Nicholas Kirk-Canny is an improviser, composer and creative coder with experience in instrumental and digital music. He recently completed a Ph.D. in Creative Music Practice at the University of Edinburgh, which involved the humanisation of electronic music. Currently, he is working as a postdoc at the Computer Music Laboratory at the Open University in Milton Keynes, on the Polifonia Access Pilot, which aims to develop new ways to enhance participation and engagement in music.

Nick’s Instagram

Nick’s Soundcloud

Nick’s PhD

Keith McMillen SoftStep

The Guitar Wing

The Triple Play MIDI pickups

Kurt Rosenwinkel’s website

The Open University Music Lab website

Rob Clouth’s website

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​ollie turbitt is a scottish-italian musician, sound artist, and audio engineer based in trento, italy. as well as providing guitar and bass duties for a handful of bands, he has pursued a fluctuating solo career in avant-garde exploration. under the pseudonyms oxhead, sforza gramsci, oj turbitt, hermetic gaze and others, his self-released cassettes, usbs and digital albums have aimed to express ideas of cultural memory, psychogeography, false consciousness and mysticism/esotericism through improvisation, sound collage, ambient textures, laptop experimentation and field recordings. ollie also runs dead hound records (which serves as a platform for both his own material and an increasing list of international experimental acts) & works in freelance mixing/mastering.

Ollie’s website

Dead Hound Records bandcamp

Brigid we Built on Rock from Skein

All Things in Common from Omnia Sunt Communia (Synthetic Landscapes for Tape, Computer and Filterbank)

VCV Rack modular synthesis software

1982, Janine by Alisdair Gray

Castel Sant’Angelo Rome website

Kevin Drumm’s Imperial Distortion

Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar

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Lisa Conway-Bühler is a Swiss-Canadian composer, sound artist, songwriter, researcher, recordist, and mixer. Her recordings have been described as "ethereal, minimalist, experimental, unnerving…and downright elegant" (AUX): in her sound worlds, analog synthesizers, drum machines, and electronics often live alongside string arrangements and woodwinds. An artist who continually tries to push herself into the unfamiliar, her multifaceted CV includes original scores and songs for documentaries, short films, and theatre productions, site-specific multi-channel sound and light installations, collaborations with contemporary dancers and performance artists, and an array of renowned creative residencies.

Limestone I from SOUNDMILL Improvisations

Signal Erosion Performance with Helena Hamilton at Sonorities Festival Belfast

Alphorn Tape Loop I from The Isolator

Lisa’s website

The Alphorn

Oliver Schroer’s website

Matt Brubeck’s website

Janet Cardiff’s website

Guelph Jazz Festival

International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation

Goldie Mill in Guelph

Cathy van Eck Beyond Air and Electricity

EchoBoy

Belfast Sonic Arts Master’s Programme

Helena Hamilton

Heimatort

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The photograph used for the artwork was taken by Alix Forgeot

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Multidisciplinary artist Özcan Saraç merges the boundaries between art, philosophy and science in his installation and discography work. Through an examination of the fundamental aspects and dynamics of contemporary matters, the artist infuses his artworks with conceptual and complex structures dedicated to existential perspective shiftings.

Saraç crafts his research framework with a focus on both the tangible elements of the natural and built environment and abstract constructs like political and financial systems or decision-making processes. His exploration delves into the intricate relationships individuals maintain with their encompassing universe, pinpointing information processing and transformation systems as the core of his inquiry. Saraç is committed to incorporating research methodologies from various disciplines alongside creative techniques of expression and innovative publishing tools.

His works have been exhibited in London, Paris, New York, Istanbul, Zurich, Geneva, Basel and Milan. Released six albums internationally under his name on the record labels Evel (Spain), Superpang (Italy), Tokinogake (Japan) and Kaer'Uiks (Germany). Performed internationally at several organizations.

Music listened to and discussed in this episode:

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Back to the unstable proposition,

Motion (i)

Özcan’s Bandcamp

Özcan’s Website

Joe Gimore’s website

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Sara Constant is a musician and artist working in various forms of contemporary/experimental music and sound. Trained as a flute player and active as a soloist, improviser, sound artist, and ensemble musician, Sara’s work involves interpretations of composed music, improvisations with instruments and electronics, and sound installation, to explore ideas around listening, resonance, and place. Sara has released music on People Places Records and Age of Leisure, has performed on releases from Centrediscs and Sawyer Editions, and has presented sound installations and solo projects across Canada, Europe, and the United States. Sara is currently based in Tkarón:to/Toronto, working as a flutist, artist, writer (Musicworks), and curator (Music Gallery).

Links:

Music and sound art listened to and discussed in this episode:

Mutable Bodies Number 1: Soft Speaking: https://saraconstant.ca/jellos https://saraconstant.ca/jellos-full-length

Five Times Recycled: https://sawyereditions.bandcamp.com/album/no-grief-without-joy

Surface Tensions: https://saraconstant.ca/surface-tensions

Sara’s website: https://saraconstant.ca

The Music Gallery in Toronto: https://musicgallery.org/

Alvin Lucier’s I am Sitting in a Room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhtO4DsSazc

Women From Space Festival 2022 edition review: https://www.musicworks.ca/reviews/women-space-festival

Women From Space Website: https://www.womenfromspace.com

This episode was researched, hosted, produced, and edited by Jim Reeve-Baker.

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