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Interviews with Francis Dhomont, Christian Clozier, and Françoise Barriere. Articles on meaning and algorithms and new instrumental techniques. More reviews of Ground Fault cds, and reviews of the Cultures Electroniques series and cds from Empreintes Digitales. And, of course, much much more.

Asymmetry talks with...

Jon Christopher Nelson

“The technological advances that we have seen in our lifetimes create a wonderful atmosphere for sound exploration. For those of us who are easily intoxicated with sound, computer music provides fantastic possibilities.”

I first heard the music of Jon Christopher Nelson on an IMEB disc (Cultures Electroniques, vol. 9). I first met him at the 2006 Bourges festival, where his “Just after the rain” was played. Since we held this interview right after Jon had returned from some time in the studios at Bourges, where he had just finished a commission, we started things off talking about his decade-long association with IMEB, and about his latest piece. More...

Michèle Bokanowski

Bokanowski "When I start making sounds, mixing sounds, I of course have some idea of what I’m searching for, but quite often result turns out rather different and much better than what I intended. And I have to be open-minded enough to hear it and humble enough to accept it."

In 2002, while idly flipping through the “Experimental” bin at Amoeba Music, I came across a three inch cd from Metamkine, L’Etoile Absinthe by Michèle Bokanowski, part of their Cinema pour l’oreille series. I had had only good luck with three inch cds from Amoeba so far, and particularly so with the ones from this series, so plunk it goes into my basket. More...