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plink plonk
by Aaron Michael Smith & Georg K. Hilmarsson
plink plonk is a podcast exploring music and how we listen. Georg and Aaron discuss the creation of new music, how we can practice various modes of listening techniques, and invite other artists to discuss their work and how they listen.https://plinkplonk.myportfolio.com/
Episodes
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EP 9 - INTERVIEW: Julio Zúñiga
In this episode, we interview composer Julio Zúñiga, a Costa Rican composer living in Cambridge, MA. If you're interested in field recordings, memory, rainforests, semiotics, gratitude and/or noise, this is an episode for you. musical example citations (plus some other things we mentioned): (in...
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EP 8 - INTERVIEW: Stone Irr
In this episode we interview an old friend of mine from college, the songwriter and musician, Stone Irr. Today he's based out of LA and works at a music house, specializing in music licensing for advertising. We caught up, I gave him a friendly psychoanalysis session and we discussed his musical...
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EP 7 - INTERVIEW: Howard Stelzer
In this episode we interview the prolific and joyful Howard Stelzer from his home in Western Massachusetts. We get into his development from live performance into the studio, his disdain for "field recordings", and even his super cute puppy makes a guest appearance while crying for us to shut up...
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EP 6 - Ben Klock’s ”Subzero”
Let's talk about that minimal Berlin club sound via Berghain staple, Ben Klock. We trace the roots of house & techno in the US. Unpack and untangle influences traveling back and forth across the Atlantic. Dig into repetition and our perception of time. Layers on layers on layers. Unravel....
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EP 5 - Frank Ocean’s ”White Ferrari”
"White Ferrari" from Frank Ocean's 2016 masterpiece Blond is a queer musique concrète car song and we explain why. Follow us on Twitter!
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EP 4 - INTERVIEW: Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir
In this episode we interview Icelandic composer Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir. We discuss animated scores, French Horn, nature, and the idea of "control" as an artist/maker. credits for "Ecognosis" (2021): Joshua Rubin, clarinet Rebekah Heller, bassoon Josh Modney, violin Kyle Armbrust, viola Michael...
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EP 3 - Rebecca Saunders - Vermillion
In this episode we fangirl Rebecca Saunders's impeccable artistry, one of many more to come. This time we unpack our feelings about her piece "Vermillion".
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EP 2 - Bon Iver’s ”Perth”
We discuss the first track, "Perth", off of Bon Iver's 2011 self-titled album. Obviously it ends up leading us to discussing scrambled eggs, heavy metal, cute dogs and Icelandic bands in Texas.
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EP1 - Ablinger’s Weiss/Weisslich 4
We discuss Austrian/German composer Peter Ablinger's Weiss/Weisslich 4, a piece for piano and >=5 players. Peter Ablinger is revealed to have a very cool secret identity, we discuss Wandelweiser and Aaron starts to plan a trip to Berlin to perform it for 24 hours with Georg.
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plink plonk is a podcast exploring music and how we listen. Georg and Aaron discuss the creation of new music, how we can practice various modes of listening techniques, and invite other artists to discuss their work and how they listen.https://plinkplonk.myportfolio.com/
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Aaron Michael Smith & Georg K. Hilmarsson
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plink plonk is a podcast exploring music and how we listen. Georg and Aaron discuss the creation of new music, how we can practice various modes of listening techniques, and invite other artists to discuss their work and how they listen.https://plinkplonk.myportfolio.com/
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