eavesdropping conversations

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to Fathima Zahra about girlhood, a liminal space of belonging and writing as a permission slip. References: poets Tishani Doshi, Raymond Antrobus, Safia Elhillo and Sarah Kay, and movies Joyland and Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam. Fathima will speak in the eavesdropping festival forum at Cafe OTO on Saturday 1 April 2023. Our new jingle is by Isa Otoya.

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to Letty Stott about being a really curious horn player, the inherent rebelliousness of being a musician and the recent discovery of a Roman mouthpiece on Hadrian's Wall. References: Dr Peter Holmes (The Horns and Trumpets of the European Iron Age), John Kenny, her project Gender and the Large and Shiny Instruments, and ancient horns including the ca...

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to NikNak about the stacking of many hats, her mum's vinyl connection, the value of not fitting into boxes and thinking in frequencies. References: Dennis Brown 'Get to Love in Time', Omar, King Tubby, Loraine James, Space Africa, Nwando Ebizie, Philip Glass 'Metamorphosis' and Orange Mountain Music. You can explore NikNak's radio show 'Melanin' on W...

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to Christine Abdelnour about sound as a plastic material, the defiance and precarity of being a musician and the importance of talking about music. References: improvisors Peter Brötzmann, John Butcher and Keith Jarrett, electro-acoustic composers Éliane Radigue and Alvin Lucier, artist Sarah Lucas, and record labels ECM and FMP. Chris will perform i...

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to Silvia Tarozzi about unconventional paths, finding the freedom to make her own music, and the power of songs. References: Ensemble Dedalus, cellist Deborah Walker and composers Pascale Criton, Tom Johnson, Éliane Radigue, Philip Corner and Pauline Oliveros. Silvia will perform in the eavesdropping festival at Cafe OTO on Thursday 30 March 2023. Ou...

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to Lilja María Ásmundsdóttir about sound sculptures, the unhelpful idea of a finished product, and making room for other ways of making music. References: Inês Zinho Pinheiro (dancer) Lilja will perform in the eavesdropping festival at Cafe OTO on Saturday 1 April 2023. Our new jingle is by Isa Otoya.

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian about storytelling, playful notation and getting women on wikipedia. Cevanne will perform in the eavesdropping festival at Cafe OTO on Thursday 30 March 2023. **DATE CHANGE: Cevanne will now perform Saturday 1 April** Our new jingle is by Isa Otoya.

In 2023 we commissioned a new jingle for our 'eavesdropping conversations' podcast. We love this track that Isa Otoya made for us! https://www.instagram.com/isa.otoya/ https://www.youtube.com/@isaotoyamusica

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to violinist Angharad Davies about improvising, collaborating, composing and what lies ahead. Angharad's performance was broadcast as a YouTube premiere on 20 April 2021.

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to cellist Khabat Abas about hidden corners and errors, problems and possibility, and the mutual agency flowing between her and her cello. Khabat's performance will be broadcast as a YouTube premiere on 21 April. Reference: https://space21.nu/

In which special guest Jennie Gottschalk* talks to eavesdropping founder Juliet Fraser about what drove her to create eavesdropping, what drives her to keep it going and how this tiny venture intersects with her practice as a singer. Juliet's performance will be broadcast as a YouTube premiere on 20 April. *Jennie Gottschalk is a composer of and writer on experimental music, a researcher of beans...

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to oud player Rihab Azar about growing up with an oud in her lap, smashing glass ceilings and bringing all of herself to a project. Rihab's performance will be broadcast as a YouTube premiere on 22 April.

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to turntablist Megan Steinberg about experimental music, advocating for equality and diversity and being an architecture nerd. Megan's performance will be broadcast as a YouTube premiere on 23 April.

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to percussionist Angela Wai Nok Hui about how cool percussion is, the political versus the personal and how to offer our ears to a project. Angela's performance will be broadcast as a YouTube premiere on 21 April 2021.

In which eavesdropping host talks to composer Lucie Treacher about interactive sound experiences, telling women's stories and writing for the oud (in eavesdropping's first commission!). Lucie's performance will be broadcast as a YouTube premiere on 22 April 2021.

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to gestural performance artist Winnie Huang about embodied performance, calling oneself a composer and how in giving we receive. Winnie's performance will be broadcast as a YouTube premiere on 23 April 2021.

Juliet Fraser 'these things at least' from 'My Adventures with the TC Helicon VoiceLive 3', recorded 8 April 2020 and dedicated to Lisa Illean. When lockdown began and I began panicking about how on earth I was going to practice 'properly' at home in this tiny flat, I decided to take the plunge and buy the TC Helicon VoiceLive 3, a piece of kit I had been thinking about for ages, and make this a l...

Romina Lischka plays the Prelude and Sarabande from Suite in G minor by Sainte-Colombe.

Georgina Derbez 'Forca d´Amor in quel uccel' (2007) for clarinet & accordion Zöllner-Roche-Duo: Eva Zöllner, accordion & Heather Roche, bass clarinet Live recording, Mexico 2019

Holy week on Thassos, an island just south of the Eastern Macedonian mainland. Since congregating is forbidden, religious services are held behind closed doors, delivered by two or three priests and amplified via megaphone speakers mounted on the outer walls of the church. On Good Friday, the bells perform an exquisite work of durational performance art, pealing out the three tones of a minor tria...

The Fringe and Underground Music Group at Goldsmiths launched a pamphlet/printed edition series entitled Spaces of Making on 11 May 2018. Based broadly on themes of physical, digital, social and conceptual/ideological space, the first run of pamphlets featured contributions from artists and musicians Charles Hayward, Marlo De Lara, Sharon Gal and Richard Phoenix. The launch event for the pamphlet...

Andrea Young 'The Voice Index' (excerpt) 'The Voice Index' (2015-16) is a fixed sound installation with four live voices, which investigates the fine detail an intense listening experience inherent to the spectral manipulations made possible through voice resynthesis. An experience of increased sensitivity to each partial within the harmonic spectrum is achieved by slowly departing from and return...

In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to violist Raghad Haddad about starting again, music as a safe space and her many community music projects. References: Damon Albarn & The Orchestra of Syrian Musicians; I Speak Music programme (Surrey Arts Music Hub); UP! Orchestra (Surrey Arts Music Hub); Journeys of Destiny (Derbyshire Virtual School); Stories of Sanctuary (with Sam Slatcher); 'To...

1. Alap - Raga Yaman (voice + tanpura) 2. Prelude & Sarabande from the Suite in G minor by Sainte-Colombe (viol) 3. Jod - Raga Bhairavi (voice+viol) 4. Jhala - Raga Bihag (voice + tanpura) 5. Yaman improvisation (viol) In lieu of a live performance on 24 April 2020 (cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic), this is the audio from a special performance Romina recorded for eavesdropping during lockdo...

1. Alap - Raga Yaman (voice + tanpura) 2. Prelude & Sarabande from the Suite in G minor by Sainte-Colombe (viol) 3. Jod - Raga Bhairavi (voice+viol) 4. Jhala - Raga Bihag (voice + tanpura) 5. Yaman Improvisation (viol) In lieu of a live performance on 24 April 2020 (cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic), this is the audio from a special performance Romina recorded for eavesdropping during lockdo...