] (Eye For An Eye, Armageddon Nova, 2020) Skankin' Pickle - “Turning Japanese” [flip] (Sing Along With Skankin' Pickle, Dill Recorda, 1994) Deerhoof - “The Perfect Me" (Friend Opportunity, Kill Rock Stars, 2007) Blonde Redhead - “Misery is a Butterfly” (Misery is a Butterfly, 4AD, 2004) Patrick Shiroishi - “Tomorrow Is Almost Over” (Descension, Thin Wrist, 2020) John Coltrane - “Ascension I” (The Major Works Of John Coltrane, GRP, 1965/1992) Corima – “Amaterasu V” (Amaterasu, Soleil Zeuhl, 2016) Upsilon Acrux - “Old Dusk Seas: Odyssey” (Sun Square Dialect, New Atlantis, 2015) Patrick Shiroishi - “To Kill A Wind-Up Bird” (Hidemi, American Dreams, 2021) Patrick Shiroishi - “never again is now” (i shouldn't have to worry when my parents go outside, 2021) Patrick Shiroishi Rob Magill Duo - “Picture Paintings” (Eyes in the Dirt, Weird Cry, 2018) Patrick Shiroishi - “What Happens When People Open Their Hearts” (Hidemi, American Dreams, 2021) John Coltrane & Rashied Ali - “Saturn” [1967] (Interstellar Space, Impulse!, 1974) Thomas Ankersmit, Taku Sugimoto, Nakamura, Akiyama “Untitled” (Meeting at Off Site Vol. 1, reset, 2002) Patrick Shiroishi / Radu Malfatti - “Benkyou” [excerpt] (Benkyou, B-Boim Records, 2020) Patrick Shiroishi / Radu Malfatti - 勉強 [excerpt] (勉強, 2019) M. Sage & Patrick Shiroishi - Valley Candle (Wants A Diamond Pivot Bright, 2021) Fuubutsushi - “Good Sky Day” [excerpt] (Good Sky Day, Longform Editions, 2021) Patrick Shiroishi & claire rousay - “Brushed Too Hard” (Now Am Found, Mended Dreams, 2021) Armand Hammer & the Alchemist [verse: billy woods] - “Robert Moses” (Haram, Backwoodz, 2021) Black Swan - “Descension” (Redemption, Ethereal Symphony, 2013) Yellow Eyes - “Cathedral” (Silence Threads The Evening's Cloth, Sol Y Nieve, 2012) Patrick Shiroishi & Camila Nebbia - “el espacio entre el lenguaje / 言語の間” (The Human Being as a Fragile Article, 2021) Chris Williams - “Live” [excerpt] (Live, 2022) Patrick Shiroishi & Noel Meek - “Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets” [excerpt] (Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets, 2021) Patrick Shiroishi & Dylan Fujioka “in the frame of incarceration” (No Patrick Shiroishi - “Beachside Lonelyhearts” (Hidemi, American Dreams, 2021) Patrick Shiroishi - “Be a Lion, I Will Still Be Water (Sparrow's Tongue, Fort Evil Fruit, 2018) Patrick Shiroishi - “the soothing thought that spring from human suffering” (White Sun Sutra, 2014) LTJ - "All My Best Friends Are Metalheads" (All My Best Friends Are Metalheads/The Disintegrators 45", Fueled by Ramen, 1999) | |||
| Episode 22: SHUT UP AND LISTEN! - with The World According to Sound | 01 Feb 2022 | 00:56:14 | |
We kick off season 3 with an interview with the creators behind The World According To Sound, in honor of their 2022 Winter Listening Series. A streaming concert series designed for our times, each event is dedicated to listening closely together, apart. If, like us, you’re apprehensive about attending live concerts again, but miss the experience of collective listening, this series is made for you. 12 shows will be presented every Thursday evening at 6PM PST, January 6 through March 24, 2022. Enter “ACloserListen” at checkout for 25% off tickets and season passes. Half season passes, as well as individual tickets, are also available. This episode begins by profiling The World According to Sound and diving into their listening series, as well as their frustrations with the state of public radio in the USA. Despite these critiques, we all still have a deep love of radio, and so the back half of the episode forms an homage to the radiophonic arts. Interview recorded between California and Montreal, December 2021 Read more at www.acloserlisten.com | |||
| Episode 21: FOOD + MUSIC - with GENG PTP | 30 Oct 2021 | 00:45:18 | |
RIP Daniel Dumile (July 13, 1971 – October 31, 2020) GENG PTP aka King Vision Ultra memorializes the legacy of the late MF DOOM, who died on Halloween day 2020. Geng shares some memories about NYC hip hop in the 90s, muses on the similarities between KMD and De La, and praises the enduring influence of one of hip hop's greatest artists. Read more at https://acloserlisten.com/2021/10/31/sp-episode-21-food-music-with-geng-ptp-podcast/ TRACKLIST King Geedorah – “Voices Pt. 0 feat. MF GRIMM” (Take Me To Your Leader, GENG's Mecha-King Ghidorah Deluxe Edition, 2021) SP intro MF DOOM – “The Mystery of Doom (Skit)” (Operation: Doomsday, Fondle ‘Em, 1999) Metal Fingers – “Peach Extract” (Special Herbs, Vol. 9-0, Shaman Work, 2005) Metal Fingers – “Orris Root Powder” (Special Herbs, Vol. 9-0, Shaman Work, 2005) Viktor Vaughn – “The Drop” (Vaudeville Villain, Sound-Ink, 2003) Metal Fingers – “Nettle Leaves” (Special Herbs, Vol. 1-2, High Times, 2002) King Geedorah – “Foolish” (Take Me To Your Leader, GENG's Mecha-King Ghidorah Deluxe Edition, 2021) Metal Fingers – “Dragon’s Blood” (Special Herbs, Vol. 5-6, Nature Sounds, 2004) AMANI + KING VISION ULTRA – “Water” (An Unknown Infinite, PTP, 2020) GENG – “Hand of Doom (Chopped _ Slowed by GENG)” (Screwing Yourself to Live, PTP, 2012) Metal Fingers – “Arabic Gum” (Special Herbs, Vol. 3-4, Nature Sounds, 2003) Playboi Carti – “Stop Breathing” (Whole Lotta Read, Interscope, 2020) MF DOOM – “Kon Queso” (MM..FOOD, Rhymesayers Entertainment, 2004) Armand Hammer – “Parables (ft AKAI SOLO, prod. Navy Blue) (Shrines, Backwoodz, 2020) MF DOOM – “Operation: Greenbacks” (Operation: Doomsday, Fondle ‘Em, 1999) Madvillain – “Accordion (instrumental)” (Four Tet Remixes, Stones Throw, 2005) De La Soul – “I Am I Be” (Buhloone Mindstate, Tommy Boy, 1993) KMD – “Get-U-Now (instrumental)” (Black Bastards Ruff + Rares, Fondle ‘Em, 1998) KMD – “Get-U-Now” (Black Bastards, Sub Verse Music, 2001) Madvillain – “Supervillain Theme (Instrumental)” (Madvillainy, Stones Throw, 2004) Metal Fingers – “Mullien” (Special Herbs, Vol. 1-2, High Times, 2002) MF DOOM – “Tick, Tick…(Feat. MF GRIMM) (Operation: Doomsday, Fondle ‘Em, 1999) Metal Fingers – “Emblica Officinalis” (Special Herbs, Vol. 7-8, 2004) Billy Woods – “Borrowed Time” (Today, I Wrote Nothing, Backwoodz, 2015) Madvillain – “ALL CAPS” (Madvillainy, Stones Throw, 2004) Ghostface Killah x MF DOOM – “Money Folder” (Operation: Ironman, 2000) MF DOOM – “Hero vs. Villain (Epilogue)” (Operation: Doomsday, Fondle ‘Em, 1999) MF DOOM – “Doomsday” (Live at Nuyorican Poets Café, NYC, 1998) MF DOOM – “Doomsday” (Operation: Doomsday, Fondle ‘Em, 1999) Ras G – “Find Ya Self (ANU Wrld)” (Back On the Planet, Brainfeeder, 2013) | |||
| Episode 17: BEFORE THE INTERNET - with GENG PTP [replay] | 18 Oct 2021 | 00:58:24 | |
It’s been a tough year for New York. This episode we check in with GENG, the man behind one of our favorite labels, Purple Tape Pedigree, and see how these fine “purveyors of weaponized media and information” are handling the pandemic and the uprisings. With live performance no longer an option, the model of mutual support demonstrated by a crew like PTP is all the more important. GENG tells us about the history of PTP, the benefits of peer-support, community activism, and why it’s more important now than ever to understand hip hop as spiritual music. Interview recorded between Montreal and Queens, May 2020 and January 2021 Read more at: http://acloserlisten.com/2021/02/19/sp-episode-17-before-the-internet-with-geng-ptp-podcast TRACKLIST Milford Graves with Sunny Morgan – – “Nothing 19” (Percussion Ensemble, ESP Disk, 1965) ---- Sound Propositions is written, recorded, mixed, and produced by Joseph Sannicandro. | |||
| Episode 3: ROBOT, TEACH US TO GROOVE - with Efraín Rozas [replay] | 11 Oct 2021 | 00:57:52 | |
We have a new bonus episode coming up later this month, but until then check out some past episodes you may have missed. ROBOT, TEACH US TO GROOVE was first published in March 2019. This episode features Efraín Rozas, Peruvian-born, Brooklyn-based performer/composer and robotics/software developer interested in new paradigms of cognitive technologies and mythologies. He leads the psychedelic salsa group La Mecánica Popular, fusing groove-based Latin music with electronic and experimental explorations. Rozas' Myth and Prosthesis series utilizes software programming and robotics to produce sound installations and music, deploying Latin American influences and modern technology to uproot Western concepts and mind/body duality. We discuss all these projects and more, including the role of NYC in the history of Salsa, and the future of electronic Latinx music to come. Sound Propositions the podcast has the same mission statement as the written Sound Propositions features: to share in depth discussions with artists whose work we love, to delve into the details of their creative practice. Read more, including a tracklist, at www.acloserlisten.com | |||
| Ukrainian Field Notes - 19 June 2024 - with Lostlojic and Clasps | 20 Jun 2024 | 00:59:00 | |
Ukrainian Field Notes - 19 June 2024 - with Lostlojic and Clasps Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re Tracklist Lostlojic - Майструймо гучну культуру ( Let's make a loud culture) Clasps - Re-Rooting (ft. Daryna Panas) Lostlojic - Bayraktar (excerpt) Lostlojic - Night Explode (excerpt) Distortion (UA) - Jaguar (excerpt) Clasps - Shibboleth (excerpt) Clasps - Take Charge And Move In (excerpt) Slava Los - Snus (excerpt) | |||
| Q. and not U. (or, Conspiracy Means To Breathe Together) [bonus] | 04 Aug 2021 | 00:14:23 | |
The podcast is still on hiatus, but here is a plunderphonic radio play originally presented as part of Disinformation Cultures On January 6, 2021, Americans learned what Italians have known since the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa: power is not a site to which one can lay siege. It is past time to retire this Medieval fantasy of the sovereign confined inside the walls of their castle. Q. and not U. (or, Conspiracy Means To Breathe Together) is a plunderphonic exercise in free association. The length of this radio play was determined by one solo match of the videogame Fortnite Battle Royale. Read more, including a complete transcript, at https://soundpropositions.com/2021/04/26/censor/ | |||
| Episode 20: PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY - with Speaker Music | 02 Jul 2021 | 01:02:56 | |
DeForrest Brown, Jr. is a media-theorist, curator, and self-described rhythmanalyst. He releases digital audio as Speaker Music and under his own name. While he’s been based in NYC for the better part of the last decade, he was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, which also happens to be where Sun Ra first landed on Earth. Brown’s upcoming book, Assembling a Black Counter Culture, traces the cycles of American history through the Great Migrations from the Deep South to the industrial centers of the north and back again. In this episode, Brown discusses his profound sense of future shock, the meaning of rhythmanalysis, and the making of Black Nationalist Sonic Weaponry, his critically acclaimed 2020 album. Headphone listening recommended. TRACKLIST Speaker Music – “Ex-American Blues (excerpt)” (Soul-Making Theodicy, Planet Mu, 2021) ------- Sound Propositions is written, recorded, mixed, and produced by Joseph Sannicandro. | |||
| Episode 19: UNFOLLOW ME - with La Meme Young | 30 May 2021 | 01:00:41 | |
Max Alper is best known for La Meme Young, his popular Instagram account turning niche experimental music jokes into dank memes. But a deep interest in music pedagogy is at the heart of everything Alper does, including his non-profit Sonic Arts For All!, an organization that puts music technology directly into the hands of K-12 and special needs students. We talk about the importance of creativity, memes as pedagogy, the limits of traditional music education, and how to democratize music technology. Read more at www.acloserlisten.com TRACKLIST Peretsky – “Pase que lo que” (Bandcamp, 2019) George Clinton (RBMA, 2015) Parliament – “Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication” (Mothership Connection, Casablanca, 1975) SP Intro Peretzky – “Cuarentena Canovanas (edit)” (Cuarentena Canovanas, Bandcamp, 2020) Konono N°1 – “Lufuala Ndonga” (Congotronics, Crammed Discs, 2004) Eddie Palmieri – “Bilongo” (El Lunatico / Bilongo, Tico, 1968) DJ Riobamba Latin LDN #2 (Boiler Room, 2019) Valentine - Odysseus Matrix (SAFA!, 2020) Les Filles de Illighadad – “Eghass Malan” (Eghass Malan, Sahel Sounds, 2017) Francis Bebey – Sahel (African Electronic Music 1975 George Lewis & Douglas Ewart - “Homage to Charles Parker” (Live at Palasport, Novara, Italy, November 11, 1978) Extra Life –“Strong Brother, Weak Brother (Laurel Halo remix)” (Ripped Hearts, Last Things, 2010) Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir – “Lux Aurumque” (2010) Angélica Negrón – “Soundscape Backing Track” (by Audiopuerto / Ariel Alvarado & Manuel Vázquez) (Marejada, 2020) Angélica Negrón – “Excerpt” (Gray Sound Sessions, July 21, 2020) Mike Huckaby - " Wavetable No 9” (My Life With The Wave EP, S Y N T H 2007) Maria Chavez – “Sara Sleeps” (2020) Mauthausen Orchestra – Side A (They Never Learn, 1983) Luigi Russolo / DJ Spooky - Corale_FTP _ Bundle_Conduit (Sound Unbound, 2007) Luigi Russolo – “Veglio di una Citta” [1914) (Dada for Now: a collection of Futurist and Dada Sound Works, 1985) Twodeadsluts Onegoodfuck “live excerpt” (Live @ Basement 414, Lansing, MI, 17 October 2007) John Cage + Sun Ra – “Empty Words And Keyboard” (John Cage Meets Sun Ra: The Complete Concert June 8, 1986 Coney Island, Modern Harmonic, 2016) Pauline Oliveros /Stuart Dempster / Panaiotis “Suiren” (Deep Listening, New Albion, 1989) Jeremiah Cymerman / Charlie Looker - “I’ll show you what you are” (A Horizon Made Of Canvas, Astral Spirit, 2021) Greg Fox – “Stone Pillar” (Stone Pillar, Longform Editions, 2019) Clipping - “Dominoes” (CLPPNG, Sub Pop, 2014) Manitoba [Caribou] – “Children Play Well Together” (Stop Breaking My Heart, Leaf, 2001) David Grubbs – “The Chimney Swifts” (Airport Symphony, Room40, 2007) Wolf Eyes – “Ancient Delay” (Burned Minds, Sub Pop, 2004) The Mad Lads – “Gone, Promises of Yesterday” (A New Beginning, Volt, 1972) ---- Sound Propositions is written, recorded, mixed, and produced by Joseph Sannicandro. | |||
| Episode 18: INTO THE UNCANNY VALLEY - with Roger Tellier-Craig | 11 Mar 2021 | 01:00:23 | |
This episode features a wide-ranging conversation with Montreal’s Roger Tellier-Craig, known for his work with Fly Pan Am, Godspeed, Le Révélateur and others. In 2019, Fly Pan Am released C'est ça, their first record in 15 years, but their 2020 tour plans were derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Tellier-Craig discusses his fascination with music as a studio art, the unexpected creative opportunities presented by quarantine, and the hyperreality of our present in which our fragile sense of reality seems poised to collapse at any moment. "la réalité qui bascule dans le néant" - Roger Tellier-Craig Read more at : https://acloserlisten.com/2021/03/14/sp-episode-18-into-the-uncanny-valley-with-roger-tellier-craig-podcast/ ---- Sound Propositions is written, recorded, mixed, and produced by Joseph Sannicandro. | |||