lowkey digital studio » Canada http://www.lowkeydigitalstudio.com portfolio web site of Nathan Wolek Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:03:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Charlatan Interview http://www.lowkeydigitalstudio.com/2010/11/charlatan-interview/ http://www.lowkeydigitalstudio.com/2010/11/charlatan-interview/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:33:43 +0000 Nathan http://www.lowkeydigitalstudio.com/?p=212 On October 13, I received a random phone call in my office from Wyatt Danowski.  It seems he was looking for an expert in electronic music history and found me after some Google searching.  There was an upcoming electronic music festival in his region of Ottawa, Canada and he was writing a piece for his newspaper.  I happen to teach a course at Stetson called History of Electronic Music (MUSC 195A), which I guess qualifies me as an expert.

I happily chatted with him for about 15 minutes about the high points from the last 100+ years and my perspective on genres.  The results were an article that ran in the late October issue of The Charlatan (which is “Carleton’s Independent Weekly”).  One correction though: he seemed to mis-hear “tape” as “take”.  But overall it was a fun experience that I would be glad to repeat if anyone else is looking for an expert in this area.

A bit of my interview with The Charlatan.

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In June 2006, I traveled to Ontario to participate in a symposium on the legacy of composer Iannis Xenakis, in addition to doing a little sightseeing with my family. Acoustic materials for this piece are drawn from recordings I made during this visit to Canada.  These are juxtaposed with sonic elements that merge my existing style of gradually changing textures with techniques pioneered by Xenakis.  The end result is a unique document of the trip, fragmented through memory and adapted by the process of composition.

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