045. Levi Lu and Jennae Santos (Gushes)

047. Mattie Barbier (RAGE THORMBONES), Shara Lunon (Blasé), Russell Greenberg (Yarn/Wire)

Welcome to this special triple episode with three of our Swoonfest artists! Charlotte speaks with Mattie Barbier of Rage Thormbones, Shara Lunon of Blasé and Russell Greenberg of Yarn/Wire about the exciting performances that they are bringing to TAK’s very own festival, Swoonfest, on Sept. 12 and 13! Get tickets for Swoonfest here: https://www.takensemble.com/tickets check out Rage Thormbones’ album Breaking Ships and other work: https://triptickstapes.bandcamp.com/album/breaking-ships https://ragethormbones.com/ check out Blasé’s album, 1: https://blaseworld.bandcamp.com/album/1 check out some of Yarn/Wire’s work: https://www.yarnwire.org/media-1 Donate to support TAK here: https://www.takensemble.com/support

046. Victoria Cheah and Mobéy Lola Irizarry (Las Mariquitas)

Welcome to this special double episode with two of our Swoonfest artists! Charlotte speaks with Victoria Cheah and Mobey Lola Irizarry of Las Mariquitas about the exciting performances that they are both bringing to night 2 of TAK’s very own festival, Swoonfest, on Sept. 13. Get tickets for Swoonfest here: https://www.takensemble.com/tickets check out some of Victoria Cheah’s work: https://victoriacheah.com/work/instrumental-electronic/ Las Mariquitas’ single, Como me Quiero: https://lasmariquitas.bandcamp.com/track/como-me-quiero-ft-sara-ramirez-yaissa-jim-nez More info about Las Mariquitas: https://www.instagram.com/mariquitas.band/?hl=en Donate to support TAK here: https://www.takensemble.com/support

045. Levi Lu and Jennae Santos (Gushes)

Welcome to this special double episode with two of our Swoonfest artists! Charlotte speaks with Levi Lu and Jennae Santos about the exciting performances that they are each bringing to night 1 of TAK’s very own festival, Swoonfest, on Sept. 12 2025 at the Dimenna Center in NYC. To jump to Jennae's interview, go to 38:00 Get tickets for Swoonfest here: https://www.takensemble.com/tickets Check out some of Levi Lu’s other work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1Au7P7KY5Q https://levilu.bandcamp.com/track/electricity-as-blood https://levilu.com/ Gushes’ forthcoming album Delicious Collision: https://gushes.bandcamp.com/album/delicious-collision-2 More of Jennae Santos’ work: https://gushesmusic.com/ https://www.naesantos.live/ Donate to support TAK here: https://www.takensemble.com/support

044. Seare Ahmad Farhat

Laura and Charlotte speak with composer, performer, and TAK 2024 season collaborator, Seare Ahmad Farhat about silence, the magic of chamber music, spirituality and poetry. Donate to TAK at www.takensemble.com/support TAK will be premiering Seare’s piece “Bring me your Silence” on December 3rd, 7:30pm at the Dimenna Center in NYC, alongside works by Eric Wubbels, inti figgis-vizueta, and Zeynep Toraman. The concert will also feature a solo performance by Qiujiang Levi Lu. Come out if you're in the area! Tickets and more info here: www.takensemble.com/holding For more information on Seare and to listen to more of his music, visit his website at https://searefarhat.com For more information about TAK ensemble, visit us at www.takensemble.com, and follow us on Instagram/other social channels @TAKensemble. You can also subscribe to our newsletter or get in touch at www.takensemble.com/contact. We have a lot going on this season, and would love for you to join us! If you like the TAK Editions Podcast and want it to keep existing, please consider making a donation to support our work at www.takensemble.com/support. Thanks for listening.

043. Zeynep Toraman

Madison and Marina speak with composer, performer, and TAK 2024 season collaborator, Zeynep Toraman. Their conversation goes deep into the nature and motivations of artistic practice, literature, identity, and much more. TAK will be premiering Zeynep's piece "Veils" on December 3rd, 7:30pm at the Dimenna Center in NYC, alongside works by Eric Wubbels, inti figgis-vizueta, and Seare Ahmad Farhat. The concert will also feature a solo performance by Qiujiang Levi Lu. Come out if you're in the area! Tickets and more info here: www.takensemble.com/holding For more information on Zeynep Toraman and to listen to more of her music, visit her website at www.zeynep toraman.com. For more information about TAK ensemble, visit us at www.takensemble.com, and follow us on Instagram/other social channels @TAKensemble. You can also subscribe to our newsletter or get in touch at www.takensemble.com/contact. We have a lot going on this season, and would love for you to join us! If you like the TAK Editions Podcast and want it to keep existing, please consider making a donation to support our work at www.takensemble.com/support. Thanks for listening!