Sound Propositions

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Synopsis

Sound Propositions features conversations with artists exploring their creative practices and individual aesthetics, conceived of as a counter-narrative to a dominant trend in music journalism which fetishizes equipment and new technologies. This series tries to take the emphasis away from the what and shine light on the how and why. Each episode combines interviews with music, field-recordings, and experimental sound design.For fans of experimental music, field-recording, drone, electro-acoustic, ambient, modern composition, and other contemporary electronic music genres.

Episodes

  • Episode 34: OLD & NEW DREAMS - with Kerry O'Brien and Will Robin

    28/02/2024 Duration: 01h57s

    This episode of Sound Propositions features scholars Kerry O’Brien and Will Robin, editors of the recent anthology On Minimalism: Documenting a Musical Movement. Described as a historical source reader, the book compiles over 100 primary sources retelling the story of minimalist music from the 1950s to the present. Sources include liner notes, interviews, journalism, manifestos, and other material organized chronologically and thematically, with introductory essays from the editors. Not a simple revisionist history seeking to expand the canon, let alone an attempt to dethrone the “Big Four” composers, On Minimalism nonetheless radically reconsiders the scope of minimalist music. In some ways the book is a restorative history, following the offshoots of musical practices that had once been described as “minimalist,” beginning with non-western music and modal jazz in the 1950s up to drone rock and techno of the present. We discuss the influence of Ravi Shankar, why the Coltranes were minimalists, the Julius Eas

  • Ukrainian Field Notes - 21 February 2024 - with Polje

    22/02/2024 Duration: 59min

    Ukrainian Field Notes - 21 February 2024 - with Polje Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re tracklist: Wiseword.Nidaros - Лев Polje - Maliunok Polje - Pa Polje - Yasne Mi Polje - Wall of Sirens Arthur Mine - Helicopter Theme Bayraktar - Ukrainian War Song Вічний Ґандж - Комарик Polje - Janmarko Read more at www.acloserlisten.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundpropositions/support

  • Episode 33: DIS/EMBODIED - with Cruel Diagonals

    31/01/2024 Duration: 58min

    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 -

  • Ukrainian Field Notes - 17 January 2024

    20/01/2024 Duration: 58min

    Ukrainian Field Notes - 17 January 2024 - with ummsbiaus and Difference Machine Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re tracklist: ummsbiaus and Difference Machine: торований шляхummsbiaus: LichylnykDifference Machine: боротьба за вбивство / боротьба за виживанняummsbiaus and Difference Machine: коло зачарованеummsbiaus: Hypnagogia --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundpropositions/support

  • Ukrainian Field Notes - 15 November 2023


    18/11/2023 Duration: 58min

    Ukrainian Field Notes - 15 November 2023
 Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re Tracklist: Andriy Kiritchenko - Eyes of Exiles Roman Khropko - Kyiv 17.04.22 Roman Khropko - The Moment Of Unity (Sympathetic Mix) Myroslav Protsan - Ravens On The Cemetery Myroslav Protsan - Very Old Piano Improvisations Anthony Junkoid - Drum Vision Nightcourier - Temnivody Lena Mirzakh - A Little Interlude Kadaitcha - Seed Katarina Gryvul - Zemlya 58918012 - 7e3422 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundpropositions/support

  • Episode 32: INDISCREET MUSIC - with Patrick Nickleson

    10/11/2023 Duration: 01h05min

    Patrick Nickleson is the author of The Names of Minimalism: Authorship, Art, Music, and Historiography in Dispute, an academic study that radically reconsiders the origins and boundaries of musical minimalism. Uninterested in searching for the earliest work of musical minimalism, or even in doing the admittedly necessary work of expanding the canon to include lesser known but equally important figures, Nickleson instead underscores a different set of shared traits that he sees in (early) minimalism: the importance of collective authorship, often collaborating in a form of “bandness”; the priority of recording to tape over written scores; and distinguishing between “(early) minimalism” and the later canonization of Minimalism as we know it since the early 1980s. In addition to the book, we discuss searching for obscure records online, our shared love of Constellation Records, and the influence of Tony Conrad. Read more, including a tracklist, at www.acloserlisten.com TRACKLIST Godspeed You! Black Emperor -

  • Ukrainian Field Notes - 18 October 2023 - with Igor Yalivec, Revshark, Waveskania, Difference Machine, Natalia Tsupryk, YLOI and Andrii Kunin

    20/10/2023 Duration: 59min

    Ukrainian Field Notes - 18 October 2023 - with Igor Yalivec, Revshark, Waveskania, Difference Machine, Natalia Tsupryk, YLOI and Andrii Kunin Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re Tracklist: Gamardah Fungus - Vega Revshark - Restricted Areas Waveskania - Essential Difference Machine - Повідь Natalia Tsupryk - beyond the cemetery wall YLOI - UAV Hunting Andrii Kunin - threshold --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundpropositions/support

  • Ukrainian Field Notes - 20 September 2023 - with Nastia and Vlad Fisun

    23/09/2023 Duration: 59min

    Episode 12 - with Nastia and Vlad Fisun Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re Nastia and Vlad Fisun talk about the burgeoning electronic scene in Ukraine, toxic behaviour and Ukrainian Identity. TRACKLIST DZ'OB - Sometimes Everything Is Wrong (S.Tolkachev re-imagining) Louwave and Splinter (UA) - Baby Let's Vibe Polygrim - Klang Koloah - Away https://soundcloud.com/nastia_uahttps://soundcloud.com/vladfisun --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundpropositions/support

  • Episode 31: FREE TIME - with Andrea Belfi

    19/09/2023 Duration: 59min

    Andrea Belfi discusses his latest album, Eternally Frozen, a canon-based composition for percussion, electronics, and brass ensemble. Inspired by a visit to LA’s Museum of Jurassic Technology, Belfi draws upon the story of Deprong Mori, a mythological bat that could use its powers of echolocation to phase through solid matter, before being captured by an American researcher, “eternally frozen” in lead. Movement, circularity, and stasis are all terms that also describe Belfi’s interests as a composer. We discuss his origins in Italy’s punk scene, his time as drummer of the noisy instrumental rock band Rosolina Mar, opening for Thom Yorke, and the development of his unique approach to solo performance as a drummer. TRACKLIST Andrea Belfi - “Golden” [edit 1] (Eternally Frozen, Maple Death, 2023) SP INTRO Andrea Belfi - “Golden” [edit 2] (Eternally Frozen, Maple Death, 2023) Andrea Belfi - “Cera Persa 1” (Cera Persa, Latency, 2016) Andrea Belfi - “Wege B” (Wege, Room40, 2012) Andrea Belfi - “Ton”  (Ore, Float, 2

  • Ukrainian Field Notes - 19 July 2023 - with Katia Stieber and Kadiristy from Regular Disco

    21/07/2023 Duration: 59min

    Episode 11 - with Katia Stieber and Kadiristy from Regular Disco @stieber_k
@kadiristy Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re TRACKLIST

Misha Tsiganoff (intro)Lobanov K. - Bios Recall
58918012 - Minimal Friction (excerpt - background)
Yaroslav M - Pog (Victor B. Remix)
58918012 - Minimal Friction (excerpt - background)
Clasps - Ex Voto58918012 Brainwave
Denys Coin - Flowers of Doom
58918012 - Brainwave
DiSKOP - Phantom 
Volodymyr Gnatenko - Reba She (background)
Kadiristy - Sapphire Dream (unreleased demo)
58918012 Displaced (excerpt - background)
58918012 Go Under (excerpt - background)
Misha Tsiganoff (outro)
The Doors - The End (ID UA Edit) (excerpt) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundpropositions/support

  • Episode 29: CRITICAL POSITIVITY – with ACL

    14/07/2023 Duration: 01h40min

    Back in February 2022, we celebrated the tenth anniversary of our blog. To celebrate, in this episode, we pull the curtain back a bit to talk with ten of the writers who have contributed to A CLOSER LISTEN since we began over a decade ago, constituting a virtual roundtable discussing the past, present, and future of ACL. We discuss the founding of the site, abandoning scoring, our sub-sites, mixes, video game music, film scores, and the relationship between sound and the visual, including artwork, packaging, and physical media. We reflect on what has made ACL distinct over the years, our openness to new sounds, the joys of ongoing discovery, our formative influences, and our signature blend of critical positivity. The music for this episode was selected collectively, drawn from tracks that came up throughout our conversations. Scattered throughout the episode are also many 10 second clips I solicited from friends of the site back in 2014. I used them to make some “community sound collages” that I never really

  • Ukrainian Field Notes - 21 June 2023 - with Mykyta Moiseiev and Maryana Klochko

    24/06/2023 Duration: 59min

    Episode 10, Ukrainian Field Notes - 21 June 2023 - with Mykyta Moiseiev and Maryana Klochko Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re TRACKLIST Mykyta Moiseiev featuring Maryana Klochko - Intro (from Falling OST) Maryana Klochko - оченька мої чорні Mykyta Moiseiev - Твій дім Mykyta Moiseiev – One Day in Ukraine OST trailerMykyta Moiseiev - I’ve learned something (Falling OST) Mykyta Moiseiev featuring Maryana Klochko - Coffee (from Falling OST) Maryana Klochko – My Girl (from Stop-Zemlia OST) Mykyta Moiseiev – Didukh (from Ivan’s Land OST) Mykyta Moiseiev – Chornobaivka Maryana Klotchko – Kvity Mykyta Moiseiev – Intro Rejected (from Falling OST) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundpropositions/support

  • Ukrainian Field Notes - 17 May 2023 - with Alexander Pavlenko (Sunchase / Na Nich) and Vera Logdanidi

    17/05/2023 Duration: 59min

    Episode 9 Ukrainian Field Notes - 17 May 2023 - with Alexander Pavlenko (⁠Sunchase / Na Nich⁠) and ⁠Vera Logdanidi⁠ Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re ⁠Alexander Pavlenko and Vera Logdanidi talk about the first days of the full-scale invasion, the Ukrainian electronic scene and touring. TRACKLIST Misha Ziganoff (intro)Sunchase – "Step Outside" (from Timeline)Laima Adelaide – Y (Vera Logdanidi Re Interpretation)Asyncronous – "Padma Kirtanam" (background)Monoconda – "Route Select" (from Horizon)Monoconda – "Horizon" (background)Vera Logdanidi – "02 2402" (from Voices)Sunchase – "Hello" (background)Anton Stuck – "February 26 12.07 AM Chernihiv"Vera Logdanidi – "Udda" (from Voices)Na Nich – "Melt" (Background)Ihor Babaiev – "One minute in Bakhmut"Na Nich – "Melt" (background)Vera Logdanidi – "Water Bubble Floating in Space"Na Nich & Vero – "Morning" (background)Na Nich

  • Ukrainian Field Notes - 19 April 2023 - with Alexander Stratonov

    22/04/2023 Duration: 59min

    Episode 8 Ukrainian Field Notes - 19 April 2023 - with Alexander Stratonov Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re Alexander Stratonov talks about working for Ukrainian state television Suspilne and scoring documentaries about war crimes. TRACKLIST Alexander Stratonov - "Before the Storm" (from Bucha 22 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RXf6REnoSs) Alexander Stratonov - "He Bought Himself a Clock" (from Bucha 22) Alexander Stratonov - "Numbering the People" (from Survivor's Diary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pacMw4oo_Zc) Alexander Stratonov - "The Last Lullaby" (from Notes Under the Cherry Tree - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cm6kmJbF7o) Alexander Stratonov - "Identification" (from Bucha: Final Destination - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBrbVkhG5wM) Плач Єремії - "Вона" --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundpropositions/support

  • Ukrainian Field Notes - 15 March 2023 - with Asyncronous

    19/03/2023 Duration: 59min

    Episode 7 of Ukrainian Field Notes with Asyncronous live on ResonanceFM Wed 15 March at 5.30 pm (GMT) repeated Sunday 19 March at 11am. Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re 

Oleksii and Bohdan talk about their collaborative project as Asyncronous and about life in Kyiv one year on from the full-scale Russian invasion of February 24, 2022.

 Tracklist:

 Asyncronous - Midnight Sun
 Asyncronous - Point of no Return
 Asyncronous - Shinkansen
 Asyncronous - Stage of Delta (Ambient Remix)

 Arctica - Ambient Mix: Into the Unknown (background) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundpropositions/support

  • Episode 28: COGNITIVE DISSONANCE - with Archivio Diafònico

    25/02/2023 Duration: 59min

    This episode features Giuseppe Esposito, a Neapolitan musician who runs the tape label Archivio Diafònico, an operation that mostly documents artists who are based in Napoli. The chaotic and bustling capital of the South of Italy undeservedly gets a bad reputation, and the city has a vibrant cultural scene and rich history that is sorely underappreciated. Through a chronicle of his own musical formation and the birth of the label, Esposito constructs a map of the Neapolitan underground scene, with particular attention to noise and improvisation. We also discuss Abidjan Centrale / Partono i Bastimenti, a podcast Esposito produces with Carole Oulato exploring the diverse musical traditions of Africa. TRACKLIST ARTIST – “TITLE” (ALBUM, LABEL, YEAR) Mario [Gabola] - “Steno, tube, voice and feedback” (Idiolect, Archivio Diafònico/Viande, 2021)  Eks - “B-side excerpt” (Echo Courts, Archivio Diafònico, 2019) Grausam Frühjahr - “B-side excerpt” (Ascent/Descent, Toxo, 2011) Velvet Underground - “White Light Whit

  • Ukrainian Field Notes - 15 February 2023 - with Heinali

    18/02/2023 Duration: 59min

    Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re Heinali talks about the making of his album Kyiv Eternal out on February 24, 2023 on the anniversary of the Russian full-scale invasion. Tracklist: Lugovsky - Sirens of Kyiv Heinali - Rare Birds / Field Recordings (unreleased) Heinali - Shulyavka / Field Recordings (unreleased) Sound Weekends - Tram 12 / Field Recording Heinali - Silpo Heinali - Botanichny / Field Recordings (unreleased) William Basinski - DLP 2.1 (snippet) Heinali - Kyiv Eternal Svitovamora Pleura A and Pleura B (background) To support Ukraine visit: supportukrainenow.org/ More from this series at https://acloserlisten.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundpropositions/support

  • Sounding the housing crisis - Investigation Questions [bonus]

    02/02/2023 Duration: 35min

    Last fall I shared the first episode of Sounding the Housing Crisis, a bilingual (French/English) podcast by a collective of Montreal sound artists and tenants. I co-produced the eight episode series with Hubert Gendron-Blais, organizing and editing the contributions from each member of the collective. The project was partially inspired by the “militant sound inquiry” of Ultra-Red. In 2021, Ultra-Red co-founder Dont Rhine visited Montreal for a seminar at McGill, followed by a workshop/performance as part of Echoes of a Distance, Music, Protest and Community in Confined Times, organized by Hubert and The International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI). I'm now sharing the eighth episode in this feed as well, since it is one where I think my fingerprints are most visible. More on that entire project: https://www.reverberationscriselogement.org/ Find the series wherever you find this podcast, or stream/download at bandcamp: https://lostchildren.bandcamp.com/album/r-verb-rations-d-une

  • Ukrainian Field Notes - 18 January 2023 - with Yaryna Denisiuk and Kseniia Yanus (Neformat Family)

    21/01/2023 Duration: 58min

    Gianmarco Del Re presents the fifth episode of the Ukrainian Field Notes podcast, broadcast on Resonance FM on Wednesday 18 January 2023 at 5:30 pm GMT and repeated on Sunday 22 January at 11 am GMT. Tracklist Mauser - Тривога 
Distortion (UA) - Bullet Seeds Kurs Valüt  - Rozklad Ruhu Peredmova - Слонова Кістка 
Limanenko - Strange Gift
 Hanna Svirska - Inner 
Kat - Цвях --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundpropositions/support

  • With a real gone mama, don't let me take your style. [bonus]

    14/12/2022 Duration: 12min

    I made this sound collage in early 2013, nearly a decade ago now, and listening back to it recently I can hear the early seeds of techniques I use in Sound Propositions. My friend Ian Stone Grey was producing a beautiful audio series called Portmanteau at that time, and he included a piano composition of mine in one episode. I was inspired to create some collages of my own that veered further away from music without becoming narrative.  A Portmanteau of sorts. Some treated field-recordings. Howlin Wolf. Federico Campagna on Novara Media. Gilles Deleuze on the ABCs. A phased stereo tape loop. Some edits from Bob Ostertag's Sooner or Later. —- Sound Propositions is written, recorded, mixed, and produced by Joseph Sannicandro. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundpropositions/support

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