Author Archives: Joseph Sannicandro

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writer | traveler | sound organizer | contrarian | concerned citizen

SP* Episode 33: DIS/EMBODIED – with Cruel Diagonals [podcast]

Having first captured our attention with Monolithic Nuance (2018) for Longform Editions, Megan Mitchell’s Cruel Diagonals has continued to impress with each new work. With Fractured Whole, she set herself the task of producing an album using nothing but her

SP* Episode 33: DIS/EMBODIED – with Cruel Diagonals [podcast]

Having first captured our attention with Monolithic Nuance (2018) for Longform Editions, Megan Mitchell’s Cruel Diagonals has continued to impress with each new work. With Fractured Whole, she set herself the task of producing an album using nothing but her

Zakè & Benoît Pioulard ~ eve

While I’m not exactly what you’d call a “believer,” let alone a practicing anything, I was raised in the Roman Catholic Church, and like many Americans I have many positive associations with Christmastime. I’ve always especially loved Christmas Eve: The Feast

Zakè & Benoît Pioulard ~ eve

While I’m not exactly what you’d call a “believer,” let alone a practicing anything, I was raised in the Roman Catholic Church, and like many Americans I have many positive associations with Christmastime. I’ve always especially loved Christmas Eve: The Feast

Armand Hammer ~ We Buy Diabetic Test Strips

On the last verse of “As the Crow Flies,” the final track on billy woods and Kenny Segal’s Maps, released earlier in 2023, woods rhymes:  I’m in the park with the baby on the swings When it hits me crazy,

Armand Hammer ~ We Buy Diabetic Test Strips

On the last verse of “As the Crow Flies,” the final track on billy woods and Kenny Segal’s Maps, released earlier in 2023, woods rhymes:  I’m in the park with the baby on the swings When it hits me crazy,

thenewobjective presents Musique contre le projet de loi 31 [mix]

It’s been over a year since the last time I posted a mix of my own here on ACL, and nearly as long since the last mix I published in general (Soundtrack Politica, commissioned by Cinema Politica in Montreal). So

thenewobjective presents Musique contre le projet de loi 31 [mix]

It’s been over a year since the last time I posted a mix of my own here on ACL, and nearly as long since the last mix I published in general (Soundtrack Politica, commissioned by Cinema Politica in Montreal). So

A Closer Look: AKOUSMA 2023

Joseph Sannicandro reviews the 19th edition of AKOUSMA in Montreal, including an interview with Aho Ssan, who closed out the festival. Shortly after the release of his stunning new collaborative album, Rhizomes, Aho Ssan presented a live diffusion of The

A Closer Look: AKOUSMA 2023

Joseph Sannicandro reviews the 19th edition of AKOUSMA in Montreal, including an interview with Aho Ssan, who closed out the festival. Shortly after the release of his stunning new collaborative album, Rhizomes, Aho Ssan presented a live diffusion of The

James Bernard & anthéne ~ Soft Octaves

In a letter to his brother Theo, Vincent Van Gogh writes of “colors, which are heightened by being juxtaposed,” yet “will destroy one another by being mixed.” When mixed, such colors produce a sad gray, but in the right proportions

James Bernard & anthéne ~ Soft Octaves

In a letter to his brother Theo, Vincent Van Gogh writes of “colors, which are heightened by being juxtaposed,” yet “will destroy one another by being mixed.” When mixed, such colors produce a sad gray, but in the right proportions

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