Author Archives: Joseph Sannicandro

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About Joseph Sannicandro

writer | traveler | sound organizer | contrarian | concerned citizen

SP* Episode 32: INDISCREET MUSIC – with Patrick Nickleson [podcast]

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,

SP* Episode 32: INDISCREET MUSIC – with Patrick Nickleson [podcast]

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,

Aki Onda ~ Transmissions From The Radio Midnight

After acquiring a portable tape recorder with a built-in radio in 2006, Aki Onda’s cassette memory archive gained a new category. Thereafter he made a ritual of listening to the radio late at night whenever he was traveling, capturing interesting

Aki Onda ~ Transmissions From The Radio Midnight

After acquiring a portable tape recorder with a built-in radio in 2006, Aki Onda’s cassette memory archive gained a new category. Thereafter he made a ritual of listening to the radio late at night whenever he was traveling, capturing interesting

A Closer Look: Unsound 2023

“Demand the sound of paper! Echoes of our REAM-IFY binary! Dada laughter in every perforation, Nietzschean yodel in every typewritten stroke. Dance, my friends, dance within nonsense stanzas and absurdist sonnets. REAM-IFY, mummify the rational!”          

A Closer Look: Unsound 2023

“Demand the sound of paper! Echoes of our REAM-IFY binary! Dada laughter in every perforation, Nietzschean yodel in every typewritten stroke. Dance, my friends, dance within nonsense stanzas and absurdist sonnets. REAM-IFY, mummify the rational!”          

From Overseas & zakè ~ Demain, dès l’aube

On the final day of my first trip abroad, I hiked to the top of the hill above the small Italian village I’d been staying in for the previous month in order to watch the sunrise. I had promised myself

From Overseas & zakè ~ Demain, dès l’aube

On the final day of my first trip abroad, I hiked to the top of the hill above the small Italian village I’d been staying in for the previous month in order to watch the sunrise. I had promised myself

UnSound Propositions: Previews of Unsound 2023 ~ DADA

In advance of DADA, the 2023 edition of the renowned UNSOUND festival in Kraków, Poland, Joseph Sannicandro reflects upon this year’s theme and previews some of this year’s highlights. Unsound kicks off their home edition in Krakow, Poland, running from

UnSound Propositions: Previews of Unsound 2023 ~ DADA

In advance of DADA, the 2023 edition of the renowned UNSOUND festival in Kraków, Poland, Joseph Sannicandro reflects upon this year’s theme and previews some of this year’s highlights. Unsound kicks off their home edition in Krakow, Poland, running from

SP* Episode 31: FREE TIME – with Andrea Belfi [podcast]

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

SP* Episode 31: FREE TIME – with Andrea Belfi [podcast]

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

Giuseppe Ielasi ~ Down On Darkened Meetings

Low key yet lyrical melodies balance on the cusp between accessible and weird, at turns mournful and celebratory. Untitled tracks allow the listener to project whatever they’re feeling onto this music. And despite being informed that all sounds come from

Giuseppe Ielasi ~ Down On Darkened Meetings

Low key yet lyrical melodies balance on the cusp between accessible and weird, at turns mournful and celebratory. Untitled tracks allow the listener to project whatever they’re feeling onto this music. And despite being informed that all sounds come from

“a mic at a window…” ~ an interview with PRESQUE TOUT

Presque Tout launched in 2019 as a Bandcamp page, a humble ongoing digital archive of field recordings from around the world. Anyone can participate, and the parameters for inclusion are very straightforward: Make a recording from an open window, with

“a mic at a window…” ~ an interview with PRESQUE TOUT

Presque Tout launched in 2019 as a Bandcamp page, a humble ongoing digital archive of field recordings from around the world. Anyone can participate, and the parameters for inclusion are very straightforward: Make a recording from an open window, with