Discussions
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She Owl vocalist Jolanda Moletta has been producing solo material for a couple of years now. We talked at the end of July about the new material, and how much she’s learned in the process.
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We can thank John Zorn for connecting Eyal Maoz and Eugene Chadbourne, both of whom he’s worked with in the past. The two have produced a fascinating album for the Infrequent Seams label called The Coincidence Masters. Chadbourne and I have been trading emails, and he’s been sending along recordings which I’ll feature on episode…
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As often as we celebrate the do-it-yourself approach to contemporary music, it’s clear that those who’ve committed themselves to formal training bring something powerful to whichever genre they choose to focus on. Midori Hirano grew up in Kyoto, Japan studying piano. She didn’t study composition to any great extent, but as her craft evolved Hirano…
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Post-punk legend Jah Wobble on bluebeat, Aston Family Man Barrett and happiness in your 60s. Visit jahwobble.com for this year’s tour dates and more.
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Tokyo’s Yui Onodera is among the world’s great composers and sound artists. He describes his work as a kind of nexus “between musical forms, architectural acoustics and spatial awareness.” His catalogue includes collaborations with Francisco Lopez, Stephen Vitiello, Robert Lippok, Scanner, Pjusk and Yotam Avni. He is also a sound art lecturer at Rikkyo University and Musashino…
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Taylor Deupree and Joseph Branciforte have collaborated on an acoustic re-recording of Deupree’s 2002 classic Stil. This new interpretation is scored for an ensemble of clarinet, vibraphone, cello, double bass, flute, guitar and percussion. Sti.ll lands May 17 on Branciforte’s greyfade label, as part of its FOLIO series. A release party is scheduled for May…
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