Into the Noise

Ali Robertson, an award-winning improvising musician from Edinburgh, has been active in the experimental music scene for over twenty-five years, touring across three continents and becoming a regular on the international music festival circuit. His work exists on the periphery of what can be described as music, incorporating elements of improvisation, noise, composition, chance, comedy, spoken word, visual art, and storytelling. Best known for his work in the free improv performance duo Usurper, which he and cartoonist Malcy Duff performed as between 2003 and 2023, and for his work with the inclusive ensemble Sonic Bothy, as both a player and a workshop facilitator, Ali also performs solo and has collaborated with countless artists worldwide. Since 2000, he has operated the imprint Giant Tank, releasing dozens of CDs, cassettes, LPs, and publications, and hosting an ongoing series of concerts in Edinburgh under the TFEH banner, alongside his co-curator Firas Khnaisser.The Instramentalest - https://gianttank.bandcamp.com/album/the-instrumentalestVerbaaaaatim - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GXakMuyw-Ihttps://gianttankeh.tumblr.com/https://gianttank.bandcamp.com/https://www.instagram.com/gianttankagainsttedium/https://www.youtube.com/@TFEHGIGS/videoshttps://www.sonicbothy.co.uk/

Cindy Islam is a Glasgow-based Iraqi veiled sound artist who layers drone frequencies with prayers. Their work begins with a core belief that all art-making is an act of listening — whether to our individual or collective histories / behaviours / philosophies / traumas / futures. Working across media, they primarily explore this framework of listening through sound.Image by Haneen Hadiyhttps://haneenhadiy.com https://www.instagram.com/haneenhadiy https://sites.google.com/view/cindyislamhttps://cindyislam.bandcamp.com/https://www.listengallery.co.uk/https://www.instagram.com/cindyislamhttps://www.instagram.com/bakedbeansonthedoorstephttps://buenavida.co.uk/fossilised-frequencies/

Jack Chuter is a musician, journalist, podcaster, author, and label owner from Bournemouth, England. They run ATTN:Magazine, which is an exploration of new experimental music and sound art, founded on a love for the failures and contradictions in articulating the experience of listening. It's also home to the Crucial Listening podcast and the Hard Return label.Jack's other creative music projectshttps://chuter.bandcamp.com/https://gguueesssswwoorrkk.bandcamp.com/https://gguueesssswwoorrkk.bandcamp.com/album/inclinationhttps://swallowing.bandcamp.com/https://multiplying.bandcamp.com/https://cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/beamsJack’s podcast Crucial Listeninghttps://www.attnmagazine.co.uk/tag/crucial-listening/Jack’s Reviewshttps://www.attnmagazine.co.uk/tag/record/Jack’s label Hard Returnhttps://hardreturn.bandcamp.com/Jack’s book about post rock musichttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Storm-Static-Sleep-Pathway-Post-Rock/dp/0957249225Jack’s Mastering workhttps://www.attnmagazine.co.uk/mastering/Michael D Brownhttps://fleshlicker.bandcamp.com/musichttps://foulprey.bandcamp.com/musicLucia H Chunghttps://luciahchung.com/https://encreuxmusic.bandcamp.com/https://shows.acast.com/into-the-noise/episodes/ep14-lucia-h-chunghttps://sm-ll.com/en-gbphttps://sm-ll.bandcamp.com/Jack's equipmentMaximal Drone Synthhttps://handmadeelectronicinstruments.com/product/maximal-drone/?srsltid=AfmBOoprNPItFcvwaQTPiczNBRdt-GeMMxJbNgKqg3ImhJgkOc2w29CKAudible Disease Rupturehttps://www.audibledisease.com/product/rupture_rp-2Cafe Oto Falling Cat Problemhttps://www.cafeoto.co.uk/artists/falling-cat-problem/Adrian Newtonhttps://evergreenmusic1.bandcamp.com/https://nocontext1.bandcamp.com/https://shows.acast.com/sound-mosaics-for-a-broken-worldFelicia Atkinsonhttps://www.attnmagazine.co.uk/crucial-listening-171-felicia-atkinson/Taito Stationhttps://www.taito.co.jp/en/Teamlabshttps://www.teamlab.art/e/planets/[Ahmed]https://ahmedquartet.bandcamp.com/musicOren Ambarchihttps://orenambarchi.com/

Lauren Sarah Hayes is a Scottish improviser, sound artist, and scholar who is recognised for her embodied approach to computer music. Her music is a mix of experimental pop/live electronics/techno/noise/free improvisation and has been described as "voracious" and "exhilarating". Her performances stretch, transform, and sculpt sound by manipulating, remixing, and bending voice, drum machines, analogue synths and self-built software live and physically. Her shows are highly gestural, exploring the ephemeral and fragile relationships between sounds, spaces, and audiences. Over nearly two decades, she has developed and honed her live electronics improvisation system, an instrument that allows her to playfully navigate between the realms of responsiveness and unpredictability in both her solo performances and numerous collaborations.Jacob Heart PhD analysis of Lauren’s codeFLucomaGreg Lewis/Greg Jackson – Kill The Cop in Your HeadMaggie Nelson On FreedomEric Clark Ways of ListeningAchille MbembeLauren’s websiteEmbraceMini Savior Opt.Compilation from Hard Return

Lucia H Chung is a Taiwanese artist based in London, United Kingdom. She performs and releases music under the alias ‘en creux’ where the sound creation springs from her fascinations in noise generated through no-input feedback mixing board. The volatile nature of the system and the unpredictable glitch from the excessive energy pouring into the equipment becomes her improvisational and compositional strategy. Lucia’s websiteLucia’s BandcampInner GeographyPhaseBlack Fountain from Studies of Impassable LandscapesRachel Whiteread’s InstagramI Am Sitting In A Room by Alvin LucierAudio-Vision by Michel ChionETEK AD 1223 MixerTapco MIX 260 FXMXR Phase 90 pedalJomox T-ResonatorOTO BAM Space Generator reverb unitTC Electronic Flashback DelayOther NIMB Musicians:Toshimaru NakamuraAndrew Leslie HookerDavid Lee MyersThis episode was researched, hosted, produced, and edited by Jim Reeve-Baker.The photograph used for this episode's artwork was taken by Taotzu ChangThanks for listening.

Nicholas Kirk-Canny is an improviser, composer and creative coder with experience in instrumental and digital music. He recently completed a Ph.D. in Creative Music Practice at the University of Edinburgh, which involved the humanisation of electronic music. Currently, he is working as a postdoc at the Computer Music Laboratory at the Open University in Milton Keynes, on the Polifonia Access Pilot, which aims to develop new ways to enhance participation and engagement in music.Nick’s InstagramNick’s SoundcloudNick’s PhDKeith McMillen SoftStepThe Guitar WingThe Triple Play MIDI pickupsKurt Rosenwinkel’s websiteThe Open University Music Lab websiteRob Clouth’s websiteThis episode was researched, hosted, produced, and edited by Jim Reeve-Baker.Thanks for listening.

​ollie turbitt is a scottish-italian musician, sound artist, and audio engineer based in trento, italy. as well as providing guitar and bass duties for a handful of bands, he has pursued a fluctuating solo career in avant-garde exploration. under the pseudonyms oxhead, sforza gramsci, oj turbitt, hermetic gaze and others, his self-released cassettes, usbs and digital albums have aimed to express ideas of cultural memory, psychogeography, false consciousness and mysticism/esotericism through improvisation, sound collage, ambient textures, laptop experimentation and field recordings. ollie also runs dead hound records (which serves as a platform for both his own material and an increasing list of international experimental acts) & works in freelance mixing/mastering.Ollie’s websiteDead Hound Records bandcampBrigid we Built on Rock from SkeinAll Things in Common from Omnia Sunt Communia (Synthetic Landscapes for Tape, Computer and Filterbank)VCV Rack modular synthesis software1982, Janine by Alisdair GrayCastel Sant’Angelo Rome websiteKevin Drumm’s Imperial DistortionMemoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite YourcenarThis episode was researched, hosted, produced, and edited by Jim Reeve-Baker.Thanks for listening.

Music and sound art listened to and discussed in this episode:Wasp Cavernous Deep Sound of SouthsideElaine’s InstagramEliane Radique ARP 2500 Trilogy of DeathCeler’s website Celer’s BandcampCatarina Barbieri’s website Catarina Barbieri’s BandcampLongplayer by Jem FinerJoanna Demers’ bibliographyWasp synthesizer Goldsmiths Electronic Music Studio Prophet 12 SoundHackO Magnum Mysterium by Morten LauridsenArt 27 Scotland Festival of Migration Southside Community CentreArticle 27 of The Declaration of Human RightsKalimba Pipa Initiative Refugee Week Autism Take 5Ros Fraser's website - artist who has worked at Govanhill Baths in GlasgowCulture Collective by Creative ScotlandCulture Collective 2022/23 ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE ARE: Elaine Cheng, Ghazi Hussain, Laleh Sherkat, Marta Adamowicz, Robert Motyka, Robert Rae, Shatha AltowaiThis episode was researched, hosted, produced, and edited by Jim Reeve-Baker.Thanks for listening.