TalkToTheChip

Halim El-Dabh - Crossing Into the Electric Magnetic

Professors Jono Podmore and Elif Yalvaç are back with an episode dedicated to Egyptian-American electronic music pioneer Halim El-Dabh, in particular Crossing into the Electric Magnetic, a collection of his pieces spanning the 1940s and 50s.
Listen to Crossing into the Electric Magnetic here:
https://youtu.be/WR2YprO04zk?si=jl-M8qjMEmARIYMh
Useful links:
https://www.discogs.com/release/1286486-Halim-El-Dabh-Crossing-Into-The-Electric-Magnetic http://www.halimeldabh.com/ https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/halim-el-dabh.1 https://www.bidoun.org/articles/music-pioneer-halim-el-dabh https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/arts/music/halim-el-dabh-dies.html https://scenearabia.com/Noise/halim-el-dabh-egyptian-musician-composer-invented-electronic-music https://thevinylfactory.com/features/electric-futurism-francis-bebey/ https://www.whitecube.com/gallery-exhibitions/anselm-kiefer-finnegans-wake https://www.britannica.com/topic/Finnegans-Wake https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/11/wire-recording-forgotten-audio-format/

Janet Beat - Pioneering Knob Twiddler

Professors Jono Podmore and Elif Yalvaç are back with an episode dedicated to Scottish electronic music pioneer Janet Beat. In this 9th episode, they are talking about her work Pioneering Knob Twiddler that was released by Trunk Records when she turned 83, spanning her electronic music works from the 1970s and 1980s.
Listen to Pioneering Knob Twiddler here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/3zNaGrh7gOVmtuSwoEBlxs?si=xK0WEsLOT1qqXTgnGozbEQ
Useful links:
https://trunkrecords.greedbag.com/buy/pioneering-knob-twiddler/ https://boomkat.com/products/pioneering-knob-twiddler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha_DX7 https://musictech.com/guides/essential-guide/how-fm-synthesis-works/ http://www.ampfiddler.com https://www.komuso.com/pieces/pieces.pl https://www.vintagesynth.com/roland/sys100m.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Space_Echo https://www.montana.edu/rmaher/ee417_fl08/Intro%20to%20Musical%20Acoustics%20ee417%20FL08.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W50D7T0k66A http://www.metamono.co.uk https://www.getintothis.co.uk/2016/02/brian-eno-david-byrnes-cultural-appropriation-35-years-life-bush-ghosts/

Bernard Parmegiani - De Natura Sonorum

In this 8th episode of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore discuss legendary French composer Bernard Parmegiani's De Natura Sonorum (1975)
Listen to De Natura Sonorum here:
https://youtu.be/c_JHjUFfOs8?si=__KcoP_GJnQvSxAA
Useful links:http://www.psychomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Bernard_et_Jono.jpg https://sonic-elevation.com/what-is-surface-noise-how-much-is-too-much/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabla https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanpura https://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/dr-peter-zinovieff-the-original-tectonic-sounds https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/3438 https://theproaudiofiles.com/field-recording https://recollectiongrm.bandcamp.com/album/de-natura-sonorum https://bernard-parmegiani.fr/en/itineraire/biographie/ https://www.tinymixtapes.com/delorean/bernard-parmegiani-de-natura-sonorum https://headphonecommute.com/2013/11/23/bernard-parmegiani-de-natura-sonorum-recollection-grm/

Pauline Oliveros - I Of IV

In this 7th episode of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore discuss electronic music pioneer Pauline Oliveros's I Of IV (1966).
Listen to I Of IV here:
https://paulineoliveros.bandcamp.com/track/i-of-iv
Useful links:https://paulineoliveros.us/ https://newworldrecords.bandcamp.com/track/bye-bye-butterfly https://www.theguardian.com/music/tomserviceblog/2012/may/07/guide-contemporary-music-pauline-oliveros https://www.frieze.com/article/pauline-oliveros-1932-2016 https://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/pauline-oliveros-lecture https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/13/archives/and-dont-call-them-lady-composers-and-dont-call-them-lady-composers.html https://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/essays/Pauline-Oliveros-Frances-Morgan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape_bias https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheng_(instrument) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saenghwang https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/blog/2022/02/08/no-input-mixing-hack https://www.jackson-pollock.org

Laurie Spiegel - Obsolete Systems

In this 6th episode of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore discuss electronic music pioneer Laurie Spiegel's Obsolete Systems spanning her works in the 1970s and 1980s. 
Listen to Obsolete Systems here:
https://youtu.be/z_XKPkcM1Vs?si=UGHBhOVgSFTao1wr
Useful links:https://www.discogs.com/release/221802-Laurie-Spiegel-Obsolete-Systemshttps://muse.jhu.edu/article/7919https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Mousehttps://thelistenersclub.com/2017/12/29/the-buggles-and-laurie-spiegel-art-meets-technology-circa-1979/https://youtu.be/eB5I5iU0OoE?t=1344https://thequietus.com/articles/32770-cannabis-weedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr3quGh7pJAhttps://youtu.be/jd6XL_IOS3Ihttps://youtu.be/GPKg2c_bRCs

Hugh Le Caine - Compositions Demonstrations 1946-1974

In this 5th episode of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore discuss Compositions Demonstrations (1946-1974) by Hugh Le Caine, Canadian physicist, composer, and instrument maker.
Listen to Compositions Demonstrations (1946-1974) here:
https://youtu.be/S80VssmKb2E
Useful links:https://hughlecaine.com/en/https://www.discogs.com/release/486307-Hugh-Le-Caine-Compositions-Demonstrations-1946-1974https://electrocd.com/en/album/2792/hugh-le-caine/compositions-demonstrations-1946-1974https://www.hughlecaine.com/en/compositions.htmlhttps://www.raymondscott.nethttp://www.psychomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/A_Century_of_the_Theremin.pdfhttps://www.sweetwater.com/insync/control-voltage-what-it-is-and-how-it-works/https://www.daphneoram.orghttps://www.classiccat.net/dictionary/klangfarbenmelodie.phphttps://120years.net/wordpress/the-electronic-sackbuthugh-le-cainecanada1945/https://boomkat.com/products/an-empty-bliss-beyond-this-world
https://elifyalvac.com/http://www.psychomat.com/

Else Marie Pade - Electronic Works 1958 - 1995

In this 4th episode of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore discuss Electronic Works 1958-1995 by Else Marie Pade, pioneering female composer of electronic music from Denmark.
Listen to Electronic Works 1958-1995 here:
https://imprec.bandcamp.com/album/electronic-works-1958-1995
Useful links:
https://boomkat.com/products/electronic-works-1958-1995-c77bb25b-9e56-4644-8597-661eba78d2e9https://www.britannica.com/biography/Johann-Wolfgang-von-Goethe/Fausthttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/22/arts/music/iannis-xenakis-centennial.html
https://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/essays/the-compositional-possibilities-are-endless-by-else-marie-padehttps://en.natmus.dk/historical-knowledge/denmark/german-occupation-1940-1945/http://www.bussigel.com/systemsforplay/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Cascone_Aesthetics.pdf
https://elifyalvac.com/http://www.psychomat.com/

Éliane Radigue - L'Île re-sonante

In this episode, professors Jono Podmore and Elif Yalvaç talk about L'Île re-sonante by pioneering female composer Éliane Radigue. This episode was recorded at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
Listen to L'Île re-sonante here:
https://elianeradigue.bandcamp.com/album/l-le-re-sonante
Useful links:http://www.psychomat.com/https://elifyalvac.com/
https://monoskop.org/%C3%89liane_Radiguehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_musichttps://sisterswithtransistors.com/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardo_Thodolhttps://www.vintagesynth.com/arp/2500.phphttps://giacintoscelsi.bandcamp.com/album/scelsi-edition-6-the-orchestral-works-ii-mode176https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/analogue-warmth

Tod Dockstader - Aerial #2

In this second episode, Elif Yalvac and Jono Podmore are sitting at Cafe OTO and discussing Tod Dockstader's Aerial #2.
 
Listen to Aerial #2 here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/5QRUYw87UhRvKFnn2GhaMX
 
Useful links:
https://importantrecords.com/products/copy-of-tod-dockstader-aerial-2-2lp
https://elifyalvac.com/
http://www.psychomat.com/
Harmoniser
https://www.eventideaudio.com/rackmount/h3000/
Cy Twombly
https://gagosian.com/artists/cy-twombly/
Short Wave
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortwave_radio UPA
https://collections.libraries.indiana.edu/IULMIA/exhibits/show/nick-and-stephen-bosustow-film/united-productions-of-america-
Radiophonic Workshop
https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/anniversaries/april/bbc-radiophonic-workshop
Holger
https://www.discogs.com/release/355847-Holger-Czukay-Radio-Wave-Surfer
Parmegiani
https://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/interviews/bernard-parmegiani_sound-thinking
Berio                       
http://www.lucianoberio.org/visage-authors-note?2019623839=1

Karlheinz Stockhausen - Telemusik

In this first episode, Elif Yalvac and Jono Podmore are sitting at Cafe OTO and discussing Stockhausen's Telemusik.
Listen to Telemusik here
https://youtu.be/N-vb97ukRjY?si=HQbCRZEZq9UdUSba
Useful links:
https://elifyalvac.com/http://www.psychomat.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_for_Electronic_Music_(WDR)https://www.dw.com/en/conny-plank-the-visionary-behind-kraftwerk-and-krautrock/a-54068438https://www.hfmt-koeln.de/https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/study-with-guildhall/music/principal-study-and-departments/electronic-produced-musichttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamonohttp://www.metamono.co.ukhttps://www.cafeoto.co.uk/