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Indexical Podcast
by Indexical
Every so often, Indexical has a chance to interview some of the wonderful artists who come through Santa Cruz. We'll post those here, along with live recordings of those artists' shows.
Episodes
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Billy Gomberg
This episode features musician and photographer Billy Gomberg. Commitments to improvisation; exploration of internal and external spaces; and interpersonal relationships as pathways of cultural and emotional exchange guide their work. In this conversation with Indexical Executive Director Michael...
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Jonathan Snyder, Dani Derks and leshy
Indexical is pleased to present a conversation with artist / educators Jonathan Snyder, Dani Derks and leshy. In this conversation we talk about the lines community, electronic music composition, and Habitus, a series of workshops focused on new music and creative coding within the context of the...
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Dominic Coles
Indexical is pleased to present a conversation with composer Dominic Coles. His work investigates the interactions of place, personhood, and power as they are articulated in sound and speech. In this conversation Coles' talks about their background in music, early beginnings in jazz guitar…
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Wayne Jackson ( aka Later Days)
Indexical is pleased to present a conversation with computer musician and music software developer Wayne Jackson (aka Later Days). Jackson’s fascination with computer music and emergent systems spans four decades and has been critical to both his artistic life and professional career. With a…
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Ann Altstatt
This episode features interdisciplinary artist Ann Alstatt. Altstatt's work explores temporality, the intersections of scientific inquiry and mysticism, and the hidden stories of the material world. Ann graduated from the Digital Arts and New Media MFA at University of California, Santa Cruz in...
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Casey Anderson
Today’s episode features an interview with Madison Heying and composer, educator, and organizer Casey Anderson. Anderson discusses his approach to composition, his record label A Wave Press, and his activities as an educator and concert organizer. Throughout the episode you’ll hear excepts of...
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Amirtha Kidambi
This episode features an interview that Madison Heying recorded live with vocalist, composer, and band leader Amirtha Kidambi on one of Indexical’s recent Twitch Livestreams. They talked about the importance of collaboration in Kidambi’s work, her reticence to perform on livestreams, her…
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The Powers
This episode features a conversation with Madison Heying and the multi-media band, The Powers ( Emily Pelstring, Katherine Kline, and Jessica Mensch). They talked about The Powers’ working method, which centers around the creation of a feminist cosmology, inspired by such disparate sources as…
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Anna Friz
This episode features an interview that Madison Heying recorded with sound artist Anna Friz on April 23, 2020. In the conversation, she shared her ideas about the relational and material nature of radio - how radio can build communities across difference and distance - as well as her thoughts on...
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Ben Bennett & Arrington de Dionyso
This podcast features an interview Madison Heying and Andrew C. Smith recorded in January 2018 with Ben Bennett and Arrington de Dionyso at the Radius Gallery in Santa Cruz. They discuss approaches to improvisation, a concert for families with children De Dionyso produced in Oakland, and…
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John Saint Pelvyn & Paul Metzger
This podcast features an interview that Madison Heying and Jon Myers recorded in October 2017 with Paul Metzger and John Saint Pelvyn at Wind River. They discuss their approaches to experimentation, the need to create novel instruments and performance practices in the search for new sounds, and...
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Laura Steenberge takes a walk through the woods with Jon Myers and Madison Heying
Laura Steenberge is a composer and performer based in LA who has performed on a number of Indexical concerts, on instruments ranging from viola da gamba, to miscellaneous objects hanging from the rafters, to harmonica, to the clear plastic tubing pictured above. Her work often seems to engage…
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Jon Leidecker, David Kant, Andrew C. Smith, with music by Wobbly and the Happy Valley Band
In this episode of the Indexical Podcast, Andrew Smith talks with David Kant of the Happy Valley Band and Jon Leidecker (AKA) Wobbly. They discuss Wobbly’s use of networked mobile devices for making live electronic music and how surveillance and labor is implicated in the use of these devices.…
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bass2bass: Michelle Lou and Scott Worthington with music by Weston Olencki, Michelle Lou, and Scott Worthington
In this episode of the Indexical podcast, Madison Heying, Jon Myers, and Andrew C. Smith talk to Michelle Lou and Scott Worthington of the duo bass2bass. They talk about how bass2bass formed, and how they came up with their name, as well as their similar backgrounds studying jazz and classical…
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Anne La Berge with music by David Dramm, Anne La Berge, Yannis Kyriakides
In this episode, Jon Myers and Madison Heying talk to composer/flautist Anne La Berge. They discuss the program for her March 10th concert with Indexical and the various characters she assumes in each piece. In their conversation, Anne considers her flexible roles as composer, performer, and...
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Jack Callahan aka die Reihe, with music by die Reihe, Michael Pisaro & Greg Stuart, and Jürg Frey
In this episode of the Indexical podcast, Jon Myers, Andrew C. Smith, and Madison Heying talk to composer Jack Callahan who operates under the moniker die Reihe. They discuss his piece Housed, which consists of various arrangements of sampled chords from house music. Jack talks about a…
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Zachary James Watkins & RAGE Thormbones, Ma'ayan Tsadka
Madison Heying and Jon Myers take us through a few excerpts of performances from January 2017. Zachary James Watkins and RAGE THORMBONES perform their first-ever trio set, with all three artists on electronic and acoustic setups. Ma'ayan Tsadka's Underwater Museum of Extinct Sounds and Imaginary...
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Every so often, Indexical has a chance to interview some of the wonderful artists who come through Santa Cruz. We'll post those here, along with live recordings of those artists' shows.
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