In a package of minutes there is this We. How beautiful. —Gwendolyn Brooks, “Riot” [Socrates comes out of the house … More
Author: Lyle Daniel
Lyle Daniel studies objects such as poems and sounds. He sometimes creates his own, and usually jots his notes when feeling flummoxed. He co-founded and edits Soap Ear.
“Repeat a lot. Sing a lot.”: On Jackson Mac Low’s Poetry and Music
Last September, L.A. label Recital Program reissued Jackson Mac Low’s 1977 cassette tape, Poetry and Music, on CD. The release … More
Alan Nakagawa, Ear Meal, and the Necessary Preparations
In 2010, along with Nisa Karnsomport and Mark Walsh, Alan Nakagawa created Ear Meal, perhaps the most extensive archive of … More
Voicing the Poltergeist: Extended Organ at Hauser & Wirth
Here we are, in the windy, January night (about 50 degrees in Los Angeles — some are wearing scarves), in … More
Screams, Music, Speech: An Interview with Composer Carolyn Chen
Carolyn Chen is a composer living and working in Los Angeles. She composes pieces that stretch our definitions of instrumentation … More
Recording Several Worlds: On the Label Recital Program and This Floating World by Roger Eno
The artistic persona is one tool that is available to composers as classical music continually winnows and diverges. These masks … More