Chromesthesia, a text-sound classic, dispatches from the Antarctic frontier, sixth-tone chords and a mega-cistern feature amongst others in a new episode of The Tonic, with Luke Fraser presenting some of the best new and recently released instrumental and electronic classical music from the Armenian Diaspora, Austria and the US. With music by Joseph Bohigian, Charles Amirkhanian, Vahram Sarkissian, Judith Berkson, Lea Bertucci, Stuart Dempster, Clarice Jenson, Cheryl E. Leonard, Klaus Lang and Bernhard Lang. The featured image shows Nonversation - a sound sculpture using found audio of U.S. politicians discussing climate change, by interdisciplinary sculpture artist Sara Dittrich.
Psychotropic strings, autonomous snare drums, cave music, the meta-voice and a trombone alone on the beach feature among others in a new episode of The Tonic, broadcasting this Wednesday between 1300-1430 (GMT), with Luke Fraser presenting some of the best new and recently released instrumental and electronic classical music from Latvia and the US. With music by Georgs Pelēcis, Aulejas Sievas (women from Auleja), Maija Einfelde, Pēteris Plakidis, Uģis Prauliņš, Ben Vida, Odeya Nini, Samuel Adams, Noah Jenkins, Austin Wulliman, Yvette Janine Jackson and Andrew McIntosh. The featured image shows 25 Woodworms, Wood, Microphone, Sound System (2009), a video installation by Swiss Artist and composer Zimoun.
To mark the end of 2023 Luke Fraser presented a special edition of The Tonic including a personal selection of pieces featured in the show over the past twelve months. Featuring some of the best new and recently released instrumental and electronic classical music from Belgium, Lithuania, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, the UK and USA.
Sleep deprivation, the sound of reanimation (= creepy), 88 tambura and X Chairman Maos feature among others in a new episode of The Tonic, with Luke Fraser presenting some of the best new and recently released instrumental and electronic classical music from Sweden and the UK.With music by Georgia Rodgers, Anthony Manning, Jack Sheen, Natasha Barrett, John Leely, Leo Chadburn, Lo Kristenson, Adrian Knight, Marcus Fjellström and Catherine Christer Hennix.The featured image shows Koka’s Drone Box No. 1, a music machine built by Oslo-based artist and composer Koka Nikoladze.
Skeletons expunged, the hyper-visuality of Lagos, Boy Meets Girl (broken for you) anda spectral freeze of the scream from Psycho along with 29 spatialised piccolos feature in a new episode of The Tonic, with Luke Fraser presenting some of the best new and recently released instrumental and electronic classical music from Italy, Nigeria and the US.With music by Valentina Magaletti, Marco Baldini, Ibukun Sunday, Emeka Ogboh, Joshua Uzoigwe, Leilehua Lanzilotti, Yaz Lancaster, Derek Tywoniuk, Michael Harrison, David Bird, Carl Stone and Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith.The featured image shows God and I (1996), a mixed media work by Taiwanese artist Huang Wen-Hao.