All Songs Considered
Viking's Choice goes back to the future
Jan 2, 2024
Our resident Viking Lars Gotrich explores epic Japanese storytelling, soul-sampling powerviolence, ambient rap, and beautiful noise. Topics include unexpected sample sources in experimental music, the history of documenting everyday sounds, the relationship between time and memory, the concept of home, and the transformative power of music and collaboration.
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- Experimental electronic duo Matmos celebrates the history of the Smithsonian Folkways catalog by sampling non-music records like bird sounds and office noises in their album Return to Archive.
- French Prague rack band Poil Ueda collaborates with Japanese folk singer Junco Oleda to create an album called Yoshitsune that combines traditional tales with captivating vocals and the sound of the satsuma bewa to breathe new life into ancient stories.
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Matt Mis album Return to Archive reimagines non-music records
Electronic duo Matt Mis creates experimental and accessible music by sampling non-music records from the Smithsonian Folkways catalog. Their album Return to Archive is a celebration of the 75-year history of the record label and features unconventional sources such as recordings of birds, frogs, and sounds from the office.
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