Ivanna came to my attention from our mutual friend, Roger Malina. He had met her during a trip to MIT and thought that she might be an interesting person to interview for the “Sound and Data” channel. So this was a bit of a cold call since I was not that familiar with her work. It […]
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Stanley Moss: About Dr. John
Recorded on 2019-07-09
The discussion turns around the long friendship that Stanley Moss developed with the iconic musician from New Orleans Dr. John.Stories emerging from their twenties in Los Angeles while working for a music label, in New York in the 1980s for parties in loft space where David Byrne was present too, and New Orleans until today.
Listen ->Singing Sap
Recorded on 2019-05-29
Join Scot Gresham-Lancaster, Ayen Kuol and Oskar Olsson for a demonstration of a musical mechanism created in PD with data taken from measurements of sap flow in ancient Polish oak trees.
Listen ->Shikayat Hai
Recorded on 2018-08-20
A beautiful dialogue between my mother and I about her in the Urdu language. This is language known for its poetic expressions, it comes from the lands of Pakistan and India. My mother has always expressed herself in poetic gestures. If you enjoy Urdu Shayari, then you will love the little glimpse of her childhood […]
Listen ->Music Makes You Smarter Featuring Kathryn Evans
Recorded on 2018-07-10
Would you believe me if I told you that you are exercising your brain just by listening to your favorite music? Neuroscientific research suggests that music has impacted the minds of children and elderly in profound ways. Music continues to promote neuroplasticity even in the aging brain. Join my conversation on how music makes you […]
Listen ->Chris Chafe
Recorded on 2018-06-19
Chris Chafe talks about his years of experiences in the field of sonification with Scot Gresham-Lancaster. Chris is the Director of the Stanford Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics. Listeners who want to hear some of Chris’s excellent sonification work can go here: http://chrischafe.net/portfolio/sonification-2/.
Listen ->Sound as Made Material: A Conversation with Shannon R. Stratton
Recorded on 2018-04-27
Janeil Engelstad talks with Shannon Stratton about her work as the Mildred and William Lasdon Chief Curator at The Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY, as well as Stratton’s own background as an artist and MAD’s recent exhibition Sonic Arcade: Shaping Space with Sound. Intro bumper created by Emily Counts. Outro Bumper: “Knotted […]
Listen ->Martin Keary
Recorded on 2018-03-23
Martin Keary is a composer and visual artist based in London. “Apart from publishing work on musical topics, I write music for live ensembles, video games and film. My alma mater is the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland where I completed an MMUS in composition under Gordon McPherson and Rory Boyle.” Martin came to my attention […]
Listen ->Carla Scaletti – Early Pioneer of Sonification Research
Recorded on 2018-01-18
Carla Scaletti is an experimental composer and designer of the Kyma sound design language and co-founder of Symbolic Sound Corporation. Her compositions always begin with a “what-if” hypothesis and involve live electronics interacting with acoustic sources and environments. The listener is encouraged to first watch Carla’s brilliant keynote at the 2017 International Conference of Audio […]
Listen ->The Field of Sonification
Recorded on 2017-09-12
Scot Lancaster and Greg Kramer discuss the field of sonification–the use of non-speech audio to convey information or perceptualize data. This conversation deals with its origins and possible uses in the future.
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