Sounds Curious Podcast

Find out more (including the lineup and links to all the artists) over at www.anarchyinthegarden.org Tracks included in this podcast include: Snap Dragon, Rhubarb, Pink Peony and The Lion Dreams of Hunting by Gabi Schaffner who can be found over at www.schaffnerin.net Laure Boer's piece Soleil ébloui - www.laureboer.com Biwanoha by Aine E. Nakamura (www.evaaine.com) An unpublished track from Les Demoiselles D'Analogues, featuring Aude Rrose (www.aude-f.com) and Renée T. Coulombe (www.reneetcoulombe.com) And a big thanks to Elo Masing (https://soundcloud.com/elo-masing)for her wonderful thoughts on women in the experimental arts! A huge shout out to our Willows Nest Patreons!! If you'd like to join them in supporting the work we do, chec it out over at https://www.patreon.com/TheWillowsNest A big thanks to Musikfonds and Bezirksamt Pankow for supporting the Festival. And find out more about Kühlspot over at https://kuehlspot.com/index.html

Please note: There is no audio branding or intro in this episode If you enjoy this content, please consider joining our Patreon! Link below. Another immersive track for closed eyes, inviting you to slip into dreams or a meditative state. Perfect for both headphone listening (to hear the spatialization) or speakers for use as a meditation or sleeping track. Timed to follow a full sleep cycle, the work is composed, recorded and produced by Renée T. Coulombe. Let the vocal overtones transform in your ears as they hang in the resonant space of the reverberations. With a huge shoutout to our Patreons at https://www.patreon.com/TheWillowsNest who requested this track! Continuing our exploration into music for dreaming, for deep meditation or falling asleep - this track uses only a single voice as primary source materials. Like and subscribe if you would like more of this content.

This two-part overnight dreaming mini-series invites you to listen as you sleep! Let these ambient, vocal sound waves soothe through the night, or any time you want to relax and find some deep chill. Designed around 1 and 1/2 hour cycles to mimic your sleep, these episodes get more and more quiet so you can set the volume comfortably at the start, and know you won't be disturbed. The article referred to in this episode, on how we process voices in sleep, is in New Scientist, and you can find it here: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2304918-unknown-voices-spark-more-brain-activity-in-sleep-than-familiar-ones/ I mentioned Ione's book "Listening in Dreams" and you can pick up a copy of that and explore more about Deep Listening over here: https://www.deeplistening.org/

This two-part overnight dreaming mini-series invites you to listen as you sleep! Let these ambient, vocal sound waves soothe through the night, or any time you want to relax and find some deep chill. Designed around 1 and 1/2 hour cycles to mimic your sleep, these episodes get more and more quiet so you can set the volume comfortably at the start, and know you won't be disturbed. The article referred to in this episode, on how we process voices in sleep, is in New Scientist, and you can find it here: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2304918-unknown-voices-spark-more-brain-activity-in-sleep-than-familiar-ones/ I mentioned Ione's book "Listening in Dreams" and you can pick up a copy of that and explore more about Deep Listening over here: https://www.deeplistening.org/ Sound installation under opening from Radio Aporee, "Overnight Snowfall" ambient phonotraphy, 2021. By abyssence@gmail.com

We break our long silence in the podcast feed with a very special episode for the solstice holidays. An immersive, imaginary sound walk through a wintery, landscape - complete with stops at market sound stages, through bustling train stations packed with holiday travelers out into the landscape and past seasonal bonfires to the depths of the forest and even catch an improvised performance deep inside a cave... Enjoy the spatialized field recordings with very little processing save layering, mixing and mastering - with locations from Berlin to New Zealand, South Africa to Finland - captured in a single, sonic ramble through the holidays. May it warm your holidays by giving you a great reason to turn down the lights, grab your headphones, put tired feet up by the fire, and let your ears do the walking this holiday season. With love, from us to you! Keep great sounds like this going by becoming a Patreon over at https://www.patreon.com/TheWillowsNest With a shout out to all our current Patreons - thanks for all your ongoing support! With our eternal thanks to Radio Aporee and Free Music Archive artists - who deserve recognition this time of year. A list of all recordings included are below. Sound recordings/phonography, in no particular order: From Radio Aporee (aporee.org): Winter walk / ул. Лесная, Сергиев Посад, Московская обл., Россия, 141307 - Alex K Leaving our microphones by a waterhole at night / Mmabolela Reserve, Limpopo, South Africa - Jeremy Hegge Outflow of Lake Pupuke, contact mic / 26 Minnehaha Avenue, Takapuna, Auckland 0622, New Zealand - summerxc@gmail.com white dragon, sleeping still, green giant immersed within tranquil dreams / moss garden, Studenice, Slovenija - OR poiesis Berlin's loudest sonic place? / Westend, Berlin, Germany - Peter Cusack Freiluftkonzert des Nordholländischen Jugendorchesters auf dem Neumarkt / Open air concert of the North Dutch Youth Orchestra / Altstadt-Nord, Köln, Deutschland - Matthes moss garden, dry, flux / moss waterfall, Studenice, Slovenija - OR poiesis Kauwberg under the bridge / Kauwberg 22, 1180 Uccle, Belgique - Flavien Gillié Vilnius, Lithuania, Rasos cemetery - alas23/sala Kalamaja park (former cemetery) / A sonic walk and deep listening to Kalamaja 2 (from Kai Center) - bruno.quast cemetery ambience, trains / Friedhof Baumschulenweg, Berlin, Deutschland - udo noll Jet Crows Birds Feet / Recordings in the Garage, Malvern, Worcestershire, UK - david.j.pitt@btinternet.com Owls in the night / Recordings in the Garage, Malvern, Worcestershire, UK - david.j.pitt@btinternet.com Conference of crows / Piirimäe, Põlva maakond, Estonia - john grzinich Winter forest solitude / Järvselja primeval, Tartumaa, Estonia - john grzinich Wind, snow and hiking / Mustarinda forest, Hyrynsalmi, Finland - john grzinich 내리는雪＿overnight snowfall / 내리는雪＿overnight snowfall - abyssence@gmail.com Utena, Lithuania, flag poles in wintery wind / Utena, Lithuania, flag poles in wintery wind - alas23/sala Burning Laurel Leaves, Bredenbury, Herefordshire, UK / Bonfire - david.j.pitt Electricity pole resonance / Šlavantai, Lithuania - Marius Paulikas wind im kulturpalast warschau - udo noll Býčí skála (a cave), Czech Republic / Handpan improvisation - Pavel Paseka From Free Music Archive (https://freemusicarchive.org/): Audiotransparent - December Radio - by coverclub.nl Shchedryk by Mystery Mammal

Part three (at last!) is the opposite of a deep dive – it’s a flight upwards through the night sky exploring the power of drones as medicine. We go into a bit of the reasons why drones have such a physical effect, with excerpts from an article by Robert Lamb (published Nov. 16, 2016; accessed June 25, 2020): https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/ambient-music-calm-psychic-maelstrom.htm#:~:text=%22What%20happens%20with%20ambient%20music,scanning%20the%20environment%20for%20danger. We then ponder for a moment the power of drones to connect us to the world, and all who inhabit it, through deeply restorative soundscapes. After using some drones created by Tibetan singing bowls in the opening, we move on to the brand new "Celestial Music Box" to consider how the star field above us might "sound" if each star could be played like a music box. Thanks to friend of the podcast Michael Riley for granting us permission to use this excerpt! As always, thanks to all our Patreons for your support! If you'd like to join them in supporting independent arts and production, you can find us on Patreon at https://www.Patreon.com/TheWillowsNest You can also support this podcast and the work of our independent productions here at The Willows nest, through a one-time donation at https://www.paypal.me/bansheemedia Tracks in order of audition: (Under the voice): Glen Hoban “Singing Bowl Tanpura 1 & 3.” These were published in September of 2018. From the composer’s notes: “The sound of a "G" ('Throat Chakra') Himalayan singing bowl being droned, then having the resulting drone copied, pitch-shifted and multi-tracked to produce a long, subtly evolving drone.” Found on Freesound.org. Find these tracks and more about Glen Hoban at: https://freesound.org/people/Glen_Hoban/ Sound artist and composer Michael Riley (mikronesia) created the Celestial Music Box to be available through Patreon only under the name “Meditative Soundscapes.” Check out his Patreon over at https://www.patreon.com/meditativesoundscapes. This one-hour excerpt from the music box was recorded in June 18, 2020 of the sky over Berlin, Germany. Find the trailer for the project on Youtube at: https://youtu.be/rcXzER9eEQI And check out our episode, "Long Time Gone" for more of Michael's amazing work! If you are looking for some summer reading, may we at the podcast suggest the New York Public LIbrary's massive, and fabulous, Schomburg Center Black Liberation Reading List, published on June 9, 2020. So much good stuff, so much summer reading! https://www.nypl.org/blog/2020/06/09/schomburg-center-black-liberation-reading-list Because until Black Lives Matter, no lives matter. We are all related, beloveds.

Part two of our deep dive into drones—exploring how we experience sustained and resonant frequencies in the body, altering our moods and perceptions of the world. Advocating for listening as a whole-body activity and echoing the call of Deep Listening, this episode curates some contemporary takes on drones in global musical traditions. Then we take a distinct turn toward the mechanical, closing with three machine drones that invite us to experience the "noise" we often tune out in the form of field recordings. Thanks to all our Patreons for your support! You can find us on Patreon at www.Patreon.com/TheWillowsNest You can support this podcast and the work of our independent productions here at The Willows nest, through a one-time donation at www.paypal.me/bansheemedia Tracks in order of audition: Peter Cusack "Distant mine, pervasive sounds, astonishing view" /Czech Republic. Found on www.aporee.org/maps From Free Music Archive (www.freemusicarchive.org): "Haratanaya Sree" by Veena Kinhal from the album "Tribute to Venna Raja Rao." "Raag (YouTube)" by Vinod Prasanna x Okey Szoke x Pompey from the album "s/t" "Drone Pine" by Blue Dot Sessions from the album "The Pine Barrens" "Post Drone" by Uuriter from the album "Analog Fields" Closing tracks permission of the artist, Peter Terner. Unpublished: "Tesco close" "Gate Painting, Drone, Hiss" and "Sage Hum (soft)"

This week we go deep, deep down to begin an exploration of the musical phenomenon of drones. Beginning with an invitation to listen, deeply, to some drones created by your host using some recent instrument libraries released free from Spitfire Labs, home of Spitfire Audio. Here, three samples from the "London Atmos" pack help set the scene for our series of episodes exploring the musical, psychological and cultural impact of sonic drones. This gentle introduction will be followed with a series of episodes exploring drones from sources both traditional and surprising! For more on Spitfire Audio and the Spitfire Labs instrument packs, go to: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/ The sample packs I used can be found here: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/labs/ Field recordings found on Radio Aporee: aporee.org/maps They include: "Upės gatvė, Lithuania, chimney support wire" and "Utena, Lithuania, fence-geophone" by alas23/sala and "wind in poplar trees / Tempelhofer Feld, Berlin, Deutschland" and "dry leaves in the wind, city hum / Tempelhofer Feld, Berlin, Deutschland" To join our Patreon, visit www.Patreon.com/TheWillowsNest or make a one-time donation at www.paypal.me/bansheemedia

Sounds Curious Listeners - here's a crossover episode from our Patreon feed from The Willows Nest. This is a personal little audio postcard with two fantastic new musical pieces that have graced the tiny little stage here and some lovely binaural field recordings by some favorites over at Radio Aporee. There is no advisory to wear headphones for the binaural recordings, or podcast audio branding, its just some lovely sounds from me to you. Please stay safe wherever you are, reach out if you need support, and thanks for listening! Find us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/TheWillowsNest, on SoundCloud at www.soundcloud.com/sounds-curious-podcast Welcome to a special home quarantine edition of News from the Nest! We're obviously on lockdown, so no concerts for the foreseeable future, but that doesn't mean we don't have lots of archives to plunder for you, our Patreons! This episode is a bit like Sounds Curious, and may indeed find its way into the feed over there one day soon. But you get exclusive access for the next few days at least, and all my thanks! Tracks you'll hear in order of audition are: (from aporee.org/maps, Radio Aporee): "Beautiful early summer morning birdsong/Leafield Rd. Chipping Norton Ox7 3DB UK" by Mike Taylor. mike@miketaylor.pro "evening walk/gravel path and streets, Castello, Venice" by OR poiesis From The Willows Nest: Andrew Raffo Dewar "Ghosts in the Uncanny Valley IV" presented back on November 2, 2019. From the shownotes: “Ghosts in the Uncanny Valley IV” for soprano saxophone and quadraphonic live electronics using the Kyma sound design environment. This is a new work from a series of pieces that explores the interactive possibilities of live electronics and acoustic instruments, and the unusual sound areas to be discovered between and within them. Find more on the composer at: https://music.ua.edu/people/andrew-raffo-dewar/ (Also from Radio Aporee): "Tourists in front of the cathedral/75004 Paris, France" Vincent Duseigne. From The Willows Nest: Stefanie Egedy from the evening "Triptico Utropico Transnistrio." From the show notes: Stefanie’s field of action is the sound territory. Her motto is the sub-bass and bass sounds, whose capacity of making itself present in the space and of interacting with the medium is of her greatest interest. Besieged by this scenario, she operates in the interaction between the sonorous and musical language in the communication between beings. In her works, she uses field recordings, electronic and daily material sounds. Alongside Simon Fernandes she does the label Coisas que Matam, is part of the artist run space Dahaus, acts as a DJ, has a residency at Obra party and researches with Camille Laurent the relations between light and sound. find out more about her at: www.stefanieegedy.com

Look, we can't all be William Shakespeare and knock out King Lear while we're stuck at home. Most of us are lucky to put on pants at some point in the day. So in this episode we ponder one of my favorite topics, failure, and the beautiful things that become possible through it. Featuring two gorgeous performances that happened during less self-isolating times in Berlin. Content Warning: The first performance features frequent, non-explicit but repeated references to prostitution. May not be appropriate for younger listeners. But honestly it is kind of hilarious. The first feature is by the Brazilian performer-composer Manuel Pessoa de Lima, whose intimate performances defy genre as he will tell you himself. Taking on failure as a topic of research through his graduate work, he confronts it in his work in some unique and haunting ways. His piece is a strange and sometimes awkward journey through sound worlds and self-reflections to arrive at last at some truly terrible, terrible Strauss. Failure never sounded so right... More information on his work can be found at: https://www.manuel-lima.com/ A link to the performance archive from the October show: http://willowsnest.org/events/triptico-utropico-transnistrio/ His video works: https://vimeo.com/manuellima The second featured track is from a recent performance by AudeRrose. Aude is a particularly versatile artists, working in fine and media arts, performance pieces, experimental works and installations. From her performance biography: "Her performance works oscillate between digital and analog medium, combining original cross-border techniques between real-time video feedback and digital and acoustic sounds. She often uses overhead projectors, slide projectors, typewriters, clocks, that are amplified via micro-contact microphones, combined with acoustic and digital sounds." Find her website at http://aude-f.com/ More of her performances on her performance page at: http://aude-f.com/performance/ Aude teamed up with your intrepid host, Renée Thérèse Coulombe in our duo "les demoiselles d'analogue." More information about me can be found on my own web page: www.reneetcoulombe.com. Of course as always if you like the work and want to support the podcast, our little production space in Berlin and all that we do - you can make a one time donation through Paypal at: www.paypal.me/bansheemedia Or join the Willows Nest Patreon over at www.patreon.com/TheWillowsNest Donations keep us going through this crazy time, and keep the electricity flowing through our computer to keep the art work flowing...

This time we celebrate the launch of the new Echozoo project (www.echozoo.org) that imagines the sounds of extinct species in their habitats, my composer and sound artist Michael Riley https://mikronesia.bandcamp.com/ We ponder the sounds of extinction and the past, and ponder the present of the natural world. With thanks to Radio Aporee and all the artists that upload their sounds over there, so we can keep listening into this big, beautiful world... ...and as always a huge thanks to our Patreons for keeping this show going!! Find our Patreon over at www.Patreon.com/TheWillowsNest or if you can make a one-time donation at www.paypal.me/bansheemedia to help us cover costs. Sound installation (intro and under voice) found on Aporee.org/maps: Beautiful early summer morning birdsong / Leafield Rd, Chipping Norton OX7 3DB, UK by artist Mike Taylor (mike@miketaylor.pro) Selections from Echozoo Project (courtesy of the artist): Caroline Parakeet Giant Sloth Golden-billed Toad Ivory-billed Woodpecker Saint Helenas Earwig Closing field recording by Jeremy Hegge "leaving the mics in the forest, tropical dusk to night / Magnetic Island, QLD, Australia"

Celebrating an old tradition a new way: telling a spooky story at Yuletide, a Victorian ghost story, complete with some sound installation from field recordings by artists around the world. Celebrating the wonderful atmosphere that field recordings can makeSo turn down the lights, stoke the fireplace and settle in for a spooky tale for the longest night of the year. The story, The Goodwood Ghost, has been attributed to Charles Dickens, but the author is unknown. With a The story can be found at https://ghostsandstories.com/short-ghost-story-11.html The sound installation contains field recordings and sound effects from Radio Aporee and Freesound.org and include: mike@miketaylor.pro "Beautiful early summer morning birdsong / Leafield Rd, Chipping Norton OX7 3DB, UK" on radioaporee.org/maps Timbre "simulation of Victorian Street" https://freesound.org/people/Timbre/sounds/87462/ Fritz Schl "Horse-drawn carriage in the forest/Ribbeck 14641, Nauen Deutschland" on radioaporee.org/maps nikolajdehaan@gmail.com "Birds on a summer day on the Danish countryside 8752 Østbirk, Denmark on radioaporee.org/maps Matucha "Door thick creak medium perspective" https://freesound.org/people/matucha/sounds/181458/ Lucas McBath "horse whinny" https://freesound.org/people/foxen10/sounds/149024/ Soundscape_Leuphana "soundscape leuphana dog whimper" https://freesound.org/people/Soundscape_Leuphana/sounds/210440/ Prosounder "galloping-horse" https://freesound.org/people/prosounder/sounds/32679/ Arnaud Coutancier "nervous-horses" https://freesound.org/people/arnaud%20coutancier/sounds/271266/ Veljo Runnel "Windy hilltop by Hornoya lighthouse / Hornøya og Reinøya, 9950 Vardø, Norway" on radioaporee.org/maps

This week kicks off a series of episodes using field recordings in creative ways to revel in the sonic details that emerge through some old-fashioned analogue processing techniques drawn from the early days of electroacoustic music. To start, a composed sonic dream through an imaginary winter's landscape, arranged to create an imaginary listening environment right in your headphones. Composed by your host, Renée T. Coulombe, with field recordings from Radio Aporee (www.aporee.org/maps): John Grzinich "Wind and creaking trees" Emajōe Suursoo, Tartu maakond, Estonia OR poiesis "path of seasons, winder meadow, snow, Piramida (Slovenia) alas23 "Utena, Lithuania, snowflakes on dried reed" Utena, Lithuania OR poiesis "river Drava, Loka" "stone, water, void" (Slovenia) palkovich.sgt "Zvonkohra/carillon" Prague 7, Czech Republic Matthes "Rundgang über den mittelalterlichen Weichnachtsmarkt/Stroll through the medieval Christmas market" Siegburg, Deutschland "Wind Chimes at Ulm Christmas Market" Ulm, Germany Richard Bentley "Snow Walking Meditation" Woodcote, UK

Today's episode goes back to some musical basics, with several live recordings with global artists from my home to yours. Opening with the glorious Aristarain & Lewkowicz Duo of Sophia Aristarain and Javier Lewkowicz, who rocked the house last Spring with their concert of traditional and original music from the native Argentina, as well as music from Brazil and all over South America. We then jump to a concert of traditional music from Greece and Turkey and the Ufki Bobowski duo of Fatih Ermete (Lute of Istanbul, Ud) and Borys Slowikowski on the frame drums. While Fatih is from Istanbul and Borys from Poland, the two met in Crete and were drawn together by their mutual love of these musical traditions. We then slow things down with a stroll in Southern India with Dr. Vijay Kannan, whose Haunting Bamboo: Nada Yoga with Indian Bamboo flute event at The Willows Nest just happened back in October. This truly haunting and beautiful musical recording includes the moment when he asked a friend in the audience, a wonderful classical singer in this tradition, to improvise with him on the flute! Finally, we hop the Red Eye 2 Tokyo, a new musical project by composer and multi-instrumentalist Shih-Wei Wu, that fuses the raw energy of Japanese Folk music with the cool sounds of West Coast Jazz. So sit back, relax, and travel the globe without ever leaving the couch - from our little global Nest perched high atop Boxhagener Strasse... If you like what we do and want to support our mission, please consider joining The Willows Nest Patreon over at www.patreon.com/TheWillowsNest Audio installation under voiceover: Felix Blume, "Wind singing in an old tube on the top of the mountain" https://freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/447375/ More Aristarain-Lewkowicz on YouTube: https://youtu.be/2oFVmkg7bZc Ufki Bobowski on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wryTr0BLsWU Vijay Kannan has his own very successful YouTube channel over at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ6QWInwx5uN4frT6_tHRiQ Finally Red Eye 2 Tokyo can be found over at www.shihweiwu.com. You can find their single over at https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/redeye2tokyo and look for the new album soon! If you are in the Los Angeles Area, consider stopping by the RE2T album release party at Angry Horse Brewing Company in Montebello on November 19, 2019!

After a long absence! Finally - thanks to everyone for your patience waiting for part 2! Want to help me dedicate more time to the podcast and less time to getting freelance work? Please support our home! www.patreon.com/TheWillowsNest – home of the Sounds Curious podcast, and so much more. Every contribution, no matter how large or small, is greatly appreciated. There are great rewards at every level, too! We try to feature recordings made in The Willows Nest where possible. Show notes for recordings used in this episode in order: freesound.org/people/bajko/sounds/378055/ (Artist: Bajko; title: “sfx_snow_footstep-02.wav) freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/447375/ (Artist Felix Blume; title: Wind singing in an old tube on the top of the mountain) freesound.org/people/dahlJ/sounds/419727/ (Artist: dahlJ; title: “ASMR Tapping) freesound.org/people/harveyjnz/sounds/360382/ (Artist: Harveyjnz; title: “foam microphone wind screen”) freesound.org/people/Cass_bass/sounds/401180/ (Artist: Cass_bass; title: “ASMR test, Eating chips, clock ticking, and soft talking and whispering”) freesound.org/people/That_sound_was_strange/sounds/490896/ (Artist: That sound was strange; title: Exo Blubl) From Radio aporee, (aporee.org/maps)Artist: John Grzinich; title" Mustarinda forest, Hyrynsalm, Finland" Recording Live at The Willows Nest from D.A.M.P.F. / August of 2019. From the program information: "Participants: Fiona Sullivan (USA): Fiona creates to explore extended vocal possibilities and discover new sonic realms influenced by the beauty and complexity of nature. Vinyl Dinosaur (NZ/TBA): Amateur Optical Semi-Professional Nonmusician Art. Uses bodies, some virtual. Offers adventure, contemplation and fun sound Georgie (BO): Bolivian musician, composer and improviser based in Berlin. Fabs die rakete (DE) – 3….2….1… Oh no fuel…. Again Bpschhhhh#wuuuuusch Chance of success: 0% Sharon Mercado Nogales (BO): (1994) Dancer/ choreographer from Bolivia, based in Berlin. *terms and conditions apply The Willows Nest is a private arts incubator high in a roost above Boxhagener Kiez, that holds space for artistic exploration and development through residencies, gatherings, skill sharing and teaching. We are a completely non-corporate and non-institutional space that invites the Berlin community to experience global arts in a very local setting."

Sounds Curious: ASMR and Acoustic Intimacy Please support our home! http://www.patreon.com/TheWillowsNest – home of the Sounds Curious podcast, and so much more. Every contribution, no matter how large or small, is greatly appreciated. There are great rewards at every level, too! Credits: Intro and audio installation: Title: Ocean / Ziyaaraiy Magu Road, Maafushi, Мальдивы Artist: ChuprinGA@mail.ru http://aporee.org/maps/ Hydrophone tracks: “humpback whales, Boucan cannot, ile de la reunion” and later Hydrophone_Chant des baleines_22/07/2010” Artist: Pierre Gauthier http://aporee.org/maps “large-pond-harlaxton-manor-hydrophone” artist: Vortichez found in the hydrophone recording package. http://www.freesound.org/people/Vortichez Performance audio (starts at 39:59 – use ear buds for an even stronger effect): From “Amplified Bricks” by Brad Nath – performance at The Willows Nest, Berlin on October 20, 2018. Check out the event page in our archives for links to video by the artists, his remarks on “Acoustectonics” and sounding materials, and a photo of one of his custom-made instruments at http://willowsnest.org/events/amplified-bricks-brad-nath/ More videos of his work at: https://vimeo.com/bradnath Don't want to subscribe with Patreon, but still want to support the little podcast that could? Consider scoring a Sounds Curious T shirt or mug from The Willows Nest Shop over on Teespring! With our lovely logos designed by the visual artist Ilknur Demirkoparan, and styles selected personally by your podcast host - they make a material statement and keep us going. Part of each sale supports our audio efforts. Check out the designs at: http://teespring.com/stores/the-willows-nest-shop

To celebrate the launch of our new Patreon for the home of Sounds Curious - The Willows Nest in Berlin - I am releasing this first audio digest created for our Patreons to the Sounds Curious podcast. It has been quite a journey bringing this new vision to life - and you can be a part of us. Check out our campaign at www.Patreon.com/TheWillowsNest and for just 5 dollars a month you can get an audio digest featuring the best performances, installations, sound art, interviews and more going on right here on our tiny stage in Friedrichshain. Higher levels get you live streams of our events, hangouts with the founder and featured artists - even weekends at The Nest to experience the magic yourself! I want to thank every artist who has stepped through our door already in Berlin, every audience member or workshop participant or student who has supported us with their presence. Lastly, an enormous thank you to Ashram, Interaxia, and Marko Ivic whose gorgeous sounds grace this episode and this space. To hear Ashram, jump to 13:39 www.findmyashram.com (and check out their latest music video! It's amazing!) To hear Interaxia, jump to 25:47 Which is Anaïs Poulet http://anaispoulet.com/ Marion Ruault http://youtu.be/Du2pubOpmgY Leander Reininghaus http://leanderreininghaus.bandcamp.com/ Valentin Martel http://youtu.be/VqEE6BzTzBE To hear Marko Ivic, jump to 1:24:54 http://glogauair.net/activity/meet-the-artist-marko-ivic/ https://soundcloud.com/marko-ivic Show notes at www.bansheemedia.com, more on The Willows Nest at www.willowsnest.org.

The second part of our deep dive into contemporary "sound singing" or extranormal singing or whatever we're calling it these days with Dr. Chris Tonelli with Gabriel Dharmoo Ute Wassermann, David Moss and Tomomi Adachi. Sound installation (under intro and outro): alas23/sala "Vyžuonos, Lithuania, flooded river hydrophone" on Radio aporee: https://aporee.org/maps/work/details.html?sndid=48984 More information on Chris Tonelli: rug.academia.edu/ChrisTonelli Gabriel Dharmoo: gabrieldharmoo.org/en/home Ute Wassermann: femmes-savantes.net/en/lesfemmessav…ute-wassermann/ David Moss: www.davidmossmusic.com/ Tomomi Adachi: www.adachitomomi.com/n/biography.html Like and review us if you like the show! On Apple podcasts, this really helps us get discovered. Find out more about our Berlin activities at www.willowsnest.org. Show notes always at www.bansheemedia.com, and updates on global performances and events at www.improvisedalchemy.com.

Sounds Curious S3, E4: Voices Found, Part 1 This week we surf the sound waves of improvised vocal performance, through the practice of five diverse improvisers from all over the world. Introducing his soon-to-be published research, Dr. Chris Tonelli introduces the topic of “extranormal” singing, and together with Gabriel Dharmoo present an evening of discussion and improvisation on the subject. Interspersed with improvised vocal performances throughout the evening, this first half of a two part presentation introduces a world of vocal sounding to the adventurous listener! They are joined for the evening by Ute Wassermann, David Moss and Tomomi Adachi. Sound installation (under intro and outro): Circus Marcus “Kalimba session, 2016-05-07” Freemusicarchive.org More information on Chris Tonelli: http://rug.academia.edu/ChrisTonelli Gabriel Dharmoo: http://gabrieldharmoo.org/en/home Ute Wassermann: https://femmes-savantes.net/en/lesfemmessavantes/ute-wassermann/ David Moss: https://www.davidmossmusic.com/ Tomomi Adachi: http://www.adachitomomi.com/n/biography.html Like and review us if you like the show! On Apple podcasts, this really helps us get discovered. Find out more about our Berlin activities at www.willowsnest.org. Show notes always at www.bansheemedia.com, and updates on global performances and events at www.improvisedalchemy.com.

This week we take our curious listeners on a little tour through and underappreciated moment in musical history: “space-age” music, or lounge music, or whatever term floats your boat. We trace the relationships between this “exotic” moment in musical history, and Jazz, classical, film and television music. After pondering the rhetoric that greeted some of the musicians behind the movement, we look forward – through futurisms far from retro – to examine the lingering effects of this musical phenomenon in our media music today. Audio installation under narration: edited and processed tracks from NASA including: “Cassini: Saturn Radio Emissions #1” https://soundcloud.com/nasa/cassini-saturn-radio-emissions-1 “Jupiter Sounds 2001” https://soundcloud.com/nasa/jupiter-sounds-2001 Audio Tracks featured in the discussion (all links accessed January 3, 2018): Frank Comstock “On The Dark Side of The Moon” from Project: Comstock Music from Outer Space (1962). From “Ultra Harmonics Channel, YouTube. https://youtu.be/Q-BbnOt3reQ?t=1280 Ferrante & Teicher “Poinciana” from Soundblast (Westminster Records, 1958). From “Dr. Hofmann’s Electric Kool-Aid Party!” Channel, YouTube. https://youtu.be/0zoGG3uSjZI?t=408 Juan Garcia Esquivel “Poinciana” from Other Worlds Other Sounds (RCA Victor, 1958). From “Dr. Hofmann’s Electric Kool-Aid Party!” Channel, YouTube. https://youtu.be/pVfZTtgGS3E?t=589 George Russell “Chromatic Universe, Pt. 2” from Jazz in the Space Age (Decca Records 1958). From “Dr. Hofmann’s Electric Kool-Aid Party!” Channel, YouTube. https://youtu.be/tCfzE7w0SFw?t=1004 Dave Pike “When I’m gone” From Jazz For the Jet Set (Atlantic Records, 1966). From “Dr. Hofmann’s Electric Kool-Aid Party!” Channel, YouTube. https://youtu.be/jvoSSkp2Njc?t=962 Links and articles from discussion: Ferrante & Teicher: https://www.discogs.com/artist/179036-Ferrante-Teicher Esquivel: http://www.spaceagepop.com/esquivel.htm, Obituary from Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/juan-garcia-esquivel-9263481.html George Russell: “George Russell, Composer Whose Theories Sent Jazz in a New Direction, Dies at 86” by Ben Ratliff, The New York Times, July 29, 2009. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/arts/music/30russell.html His book: The Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organizations: The Art and Science of Tonal Gravity” https://www.amazon.com/Lydian-Chromatic-Concept-Tonal-Organization/dp/0970373902 Dave Pike: https://www.discogs.com/artist/18121-Dave-Pike Information about The Willows Nest Artist Residency Program: http://willowsnest.org/artist-residencies/

This week we take a deep dive into the long dark night to find music inspired by dreaming. Featuring composer/sound artists Michael Reiley McDermott James Perley, and a bit by yours truly, we celebrate dreams and dreaming and all that they have to share in our waking life. Wishing you all sweet dreams this Solstice! Field recordings from Radio Aporee (www.aporee.org/maps): including: Our old friends OR poiesis: “room, Hercegprimaás u. 8, Budapest” and Andrzej Maciejewski “Mwena, Uganda, Thunders and rain at night” Michael Reiley McDermott: (www.bandcamp.com/mikronesia), and consider supporting the Indiegogo for Listening Bodies at https://igg.me/at/listeningbodies/x James Perley: “SLIVR DREAMS” from “CITY HAS NO STARS,” and “SPLINTR DREAMS” from his new release “EXITR.” Find out more at www.jamesperley.art Also includes “Dream Drum Song” from Dream Song Duet: For Ione. More on the composer at www.reneetcoulombe.com. More on the Willows Nest in Berlin at www.willowsnest.org – tickets for the overnight dreaming still available! (as of December 15, 2018). Final track is “Not Art Dream Song” from the same work, featured in Framework Radio’s program curated by sound artist Vortichez and featuring deep listeners. Hear the show at http://www.frameworkradio.net/2018/05/641-2018-05-13/ More information on Vortichez at https://soundcloud.com/vortichez

Field recordings (intro): All from Radio Aporee, http://www.aporee.org Natalia Borissova “Alexanderplatz, Tunnel under the s-bahn tracks.” David Rogers “Alexanderplatz.” udo noll “Berlin Ostkreuz: station ambience, steps on stairs.” “John Henry goes to Mali” by Arko Mukhaerjee and Nishad Pandey http://www.arkomusic.com/about-arko http://soundcloud.com/nishadguitar “Song of a Common Man” by Ashram http://findmyashram.com/ “Die singende Knochen” Federica Flux, https://vimeo.com/francisflux and Roberta Busechian http://cargocollective.com/robertabusechian Outro Field Recording: Sharon Renee Stewart, http://soundcloud.com/sharonrstewart/181118-berlin-hbf-below-escalator-track-13 Find out more about her and her work at http://www.mediamatic.net/en/page/220624/sharon-renee-stewart Find The Willows Nest at http://willowsnest.org – and our recordings over at http://soundcloud.com/banshee-media

Recorded on April 6th, but late to the feed! This week we take a sound walk through the archives over at The British Library, celebrating the vanishing sounds of the natural world. We were led there through a blog interview with the curator of Wildlife & Environmental Sounds at the British Library: http://listeningacrossdisciplines.net/resources/interviews/listening-means-discovery/ The blog got us to pondering the idea of vanishing sounds in the natural world, so you can't really blame us for losing ourselves in the Soundcloud stream for The British Library, and cutting together a virtual sound walk out in the natural world for our listeners: from deer bellowing across a commons in the UK to the sounds of sea birds in a cave in Wales, the rainforest at dawn to stormy weather on deck at sea... Enjoy! Check out more for yourself at: https://soundcloud.com/the-british-library. Find out more in the show notes at www.bansheemedia.com This episode includes: "Corvid roost," "Nightingale Song," On deck in rough weather," "Rainfall on leaves and puddles," "Seabirds in Cave," "Strong breeze," "Strong waves on pebbles," Timber boat beneath decks," Tropical Rainforest at Dawn," Waves after storm," "Wind in door," and "Woodland stream."

This week we explore the spaces of sound talking about convolution reverberation and how it can recreate the sound of real spaces. From La Scala in Milan to underground cisterns in Washington state, we dive deep to listen to space, and find that the space shapes more of what we hear than we might otherwise think! With several tracks from the very cool experimental group Telegraphy and our own live recording from the SARC, enjoy being immersed in the sound, and let it reverberate everything around you! Show notes as always over at www.bansheemedia.com Telegraphy tracks from freemusicarchive.org and they include: Infernal Convolution Hearts, Made In Detroit Distorted Reflections When Sounds Are Meaningless Sustain from Sympathetic Resonance LIVE @Sonorities Festival, 2017, performed by yours truly.

Welcome back to the new season of Sounds Curious: the podcast that gets curiouser and curiouser... In this pilot for season 2 we listen with our whole bodies to and remix sounds of the natural world around us - listening to life under the Antarctic ice shelf, water bubbling under frozen streams murmuring to us of spring, and wonder at the magical world of sounds of our dreams. Featuring field recordings geo-tagged on Radio Aporee, take a tour with us and celebrate as we spin the seasons forward and dive in! All field recordings featured found on www.aporee.org/maps They include: -Steps in snow / Court-St.-Étienne, Belgique, Vincent Duseigne -Bridge on the Loing river / Saint-Mammès, France, Vincent Duseigne, 2017. -Steps on snow. / Moscow, ON, Canada, Andrzej Maciejewski, 2016. -Icy snow falling on large plastic box. / Yarker, ON, Canada, Andrzej Maciejewski, 2016 -Ice covered tree crackling on the wind. / Yarker, ON, Canada (Frozen tree), Andrzej Maciejewski, 2016. -Drumming and chanting in one of the buildings of the Zenkō-ji Temple / Zenkō-ji Temple, Motoyoshichō Nagano, Nagano-shi, Nagano-ken 381-0000, Japan, Felicity Ford, 2017. -weather report / gorod Vorkuta, République des Komis, Russie, pablo Sala, 2013. -Freight Train in a Blizzard / Monument Valley Park, Colorado Springs, CO, USA, Sylvia Shale, 2015. -Glacier Lagoon / Jokulsárlón, Iceland, Justin Bennett, 2015. -Antarctic underwater sounds, PALAOA Project, 2007. -Livestream from Antarctic Ocean, PALAOA Project, 2007. -Anyksciai, Lithuania, in the crack of ice, alas23/sala, 2017 -Rain and ice (author/date unknown) -sleighs / Sniezka mountain, Maciej Janasik, 2017. -Snow on Fence in Berlin, John Grzinich, 2010. Final OR poiesis series: -small stream poema / piramida, maribor, January 1, 2014. -small stream poema with snow / piramida, maribor, January 28, 2014 -stream poema for lying trees / fourth pond, piramida, maribor, February 3, 2014 -in need for a poema / fourth pond, piramida, maribor, February 21, 2017. -drops / fourth pond, piramida, maribor, March, 7, 2014. -now everything is green here / fourth pond, piramida, maribor, April, 8, 2014. -almost inaudible stream spring poema / fourth pond, piramida, maribor, April 14, 2014. -almost dry stream, distant thunder / fourth pond, piramida, maribor, June 15, 2015. More information about this or any of our shows can be found at www.bansheemedia.com.

Happy Winter/Summer solstice from Sounds Curious! This week we celebrate our time out on the road, the unbridled joy of analogue and a consistently working Mellotron, and then drop a pile of unusual and unusually festive tunes to close out this monster of a year! With an entire EP by producer Christian Björklund and some classical music played on a cantankerous tape loop keyboard, this episode is suitable for festive consumption. So raise a glass to the end of 2016, and enjoy sound installation from a rainy day in Sweden – we know it’s been a long year, you deserve some pure audio candy. Music featured in the Episode: EP: SKÅPMAT By producer Christian Björklund. Intro is In the Belly of Gorgul, rest of EP closes the episode - find it free over at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Christian_Bjoerklund/ Field Recording from apartment balcony during a rainstorm in Gothenburg, Sweden, November 13, 2016 by Renée T. Coulombe. Zoom H6n, stereo recording, 320kps. Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis (Ralph Vaughn Williams) recorded on the album Mellotronworks by Mike Dickson. Find out more about the album at: http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/mellotronworks/index.html More reading about the Mellotron in a nice article by Mike Pinder: http://www.mikepinder.com/?page_id=159

This week we drop a mix tape into our feed just as we head out the door for sonic adventures in London, Gothenburg and Belfast! On this tape one of our favorite bands here at the podcast you may never have heard of: Hayvanlar Alemi, from Ankara, Turkiye. This experimental band of classic rockers found free improvisation early in their careers, and have uploaded an incredible body of work for listeners around the world to delight in over at Freemusicarchive.org. In this episode we geek out over smart improvisers, marvel at music that flows through diverse genres like water on the rocky shore, and delight in musicians who defy borders like they do disciplines. All the music in today's episode is over at Freemusicarchive.org posted under Hayvanlar Alemi. Find out more about the band, their music and touring schedule at http://hayvanlaralemi.org/press.html Tracks on todays episode include: Yerekimsiz Ortam (from Demolar 2007-2008) Monsoon Circus Dub (from Visions of a Psychedelic Ankara) Shhjjjjjj - el Palteado (Single) Equatorial Lies (Single) Yýlanlar Zamaný (2009) Hayalgücü Spor Kulübü (from Hayvanlar Alemi Tatilde, 2008) Crossroad Metamorphosis (from Hayvanlar Alemi Tatilde, 2008) More information about the Banshee Media/Improvised Alchemy tour can be found on our web pages (banshee media.com & improvisedalchemy.com) or on our Facebook page over at facebook.com/improvisedalchemy

On this episode we catch up a little on what’s been going on for us here at Sounds Curious before diving into Egyptian experimental music and reveling in the sounds of the streets of Cairo with field recordings from the great artists over at Radio Aporee. Featuring a June article in CairoScene Magazine, this week’s episode features the work of 7 female experimental Egyptian composers. So we harken back to our previous episode Many, Many, and continue to enjoy the incredible diversity of the genre of experimental music through the artists working in and around the dynamic city of Cairo. Links to all the composers, producers and sound artists featured below. Field Recordings in today’s episode: -Tahrir Square/Ismalia, Qasr by Robert Rehnig (2012-05-08) -Prayers singing…/Maadi as Sarayat Al Gharbeyah Maadi by ludger@schwingkreise.de (2012-05-01) -CULT/Domino player with quran reading by arckibuz (2010-05-19) Find the CairoScene article we’re quoting here: http://www.cairoscene.com/SceneNoise/7-Egyptian-Women-Excelling-at-Making-Experimental-Music Sarah Badr/FRKTL: https://soundcloud.com/shbadr The track we featured “Zero Point Field” here: https://soundcloud.com/shbadr/frktl-zero-point-field?in=shbadr/sets/frktl-qualia-previews Nadah El Shazly: https://soundcloud.com/nadah-el-shazly Track we featured “Afqid” Live @Room Art Space, Cairo: https://soundcloud.com/nadah-el-shazly/afqid-live-room-art-space-cairo-nov-2015 Nur (Nour Emam): https://soundcloud.com/thisisnur Track we featured “Without You”: https://soundcloud.com/thisisnur/without-you?in=thisisnur/sets/sounds-from-a-distance-ep Aya Metwalli: https://soundcloud.com/ayametwalli The Track we featured here “النور مقطوع”: https://soundcloud.com/ayametwalli/ujz4uhrui2iw?in=ayametwalli/sets/ayametwalli Hana Yousri (J!n) https://soundcloud.com/izumi-j-n Track we featured here “Ex-“ from Skarecro” https://soundcloud.com/izumi-j-n/sets/skarecro Bosaina: https://soundcloud.com/bosaina Track we featured here today: https://soundcloud.com/bosaina/new-york-april-26th-2013-1?in=bosaina/sets/ny-apr-jul-2013-wip Ola Saad: https://soundcloud.com/ola-saad Track we featured here: https://soundcloud.com/ola-saad/game1

In today’s episode we celebrate water, those who live within it, and those who fight to protect it for the good of all. From the mysterious conversations of fish and crustaceans to the mechanics of eardrums or microphones with piezoelectric transducers, we listen deeply to the mysterious world that is waiting for us just underneath the surface in rivers, streams and tidal pools alike. With field recordings from all over the world and an art piece or two, this episode dives down below to find that water still holds mysteries for us to preserve and protect for the generations to come, and offers incredible sonic riches to those who have ears to hear. Many thanks once again to Radio Aporee and all the field recording artists who post there. More, as always, in the show notes over at bansheemedia.com Recordings featured in the episode from Radio Aporee (aporee.org/maps) in order: Justin Bennett, “Kanaleneiland Utrecht, The Netherlands” 2014 alas23/sala “Kos, Greece, Hydrophone” 2016 Jeremy Hegge “Limpets & periwinkles inside a rock pool/Royal National Park, NSW Australia” 2015 Matt Rogalsky “River Urslau (hydrophone recording)/River Urslau, Hinterhal, Austria” 2016 alas23/sala “Bistrampolis, Lithuania, underwater” 2016 Justin Bennett “Shortwave Antenna/Snaefellsjoekull National Park, Iceland” 2015 alas23/sala “Kos, Greece, Hydrophone” 2016 Jeremy Hegge “Drizzle within a fence/Kroombit Tops National Park, QLD, Australia” 2016 Rustle is “Tilos Diagoras/Tilos Island, Greece” 2016

This week we hit up an Algorave in London, surf the computer-generated hillsides of Oakland, CA, and explore the terrain of sonic landscapes in our praise of Manymanywomen.com - an online index and blog featuring links and tracks by thousands of women composers, improvisers, and sonic artists from around the world. Looking at just the past few weeks of posts over at the blog, we feature the work of 4 artists whose work captures just a hint of the diversity, beauty and artistry available on the site. Opening with Shelly Knott's 2015 performance in UIAESK! @ London Algorave 18-12-15, we move on to Madalyn Merkey's 2014 Archipelago. We follow with a work of the renowned composer and sonic landscapist Rose Bolton, and close with a recent work by the San Diego based composer Tina Tallon. Featuring sound installation by August Phederedia from Radio Aporee (aporee.org/maps). Links to all the work below: Tinun, Tenabo, Camp., México - Grillos en Ciruelos by Augusto Pheredia: https://archive.org/details/aporee_33466_38499 UIAESK! @ London Algorave 18-12-15 by Shelly Knotts (on soundcloud): https://soundcloud.com/shelly-knotts/uiaesk-london-algorave-18-12-15 Archipelago by Madalyn Merkey (New Images on Soundcloud): https://soundcloud.com/new-images/madalyn-merkey-archipelago-1 Place, Time, Space by Rose Bolton (Redsheep77 on Soundcloud): https://soundcloud.com/redsheep77/place-and-time excision no. 1 by Tina Tallon (on Soundcloud): https://soundcloud.com/ttallon/excision-no-1-2015

This week we celebrate late summer here in the Northern hemisphere with a trip to the Psychologically Ultimate Seashore of polymath Irving Teibel. (Though it sounds more like the uncanny valley to us.) After discussing some upcoming live international events for the Banshee Media/Improvised Alchemy crew, we dive into the limits of recording, the perils of Late Capitalism, and the belief that natural sounds might help us feel more at home in our increasingly urban environments. Tracing the journey of one artist's quest to capture the perfect sea shore sounds we encounter hipster bars in Germany, and the sands at Brighton Beach, NY, the experimental computers at Bell Labs to record store shelves all over the world. The Environments series (1969-1979), from Syntonic Research, was an audio phenomenon that changed the way we thought about listening - and the reason you don't know about Irving Teibel, is because he designed his audio revolution to be anonymous. More information on events from our news segment can be found at bansheemedia.com and improvised alchemy.com Several Teibel audio excerpts can be found at the Hauntological Society's Blog: http://thehauntologicalsociety.tumblr.com/post/134796926929/irv-teibels-environments-series-the-music-of Atlas Obscura article by Cara Giaimo (and do check out the images): http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-man-who-recorded-tamed-and-then-sold-nature-sounds-to-america Other Audio Excerpts: Improvisation by Renee T. Coulombe Field Recordings from Radio Aporee (aporee.org/maps): "Autumn, South Bay, Scarborough, UK" by Carl Linsdell "Waves splashing on a rocky sea shore of Libyan sea" by Maciej Janasik "Distant harbour Seals calling amongst the win and waves, Queens, NS, Canada" by Peter Cusack Closing track: "Tide Coming in Over Metal Stairs, Rostrevor, N. Ireland" by Sylvia Shale

Switching it up a bit this week! After (almost) 20 years of listening to power, this week Sounds Curious returns to the source of one producer’s love of televisual media –the series that sparked a lifetime of research: Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This special episode is a through-composed audio essay capturing but a few of the manifold ways in which power is demonstrated, negotiated or perpetuated through sound and silence in the series. From thematic music and underscoring, foley and sound design, the audio in the series is a rich palette – even before we add voices. As for voices, we get out of the way and “let her speak for herself” as we celebrate the power to interrupt, disrupt, invert and subvert power, not unlike apocalypses, through the layers of narrative, sound and music. Inspired by several published video essays on the series, we strip away the visual layer and revel unabashedly in the multilayered audio worlds present, recomposed and often juxtaposed as meditation on the myriad ways power is expressed through diegetic and non-diegetic sound. But mostly, it’s a love letter to the sonic dimensions of a series that posed a million questions about media and culture we may spend a lifetime answering. Links to all the episodes and performances featured in this essay, along with further watching, listening and reading based on the essay themes over at the show notes at bansheemedia.com

This week we embrace our ever-present dark sides with author and researcher Isabella van Elferen. After experiencing a Quantum Haunting via Kevin L. Ferguson, and getting our digital groove on with Axel Bluhme’s new XOXX Composer Project, we dive into the shadow side of modernity and dance at the borderlands of the Enlightenment sipping absinthe – extolling the virtues of this place for the broader culture. We then tackle the shadow sides of music itself, and take on the topic of timbre – a word that even refuses a single pronunciation, never mind definition. Only to end up with a midnight stroll through the darkened woods on the haunted trail… Audio excerpts and installations in order: Quantum Haunting, Kevin L. Ferguson: http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/intransition/quantum-haunting Kanaleneiland, Utrecht: Justin Bennett: https://archive.org/details/aporee_24499_28432 Video demo for XOXX Composer Project: http://xoxxcomposer.axelbluhme.se/ or Synthtopia: http://www.synthtopia.com/ From Free Music Archive (freemusicarchive.org): Natural Snow Buildings: "Gothic Suburbia" from "The Night Country" Simon Mathewson: "Gothic Son" from "Osseoperception" Bureaucratica: "Southern Gothic" from "Calling All Fiends" More information on our guest can be found at: http://fass.kingston.ac.uk/faculty/staff/cv.php?staffnum=855 For complete show notes, as always, go to bansheemedia.com

This week we return from our July hiatus with some exciting audio from the northeastern edge of North America – St. Johns, NL, Canada. While we were gone, we embraced stormy skies, sea-going improvisational instruments, the smell of cod tongue dinners and severe jet lag to tell the tale, and tell the tale we do! This week we meet up with improviser and scholar Ellen Waterman to discuss the colloquium “Improvisation as Intercultural Contact and Dialogue,” listen to ships near and far making music together, and get into the nitty-gritty of what the heck we mean by improvisation anyway… Sound Symposium: http://www.soundsymposium.com/ International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation: http://improvisationinstitute.ca Field Recordings: Introduction North Atlantic thunderstorm on Fogo Island – Steven Roswell, Radio Aporee https://aporee.org/maps Opening: Harbor Symphony, recorded by Renee T. Coulombe July 10, 2016, St. Johns, NL. During introduction: Field recording made in small Café, downtown St. John’s by Renee T. Coulombe, July 5, 2016. Musical Examples: 1x2x3=Nem!* for improvising pianist, drummer, and Gamelan Orchestra with live electronic processing by Renee T. Coulombe. Performed by the UCR Gamelan Orchestra, June 8, 2007. Badal’s Bayan with Badal Roy, tablas, Walter Gershon, saxophone and Renee T. Coulombe, piano. Interview guest: Ellen Waterman: http://www.mun.ca/music/people/faculty/ewaterman.php and folks we mentioned: Ajay Heble: https://www.uoguelph.ca/sets/sets-ajay-heble Jason Stanyek: http://www.music.ox.ac.uk/about/people/academic-staff/university-lecturers-and-college-fellows/jason-stanyek/ Keynote Address title: “Bossa Nova and the Intercultural Imagination: On the Critical Demographies of Improvisation” Deborah Wong: https://music.ucr.edu/faculty/wong/ Keynote Address title: “Alliances, Coalitions, Partnerships, and Pacts: From Interzones to Solidarities” Dhiren Panikker (University of California, Riverside): “Browntopia: Interminority Coalition Building in Post-9/11 Jazz and Improvised Music” Pauline Oliveros: http://paulineoliveros.us/ AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Creative_Musicians Improvised Alchemy: improvisedalchemy.com George Lewis: http://music.columbia.edu/people/bios/user/glewis Dylan Robinson: http://www.queensu.ca/llcu/people/faculty/dylan-robinson Linda M. Ippolito: https://www.collaborativepracticetoronto.com/professionals/lindamippolito/ Sara Ramshaw: https://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/law/staff/ramshaw/ Judith Butler: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Butler

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!

This week we at Sounds Curious take a moment to meditate on the most recent manifestation of extreme violence the only way we know how: being present to our grief and communing with the ancestors. We listen to the London Gay Men's Chorus singing to comfort the weary, then hear tales of two incredible pioneering souls who dared to speak "the love that dare not speak its name" and reflect on the hosts own coming out experiences. We cannot encourage our listeners enough this week to dig into your own history and the histories of your communities - this knowledge is not only sustaining in times of overwhelming tragedy, but shows us clear ways forward in a world all to interested in maintaining cycles of violence. Full links and a reading list for the show can be found in the show notes at www.bansheemedia.com. Audio from the London Vigil Found at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/14/beautiful-video-shows-london-gay-mens-chorus-singing-for-orlando/ (Accessed June 15, 2016). Sound Installation from Berlin by M L Philippsen and found on Radio Aporee: http://aporee.org/maps/?loc=31920&m=satellite'>radio aporee ::: maps - Charlottenburg, Berlin, Deutschland Links to the Wiki Pages of Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld and Marsha P. Johnson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Hirschfeld https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsha_P._Johnson Youtube Videos including Documentary "Pay It No Mind" by Michael Kasino: https://youtu.be/rjN9W2KstqE Marsha Live on Stage reading "You Gotta Have Soul!": https://youtu.be/T_XQU2_fF5E?list=PLlF_eOb5u-coRI_sEToCn-JLOSOFEpEnh

This week we strike out into the wilds of the North American West to talk deserts, the Gothic, and what it means to dance in your 6 inch Demonia platform boots out on the dusty ground. Composed to a recently released track by Treavor Moontribe, we at Sounds Curious weave our thoughts and observations into his set and interrogate our experience - while occasionally losing ourself in the dancing. Humbly dedicated to everyone we've ever danced with in the desert. Track featured is TMTLiveARP3: https://soundcloud.com/treavor-moontribe/tmtlivearp3 More of Treavor Moontribe at https://soundcloud.com/treavor-moontribe or the Desert Dwellers page at https://soundcloud.com/desertdwellers Complete links to all the authors and concepts mentioned in the show can be found in the show notes at www.bansheemedia.com

This week we stick with the Gothic metaphors but shift our focus to the vast topic of Sound Art. We draw heavily from works uploaded to the Acousticcameras.org website – a virtual installation by artists who link their sound works to live feed cameras around the globe. Many thanks to the Facebook group: a quiet position - field recording & the act & art of listening for turning us on to the Acoustic Cameras project. Another thanks, as always, to the artists over at Radio Aporee who make the world of sound so fun to explore! Complete show notes at www.bansheemedia.com Artists/Compositions featured in the podcast, in order: Renee T. Coulombe, 12th Consciousness (stereo mix) first and last installations in the episode: https://youtu.be/0MWxW8wgVFM Info@Satoration.org / Radio Aporee: General ambience around the old mosque 1/Khirki, New Dehli: http://aporee.org/maps/?loc=15204&m=satellite'>radio aporee ::: maps - Khirki, New Delhi, Delhi, India The Digital Intervention When the sea will rise II Attached to the camera at Westman Islands - Vestmannaeyjar – Iceland lat.: 63.4427, long.: -20.2734 The Digital Intervention is the experimental electronic duo formed by British electro-acoustic composer, former Mute artist, Paul Kendall and French-born British composer, vocalist Olivia Louvel. Paul Kendall Olivia Louvel- See more at: http://www.acousticcameras.org/playlist/the-digital-intervention/#sthash.lWIkoFby.dpuf OR Poiesis / Radio Aporee: along river Seine, Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, Paris: http://aporee.org/maps/?loc=32287&m=satellite'>radio aporee ::: maps - along river Seine, Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, Paris Two Pieces, One Camera: Piece the First: Les Voix Animées « Vadam et circuibo civitatem » — Tomas Luis de Victoria / Canticum Canticorum St Olaf's Church - Balestrand - Norway lat.: 61.0667, long.: 6.9333 Founded in 2009, Les Voix Animées are, under the musical direction of Luc Coadou, a team of young singers specializing in a cappella group singing. www.lesvoixanimees.com - See more at: http://www.acousticcameras.org/playlist/voix-animees/#sthash.Ro5My85T.dpuf Piece the Second: Laurent Bronner Olaf night and day St Olaf's Church - Balestrand - Norway lat.: 61.0667, long.: 6.9333 About the work Improvisation brute sans retouche avec peau, bouteilles, doigts, boules bois, tiges métalliques, chevilles, mailloche. About the artist Laurent Bronner, pianiste improvisateur et compositeur. - See more at: http://www.acousticcameras.org/playlist/laurent-bronner/#sthash.x35XmX0X.dpuf Déficit des années antérieures Shibukawa Ikaho Spa - Shibukawa - Japan lat.: 36.5833, long.: 138.85 About the work Avec Shibukawa, le DDAA termine son travail commencé en 1979 sur sa vision du Japon : « La nébuleuse japonaise » About the artist Founded in 1977 by three artists from the Fine Arts in Caen: Jean-Luc André, Sylvie Martineau-Fée, Jean-Philippe Fée; DDAA is one of the leaders throughout the independent scene, experimental French industrial years 80s, and in terms of their approach highly artistic, unique, thoughtful, and careful, brilliantly illustrated by their own label ILLUSION PRODUCTION, he is undoubtedly one of the finest examples of the French underground for the past thirty years!
 - See more at: http://www.acousticcameras.org/playlist/deficit-des-annees-anterieures/#sthash.cN7bwYpb.dpuf Tempsion Ethel's corner Inchydoney Island Lodge & Spa - Clonakilty - Ireland lat.: 51.8986, long.: -8.4958 About the work Time & motion Nature & function Behind the wave in action The key role of emotions Tempsion-Dec 2015 About the artist Créé en 2004 par Frédéric Temps (par ailleurs fondateur de L’Étrange festival et du label L’Étrange Sonothèque), le projet Tempsion se présente comme un labyrinthe fascinant et un laboratoire audiovisuel protéiforme. http://www.acousticcameras.org/playlist/tempsion/#sthash.Gb7PulGb.dpuf

This week we bridge recent episodes exploring the worlds of field recording with upcoming episodes in Gothic Music. We explore the "haunting" of audio space through binaural field recordings in light of Dr. Isabella van Elferen's work on Gothic Music and the sonic dimensions of the Uncanny. After a brief introduction we head deep underground for an uncanny subterranean artist residency in Italy, slosh through a mine in Luxembourg with binaural recordings from Vincent Duseigne, and experience an uncanny fugue of our own with help from this week's quotes and recordings... Many thanks to artists on Soundcloud and Radio Aporee sharing their binaural recordings! They include: Bratislava train station: https://soundcloud.com/fields-by-gruska/bratislava-train-station-binaural-recording Cagliari, Italy: http://aporee.org/maps/?loc=30369&m=satellite'>radio aporee ::: maps - Cagliari, Italy. About which the link says: "During an artist residency at Cagliari 2015, Signe Lidén spent as much of her time in the underground spaces of Cagliari as in the city above. Through sound recordings and conversations with people who in various ways have devoted their lives to the subterranean, she has researched the relationship with the places on both sides of the earth´s surface. " Ilot Sacré, 1000 Ville de Bruxelles, Belgique by Flavien Gillié -http://aporee.org/maps/?loc=28955&m=satellite'>radio aporee ::: maps - Ilot Sacré, 1000 Ville de Bruxelles, Belgique New Taipei City, Taiwan by Tsan-Cheng Wu: http://aporee.org/maps/?loc=15685&m=satellite'>radio aporee ::: maps - New Taipei City,Taiwan Differdange, Luxembourg by Vincent Duseigne: http://aporee.org/maps/?loc=30520&m=satellite'>radio aporee ::: maps - Differdange, Luxembourg If you want to read Dr. van Elferen's book before the interview, find it at: http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/G/bo14294430.html

This week we feature a new episode in our series on field recordings past and present. We go "old school" with Alan Lomax and trace an academic history of field recordings back in the day, check in with Steven Feld's 1996 article Pygmy Pop: A Genealogy of Schizophonic Mimesis, and tell the story of our own recent bout of schizophonia. Detailed links to all the artists featured in this week's episode can be found on the Banshee Media website: www. bansheemedia.com Alan Lomax Archive: http://research.culturalequity.org/home-audio.jsp Link to Rosie on Youtube: http://youtu.be/fs1lgG81ZV8 Steven Feld's Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Feld Pygmy Pop Article Link: http://www.musicraceempire.global.wisc.edu/protected/Feld.PygmyPop.pdf Field Recording of farm ambience in the Netherlands by klankbeeld: https://www.freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/ Field Recordings by Flavien Gillie: http://aporee.org/maps/?loc=31823&m=satellite'>radio aporee ::: maps - Rue de l'Amazone, Ixelles, Belgique http://aporee.org/maps/?loc=27680&m=satellite'>radio aporee ::: maps - Quai Saint-Vincent, Lyon, France Field Recording by Bruce Miller: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broos/Field_Recordings_from_India/09_-_sitar__tabla_duo Audio Example of Mbuti song after collecting honey and hunting: http://youtu.be/D5cxG2n2-Wg More links on these topics and many others at http://www.bansheemedia.com

We couldn't be more excited this week as we talk in depth about creative music and making art that matters with the incomparable flutist and composer-performer Jane Rigler. She speaks in depth about her innovative technique, pieces and practice, being a Deep Listening Certificate Holder and global wanderer. A big thanks to her for the wonderful music featured in the episode! Find out more about her work, and follow her blog at: http://www.janerigler.com. Be sure to check her upcoming show dates to go see her live - improvisation and performance art are magical when you get to be there in person and she performs prolifically. She has many recordings available - including the 2015 Neuma release "Rarefactions" - we will have links to all of these over at http://www.bansheemedia.com Links to the Flavien GIllie sound installation over at radio aporee is also with the show notes on the Sounds Curious page. In fact, this week she mentions so many exciting musicians from around the world that we will attempt to link to everyone mentioned in the conversation - might take a while to put together, but further information will be at the Banshee Media site in the show notes just as quickly as we can! More information on the Deep Listening day at EMPAC in Troy, New York: http://www.deeplistening.rpi.edu/ More information about Composer-PerformerKristin Norderval's upcoming Opera Premiere in Montreal, Canada at http://kristinnorderval.org/artists/the-trials-of-patricia-isasa/

This week we take a break from interviews to go take a walk outside! We begin a series of episodes engaging with the multiplicity of ideas about field recordings, what they are, what they "document" and for whom. This episode features some big questions about the concept itself presented using some masterful recordings done by artists Flavian Gilli and Thijs Geritz (Istanbul) and two anonymous artists (Karaot Village, Torbali İzmir / Turkey Coffee House; Sonopoetic path, Maribor, Slovenia). Check the detailed show notes over at www.bansheemedia.com for links to these pieces over at Radio Aporee (aporee.org/maps) and well as a preview of coming show topics and media! While the episode sounds fine without headphones, we recommend for the binaural pieces at least you throw them on (unless you have misophonia, in which case you might want to skip the episode entirely... )

In this week's show we present another interview done live in Orlando, this time with author and scholar Regina Hansen on the television show Supernatural. We geek out about all things Winchester, reminisce about a musical monoculture that never was, and discover the beauty of acting even when there is no guarantee of success. For links to all the media featured in the podcast, check out the show notes at http://www.bansheemedia.com on the Sounds Curious page. We have further links to work by Regina Hansen, as well as selected media clips and links for further listening/reading. A big shout out once again to radio aporee (http://aporee.org/maps/) and all the field recording artists who upload their materials over there. Another big shout out to the Free Music Archive (http://freemusicarchive.org/) and all the artists who make their work available there as well. This week we'd particularly like to thank The Tudor Consort for their gorgeous recording of Giovanni Animuccia: Missa Victimae Paschali Laudes. We'll have links to further information about the composer and the ensemble over at the show notes.

This week we head down memory lane in Orlando with George Reid, who talks vintage video game music, fandom, nomadic subjectivities and nostalgia for times and places we've never been. We unabashedly indulge in the comforts of chiptune limitations, and the simple pleasure of limiting music to 4 channels with 1 dedicated to white noise. All original arrangements used in the episode by George himself, and available through his Soundcloud page over at: http://www.soundcloud.com/george-reid they include: https://soundcloud.com/george-reid/enya-orinoco-flow-8-bit-remix https://soundcloud.com/george-reid/reddwarf8bitcover https://soundcloud.com/george-reid/aquarium-fm-chiptune-demo https://soundcloud.com/george-reid/droid-romance We even have a full length bibliography for the show - if you want to do the reading, you can find many of the articles and books we mention at http://www.bansheemedia.com in the notes for the podcast. Also mentioned in the show: Toejam & Earl: Panic on Funkatron. (Sega Megadrive/Genesis). Track: 'Funky Alien' - by John Baker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOvKL-bX4uA The Chaos Engine. (Commodore Amiga). Track: 'The Forest' - by Richard Joseph https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xtIBdrWsvE

Welcome back to the second half of our first Sounds Curious Episode! We braved the flu, the wilds of rural China and urban Orlando, not to mention the fickle whims of Los Angeles internet providers to bring you the second half of our conversation with composer and musicologist Alfred Surenyan. More than a few problems with our Skype connection, but the conversation never faltered, winding through the history of film, composing for magic and ritual, opera, and more. More information on our guest can be found at http://www.alfredsurenyan.org as well as his music company, Pasha Music http://www.PashaMusic.com. He runs a great blog on these subjects as well - find that at http://pashamusic.wordpress.com More information on this episode and all our featured artists can also be found at the Banshee Media web page at http://www.bansheemedia.com

Finally - the second half of the pilot episode for Sounds Curious! We split the pilot in two halves after hitting some serious technical difficulties - necessitating a complete upgrade of studio hardware and software halfway through an episode... FUN! Anyone who works with the arts and technology understands why we're sometimes reluctant to upgrade.... Anyway, lots of fun in this second half of the pilot. More musical tracks, including "Like Lisa" (check out the track on the banshee media soundcloud page, or over at http://www.reneetcoulombe.com) A big thank you to the folks over at http://www.aporee.org/maps, and radio aporee, for hosting so many incredible field recordings that we are addicted to! Today's is by Jeremy Hegge, and is called "Leaving our microphones by a waterhole at night" and was recorded at Mmabolela Reserve, Limpopo, South Africa. Recording made during the 'Sonic Mmabolela' residency organized by Francisco Lopez and James Webb. My apologies for mis-stating that it was Mozambique in the episode - did too much listening today and got a bit confused, my extreme bad. More information about this and all our episodes can be found at http://www.bansheemedia.com and look for the podcast page. We try and get show notes up within a few days of each episode. A big shout out to Pauline Oliveros, and to Deep Listeners everywhere, for all you do!

Pilot Episode of the new Sounds Curious podcast, in which the founder of the network discusses her own music, and a recent composition. Featuring a sound installation from radio aporee (www.aporee.org). Part 1. See the show notes over at http://www.bansheemedia.com

This week we begin our rambling discussions with composer and musicologist Alfred Sureyan. In part 1, we talk composing, being discovered in high school, the finer points of film music, and the career of John Williams, and more! Part 2 will hit the feed next week - and we talk about his work on the music of Star Wars! stay tuned...