My guest this time is double bassist, composer and visual artist Adam Goodwin, from Texas. I had a lot of fun chatting with him about the Berlin scene, where’s he’s based now, and Classical music training, hallucinations and really delving into what it is to make music. Having completed music degrees in both classical […]

My guest for this episode, the fourth, is improviser Audrey Chen, whose work with voice, cello and analog electronics has been described by David Harrington of the Kronos Quartet as “possessing something extremely vital and vivid….”. Recent projects include duos with artists such as Phil Minton, Maria Chavez, Jean-Yves Evrard, Richard Scott, Flandrew Fleisenberg, […]

My guest for this third episode is improviser and composer Hannes Buder, whose work concentrates on issues of movement, authenticity, intuition, minimalism, density and slowness. Buder’s current projects include the bands ‘Zug Zug’ with Todd Capp and Andrew Lafkas, ‘Gravity’ with Hannes Lingens and Andrew Lafkas, the duo with Luc Houtkamp, the dance company […]

Here’s the second episode, this time with Benedict Taylor. Whilst chatting over coffee we talk academic training, crossovers between visual and sonic art, the birth of language, and the importance of chatting over coffee in making great music. Thanks Benedict! We held the discussion on a bustling summer afternoon on the sidewalk outside Café […]

Here it is, the first episode. I talk with Sam Mackay, researcher and co-founder of the London Contemporary Music Festival. We chat about improvised and experimental music practices, being uni grads from Edinburgh, and noise in a post-colonial setting. Listen, enjoy, leave a comment! Don’t be afraid to get in touch.