Sound Method

Meng Qi is a pioneering synthesizer designer and musician, famous for his music and distinctive instruments, which are used by electronic artists all over the world.. He joins Sound Method to speak with hosts Jess Tsang and Noah Sniderman about his latest creation, The Wing Pinger, and his philosophy of instrument building.Meng Qi - WebsiteSound Method - WebsiteLinked in The Sound GardenMeng QiFlow [0:35]Filter Pinging [2:57]Trent Gill [3:24]Wing Pinger [3:37]One Beat [10:42]CreditsFlow [0:35]All other music - Jess Tsang

Nicole Patrick is a percussionist, drummer, and community builder living in New York City. She joins Sound Method to speak with host Jess Tsang and Noah Sniderman about how she uses percussion and improvisation to communicate.Nicole Patrick - WebsiteSound Method - WebsiteLinked in The Sound GardenThirteen Drums [0:00]Radical [0:24]Hen - Max Cornell [6:00]Julie Spencer [18:20]Credits13 Drums [0:00]Radical [0:24]Junie [6:56]Junie - Demo [8:55]All other music - Noah Sniderman

Karen Yu is a percussionist, experimental sound artist, and interdisciplinary arts researcher who uses sound-making as a medium to question and subvert the relationship between audience and performer. She joins Sound Method to speak with host Jess Tsang about her perspective on sound as a tool for relationship building and collaboration, and how these view informed her composition, The Vigil of Debris.Karen Yu - WebsiteSound Method - Website-Linked in The Sound GardenThe Vigil of Debris [0:14]The Breathing Canvas [13:18]-CreditsThe Vigil of Debris [0:14]The Breathing Canvas [13:18]All other music - Noah Sniderman

Michael Trommer is a Toronto-based sound and video artist; his practice has been focused primarily on psychogeographical and acoustemological explorations of anthropocentric space via the use of VR, ambisonic and tactile sound, field recordings, immersive installation and expanded cinema. He joins Sound Method to speak with hosts Jess Tsangs and Noah Sniderman about his audio-led, virtual reality documentary, Ancient Thoughts and Electric Buildings.Michael Trommer - WebsiteSound Method - Website-Linked in The Sound GardenAncient Thoughts and Electric Buildings - Michael Trommer [0:18]Electromagnetic Field Microphone [04:02]LOM [11:47]Spectrogram [12:44]-CreditsAncient Thoughts and Electric Buildings - Michael Trommer [0:18]Live in eindhoven - january 08 - sans soleil [02:50]All other music - Noah Sniderman

Episode NotesGambletron is a queer sound artist/musician known for their experimental sonic noise and works with radio transmission. They join Sound Method to speak with host Noah Sniderman about how a basketball halftime show led to a career of radio art experimentation.Gambletron - WebsiteSound Method - Website---Linked in The Sound GardenHoward Bilerman [04:14]Carla Bozulich [8:40]Johnny Forever [11:18]Tetsuo Kogawa [29:19]Anna Friz [30:14]Wave Farm [31:27]---Music Credits"Mixed Motor" created by Gambletron [00:18]"One More Try" performed by Gambletron and Carla Bozulich [8:40]"Nano Seconds of the Stateless Time" performed by Tetsuo Kogawa and Haruo Higuma [29:19]"The Quarantine Concerts - April 1, 2020" performed by Anna Friz [30:14]All other music - Noah Sniderman

Jess Tsang, a Brooklyn-based percussionist, joins Sound Method to speak with host Noah Sniderman about her process and techniques for using found objects to perform contemporary music.Jess Tsang - WebsiteSound Method - Website---Linked in The Sound Garden"Improvisation"  - [0:12]Amplified Cactus - [03:56]Cradles - [10:17]Marginal Consort - [20:34]---Music Credits[0:12] - "Improvisation" performed by Jess Tsang[03:56] - John Cage video[10:17] - "Cradles" performed by Jessica Tsang and Rob Cosgrove[20:34]  - Performance by Marginal Consort at SuperDeluxe (December 16, 2007)All other music - Noah Sniderman