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KAIJA SAARIAHO

1952 – 2023

It is with sadness that I learnt of the death of Kaija Saariaho. There are others more eloquent and knowledgeable than me, who have written obituaries to match her importance in the pantheon of composers.

All I can say is that personally, her music was one of the first where I discovered the beauty of the natural world encapsulated in sound and composition, using both orchestral and electronic instruments.

As my blackbird sings in the garden this morning, somehow, I hear a connection between his song and her songs.

Composer, electronic, opera, electroacoustic, orchestral, chamber music, innovator, pioneer.

Lichtbogen (1985-86) for nine musicians and live electronics –

Solar

Verblendungen (1982/1984)

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LISTENING TO…

aho ssan, ambient, electro electronic, experimental, folk, glitch, techno, Kyiv

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REBLOG – ACL – Hanna Svirska ~ Yangola

A swirling beauty with a dark underside. This is today’s listen thanks to A Closer Listen : )

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Vangola brings back pleasant memories of French label Prikosnovénie, in multiple aspects from Hanna Svirska‘s fairy tale aesthetic to Sana Shahmuradova’s folklorish cover art.  The project is released on Kyiv’s Standard Deviation, who also released last year’s superlative compilation From Ukraine, For Ukraine.  While Svirska was featured on that project (with an ambient version of “Inner”), Yangola is a showcase for her skills.  The EP tells a valuable story, a parable of encouragement to a people in crisis.

One of the most interesting press quotes is that the Ukrainian word yangola “stands for an imagined musical genre.”  The timbre is slippery, as the music has the feel of ambience, the narrative of folk and a vocal delivery that with Seréen touches on opera.  And then there’s that Aho Ssan remix, a left-field surprise that contributes tinges of drone and electronics.  Suffice it to say that the EP flows like…

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NEW RELEASES 7/6/2023

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electronic, electronica, experimental, hauntology

electronic, experimental, acousmatic music, ambient experimental, sound art, soundscape, vocal, voice

experimental, ambient, electroacoustic, jazz, psychedelic, psychoacoustic

deep house, electronic progressive house, downtempo, dub techno, techno

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TODAY’S LONGLISTEN

experimental, tape manipulation, electronic, ambient electronic, experimental pastoral, radiophonics, pioneer

This month, June, Feminatronic will be concentrating on artists whose names begin with D.

What better place than to start with a pioneer of electronic music – Delia Derbyshire.

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UPDATED PLAYLIST #147 – D IS FOR…

Eclectic Electronic Soundscapes –

It’s 2023 and I’m taking stock this year and seeing how far I’ve come on my sonic journey, especially as it’s my 10th Anniversary year.
To make sure that I’m giving space for as many artists as possible and to try and discover new one’s, Feminatronic will be focussing on Artists alphabetically throughout the year on all platforms.
Here is an updated playlist for the letter D –

As with all the playlists, there are no prefences and focussing on letters makes the playlist very eclectic. They are jumping off points to discoveries. Just let some of the tracks play onto the next….follow up on “sounds like”….see who’s following, many artists follow other artists….

Artists are Jayne Dent, Christi Denton, Cio D’Or, Marie Davidson, D3K∆, Dionysa, Dynamo Dresden, Cris Derksen, Dellaplicca, Trixie Delight, Xarah Dion, Aisha Devi, Death of Codes, Daina Dieva, Delikatess, Lucrecia Dalt, Dibuk, dejacusse, DuChamp, Catherine Duc, Susan Drone, Sophie Delafontaine, Rhea Dally, Dominique Devine, Constance Demby, Dalot, Suzanne Doucet, Delphine Dora, Sarah Davachi and Delia Derbyshire.

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NEW RELEASES 1/6/2023

electronic, ambient, drone, experimental, modular, synthesizer, new age.

experimental, ambient, electro-acoustic, experimental electronic, fieldrecording, musique concrete, zither

electronic, electronic listening music, ambient electronic, ambient techno.

experimental, ambient, elegiac, field recording, hauntology, tape label, vaporwave.

ambient, experimental, opera, pansori.

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ROLEMODELS – ANNETTE VANDE GORNE

Annette Vande Gorne – https://electrotheque.com/bio/vandegorne_an

This month’s rolemodel is an electroacoustic and acousmatic composer from Belgium, Annette Vande Gorne.

SOUND / IMAGE
Exploring sonic and audio-visual practice

https://blogs.gre.ac.uk/sound-image/2019/10/28/annette-vande-gorne/

electroacoustic, experimental, musique concrète

Elizabeth Anderson; An Interview with Annette Vande Gorne, Part One. Computer Music Journal 2012; 36 (1): 10–22. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/COMJ_a_00102

Elizabeth Anderson; An Interview with Annette Vande Gorne, Part 2. Computer Music Journal 2012; 36 (2): 10–22. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/COMJ_a_00116

electroacoustic, experimental, musique concrete

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NEW RELEASES 16/05/2023

experimental, ambient, avant garde, dark-ambient, electronic experimental, experimental-vocals, industrial, industrial-ambient, noise

electronic

electronic, electro-industrial, experimental experimental electronic, fusion, new age, progressive

electronic, idm, bass, beats, electro

experimental, avant-garde, dadaism, dubstep, electronic, electronica, experimental electronic, musique-concrete, noise, psychedelic, sound art

contemporary, electronic, experimental, sound art, electronica, electronica experimental, granular, musique concrete, live performance, sound design

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Playlist #200

Eclectic Electronic Soundscapes –
Sometimes tracks are just too long for the usual playlist I put together so I decided to put together bite sized playlists for longer tracks.
Bite sized in number of artists but not scrimping on the length and quality of the listening : )
Experiments in sound, where artists have created, in essence, music, pieces, sound and noise that try to go beyond the usual and traditional.
Take some time and immerse in the sound waves.

As with all the playlists, they are jumping off points to discoveries. They are not meant to be definitive. Just let some of the tracks play onto the next….follow up on “sounds like”….see who’s following, many artists follow other artists….
Artists are Patrizia Mattioli, Patricia Bizzotto, Takako Minekawa, Liz Helman and Nkisi