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John Chowning - Stria (1977)17 sept. 202600:21:57

In episode 32 of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore discuss John Chowning's Stria, an early piece pioneering FM synthesis which went on to change the sound of popular music.

Links to references in the podcast

https://murmureintemporel1.bandcamp.com/track/john-chowning-stria-1977

https://thehistoryofelectroacousticmusic.bandcamp.com/album/history-of-electronic-electroacoustic-music-1937-2001-62

https://www.discogs.com/release/31024141-John-Chowning-Stria

https://ccrma.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/user/jc/notes_imprec_recording.pdf

https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/sasp/Frequency_Modulation_FM_Synthesis.html

DX7 presets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3rrjQtQe5A

IRCAM analysis of Stria (the definitive one):

http://brahms.ircam.fr/analyses/Stria/

 

Laura Zattra's blog on Stria — fascinating story of the piece's multiple versions:

https://laurazattra.com/2016/09/23/stria-by-john-chowning-the-ultimate-analysis/

 

Sound on Sound interview — very readable:

https://www.soundonsound.com/people/john-chowning

 

CCRMA official page:

https://ccrma.stanford.edu/people/john-chowning

 

McGee analysis PDF — good on the FM/golden ratio relationship:

https://lifeorange.com/writing/ChowningAnalysis_McGee.pdf

 

Dexed fm synthesis plugin:

https://asb2m10.github.io/dexed/

 

https://peninsulapress.com/2022/06/14/computer-music-in-silicon-valley-owes-large-debt-to-john-chowning/

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/oct/09/john-chowning-godfather-of-digital-pop-my-wife-told-me-i-didnt-think-id-have-to-compete-with-a-computer

 

Morton Subotnick - Silver Apples of The Moon (1967)05 août 202600:31:21
Marino Zuccheri Part 2 - Parete 67 and Plastico06 juin 202600:18:02

In episode 30 of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore discuss Parete 67 and Plastico by Italian composer and sound engineer Marino Zuccheri. This is the second of two episodes devoted to this unsung hero of electronic music, who worked at the RAI studio in Milan for 28 years helping Berio, Nono, Maderna, Cage, Pousseur among the others, to give birth to some of the great masterpieces of early electronic music.

Links to references in the podcast

https://www.soundohm.com/product/parete-67-lp-1

https://laurazattra.com/category/marino-zuccheri/

https://www.electronicsound.co.uk/columns/school-of-electronic-music/marino-zuccheri/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Vedova


https://fonologia.lim.di.unimi.it/video_ascolto.phpid=4&percorso=video%2F4.mp4&titolo=Video+4

https://fonologia.lim.di.unimi.it/anagrafica_scheda.php?id=166

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTq_rQtxCIo


https://120years.net/milan-electronic-music-studiodirector-luciano-berioitaly1960/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKiddiPyDsE


https://youtu.be/Wc-43132R_8?si=uh5ewGxffKCTlW4T

 

Marino Zuccheri Part 1 - Parete 67 (1967)02 juin 202600:25:39

In episode 29 of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore discuss Parete 67 by Italian composer and sound engineer Marino Zuccheri.

This is the first of two episodes devoted to this unsung hero of electronic music, who worked at the RAI studio in Milan for 28 years helping Berio, Nono, Maderna, Cage, Pousseur among the others, to give birth to some of the great masterpieces of early electronica.

Links to references in the podcast

https://www.soundohm.com/product/parete-67-lp-1


https://laurazattra.com/category/marino-zuccheri/


https://www.electronicsound.co.uk/columns/school-of-electronic-music/marino-zuccheri/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Vedova

https://fonologia.lim.di.unimi.it/video_ascolto.php?id=4&percorso=video%2F4.mp4&titolo=Video+4


https://fonologia.lim.di.unimi.it/anagrafica_scheda.php?id=166


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTq_rQtxCIo

https://120years.net/milan-electronic-music-studiodirector-luciano-berioitaly1960/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKiddiPyDsE

https://unitedaluminum.com/a-brief-history-of-aluminum/

https://talktothechip.podbean.com/e/luciano-berio-visage/

Delia Derbyshire Part 2 - Blue Veils and Golden Sands/Circle of Light14 janv. 202600:28:15

In episode 28 of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore discuss works by female British composer Delia Derbyshire: Blue Veils and Golden Sands and Circle of Light

This is the second of two episodes devoted to this pivotal composer's lesser known works.

Blue Veils and Golden Sands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh86LtuuY4U

https://wikidelia.net/wiki/Blue_Veils_and_Golden_Sands

Circle of Light https://deliaderbyshire.bandcamp.com/album/circle-of-light

https://wikidelia.net/wiki/Circle_of_Light

More info:

https://wikidelia.net/wiki/The_Delian_Mode

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Stansfield

https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/pamela-bone-quietly-radical-photographer

https://wikidelia.net/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Music

https://deepcutswrites.substack.com/p/delia-derbyshire-a-tape-looping-pioneer

RBMA 2010 Delia Derbyshire from 37min https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTRt8gTbdRw

 

 

Delia Derbyshire Part 1 - The Delian Mode (1968)10 déc. 202500:27:28
Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson: Elektrónísk stúdía (1951 - 1962)13 juil. 202500:31:00

In episode 26 of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore get together for the first time with a guest, Icelandic composer, guitarist and sound artist Rikhardur H. Fridriksson to discuss a work by an Icelandic pioneer of electronic music: "Elektrónísk stúdía (e. Electronic Study"), musique concrète compositions, composed between 1951 – 1962. by Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson.   Listen to "Elektrónísk stúdía" here: https://soundcloud.com/magnusblondaljohannsson/sets/elektronisk-studia   Useful links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magn%C3%BAs_Bl%C3%B6ndal_J%C3%B3hannsson https://monoskop.org/Rikhardur_H._Fridriksson https://smekkleysa.net/shop/smekkleysa_cd/electronic/magnus-blondal-johannsson-elektronisk-studia/ https://nordische-filmtage.de/en/programm/movie/view/2009/1028.html https://www.nts.live/artists/58146-magnus-blondal-johannsszon https://www.islandpaafilm.dk/is/film/surtur-fer-sunnan https://en.sinfonia.is/concerts-tickets/works/magnus-blondal-johannsson-adagio https://www.islandpaafilm.dk/is/film/eldur-i-heimaey https://www.musik.is/BjarkiSve/Phd/Sidur/209-214.html (Icelandic)

Alvin Lucier - Music On A Long Thin Wire03 juin 202500:25:09
Daphne Oram - Oramics (Part 2)09 avr. 202500:29:49
Daphne Oram - Oramics (Part 1)03 mars 202500:25:12
Toyama Michiko - Waka and Other Compositions27 déc. 202400:23:49
Sofia Gubaidulina - Vivente-Non vivente09 déc. 202400:26:15
Wendy Carlos - Sonic Seasonings08 oct. 202400:28:33
Suzanne Ciani - Seven Waves19 sept. 202400:28:46
In this episode of Talk to the Chip, right before the electronic music pioneer Suzanne Ciani brings her magical live performance to the Union Chapel in London, professors Jono Podmore and Elif Yalvaç talk about her beautiful sounding work Seven Waves (1982), as well as her extensive contributions and inspiring career in electronic music.  

Listen to Seven Waves here:

https://suzanneciani.bandcamp.com/album/seven-waves   Useful Links: https://youtu.be/fZscRHkLMt0?si=9Ty9MmsVVvG5805V https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r28i-k3mL3o https://www.electronicsound.co.uk/features/long-reads/suzanne-ciani-riding-the-waves/ https://suzanneciani.bandcamp.com/album/lixiviation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LxPoJ4QoSk https://composer.spitfireaudio.com/en/articles/suzanne-ciani-on-modular-synthesis-the-buchla-200e https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZscRHkLMt0&list=LL https://youtu.be/fFrgS70ioa0?feature=shared https://buchla.com/history/    
Luciano Berio - Visage09 sept. 202400:28:20
Edgard Varèse - Poème Électronique28 août 202400:29:02
Beatriz Ferreyra - GRM Works15 août 202400:29:01
Maryanne Amacher - Sound Characters (Making The Third Ear)15 août 202400:31:05
Bülent Arel– Electronic Music No. 1 and No. 215 août 202400:29:24
Charanjit Singh - Synthesizing: Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat15 août 202400:30:19
Hiroshi Yoshimura - Green15 août 202400:31:21
Iannis Xenakis - La Legende d'Eer15 août 202400:27:56
Halim El-Dabh - Crossing Into the Electric Magnetic15 août 202400:29:42
Janet Beat - Pioneering Knob Twiddler14 août 202400:31:14
Bernard Parmegiani - De Natura Sonorum14 août 202400:29:53
Pauline Oliveros - I Of IV14 août 202400:26:30
Laurie Spiegel - Obsolete Systems13 août 202400:29:01
Hugh Le Caine - Compositions Demonstrations 1946-197413 août 202400:26:12
Else Marie Pade - Electronic Works 1958 - 199513 août 202400:26:37
Éliane Radigue - L'Île re-sonante13 août 202400:24:00
Tod Dockstader - Aerial #213 août 202400:33:07
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Telemusik12 août 202400:33:31
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