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Alexandra Spence is a sound artist and musician living on unceded Wangal land in Sydney, Australia. Through her practice Alex attempts to reimagine the intricate relationships between the listener, the object, and the surrounding environment as a kind of communion or conversation. Her aesthetic favours field recordings, analogue technologies and object interventions. Alexandra’s website A Veil, The Sea Your Whistle Tells of Landscape The Splinter Orchestra The MFA Alexandra completed in Vancouver Students of Decay label Bryn Chainey - Rabbit Trap trailer Radiophrenia Mappa label Brigitte Hart Shortwave Collective EMS in Stockholm MESS in Melbourne Tuning of the World by R Murray Schafer Moss Hopkins / MP Hopkins Banana  Photograph for image by Lucy Parakhina      Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Raymond MacDonald is a saxophonist, composer and academic whose work explores the boundaries and ambiguities between what is conventionally seen as improvisation and composition. Much of his recent performing work has been in collaborative free improvisation contexts, however his roots in jazz and pop music are always evident in his playing and writing. MacDonald collaborates widely and has worked with visual artists, dancers, writers and filmmakers and has produced music for film, television, theatre and the concert hall. Behind the Big Clock from A Day for a Reason Again and Again from Sounds, Songs, and Other Noises Raymond’s website Raymond’s Instagram Raymond’s UoE page Isabella Bird https://www.antobarandmulltheatre.co.uk/ https://www.instagram.com/antobarandmulltheatre/ Günter "Baby" Sommer https://guenterbabysommer.bandcamp.com/ https://brotherandsisterhood.de/ Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Linda O'Keeffe is a sound artist based in New York. She holds a professorship in art at Stony Brook University, New York. A passionate advocate for the role of women in the sonic arts, she founded the Women in Sound Women on Sound (WISWOS) organisation. Additionally, she served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Interference Journal, a publication dedicated to audio cultures, from 2012 to 2022. In 2009, she co-founded the Irish Sound Science and Technology Association, leading as its President from 2015 to 2017. Her professional focus lies at the crossroads of art, science, technology, and community. This interest has led to the creation of numerous artworks, published research papers, and keynote presentations. As a member of the artist collective, Non Random, she aims to emphasize the union of arts and science to foster dialogues around research and art practices. Non Random is currently engaged in "Evolving Ourselves with Unnatural Selection", a project funded by Creative Scotland. This collaboration between artists and researchers aims to investigate and illustrate the ethical implications and future prospects of gene editing through a digital multi-arts approach. More about these collaborative works can be found at non-random.co.uk. Linda’s Website Linda’s Soundcloud The Seasons Information about the performance of The Seasons at the HCMF Northern Lights Project More information about Continents Drifting The Ceramic House in Brighton Info about the Peripheries residency Juss Heinsalu’s website Lena Ortega’s website Climate Memories instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marcin Pietruszewski is a composer and researcher. He is engaged in sound synthesis and composition with computers, exploring specific formal developments in the tradition of electroacoustic music and contemporary sound art, as well as extra-musical domains of auditory design, computational linguistics and psychoacoustics. He works across performance, multimedia installation and radio productions probing the dynamics between formalism of synthetic sound and its material realisation.      Marcin’s website   Steven R Holtzman’s PhD Thesis La Légende d'Eer by Xenakis   The Myth of Perfect Fidelity Melle Jan Kromhout   NORMIFICATION   Norm   Florian Hecker   Marcus Schmickler   Albert Bregman Auditory Scene Analysis   Auditory Distortion Synthesis by Christopher Hayworth   Tartini Tones / Combination Tones   Maryanne Amacher   Sonig   Gerard Grisey   Jocelyn Bell Burnell   Curtis Roads   Anthea Caddy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

France Jobin is a sound / installation / artist, composer and curator residing in Montreal, Canada. Her audio art can be qualified as “sound-sculpture”, revealing a minimalist approach to complex sound environments where analog and digital intersect. Her installations express a parallel path, incorporating both musical and visual elements inspired by the architecture of physical spaces. Her works can be “experienced” in a variety of unconventional spaces and new technology festivals across Canada, the United States, South America, South Africa, Europe, Australia, Japan and South Korea. Since 2009, her focus has been related to Quantum mechanics. Many of her projects are inspired by theories related to topics such as vacuum decay, string theory and more recently, what she feels to be the most perplexing phenomenon in the world of the quantum , entanglement resulting in a first presentation, Entanglement A/V, with visual artist Markus Heckmann, which delves into the realms of quantum physics premiered at Mutek Mtl 2021. https://www.francejobin.com/ Infinite Possibilities (Particle 1) - https://francejobin.bandcamp.com/album/infinite-possibilities-particle-1 Infinite Probabilities (Particle 2) - https://francejobin.bandcamp.com/album/infinite-probabilities-particle-2 Spring Meandering 2023 - https://francejobin.bandcamp.com/track/spring-meandering-2023 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ali Robertson, an award-winning improvising musician from Edinburgh, has been active in the experimental music scene for over twenty-five years, touring across three continents and becoming a regular on the international music festival circuit. His work exists on the periphery of what can be described as music, incorporating elements of improvisation, noise, composition, chance, comedy, spoken word, visual art, and storytelling. Best known for his work in the free improv performance duo Usurper, which he and cartoonist Malcy Duff performed as between 2003 and 2023, and for his work with the inclusive ensemble Sonic Bothy, as both a player and a workshop facilitator, Ali also performs solo and has collaborated with countless artists worldwide. Since 2000, he has operated the imprint Giant Tank, releasing dozens of CDs, cassettes, LPs, and publications, and hosting an ongoing series of concerts in Edinburgh under the TFEH banner, alongside his co-curator Firas Khnaisser. The Instramentalest - https://gianttank.bandcamp.com/album/the-instrumentalest Verbaaaaatim - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GXakMuyw-I https://gianttankeh.tumblr.com/ https://gianttank.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/gianttankagainsttedium/ https://www.youtube.com/@TFEHGIGS/videos https://www.sonicbothy.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cindy Islam is a Glasgow-based Iraqi veiled sound artist who layers drone frequencies with prayers. Their work begins with a core belief that all art-making is an act of listening — whether to our individual or collective histories / behaviours / philosophies / traumas / futures. Working across media, they primarily explore this framework of listening through sound. Image by Haneen Hadiy https://haneenhadiy.com https://www.instagram.com/haneenhadiy https://sites.google.com/view/cindyislam https://cindyislam.bandcamp.com/ https://www.listengallery.co.uk/ https://www.instagram.com/cindyislam https://www.instagram.com/bakedbeansonthedoorstep https://buenavida.co.uk/fossilised-frequencies/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jack Chuter is a musician, journalist, podcaster, author, and label owner from Bournemouth, England. They run ATTN:Magazine, which is an exploration of new experimental music and sound art, founded on a love for the failures and contradictions in articulating the experience of listening. It's also home to the Crucial Listening podcast and the Hard Return label. Jack's other creative music projects https://chuter.bandcamp.com/ https://gguueesssswwoorrkk.bandcamp.com/ https://gguueesssswwoorrkk.bandcamp.com/album/inclination https://swallowing.bandcamp.com/ https://multiplying.bandcamp.com/ https://cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/beams Jack’s podcast Crucial Listening https://www.attnmagazine.co.uk/tag/crucial-listening/ Jack’s Reviews https://www.attnmagazine.co.uk/tag/record/ Jack’s label Hard Return https://hardreturn.bandcamp.com/ Jack’s book about post rock music https://www.amazon.co.uk/Storm-Static-Sleep-Pathway-Post-Rock/dp/0957249225 Jack’s Mastering work https://www.attnmagazine.co.uk/mastering/ Michael D Brown https://fleshlicker.bandcamp.com/music https://foulprey.bandcamp.com/music Lucia H Chung https://luciahchung.com/ https://encreuxmusic.bandcamp.com/ https://shows.acast.com/into-the-noise/episodes/ep14-lucia-h-chung https://sm-ll.com/en-gbp https://sm-ll.bandcamp.com/ Jack's equipment Maximal Drone Synth https://handmadeelectronicinstruments.com/product/maximal-drone/?srsltid=AfmBOoprNPItFcvwaQTPiczNBRdt-GeMMxJbNgKqg3ImhJgkOc2w29CK Audible Disease Rupture https://www.audibledisease.com/product/rupture_rp-2 Cafe Oto Falling Cat Problem https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/artists/falling-cat-problem/ Adrian Newton https://evergreenmusic1.bandcamp.com/ https://nocontext1.bandcamp.com/ https://shows.acast.com/sound-mosaics-for-a-broken-world Felicia Atkinson https://www.attnmagazine.co.uk/crucial-listening-171-felicia-atkinson/ Taito Station https://www.taito.co.jp/en/ Teamlabs https://www.teamlab.art/e/planets/ [Ahmed] https://ahmedquartet.bandcamp.com/music Oren Ambarchi https://orenambarchi.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lauren Sarah Hayes is a Scottish improviser, sound artist, and scholar who is recognised for her embodied approach to computer music. Her music is a mix of experimental pop/live electronics/techno/noise/free improvisation and has been described as "voracious" and "exhilarating". Her performances stretch, transform, and sculpt sound by manipulating, remixing, and bending voice, drum machines, analogue synths and self-built software live and physically. Her shows are highly gestural, exploring the ephemeral and fragile relationships between sounds, spaces, and audiences. Over nearly two decades, she has developed and honed her live electronics improvisation system, an instrument that allows her to playfully navigate between the realms of responsiveness and unpredictability in both her solo performances and numerous collaborations. Jacob Heart PhD analysis of Lauren’s code FLucoma Greg Lewis/Greg Jackson – Kill The Cop in Your Head Maggie Nelson On Freedom Eric Clark Ways of Listening Achille Mbembe Lauren’s website Embrace Mini Savior Opt. Compilation from Hard Return Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lucia H Chung is a Taiwanese artist based in London, United Kingdom. She performs and releases music under the alias ‘en creux’ where the sound creation springs from her fascinations in noise generated through no-input feedback mixing board. The volatile nature of the system and the unpredictable glitch from the excessive energy pouring into the equipment becomes her improvisational and compositional strategy.  Lucia’s website Lucia’s Bandcamp Inner Geography Phase Black Fountain from Studies of Impassable Landscapes Rachel Whiteread’s Instagram I Am Sitting In A Room by Alvin Lucier Audio-Vision by Michel Chion ETEK AD 1223 Mixer Tapco MIX 260 FX MXR Phase 90 pedal Jomox T-Resonator OTO BAM Space Generator reverb unit TC Electronic Flashback Delay Other NIMB Musicians: Toshimaru Nakamura Andrew Leslie Hooker David Lee Myers This episode was researched, hosted, produced, and edited by Jim Reeve-Baker. The photograph used for this episode's artwork was taken by Taotzu Chang Thanks for listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nicholas Kirk-Canny is an improviser, composer and creative coder with experience in instrumental and digital music. He recently completed a Ph.D. in Creative Music Practice at the University of Edinburgh, which involved the humanisation of electronic music. Currently, he is working as a postdoc at the Computer Music Laboratory at the Open University in Milton Keynes, on the Polifonia Access Pilot, which aims to develop new ways to enhance participation and engagement in music. Nick’s Instagram Nick’s Soundcloud Nick’s PhD Keith McMillen SoftStep The Guitar Wing The Triple Play MIDI pickups Kurt Rosenwinkel’s website The Open University Music Lab website Rob Clouth’s website This episode was researched, hosted, produced, and edited by Jim Reeve-Baker. Thanks for listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

​ollie turbitt is a scottish-italian musician, sound artist, and audio engineer based in trento, italy. as well as providing guitar and bass duties for a handful of bands, he has pursued a fluctuating solo career in avant-garde exploration. under the pseudonyms oxhead, sforza gramsci, oj turbitt, hermetic gaze and others, his self-released cassettes, usbs and digital albums have aimed to express ideas of cultural memory, psychogeography, false consciousness and mysticism/esotericism through improvisation, sound collage, ambient textures, laptop experimentation and field recordings. ollie also runs dead hound records (which serves as a platform for both his own material and an increasing list of international experimental acts) & works in freelance mixing/mastering. Ollie’s website Dead Hound Records bandcamp Brigid we Built on Rock from Skein All Things in Common from Omnia Sunt Communia (Synthetic Landscapes for Tape, Computer and Filterbank) VCV Rack modular synthesis software 1982, Janine by Alisdair Gray Castel Sant’Angelo Rome website Kevin Drumm’s Imperial Distortion Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar This episode was researched, hosted, produced, and edited by Jim Reeve-Baker. Thanks for listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Music and sound art listened to and discussed in this episode: Wasp Cavernous Deep Sound of Southside Elaine’s Instagram Eliane Radique ARP 2500 Trilogy of Death Celer’s website Celer’s Bandcamp Catarina Barbieri’s website Catarina Barbieri’s Bandcamp Longplayer by Jem Finer Joanna Demers’ bibliography Wasp synthesizer Goldsmiths Electronic Music Studio Prophet 12 SoundHack O Magnum Mysterium by Morten Lauridsen Art 27 Scotland Festival of Migration Southside Community Centre Article 27 of The Declaration of Human Rights Kalimba Pipa Initiative Refugee Week Autism Take 5 Ros Fraser's website - artist who has worked at Govanhill Baths in Glasgow Culture Collective by Creative Scotland Culture Collective 2022/23 ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE ARE: Elaine Cheng, Ghazi Hussain, Laleh Sherkat, Marta Adamowicz, Robert Motyka, Robert Rae, Shatha Altowai This episode was researched, hosted, produced, and edited by Jim Reeve-Baker. Thanks for listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mathias Arrignon is an artist from Val-de-Marne (France), currently residing in Glasgow and working across Europe. His works merges field recording practices, audio technology, interactive installations and participatory performances to instil forms of interconnectedness with worlds that are often more-than-human. Mathias’ website Thunder of Applauses Oceanomicon Link 1 Oceanomicon Link 2 A Cubic Kilometre of the Entlebuch from To the Hum of the Forest UAL London College of Communication Sound Art Master’s programme Sound of the Year Awards Radio France show concerned with the environment Francois J Bonnet’s book The Infra-World Astrida Neimanis’ book Bodies of Water Posthuman Feminist Phenomenology Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet: Ghosts and Monsters of the Anthropocene Annea Lockwood’s A Sound Map of the Danube Rumors from the Sea by Felix Blume Jana Winderen’s website Entlebuch Biosphere Wiki Anthropos Ex artists’ collective Mark Peter Wright’s website Clair Rousay’s website Theodore Cale Schafer’s bandcamp page Ben Babbitt’s bandcamp page Disasterpeace aka Rich Vreeland’s website Expeditions to the Arctic Circle Faber Futures This episode was researched, hosted, produced, and edited by Jim Reeve-Baker. Thanks for listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lisa Conway-Bühler is a Swiss-Canadian composer, sound artist, songwriter, researcher, recordist, and mixer. Her recordings have been described as "ethereal, minimalist, experimental, unnerving…and downright elegant" (AUX): in her sound worlds, analog synthesizers, drum machines, and electronics often live alongside string arrangements and woodwinds. An artist who continually tries to push herself into the unfamiliar, her multifaceted CV includes original scores and songs for documentaries, short films, and theatre productions, site-specific multi-channel sound and light installations, collaborations with contemporary dancers and performance artists, and an array of renowned creative residencies. Limestone I from SOUNDMILL Improvisations Signal Erosion Performance with Helena Hamilton at Sonorities Festival Belfast Alphorn Tape Loop I from The Isolator Lisa’s website The Alphorn Oliver Schroer’s website Matt Brubeck’s website Janet Cardiff’s website Guelph Jazz Festival International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation Goldie Mill in Guelph Cathy van Eck Beyond Air and Electricity EchoBoy Belfast Sonic Arts Master’s Programme Helena Hamilton Heimatort This episode was researched, hosted, produced, and edited by Jim Reeve-Baker. The photograph used for the artwork was taken by Alix Forgeot Thanks for listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.