Soundmaking

German soprano Sarah Maria Sun talks about the release Folk Songs, which she made in collaboration with Ensemble SONGS. The album features work by 3 composers. You will extracts of works by Samuel Blaser, Oscar Strasnoy, and Luciano Berio. http://sarahmariasun.de/ https://samuelblaser.bandcamp.com/album/folk-songs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Composer Julia Wolfe and So Percussion talk about their album Forbidden Love , released on Cantaloupe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We spoke with Stefan Prins about his hour long composition Inhabit Inhibit. The work is for 4 spatialized quartets, 6 feedback soloists & live-electronics. The performance is by soloists of Ensemblekollektiv Berlin & ASKO|Schönberg Ensemble, conducted by Baldur Brönnimann. The episode ends with an except of the opening 13 minutes of the work. We warmly recommend you listen to the rest of t...

We spoke with Newcastle based composer and turntablist Mariam Rezaei about 3 tracks from her 2020 album Skeen, released on Fractal Meat Cuts. fractalmeat.bandcamp.com/album/skeen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We spoke with Brussels based guitarist Kobe Van Cauwenberghe about a new Ghost Trance Septet release of compositions by Anthony Braxton. https://elnegocito.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-trance-septet-plays-anthony-braxton Kobe Van Cauwenberghe - electric guitar, nylon string guitar, electric bass, synths, voice  Frederik Sakham - double bass, electric bass, voice  Elisa Medinilla - piano&nbsp...

Flautist and performer Michael Schmid talks about his recent recording of "Ursonate" (1932) by Kurt Schwitters. The entire recording is available at SoundCloud . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Percussionst and performer Steven Schick presents his recent recording of Kurt Schwitter's Ursonate, made in collaboration with with Shahrokh Yadegariby on electronics. The piece is featured on the album A Hard Rain, published on Islandia Records. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

San Diego based cellist Charles Curtis discusses Unfinished Song, a composition he wrote and performs. The work is for multiple cellos and sine waves. This recording is part of his archive release Performances & Recordings 1998​–​2018 , released on Saltern. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wild Up musicians Richard Valitutto and Jiji Kim present Julius Eastman Vol. 2: Joy Boy , released on New Amsterdam Records. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Australian composer Liza Lim discusses her 1993 theatrical work The Oresteia, released on Huddersfield Contemporary Records in 2021. The work has 7 parts and in this episode you will hear the final part ( Athena's Trumpet ) and at the end the fourth part ( The Furies ). This recording is from the first CD of a three CD set of Liza's work. The work is performed by Elision Ensemble. https://nmc-reco...

Welsh harpist, composer and improviser, Rhodri Davies , presents his new release DWA DNI . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Composer Samuel Adams , and performers Andrew Meyerson and Travis Andrews from The Living Earth Show present their collaborative album Lyra released on Earthy Records in 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Composer Georgia Rodgers speaks about 2 tracks from her album September. The album is performed by Apartment House & Zubin Kanga , and was released on Another Timbre. The 2 tracks we discuss are Logistic (electronics), and Base - a duo performed by James Opstad (double bass) & Joe Qiu (bassoon). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Composer and string player Andrew McIntosh presents his solo album A moonbeam is just a filtered sunbeam released on Another Timbre in 2021. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Composer Bryn Harrison presents his work Repetitions in Extended Time, performed by Ensemble Plus Minus. This recording was released on the album Time Becoming in 2021 on Neu Records alongside another track by Bryn performed by Ensemble Contrechamps. https://www.neurecords.com/timebecoming/ http://brynharrison.com https://www.plusminusensemble.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

Composer Sarah Nemtsov and harpist Gunnhildur Einarsdottir discuss their recording of "Zimmer" for solo harp and ensemble, released on the album Amplified Imagination on WERGO in 2018. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Composer James weeks speaks about his work Summer, the title track of an album of James's work released by Explore Ensemble on the Another Timbre label. anothertimbre.bandcamp.com/album/summer jamesweeks.org explore-ensemble.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Violinist Karin Hellqvist and composer Carola Bauckholt talk about the work Doppelbelichtung, released on Karin's critically acclaimed album Flock (LAWO 2019). https://lawostore.no/cd/hellqvist-karin-fiolin-flock-16863 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For this episode of Soundmaking Ingar Zach speaks about the 2021 release Musique Pour Deux Corps , made with fellow percussionist Michele Rabbia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Composer Carl Stone talks about his new album Wat Dong Moon Lek , to be released on Unseen Worlds in May 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Valentina Magaletti from the duo TOMAGA discusses the album Intimate Immensity, released in 2021. The episode features the tracks "The Snake" and "Non Sai Mai".  https://tomaga.bandcamp.com/album/intimate-immensity https://valentinamagaletti.com/Bio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For this episode of Soundmaking, Welsh composer and performer Richard Barrett talks about his 2021 album "Binary Systems" which features duo compositions with Daryl Buckley, Ivana Grahovac, Lori Freedman, Anne La Berge, Lê Quan Ninh. The episode features extracts from "Izar" (with Ivana Grahovac) and ends with the complete recording of "Nephilim" (with Lê Quan Ninh). richardbarrett.bandcamp.com/al...

For this episode of Soundmaking, Luxembourgish pianist Cathy Krier talks about her recording of Ligeti's Etudes for Piano, released in 2021 on Avi Music (sound engineer: Holger Urbach). www.cathykrier.com/bio www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detai…piano/hnum/10674205 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We spoke with Australian composer Damien Ricketson about Hectic Resonance, a series of compositions he made during the Covid-19 lockdowns for physically distanced performers. The episode features extracts from some of these pieces and a complete recording at the end of "Hectic Jaranda" by Vladimir Gorbach (guitar) & Lulu Liu (pipa). https://curiousnoise.com/hectic-resonance https://www.youtube...

In this episode, Egyptian singer, multi-instrumentalist and composer Nadah El Shazly talks about her brilliant album Ahwar released on Nawa Recordings . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.