Discussions
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“I enjoy discovering things in the noise.” — iu takahashi Yokohama-based iu takahashi is a sound artist and composer who incorporates vocals and field recordings in her work. Her sixth release is Sense / Margin, out now on laaps. She and I traded emails earlier this month. When did you start singing? I was about…
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Karen Vogt on music, grief and the sea. Her latest is Waterlog, the product of three improvisational recording sessions. It’s due Feb. 9 via Nite Hive. Penelope Trappes’ cassette imprint is “designed as a label run by – and for – women and gender expansive artists to allow the free exploration of their approach to…
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Roam is a Toronto-based future garage artist, out with a brilliant mini-LP called Revenge. I’ve been a fan since being invited to write about his work for Exclaim Magazine a few years back. He and I talked about the new material, and about who he makes music for.
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Claire Deak has produced her debut solo lp, under the title Sotto Voce. It’s based on research she conducted into a pair of 17th century baroque composers: Francesca Caccini and Barbara Strozzi. She and I spoke about the two remarkable figures, and the new material.
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American composer and multi-instrumentalist Vinny Golia has completed the second movement of his landmark work Even to This Day. With a runtime of close to 11 hours, Even to This Day…Music for Orchestra and Soloists Movement Two: Syncretism: For The Draw… features 110 tracks and 25 soloists, including Golia himself.
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Lawrence English is among the most beloved, influential artists in contemporary music. His practice combines live performance, installations and recordings in a manner that “invites audiences to consider their relationship to listening, place and embodiment.” He is also an active and supportive curator, best known for his label Room40.
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