TalkToTheChip

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:

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.

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.phpid=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://youtu.be/Wc-43132R_8?si=uh5ewGxffKCTlW4T

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://wikidelia.net/wiki/Blue_Veils_and_Golden_Sands

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

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 

Documentary

1969 'Sky At Night' special 

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.

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:

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://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/c/conceptual-art

https://rhodridavies.com/

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://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/