interview with and feature on pan y rosas on attn:magazine’s radio show!

In the first edition of the ATTN:Magazine radio show, host Jack Chuter talks to Keith Helt of Pan Y Rosas Discos (a Chicago net label releasing improvisation, noise and weirdo rock from around the world) and runs through a few of ATTN’s favourite cuts from 2016.

interview with renee baker!

Renee Baker is a composer, conductor, ensemble leader, violinist, and violist, Renée Baker composes and performs across cultural boundaries. A member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Mu

Source: SALON des Refuses a Creative Conversation with Renee Baker- 01/25 by Phantom Gallery Chicago Network | Visual Arts Podcasts

interview with lucie vítková!

interviewed on the talk music talk with boice podcast!

direct link. 

From the Czech Republic to New York City, composer/performer Lucie Vítková has blazed a singular path of experimentation and creativity harnessed only by her limitless imagination. Whether it’s through her voice, the harmonica, an accordion or even tap dancing, Lucie’s music is marked by a sense of adventure found in both her improvised performances and recordings. The current Columbia University Visiting Scholar is completing her next album, Music Domestic, which consists of found sounds discovered within her home. The podcast episode features a Music Domestic demo and also a piece from Lucie’s 2015 album, Chorals.

Source: TMT PODCAST

renee baker interviewed for the now is podcast!

Now Is Renée Baker

A collection of music interviews with a strong focus on Chicago. For the time being the format is to play tunes for the musicians, without telling them what they are about to hear, and see what they have to say. For the time being it’s hosted by Ben Remsen. Anything could change in the future.

go listen, now!

interview with cinchel!

Source: Interview with Cinchel – Interviews – AmbientExotica.com – Music Reviews of Ambient, Vaporwave & Tiki Exotica Albums

Cinchel is the moniker and household name of Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist, scientist, concert patriot and every cat’s best friend Jason Shanley. In this in-depth interview, Cinchel takes the time to cover the cautious origins of his career as an artist, his ability to create versatile gouache-based artworks, the oscillation between multiplex layers and quiescent silence as well as the best physical format for the right song. Join Cinchel in delineating the innermost nature of his Drone-oriented guitar-crafted Ambient works which, more often than not, are grafted onto the most intruiging barycenter: a luring leeway loop…

interview with gabriel millan!

spieling about etermortifera! with the magazine – manes desidia

I: Es que tienes 3 discos ya, cada uno con metodología de trabajo y músicos distintos. ¿Qué hace diferente a Tiempo de Cigarras?

G: Ahora suena como una banda tocando, antes había más uso de recursos electrónicos, aquí hay un mínimo porcentaje comparado con otras grabaciones, y la idea era esa, hacer una música que tuviera ese mismo tipo de tensiones y ambientes pero hecho con un ensamble tradicional de rock, bajo, teclado, batería y voz.

Las letras algunas son recicladas de ideas anteriores que las vas guardando hasta el momento en el que mejor las puedas elaborar, en general yo creo que hablan más de situaciones abstractas, quizá cosas que no son tan autobiográficas como pudieran serlo en otro momento.

Hablan de ideas y cosas que pienso, inclusive algún homenaje como la canción “Se acercan los magos” está inspirada es una especie de dedicatoria a Diamanda Galas. Hace dos años la vi en concierto y aún hoy es el mejor concierto en el que he estado. El resto reúne ideas que voy apuntando y que las voy juntando con fragmentos de música que añado de forma subjetiva, me gustan cómo combinan. No son juegos de palabras, no es que la música esté hecha y le cuadro palabras que queden bien. Hay trozos de palabras por un lado y trozos de música por otro y en algún momento los tienes que juntar.

read the whole thing here!