Joane Hétu's Enduring Vision for Québécois Experimental Music
At sixty-six, the founder of SuperMusique and DAME Records continues championing the collaborative spirit that has defined her artistic practice since the 1980s.
Experimental Music
Reaching out into uncomfortable zones beyond what we normally hear.
Enlightenment is Easy — Constructing Amina Hocine's Breathing Machine
Using hardware store materials and spiritual guidance, Hocine built an organ that breathes, complains, and refuses to be controlled. Her album 'ātamōn' captures each pipe's distinct personality in the reverberant depths of an abandoned iron mine.
Buzzing with Zen — Steve Holtje's Improvisational Honeymoon
The ESP-Disk label manager found liberation from classical composition anxiety through distorted trombone and Phantom Honeymoon, his noise duo with theremin player Alexandra Beneski.
Noise Deployed — Arthur Arsenne and the Art of Texture
The French multi-instrumentalist discusses his path from Pat Metheny's harsh noise to creating "sonic mille-feuilles" with Toru, exploring modular synthesis, and running his Arsenic Solaris label.
Ripple Effects — Chaz Underriner's Immersive Water Music
The experimental composer draws from the landscape of the American South to create a multimedia experience. His five-year project. 'Moving,' transforms environmental field recordings and modular compositions into hypnotic soundscapes that document our fragile waterways.
Katarina Gryvul On Using 3D Sound to Preserve Memories
The Ukrainian composer discusses her new album 'SPOMYN,' the role of voice as a fingerprint of identity, and creating immersive sonic landscapes where each sound interacts like a character in its own small universe.
Dome Echoes — Sara Persico Captures Lebanon's Forgotten Architecture
A UNESCO World Heritage site built during Lebanon's optimistic 1960s but abandoned during civil war becomes the unlikely studio for 'Sphaîra,' an experimental sound artist's most ambitious work.
The Piano as Portal — Phillip Golub's Journey Through 22 Tones
How do you record music that can't be played on conventional instruments? For 'Loop 7,' Golub and Greyfade's Joseph Branciforte devised an ingenious solution involving a digital player piano and meticulous retuning to create the impossible.
The Imagination Asks Questions — Inside Giacomo Pedicini's Hard Boiled
The Neapolitan bassist and composer discusses how volcanic landscapes, artistic heritage, and the conscious abandonment of structure shaped his daring latest album.
At the Edge with Dave Brown and Adam Gołębiewski
The Australian guitarist and Polish percussionist reveal how their shared obsession with minimal sources and maximum sound led to 'Dog's Light,' an unorthodox album that erases the lines between composition and improvisation.
Cry for Revolution — The Transformative Pedal Steel of Susan Alcorn
From her roots in country music to her embrace of avant-garde experimentation, Susan Alcorn transformed the pedal steel guitar into a voice of revolution and possibility. Her passing leaves behind a legacy that changed how we think about the instrument's role in modern music.
Passepartout Duo — Cracking the Code Between Language & Machine
The innovative partnership of Nicoletta Favari and Christopher Salvito blends piano, percussion, and custom electronics into a musical language that bridges the gap between human expression and machine logic. Their latest album 'Argot' speaks in tongues both ancient and digital.