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March 28, 2010 Kazuo Uehara, composer

March 28, 2010 Kazuo Uehara, composer

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Composer in Focus: Kazuo Uehara
Today I introduce Uehara-san (san = Mr. in Japanese) who is old friend of mine, electro-acoustic music composer, multimedia/sound artist, producer of many international music/performance art festivals and professor of Osaka University of Arts. His interests are acousmatics and  interactivity among others. I  play his solo album CD: COSMOS I.
His other [...]

March 21, 2010 Shinji Kanki Compositions: Winter Skolion 1987 & Self-Portrait in Semi Ukiyoe Style 1990

March 21, 2010 Shinji Kanki Compositions: Winter Skolion 1987 & Self-Portrait in Semi Ukiyoe Style 1990

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Today I introduce two of my earlier works from the year 1987 and 1990: Winter Skolion & Self-Portrait in Semi Ukiyoe Style respectively.These works are written on the staff notation paper, but they are in a way very experimental. More information on these works are found at my web site: http://silakka.fi, but NOT YET!  [...]

March 14, 2010 Luis Alejandro Olarte & Clément  Victor (live studio guests)

March 14, 2010 Luis Alejandro Olarte & Clément Victor (live studio guests)

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The radio show has a live studio guests from Paris today:  Luis Alejandro Olarte(DIEGO), composer and musician and Clément  Victor, actor and free improviser.
They would play live improvisation in the studio.
More information on DIEGO, visit his website here: http://teluria.free.fr/
and on Clément, http://www.myspace.com/journaldetrange and http://www.myspace.com/theatrealchimique
Thanks, DIEGO and Clément for your visit! Great improvisation!

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March 7, 2010 Africa!

March 7, 2010 Africa!

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Today I introduce two interesting projects in Africa.
1. MILICA PARANOSIC: KOPEYIA, GHANA
http://www.arts-electric.org/stories/100101_paranosic.html
http://www.milicaparanosic.com/
2. DURBAN SINGS
http://durbansings.wordpress.com/
http://www.archive.org/details/DurbanSingsARoughRadioMix
and the below are related URLs from today’s show.
The piece I played in beginning: In Mist by Lauri Wuolio. You can check all his compositions for FAWM 2100 at his blog web site. HERE.
and a very good website for sound art [...]

February 28, 2010 etc.

February 28, 2010 etc.

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Copyright…. Silence…..Experimental Music…etc.
Playlist:
1. Kitisen Saharan / Hermanni Yli-Tepsa: TUOLI VAJOSI
(! Beautiful painted cover of the C cassette release by Hermanni and Inka)
2. Congo Bobé ritual (track 1)/ Ocora Radio France

3. Harri Viitanen: Images d’oiseau pour orgue (excerpt)
The left image taken from http://sirpaleena.blogspot.com
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February 21, 2010 Just Playing Music!

February 21, 2010 Just Playing Music!

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Snow, snow, snow, ….. everyday and -18C!
Today I just play music. Too tired with snow work everyday. Enjoy good experimental music line-ups! Sorry for my occasional interruption.
Here is the playlist:
1. Dolphins: Echolocation
2. Emi Maeda: Ogenkidesuka?
3.  HEDELMÄKORISEVA/Jani Purhonen http://sirpaleena.blogspot.com/
(Jani is the curator of the music releases from Sirpaleena)
4.Topias Tiheäsalo
5. Ponytail
6. Antoine Verhaverbeke
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February 14, 2010 Charm of Sound Winter Concerts III

February 14, 2010 Charm of Sound Winter Concerts III

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Today I introduce The Charm of Sound’s Winter Concert part III that is coming tonight, Sunday Feb.14  at KOKO Teatteri at 6.30pm. Be there!
More info here.
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February 7, 2010 What is “EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC”?

February 7, 2010 What is “EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC”?

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Today I will return to our very basic subject: Experimental Music
What is experiment(s)?, What is experimental art and experimental music? Who are doing it?
The books I mentioned today: Blocks of Consciousness and the Unbroken Continuum
Also the attached DVD with the book is by David Reid and his collection of video clips of many interesting [...]

January 31, Happy 2010! Site Specific Composition

January 31, Happy 2010! Site Specific Composition

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Hi, listeners, Silakka Radio Show is back! Today I will tell you what I was doing after Xmas and during January. Our  topic today is about site-specific composition. Listen!
(I am really sorry, due to technical problems at the start, the program started at 5:15pm. So today’s podcasting is only 45 minutes. For radio [...]

Silakka Radio Show moves to Sunday!

Silakka Radio Show moves to Sunday!

Starting from January 31, 2010,
Silakka Radio Show is on air every Sunday at 5pm till 6pm.
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December 22, 2009 For Topias

December 22, 2009 For Topias

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Dear listeners,
In order to celebrate the last show of this year today, I will play my solo guitar piece called “For Topias“, that I composed  for Topias Tiheäsalo, one of the extra ordinal free improvisers in Finland. It was premiered and recorded live at Helsinki Guitar Festival, on October 31, 2008 at the lobby [...]

December  15, 2009 Antoine Verhaverbeke (live studio guest)

December 15, 2009 Antoine Verhaverbeke (live studio guest)

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Today’s live studio guest is Antoine Verhaverbeke. He would play live in the studio and talk about his music.
Though bit old, here is an info about him from AVANTO festival 2004.
Thanks for coming and your beautiful live show, Antoine!
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December  8, 2009 FREE ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTAL IMPROVISATION

December 8, 2009 FREE ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTAL IMPROVISATION

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Free improvised music by two  groups are introduced today: 1) David Stackenäs (guitar) + Martin Küchen(sax) from Sweden and 2) Elena Kakaliagou (horn) + Saara Rautio (harp) + Solmund Nystabakk (guitar), an international group from Greece, Finland and Norway respectively.
The first one is the recording I made at the POTLACH Club the last May 2, [...]

December  1, 2009 CHARM OF SOUND (ÄÄNEN LUMO)

December 1, 2009 CHARM OF SOUND (ÄÄNEN LUMO)

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Today’s show introduces the most important music association (or the only one in Finland) in the field of experimental, electronic music and sound art: CHARM OF SOUND or ÄÄNEN LUMO in Finnish. Our live studio guests today are the new board members of the association, Teemu Korpipää and Antti Ravelin.
Here is the official website [...]

November 24, 2009 SIRPA JOKINEN – live studio guest

November 24, 2009 SIRPA JOKINEN – live studio guest

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Sirpa Jokinen, artist, is today’s live studio guest. She present her newest sound installation as well as her other works.
Here is her web site
and here is the info about her on-going solo exhibition (18/11-5/12 2009).
Thanks for your visit, Sirpa!
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