Sound Lounge for Friday 20 January 2017

9.00 Sound Lounge - 2016 Sampled

We take another listen to some of the best interviews and music from the past year and throw in some new treats.

Composer in Residence at the NZSM: Alison Isadora

Alison Isadora Photo: SOUNZ

Alison Isadora left NZ exactly 30 years ago for study in the Hague, and has been based in Amsterdam ever since. She is performed by many of the finest ensembles in Europe, including the Nederlands Blazers Ensemble, and returns to the Lilburn House to take up the residency 2016-2017. Charlotte Wilson visits her for an introduction that ranges from her background, influences, her performing group SYNC and the tremendous variety of her recent live recordings, to her wall of inspirational women in the study of 22 Ascot St and her thoughts on being home. 

ALISON ISADORA: Point of Departure (2014) - Matangi Quartet
Part 6 (1999) - Maarten Altena Ensemble
Kokako  (2002) - SYNC -Jan-Bas Bollen & Alison Isadora
Earth Bell (2012) - Marij Gorkom
Zingmond (2007) - Nederlands Vocaal Lab (now Silbersee)
De Zeis (The Scythe) (2006) - Nederlands Blazers Ensemble

STEVE REICH: Different Trains
Kronos Quartet
Nonesuch 979 176

10:00 Relevant Tones: Flora and Fauna

This flora is Lupin and this well-known fauna is a Mallard in a park. Photo: Sarah Zwinklis

Not surprisingly, the natural world is a never-ending source of fascination and inspiration for composers. From the Datura plant in southern China, to a rare bird in the wilds of Australia, to strange animals that exist only in the composer’s imagination, we’ll feature music inspired by the boundless creativity of nature. (WFMT)

11:00 New Music Dreams

Stranger Things soundtrack Volume I Photo: Cover art

Inspired by the 1980s genre films of Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter and the like and set in the 80s, this sci-fi horror TV series uses a soundtrack that is an arpeggiation-filled homage to synthesiser music of the era.

KYLE DIXON/MICHAEL STEIN: Soundtrack to the TV series Stranger Things
Kyle Dixon, Michael Stein (synthesisers)
Lakeshore Records 780163484526