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MIRA CALIX (1970 – 2022)

“…she pushed the boundaries between electronic music, classical music and art in a truly unique way.” – Warp Records

Mira Calix in an interview with Dr Tara Rodgers in Pink Noises



I am absolutely beside myself to hear of the death of Mira Calix.
She was one of the rare artists who supported my little venture through the years and for that long distance online connection, I am grateful. Thoughts go out to her family and friends.❤

#ROLEMODELS

Here is the video I mentioned in my Instagram post

INSTAGRAM ROUND UP 20/12/2021

So, I’ve just had a little look at some of the Electronic History pages on Instagram and you wouldn’t have thought that there were any women in electronic music / instrument development but did find a few nice posts via Synth History –



INSTAGRAM SPOTLIGHT 8/12/2021

INSTAGRAM SPOTLIGHTS 30/11/21



#THROWBACK TRACKS 1/8/2021

Here are this week’s throwback releases and they have a definite Latin American feel…

Collection released 2020

electroacoustic, experimental music, improvisation


JACQUELINE NOVA: Oposición-Fusión (1968)

2014

experimental, ambient, electroacoustic, industrial, noise, ritual


2018

alternative, electronic, experimental, chiptune, noise


2018

electronic experimental


2012

drum & bass, experimental, cyberpunk, dark electro, dark electronic, experimental electronic, ghost noise, grave wave, psychedelic, witch house


2019

classical contemporary, experimental, acousmatic, electroacoustic, noise

#THROWBACK TRACKS 5/7/21

A little late but better late than never…

Norma Beecroft – String Quartet with Tape (1992)

Quitratue
by Marta De Pascalis
2014

Experimental


Alien Bog​/​Beautiful Soop
by Pauline Oliveros
1966/ 1967
re-released 1997

classical, avant-garde, contemporary, experimental, experimental electronic, tape music


Since it was Canada Day last Thursday I reposted this playlist for #throwbackthursday…

Eclectic Electronic Soundscapes –
“Recent lists of pioneering women in electronic music have bolstered the fact that women were right there making significant work during the nascence of electronic music, from the late ’50s to ’70s, on a quest for sounds and sequences never heard before. Yet most of the women who helped pioneer electronic music in Canada don’t pop up in those lists. On the surface, the early electronic era in Canada looks like a man’s game, yet looking a little deeper you’ll find Canadian women on the margins, surrounded by tape machines, computers and instruments of their own making.” – Red Bull Music Academy.
They still are at the forefront and this playlist is just a jumping off point….. Artists are –
Ann Southam, Hildegard Westerkamp, Marcelle Deschenes-Harvey, Shimmer Crush, Helena Krobath, Jessica Gabriel, ambient – sonic, Roxanne Turcotte and Rose Bolton.

IMAGE OF THE DAY


Annette Peacock’s Voice-Activated Moog Modular System


The Quietus | Features | Strange World Of… | The Strange World Of… Annette Peacock

LATEST READING AND LISTENING

Here are a few articles you may enjoy that also include listening…

If you are interested in Sound Art, I have just found this great site The Thames Submarine that combines audio and video into a deeper exploration of the sound art practice of artists – as it states An online space for sound works and ideas.

Here’s one of my favourites but it is well worth looking at the archive and listening on soundcloud

Ellen Fullman – Street Walker – The Thames Submarine – May 2021


Deeper Listening: An Introduction to Drone Composition
By Vanessa Ague · May 17, 2021


The Wall-Shaking Delights of Stockholm’s Experimental Drone Scene
By Samuel Tornow · July 28, 2020


via The Wire Magazine on twitter here’s a wonderful collection of sounds, archive, writings from Nameless Sound….everything you would wish to know about Pauline Oliveros from the Nameless Sound archives …

EXPLORE THE HISTORY OF NAMELESS SOUND THROUGH FEATURED ESSAYS, NEVER-BEFORE-RELEASED AUDIO, LIVE VIDEO PERFORMANCES, AND OTHER MEDIA GEMS FROM THE HISTORIC VAULT.

SUNDAY AMBIENCE

Oceanic Space
by Lucette Bourdin
2006

ambient, atmospheric, electronic ambient, new age