"You Know When, Like, You and Drummer Just Click?" Schuyler Tsuda

Note: I had a typo in my notes, and pulled a Ron Burgendy in the intro. The piece featured in the intro is Marble, Glass, and VAPOR, not Paper. What a silly goose I am. Also, kudos, Schuyler, Marble, Glass, and Vapor is a much better song name.

On this season-opening episode, I chat with Schuyler Tsuda, a sound artist, noisemaker, composer, improviser, and synth-pop concocter. We talk about styles of music that I haven’t been able to wrap my head around (don’t worry, I’m getting there). We talk about getting your hands actually on instruments and taking away the guesswork. We talk a lot about harsh noise walls and what the hell is going on there. But, ultimately, we just vibed on being good ol’ kindred spirit metalheads. I think that’s gonna come up a bunch this season. If this doesn’t get your ears weird, well, then I want to know what you’re listening to.

As always, timestamps of episode music are below, as well as links to my guest, and a Spotify playlist!

Schuyler Tsuda Website: http://schuylertsuda.com/

Music: https://schuylertsuda.bandcamp.com/

https://shieldyoureyes.bandcamp.com/

Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6T6PFVVmD6h4RuhLb6WMqv?si=a956408bb0874eea

Intro: Marble, Glass, and Vaper (2009, 2017) by Schuyler Tsuda

19’11”: In pulverem: tines/table/electronics, xOxbOx/drum machine/pedals from Three Masses, Volume 3 by Shield Your Eyes

21’07”: Part VI from Spectrum Ripper by Masona

22’06”: S.C.A.N. from Magnetostriction by Aube

26’26”: Improvisation by Shield Your Eyes

30’50”: Snakes for the Divine from Snakes for the Divine by High on Fire

32’14”: Concubine from Jane Doe by Converge

37’01”: Pierres Sacrées from Pierres Sacrées/Hazard and Tectonics EP by Iancu Dumitrescu

41’44”: Kado: The Way of Flowers by Schuyler Tsuda

49’58”: Lithium from Nevermind by Nirvana

54’25”: Come Live With Me from Dillon: Chamber Music by James Dillon

55’30”: Trilogy Suite Op: 5 from Trilogy by Yngwie Malmsteen

58’15”: …Grey from Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise by Emperor

59’08”: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet, and String Orchestra No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 35: IV. Allegro con brio by Dmitri Shostakovich

59’30”: Apocalypse from The Fourth Dimension/Maximum Abduction by Hypocrisy

1’01’15”: One Wish from Decade Counter by Schuyler Tsuda

1’02’10”: Sulk from TRST by TR/ST

1’02’45”: Morphine from Yr Body Is Nothing by Boy Harsher

Outro: Real Life from Decade Counter by Schuyler Tsuda

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

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