Soundmaking

In this episode, composer George Lewis talks about his work "Merce and Baby" released on Ensemble Dal Niente's album "Confined. Speak", released on New Focus Records in 2021. The title of the work refers to the 1946 Merce Cunningham show "Fast Blues" and its music by drummer Baby Dodds.   Performed by: Constance Volk, flute // Kyle Flens, percussion // Tara Lynn Ramsey, violin // Chris Wild,...

For this episode of Soundmaking we spoke with Big Dog Little Dog, a New York based duo that features Jessie Montgomery on violin & Eleonore Oppenheim on double bass. We spoke about their first album , which was released on the label New Amsterdam in 2019, and play the tracks Cipher & Panorama during the episode. bigdoglittledog.bandcamp.com/album/big-…little-dog  Hosted on Acast. See acas...

We spoke with  John White and Andrea Rocca about the 2020 double CD release "Electric Music". This album features electronic music that John composed in the 1980s. Andrea restored and mastered these pieces from the original cassettes and the album was released on ANTS. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We spoke with Jonathan Powell about his 2020 CD, "John White: Piano Sonatas, volume 2". The album was released in 2020 on Convivium Records, produced by Adaq Khan. Born in 1936, John White has composed nearly 200 sonatas, and we also recommend the first volume that Jonathan released. On the episode we play sonatas 156, 131 and 105.  https://jonathanpowellpianist.com https://conviviumrecords.c...

We spoke with Egyptian-Canadian composer Sam Shalabi about Land of Kush's album Sand Enigma, released in 2019 on the label Constellation. Land Of Kush is a large orchestra assembled and directed by Sam. The album is available here: landofkush.bandcamp.com cstrecords.com/pages/land-of-kush Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We spoke with Turkish composer Didem Coskunseven about her work "Ext. The Woods. Night", written in 2021. The work is for electric guitar, synthesisers, percussion, saxophone and electronics. It was composed for Ensemble Nikel and this live recording comes from their performance of the work at 2021 November Music. A video recording of the Donaueschingen Musiktage performance is available here:&nbs...

In this episode we spoke with composer  Charles Amirkhanian about his album Miatsoom , which was released on Other Minds Records in 2021. The episode features extracts of  Roussier (not Rouffier)  (1973),  Dzarin Bess Ga Khorim  (1972) and  Miatsoom  (1994–97). The extract of  Miatsoom  begins with Armenian composer Tigran Mansurian playing th...

Pieter Matthynssens from the Belgian ensemble Nadar talks with composers Natacha Diels and Michael Maierhof about their respective outdoor spectacles "Papillon and the Dancing Cranes" (2018) and "EXIT F" (2013) which you can watch in full here and here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode features Speaksome , the latest album of Norwegian pianist, composer and improviser Christian Wallumrød , released in 2021 on Hubro. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode composer Sarah Hennies talks about her composition Spectral Malsconcities, performed by the group Bearthoven (Karl Larson, piano; Pat Swoboda, bass; Matt Evans, percussion). This recording was released in 2020 on New World Records. At the end you will hear a 10 minute extract of this 30 minute work and we highly recommend you check out the rest of the work here: https://newworldrec...

In this episode pianist Yshani Perinpanayagam talks about her recording of Cheryl Frances-Hoad's "Game On" for solo piano and Commodore 64 computer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we spoke to cellist and composer Judith Hamman about her release Music for Cello and Humming. The recording was released on Blank Forms in October 2020 and is available here: https://blankformseditions.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-cello-and-humming https://judith-hamann.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode features composer, installation- and performance artist David Helbich's podcast Echo-Ovations Part 1&2 (some spaced out thoughts and memories about acoustic impressions). Check out David’s SoundCloud here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Austrian composer Bernhard Gander talks about his forthcoming release “Oozing Earth” written for Ensemble Modern conducted by Brad Lubman, Metal singer Attila Csihar, and drummer Flo Mounier. "Oozing Earth" will be released on the metal label Supreme Chaos Records in 2022.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we spoke to composer Seán Clancy about his album Inventions & Canons released in November 2021. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode Features Hong Kong born, London-based percussionist  Angela Wai-Nok Hui . We spoke about Angela's new album "Let Me Tell You Something", which was released in November 2021 on the Nonclassical label. The LP features five tracks, and you'll hear an extract from the first one at the start by Lucy Landymore, and the complete final track by Jasmin Kent Rodgman ​at the end....

In this episode singer Linn Andrea Fuglseth from Trio Mediæval  and composer David Lang discuss their collaboration on Lang's piece Just (After Song of Songs) which was released by Louth Contemporary Music Society in 2015. You may listen to their recording here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode performer Eugene Ughetti talks about his collaboration with sound artist Philip Samartzis and their installation work "ARRAY" which is based on sounds recorded in Antarctica. The album was released by Room40 in October 2021. https://room40.bandcamp.com/album/array https://bogongsound.com.au/artists/philip-samartzis https://speakpercussion.com/about/staff-board/ Hosted on Acast. See...

This episode features German music producer Hendrik Weber, aka Pantha du Prince, talking about his latest project "429 Hz – Formen von Stille", released on Modern Recordings in 2021. https://modernrecordings.de/formenvonstille/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Brazilian composer Ricardo Eizirik talks about his approach to compositional concepts, and his piece "Obsessive Compulsive Music" performed by Trio Catch. https://www.ricardoeizirik.com https://triocatch.com/en/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJC-iJEmq3Y Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For this episode of Soundmaking we spoke with flautist Kathryn Williams about her recording of Aldo Clementi's "Overture", which was released on All That Dust in November 2021. https://allthatdust.com/releases/canoni-circolari/ http://www.kathryngwilliams.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For this episode of Soundmaking we spoke with composer Christopher Fox and clarinettist Heather Roche about their release Headlong , which is the title track of their 2018 release on Metier. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For this episode of Soundmaking we spoke with composer Wang Lu about her work Urban Inventory. This is the title piece from a 2017 release of her work on New Focus Records . The work is performed by Third Sound Ensemble. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We spoke with cellist Anton Lukoszevieze about Apartment House's recording of Julius Eastman's Feminie, which was released on the Another Timbre label. The episode ends with a ten-minute extract of this hour long work. www.anothertimbre.com/femenine.html www.apartmenthouse.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For this episode of Soundmaking we spoke with Berlin based composerJessie Marino. We spoke about Jessie's piano piece Slender Threads, performed by Simone Keller). The work will be released on a forthcoming album. www.jessiemarino.com www.simonekeller.ch/english.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.