From early theremin stages to tape machines, from Bauhaus theory to the San Francisco Tape Music Center, from ambient's outer edges to contemporary club futurism, Pioneers reframes influence as active transmission.
Listen to Side B 🎧 Pioneers.lnk.to/PioneersSide...
"It was an immense honour to create this piece in tribute to the inimitable Wendy Carlos. While she is best known for Switched-On Bach and her collaborations with Stanley Kubrick, this project focuses on the extraordinary sonic universe of her ambient recordings."—Kate Simko, Lara Somogyi
For this One-Day Choir, we will be lifting our voices to A Dawning by Ólafur Arnalds and Talos, arranged by Geoff Lawson—a beautifully expansive piece that builds from quiet intimacy into something powerful and uplifting. Sign up for more details ✨ www.eventbrite.com/e/gaia-music...
One-Day Choir is an opportunity to sing in a choir for one day only. A celebration of song and the connective power of singing in harmony. An opportunity to build community, make some new friends, and raise our powerfully diverse voices as one.
From early theremin stages to tape machines, from Bauhaus theory to the San Francisco Tape Music Center, from ambient's outer edges to contemporary club futurism, Pioneers reframes influence as active transmission.
Listen to Side A 🎧 Pioneers.lnk.to/PioneersSide...
"I delved deeply into Suzanne Ciani's work during the making of Starlight, in particular her record Velocity of Love from 1986. I'd like to think of my track as a contemporary reinterpretation of the sounds from that record."—TAAHLIAH
From early theremin stages to tape machines, from Bauhaus theory to the San Francisco Tape Music Center, from ambient's outer edges to contemporary club futurism, Pioneers reframes influence as active transmission.
Listen to Side A 🎧 Pioneers.lnk.to/PioneersSide...
"Laurie Anderson has inspired so many of us to tune into life's compass, say yes to our strange curiosities, and be very, very tender. Her singular way of distilling an infinite experience to its essence was the guiding force in the creation of this music."—Holland Andrews
From early theremin stages to tape machines, from Bauhaus theory to the San Francisco Tape Music Center, from ambient's outer edges to contemporary club futurism, Pioneers reframes influence as active transmission.
Listen to Side A 🎧 Pioneers.lnk.to/PioneersSide...
"As women of colour, @rroxymore and I both grew up with very few avant-garde yet wildly successful influences like Grace Jones. We were attracted to the inspiration of Grace Jones' truly unique musical and visual style, playing with gender, genre and performance."—Leila Adu
From early theremin stages to tape machines, from Bauhaus theory to the San Francisco Tape Music Center, from ambient's outer edges to contemporary club futurism, Pioneers reframes influence as active transmission.
Listen to Side A 🎧 Pioneers.lnk.to/PioneersSide...
On Time, from Loraine James, stretches rhythm and atmosphere in tribute to Björk's boundary-dissolving approach to composition, where digital texture and emotional intensity coexist in constant motion.
From early theremin stages to tape machines, from Bauhaus theory to the San Francisco Tape Music Center, from ambient's outer edges to contemporary club futurism, Pioneers reframes influence as active transmission.
Listen to Side A 🎧 Pioneers.lnk.to/PioneersSide...
"Pauline Oliveros's work was inherently political, and she consistently championed women and experimental musicians whose practices existed beyond conventional boundaries of composition, sound art, and improvisation."—Arushi Jain
From early theremin stages to tape machines, from Bauhaus theory to the San Francisco Tape Music Center, from ambient's outer edges to contemporary club futurism, Pioneers reframes influence as active transmission.
Listen to Side A 🎧 Pioneers.lnk.to/PioneersSide...
"One of the first female pioneers of electronic music I was introduced to while studying at university was Clara Rockmore. At the time, my focus was on classical guitar, composition, orchestration, and sound engineering. I aspired to become an acoustician."—Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
the tour is evolving... we are now presenting 27 attempts at dismantling the distance between us.
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These works do not simply honour the past: they extend its circuitry. Electronic music has always been shaped by women whose innovations were foundational yet often overlooked. Pioneers makes that lineage audible as living voltage ⚡️ www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Released across two digital chapters, Pioneers forms a living lineage. Twelve new works respond to figures who transformed tape, voltage, voice and performance into tools of liberation. Side A is out now, Side B releases 17th April.
Listen to Side A 🎧 Pioneers.lnk.to/PioneersSide...
Pioneers celebrates the little-known lineage of female composers who were fundamental to the invention and evolution of electronic music. Their fearless experimentation with machines and early technologies continue to shape how we produce, record and listen to music today.
There's an episode every weeknight and each episode is scored by Erland's own music. Start listening 🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Fans of myth and legend, exult! Erland Cooper is back on BBC Radio 3 this week with Cities of the Imagination, embarking on imaginary journeys to five fictitious cities, accompanied by writers, academics and storytellers who know all about these legendary locations.
Song of the Year (Electronic) with ‘In The Sound of Breathing’ at Icelandic Music Awards
really does take a village 🫂
thank you Loreen for jumping on a flight to Iceland to create this world together 🤍
Watch the video 🎞️ youtu.be/RpPsD5qxCHo?...
This is on repeat for the hundredth time! Spellbinding, beautiful and available to stream in full now. Lara Somogyi and Jean-Michel Blais perform tracks from désert, live from Joshua Tree 🏜️
We encourage you to listen, to contemplate, and—most important of all—to rest well.
Listen to Music For Growing Flowers (Nocturne) 🎧 ErlandCooper.lnk.to/MFGFNSR
Listen to Galileo 🎧 LukeHoward.lnk.to/GalileoSR
Listen to become the sky (for sleep) 🎧 SophieHutchings.lnk.to/becomethesky...
A nocturnal reimagining of Erland Cooper's Music For Growing Flowers; a sleep variation of Jessie Marcella's latest double single, Quartz; Luke Howard's piano improvisations, Galileo; and a selection of wonderful Sophie Hutchings reworks by @digitonal.bsky.social 💤💤💤
Today is World Sleep Day, and as we mark another year of promoting good sleep health, we also celebrate the chance to listen to a fresh set of new releases from our favourite artists. This year, World Sleep Day coincides with these beautiful gems.
