Sonic Tonic #5 Tracks Cloudbusting - Wild Nothing Always - Xiu Xiu Sunny Skies - Pink Playground Original One - Tor Lundvall Quiet - Hauschka Flight - Tor Lundvall Flameout - Jerry Goldsmith Alleys of Your Mind - Cybotron Lucky Cloud - Arthur Russell Approach on Tokyo - Iko Mains dans la main - Elli & Jacno Leonard Cohen Afterworld - Tempers ??? Drawing Seeds - Kuniyuki Takahashi Another Day - Ogak Jay Oke
We talk with Angelica Olstad about her process and new album Transmute. Angelica provided us with some songs that kept her moving through the pandemic that you will hear after the episode.
Deniz Cuylan takes you on a journey about his new album, his inspiration, and the aftermath of the pandemic. This episode contains a mix that Deniz curated. Enjoy!
In 2009 hundreds of Florence B. Price compositions were recovered from an abandoned house in southern Illinois. Throughout the past decade these pieces began to be transcribed and distributed throughout the world. Florence B. Price’s works pull from negro-spirituals and music of the times. On this episode, part 7 of our Birth of Modern Music series, we dive into the life and work of Florence B. Price. We talk with Karen Walwyn, A. Kori Hill, Douglas Shadle and Maeve Brophy about who she was, and...
Sonic Tonic # 4 Track list: Doctor Destructo - Tangerine Dream Rivers - Föllakzoid Citizens of Science - Yellow Magic Orchestra To Yelasto Pedi - Mikis Theodorakis Qui fine arrivé - Claudio California Dreaming - Denial Repetition - The Soft Moon The Orchids - Psychic TV Shoo Be Doo - The Cars The Empress And The Ukraine King - Can Polaroïd/Roman/Photo - Ruth Avenue B - Major Thinkers Moogies Bloogies - Delia Derbyshire and Anthony Newley Raz Dwa - Belgrado Lady Greengrass - The Ones Confrontatio...
Sonic Tonic Mixtape Happy Hour with Natalie Hoffmann on WYXR 91.7 Memphis Songs featured: Nakweda Dream - Zru Vogue Interzone - Joy Division Model Worker - Magazine Floss - Gomme Private Idaho - B-52s Half-Life - Martin Lloyd Maquinas - Cuidad Lineal Palais D’amour - Bal Pare Running After Ganymede - Jack Name Pretender - Black Marble Mickey, Please. - Bene Geserit Lidda - Mammane Sani Et Son Orgue Fire By The River - Harumi Change In Autumn’s Feral Depths - Nonconnah Feat. Owen Pallett & Je...
Sonic Tonic Happy Hour Mixtape #2 Featuring: OMD Hama Severed Heads Delia Derbyshire Arthur Brown Saâda Bonaire Them Are Us Too X-ray Pop Hailu Mergia Turquoise Days Meca Rythm The Books Oppenheimer Analysis Holger Czukay The Plugz
This week on Sonosphere we end 2020 with our 100 years of the Theremin episode. We’ll start with a brief history of the theremin and with Theremin virtuoso Clara Rockmore. We then combined our conversations with thereminists and composers Caroline Eyck and Dorit Chrysler to give you the ultimate Theremin filled episode. Sonosphere is now on WYXR 91.7 FM Mondays from 4-5pm CST in Memphis, TN. sonospherepodcast.com
Sonosphere goes live from the WYXR Studio in Crosstown Concourse Memphis, TN for a monthly mixtape session with special guest Natalie Hoffman. Tune in every last Monday of the month from 4-5pm on 91.7 FM or at wyxr.org
Welcome to Sonosphere. Here we feature our second show live on WYXR. We couldn’t be more excited for today’s show. Last week, we featured an interview with abstract turntablist Maria Chavez and vocalist Christina Carter. Today, we will continue our journey exploring the record player. You will hear some music from Cut Chemist, Handel, Lee Scratch Perry, Cab Callaway, Grandmaster Flash and others during the next hour. We will highlight the rise of the radio disc jockey and sampling. Check us out ...
We are releasing a conversation we had with turntablist and composer Maria Chavez, and singer/songwriter and musician Christina Carter on their performance at Memphis' Crosstown Concourse in May 2018. Christina Carter's call and response with Maria Chavez's shattered records had folks heading to the stairs at Crosstown Arts spiral staircase. In this episode we hear from Christina and Maria's vision for the space in their first site specific duet. www.sonospherepodcast.com
On this episode on Sonosphere Wu Fei tells us about how the global pandemic has affected her as a musician and mother. She has shifted her focus from live shows to releasing new material daily. Fei also released an album with Abigail Washburn during this unsure time.
On this special episode we catch up with a couple composers we’ve featured on Sonosphere to see how they’ve been faring in quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic. First, we hear from producer and electronic composer Tara Rodgers, aka Analog Tara. Tara performed here in Memphis for our Sound Observation series a couple years ago in partnership with Crossotown Arts. Then we’ll hear from theremin master, musician and composer Carolina Eyck. For information on tracks in this episode and more visit ...
Welcome to Sonosphere Radio where the podcast features shows curated by artists, musicians, enthusiasts and music fanatics from Memphis and around the world. Today we hear songs chosen by Citizen of Tomorrow. Enjoy! Artists featured in this show can be found at sonospherepodcast.com
In this episode of Sonosphere we highlight master theremin player and curator of the Theremin 100 compilation celebrating 100 years of theremin, Dorit Chrysler. Check out more info info at sonospherepodcast.com and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!
This month on Sonosphere we hear from Ken Zuckerman, co-founder of the Ali Akbar College in Basel, Switzerland and sarod aficionado. Peter Lavezzoli, author, percussionist and vocalist also joins us as we discuss how Indian Classical Music has influenced modern rock, pop and ambient music today. While we only scratch the surface of Indian Classical Music, you'll find how one man in particular, Ali Akbar Khan, took America and popular music by storm through his teachings that span across the worl...
Welcome to Sonosphere Radio. Bring in the new year with this month's host, Andrew Earles. Andrew Earles has been a music/cultural critic, journalist & biographer since 1999 and has authored three books as well as writing and editing work in 14 other multi-author titles. He has contributed writing in both a staff and freelance capacity to over 55 online and print outlets since 1999, including Spin, Pitchfork, Vice/Noisey, The Onion, Decibel, The Washington City Paper, Numero Group, Magnet Mag...
Welcome to this episode of Sonosphere where we underscore Ami Dang, South Asian-American vocalist, sitarist, composer and producer from Baltimore Maryland. We discussed how her cultural heritage rooted in the Sikh religion informs and influences her work today, and how she approaches the sitar while utilizing modern noise, ambient, and electronic sounds in her music. We also discuss the making of her latest album Parted Plains out now on Leaving Records. More info: www.sonospherepodcast.com
How has information shaped our lives? Are we really privy to all the knowledge available? David T. Little's new album, AGENCY, seeks to investigate these questions. On this episode we highlight composer David T. Little. The composer has a background that is as eclectic as his new album, AGENCY. By combining all of these influences David is ushering in a new age of opera. Sonosphere enjoyed a phone call with David as we talked about AGENCY as well as his path to this point in his illustrious care...
On this episode we talk with Carolina Eyck, one of the world’s foremost thereminist, about growing up with classical music and how she knew the Theremin would be her thing. Eyck releases her third LP for Butterscotch Records, Elegies for Theremin & Voice, on September 27th. Ten pieces form a haunting work reflecting sadness and loss, anger and depression. Eyck shares with Sonosphere the process of composing the record. She reminds us it's okay to feel it all, necessary even, to properly reme...
This episode of Sonosphere features the North Indian instrument, the sarod. One of the most popular instruments in Hindustani music, the sarod's 20th century master was Indian composer, teacher and musician, Ali Akbar Khan. We speak with contemporary sarod virtuoso, Ken Zuckerman about mastering the demanding instrument and how he and Khan brought various innovations and inventions to the sound. For more info visit www.sonospherepodcast.com @sonospod
Welcome to Sonosphere's Underscore series where we highlight composers, artists, creators, and more. This episode we highlight Alex Weston, a New York-based composer. This month he released his score for the Lulu Wang film The Farewell. On this episode we talk with him about his process for The Farewell and his approach to music in film versus his approach to commissioned works for live dance and others. Enjoy this month's Underscore. For more information visit sonospherepodcast.com
Welcome to Sonosphere radio, today we welcome Robert Traxler, founder of the Memphis Concrete experimental music festival happening this month in Memphis – June 29th and 30th. In its third year, the Memphis Concrete music festival is featuring headliners Matmos, Moor Mother, Rapoon, Mykel Boyd, Tavishi and featuring a live score of the original Tron – all right here in Memphis at Crosstown Arts. For more information and a track list visit sonospherepodcast.com
Welcome to Sonosphere radio. Occasionally, Sonosphere will post playlists curated by artists, record label owners, music enthusiasts, DJs, and sometimes by us. This week we’ll hear a collaborative mixtape session with from Natalie Hoffman of the band NOTS fame. She has a project now with Memphis DJ and electronic artist Ben Bauermeister called Optic Sink. Check out Optic Sink at the Memphis Concrete Festival June 29 and 30th – tickets on sale now. Learn more at facebook.com/memphisconcrete/ Don’...
Welcome to Sonosphere, the podcast that explores the sounds all around us. The first artist we present in our 2019 Sound Observation series is Nadah El Shazly, Egyptian composer, musician and producer. She will be performing at Crosstown Arts' Green Room in Memphis, TN on May 31st as a part of her first tour in the U.S. We are so excited to have her in Memphis. Performance at 8pm. Sonosphere spoke briefly with Nadah prior to her show. She talks about collaborating in the Cairo music scene, her d...
In this month's episode of Sonosphere, we focus on the use of drone sounds in music. There is a lot to cover with Drone music, often known as a part of the genre of Minimalism and modern ambient. Sonosphere caught up with Joanna Demers, author of Listening Through the Noise: The Aesthetics of Experimental Electronic Music, Drone and Apocalypse, and others. We will focus on the drone itself, what is drone music, and the common drone instruments as a continuation of the Birth of Modern Music serie...
Sonosphere's last Sound Observations series for 2018 ended on a high note. We welcomed Nicole Mitchell to perform flute with electronics. Thanks to Nicole Mitchell and Crosstown Arts for their partnership in this series. More information at sonospherepodcast.com and subscribe on itunes, follow us on social media @sonospod
We hosted our final Sound Observation series by inviting Nicole Mitchell to Memphis. In this episode, we present Afrofuturism:Building Communities, a panel that explored beyond the concept of Afrofuturism. Memphis based Publisher and Author Sheree Renee Thomas led the discussion featuring Nicole Mitchell, and a few Memphians, including Producer/Performer and CEO of James Dukes aka “IMAKEMADBEATS,” Author/ Publisher Troy Wiggins, and Emcee, Teacher, and Author Danian Jerry. They went beyond expla...
This episode Sonosphere visits Dirty Socks Studios, which is the base camp for Unapologetic. The studio is a sanctuary for those who dare to commit to their craft. The theme is dedication to yourself and your mission. Unapologetic is a collective that looks to push Memphis forward. The collective is a cast of characters that are as odd as their aliases. Lead by IMAKEMADBEATS, Unapologetic has put the city on notice. Memphis has the reputation that you have to leave to make it in most industries ...
Korean cellist, composer, and improviser, Okkyung Lee talks with Sonosphere about her time at this year's Big Ears festival in Knoxville, TN, working with Evan Parker, learning to love the cello, and what's in store for her this year. sonospherepodcast.com @sonospod
