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plink plonkEP 9 - INTERVIEW: Julio ZúñigaIn this episode, we interview composer Julio Zúñiga, a Costa Rican composer living in Cambridge, MA. If you're interested in field recordings, memory, rainforests, semiotics, gratitude and/or noise, this is an episode for you.
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Schumann Dichterliebe Op. 48 No. 13
Peter Schreier, tenor
Norman Shetler, piano
Julio Zúñiga - 24 (2014)
for double bass, harp, and percussion
commissioned and premiered by PULSAR Trio (Eloïse Labaume, Noam Bierstone, Florentin Ginot)
Fondation S...
2022-06-211h 25plink plonkEP 8 - INTERVIEW: Stone IrrIn this episode we interview an old friend of mine from college, the songwriter and musician, Stone Irr. Today he's based out of LA and works at a music house, specializing in music licensing for advertising. We caught up, I gave him a friendly psychoanalysis session and we discussed his musical career from the college days to what he's working on at the moment.
Stone's website
Stone's website on Darling Records
Stone on Twitter
Check out his EPs and albums on Bandcamp, Spotify, etc.!
Check out Stone Irr's "A Collection of Live Performances" video!
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2022-05-251h 22plink plonkEP 7 - INTERVIEW: Howard StelzerIn this episode we interview the prolific and joyful Howard Stelzer from his home in Western Massachusetts. We get into his development from live performance into the studio, his disdain for "field recordings", and even his super cute puppy makes a guest appearance while crying for us to shut up and give her attention. Please listen to Howard's music because it's so varied and beautiful.
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Howard Stelzer - Take Lots of Dramamine from
Your Own Work...
2022-03-281h 32plink plonkEP 6 - Ben Klock’s ”Subzero”Let's talk about that minimal Berlin club sound via Berghain staple, Ben Klock.
We trace the roots of house & techno in the US. Unpack and untangle influences traveling back and forth across the Atlantic. Dig into repetition and our perception of time. Layers on layers on layers. Unravel.
CORRECTION: In the podcast Aaron has a slip and credits "Minimal Nation" to Carl Craig instead of Robert Hood - whoops, sorry!
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2022-02-261h 10plink plonkEP 5 - Frank Ocean’s ”White Ferrari”"White Ferrari" from Frank Ocean's 2016 masterpiece Blond is a queer musique concrète car song and we explain why.
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2022-02-031h 31plink plonkEP 4 - INTERVIEW: Bergrún SnæbjörnsdóttirIn this episode we interview Icelandic composer Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir. We discuss animated scores, French Horn, nature, and the idea of "control" as an artist/maker.
credits for "Ecognosis" (2021):
Joshua Rubin, clarinet
Rebekah Heller, bassoon
Josh Modney, violin
Kyle Armbrust, viola
Michael Nicolas, cello
Maciej Lewandowski, tech/audio
Originally presented and live streamed by Roulette Intermedium on April 21st 2021 in partnership with Dark Music Days & Harpa Concert Hall (https://roulette.org/event/dark-music-days/).
Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir’s Ecognosis was developed through the Ensemble’s icecommons Artist-in-Residence program, with lead support from J...
2022-01-231h 30plink plonkEP 3 - Rebecca Saunders - VermillionIn this episode we fangirl Rebecca Saunders's impeccable artistry, one of many more to come. This time we unpack our feelings about her piece "Vermillion".
2021-12-121h 08plink plonkEP 2 - Bon Iver’s ”Perth”We discuss the first track, "Perth", off of Bon Iver's 2011 self-titled album.
Obviously it ends up leading us to discussing scrambled eggs, heavy metal, cute dogs and Icelandic bands in Texas.
2021-06-1847 minplink plonkEP1 - Ablinger’s Weiss/Weisslich 4We discuss Austrian/German composer Peter Ablinger's Weiss/Weisslich 4, a piece for piano and >=5 players.
Peter Ablinger is revealed to have a very cool secret identity, we discuss Wandelweiser and Aaron starts to plan a trip to Berlin to perform it for 24 hours with Georg.
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