Latest from The Tonearm:
Ka Baird and Chris Ryan Williams, Through the Fractal Smog
On ‘Enthalpy,’ bass flute and amplified trumpet push against their own electronics until the lid starts to rattle.
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The Mediterranean Light of Sons of Sevilla
Recorded in London with Skinshape, 'It Could Be Today' holds the same summery, major-key sound the brothers were already writing into demos at home in 2020.
Bill Kopp
The Siren’s Shore — Jolanda Moletta’s Visual Music
The Italian composer discusses ‘Oceanine’ and its companion short film, and the witches, snake-women, and Pasolini films behind both.
Carolyn Zaldivar Snow
Whitney George’s Telephone Noir — Eavesdropping by Phone
A look at ‘Eavesdropping,’ an ongoing phone-line drama of two characters, a piano score, and hints of a third listener, and at the telephone’s long career as a storyteller, from ‘Sorry, Wrong Number’ to the party line.
Kurt Gottschalk
The Gentle Game Design of Tiiva’s Pop Universe
The musician, sound designer, and game maker talks through ‘This Could Be a Start,’ an AI character’s search for a soul, and writing about gender through invented characters.
Arina Korenyu
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Midori Hirano on The Juniper Tree, Piano, and Synthesizers
Composer Midori Hirano on her new score for The Juniper Tree, the 1990 Björk film, and on piano, modular synths, field recordings, and ma.
Charlotte Greve on Waterbodies, Saxophone, and Power Ballads
Saxophonist and singer Charlotte Greve on Waterbodies, her first album under her own name, made with Shahzad Ismaily while pregnant with her daughter.
Morning in Marin: David Perlis on the Marin Counterculture
Author David Perlis on Morning in Marin, his history of the Marin counterculture that drew Alan Watts, the Grateful Dead, George Lucas, and Philip K. Dick.
Mark Isham on his new album At the Carousel Club
The Grammy-winning trumpeter and film composer joins us to discuss ‘At the Carousel Club,’ his first solo album in 15 years, built from a wall of vintage analog synthesizers and a band featuring Nels
Bob Ezrin on Producing The Jayhawks’ Sanctuary Park
Producer Bob Ezrin talks The Jayhawks’ Sanctuary Park, recording live in Toronto, leaving the US, and holding artists to their best work.
Dub Revolution: David Katz on King Tubby and Dub’s Origins
David Katz on Dub Revolution: how King Tubby, Lee Perry, and Scientist built dub, and why its origins run earlier than the usual story allows.
Fling ii Interview: Michigan Motorik and Modular Synths
Fling ii’s Brad Gowland and Richard Murphy on ‘3’ — forty-minute jams in a Michigan church cut to six-minute tracks, with pedal steel over motorik.
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