Wildflowers and Waveforms — Loula Yorke's Electric Commons
From squat parties to a cottage on a wildflower common, Loula Yorke has built a practice around beauty, ecological dread, and the feminist history that 'Hydrology' quietly carries forward.
Experimental
Reaching out into uncomfortable zones beyond what we normally hear.
Singing Through Damage — Marija Kovačević's Broken Violin Series
The Serbian-born violinist discusses her 'Music for Broken Violins' series, her ongoing duo BUKA with Aimée Niemann, and the honesty of instruments that fall apart in one's hands.
All Inputs as Collaborators — Stephen Vitiello and the Art of Hearing
The veteran sound artist discusses 'Trinity,' his trio-format album with Lawrence English, and why every input in his practice—a space, a field recording, a late friend's unreleased tape—warrants the same respect as a living collaborator.
Between the Microphone and the Mind — The Surprising Work of Lawrence English
Lawrence English reflects on the impossible trios of 'Trinity,' acid nostalgia as a weapon against possible futures, and how the tension between the microphone and the psychological ear shapes his field recording practice.
Life Among the Vowels — Kathy Kennedy and the Sounds We Share
The Montreal electroacoustic artist spent three decades distributing sound through pirate radio and public space performances before releasing 'Vowel Jams', an album that spotlights her personal vision over public appeal.
Achieving Sonic Sympathy — Horse Lords Meet Arnold Dreyblatt
Just intonation brought together two generations of experimental musicians for 'Extended Field,' an album that nimbly negotiates Horse Lords' mathematical expansiveness and Arnold Dreyblatt's tightly controlled harmonic universe.
Paying Attention is Wonderful — Listening Along With Lia Kohl
The cellist and composer discusses her album 'Various Small Whistles and a Song,' a collection of field recordings that transform voting lines, train stations, and strangers' whistles into intimate sonic portraits of daily life.
Against the Flattening — Weston Olencki's Southern Reckonings
The innovative composer discusses 'Broadsides,' an electroacoustic project set in the American South that treats traditional instruments as loaded cultural objects while pushing back against regional homogenization.
The Flesh of Sound — Bridget Ferrill Finds Beauty in the Tension
The Berlin-based composer's album 'Domschatzkammer' refracts instruments through one another, slows a Bach chorale beyond recognition, and transforms the harp into an emotional outlet shaped by catastrophe.
Words Suspended — JJJJJerome Ellis and the Sacred Pause
On 'Vesper Sparrow,' JJJJJerome Ellis transforms involuntary speech into musical structure, returns to childhood hymns outside the church, and experiments with sound environments designed for slower listening.
From Signal to Noise — Loop Music and the Physics of Entropy
Examining Tim Harrison's 'A Strange Loop' alongside William Basinski's 'The Disintegration Loops,' George Grella finds complementary visions of how loop music engages the universe's inexorable movement from order to chaos.
Ordinary Music — Okkyung Lee's Useful Composition
The experimental cellist discusses her ambient album 'Just Like Any Other Day (어느날): Background Music For Your Mundane Activities', a four-year project born from isolation that turned memories of Korean cinema and cheap-sounding synthesizers into companionship for daily living.