Let’s Talk Music

Let’s Talk Music

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Let’s Talk Music episodes

  • 2. Trevor Treglia – Drones, Poetry, and Just Intonation
    Giovanni from Frap Tools talks with Trevor Treglia, an American composer and synthesist whose work concerns text, microtonality, and alternative notation. Treglia resides in Los Angeles, California, and studies Composition and Experimental Sound Practices at California Institute of the Arts. He has produced several albums for the formforum label, most recently ‘Untitled,’ an album of long-form electronic compositions. Trevor has made several radio appearances on Dublab, N10.as, and hosts the monthly radio show 'No Escape Except Peace' on Internet Public Radio and Veneno Radio.
    Trevor's album: https://treglia.bandcamp.com/album/untitled
    Available on Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts, and Soundcloud.
    Video: https://youtu.be/mtHkiNTm7d8
    00:00:00 Introducing Trevor Treglia
    05:40 Trevor's influences: Eliane Radigue, Morton Feldman, John Cage
    12:20 Compositional techniques
    24:48 Trevor's patch
    36:06 Patch breakdown and current projects
    41:11 Musicians as composers and listeners
    49:14 Where is the music? Texts, l
    56:51 What could be the next Frap Tools module?
    1:02: Giovanni's patch
    1 hr 8 min
  • 1. Francesco Gennari – Counterpoint, Modular Synthesizers, and Broken Knees
    This is the first episode of a brand-new video & podcast interview! Giovanni from Frap Tools talks with Francesco Gennari, a talented musician who merges modular synths and classical counterpoint. We discuss his style, approach, background, and gear and make some patches along the way.
    Also available on Spotify, Google, and Apple Podcasts.
    Video: https://youtu.be/DygqHbm1rmg
    Francesco's album: https://imprec.bandcamp.com/album/frammenti
    https://frap.tools
    00:00 Introducing our guest: Francesco Gennari
    01:09 Noise punk, classical music, and electronic music
    03:40 Skateboard, broken knees, and modular synths
    05:50 On "Frammenti" and composing for the modular synthesizer
    10:55 Counterpoint and randomization
    16:55 The concept behind "Frammenti"
    19:38 Francesco Gennari's patch
    22:49 Francesco's patch breakdown
    26:48 Patch discussion
    31:48 On USTA, SAPÈL, FALISTRI and rhythm variations
    40:56 Gödel, Escher, Bach
    42:04 What could be the next Frap Tools module?
    45:45 Giovanni's patch in the style of Francesco Gennari
    47:39 Giovanni's patch breakdown
    50 min

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Modular synth makers from Italy hosting a monthly podcast about music, art, and creativity. Every episode features a laid-back conversation and two synth patches: one by the guest, and another by the…