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Isaac Roth Blumfield

by Isaac Roth Blumfield

contact: [email protected] Roth Blumfield is a composer from Saint Paul, Minnesota, currently based in Basel, Switzerland. He writes experimental music for acoustic and electronic instruments which explores resonance, materiality, and memory through expanded sonic approaches towards instruments and objects. His music looks for the strange spaces between subjective and unconscious experience, exploring uncanny places between beauty, pain, and strangeness.His music has been influenced through through work with performers such as ensemble sonic space basel alumni, Schallfeld Ensemble, violinists Austin Wulliman and Chris Otto, line upon line percussion trio, Ensemble Modern, Barcelona Modern Ensemble, guitarist Francesco Palmieri and Jamie Monck, and Quartetto Maurice at programs such as the Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik, the Banff Centre for Creativity, Yellow Barn Young Artists Program, New Music on the Point, Valencia International Performance Academy, Ticino Musica

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Episodes

  1. august | bass recorder & electric guitar

    bass recorder & electric guitar – Isaac Roth Blumfield collage of improvisations, august 2026

  2. live at Allston New Music Festival – July 26, 2026

    live at Allston New Music Festival – July 26, 2026 by Isaac Roth Blumfield

  3. Lawrence + Roth Blumfield – live at TurTur Hamburg

    recorded live at TurTur Club in Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg on June 14, 2026 featuring live visuals by schmeeelz Rebecca Lawrence – double bass Isaac Roth Blumfield – electronics mixed by Isaac Roth Blumfield

  4. Lawrence & Roth Blumfield – live at Goethe Institut Boston

    recorded live at Goethe Institut Boston on March 17, 2026 Rebecca Lawrence – double bass Isaac Roth Blumfield – laptop & modular synthesizer Sound Engineer: John Pax mixed by Isaac Roth Blumfield

  5. live at Unbound Visual Arts – Jan 31, 2026

    solo set at Unbound Visual Arts in Brighton, Massachusetts, curated by Jessica Hernandez January 31, 2026 Isaac Roth Blumfield – laptop

  6. Lawrence + Roth Blumfield – live at Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik

    Rebecca Lawrence – double bass Isaac Roth Blumfield – modular synthesizer, laptop live at Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik, September 20, 2025 recorded by Christina Bauer mixed by Isaac Roth Blumfield

  7. photographic memory | 2025

    composed and mixed by Isaac Roth Blumfield for fixed media original version: 32- channel spatial audio

  8. The Great Emptying (excerpt, mvts. 4-9) | for viola, cello, double bass (2025)

    performed by catinblack ensemble Sofia von Atzingen - viola Ema Grčman - cello Javad Javadzade - double bass performed at Paine Hall, Harvard University, April 24, 2025

  9. Like a dream I can' t wake up from | for Yarn/Wire & electronics (2024-25)

    performed by Yarn/Wire at Paine Hall, Harvard University on February 28, 2025 Laura Barger – piano Julia Den Boer – sampler & MIDI controller Russell Greenberg – percussion Dennis Sullivan – percussion recording: Anthony DiBartolo mix: Isaac Roth Blumfield Program note: In English, the word…

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  10. Still hollow | for classical guitar (2025)

    performed by Abbey Felton on Aug 1, 2025 at Lichtenbergschule, Darmstädter Ferienkurse 2025 written for the workshop "Co-Lab," organized by Yaron Deutsch and Clara Iannotta recording and mix: Isaac Roth Blumfield

  11. Lawrence+Roth Blumfield – live at Parfümerie

    Rebecca Lawrence – violone Isaac Roth Blumfield – modular synthesizer & laptop sound engineer – Matthias Hoch mixing – Isaac Roth Blumfield live improvised set performed at Parfümerie, Frankfurt am Main, from July 23, 2025 supported by BHV45 concert series, Jazz Montez, and Musikfonds Image…

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  12. Lawrence + Roth Blumfield – viola da gamba & modular synthesizer

    Rebecca Lawrence – viola da gamba Isaac Roth Blumfield – modular synthesizer Recorded Dec 2024, Frankfurt am Main All sounds produced by viola da gamba and processed by modular synthesizer Mixed by Isaac Roth Blumfield

  13. You hold the present as if it were a memory | for percussion and electronics (2024)

    performed and commissioned by Alexandre Silva as a part of the Sustain project, with generous support from the Fachausschuss BS/BL recorded by Santiago Villar Martin mixed by Isaac Roth Blumfield recorded on December 17, 2024 at Theaterpavillon, Luzern, Switzerland

  14. strange symmetry | for percussion and ambisonic live electronics (2024) – binaural version (use headphones)

    performed and written for Mikołaj Rytowski for the ATTACCA Festival 2024; premiered on June 1 at Druckereihalle im Ackermannshof, Basel, Switzerland recording: Robin Michel mixed by Isaac Roth Blumfield The electronics for this work were recorded in part at the SWR Experimentalstudio in Freiburg,...

  15. strange symmetry | for percussion and ambisonic live electronics (2024) – stereo version

    performed and written for Mikołaj Rytowski for the ATTACCA Festival 2024; premiered on June 1 at Druckereihalle im Ackermannshof, Basel, Switzerland recording: Robin Michel mixed by Isaac Roth Blumfield The electronics for this work were recorded in part at the SWR Experimentalstudio in Freiburg,...

  16. Half life | for amplified alto flute and double bass (2024)

    commissioned and performed by Blaurenz Duo Rebecca Blau - flute Rebecca Lawrence - double bass electronics – Isaac Roth Blumfield live recording at Theater Pavillion, Lucerne, Switzerland on July 8, 2024 recording - Fernando Manassero mix - Isaac Roth Blumfield

  17. Stained light | for ensemble proton bern (2023-24)

    Youtube video of the performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUf5Ca6_wk0 commissioned by Ensemble Proton Bern as a part of Protonwerk No. 13 live recording of premiere 23. April 2024 - Dampfzentrale Bern Ensemble Proton Bern Conductor- Gregory Charette Alto flute, piccolo - Bettina Berger…

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  18. Underglow | for viola, guitar, piano, percussion, feedback network, and electronics (2022-23)

    performed by: Elijah Spies – viola Francesco Palmieri – guitar Jacob Mason – piano Mikołaj Rytowski – percussion recorded by Santiago Villar Martín mixed by Isaac Roth Blumfield recorded Nov 30, Klaus Linder Saal, Musik Akademie Basel

  19. Before you were born | for piccolo/alto flute, saxophone, accordion, piano, violin, and cello (2023)

    performed by Schallfeld Ensemble at the Klangspuren Schwaz Composers Lab live recording, September 18, 2023, Schwaz, Austria conductor: Pierre-André Valade recorded by ORF Austrian Public Radio

  20. live at Gare du Nord, 5/11/2023

    live set as a part of nachtstrom 107, a concert of elektronisches studio basel at gare du nord synthesizer, pedals, laptop

  21. darkless | fixed media (2023)

    darkless | fixed media (2023) by Isaac Roth Blumfield

  22. Always | for electric guitar and electronics (2020-21)

    performed by Francesco Palmieri, June 28th, 2022

  23. Once in your life | for saxophone, piano, percussion, and mixer (2022)

    performed by and commissioned by ex-sentia trio live recording from June 21, 2022 in Grosser Saal of Musik Akademie Basel Miguel Fernández - tenor saxophone Jacob Mason - piano Santiago Villar Martín - percussion Isaac Roth Blumfield - mixer recorded and mixed by Isaac Roth Blumfield

  24. improvisation 11.17.22

    laptop improvisation, november 17, 2022

  25. End of summer, light between your eyes | for ensemble (2022)

    performed by Schallfeld Ensemble at the Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik on October 8th, 2022 in Bludenz, Austria Flute - Elisa Azzarà Bb / Bass Clarinet – Szilárd Benes Soprano/Baritone Saxophone – Matej Bunderla Accordion – Mirko Jevtović Piano – Patrick Skrilecz Percussion – Manuel Alcaraz...

  26. deep life | for 31-tone organ and six-channel speaker cube (2022)

    performed by Abel Fazekas (organ) and Isaac Roth Blumfield (electronics) on September 9, 2022 at Martinskirche in Kassel, Germany as a part of BRANDNEU – Internationaler Orgelsommer 2022. mixed by Isaac Roth Blumfield

  27. Worn like a map | for fixed media (2022)

    composed, recorded, and mixed by Isaac Roth Blumfield mastered by Moritz Wetter first broadcast: SRF 2 Kultur, June 29, 2022 as a part of collaboration between SRF and Elektronisches Studio der Musik-Akademie Basel Program note: "Worn like a map" moves through imaginary spaces, synthesizing...

  28. like a stain only you see | for alto flute/piccolo, viola, harp, and objects (2021-22)

    performed by: Clara Giner Franco, alto flute/piccolo Isaac Roth Blumfield, objects Miriam Paschetta, harp Anastasia Agapova, viola recorded live at the Grosser Saal of the Musik Akademie Basel on March 28th, 2022

  29. hollower | for string quartet and phone speakers (2021)

    premiered by Quartetto Maurice on October 10, 2021 at the Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik

  30. Outside (2021) | for flute, bass clarinet, and cello

    live recording of the Swiss premiere on Nov 22, 2021 in Grosser Saal, Musik Akademie Basel flute – Phoebe Bognár bass clarinet - Ábel Fazekas cello – Caspar Johannes Walter

  31. Sunken Landscape: thread of light | for percussion trio (2020)

    for percussion trio Instrumentation: three bass drums, each prepared with six electric bass strings, vibrators, aluminum foil, and coins premiered and commissioned by line upon line percussion: Adam Bedell, Cullen Faulk, Matthew Teodori Program note: The internet is ubiquitous but largely...

  32. strange light (2019)

    strange light (2019) by Isaac Roth Blumfield

  33. da caccia a 4 (excerpt) | for piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, cello, and piano (2019)

    played by Ensemble Modern

  34. EKDYSIS / undertow (excerpt) | for amplified solo bass flute and ensemble (2018-19)

    Stratis Minakakis, conductor Carlos Aguilar, Bass Flute Barret Ham, Bass Clarinet Bennett Parsons, Baritone Saxophone Robyn Smith, Trombone Abigail Hong, Violin Robbie Bui, Cello Jacob Kalogerakos, Double Bass

  35. darker | for two violins (2017)

    Camille Poirier-Lachance - violin I Christopher Otto (JACK Quartet) - violin II recorded at Rolston Recital Hall, Banff, Alberta, Canada

  36. mimaamaqim || for 3 violins, 2 violas, and 3 cellos (2018)

    mimaamaqim || for 3 violins, 2 violas, and 3 cellos premiered july 27 in rolston recital hall, banff, alberta, CA violins – camille poirier-lachance, mana ohashi, christopher otto violas – martine thomas, eunice cheng cellos - ethan sandman, daniel smith, alexa ciciretti

  37. some rain must fall (excerpt)| for two violins, viola, cello, and contrabass (2018)

    Austin Wulliman – violin Yaz Lancaster – violin Elijah Spies – viola Louise King – cello Laura Nygren – contrabass

  38. ...node lecha unessaper tehilatecha... | for 8 voices (2018)

    ...node lecha unessaper tehilatecha... for 8 voices performed by Roomful of Teeth conducted by Brad Wells

  39. qumran ii. rentier | for bass flute and contrabass (2018)

    carlos aguilar - bass flute ross wightman - contrabass

  40. no stars - ii. lovesong || for four cellos (2018)

    performed by "Holes in the Floor"

  41. everything that grows || for string quartet (2017)

    violin - giancarlo latta violin - leerone hakami viola - martine thomas cello - stephen marotto

  42. blue rose \\ for solo amplified flute (2017)

    blue rose \\ for solo amplified flute (2017) by Isaac Roth Blumfield

  43. Sonar || for solo piano

    "Sonar" by Isaac Roth Blumfield. Recorded live at New England Conservatory's Pierce Hall on February 3rd, 2016 in Boston, MA. All rights reserved. Richard Rivale - Piano

  44. Poems And Fragments || for string quartet (2016)

    "Poems and Fragments" by Isaac Roth Blumfield. Recorded live at New England Conservatory's Pierce Hall on February 3rd, 2016 in Boston, MA. All rights reserved. Geneva Lewis - Violin Gergana Haralampieva - Violin Martine Thomas - Viola Francesca McNeeley - Cello

About this show

contact: [email protected] Roth Blumfield is a composer from Saint Paul, Minnesota, currently based in Basel, Switzerland. He writes experimental music for acoustic and electronic instruments which explores resonance, materiality, and memory through expanded sonic approaches towards instruments and objects. His music looks for the strange spaces between subjective and unconscious experience, exploring uncanny places between beauty, pain, and strangeness.His music has been influenced through through work with performers such as ensemble sonic space basel alumni, Schallfeld Ensemble, violinists Austin Wulliman and Chris Otto, line upon line percussion trio, Ensemble Modern, Barcelona Modern Ensemble, guitarist Francesco Palmieri and Jamie Monck, and Quartetto Maurice at programs such as the Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik, the Banff Centre for Creativity, Yellow Barn Young Artists Program, New Music on the Point, Valencia International Performance Academy, Ticino Musica

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How many episodes does Isaac Roth Blumfield have?

Isaac Roth Blumfield has 44 episodes on PodParley. The most recent episode was published on August 13, 2026.

What is Isaac Roth Blumfield about?

contact: [email protected] Roth Blumfield is a composer from Saint Paul, Minnesota, currently based in Basel, Switzerland. He writes experimental music for acoustic and electronic instruments which explores resonance, materiality, and memory through expanded sonic approaches towards...

How often does Isaac Roth Blumfield release new episodes?

Isaac Roth Blumfield publishes about every 81 days, based on its 44 episodes since February 2017.

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