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Having first captured our attention with Monolithic Nuance (2018) for Longform Editions, Megan Mitchell's Cruel Diagonals has continued to impress with each new work. With Fractured Whole, she set herself the task of producing an album using nothing but her voice as raw material. While she deserves recognition as a gifted vocalist, she deserves at least as much praise for her production work, alchemically transmuting her voice into a wide range of instruments and textures. In this episode, she discusses the production challenges posed by Fractured Whole, her background in musical theatre, her work with the feminist archive Many Many Women, and much more. Read more at www.acloserlisten.com TRACKLIST ARTIST – “TITLE” (ALBUM, LABEL, YEAR) Cruel Diagonals - “Penance” (Fractured Whole, Beacon Sound, 2023) INTRO Cruel Diagonals - “Monolithic Nuance” (Monolithic Nuance, Longform Editions, 2018) Mika Vainio - “Se On Olemassa (It Is Existing)” (In The Land Of The Blind One-Eyed Is King, Touch, 2003) Matthewdavid - “Phased Moon” (Mycelium Music, Leaving, 2023) Cruel Diagonals - “Monolithic Nuance” (Monolithic Nuance, Longform Editions, 2018) Cruel Diagonals - “Render Arcane” (Disambiguation, Drawing Room Records, 2018) Cruel Diagonals & Jon Carr - “Fall Back Into Earth” (Fall Back Into Earth, 2022) Asmus Tietchens - “Club of Rome” (The Emergency Cassette Vol. 2, Los Angeles Free Music Society, 1981) Faust - “Why don't you eat carrots?” (Faust, Polydor, 1971) Can - “One More Night” (Ege Bamyasi, Liberty, 1972) Demdike Stare - “Black Sun” (Voices of Dust, Modern Love, 2010) Andy Stott - “Luxury Problems” (Luxury Problems, Modern Love, 2012) Porter Ricks - “Biokinetics 2” (Biokinetics, Chain Reaction, 1996) Anne Gillis - “A6” (Monetachek, Rangehen, 1985) Techno Animal - “Bionic Beatbox (Tortoise version)” (Techno Animal Versus Reality, City Slang, 1998) Cruel Diagonals - “Intuit Sensate [edit]” (Fractured Whole, Beacon Sound, 2023) Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster, Panaiotis - “Lear” (Deep Listening, New Albion, 1989) Eliane Radigue - “L'Île re-sonante (2000)” (L'Île re-sonante, Shiiin, 2005) Annea Lockwood - “For Ruth” (Tête-à-tête by Ruth Anderson & Annea Lockwood, Ergot, 2023) Petr Kotik – S.E.M. Ensemble – Many Many Women – Part 13 (That being uncovered) (Many Many Women, Labor, 1981) Cruel Diagonals - “Fluvial” (A Dormant Vigor, 2021) Laurie Spiegel - “Three Sonic Spaces II” (Unseen Worlds, Scarlett/Infinity, 1991) Lana Del Rabies - “Grace the Teacher (Cruel Diagonals remix)” (Becoming Everything: STREGA BEATA Remixed, 2024) Cruel Diagonals - “Live in Los Angeles - March 2023 pt.1” (Live in Los Angeles, March 2023, Beacon Sound, 2023) Cruel Diagonals - “Vestigial Mythology (remix)” (Live in Los Angeles, March 2023, Beacon Sound, 2023) Cruel Diagonals - “Vestigial Mythology” (Fractured Whole, Beacon Sound, 2023) Andy Stott - “Submission” (We Stay Together, Modern Love, 2011) Andy Stott - “Promises” (It Should Be Us, Modern Love, 2019) Luc Ferrari - “Music Promenade” (Music Promenade / Unheimlich Schön, Recollection GRM, 2019) Cruel Diagonals - “Soporific Return” (Disambiguation, Drawing Room, 2018) Cruel Diagonals - “Decimated Whole” (Fractured Whole, Beacon Sound, 2023) Pauline Oliveros, Roscoe Mitchell, John Tilbury, Wadada Leo Smith - “Part III [Encore]” (Nessuno, I Dischi Di Angelica, 2016) Demdike Stare - “We have already died” (Elemental, Modern Love, 2012) Can - “Call Me” (Saw Delight, Mute/Spoon, 1977/1991) Silent Servant - “Violencia” (Violencia, Sandwell District, 2008) Realivox Ladies (2015) Bjork - “It's Not Up To You” (Vespertine, Polydor, 2001) Pauline Oliveros - “Sound Patterns” (Extended Voices, Odyssey, 1967) Maxwell - “This Woman's Work” (Now, 2001) Richard Maxwell - “Pastoral Symphony” (An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music Volume 5, 2008) Cruel Diagonals - “Live in Los Angeles - March 2023 pt.2” -—- Sound Propositions produced by Joseph Sannicandro. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundpropositions/support
This week Megan Mitchell, AKA Cruel Diagonals joins us to talk about her upcoming release on Beacon Sound (https://beaconsound.bandcamp.com/), Fractured Whole (https://crueldiagonals.bandcamp.com/album/fractured-whole) SUPPORT POD MOD ON PATREON (https://www.patreon.com/podularmodcast) Remote Performances: IV (https://timheld.bandcamp.com/album/remote-performances-iv) Thank you: 4ms (https://4mscompany.com/) After Later Audio:http://afterlateraudio.com/ Patchwerks: https://patchwerks.com/ NOVATION: https://novationmusic.com/en/synths/summit WAVEFORM MAGAZINE: https://waveformmagazine.com/
Episode 618: February 24, 2023 playlist: FACS, "When You Say" (Still Life In Decay) 2023 Trouble In Mind Angel Bat Dawid, "RECORDARE-Recall the Joy" (Requiem for Jazz) 2023 International Anthem Dry Cleaning, "Swampy" (Swampy EP) 2023 4AD serpentwithfeet, "Gonna Go" (Gonna Go) 2023 Secretly Canadian Razen, "A Postcard From Jehan" (Postcards From Hereafter) 2023 Cassauna Less Bells, "Scheele's Green" (The Drowned Ground) 2023 Meadows Heavy Recorders Cruel Diagonals, "Reconciliation" (Fractured Whole) 2023 Beacon Sound Chasms, "Another Dream" (Glimpse of Heaven) 2023 Felte Casa Ukrania and Lu Joyce, "Orchids" (Orchids) 2023 self-released loscil // lawrence english, "Violet" (Colours of Air) 2023 Kranky Holsen and Cassiers, "Time Is" (Walking in Circles) 2023 Stroom Laibach, "Love Is Still Alive I (Moon, Euphoria)" (Love is Still Alive) 2023 Mute Email podcast at brainwashed dot com to say who you are; what you like; what you want to hear; share pictures for the podcast of where you're from, your computer or MP3 player with or without the Brainwashed Podcast Playing; and win free music! We have no tracking information, no idea who's listening to these things so the more feedback that comes in, the more frequent podcasts will come. You will not be put on any spam list and your information will remain completely private and not farmed out to a third party. Thanks for your attention and thanks for listening.
sent $$$ this week to Wellspring Women’s Center in Sacramento.wellspringwomen.org“The Mission of Wellspring Women’s Center is to "nurture the innate goodness and personal self-esteem of women and their children and to do so within an atmosphere of hospitality with dignity and love.” Wellspring serves as a drop-in center to vulnerable women and their children and provides a nutritious breakfast and light lunch. Additionally, we provide practical assistance combined with compassion and encouragement in a stable environment. Wellspring started from humble beginnings and has grown to become a trusted neighborhood gathering place that reduces isolation and loneliness.We serve approximately 200 women and their children every weekday by providing healthy meals, case management, free counseling, art therapy, enrichment classes and workshops, and safety net services.“DOWNLOAD RECORDINGsubscribe to the podcast here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/5432fun(intro by omar)School Damage "Assimilate” A To XMadeline Kenney “The Flavor of the Fruit Tree” Perfect ShapesLily Konigsberg “7 smile” 4 picture tearBABEHOVEN “Right Hand” SOLEMNISBig Supermarket “Peter” 1800Russel the Leaf “Out of My Head” Rock Combo & 3 New Songspardoner “All Your Happy Feelings” Playin’ On A CloudCollate “Performative” Liminal ConcernsGlitter Vomit! “Big Big Room” Web Web WebFog Lake “goldmine” captainPet “I’m Coming Over” Hell Yeah UlyssesLithics “Photograph, You of” Photograph, You OfDibson T Hoffweiler “Born to Lose” Born to LoseIzzy True “Grandma” Sad BadThe Washboard Abs “Eyes Roll Back” Lowlight Visionsmutual benefit “New History” Thunder Follows The LightWhitney Ballen “Nothing” You’re A Shooting Star, I’m A Sinking ShipMarble Gods “A Different State” Big Baby / Blonde AmbitionGia Margaret “Figures” There’s Always GlimmerAdvance Base “Answering Machine” Animal CompanionshipCruel Diagonals “Itinerant Solitude” Pulse of Indignation
Cruel Diagonals; White Poppy; Julia Kent; Pantha du Prince; Felicia Atkinson; Kelly Lee Owens / John Cale; Vril; Ulrich Schnauss; Lara Sarkissian; DJ Python; Klik and Frik; Four Tet; Jon Hassell; Julianna Barwick; The Silver Field; DJ Koze / Sophia Kennedy; Nicolas Jaar; Teebs; Eartheater; Jacques Greene; Kelly Lee Owens; Aidan Baker; Lamb; Moon; White Poppy; Ela Orleans & Kelly Lee Owens.
Kyle Bobby Dunn; Jonsi & Alex Somers; Loscil; Steve Hauschildt; Building Castles out of Matchsticks; Maiya Hershey; Kid Koala / Emiliana Torrini; Meemo Comma; Pete Samples; Julia Kent; Teebs; Arrange; Cruel Diagonals; Telefuzz; Pan*American; Pheeyownah; Teeth of the Sea; Burial; E.D. Swankz; Ela Orleans; The Verbrilli Sound & Jacques Greene.
Flowing between liminal worlds with Ana Roxane, Peter Tran, Jonny Nash, Robert Rich and Cruel Diagonals.
Flowing between liminal worlds with Ana Roxane, Peter Tran, Jonny Nash, Robert Rich and Cruel Diagonals.
Big thanks to Cruel Diagonals for creating this week's OEP guest mix. Her most recent albums, including Pulse of Indignation, can be found on Bandcamp here: https://crueldiagonals.bandcamp.com Tsembla - Splash ErosionPiotr Kurek - PolygomeAnne Gillis - A2 (from the album, Monetachek)Moniek Darge - Solstice SampleEdna King - Memo MeJay Glass Dubs - Neckless DubYves de Mey - the ScheldtGranite Mask - Hideout DubLighght - Dark RushSarah Angliss - EggUlla Strauss - NetYu Su - I'll Say When I CanBeta Librae - Problem Solving ProgramSote - Pipe Dreams Optic Echo Presents Tuesday nights 6-8pm PST 107.1 / 91.1 FM KXRY PortlandStreaming www.xray.fm
Episode 410: April 7, 2019 playlist: Susanna And The Magical Orchestra, "It's Raining Today" (Melody Mountain) 2006 Rune Grammofon Fennesz, "In My Room" (Agora) 2019 Editions Mego Nocturnal Emissions, "Acres of Gold" (Spiritflesh) 1988 Earthly Delights Earthen Sea, "Existing closer or deeper in space" (Grass And Trees) 2019 Kranky Muslimgauze, "Azzazin 1" (Azzazin) 1995 Staalplaat Cruel Diagonals, "Itinerant Solitude" (Pulse of Indignation) 2019 Drawing Room Stephen Vitiello and Taylor Deupree, "Second Variation" (The Fridman Variations) 2019 12k Alberich, "Chilsong Chamber" (Quantized Angel) 2019 Hospital William Ryan Fritch, "VI - A Renewed Sense" (Deceptive Cadence: Music For Film Volume I and II) 2019 Lost Tribe Scott Walker, "A Lover Loves" (The Drift) 2006 4AD Email podcast at brainwashed dot com to say who you are; what you like; what you want to hear; share pictures for the podcast of where you're from, your computer or MP3 player with or without the Brainwashed Podcast Playing; and win free music! We have no tracking information, no idea who's listening to these things so the more feedback that comes in, the more frequent podcasts will come. You will not be put on any spam list and your information will remain completely private and not farmed out to a third party. Thanks for your attention and thanks for listening.
Pan-American; Sarah Davachi; Pan-American; Christine Vantzou; Aidan Baker / Carla Bozulich; Titanium Tunnels; High Plains; Peppermoth; Jon Hassell; Automatisme; Julia Kent / Jean D.L.; Michael Brook; Peaking Lights; SubtractiveLad; Steve Hauschildt; Gas; Julianna Barwick; Cruel Diagonals; Peppermoth; Building Castles out of Matchsticks; Tangents; Matchess; Lump & Neko Case.
Rhys Chatham; The Beans; Leon Vynehall; Kenneth James Gibson; Do Make Say Think; The Necks; SubtractiveLad; Tangents; Colin Stetson; Steve Hauschildt / Julianna Barwick; Jon Hopkins; Julia Kent / Jean D.L; Titanium Tunnels; Peppermoth; Matchess; Cruel Diagonals; Chances; Lump & Walgrin
Sarah Davachi; Tom Rogerson / Brian Eno; Audio Active / Laraaji; Steve Hauschildt; Building Castles out of Matchsticks; Loscil; Do Make Say Think; Hieroglyphic Being; Nicole Lizee; Fluxion; Peppermoth; Jon Hassell; Lucretia Dalt; Matchess; Cruel Diagonals; Colin Stetson; Nightmares on Wax; Maya Jane Coles; Lump; Son Lux; Neko Case; Makthaverskan; Delta Blip & Peach Pyramid.
Sarah Davachi; Christine Vantzou; Kerry Leimer / Marc Barreca; SubtractiveLad; Tom Rogerson / Brian Eno; High Plains; Peppermoth; Secret Pyramid; Valiska; Kenneth James Gibson; Tangents; Cruel Diagonals; Fluxion; Jon Hassell; Esmerine; Peppermoth; Helena Hauff; Matchess; Maya Jane Coles; Nils Petter Molvaer; Cold Specks; Lump; Frog Eyes; Neko Case & Son Lux.
Christine Vantzou; Peaking Lights; Jon Hassell; SubtractiveLad; Tangents; Nils Petter Molvaer; Fluxion; Building Castles out of Matchsticks; Peppermoth; Cruel Diagonals; Colin Stetson; Boundary; Matchess; Delta Blip; The Verbrilli Sound; Lump; Sneaks; Sparrow Orange; Lolina & Majical Cloudz.
This is my last mix before I leave to honeymoon in Europe for a few weeks, I'll be back in late August! New material by:Cruel Diagonals: https://crueldiagonals.bandcamp.com/album/disambiguation Alaskan Tapes: https://alaskantapes.bandcamp.com/album/you-were-always-an-island Optic Echo PresentsTuesday nights 6-8pm PSTStreaming www.xray.fm 107.1 / 91.1 FM KXRY Portland bvdub- Heartless d2Cruel Diagonals- Disambiguation b2Black to Comm- s/t a2 Peter Broderick & Machinefabriek- Blank Grey Canvas Sky b3J Dilla- Donut Shop b2Future Sound of London- ISDN c1Kyle Bobby Dunn- Infinite Sadness f1Skanfrom- Blue Skied ‘an Clear b5Bohren- Piano Nights c1Nina Simone- LateNightTales (Nils Frahm) c5Padang Food Tigers- Ready Country Nimbus b2 Pye Corner Audio- Black Mill Tapes v 1 a2Lali Puna- Our Inventions a5 Alaskan Tapes- You Were Always an Island a2