Music w/ fireworks and vari-speed tape
Willows and Merriment is a new release of ‘tape’ music made over the span of 20 years between Toronto and Glasgow. These tracks were made with dictaphone / vari-speed...
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Broken wrist listening
I have broken my wrist! So this month, I’m taking a little easy because my normal format of interviewing someone is just a bit to labour intensive. And I...
Just music
This month it’s mostly listening. We listen to Allison Cameron, Powerdove, Semay Wu, Jon Hassell, Ailbhe nic Oireachtaigh, Eric Chenaux, and Raven Chacon and Marc Sabat…not necessarily in that...
AI for Students
Announcing AI for Students, a book about using generative AI large-language models (LLMs) in education. This books starts with the basics of a critique and continues to describe a...
Psychedelic organs and chickens: the music of Natalia Beylis
The music of Natalia Beylis is deceptively simple and very unusual. The Ukranian-American-Irish composer, speaks with host Josh Thorpe about her work with field recordings, found objects, tape collage,...
Feathers and energy with Matana Roberts
In this interview Matana Roberts and host Josh Thorpe, we discuss and listen to some excerpts of Roberts’ new release on Constellation Records… it’s Coin Coin Chapter 5 (as...
Horse harps, games, and Rhodri Davies
Welsh harpist Rhodri Davies speaks with host Josh Thorpe about the telyn rawn, a horse-hair harp Davies made and performs with. We listen to a short work on this...
Strange sounds from Counterflows Glasgow
This episode Josh Thorpe listens to a few recordings from musicians and artists discovered at Glasgow’s Counterflows festival. Artists include an English-Ugandan collaboration w/ Rian Treanor and Ocen James;...
Honey by Josh Thorpe
Unusual Music editor Josh Thorpe launches his new album with Toronto’s Ur Audiovisual. Honey, Thorpe’s 5th album, is DIY pop with a taste for unusual sounds. Honey by Josh...
Poor Isa’s “let’s drink the sea and dance”
Poor Isa (Frederik Leroux and Ruben Machtelinckx), “let’s drink the sea and dance”: I sometimes return to a piece of music over and over without knowing why. A return...
White People Killed Them
Violent, joyful, full of activity and energy. This is Raven Chacon, John Dieterich, and Marshall Trammell on Sige Records. White People Killed Them by WHITE PEOPLE KILLED THEM
Karen Ng’s “Day 3 i”
It’s difficult to know what analogy works to describe Karen Ng’s stunning solo saxophone recordings: a thought process, a dialogue with the self, a creator reacting to her moment-by-moment...
Unusual tuning in Ariana Grande’s “Make Up”
It’s unusual to hear deviations from standard tuning in popular music. Ariana Grande and her group do it so sweetly here. View this post on Instagram A post shared...
Goat Girl
“Dance of Dirty Leftovers” by Goat Girl lays easygoing dissonant chords over a psychedelic swirl. Goat Girl by Goat Girl