Play In The System

Welcome to Play in the System Season 2 Episode 1. I am delighted to welcome the amazing Harry Sword onto the show. Harry wrote my favourite book of last year called Monolithic Undertow In Search of Sonic Oblivion. The book alights a crooked path across musical, religious and subcultural frontiers. It traces the line from ancient traditions to the modern underground, navigating archaeoacoustics, ringing feedback, chest plate sub-bass, avant-garde eccentricity, sound weaponry and fervent spiritualism. From Neolithic beginnings to bawdy medieval troubadours, Sufi mystics to Indian raga masters, cone shattering dubwise bass, Hawkwind’s Ladbroke Grove to the outer reaches of Faust and Ash Ra Temple; the hash-fueled fug of The Theatre of Eternal Music to the cough syrup reverse hardcore of Melvins, seedy VHS hinterland of Electric Wizard, ritual amp worship of Earth and Sunn O))) and the many touch points in between,Monolithic Undertowexplores the power of the drone – an audio carrier vessel capable of evoking womb like warmth or cavernous dread alike. Down the Rabbit Hole I have also introduced a new feature to the show where I go down the rabbit hole and explore a particular sonic idea. in this episode, I explore the concept of the Four Track as an Instrument. I hope you like the feature Patreon I have also set up a pattern for Play in the System where you can subscribe. Teh different tiers bring different levels of goodies from just being a fan of the show, to getting access to the sounds from Down the Rabbit hole, all the way to mentorship. If you are interested, please click the link. https://www.patreon.com/playinthesystem [https://www.patreon.com/playinthesystem] Thank you Players for your support!! and Happy New Year! Matt Gooderson x Links: Monolithic Undertow the Book https://www.whiterabbitbooks.co.uk/titles/harry-sword/monolithic-undertow/9781474615235/ [https://www.whiterabbitbooks.co.uk/titles/harry-sword/monolithic-undertow/9781474615235/] Jamie Lidell's Hanging Out With Audiofiles https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hanging-out-with-audiophiles/id1279148418 [https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hanging-out-with-audiophiles/id1279148418] Rob Young - Electric Eden http://www.electriceden.net/ [http://www.electriceden.net/] Robert Macfarlane - Underland https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/30/underland-a-deep-journey-by-robert-macfarlane-review [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/30/underland-a-deep-journey-by-robert-macfarlane-review] Eno The Innovator & Rick Ruben https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOtrCYyf4cg [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOtrCYyf4cg] Mark Fisher - Post Capitalist Desire https://repeaterbooks.com/product/postcapitalist-desire-the-final-lectures/ [https://repeaterbooks.com/product/postcapitalist-desire-the-final-lectures/] Brian Eno Lecture 1979 The Recording Studio As A Compositional Tool Lecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1vuhJC6A28 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1vuhJC6A28] See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we celebrate the release of the new Snow Palms album Land Waves out now on Village Green Recordings. Play in the System is taken over by the wonderful Paul Nataraj as we are joined by co-Snow palmer, David Sheppard in a track by track discussion into the making of the album. Naturally, we talk about many other things along the way. Links: Snow Palms - Land Waves https://linktr.ee/matt_gooderson [https://linktr.ee/matt_gooderson] Paul Naturaj - Cobblestones and Kichari https://paulnataraj.bandcamp.com/ [https://paulnataraj.bandcamp.com/] On Some Faraway Beach - By David Sheppard https://bookshop.org/books/on-some-faraway-beach/9781409157625 [https://bookshop.org/books/on-some-faraway-beach/9781409157625] Henrik Schwarz & Bugge Wesseltoft on improvisation | Loop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxicMk0Jq7E [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxicMk0Jq7E] Brian Eno - Oblique Strategies https://www.enoshop.co.uk/product/oblique-strategies.html [https://www.enoshop.co.uk/product/oblique-strategies.html] The Fall - Repetition https://bookshop.org/books/on-some-faraway-beach/9781409157625 [https://bookshop.org/books/on-some-faraway-beach/9781409157625] Philip Glass - Music in 12 Parts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOeFvQ1qE9U [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOeFvQ1qE9U] Steve Reich - keersmaeker ann Violin Phase dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-9u-yYN0BM [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-9u-yYN0BM] Terry Riley - In C (1968) FULL ALBUM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbTn79x-mrI [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbTn79x-mrI] Suzanne Ciani On Modular Synthesis & The Buchla 200e https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pegObT0qjuM [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pegObT0qjuM] Max Eastley https://www.thewire.co.uk/video/max-eastley-videos [https://www.thewire.co.uk/video/max-eastley-videos] William Basinski at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h65nJkOeFds [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h65nJkOeFds] Suicide Dream Baby Dream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCRTCqgAkfg [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCRTCqgAkfg] italo calvino imaginary cities https://dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/books/invisible-cities/ [https://dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/books/invisible-cities/] See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for privacy and opt-out information.

Dr Paul Nataraj is a musician and cultural thinker. Paul's music explores loss, grief, family and love. His latest work, 'Cobblestones and Kitchari' is presented as a continuous narrative exploring places and events from Paul's life, through childhood, his Dad's illness and his unexpected death. “Each of the works included are produced from sounds connected to my Dad, his immediate UK and extended Indian family. The individual sections are expressions of sonic memory, audio testimony and the shifts in the perceptions of those memories over time.” Paul's Dad arrived in the UK in 1972, from Bombay, and married a woman from Preston, Lancashire, Paul's Mum. They built a life together in the mill town of Blackburn in the North of England. As well as being a portrait of his family, this work also explores transnationalism, and minority identity formation and is in many ways an ethnographic study through the prism of sound. Links to Paul's work can be found here: https://paulnataraj.bandcamp.com/ [https://paulnataraj.bandcamp.com/] https://fractalmeat.bandcamp.com/album/cobblestones-kitchari [https://fractalmeat.bandcamp.com/album/cobblestones-kitchari] https://soundcloud.com/paul-g-nataraj [https://soundcloud.com/paul-g-nataraj] See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for privacy and opt-out information.

Isobel and Matt talk about how to get going as an artist and overcome some of the physical and mental problems involved, especially in the age of coronavirus. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for privacy and opt-out information.

Everything Ascending: Creativity, Narrative, Agency & Change explores the relation between capitalism and the creative industries against the backdrop of global change. The musical artist as a brand is debated alongside the role of authenticity. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for privacy and opt-out information.