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Ellen Arkbro鈥檚 mixtape

Max Reinhardt with a mixtape by Swedish musician, composer and sound artist Ellen Arkbro.

Max Reinhardt presents a mixtape from Swedish musician, composer and sound artist Ellen Arkbro.

In her own words, the music that Arkbro makes is 鈥渧ery slow鈥, combining both acoustic traditional instruments and algorithmic sound synthesis to create new sonic textures.

Arkbro has been musically active since early childhood, singing in choirs every day as a youth. While studying at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, she started working more with synthesizers, exploring spatiality and psycho-acoustics.

In 2017, Arkbro released her LP 鈥渇or organ and brass鈥, which she wrote specifically for the Sherer-Orgel organ in St. Stephen鈥檚 Church in Germany. That same year, she presented a work at the Stockholm Music Hall that lasted 26 days.

Her upcoming release 鈥淐hords鈥 will involve organ, guitar and synthesis and explore textural and spatial qualities of harmonic sound.

Her mixtape features music that has inspired and shaped her as an artist, embodying the timeless and complex simplicity that she aims for in her own work, from Robert Wyatt and Arthur Russell to traditional Laotian field recordings and French Baroque harpsichords.

Produced by Katie Callin.
A Reduced Listening production for 成人论坛 Radio 3.

1 hour

Last on

Thu 16 May 2019 23:00

Music Played

  • Angelina Yershova

    Tumbleweed

    • CosmoTengri.
    • Twin Paradox.
  • Ellen Arkbro

    CHORDS for organ

    • CHORDS.
    • Subtext recordings.
  • AGF

    WATER-ROR

    • SOLIDICITY.
  • Rita Marlowe

    Why Be Angry Sweetheart

    • Music Is The Most Beautiful Language In The World 鈥 Yiddisher Jazz In London鈥檚 E.
    • JWM Records 鈥.
  • Charlotte Dada

    Don't Let Me Down

    • Ha Po Zamani.
    • Decca.
  • Ellen Arkbro

    Mountain of Air

    • For organ and brass.
    • Subtext Recordings.
  • Robert Wyatt

    Stay Tuned

    • Comicopera.
    • Domino.
  • Cecil Taylor

    T (Beautiful Young'n)

    • Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly!.
    • MPS Records.
  • General Magic

    Tyrell

    • Frantz!.
    • Mego.
  • Wayne Shorter Quartet

    Myrrh

    • Without A Net.
    • Blue Note 鈥.
  • Oren Ambarchi

    Hubris (Part 1)

    • Hubris.
    • EDITIONS Mego.
  • Arthur Russell

    "Instrumentals" Volume 2 Part III

    • Instrumentals.
    • Audika.
  • Juana Molina

    Un Dia

    • Un D铆a.
    • Domino.
  • Thao Phet Sananikhone

    Sut Sa Men, Ma It Thiet Lo Hat & And Tit Sut Noi

    • Laos - Traditional Music Of The South.
    • Auvidis.
  • Mark Fell

    Multistability 4

    • Multistability.
    • Raster-Noton.
  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    Musete de Choisi - Musete de Taverni

    Ensemble: Les Voix humaines.
    • Folies.
    • ATMA Classique.
  • Bill Evans Trio

    Peace Piece

    • Everybody Digs Bill Evans.
    • Riverside Records.

Broadcast

  • Thu 16 May 2019 23:00

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