ON THE COVER
Stefana Fratila is a Toronto-based, Romania-born composer and sound designer whose work in sound and love of sci-fi led her to wonder: “If each planet in our solar system were a different room, what would each room sound like?” She contacted NASA and was invited to visit and conduct research. This experience sparked an extended, ongoing artistic project that includes the creation of VST plug-ins, an album and EP, and, most recently, an immersive film. Crip Rave co-founder Fratila tells Katie Manners how her current work relates to her early adventures in underground rave scenes.
FEATURES
Claiming Space: Experimental Music form the Global South
Today’s experimental music scenes seek out greater diversity in their programs, and yet some parts of the world are often nowhere to be found. With passport in hand, Filipino-Canadian composer Juro Kim Feliz visits the Darmstadt 2023 Summer Course and it
s Sonic Writing and Soundings residency and meets electronic-music composer C-drík and Sabrina Eka Felisiana and Annisa Maharani of Indonesian duo Sarana to discuss their work and the realities of bringing experimental music from the Global South to European contexts.
Evan Parker
British saxophonist Evan Parker has been a transformational figure in contemporary music for the past sixty years. His global vision in sound has become both clearer and more explicit in his recent music. Stuart Broomer explores the expansive dimensions of Parker’s current work, as expressed in two concerts he performed in at the 2023 Jazz em Agosto festival, held in Lisbon: Joshua Abrams’ Natural Information Society, and Trance Map+, his project with Matthew Wright.
AND THERE'S MORE!
During an artist residency on a remote island in Finland, New Brunswick composer and sound artist Charles Harding contemplates the human impact of field recording.
The Canadian Afro-Cuban duo behind Juno-winning ensemble Okan bring their experiences as immigrants and their emotions as parents to their songwriting.
Rollie Pemberton, aka Polaris Prize-winning Hip Hop artist Cadence Weapon, ponders art in the age of the sellout.
We introduce Ningxin Zhang, winner of the 2023 Musicworks Electronic Music Composition Contest; full contest results and information on the flipside of this release.
Our reviewers discuss 2024 Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, the Toronto premiere of Du Yun’s Angel’s Bone, and many new releases.
On the CD: Ten tracks of previously unreleased or recently released music from artists featured in the Summer 2024 issue!
