Discussions
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Joanna Mattrey is a classically trained violist who has established herself in the world of contemporary music – both composed and improvised. Her third solo album is Soulcaster, out now on Notice Recordings.
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Emilie Cecilia LeBel is a Canadian composer and music teacher who calls Edmonton home now. Redshift Records will release her debut solo album field studies on May 12. We talked about the new LP, teaching and why her home country gets under the skin of so many artists.
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Collaboration lies at the heart of Mat Smith’s vision for his fascinating Mortality Tables label. It is a project based on the idea that if when you ask people – artists and non-artists alike – to respond to a creative prompt, wonderful things happen. He and I talked last month.
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Paul Nataraj has a practice-led PhD in sound studies from the University of Sussex. In addition to his art practice, He is an associate researcher at Loughborough University in England. He and I talked about his fascination with sound art, vinyl and a new release on the Hard Return label, The Night Is Young.
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Olga Vechtomova is a Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Waterloo. She is conducting research on natural language processing and AI for music. She also makes music under the name Every Constant is Obsolete. She has been working on a tool to help composers incorporate past recordings into new works –…
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David Jaeger is one of the great figures of modern music. Born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, he later studied at the University of Toronto. His broadcasting career began in 1973 as a CBC music producer. He’s best known for creating and producing Two New Hours, a brilliant contemporary music program. Jaeger was a founding member…
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