LCNL 060: Hello Chicago, 2015! (Cinchel Mix)

February 14, 2015 Feminatronic

Interesting read about the Chicago electronic scene and how the place itself may influence the Chicago sound. Also includes Volutes music. She has been a recent discovery for Feminatronic thanks to ACL.

a closer listen

cover art by Kirstie Shanley from the “Chicago as a vinyl record” series

Jason Shanley aka Cinchelgives us a tour of some of the most interesting music coming out of Chicago today, a loving documentation of a scene that continues to nurture his own creative endeavors. This mix is extra special because EVERY TRACK is something brand NEW. And seeing as this is our SIXTIETH mix, I’d just like to say an extra thank you to all of our supporters out there. Listeners, readers, artists, labels. We love y’all. (Joseph Sannicandro)

Download/stream at Soundcould, listen at Mixcloud

MINI-INTERVIEW

Tell me about the mix, which I guess is another way of saying, tell me about the state of the/your scene in Chicago these days. Chicago of course has long had a strong regional music scene. Blues, House, hip hop and all, but also post rock and experimental…

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Discovery, Introducing, Soundcloud

FEMINATRONIC DISCOVERY – KAITLYN AURELIA SMITH

February 13, 2015 Feminatronic

Something Joyous for a Friday afternoon.

Introducing, Web Focus

WEB FOCUS – SEQUENCES ELECTRONIC MUSIC

February 13, 2015 Feminatronic

As the Sequences Team says –

Sequences is devoted to many aspects of electronic sounds, but don’t think our world is on the pop side, meaning Techno, Hip Hop, or dance kind of stuff. No! we are fans whose love of electronics takes us into another world were the musicians take the boundaries of these special sounds to new heights. We are talking cosmic, experimental, synth rock, space rock, ambient and more which never get the airplay or media attention it deserves.

Sequences has been established since 1992, although our editorial team have had a wealth of experience in the field of electronics for the past 45 years, from the early years of Stockhausen’s avant garde noises through to the pioneering days of Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze. Although today there are many clones who take their music from these artists, there are still are some creative musicians about who are not given the credit they deserve. Our aim is to give them more exposure in a music scene dominated by pretty faces and big bucks.

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MIXCLOUD

Here you will find the Sequences Electronic Music Podcasts. A wealth of wonderful electronic music, including these –

This is the Podcast that spurred me to create Feminatronic, so without Sequences this site may never have existed.

This is the latest podcast, including music from Xelomen and Soundician.

Introducing, Season, Soundcloud

THE BRITISH LIBRARY’S STREAM ON SOUNDCLOUD

February 12, 2015 Feminatronic

This is a wonderful resource and since Spring is just around the corner you can never have too many birdsongs in my book…

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Natasha Barrett ~ Peat+Polymer

February 12, 2015 Feminatronic

Thanks ACL for this post.
You can hear more from Natasha Barrett on the 8 Tracks #13 – I Sing the Body Eclectic

a closer listen

This one has it all: intercontinental field recordings, sledding children, vocal manipulations, soundscapes, excursions in drone. Natasha Barrett has been called “Norway’s most prominent composer of electro-acoustic music,” and on the basis of this double disc, she’s earned it. Peat+Polymer isn’t just a showcase for her own talents, but for the breadth of experimentalism.

Opening triptych “Hidden Values” is a tribute to three inventions: the umbrella, glasses/contact lenses, and the lock and key. By injecting voices and instruments into the mix, Barrett demonstrates a sweet sense of playfulness. This is history, this is philosophy, this is fun! While soft narratives may be gleaned, it’s just as easy to sit back and bask in the variety of sound: a droplet, a cluck, a laugh, a pluck.

On “Kernel Expansion,” Barrett removes voice from the equation, finding refuge in a bevy of sounds, from birds and wooden chimes to tapped objects…

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Web Focus, YouTube

WEB FOCUS – SYNTH CARESSES

February 9, 2015 Feminatronic

SYNTH CARESSES SPOTLIGHT ON MATZUMI

SYNTH CARESSES SPOTLIGHT ON CONSTANCE DEMBY

Reposts, Uncategorized

As Loud As I Want To Be: Gender, Loudness, and Respectability Politics

February 9, 2015 Feminatronic

Really enjoying this series and watch the video, it underlines the point.

Sounding Out!

Editor’s Note: Here’s installment #2 of Sounding Out!‘s blog forum on gender and voice! Last week we hosted Christine Ehrick‘s selections from her forthcoming book; she introduced us to the idea of the gendered soundscape, which she uses in her analysis on women’s radio speech from the 1930s to the 1950s. In the next few weeks we’ll have SO regular writer Regina Bradley, with a look at how music is gendered in Shonda Rhimes’ hit show Scandal,A.O. Roberts with synthesized voices and gender, Art Blake with his reflections on how his experience shifting his voice from feminine to masculine as a transgender man intersects with his work on John Cage, and lastly Robin James with an analysis of how ideas of what women should sound like have roots in Greek philosophy.

As I planned for SO!’s February forum, I wondered about my own connection to the…

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Soundcloud, Twitter

I MUST GO DOWN TO THE SEAS AGAIN…

February 8, 2015 Feminatronic

On Twitter @Feminatronic has Sunday afternoon listening suggestion tweets roughly based around a theme and I thought that maybe I can occasionally recreate some of these here. This week the subject is ‘I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky …’ and fits in with the Field Recordings season.

Bandcamp, Discovery, Introducing

FEMINATRONIC DISCOVERY – THE FOREST ORGAN

February 7, 2015 Feminatronic

Feminatronic is on a voyage of discovery and this is todays gem.

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Electronic Observations: Circuits and Wires

February 5, 2015 Feminatronic

Well worth a read and a couple of Discoveries for Feminatronic to look up soon.

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Guest EO columnist Richard Allen introduces his electronic picks for early 2015: brand new albums by Canned Fit, Deison & Mingle, Marreck, Muted, Rone and Sonae, plus the year’s first great video, from Jilk and Haiku Salut.

As hundreds of submissions have poured in over the past few weeks, the staff of A Closer Listen has been drowned in sound. But with only nine staffers, we’ve had no way to cover them all. This leads to our first guest column, as Richard Allen rises to the challenge laid down by Jeremy Bye. (Thanks for the privilege!)

2014 was a pretty good year for electronic music, but 2015 looks to be a great one. These electronic releases stand out in an extremely crowded field.

Cologne’s Sonae has been recording since 2007, but Far away is right around the Corner (Monika Enterprise, 23 February) is her first full-length. It’s an…