# Cathy Berberian

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27: Snippet No. 5: Experimentation vs. Communication (ft. Theorema Review)

This is my reading an article I wrote for a newly-launched publication called Theorema Review (https://theorem-a.org/). I'm mainly reading it to draw attention to the idea behind the publication, launched a couple months ago by a friend, that of artists reviewing other artists (though I also used m…

11. "Quantum Criminals" ft. Alex Pappademas and Joan LeMay

Writer Alex Pappademas and painter Joan LeMay join the podcast to discuss their brilliant new book Quantum Criminals. The authors explain how the idea of structuring a Steely Dan book around the cast of characters sparked their collaboration, as we dive into the Dan-verse to talk about characters b…

Crosscurrents in Early Electronic Music: Italy—Part 1

Episode 100 Crosscurrents in Early Electronic Music: Italy—Part 1 Playlist Berio, Maderna, Nono, Zuccheri, RAI Studio di Fonologia Musicale (RAI), Milan Luciano Berio, “Mutazioni” (1955) from Prospettive Nella Musica (1956 RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana). The first complete tape work by Berio a…

Only A Cover Song - Episode 214 - Six Degrees of Beatles

featuring: Jim Gaffigan, The Plastic Ono Band, The Smithereens, The Bacon Brothers, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Big Bill Broonzy, Joe Walsh, Palette-Swap Ninja, Sean Lennon, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Angie & The Chicklettes, The Equals and Cathy Berberian

50: Ep. 7: “We tell ourselves stories in order to live” (ft. The Beatles and the Avant Garde) | An Opera Singer and a Comedian Walk Into a Bar

Welcome to another conversation from the high/low art divide between opera-singer-turned-experimental-performer Ema Katrovas and comedian-and-TV-writer-turned-novelist Nicholas Anthony. For this end-of-the-year episode, Nick and Ema decided to talk about The Beatles and their influence on a few pi…

Cathy Berberian

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Cathy Berberian. Favourite track: Sinfonia by Swingle Sisters Book: Survival manual Luxury: Box of spices

Luciano Berio - Visage

Episode 18 of Talk to the Chip is dedicated to famous pioneer of electronic music Luciano Berio, specifically to his otherwordly work Visage (1961) featuring the voice of legendary Cathy Berberian. Listen to Visage here: https://youtu.be/JmMJV-NrQrA?si=44cEih3vwYiDPJeJ Useful links: http://www.l…

The fine art of mickey-mousing – On music and film (2)

Mickey-mousing – the close synchronisation of music and image, as in classic animated films – has a bad reputation for being a simplistic and pointless duplication of the image. But it becomes interesting when we ask ourselves how exactly the music relates to the world of image and sound. 00:00 In…

mr.K's difficult pleasures Vol. 4

Another selection in this series of experimental ballads, challenging toe-tappers and olden goldies from Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Tammy Faye Bakker, Diane Wakoski, Severed Heads, Throbbing Gristle, Charlie Feathers, Louise Huebner, Asphixiation, No Night Sweats, Lydia Lunch & Big Sexy Noise, Hank, St…

Shelley Hirsch: Writing While In It

Shelley Hirsch is a formidable extended vocalist long on the global avant garde scene. She is unique in that she combines a riveting gymnastic orality, a very unique dadaistic meta-language with  warm, deep stories emerging from her life, most impressively remembering her early days growing up in E…