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Manifesting Mixol — Inside ‘The Fool’ | The Tonearm
Beijing-based artist Mixol discusses manifestation and tarot, the self-doubt that once made her quit songwriting, and the eight-bit narrative game she built to play alongside her debut EP, ‘The Fool.’
Bill Cooper
Suzanne Ciani — Speaking the Word of the Buchla
On the occasion of CIANI/ORKEST, Suzanne Ciani discusses handing her solitary Buchla music to a 50-piece orchestra, the ocean and the wave beneath her compositions, and the young players bringing analog modular synthesis back.
Lawrence Peryer
Shana Falana, the Goddess Party, and a Cult Worth Joining
The Hudson Valley musician and Goddess Party founder on self-marriage, Bulgarian choral music, and running a benevolent hierarchy, ahead of ‘The Wedding,’ a two-night rite of borrowed gowns and mirror-held vows.
Meredith Hobbs Coons
The Euphoric and Exuberant Noise of Nolan Hildebrand
After the release of ‘Noise Trip Explosion’, the Toronto composer and Black Galaxie noise artist talks doctoral research, acoustic startle experiments, and why it’s worth keeping his wildest studio accidents.
Jon Buckland
I Still Miss Someone — The Boys of Nirosta Steel
Guitar in hand and Arthur Russell forever at his shoulder, Steven Hall turns half a century of desire into harmony he mostly sings to himself.
Carolyn Zaldivar Snow
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Danalogue: Teleportations, Synths & Hope | The Tonearm
Synthesist Danalogue (The Comet Is Coming, Soccer96) on his solo debut Teleportations, vintage synths, sci-fi world-building, and imagination as hope.
Suzanne Ciani: The Buchla’s Orchestral Homecoming
Suzanne Ciani on CIANI/ORKEST, her live album pairing the Buchla with the 50-piece Metropole Orkest, quadraphonic sound, and saying yes at eighty.
Steven Bernstein on ResoNation Trio and Ultra Resonance
Trumpeter Steven Bernstein on his chordless trio ResoNation Trio, Scotty Hard’s dub reinvention Ultra Resonance, and why he still plays Levon Helm’s music.
Alden Hellmuth on Tether, Trust, and Two Bass Players
Saxophonist Alden Hellmuth talks about her album Tether, writing for two bassists, studying with Herbie Hancock, and trusting her band to be free.
Dave Douglas on Transcend, Process, and Uncertainty
Trumpeter Dave Douglas on his album Transcend, Booker Little, Jack Whitten, and the creative discipline of not knowing.
Ora Cogan on Hard Hearted Woman & Folk Resistance
Ora Cogan discusses her Sacred Bones debut, protest music, collective activism, and the shifting meaning of “Katie Cruel” over a decade.
Billy Polo on Preserving Reggae’s Analog Past | The Tonearm
VP Records engineer Billy Polo on restoring reggae’s rarest tapes, archiving Jamaican music history, and the art of mastering for digital.
