Listening as an ethical practice with David Harrington
‘Musicians are trained to listen, and the best of us try to communicate what we hear, both from the world around us and from inside ourselves.’ David Harrington is a violinist and the founding member ...
18 Sep 202521min
Resisting efficiency, productivity and clear-cut answers
‘The explanation is actually the process — the courageto stay in movement and not know where you are going.’ In this episode, Rob Young meets Ewa Jacobsson and herlong-term collaborator Hilde Marie Ho...
14 Sep 202518min
Liquid Rooms — dismantling the stage, the seat and the single viewpoint
‘We wanted to forget the stage, forget the constant changes, and give the audience the freedom to choose their own perspective.’ Tom Pauwels is a guitarist and artistic director of the Ictus Ensemble....
12 Sep 202520min
Time, territory and trembling staves with Raven Chacon
‘I think we're talking about recognizing the things that are bigger than us and the things that are unknowable in in the universe.’ Raven Chacon is an artist, composer and musician born in the Navajo ...
20 Jun 202522min
BONUS: Fathoming the Arctic seas with Chris Watson & Jana Winderen
A special micropod audioguide to the opening concert of Ultima 2024. Sound artists Chris Watson and Jana Winderen tell Rob Young about their commissioned piece fathom, a symphony of field recordings c...
11 Sep 202417min
On the ocean with Pytheas Travels
Rob Young travels with Maja S.K. Ratkje and Paola Palavidi as they prepare to launch Pytheas Travels, a musical/visual cocktail of surreal maritime experiences connecting ancient exploration with mode...
10 Sep 202322min
Inside Einstürzende Neubauten with Chris Bohn
Rob Young discusses the music and legacy of German band Einstürzende Neubauten with Chris Bohn – Editor in Chief of The Wire magazine. As a music journalist with the New Musical Express in the early 1...
10 Okt 202233min
A hypnotic hum: Missy Mazzoli on 'The Listeners'
In a live conversation recorded during this year's Ultima Festival, Rob Young meets New York based composer Missy Mazzoli – 'Brooklyn's post-millennial Mozart' – Time Out NY) to hear about the ideas t...
19 Sep 202216min
