This week we explore the limits of consciousness and the potential for human transformation through music and psychedelia with theorist, scholar and Ph.D. student Claire Rebecca Bannister(Kingston University, London). Our conversation takes us from the Goth club to the depths of the rainforest, from late capitalist spiritual consumption to the heart of tribal relations-making. We unabashedly explore the connections between musical repetition and achieving altered states of consciousness, all the while challenging the notions that psychedelic and gothic musics have little overlaps. We also introduce our "news of sound" segment at the opening - keeping our intrepid audience caught up on the latest news affecting sound in culture.
More about today's guest can be found at: http://www.kin-dread-spirit.com/
Complete show notes can be found at our web page:
http://www.bansheemedia.com
Tracks featured in today's episode:
Swans of Avon: When Heaven Falls - https://youtu.be/Tk_0aTuPZeE?list=PLlF_eOb5u-coRI_sEToCn-JLOSOFEpEnh
Batcave 13: Never so True - https://youtu.be/FnyuLZKqoYA?list=PLlF_eOb5u-coRI_sEToCn-JLOSOFEpEnh
Red Temple Spirits: Set The Controls for the Heart of the Sun - https://youtu.be/y05eTwT_Y3E?list=PLlF_eOb5u-coRI_sEToCn-JLOSOFEpEnh
Sound installations featured in Today's Episode:
Opening: (can't find the artist on this upload) HF1BambooStill.mp3 From: http://aporee.org/maps/work/download.php?id=14941,%20http://aporee.org/maps/work/search/,
Chanting/Mengjia Longshan Temple, Taipei: Tsang-Chen Wu From:
http://aporee.org/maps/work/download.php?id=21214, http://aporee.org/maps/work/search/
Gamelan Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Gamelan_Nyai_Saraswati/An_Evening_of_Javanese_Music_and_Dance/gamelan_nyai_saraswati_-_06_-_bubaran_udan_mas
Links to the articles mentioned in the news segment over at http://www.bansheemedia.com - check them out!
