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Find out more (including the lineup and links to all the artists) over at www.anarchyinthegarden.org Tracks included in this podcast include: Snap Dragon, Rhubarb, Pink Peony and The Lion Dreams of Hunting by Gabi Schaffner who can be found over at www.schaffnerin.net Laure Boer's piece Soleil ébloui - www.laureboer.com Biwanoha by Aine E. Nakamura (www.evaaine.com) An unpublished track from Les Demoiselles D'Analogues, featuring Aude Rrose (www.aude-f.com) and Renée T. Coulombe (www.reneetcoulombe.com) And a big thanks to Elo Masing (https://soundcloud.com/elo-masing)for her wonderful thoughts on women in the experimental arts! A huge shout out to our Willows Nest Patreons!! If you'd like to join them in supporting the work we do, chec it out over at https://www.patreon.com/TheWillowsNest A big thanks to Musikfonds and Bezirksamt Pankow for supporting the Festival. And find out more about Kühlspot over at https://kuehlspot.com/index.html

Please note: There is no audio branding or intro in this episode If you enjoy this content, please consider joining our Patreon! Link below. Another immersive track for closed eyes, inviting you to slip into dreams or a meditative state. Perfect for both headphone listening (to hear the spatialization) or speakers for use as a meditation or sleeping track. Timed to follow a full sleep cycle, the work is composed, recorded and produced by Renée T. Coulombe. Let the vocal overtones transform in your ears as they hang in the resonant space of the reverberations. With a huge shoutout to our Patreons at https://www.patreon.com/TheWillowsNest who requested this track! Continuing our exploration into music for dreaming, for deep meditation or falling asleep - this track uses only a single voice as primary source materials. Like and subscribe if you would like more of this content.

This two-part overnight dreaming mini-series invites you to listen as you sleep! Let these ambient, vocal sound waves soothe through the night, or any time you want to relax and find some deep chill. Designed around 1 and 1/2 hour cycles to mimic your sleep, these episodes get more and more quiet so you can set the volume comfortably at the start, and know you won't be disturbed. The article referred to in this episode, on how we process voices in sleep, is in New Scientist, and you can find it here: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2304918-unknown-voices-spark-more-brain-activity-in-sleep-than-familiar-ones/ I mentioned Ione's book "Listening in Dreams" and you can pick up a copy of that and explore more about Deep Listening over here: https://www.deeplistening.org/

This two-part overnight dreaming mini-series invites you to listen as you sleep! Let these ambient, vocal sound waves soothe through the night, or any time you want to relax and find some deep chill. Designed around 1 and 1/2 hour cycles to mimic your sleep, these episodes get more and more quiet so you can set the volume comfortably at the start, and know you won't be disturbed. The article referred to in this episode, on how we process voices in sleep, is in New Scientist, and you can find it here: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2304918-unknown-voices-spark-more-brain-activity-in-sleep-than-familiar-ones/ I mentioned Ione's book "Listening in Dreams" and you can pick up a copy of that and explore more about Deep Listening over here: https://www.deeplistening.org/ Sound installation under opening from Radio Aporee, "Overnight Snowfall" ambient phonotraphy, 2021. By abyssence@gmail.com

We break our long silence in the podcast feed with a very special episode for the solstice holidays. An immersive, imaginary sound walk through a wintery, landscape - complete with stops at market sound stages, through bustling train stations packed with holiday travelers out into the landscape and past seasonal bonfires to the depths of the forest and even catch an improvised performance deep inside a cave... Enjoy the spatialized field recordings with very little processing save layering, mixing and mastering - with locations from Berlin to New Zealand, South Africa to Finland - captured in a single, sonic ramble through the holidays. May it warm your holidays by giving you a great reason to turn down the lights, grab your headphones, put tired feet up by the fire, and let your ears do the walking this holiday season. With love, from us to you! Keep great sounds like this going by becoming a Patreon over at https://www.patreon.com/TheWillowsNest With a shout out to all our current Patreons - thanks for

Part three (at last!) is the opposite of a deep dive – it’s a flight upwards through the night sky exploring the power of drones as medicine. We go into a bit of the reasons why drones have such a physical effect, with excerpts from an article by Robert Lamb (published Nov. 16, 2016; accessed June 25, 2020): https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/ambient-music-calm-psychic-maelstrom.htm#:~:text=%22What%20happens%20with%20ambient%20music,scanning%20the%20environment%20for%20danger. We then ponder for a moment the power of drones to connect us to the world, and all who inhabit it, through deeply restorative soundscapes. After using some drones created by Tibetan singing bowls in the opening, we move on to the brand new "Celestial Music Box" to consider how the star field above us might "sound" if each star could be played like a music box. Thanks to friend of the podcast Michael Riley for granting us permission to use this excerpt! As always, thanks to all our Patreons for your sup

Part two of our deep dive into drones—exploring how we experience sustained and resonant frequencies in the body, altering our moods and perceptions of the world. Advocating for listening as a whole-body activity and echoing the call of Deep Listening, this episode curates some contemporary takes on drones in global musical traditions. Then we take a distinct turn toward the mechanical, closing with three machine drones that invite us to experience the "noise" we often tune out in the form of field recordings. Thanks to all our Patreons for your support! You can find us on Patreon at www.Patreon.com/TheWillowsNest You can support this podcast and the work of our independent productions here at The Willows nest, through a one-time donation at www.paypal.me/bansheemedia Tracks in order of audition: Peter Cusack "Distant mine, pervasive sounds, astonishing view" /Czech Republic. Found on www.aporee.org/maps From Free Music Archive (www.freemusicarchive.org): "Haratanaya Sree" by Veena Kinhal from the albu

This week we go deep, deep down to begin an exploration of the musical phenomenon of drones. Beginning with an invitation to listen, deeply, to some drones created by your host using some recent instrument libraries released free from Spitfire Labs, home of Spitfire Audio. Here, three samples from the "London Atmos" pack help set the scene for our series of episodes exploring the musical, psychological and cultural impact of sonic drones. This gentle introduction will be followed with a series of episodes exploring drones from sources both traditional and surprising! For more on Spitfire Audio and the Spitfire Labs instrument packs, go to: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/ The sample packs I used can be found here: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/labs/ Field recordings found on Radio Aporee: aporee.org/maps They include: "Upės gatvė, Lithuania, chimney support wire" and "Utena, Lithuania, fence-geophone" by alas23/sala and "wind in poplar trees / Tempelhofer Feld, Berlin, Deutschland" and "dry leaves in the

Sounds Curious Listeners - here's a crossover episode from our Patreon feed from The Willows Nest. This is a personal little audio postcard with two fantastic new musical pieces that have graced the tiny little stage here and some lovely binaural field recordings by some favorites over at Radio Aporee. There is no advisory to wear headphones for the binaural recordings, or podcast audio branding, its just some lovely sounds from me to you. Please stay safe wherever you are, reach out if you need support, and thanks for listening! Find us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/TheWillowsNest, on SoundCloud at www.soundcloud.com/sounds-curious-podcast Welcome to a special home quarantine edition of News from the Nest! We're obviously on lockdown, so no concerts for the foreseeable future, but that doesn't mean we don't have lots of archives to plunder for you, our Patreons! This episode is a bit like Sounds Curious, and may indeed find its way into the feed over there one day soon. But you get exclusive access for the

Look, we can't all be William Shakespeare and knock out King Lear while we're stuck at home. Most of us are lucky to put on pants at some point in the day. So in this episode we ponder one of my favorite topics, failure, and the beautiful things that become possible through it. Featuring two gorgeous performances that happened during less self-isolating times in Berlin. Content Warning: The first performance features frequent, non-explicit but repeated references to prostitution. May not be appropriate for younger listeners. But honestly it is kind of hilarious. The first feature is by the Brazilian performer-composer Manuel Pessoa de Lima, whose intimate performances defy genre as he will tell you himself. Taking on failure as a topic of research through his graduate work, he confronts it in his work in some unique and haunting ways. His piece is a strange and sometimes awkward journey through sound worlds and self-reflections to arrive at last at some truly terrible, terrible Strauss. Failure never sound

This time we celebrate the launch of the new Echozoo project (www.echozoo.org) that imagines the sounds of extinct species in their habitats, my composer and sound artist Michael Riley https://mikronesia.bandcamp.com/ We ponder the sounds of extinction and the past, and ponder the present of the natural world. With thanks to Radio Aporee and all the artists that upload their sounds over there, so we can keep listening into this big, beautiful world... ...and as always a huge thanks to our Patreons for keeping this show going!! Find our Patreon over at www.Patreon.com/TheWillowsNest or if you can make a one-time donation at www.paypal.me/bansheemedia to help us cover costs. Sound installation (intro and under voice) found on Aporee.org/maps: Beautiful early summer morning birdsong / Leafield Rd, Chipping Norton OX7 3DB, UK by artist Mike Taylor (mike@miketaylor.pro) Selections from Echozoo Project (courtesy of the artist): Caroline Parakeet Giant Sloth Golden-billed Toad Ivory-billed Woodpecker Saint Hel

Celebrating an old tradition a new way: telling a spooky story at Yuletide, a Victorian ghost story, complete with some sound installation from field recordings by artists around the world. Celebrating the wonderful atmosphere that field recordings can make. So turn down the lights, stoke the fireplace and settle in for a spooky tale for the longest night of the year. The story, The Goodwood Ghost, has been attributed to Charles Dickens, but the author is unknown. With a The story can be found at https://ghostsandstories.com/short-ghost-story-11.html The sound installation contains field recordings and sound effects from Radio Aporee and Freesound.org and include: mike@miketaylor.pro "Beautiful early summer morning birdsong / Leafield Rd, Chipping Norton OX7 3DB, UK" on radioaporee.org/maps Timbre "simulation of Victorian Street" https://freesound.org/people/Timbre/sounds/87462/ Fritz Schl "Horse-drawn carriage in the forest/Ribbeck 14641, Nauen Deutschland" on radioaporee.org/maps nikolajdehaan@

This week kicks off a series of episodes using field recordings in creative ways to revel in the sonic details that emerge through some old-fashioned analogue processing techniques drawn from the early days of electroacoustic music. To start, a composed sonic dream through an imaginary winter's landscape, arranged to create an imaginary listening environment right in your headphones. Composed by your host, Renée T. Coulombe, with field recordings from Radio Aporee (www.aporee.org/maps): John Grzinich "Wind and creaking trees" Emajōe Suursoo, Tartu maakond, Estonia OR poiesis "path of seasons, winder meadow, snow, Piramida (Slovenia) alas23 "Utena, Lithuania, snowflakes on dried reed" Utena, Lithuania OR poiesis "river Drava, Loka" "stone, water, void" (Slovenia) palkovich.sgt "Zvonkohra/carillon" Prague 7, Czech Republic Matthes "Rundgang über den mittelalterlichen Weichnachtsmarkt/Stroll through the medieval Christmas market" Siegburg, Deutschland "Wind Chimes at Ulm Christmas Market" Ulm, Germa

Today's episode goes back to some musical basics, with several live recordings with global artists from my home to yours. Opening with the glorious Aristarain & Lewkowicz Duo of Sophia Aristarain and Javier Lewkowicz, who rocked the house last Spring with their concert of traditional and original music from the native Argentina, as well as music from Brazil and all over South America. We then jump to a concert of traditional music from Greece and Turkey and the Ufki Bobowski duo of Fatih Ermete (Lute of Istanbul, Ud) and Borys Slowikowski on the frame drums. While Fatih is from Istanbul and Borys from Poland, the two met in Crete and were drawn together by their mutual love of these musical traditions. We then slow things down with a stroll in Southern India with Dr. Vijay Kannan, whose Haunting Bamboo: Nada Yoga with Indian Bamboo flute event at The Willows Nest just happened back in October. This truly haunting and beautiful musical recording includes the moment when he asked a friend in the audience,

After a long absence! Finally - thanks to everyone for your patience waiting for part 2! Want to help me dedicate more time to the podcast and less time to getting freelance work? Please support our home! www.patreon.com/TheWillowsNest – home of the Sounds Curious podcast, and so much more. Every contribution, no matter how large or small, is greatly appreciated. There are great rewards at every level, too! We try to feature recordings made in The Willows Nest where possible. Show notes for recordings used in this episode in order: freesound.org/people/bajko/sounds/378055/ (Artist: Bajko; title: “sfx_snow_footstep-02.wav) freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/447375/ (Artist Felix Blume; title: Wind singing in an old tube on the top of the mountain) freesound.org/people/dahlJ/sounds/419727/ (Artist: dahlJ; title: “ASMR Tapping) freesound.org/people/harveyjnz/sounds/360382/ (Artist: Harveyjnz; title: “foam microphone wind screen”) freesound.org/people/Cass_bass/sounds/401180/ (Artis

Sounds Curious: ASMR and Acoustic Intimacy Please support our home! http://www.patreon.com/TheWillowsNest – home of the Sounds Curious podcast, and so much more. Every contribution, no matter how large or small, is greatly appreciated. There are great rewards at every level, too! Credits: Intro and audio installation: Title: Ocean / Ziyaaraiy Magu Road, Maafushi, Мальдивы Artist: ChuprinGA@mail.ru http://aporee.org/maps/ Hydrophone tracks: “humpback whales, Boucan cannot, ile de la reunion” and later Hydrophone_Chant des baleines_22/07/2010” Artist: Pierre Gauthier http://aporee.org/maps “large-pond-harlaxton-manor-hydrophone” artist: Vortichez found in the hydrophone recording package. http://www.freesound.org/people/Vortichez Performance audio (starts at 39:59 – use ear buds for an even stronger effect): From “Amplified Bricks” by Brad Nath – performance at The Willows Nest, Berlin on October 20, 2018. Check out the event page in our archives for links to video by the artists, his remarks on

To celebrate the launch of our new Patreon for the home of Sounds Curious - The Willows Nest in Berlin - I am releasing this first audio digest created for our Patreons to the Sounds Curious podcast. It has been quite a journey bringing this new vision to life - and you can be a part of us. Check out our campaign at www.Patreon.com/TheWillowsNest and for just 5 dollars a month you can get an audio digest featuring the best performances, installations, sound art, interviews and more going on right here on our tiny stage in Friedrichshain. Higher levels get you live streams of our events, hangouts with the founder and featured artists - even weekends at The Nest to experience the magic yourself! I want to thank every artist who has stepped through our door already in Berlin, every audience member or workshop participant or student who has supported us with their presence. Lastly, an enormous thank you to Ashram, Interaxia, and Marko Ivic whose gorgeous sounds grace this episode and this space. To hear A

The second part of our deep dive into contemporary "sound singing" or extranormal singing or whatever we're calling it these days with Dr. Chris Tonelli with Gabriel Dharmoo Ute Wassermann, David Moss and Tomomi Adachi. Sound installation (under intro and outro): alas23/sala "Vyžuonos, Lithuania, flooded river hydrophone" on Radio aporee: https://aporee.org/maps/work/details.html?sndid=48984 More information on Chris Tonelli: rug.academia.edu/ChrisTonelli Gabriel Dharmoo: gabrieldharmoo.org/en/home Ute Wassermann: femmes-savantes.net/en/lesfemmessav…ute-wassermann/ David Moss: www.davidmossmusic.com/ Tomomi Adachi: www.adachitomomi.com/n/biography.html Like and review us if you like the show! On Apple podcasts, this really helps us get discovered. Find out more about our Berlin activities at www.willowsnest.org. Show notes always at www.bansheemedia.com, and updates on global performances and events at www.improvisedalchemy.com.

Sounds Curious S3, E4: Voices Found, Part 1 This week we surf the sound waves of improvised vocal performance, through the practice of five diverse improvisers from all over the world. Introducing his soon-to-be published research, Dr. Chris Tonelli introduces the topic of “extranormal” singing, and together with Gabriel Dharmoo present an evening of discussion and improvisation on the subject. Interspersed with improvised vocal performances throughout the evening, this first half of a two part presentation introduces a world of vocal sounding to the adventurous listener! They are joined for the evening by Ute Wassermann, David Moss and Tomomi Adachi. Sound installation (under intro and outro): Circus Marcus “Kalimba session, 2016-05-07” Freemusicarchive.org More information on Chris Tonelli: http://rug.academia.edu/ChrisTonelli Gabriel Dharmoo: http://gabrieldharmoo.org/en/home Ute Wassermann: https://femmes-savantes.net/en/lesfemmessavantes/ute-wassermann/ David Moss: https://www.davidmossmusic.c

This week we take our curious listeners on a little tour through and underappreciated moment in musical history: “space-age” music, or lounge music, or whatever term floats your boat. We trace the relationships between this “exotic” moment in musical history, and Jazz, classical, film and television music. After pondering the rhetoric that greeted some of the musicians behind the movement, we look forward – through futurisms far from retro – to examine the lingering effects of this musical phenomenon in our media music today. Audio installation under narration: edited and processed tracks from NASA including: “Cassini: Saturn Radio Emissions #1” https://soundcloud.com/nasa/cassini-saturn-radio-emissions-1 “Jupiter Sounds 2001” https://soundcloud.com/nasa/jupiter-sounds-2001 Audio Tracks featured in the discussion (all links accessed January 3, 2018): Frank Comstock “On The Dark Side of The Moon” from Project: Comstock Music from Outer Space (1962). From “Ultra Harmonics Channel, YouTube. https://you