Podcast appearances and mentions of Joan La Barbara

Joan speaks about her journey into singing, new music and composing. She worked with fellow musicians John Cage Morton Feldman, Robert Ashley, Alvin Lucier, David Behrman, Steve Reich, Philip Glass and her husband, Morton Subotnick and talks about her experiences developing pieces with these composers who wrote for her unique abilities, concepts and specialized techniques. She talks about composing, writing and specific aspects of the human voice and how she found her own means of expressing her inner thoughts and ideas.

In this podcast, Jean-Pierre Criqui, curator of the exhibition “Christian Marclay”, talks about several works of the tour. Along with some sound excerpts from Marclay's works, his comments introduce us to the artist's universe, at the frontier between visual arts and music. With the participation of Jean-Pierre CriquiProduction: Célia CretienSound recording: Ivan Gariel Editing and mixing: Maxime Champesme Sound design: Sixième SonMusical excerpts: Christian Marclay, Pandora's box, Recycled Records and phonoguitar ; The Beatles, Revolution 9 and Carry that weight ; Sylvie Courvoisier and Mark Feldman, Shuffle ; ensemble Musiques Nouvelles, Ephemera ; Joan La Barbara, Manga Scroll Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Dans ce podcast, Jean-Pierre Criqui, le commissaire de l'exposition « Christian Marclay », nous présente plusieurs œuvres du parcours. Accompagnés d'extraits sonores d'œuvres de Marclay, ses commentaires nous font entrer dans l'univers de l'artiste, à la frontière des arts visuels et de la musique.Avec la participation de Jean-Pierre CriquiRéalisation : Célia CretienEnregistrement : Ivan Gariel Montage et mixage : Maxime Champesme Habillage sonore : Sixième SonExtraits musicaux : Christian Marclay, Pandora's box, Recycled Records et phonoguitar ; The Beatles, Revolution 9 et Carry that weight ; Sylvie Courvoisier et Mark Feldman, Shuffle ; ensemble Musiques Nouvelles, Ephemera ; Joan La Barbara, Manga Scroll Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Jin's highly anticipated solo single “The Astronaut” and its official video have arrived. The song was written by British band Coldplay with credits also given to Jin, DJ-producer Kygo and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin's 16-year-old son Moses Martin. (Also listed are 75-year-old composer and vocalist Joan La Barbara and the late Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson – both of whose work is interpolated.) Katy Perry has capitalized on her viral “eye glitch” to announce an extension of Las Vegas residency Play. Dolly Parton has said her days of going on tour are done. The 76-year-old country legend has not done a tour since 2016's Pure & Simple Tour, which included stops in eight Canadian cities. Original Articles by John R. Kennedy: Jin Debuts 'The Astronaut' Video Katy Perry Pokes Fun At Viral 'Eye Glitch' Dolly Parton Has 'No Intention' Of Doing Another Tour

Episode 63 An Electronic Poetry Slam   Playlist Roland Giguere, “Les Heures Lentes” from Voix De 8 Poètes Du Canada (1958 Folkways). Spoken poetry intermixed with musique concrete by Francois Morel. The electronic music and poetry are never heard simultaneously on this album, but the music was composed to set the tone for each work that followed. 1:29. François Dufrêne & Jean Baronnet, “U 47” from A Panorama Of Experimental Music, Vol. 1: Electronic Music / Musique Concrete (1967 Mercury). Dufrêne was a French sound poet and visual artist who performed what he called "crirythmes," a style of vocal noises. The electronic music on tape was composed by Baronnet, who was a co-founder, with Pierre Henry, of Studio Apsome, their private studio for electronic music, after their break from the GRM studios of Pierre Schaeffer in 1958. Recorded under the supervision of Pierre Henry, in collaboration with the sound laboratories of the West German Radio (Cologne), Italian Radio (Milan), French Radio and Television (Paris), and the Studio Apsome (Paris). 3:33 Intersystems, “A Cave in the Country” from Peachy (1967 Pentagon). This was the Canadian experimental music band that produced some radically original music and performed live events mostly in the Toronto area from 1967 to 1969. Poetry and vocals by Blake Parker. Electronic music using the Moog Modular synthesizer by John Mills-Cockell. Performers, Blake Parker, Dik Zander, John Mills-Cockell, Michael Hayden. 1:50 Intersystems, “Carelessly Draped in Black” from Peachy (1967 Pentagon). This was the Canadian experimental music band that produced some radically original music and performed live events mostly in the Toronto area from 1967 to 1969. Poetry and vocals by Blake Parker. Electronic music using the Moog Modular synthesizer by John Mills-Cockell. Performers, Blake Parker, Dik Zander, John Mills-Cockell, Michael Hayden. 4:32 Bruce Clarke, “Of Spiralling Why” from The First See + Hear (1968 See/Hear Productions). From See/Hear, a quarterly publication of recordings of contemporary sound arts. There were three issues total. All from Canada. When there was electronic music, it was provided and created by Wayne Carr using a Buchla Box. Carr was associated with all three of the See/Hear albums/issues. This piece was commissioned for the Adelaide 1968 Arts Festival by the Melbourne ISCM, fragments of poetry were chosen at random from the unpublished works of the late Ann Pickburn, whom I believe you hear performing her words on this track. 9:35 Jim Brown and Wayne Carr, “Blues for Electric” from Oh See Can You Say (1968 See/Hear). Poetry and synthesizer. Poetry and voice, Jim Brown; engineer, Buchla Box, Wayne Carr. The second LP of this quarterly LP/magazine that seemed to only have three issues. “Wayne Carr plays synthesizer whenever it happens.” This is noted on another LP as a Buchla Box, so I've assumed that's what he used on all three albums. 3:09 bill bissett & Th Mandan Massacre (sp), “fires in th tempul” from Awake In Th Red Desert (1968 See/Hear Productions). Poetry and voice, Bill Bissett; Toy Flute, Roger Tentrey; Flute, Tape Recorder, Ross Barrett; Guitar, Terry Beauchamp; Percussion, Gregg Simpson, Harley McConnell, Ken Paterson, Martina Clinton; Producer, Jim Brown; Buchla Box, engineer, Wayne Carr. 3:32 bill bissett & Th Mandan Massacre (sp), “now according to paragraph c” from Awake In Th Red Desert (1968 See/Hear Productions). Poetry and voice, Bill Bissett; Toy Flute, Roger Tentrey; Flute, Tape Recorder, Ross Barrett; Guitar, Terry Beauchamp; Percussion, Gregg Simpson, Harley McConnell, Ken Paterson, Martina Clinton; Producer, Jim Brown; Buchla Box, engineer, Wayne Carr. 2:40 Ruth White, “The Irremediable” from Flowers Of Evil (1969 Limelight). Electronic music, translations, and vocalizations by Ruth White. Words by Charles Baudelaire. Legendary American electronic music pioneer, most noted for her early explorations of sound using the Moog synthesizer. "An electronic setting of the poems of Charles Baudelaire composed and realized by Ruth White." 4:55 Ruth White, “The Cat” from Flowers Of Evil (1969 Limelight). Electronic music, translations, and vocalizations by Ruth White. Words by Charles Baudelaire. Legendary American electronic music pioneer, most noted for her early explorations of sound using the Moog synthesizer. "An electronic setting of the poems of Charles Baudelaire composed and realized by Ruth White." 3:27 Charles Dodge, “Speech Songs: No. 1 When I Am With You (Excerpt)” and “Speech Songs: No. 2 He Destroyed Her Image (Excerpt)” from from 10+2: 12 American Text Sound Pieces (1975 1750 Arch Records). Realized at the Bell Telephone Laboratories for computer music in 1975. 3:45 William Hellermann, “Passages 13 – The Fire (For Trumpet & Tape)” from Peter Maxwell Davies / Lucia Dlugoszewski / William Hellerman, Gerard Schwarz, Ursula Oppens, The New Trumpet (1975 Nonesuch). Composed by William Hellermann; voices, Jacqueline Hellerman, John P. Thomas, Marsha Immanuel, and Michael O'Brien; words by Robert Duncan. This poem was first published in 'Poetry,' April-May 1965. Tape realized by Hellerman at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center. 25:28 Robert Ashley, “In Sara, Mencken, Christ And Beethoven There Were Men And Women (Excerpt)” from 10+2: 12 American Text Sound Pieces (1975 1750 Arch Records). Lyrics By – John Barton Wolgamot; Moog Synthesizer,Paul DeMarinis; Voice, Robert Ashley. Excerpt from an album-length work released in 1974 on Cramps Records. 3:53 Robert Ashley, “Interiors with Flash” from Big Ego (1978 Giorno Poetry Systems). A study for what would become Automatic Writing, a longer work by Ashley. recorded at Mills College, Oakland, California, May 14, 1978. Voice, Mimi Johnson; Electronics, Polymoog, Voice, written, produced, and mixed by Robert Ashley. 3:05 Joan La Barbara, “Cathing” from Tapesongs (1977 Chiaroscuro Records). Composed, produced, edited and sung by Joan La Barbara. The story behind this piece is a great one. In the 1970s, La Barbara, along with Meredith Monk, emerged in America as two of the premiere practitioners of avant garde vocalizing. Some might recognize the name of this piece as possibly a tribute to Cathy Berberian, the earlier generation's version of an avant garde diva (La Barbara and Monk would never consider themselves as divas in the sense that Berberian was). Rather than being a tribute to Berberian, La Barbara was responding to a radio interview (apparently broadcast during the intermission of her concert at the 1977 Holland Festival). Berberian was outspoken about the new generation of vocalists and wondered out loud how any respectable composer could write for “one of those singers.” La Barbara's response, composed in response, took excerpts from the interview (20 phrases), edited and rearranged them, altered them electronically to compose this piece. In her liner notes, she only identifies Berberian as another “professional singer.” Take that! 8:01. Laurie Anderson, “Closed Circuits” from You're The Guy I Want To Share My Money With (1981 Girono Poetry Systems). One of Anderson's tracks from this 2-LP collection of text and poetry that also includes works by John Giorno and William Burroughs. I think this was the tenth album from Giorno that began in 1975 with the Dial-A-Poem Poets. Electronics (Microphone Stand Turned Through Harmonizer), Wood Block, voice, Laurie Anderson. 7:23. Background music for opening Laurie Anderson, “Dr. Miller” from You're The Guy I Want To Share My Money With (1981 Girono Poetry Systems). Another of Anderson's tracks from this 2-LP collection of text and poetry that also includes works by John Giorno and William Burroughs. This is another version of a track that later appeared on Anderson's Unted States Live LP in 1984. Saxophone, Perry Hoberman; Synthesizer, Percussion, voice, Laurie Anderson. 4:19 Opening and closing sequences voiced by Anne Benkovitz. Additional opening, closing, and other incidental music by Thom Holmes. For additional notes, please see my blog, Noise and Notations.

In Europa war er unterschätzt, in den USA galt er als Altmeister der Avantgarde: der Pionier der elektronischen Musik Alvin Lucier. Nun ist er gestorben. Das Portrait, das 2016 zu seinem 85. Geburtstag entstand, würdigt sein Lebenswerk. Seine Kompositionen sind Versuchsanordnungen, die mit der Wahrnehmung spielen, den Raum erforschen und auf der ständigen Suche sind nach der Grundsubstanz des Klanges.  Mit geschlossenen Augen sitzt Alvin Lucier auf einem Stuhl. Elektroden sind an seiner Kopfhaut befestigt. Nur wenn er an nichts denkt, sendet sein Gehirn Alphawellen aus, welche präparierte Lautsprechermembrane anregen. «Music for a solo performer» heisst dieser Klassiker von Alvin Lucier, uraufgeführt 1965. In Musik unserer Zeit erzählt der Komponist von seiner kindlichen Faszination am Klang, vom künstlerischen Erforschen physikalischer Phänomene und seinem wachsenden Interesse an traditionellen Instrumenten. Über seine Bedeutung reflektieren die Sängerin Joan La Barbara, der Cellist Charles Curtis und die Klanganthropologin Sabine Sanio. Erstausstrahlung: 09.11.16

Praised as “strikingly original” (NY Times), Kamala Sankaram moves freely between the worlds of experimental music and contemporary opera. Recent commissions include works for the Glimmerglass Festival, Washington National Opera, Houston Grand Opera, the PROTOTYPE Festival, and Creative Time, among others. Known for pushing the boundaries of opera, Kamala's work has included several pieces fusing Indian classical music with the operatic form, the first virtual reality opera, several telematic operas, an opera with live data-mining of the audience, and most recently, a 10-hour opera for the trees of Prospect Park. Music: all decisions will be made by consensus, music by Kamala Sankaram, libretto by Rob Handel, performed by Adrian Rosas, Hai-Ting Chinn, Joan La Barbara, Kamala Sankaram, Paul An, and Zachary James; “Ghosting” from Looking at You, music by Kamala Sankaram, libretto by Rob Handel, performed by Samuel McCoy, Jeff Hudgins, Ed RosenBerg, and Josh Sinton; “Bike” from Looking at You, music by Kamala Sankaram, libretto by Rob Handel, performed by Samuel McCoy, Blythe Gaissert, Brandon Snook, Mila Henry, Jeff Hudgins, Ed RosenBerg, and Josh Sinton Aqua Net & Funyuns podcast Follow Kamala on Instagram and Twitter. kamalasankaram.com Co-hosts: Niloufar Nourbakhsh and Joseph Bohigian Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. ensembledecipher.com Contact us at decipherists@ensembledecipher.com. Decipher This! is produced by Joseph Bohigian; intro sounds by Eric Lemmon; outro music toy_3 by Eric Lemmon.

Scott Deal engages new pathways of computer interactivity, networked systems, and electroacoustics. His recordings have been described as “soaring, shimmering explorations of resplendent mood and incredible scale.” In the network arts, Deal is an award-winning creator, producer, author, and performer. Deal and composer Matthew Burtner were awarded the Internet2 IDEA award for their creation of Auksalaq, a telematic opera described as “an important realization of opera for today's world.” He is the founder of Earth Day Art Model, a 24-hour, worldwide telematic festival. Deal is the Director of the Tavel Arts and Technology Research Center at IUPUI, Indianapolis. Music: Auksalaq by Matthew Burtner and Scott Deal, performed by Joan La Barbara (singer/narrator), NYU New Music Ensemble (Esther Lamneck), and Percussion Ensemble (Jonathan Haas); AVATAR Improvisations, performed by Scott Deal Follow Scott on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. scottdeal.net Co-hosts: Taylor Long and Rob Cosgrove Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. ensembledecipher.com Contact us at decipherists@ensembledecipher.com. Decipher This! is produced by Joseph Bohigian; intro sounds by Eric Lemmon; outro music toy_3 by Eric Lemmon.

Einen faszinierenden Sog entfaltet Morton Feldmans legendäres Vokalwerk aus dem Jahr 1982, in dem sich drei Stimmen überlagern, die in Wirklichkeit ein- und dieselbe sind. Der Komponist verarbeitet darin den Tod zweier Freunde und bezeichnete das Stück als Austausch der lebenden Stimme mit den Toten.

A brief reading from "On Sonic Meditation" by Pauline Oliveros; sitting with the voice that retains its mystery with Ryan Dohoney (Northwestern); and a conversation and exercise from contemporary music vocal virtuoso Joan La Barbara. CUE TIMES (start of each section): 1:44 [theory] // 6:05 [scholarly conversation] // 35:52 [exercise etc.] | masiasare.com/podcast

Foster Reed launched New Albion Records in 1984’s San Francisco. It was a record label centred on a variety of styles that belonged to pioneering contemporary music, releasing aroud five titles a year. The label was named after what Sir Francis Drake named the San Francisco Bay after being the first European to see the area, which was near where the label was founded. Reed decided to close the label in 2012, after 25 indispensable years. In his goodbye note, Foster Reed wrote: "Our audience has always been artists, musicians, composers, dancers and all those who like to stare out of the windows of perception.” The episode features: Stephen Scott, Ingram Marshall, John Adams, Daniel Lentz, Morton Feldman and Joan La Barbara.

a cura di Alessandro Achilli. Musiche di B-52’s, Fairport Convention, Julie Tippetts & Martin Archer, Stonephace, Joan La Barbara & Morton Feldman, Céu, Accordions Go Crazy, National Jazz Trio of Scotland, Adu-Cooper-Spera, Ajugada Quartet (seconda parte)

a cura di Alessandro Achilli. Musiche di B-52’s, Fairport Convention, Julie Tippetts & Martin Archer, Stonephace, Joan La Barbara & Morton Feldman, Céu, Accordions Go Crazy, National Jazz Trio of Scotland, Adu-Cooper-Spera, Ajugada Quartet (seconda parte)

She’s a composer and vocalist who’s performed with pretty much every orchestra on earth. He’s a composer best known for his electronic music, especially an early work, Silver Apples of the Moon. “Lawyer and Other Lawyer to Wed,” runs pretty much every NY Times wedding announcement. How did it omit theirs?

“Antes de empezar a leer este libro tienes que saber una cosa: es el libro más difícil de escribir que habrás leído jamás. Porque quien lo escribe no sabe escribir. ¿Cuánto has tardado en leer esta frase? ¿Un segundo? ¿Menos? Pues yo la he tenido que reescribir diez veces”. Así empieza “No sabes lo que me cuesta escribir esto”, la historia de Olivia Rueda, una mujer que perdió y recuperó la capacidad de hablar. De la importancia de las palabras para definir y comprender el mundo saben mucho los invitados de POETAS, el Festival organizado por Arrebato Libros y Matadero Madrid, que celebra su 13ª edición con un completo cartel que contará con artistas internacionales como Joan La Barbara, Anne Waldman & Fast Speaking Music, Instituto Mexicano del Sonido, Hollie Mcnish, Manuel García y Lixoluxo Poético. __ Carne Cruda, el programa de radio que tú haces posible. La República Independiente de la Radio. Existimos gracias a las aportaciones de los oyentes. Difunde nuestros contenidos y si puedes: hazte productora o productor de Carne Cruda. Aquí tienes más información: http://carnecruda.es/hazte_productor/

“Antes de empezar a leer este libro tienes que saber una cosa: es el libro más difícil de escribir que habrás leído jamás. Porque quien lo escribe no sabe escribir. ¿Cuánto has tardado en leer esta frase? ¿Un segundo? ¿Menos? Pues yo la he tenido que reescribir diez veces”. Así empieza “No sabes lo que me cuesta escribir esto”, la historia de Olivia Rueda, una mujer que perdió y recuperó la capacidad de hablar. De la importancia de las palabras para definir y comprender el mundo saben mucho los invitados de POETAS, el Festival organizado por Arrebato Libros y Matadero Madrid, que celebra su 13ª edición con un completo cartel que contará con artistas internacionales como Joan La Barbara, Anne Waldman & Fast Speaking Music, Instituto Mexicano del Sonido, Hollie Mcnish, Manuel García y Lixoluxo Poético. __ Carne Cruda, el programa de radio que tú haces posible. La República Independiente de la Radio. Existimos gracias a las aportaciones de los oyentes. Difunde nuestros contenidos y si puedes: hazte productora o productor de Carne Cruda. Aquí tienes más información: http://carnecruda.es/hazte_productor/

With tracks from Clive Stevens & Brainchild, Unknown Artist, Easter, Joan La Barbara & John Cage, 6th Borough Project, Moscoman, Vorgruppe, Dr Packer, Robert Maalouf, Camila Costa, AA, Falco, Fulgeance, Get Down Edits, Munk & James Murphy, Jay Airiness, Mathématiques Modernes, XX Edits, Eric B. & Rakim, Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen, James Holden & The Animal Spirits, Yan Wagner, Kurup, Aphex Twin. Contact: dj@ribeaud.ch.

Vocal virtuoso and sound artist Joan La Barbara looms large in experimental music. From multiphonic singing to circular breathing, she’s developed a whole new vocabulary of trills, whispers, cries and clicks and collaborated with the likes of Philip Glass, Steve Reich, John Cage and her husband Morton Subotnick. In her lecture at the 2016 Red Bull Music Academy, she detailed how she came to master the human voice.

Legendary composer, performer, and sound artist Joan La Barbara has had an undeniable impact on the course of contemporary vocal music. Her work with composers John Cage, Morton Feldman, Robert Ashley, and dozens of others—as well as her own work as a composer and vocal explorer— make her an icon in the contemporary vocal music world. She joins us this year on night two of Resonant Bodies Festival, on September 6th, at Roulette. In this interview we discuss her new opera about Virginia Wolf and Joseph Cornell, her compositional process, her work with Cage, Berio, and Feldman, and about her experience as a woman in the music world.

Tom Service meets the acclaimed violinist and conductor Nikolaj Znaider ahead of concerts involving both his violin and his baton with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and his Mozart project with the London Symphony Orchestra. Nikolaj talks to Tom about how to engage young audiences, how Colin Davis taught him everything he knew and, of course, why music matters. Up till now Philip Glass's masterpiece Music in 12 Parts has only been performed by the composer's own Philip Glass Ensemble - but Glass has now given his blessing for a new generation of players to take on the three-and-a-half-hour epic. Tom talks to organist James McVinnie and a specially formed ensemble including pianists Timo Andres, David Kaplan and Eliza McCarthy, gamba player Liam Byrne and soprano Josephine Stephenson about the piece. Plus he talks to original Glass Ensemble members Joan La Barbara and Michael Riesman about the original experience in the 1970s. Plus Tom celebrates the 70th birthday of the English composer, arranger and producer Daryl Runswick. A remarkably prolific composer who worked with Berio and Stockhausen, was a successful jazz bassist with the Dankworths, has written over 100 arrangements for the King's Singers, been sampled by pop bands and was head of composition at Trinity College of Music. Tom talks to Daryl about being a musical chameleon.

Balso artistė Joan La Barbara. Apie JAV kompozitorę ir daininikę.

Balso artistė Joan La Barbara. Apie JAV kompozitorę ir daininikę.

PJ Harvey releases her first album for five years this week, and it's already attracting controversy with its lyrics about a run-down area of Washington DC. Writer and critic Kate Mossman reviews the album The Hope Six Demolition Project, which she and John Wilson saw being recorded in a glass box in Somerset House last year.David Edgar pays tribute to his friend and fellow playwright Sir Arnold Wesker. David Pickard announces the programme for the 2016 BBC Proms in his first year as its Director.This is a Voice is a new exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London which has brought together a number of works by artists who have been inspired by the voice. It examines how tone, pitch and tempo can communicate meaning and emotion so effectively that words become unnecessary. Joan La Barbara, a composer known for her explorations of "extended" vocal techniques, and Imogen Stidworthy, whose video work explores how our voice affects our sense of self, respond to the exhibition and discuss why the voice is such an inspiration for them.Presenter: John Wilson Producer: Rebecca Armstrong.

Programme de HEIKE FIEDLER pour webSYNradio : avec des sons, des mots et l'engagement de Anna Akhmatova, Joan La Barbara, Olga Rozanova, Franz Mon + Tera de Marez Oyens, Heike Fiedler + Marie Schwab + Steve Buchanan, Sainkho Namchylak, Dorothea Schurch + Thomas Lehn, Beth Anderson, Zuzana Husarova, Vincent Barras + Jacques Demierre, Jaap Blonk, Ernst Jandl, Kathy Acker, John Giorno, Jorg Piringer, Henri Chopin, Gherasim Luca, Anne Pitteloud + Sylvain Thévoz + Dominique Ziegler+ Heike Fiedler + Philippe Rahmy + Miruna Coca-Cozma + Manuel Tornare, IMO insub meta orchestra, Pete Ehrnrooth

Programme de Andrea Parkins pour webSYNradio. 1. Andrea Parkins -Ob-jest, the jettisoned, #1 2. Brion Gysin – I Have Come to Free the Words. 3. Chris Corsano – Island of Hammers (Dumb as an) 4. Matmos – Momento Mori 5. Ellen Fullman -Hiss Louder 6. C. Spencer Yeh – Live at Lampo (2008) 7. Joan La Barbara — from 73 Poems, Texts by Kenneth Goldsmith – Poem #4...

Jaap Blonk is a self-taught composer, vocal performer and sound poet. As a vocalist, Blonk has performed around the globe exciting audiences with his powerful stage presence and childlike improvisation. Live electronics have over the years extended the scope and range of his concerts. Besides working as a soloist, he has collaborated with many musicians and ensembles, including Maja Ratkje, Mats Gustafsson, Nicolas Collins, Joan La Barbara, The Ex, the Netherlands Wind Ensemble and the Ebony Band. He was the founder and leader of the long-standing bands Splinks (modern jazz, 1983-1999) and BRAAXTAAL (avant-rock, 1987-2005). We talk here about the noises humans make that aren't words, how important they are in communication, and the way sound poetry utilizes them; about meaning found in intonation and getting booed, the pleasure of inventing structures, Dadaism and the breaking of rules, Johnny Van Doorn and A Bridge too Far, the international phonetic alphabet, pitch, timber and the best English language sound poets. Listen, and brace yourself for the recital of a sonnet Jaap wrote in honour of Van Doorn.   Please listen here: