Something Like #10: The Voice
This episode is dedicated wholly to the voice, and particularly the female voice: to our breath, to our speech, and to our songs. May 2020

 

Hello my friends,

I’m so very happy and proud to share the 10th episode of Something Like with you!

This episode is dedicated wholly to the voice, and particularly the female voice: to our breath, to our speech, and to our songs. Thank you to Luzie Meyer and her class at Weissensee Kunsthochschule for the fascinating seminar on situated feminism in sound I get to sit in on. I’m excited to put a couple of the musicians we’ve spoken about in another sonic context here. I also want to thank Kate Brown and Ben Marvin for asking me to contribute to their occasional mailer, S.W.I.M. (http://swimpubs.com/articles/the-borderlands), which includes a text and sound piece corresponding to this episode. Finally, I want to thank Elif Saydam, artist, roommate/domestic life partner and all around friend, who is responsible for the gorgeous cover image of this episode, as well as many joys in my life. Wow, friends, right?

  • The music behind me is from Joanna Brouk’s 1981 “The Space Between”

Tracklist

1) The Park, Robert Ashley
2) Raga Shanmukhapriya, Aruna Sairam
3) Dolmen Music (Extract), Meredith Monk
4) Kyrie, Thomas Tallis (Tallis Scholars)
5) Ay Çürüdü, Anadol
6) Sea Wave, Jeritree
7) Out Through the Skin, O Yuki Conjugate
8) Winter Icicle Rain, Claire Hammil
9) Woman in Late, Roberto Musci & Giovanni Venosta
10) Calming Down Song, Laensha (Musik der Hamar)
11) I’d Rather Be Blind (live), Etta James
12) I Put A Spell On You (live), Alice Smith
13) Mir Stanke Le, Bulgarian State Radio & TV Female Choir
14) Gloomy Sunday, Diamanda Galas
15) Song to Keep You Company, Bridget St. John
16) Mi Specchio & Rifletto, Silvia Tarozzi
17) Baby I, Joan Armitrading
18) Tsugaru Tour, Akiko Yano
19) Si T’es Mal Dans Ton Peau, Koko Ateba
20) Yoake No Scat, Reiko Ike
21)Just (After Song of Songs), David Lang