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In episode 32 of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore discuss John Chowning's Stria, an early piece pioneering FM synthesis which went on to change the sound of popular music. Links to references in the podcast https://murmureintemporel1.bandcamp.com/track/john-chowning-stria-1977 https://thehistoryofelectroacousticmusic.bandcamp.com/album/history-of-electronic-electroacoustic-music-1937-2001-62 https://www.discogs.com/release/31024141-John-Chowning-Stria https://ccrma.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/user/jc/notes_imprec_recording.pdf https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/sasp/Frequency_Modulation_FM_Synthesis.html DX7 presets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3rrjQtQe5A IRCAM analysis of Stria (the definitive one): http://brahms.ircam.fr/analyses/Stria/   Laura Zattra's blog on Stria — fascinating story of the piece's multiple versions: https://laurazattra.com/2016/09/23/stria-by-john-chowning-the-ultimate-analysis/   Sound on Sound interview — very readable: https://www.soundonsound.com/people/john-chowning   CCRMA official page: https://ccrma.stanford.edu/people/john-chowning   McGee analysis PDF — good on the FM/golden ratio relationship: https://lifeorange.com/writing/ChowningAnalysis_McGee.pdf   Dexed fm synthesis plugin: https://asb2m10.github.io/dexed/   https://peninsulapress.com/2022/06/14/computer-music-in-silicon-valley-owes-large-debt-to-john-chowning/   https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/oct/09/john-chowning-godfather-of-digital-pop-my-wife-told-me-i-didnt-think-id-have-to-compete-with-a-computer

In episode 31 of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore discuss Silver Apples of the Moon by Morton Subotnick, considered to be one of the most important and successful pieces of electronic music. Links to references in the podcast https://karlrecords.bandcamp.com/album/silver-apples-of-the-moon   https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/documents/SilverApples.pdf   https://www.soundohm.com/product/silver-apples-of-the-moon-5   https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2013/04/key-tracks-morton-subotnick-on-silver-apples   https://www.ascap.com/news-events/articles/2011/04/p-Morton-Subotnick-on-the-Creation-and-Legacy-of-Silver-Apples-of-the-Moon   https://www.bbc.co.uk/videos/cqqqxpdker0o     https://www.perfectcircuit.com/signal/east-coast-west-coast-synthesis   https://modulisme.bandcamp.com/   http://www.karlrecords.net/releases/philippe-petit-off-to-titan/   https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-i6mbi-16fa6e3   https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-pppif-16d9f08

In episode 30 of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore discuss Parete 67 and Plastico by Italian composer and sound engineer Marino Zuccheri. This is the second of two episodes devoted to this unsung hero of electronic music, who worked at the RAI studio in Milan for 28 years helping Berio, Nono, Maderna, Cage, Pousseur among the others, to give birth to some of the great masterpieces of early electronic music. Links to references in the podcast https://www.soundohm.com/product/parete-67-lp-1 https://laurazattra.com/category/marino-zuccheri/ https://www.electronicsound.co.uk/columns/school-of-electronic-music/marino-zuccheri/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Vedova
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In episode 29 of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore discuss Parete 67 by Italian composer and sound engineer Marino Zuccheri. This is the first of two episodes devoted to this unsung hero of electronic music, who worked at the RAI studio in Milan for 28 years helping Berio, Nono, Maderna, Cage, Pousseur among the others, to give birth to some of the great masterpieces of early electronica. Links to references in the podcast https://www.soundohm.com/product/parete-67-lp-1
 https://laurazattra.com/category/marino-zuccheri/
 https://www.electronicsound.co.uk/columns/school-of-electronic-music/marino-zuccheri/
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Vedova https://fonologia.lim.di.unimi.it/video_ascolto.php?id=4&percorso=video%2F4.mp4&titolo=Video+4
 https://fonologia.lim.di.unimi.it/anagrafica_scheda.php?id=166
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTq_rQtxCIo https://120years.net/milan-electronic-music-studiodirector-luciano-berioitaly1960/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKiddiPyDsE https://unitedaluminum.com/a-brief-history-of-aluminum/ https://talktothechip.podbean.com/e/luciano-berio-visage/

In episode 28 of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore discuss works by female British composer Delia Derbyshire: Blue Veils and Golden Sands and Circle of Light This is the second of two episodes devoted to this pivotal composer's lesser known works. Blue Veils and Golden Sands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh86LtuuY4U https://wikidelia.net/wiki/Blue_Veils_and_Golden_Sands Circle of Light https://deliaderbyshire.bandcamp.com/album/circle-of-light https://wikidelia.net/wiki/Circle_of_Light More info: https://wikidelia.net/wiki/The_Delian_Mode https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Stansfield https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/pamela-bone-quietly-radical-photographer https://wikidelia.net/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Music https://deepcutswrites.substack.com/p/delia-derbyshire-a-tape-looping-pioneer RBMA 2010 Delia Derbyshire from 37min https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTRt8gTbdRw

In episode 27 of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore discuss a work by female British composer Delia Derbyshire: The Delian Mode This is the first of two episodes devoted to this pivotal composer's lesser known works. Listen to The Delian Mode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OaBmaFK4kI Useful links: https://wikidelia.net/wiki/The_Delian_Mode https://djmag.com/news/electronic-music-pioneer-delia-derbyshire-honoured-building-coventry-university 1997 Interview  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-Fw5aTz_2I Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXnmSgaeGAI 1969 'Sky At Night' special  https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Farchive%2Fthe-sky-at-night-special--1969-year-of-space%2Fzjw68xs https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/100-voices/pioneering-women/women-of-the-workshop/delia-derbyshire Out of This World  https://www.discogs.com/master/207871-BBC-Radiophonic-Workshop-Out-Of-This-World-Atmospheric-Sounds-And-Effects-From-The-BBC-Radiophonic-W

In episode 26 of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore get together for the first time with a guest, Icelandic composer, guitarist and sound artist Rikhardur H. Fridriksson to discuss a work by an Icelandic pioneer of electronic music: "Elektrónísk stúdía (e. Electronic Study"), musique concrète compositions, composed between 1951 – 1962. by Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson.   Listen to "Elektrónísk stúdía" here: https://soundcloud.com/magnusblondaljohannsson/sets/elektronisk-studia   Useful links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magn%C3%BAs_Bl%C3%B6ndal_J%C3%B3hannsson https://monoskop.org/Rikhardur_H._Fridriksson https://smekkleysa.net/shop/smekkleysa_cd/electronic/magnus-blondal-johannsson-elektronisk-studia/ https://nordische-filmtage.de/en/programm/movie/view/2009/1028.html https://www.nts.live/artists/58146-magnus-blondal-johannsszon https://www.islandpaafilm.dk/is/film/surtur-fer-sunnan https://en.sinfonia.is/concerts-tickets/works/magnus-blondal-johannsson-adagio https://www.islandpaafilm.dk/is/film/eldur-i-heimaey https://www.musik.is/BjarkiSve/Phd/Sidur/209-214.html (Icelandic)

In episode 25 of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore discuss Music On A Long Thin Wire (1977-1980) by Alvin Lucier: a milestone in Sound Art. Listen to Music On A Long Thin Wire here: https://alvinlucierlovely.bandcamp.com/album/music-on-a-long-thin-wire   more info: http://www.lovely.com/albumnotes/notes1011.html https://www.britannica.com/art/monochord https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_On_A_Long_Thin_Wire https://www.discogs.com/release/757891-Alvin-Lucier-Music-On-A-Long-Thin-Wire https://archives.nypl.org/mus/23034   https://direct.mit.edu/lmj/article-abstract/doi/10.1162/LMJ_a_00110/63533/Music-on-a-Long-Thin-Wire?redirectedFrom=fulltext   https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/c/conceptual-art https://rhodridavies.com/ https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/apr/09/alvin-lucier-dead-composer-making-music-ai-artificial-intelligence-brain   https://insheepsclothinghifi.com/david-behrman-in-his-own-words/

Professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore dedicate a second episode to Oramics, a 44 track collection of works by groundbreaking British composer Daphne Oram Listen to Oramics here: https://daphneoram.bandcamp.com/album/oramics Further links: https://www.fbrt.org.uk/hermes/new-atlantis/ https://www.roland.com/uk/blog/what-is-a-vocoder/ https://www.daphneoram.org/oramicsmachine/ https://www.daphneoram.org/wire330/ https://www.gold.ac.uk/ems/oram/ https://ra.co/features/1305 https://www.daphneoram.org/stillpoint/ https://warp.net/artists/boards-of-canada

Professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore dedicate this episode to Oramics, a 44 track collection of works by groundbreaking British composer Daphne Oram Listen to Oramics here: https://daphneoram.bandcamp.com/album/oramics Further links: https://www.daphneoram.org/oramicsmachine/ https://www.daphneoram.org/wire330/ https://www.gold.ac.uk/ems/oram/ https://ra.co/features/1305 https://www.daphneoram.org/stillpoint/ https://tapeop.com/blog/2024/09/01/joe-meek-taboo-telstar/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Meekhttps://www.daphneoram.org/stillpoint/

Professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore dedicate this episode to Toyama Michiko, Japanese female pioneer of electroacoustic music, unearthing her work Waka and Other Compositions. Listen to Waka and Other Compositions here: https://michikotoyama.bandcamp.com/album/waka-and-other-compositions-contemporary-music-of-japan Useful links: https://events.rochester.edu/event/michiko_toyama_at_the_columbia-princeton_electronic_music_center https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/962E69F2A79E8E57E049FDC73961BAF1/S1478572223000191a.pdf/michiko-toyama-disrupts-the-historiography-of-modernism.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiko_Toyama https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waka_(poetry) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohwer_War_Relocation_Center https://anchoreditions.com/blog/dorothea-lange-censored-photographs https://japanhouse.illinois.edu/education/insights/shakuhachi

In episode 21 of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore discuss the only electronic piece by celebrated Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina - Vivente-Non vivente (1970) and the ANS synthesiser. Listen to Vivente-Non vivente here: https://youtu.be/w6Ds1BEb430?si=2QsXglDj01xZY5LW Useful links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANS_synthesizer https://www.warmplace.ru/soft/ans/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Scriabin https://www.endpointaudio.com/optical-sound-detail https://www.facebook.com/nightradio/ https://www.new-east-archive.org/articles/show/13211/sofia-gubaidulina-soviet-composer-music-story   https://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/article/contemporary-composer-sofia-gubaidulina   https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/sofia-gubaidulina-unchained-melodies   https://brahms.ircam.fr/en/works/work/8940/   https://coldspring.bandcamp.com/track/vivente-non-vivente-alive-and-dead   https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005949/ https://youtu.be/WrF1PSoTN3A?si=rwDLet-SBK06uVCT

In this very special 20th episode of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore talk about an underecognised gem by the living legend Wendy Carlos: Sonic Seasonings (1972). Listen to Sonic Seasonings here: https://www.mixcloud.com/frankkoedood/walter-carlos-sonic-seasonings/ Useful links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_Seasonings https://www.wendycarlos.com/+sslms.html https://www.moogmusic.com/products/moog-modular-systems https://youtu.be/UsW2EDGbDqg?si=4Iul211T-wYkNHwX https://kumo.bandcamp.com/album/day-night https://charlesives.org/ives-man-his-life https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/nov/11/she-made-music-jump-into-3d-wendy-carlos-the-reclusive-synth-genius https://www.discogs.com/release/18288-Wendy-Carlos-Sonic-Seasonings-

In this episode of Talk to the Chip, right before the electronic music pioneer Suzanne Ciani brings her magical live performance to the Union Chapel in London, professors Jono Podmore and Elif Yalvaç talk about her beautiful sounding work Seven Waves (1982), as well as her extensive contributions and inspiring career in electronic music.   Listen to Seven Waves here: https://suzanneciani.bandcamp.com/album/seven-waves   Useful Links: https://youtu.be/fZscRHkLMt0?si=9Ty9MmsVVvG5805V https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r28i-k3mL3o https://www.electronicsound.co.uk/features/long-reads/suzanne-ciani-riding-the-waves/ https://suzanneciani.bandcamp.com/album/lixiviation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LxPoJ4QoSk https://composer.spitfireaudio.com/en/articles/suzanne-ciani-on-modular-synthesis-the-buchla-200e https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZscRHkLMt0&list=LL https://youtu.be/fFrgS70ioa0?feature=shared https://buchla.com/history/

Episode 18 of Talk to the Chip is dedicated to famous pioneer of electronic music Luciano Berio, specifically to his otherwordly work Visage (1961) featuring the voice of legendary Cathy Berberian. Listen to Visage here: https://youtu.be/JmMJV-NrQrA?si=44cEih3vwYiDPJeJ Useful links: http://www.lucianoberio.org/visage-authors-note?2019623839=1 https://120years.net/milan-electronic-music-studiodirector-luciano-berioitaly1960/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/944606 https://youtu.be/JmMJV-NrQrA?si=44cEih3vwYiDPJeJ https://electrocd.com/en/oeuvre/20304-visage https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news/film-week-berberian-sound-studio https://electrocd.com/en/album/5236-electronic-music http://www.lucianoberio.org/visage-authors-note?2019623839=1 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/feb/11/damo-suzuki-cans-free-floating-vocalist-gave-us-some-of-the-1970s-most-exotic-rock-music https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/aphasia/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2215036618300592