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

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

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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This episode of Into the Noise I talk to Tom Painter about the relationships between maths and music, the different cities Tom has lived in, using music to evoke abstract spaces, whether the expectations of audiences really matter, and Tom’s use of the sonic fragments left behind after the death of a loved one to explore memory and personal history.

Links to Tom's music heard in the episode:

https://afterseasonrecording.bandcamp.com/album/possibility-foam

https://afterseasonrecording.bandcamp.com/album/twenty-gramme-bird

https://afterseasonrecording.bandcamp.com/album/everywhere-curving

Tom's radio shows on Noods radio can be heard here:

https://noodsradio.com/residents/after-season-radio

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This episode of Into the Noise I'm talking to Jack Walker. We talk about Jack’s preferences for AI, structure, and improvisation; his background in Sheffield; how he balances work, life, and music making; and the good and bad aspects of being embedded within a university music department amongst other things.

Jack's PhD thesis:

https://era.ed.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/1842/39693/Walker2022.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y

More of Jack's music:

https://plusminusensemble.com/education/edinburgh-2020/

More of Jack's writing:

https://aimc2021.iem.at/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/AIMC_2021_Walker.pdf

https://2022.aimusiccreativity.org/assets/program/aimc2022_m1.pdf

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In this episode of Into the Noise Jim talks to the multimedia artist Ioannis Panagiotou about war, family and memory; the role piano strings have played in the Greek civil war; Ioannis’ relationship with Greece and his emigration to other countries; and his interest in borders and coastlines.

You can find the works Ioannis has contributed to this episode via the links below

https://www.ioannispanagiotou.com/umwelt

https://www.ioannispanagiotou.com/works

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In this episode of Into the Noise Jim talks to the composer Tom Mudd about agency in regards to information and the internet, exploring digital music making processes, musical forms and structures, evoking and failing to evoke sounds and cultures using synthesis, and the musical benefits of performing with amateur youth ensembles.

You can find the music Tom has contributed to this episode via the links below

https://tommudd.bandcamp.com/album/gutter-synthesis

https://tommudd.bandcamp.com/album/brass-cultures

https://tommudd.bandcamp.com/album/guitar-cultures

Additionally, here is a link to Tom’s website, and his ever-changing biography…

https://tommudd.co.uk/about/

Artwork designed by Jim Reeve-Baker

Photograph by Šimon Lupták

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