In episode 25 of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore discuss Music On A Long Thin Wire (1977-1980) by Alvin Lucier: a milestone in Sound Art.
Listen to Music On A Long Thin Wire here:
https://alvinlucierlovely.bandcamp.com/album/music-on-a-long-thin-wire
more info:
http://www.lovely.com/albumnotes/notes1011.html
https://www.britannica.com/art/monochord
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_On_A_Long_Thin_Wire
https://www.discogs.com/release/757891-Alvin-Lucier-Music-On-A-Long-Thin-Wire
https://archives.nypl.org/mus/23034
https://direct.mit.edu/lmj/article-abstract/doi/10.1162/LMJ_a_00110/63533/Music-on-a-Long-Thin-Wire?redirectedFrom=fulltext
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/c/conceptual-art
https://rhodridavies.com/
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/apr/09/alvin-lucier-dead-composer-making-music-ai-artificial-intelligence-brain
https://insheepsclothinghifi.com/david-behrman-in-his-own-words/
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Daphne Oram - Oramics (Part 2)
Professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore dedicate a second episode to Oramics, a 44 track collection of works by groundbreaking British composer Daphne Oram
Listen to Oramics here:
https://daphneoram.bandcamp.com/album/oramics
Further links:
https://www.fbrt.org.uk/hermes/new-atlantis/
https://www.roland.com/uk/blog/what-is-a-vocoder/
https://www.daphneoram.org/oramicsmachine/
https://www.daphneoram.org/wire330/
https://www.gold.ac.uk/ems/oram/
https://ra.co/features/1305
https://www.daphneoram.org/stillpoint/
https://warp.net/artists/boards-of-canada
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Daphne Oram - Oramics (Part 1)
Professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore dedicate this episode to Oramics, a 44 track collection of works by groundbreaking British composer Daphne Oram
Listen to Oramics here:
https://daphneoram.bandcamp.com/album/oramics
Further links:
https://www.daphneoram.org/oramicsmachine/
https://www.daphneoram.org/wire330/
https://www.gold.ac.uk/ems/oram/
https://ra.co/features/1305
https://www.daphneoram.org/stillpoint/
https://tapeop.com/blog/2024/09/01/joe-meek-taboo-telstar/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Meekhttps://www.daphneoram.org/stillpoint/
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Toyama Michiko - Waka and Other Compositions
Professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore dedicate this episode to Toyama Michiko, Japanese female pioneer of electroacoustic music, unearthing her work Waka and Other Compositions.
Listen to Waka and Other Compositions here:
https://michikotoyama.bandcamp.com/album/waka-and-other-compositions-contemporary-music-of-japan
Useful links:
https://events.rochester.edu/event/michiko_toyama_at_the_columbia-princeton_electronic_music_center
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/962E69F2A79E8E57E049FDC73961BAF1/S1478572223000191a.pdf/michiko-toyama-disrupts-the-historiography-of-modernism.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiko_Toyama
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waka_(poetry)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohwer_War_Relocation_Center
https://anchoreditions.com/blog/dorothea-lange-censored-photographs
https://japanhouse.illinois.edu/education/insights/shakuhachi
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Sofia Gubaidulina - Vivente-Non vivente
In episode 21 of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore discuss the only electronic piece by celebrated Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina - Vivente-Non vivente (1970) and the ANS synthesiser.
Listen to Vivente-Non vivente here:
https://youtu.be/w6Ds1BEb430?si=2QsXglDj01xZY5LW
Useful links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANS_synthesizer
https://www.warmplace.ru/soft/ans/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Scriabin
https://www.endpointaudio.com/optical-sound-detail
https://www.facebook.com/nightradio/
https://www.new-east-archive.org/articles/show/13211/sofia-gubaidulina-soviet-composer-music-story
https://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/article/contemporary-composer-sofia-gubaidulina
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/sofia-gubaidulina-unchained-melodies
https://brahms.ircam.fr/en/works/work/8940/
https://coldspring.bandcamp.com/track/vivente-non-vivente-alive-and-dead
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005949/
https://youtu.be/WrF1PSoTN3A?si=rwDLet-SBK06uVCT
Welcome to Talk to the Chip! This is a podcast dedicated to the pioneers of electronic music and their works. Hosts Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore (Kumo) discuss works that stand out as special for them and link them to other ideas and perspectives from across the wider spectrum of music.
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