Architecture can be described as frozen music. For some musicians, it’s not enough to just thaw it; they want to make conventions flow. Ethnomusicologist Michael E. Veal finds new opportunities for comprehension in collapse and distortion, which he talks about in the On Music podcast episode on Living Space. Veal approaches the free jazz of John Coltrane and Miles Davis via visual metaphors, showing the way to free musical forms via digital architecture and experimental photography.
Directed and produced by Julia Vorkefeld, commentary by Sarj Lynch, script and concept by Arno Raffeiner
Songs:
John Coltrane: Number One
George Lewis: Rainbow Family
Miles Davis' Lost Quintet: It's about that time
John Coltrane: Living Space
Iannis Xenakis: Persepolis 9
Iannis Xenakis: Persepolis 3
Nala Sinephro: Space 3
