Sound Propositions features conversations with artists exploring their creative practices and individual aesthetics, conceived of as a counter-narrative to a dominant trend in music journalism which fetishizes equipment and new technologies. Each episode combines interviews with music, field-recordings, and experimental sound design. For fans of experimental music, field-recording, drone, electro-acoustic, ambient, modern composition, and other contemporary electronic music genres.…
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The final installment of a five-part pilgrimage to the 2026 BIG EARS festival . At Big Ears, the Polish pianist and composer moved between two modes: the orchestral expansiveness of her piano concerto Non Fiction with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, and the arpeggiated synth patterns of her solo electronic alter ego Chilling Bambino —a love letter to her Prophet 8 and a chance to escape the…
The fourth installment of a five-part pilgrimage exploring the 2026 BIG EARS festival . The drummer of LA quintet SML , Booker Stardrum reflects on the group’s remarkable six-set residency, where groove-based improvisation pivoted from dance party to delicate texture, fueled by the rare alchemy of strong personalities who refuse to dominate. Stardrum also discusses Close-up On The Outside , his…
The third installment of a five-part pilgrimage exploring the 2026 BIG EARS festival . The harpist Mary Lattimore discusses her duo set with Julianna Barwick in a Knoxville church, where their ethereal songs took on added weight. She reflects on Tragic Magi c, their recent full-length born from processing sadness while seeking sparkle, including a song written for them by Roger Eno and a cover of…
The second installment of a five-part pilgrimage exploring the 2026 BIG EARS festival. The Welsh guitarist brought her "Welsh primitive" to a dive bar in Knoxville—Appalachian fingerpicking channeled through 90s punk energy, delivered barefoot and shredding by noon with thumb picks in hand. She discusses reinvention over preservation (tradition, she says, is just "good licks"), her first-ever…
The first installment of a five-part pilgrimage exploring the 2026 BIG EARS festival . Chuck Johnson, known for his pedal steel work, talks about his sample-based solo drone set in St. John's Cathedral, a fitting stage to deliver tectonic, low-end rumbles and sustained harmonics, as documented on his live Caoine series. The episode also recaps the "Scoring the Story" panel, breaking down the…
Ukrainian Field Notes / 9 July 2026 / with Maksym Son, Dmytro Bereziuk and Vlad Pochebula Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re Tracklist: Svitlana Nianio – Кіпариси 2023 Volyn Field – Перелітні Пташки Volyn Field – Днини (Софі Янц) Turbinaria – Spirularia Михайлове Чудо – сс. Галків і Маньки Михайлове Чудо – с. Губарі DvaTry – Vals embased / TIM PACHE / 41th – DCBLxVYHOR Stÿr –…
Ukrainian Field Notes / 11 June 2026 / with Iriy Records Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re tracklist Cruel blu - Кучеряві штори Second Sort - vivid dreams human margareeta - fffffuuuuucccckkkk Mertvi Dereva - 05 Отруйні Ікла nizhna - Tokyo Drift pants - Unrun Citizen Alexander Stratonov - The Sky in the Nets
Ukrainian Field Notes / 14 May 2026 / with Volodymyr Ponikarovskyi (Ptastvo) and Kateryna Karaptan Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re Tracklist Ptastvo – Will (2025, unreleased) Ptastvo – North Saltivka Noire (2026, The Grit) Ptastvo – Shovels Dig Holes (2026, The Grit) Ptastvo – Trailer (She The War 2022) Ptastvo – Dina the Artist - The Road (She The War, 2022) Ptastvo – Yevhenia the…
Ukrainian Field Notes / 9 April 2026 / with Ilya Kovalenko Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re Tracklist: Monomonster – Killa Alex Pervukhin – صَبْرٌ DJ Sacred (ft. Re: Drum) – The Gun FORCEGNG, 4ERDAK – COBRA Покам, Ласта, KLIM – МАЄМ Lostlojic, Cybermykola - Шаблячуєрізанину (Lostlojic Remix)
Ukrainian Field Notes / 12 March 2026 / with TĒMNA RÁDIST and äsc3ea Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re Tracklist ROZPUSTA - Manic episode symptoms NFNR - Dream 3 DARIALISM - Silence PARKING SPOT - Хоран IRIS FOREST - Anywhere I Go, Ghosts Are Following Me TĒMNA RÁDIST - submerge/emerge/repeat
