039 - Hitomi Shimizu (Syzygys)

We talk about the microtonal pop duo Syzygys and how they play with Harry Partch's 43-tone Genesis scale. How do you make music sound interesting when your keyboard has less range than an ocarina? How do you tune a reed organ to 11-limit JI without a computer? Why did György Ligeti almost buy Syzygys's microtonal keyboard? Find out in this episode! Music Intro: D.P.O. - Syzygys Bewitched - Harry Partch And on the Seventh Day Petals Fell in Petaluma - Harry Partch Syzygy Moon - Syzygys Classical dan bau - Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre Ensemble (Ha noi, Vietnam 2011) Dost Dost Diye Hayalına Yeldiğim - Aşık Veysel Fonce 13 - Syzygys Fauna Grotesque - Syzygys Spatial Harmonics - Dolores Catherino Outro: Furacoco - Syzygys Links Syzygys website http://www.syzygys.jp/e_pages/index.html Hitomi Shimizu website https://ginkakujipiano.jimdofree.com/ Bandcamp https://hitomishimizu.bandcamp.com/ 43-tone organ on YouTube https://youtu.be/-Sx5nSfMErg Otona CD https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BQUKO22 Complete Studio Recordings https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00007J4S0 Eyes on Green - Live at Tokyo Inkstick https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00005Q6NB Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/nowandxen Follow http://nowandxen.libsyn.com https://twitter.com/now_xen https://www.facebook.com/nowxen/ Subscribe RSS: http://nowandxen.libsyn.com/rss iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/n… Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1mhnGsH… Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/nowxen Twitter: https://twitter.com/now_xen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nowxen/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnmYNMpemAIq8DnK5HJ9gsA