Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson: Elektrónísk stúdía (1951 - 1962)
In episode 26 of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore get together for the first time with a guest, Icelandic composer, guitarist and sound artist Rikhardur H. Fridriksson to discuss a work by an Icelandic pioneer of electronic music: "Elektrónísk stúdía (e. Electronic Study"), musique concrète compositions, composed between 1951 – 1962. by Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson.
Listen to "Elektrónísk stúdía" here:
https://soundcloud.com/magnusblondaljohannsson/sets/elektronisk-studia
Useful links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magn%C3%BAs_Bl%C3%B6ndal_J%C3%B3hannsson
https://monoskop.org/Rikhardur_H._Fridriksson
https://smekkleysa.net/shop/smekkleysa_cd/electronic/magnus-blondal-johannsson-elektronisk-studia/
https://nordische-filmtage.de/en/programm/movie/view/2009/1028.html
https://www.nts.live/artists/58146-magnus-blondal-johannsszon
https://www.islandpaafilm.dk/is/film/surtur-fer-sunnan
https://en.sinfonia.is/concerts-tickets/works/magnus-blondal-johannsson-adagio
https://www.islandpaafilm.dk/is/film/eldur-i-heimaey
https://www.musik.is/BjarkiSve/Phd/Sidur/209-214.html (Icelandic)
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Alvin Lucier - Music On A Long Thin Wire
In episode 25 of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore discuss Music On A Long Thin Wire (1977-1980) by Alvin Lucier: a milestone in Sound Art.
Listen to Music On A Long Thin Wire here:
https://alvinlucierlovely.bandcamp.com/album/music-on-a-long-thin-wire
more info:
http://www.lovely.com/albumnotes/notes1011.html
https://www.britannica.com/art/monochord
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_On_A_Long_Thin_Wire
https://www.discogs.com/release/757891-Alvin-Lucier-Music-On-A-Long-Thin-Wire
https://archives.nypl.org/mus/23034
https://direct.mit.edu/lmj/article-abstract/doi/10.1162/LMJ_a_00110/63533/Music-on-a-Long-Thin-Wire?redirectedFrom=fulltext
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/c/conceptual-art
https://rhodridavies.com/
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/apr/09/alvin-lucier-dead-composer-making-music-ai-artificial-intelligence-brain
https://insheepsclothinghifi.com/david-behrman-in-his-own-words/
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Daphne Oram - Oramics (Part 2)
Professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore dedicate a second episode to Oramics, a 44 track collection of works by groundbreaking British composer Daphne Oram
Listen to Oramics here:
https://daphneoram.bandcamp.com/album/oramics
Further links:
https://www.fbrt.org.uk/hermes/new-atlantis/
https://www.roland.com/uk/blog/what-is-a-vocoder/
https://www.daphneoram.org/oramicsmachine/
https://www.daphneoram.org/wire330/
https://www.gold.ac.uk/ems/oram/
https://ra.co/features/1305
https://www.daphneoram.org/stillpoint/
https://warp.net/artists/boards-of-canada
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Daphne Oram - Oramics (Part 1)
Professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore dedicate this episode to Oramics, a 44 track collection of works by groundbreaking British composer Daphne Oram
Listen to Oramics here:
https://daphneoram.bandcamp.com/album/oramics
Further links:
https://www.daphneoram.org/oramicsmachine/
https://www.daphneoram.org/wire330/
https://www.gold.ac.uk/ems/oram/
https://ra.co/features/1305
https://www.daphneoram.org/stillpoint/
https://tapeop.com/blog/2024/09/01/joe-meek-taboo-telstar/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Meekhttps://www.daphneoram.org/stillpoint/
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Toyama Michiko - Waka and Other Compositions
Professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore dedicate this episode to Toyama Michiko, Japanese female pioneer of electroacoustic music, unearthing her work Waka and Other Compositions.
Listen to Waka and Other Compositions here:
https://michikotoyama.bandcamp.com/album/waka-and-other-compositions-contemporary-music-of-japan
Useful links:
https://events.rochester.edu/event/michiko_toyama_at_the_columbia-princeton_electronic_music_center
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/962E69F2A79E8E57E049FDC73961BAF1/S1478572223000191a.pdf/michiko-toyama-disrupts-the-historiography-of-modernism.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiko_Toyama
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waka_(poetry)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohwer_War_Relocation_Center
https://anchoreditions.com/blog/dorothea-lange-censored-photographs
https://japanhouse.illinois.edu/education/insights/shakuhachi
Welcome to Talk to the Chip! This is a podcast dedicated to the pioneers of electronic music and their works. Hosts Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore (Kumo) discuss works that stand out as special for them and link them to other ideas and perspectives from across the wider spectrum of music.