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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

Ukrainian Field Notes XXVIII

For this month’s episode of UFN, Dubplanet X aka Obriy explains how he transforms anxiety inducing sounds into sonic effects for tracks, Anton Malynovskyi draws a brief outline of the apocalypse, Sony Synth treads the thin line separating genuine from

Ukrainian Field Notes XXVIII

For this month’s episode of UFN, Dubplanet X aka Obriy explains how he transforms anxiety inducing sounds into sonic effects for tracks, Anton Malynovskyi draws a brief outline of the apocalypse, Sony Synth treads the thin line separating genuine from

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,

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!”          

Ukrainian Field Notes XXVII

For the current episode YurcSa discusses how the war has influenced his sound, Noirnor sends us her interview from Berlin, JmDasha founds herself having to move to Ivano-Frankivsk from Mariupol, Dima K. gets overwhelmed by Koloah’s “Breath”, Kurl go deep

Ukrainian Field Notes XXVII

For the current episode YurcSa discusses how the war has influenced his sound, Noirnor sends us her interview from Berlin, JmDasha founds herself having to move to Ivano-Frankivsk from Mariupol, Dima K. gets overwhelmed by Koloah’s “Breath”, Kurl go deep

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

Ukrainian Field Notes XXVI

Ukrainian Field Notes is back after a summer break. This month we discuss toxic behaviour and Ukrainian identity in our Resonance FM podcast with Nastia and Vlad Fisun. Meanwhile, Divuar, aka Salmiac, decries stolen time, Marina, introduces Vertuha for us,

Ukrainian Field Notes XXVI

Ukrainian Field Notes is back after a summer break. This month we discuss toxic behaviour and Ukrainian identity in our Resonance FM podcast with Nastia and Vlad Fisun. Meanwhile, Divuar, aka Salmiac, decries stolen time, Marina, introduces Vertuha for us,

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