Stephen Chase on natural harmonics
A listening session and interview with composer / improviser Stephen Chase. Stephen and Josh met at Glasgow’s Tectonics Festival to chat about various works. Listen to Stephen’s works for...
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Bands of Rubber from Allison Cameron
Here’s a composed piece for the Rubber Band Quartet from Toronto improviser and composer Allison Cameron. It’s strange and particular music, radical but gentle, emerging from mundane materials, amplification,...
We love trippy: Listening with Renée Lear
This episode is with video artist Renée Lear, who has taken an unusual interest in unusual music. We listen to and discuss unusual music from Ween and Clown Core...
O.S. Arun & Meeta Pandit duet
My goodness, this carnatic / Hindustani collaboration is full of life. These singers are fried and sweet. Not sure who the band is, but they are wonderful as well....
“Sin Guia, No” by Juana Molina
Juana Molina makes some of the strangest and most beautiful pop music we have heard. The layered subtly de-tuned harmony here and the recording…oooo! Wed 21 by Juana Molina
Colin Clark’s “Grasslands”
Clark’s strangely tuned synthetic harmony might make you giddy. Colin Clark · Grasslands View this post on Instagram A post shared by UME (@unusualmusicexchange)
Thurston Moore’s By the Fire
The new album by Thurston Moore: long songs with unusual sounds, deep beats, and a bright, loving vibe. Band is Deb Googe (My Bloody Valentine), Jon Leidecker aka ‘Wobbly’...