ListN Up playlists are curated by the American Composers Discussion board, with artists chosen by ACF employees, together with these from I CARE IF YOU LISTEN and innova Recordings.
Yoon-Ji Lee is an progressive composer recognized for her unconventional and non-linear musical works. Her artistic course of focuses on themes from up to date society, historical past, and tradition, merging each acoustic and electroacoustic mediums. Lee’s compositions typically incorporate interdisciplinary and multimedia parts, reflecting a tapestry of intercultural influences. She has acquired quite a few honors, together with the Guggenheim Fellowship, the McKnight/American Composers Discussion board Visiting Composer Fellowship, and the Fromm Basis Fee, amongst others. By way of collaborations with ensembles equivalent to JACK Quartet, Worldwide Up to date Ensemble, Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin, and Argento Ensemble, Lee goals to evoke recent views on humanity and the human expertise by exploring progressive musical types and soundscapes. Presently, she serves as an Affiliate Professor at Berklee Faculty of Music.
Good day everybody, I’m Yoon-Ji Lee, a composer devoted to exploring the intersections of sound with up to date society, historical past, and tradition by means of a mix of acoustic and electro-acoustic mediums. My artistic journey has been profoundly formed by collaborations with various artists, musicians, and writers, every of whom has performed an important function in my creative growth.
For this week’s ListN Up Playlist, I’ve chosen works centered across the theme of pushing boundaries—difficult the conventions of musical kind, genres, applied sciences, psycho-acoustics, identities, and views. I hope you uncover parts inside these items that resonate with you. Particular due to Amanda Prepare dinner and Tim Igel for inviting me to take part on this invaluable alternative. Benefit from the music!
Residing Sound by Maryanne Amacher
Maryanne Amacher’s Residing Sound has the ability to recalibrate my senses, drawing consideration to varied auditory phenomena and the dynamic modifications that come up inside its wealthy textures. It superbly showcases the complexity discovered inside its simplicity. After a busy day, I typically flip to her music as a catalyst to transition right into a artistic mindset, stimulating and rebuilding my musical id by means of each bodily and emotional experiences. For me, it serves as a type of lively sonic meditation.
심봉사 물에 빠지는 대목 중타령 (“Simbongsa Falls into the Water”) from The Songs of Sim Cheong (Simcheongga), Carried out by Min Eun Kyung and Park Jae Chun
This beautiful P’ansori efficiency, a conventional Korean vocal artwork kind, is a reinterpretation of the traditional Simcheongga by Min Eun Kyung, a custodian of Necessary Intangible Cultural Asset No. 5 in Korea, alongside drummer Park Jae Chun. Final summer time, I had the privilege of finding out with Eun Kyung, delving into the world of Korean Nationwide Changgeuk Theater and P’ansori. I used to be captivated by how these gifted musicians reinterpret conventional items whereas infusing up to date societal narratives. The poignant story narrates Simcheong’s self-sacrifice to revive her blind father’s sight by plunging into the ocean. Consistent with custom, the Gosu (drummer) usually performs the Buk, however Jae Chun ingeniously reinterprets this function utilizing a contemporary drum set.
Hypercubus by Elliott Sharp’s Orchestra Carbon
Elliott Sharp’s compositions constantly push the frontiers of latest sound, fusing jazz, rock, avant-garde, experimental, classical, improvisation, and digital music. Impressed by fractal geometry and suggestions loops, he opens an infinite spectrum of sound potentialities, leading to distinctive and highly effective auditory experiences. Orchestra Carbon, birthed within the Nineteen Eighties, encapsulates the essence of recent music. Sharp’s works frequently encourage me to embrace boldness in my compositional selections, and I typically really feel a profound connection, as if we share an intrinsic musical spirit.
VOCALNORI – Well being (건강) by Leo Chang
Leo Chang, a Korean improviser, composer, and sound artist primarily based in Brooklyn, creates intriguing soundscapes. In his piece VOCALNORI – Well being (건강), he amplifies and processes his voice by means of Korean gongs and metallic objects utilizing a customized digital system. Having traveled from Singapore to Taipei, Shanghai, and the U.S., Leo’s understanding of his Korean id shifts from multiplicity to singularity, contrasting with my very own experiences. This complexity makes his music difficult, inspiring, and deeply insightful. His work underscores the concept that cultural id is an ever-evolving inheritance, repeatedly redefined.
Christian Marclay’s Meta-Live performance on the Museum Tinguely, that includes Okkyung Lee and Luc Müller
On this fascinating efficiency, Christian Marclay, Okkyung Lee, and Luc Müller have interaction in simultaneous interplay, respiration new life into Jean Tinguely’s paintings and the encircling museum house. This transformative course of permits for myriad interpretations, main me to really feel as if the performers themselves turn out to be integral to the paintings. Furthermore, whereas sound will be visualized in varied methods, this efficiency embodies essentially the most bodily manifestation, creating an plain connection amongst everybody current in that second.
Suzanne Ciani’s Dwell Efficiency at P2 Artwork’s Birthday Get together in Stockholm
I used to be lucky to witness Suzanne Ciani carry out with a Buchla synthesizer just a few years in the past at my office, alongside a scholar chamber ensemble. It was a fascinating expertise to look at her seamlessly manipulate every module and create intricate patches, leading to an natural and evolving efficiency. Following her sound journey offered a deeply immersive expertise, as if I had been being transported into her notion of time whereas sharing the distinctive sonic realm crafted by the Buchla.
Monk’s Temper by Thelonious Monk, Carried out by Miya Masaoka and Reggie Workman
Upon first listening to this composition, I felt compelled to subtitle it “How Koto Understands Monk.” On the coronary heart of this understanding is Miya Masaoka, who infuses her distinctive interpretive perception into the piece. Whereas many Asian zither devices are sometimes showcased in fusion renditions of Western compositions, this efficiency felt distinct. Right here, Thelonious Monk, Miya Masaoka, and Reggie Workman collaborate as equals, producing a piece that transcends cultural boundaries.
“that is however an oration of loss” by Hannah Kendall, Carried out by Ekmeles
After I first encountered this piece, the dissonant harmonica sounds left a profound affect, steadily morphing into what felt like haunting, anguished human voices as actual vocals entered. This composition attracts from M. NourbeSe Philip’s narrative of the tragic 1781 drowning of over 130 enslaved Africans. Having engaged with the Korean consolation girls mission over time, I discovered resonance in Kendall’s work. Up to date music possesses the power to confront traumatic histories and rework them into compelling new artwork types.
Unbreathable Colours by Wang Lu, Carried out by Miranda Cuckson
This composition intrigued me as Wang Lu attracts parallels between air air pollution in China, mirrored by means of color-coded warning methods, and the violin’s tonal traits as interpreted by Miranda Cuckson. The work illuminates how city life can function profound inspiration for music creation. As an alternative of an easy narrative, the music metamorphoses these concepts, guiding our creativeness and imbuing us with the sense that we’re immediately experiencing the state of affairs. In my opinion, this piece enhances the range of approaches to expressing the human expertise by means of music.
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