TalkToTheChip

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

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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....

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/...

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

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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_Scr...

In this very special 20th episode of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore talk about an underecognised gem by the living legend Wendy Carlos: Sonic Seasonings (1972).

Listen to Sonic Seasonings here: https://www.mixcloud.com/frankkoedood/walter-carlos-sonic-seasonings/

Useful links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_Seasonings

https://www.wendycarlos.com/+sslms.html

https://www.moogmusic.com/products/moog-mod...

In this episode of Talk to the Chip, right before the electronic music pioneer Suzanne Ciani brings her magical live performance to the Union Chapel in London, professors Jono Podmore and Elif Yalvaç talk about her beautiful sounding work Seven Waves (1982), as well as her extensive contributions and inspiring career in electronic music.  

Listen to Seven Waves here:

https://suzanneciani.bandcamp.com/album/seven-waves   Useful ...

Episode 18 of Talk to the Chip is dedicated to famous pioneer of electronic music Luciano Berio, specifically to his otherwordly work Visage (1961) featuring the voice of legendary Cathy Berberian.

Listen to Visage here:

https://youtu.be/JmMJV-NrQrA?si=44cEih3vwYiDPJeJ

Useful links: http://www.lucianoberio.org/visage-authors-note?2019623839=1 https://120years.net/milan-electronic-music-studiodirector-luciano-berioitaly1960/ https:/...

Professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore dedicate Episode 17 of Talk to the Chip to one of the most important works in electronic music history: Poème Électronique (1958) by Edgard Varèse.

Listen to Poème Électronique here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLDbBqHCslw

useful links: https://www.routledge.com/Electronic-and-Experimental-Music-Technology-Music-and-Culture/Holmes/p/book/9781138365469 https://monoskop.org/images/c/c1/Var...

Professors Jono Podmore and Elif Yalvaç dedicate this Episode 16 of Talk to the Chip to Beatriz Ferreyra and talk about her GRM Works spanning 40 years: 1977-2007.

Listen to GRM Works here:

https://recollectiongrm.bandcamp.com/album/grm-works

Useful links:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3681426 https://www.electronicsound.co.uk/features/long-reads/beatriz-ferreyra/ https://beatrizferreyra.bandcamp.com/album/souvenirs-cach-s http...

In this episode of Talk to the Chip, professors Jono Podmore and Elif Yalvaç talk about the timeless Sound Characters (Making The Third Ear) by female pioneer of electronic music and sound art Maryanne Amacher.

Listen to Sound Characters (Making The Third Ear) here:

https://youtu.be/rtmv6LxNJqs?si=m2Ox4l0-Uw8Q8Gjf

Useful links: https://www.discogs.com/release/22796-Maryanne-Amacher-Sound-Characters-Making-The-Third-Ear https://...

In this episode of Talk to the Chip, hosts Elif Yalvac and Jono Podmore talk about two Electronic Music (1960-1973) by Turkish pioneer Bulent Arel, exemplifying some of the earliest techniques invented in Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.

Listen to Electronic Music (1960-1973) here:

https://youtu.be/Z1EKToGg0YI?si=R9Fvs83OdpFSGEDs

Useful Links: https://hardwax.com/41107/bulent-arel/electronic-music-1960-1973/ https://com...

In this 13th episode of Talk to the Chip, hosts Jono Podmore and Elif Yalvaç pursue an unusual path and talk about the acid house pioneer Charanjit Singh, with a focus on his work Synthesizing: Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat (1982)

Listen to Synthesizing: Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN8M2irJVJA

Useful links: https://boomkat.com/products/ten-ragas-to-a-disco-beat https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011...

This episode of Talk to the Chip is dedicated to Green (1986) by pioneering ambient music composer Hiroshi Yoshimura.

Listen to Green here:

https://hiroshiyoshimura.bandcamp.com/album/green

Useful links: https://cecm.indiana.edu/361/midi.html

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/19/lullabies-for-air-conditioners-the-corporate-bliss-of-japanese-ambient https://jisho.org/search/ongaku https://jisho.org/search/kusuri https:...

Professors Jono Podmore and Elif Yalvaç are back with an episode dedicated to the avant-garde pioneer Iannis Xenakis. In this 11th episode, they are talking about his work La Legende d'Eer.

Listen to La Legende d'Eer here

https://karlrecords.bandcamp.com/album/la-l-gende-deer

Useful links:

https://karlrecords.bandcamp.com/album/off-to-titan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth_of_Er https://thevinylfactory.com/features/the-electric...

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-Electr...

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=xK0WEsLOT1qqXTgnGo...

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/T...

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 ht...