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Éliane Radigue -- Courtesy of Éliane Radigue, Yves Arman, Foundation A.R.M.A.N.

Essay

Éliane Radigue: A Legacy of Listening Closely, Together

Annea Lockwood, Charles Curtis, Éliane Radigue, Laurie Spiegel, Nate Wooley, Pierre Schaeffer, Rhodri Davies, Rhys Chatham, Silvia Tarozzi

On a spring day in 2022, an uninterrupted hum emanates from the center of a room, as natural as the human voice yet produced by electronic instruments. As I stand in the corner listening to Éliane Rad…

Vanessa Ague

Apr 8, 2026

Madli Marje Gildemann -- Photo by Enso Photography

Album

Madli Marje Gildemann Looks to Nature on “Dream Sequence of an Ancient Forest”

KAIROS, Kaspar Mänd, Ludensemble, Madli Marje Gildemann

The Estonian composer Madli Marje Gildemann explores the fragile thresholds between sound, embodiment, and perception. Her music often dwells in states of suspension and transformation, drawing on ext…

Gemma Peacocke

Apr 7, 2026

Concert

Lucy Liyou Breaks Free in Visceral “Mister Cobra” Performance

Laura Cocks, Lucy Liyou, Mingjia Chen, Nick Zanca, Performance Space New York

Before she took the stage as “Babygirl,” we were preparing for Lucy Liyou’s character to bleed. Ushers had proactively cautioned audience members in the first two rows at Performance Space New York th…

Connie Li

Apr 2, 2026

Irreversible Entanglements -- Photo by Annemone Take

Album

A Call to Action from Irreversible Entanglements: “Vibrate Higher, Beyond the Noise”

Aquiles Navarro, Camae Ayewa, Helado Negro, Impulse! Records, Irreversible Entanglements, Keir Neuringer, Luke Stewart, Moor Mother, Motherboard, Tcheser Holmes

Although Camae Ayewa, Tcheser Holmes, Luke Stewart, Aquiles Navarro, and Keir Neuringer had lived and worked in the same spaces for years, their latent connections finally crystallized in 2017 on…

Julia Kuhlman

Apr 1, 2026

Interview

5 Questions to Olivia Block (media artist, composer)

Alvin Lucier Award for Music, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Olivia Block

Olivia Block is pictured on her website before a glistening Steinway piano, illuminated from behind on a moody, darkened stage swirling with fog, her attention turned to a cart with an array of small,…

Christian Kriegeskotte

Mar 31, 2026

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