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S5E8P1 Now Xen Things Are Made, "Suits of Armour"


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Do you know about the notes in between the notes? Think of it this way; its a lot easier to cut a loaf of bread into multiple equal portions than it is to cut a fish, meaning, technique. The trick with bread is not to squish it. The trick with fish is guts and bones. You can make bread from scratch. Fish is just there in the water for the taking. It is simple to cut bread after it's made, but not a fish, cooked or not, especially into equal portions. Xenharmony is more than the notes between the notes on a piano. Xenharmony is more like cutting a fish. This special crossover episode with the Now&Xen podcast features music in 14 equal divisions of the octave by Stephen Weigel (more from Stephen below), and, of course, Susan Kuo. Susan plays music with us on a microtonal marimba thingy. It sounds real great. As great as a fish sandwich tastes.
 
Music with Stephen Weigel
"Our Pixel Perfect Dial Tone of Voice" https://soundcloud.com/overtoneshock/our-pixel-perfect-telephone-discussion-14-edo
Six Macrotonal Etudes: https://xenharmonicgod.bandcamp.com/album/six-macrotonal-etudes-for-electronic-music-media
Keyboard arrangement of Easley Blackwood's 15 equal Microtonal Etude: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhyKQQMexqQ&t=1s
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