I Am Sitting in a Video Room
In 1969, experimental composer Alvin Lucier designed a simple project with a not-so-simple intention. He sat in a room and made a short recording of his voice, which he then played back into the same...
View ArticleIt Was a Voice
For this New Sounds, we'll experience the various manipulations of the voice. From Alvin Lucier's wonder, "I am Sitting in a Room," to the Frances-Marie Uitti & Paul Griffiths collaboration "There...
View ArticleIt Was a Voice
For this New Sounds, we'll experience the various manipulations of the voice. From Alvin Lucier's wonder, "I am Sitting in a Room," to the Frances-Marie Uitti & Paul Griffiths collaboration "There...
View ArticleFlutist Claire Chase Has Breath and Breadth in 'Density'
On her last solo album, "Terrestre," flutist Claire Chase performed pieces by Boulez and Carter, and threw in a new Kaija Saariaho premiere for good measure. With her newest album, "Density," she...
View ArticleUnusual Uuses of the Voice
Listen to other ways of making music with the human voice on this New Sounds. Hear music that occupies the space between speech and song by the late American composer Robert Ashley (he passed away...
View ArticleIt Was a Voice
For this New Sounds, we'll experience the various manipulations of the voice. From Alvin Lucier's wonder, "I am Sitting in a Room," to the Frances-Marie Uitti & Paul Griffiths collaboration "There...
View ArticleSite-Specific Music
Listen to works inspired by and made for specific locations, including flutist Paul Horn's historic recording in the Taj Mahal, and Robert Fripp's soundscapes for the World Financial Center. Plus,...
View ArticleFrom Speech to Song
For this New Sounds, listen to works that begin with speech, but incorporate sampling, delays, and other electronic manipulations, like Alvin Lucier's 1969 electroacoustic classic "I Am Sitting in a...
View ArticleOn-Demand Audio: Olga Bell is Sitting in a Room
October 19, New Amsterdam Records presented Sound / Source, a day-long celebration of electronic music in its many forms. The festival took place at MoMA PS1 and focused on the interplay between humans...
View ArticleUnusual Uses of the Voice
Listen to other ways of making music with the human voice on this New Sounds. Hear music that occupies the space between speech and song by the late American composer Robert Ashley, responsible for...
View Article#3650: From Speech to Song
For this New Sounds, listen to works that begin with speech, but incorporate sampling, delays, and other electronic manipulations, like Alvin Lucier's 1969 electroacoustic classic "I Am Sitting in a...
View Article#3574: Unusual Uses of the Voice
Listen to other ways of making music with the human voice on this New Sounds. Hear music that occupies the space between speech and song by the late American composer Robert Ashley, responsible for...
View ArticleYarn/Wire's 'Currents Vol. 4'
To set the scene: Donald Trump had pulled off his electoral upset just three days prior to Yarn/Wire’s show at Chicago’s new-music apothecary, Constellation. The audience was a coin toss of composers...
View Article#3650: From Speech to Song
For this New Sounds, listen to works that begin with speech, but incorporate sampling, delays, and other electronic manipulations, like Alvin Lucier's 1969 electroacoustic classic "I Am Sitting in a...
View ArticleWatch: Alvin Lucier Talks Brain Waves, Marching Bands and John Cage
Born in 1931 in Nashua, New Hampshire, electronic music pioneer Alvin Lucier has delighted audiences for over half a century with provocative works that deftly move within traditions of notated music,...
View ArticleFlutist Claire Chase Has Breath and Breadth in 'Density'
On her last solo album, "Terrestre," flutist Claire Chase performed pieces by Boulez and Carter, and threw in a new Kaija Saariaho premiere for good measure. With her newest album, "Density," she...
View ArticleOn-Demand Audio: Olga Bell is Sitting in a Room
October 19, New Amsterdam Records presented Sound / Source, a day-long celebration of electronic music in its many forms. The festival took place at MoMA PS1 and focused on the interplay between humans...
View ArticleYarn/Wire's 'Currents Vol. 4'
To set the scene: Donald Trump had pulled off his electoral upset just three days prior to Yarn/Wire’s show at Chicago’s new-music apothecary, Constellation. The audience was a coin toss of composers...
View ArticleWatch: Alvin Lucier Talks Brain Waves, Marching Bands and John Cage
Born in 1931 in Nashua, New Hampshire, electronic music pioneer Alvin Lucier has delighted audiences for over half a century with provocative works that deftly move within traditions of notated music,...
View Article#4117: Signal-To-Noise: The Sounds of Decay
Listen to the sounds of deterioration and decay as the sound is transformed into something else for this episode. Hear Brooklyn composer William Basinski and a portion of his mammoth work,...
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