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Welcome to Talk to the Chip! This is a podcast dedicated to the pioneers of electronic music and their works. Hosts Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore (Kumo) discuss works that stand out as special for them and link them to other ideas and perspectives from across the wider spectrum of music.

  1. 14 JAN

    Delia Derbyshire Part 2 - Blue Veils and Golden Sands/Circle of Light

    In episode 28 of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore discuss works by female British composer Delia Derbyshire: Blue Veils and Golden Sands and Circle of Light This is the second of two episodes devoted to this pivotal composer's lesser known works. Blue Veils and Golden Sands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh86LtuuY4U https://wikidelia.net/wiki/Blue_Veils_and_Golden_Sands Circle of Light https://deliaderbyshire.bandcamp.com/album/circle-of-light https://wikidelia.net/wiki/Circle_of_Light More info: https://wikidelia.net/wiki/The_Delian_Mode https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Stansfield https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/pamela-bone-quietly-radical-photographer https://wikidelia.net/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Music https://deepcutswrites.substack.com/p/delia-derbyshire-a-tape-looping-pioneer RBMA 2010 Delia Derbyshire from 37min https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTRt8gTbdRw

    28 min

  2. 10/12/2025

    Delia Derbyshire Part 1 - The Delian Mode (1968)

    In episode 27 of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore discuss a work by female British composer Delia Derbyshire: The Delian Mode This is the first of two episodes devoted to this pivotal composer's lesser known works. Listen to The Delian Mode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OaBmaFK4kI Useful links: https://wikidelia.net/wiki/The_Delian_Mode https://djmag.com/news/electronic-music-pioneer-delia-derbyshire-honoured-building-coventry-university 1997 Interview  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-Fw5aTz_2I Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXnmSgaeGAI 1969 'Sky At Night' special  https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Farchive%2Fthe-sky-at-night-special--1969-year-of-space%2Fzjw68xs https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/100-voices/pioneering-women/women-of-the-workshop/delia-derbyshire Out of This World  https://www.discogs.com/master/207871-BBC-Radiophonic-Workshop-Out-Of-This-World-Atmospheric-Sounds-And-Effects-From-The-BBC-Radiophonic-W

    27 min

  3. 13/07/2025

    Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson: Elektrónísk stúdía (1951 - 1962)

    In episode 26 of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore get together for the first time with a guest, Icelandic composer, guitarist and sound artist Rikhardur H. Fridriksson to discuss a work by an Icelandic pioneer of electronic music: "Elektrónísk stúdía (e. Electronic Study"), musique concrète compositions, composed between 1951 – 1962. by Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson.   Listen to "Elektrónísk stúdía" here: https://soundcloud.com/magnusblondaljohannsson/sets/elektronisk-studia   Useful links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magn%C3%BAs_Bl%C3%B6ndal_J%C3%B3hannsson https://monoskop.org/Rikhardur_H._Fridriksson https://smekkleysa.net/shop/smekkleysa_cd/electronic/magnus-blondal-johannsson-elektronisk-studia/ https://nordische-filmtage.de/en/programm/movie/view/2009/1028.html https://www.nts.live/artists/58146-magnus-blondal-johannsszon https://www.islandpaafilm.dk/is/film/surtur-fer-sunnan https://en.sinfonia.is/concerts-tickets/works/magnus-blondal-johannsson-adagio https://www.islandpaafilm.dk/is/film/eldur-i-heimaey https://www.musik.is/BjarkiSve/Phd/Sidur/209-214.html (Icelandic)

    31 min

  4. 03/06/2025

    Alvin Lucier - Music On A Long Thin Wire

    In episode 25 of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore discuss Music On A Long Thin Wire (1977-1980) by Alvin Lucier: a milestone in Sound Art. Listen to Music On A Long Thin Wire here: https://alvinlucierlovely.bandcamp.com/album/music-on-a-long-thin-wire   more info: http://www.lovely.com/albumnotes/notes1011.html https://www.britannica.com/art/monochord https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_On_A_Long_Thin_Wire https://www.discogs.com/release/757891-Alvin-Lucier-Music-On-A-Long-Thin-Wire https://archives.nypl.org/mus/23034   https://direct.mit.edu/lmj/article-abstract/doi/10.1162/LMJ_a_00110/63533/Music-on-a-Long-Thin-Wire?redirectedFrom=fulltext   https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/c/conceptual-art https://rhodridavies.com/ https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/apr/09/alvin-lucier-dead-composer-making-music-ai-artificial-intelligence-brain   https://insheepsclothinghifi.com/david-behrman-in-his-own-words/

    25 min

  5. 09/04/2025

    Daphne Oram - Oramics (Part 2)

    Professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore dedicate a second episode to Oramics, a 44 track collection of works by groundbreaking British composer Daphne Oram Listen to Oramics here: https://daphneoram.bandcamp.com/album/oramics Further links: https://www.fbrt.org.uk/hermes/new-atlantis/ https://www.roland.com/uk/blog/what-is-a-vocoder/ https://www.daphneoram.org/oramicsmachine/ https://www.daphneoram.org/wire330/ https://www.gold.ac.uk/ems/oram/ https://ra.co/features/1305 https://www.daphneoram.org/stillpoint/ https://warp.net/artists/boards-of-canada

    30 min

  6. 03/03/2025

    Daphne Oram - Oramics (Part 1)

    Professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore dedicate this episode to Oramics, a 44 track collection of works by groundbreaking British composer Daphne Oram Listen to Oramics here: https://daphneoram.bandcamp.com/album/oramics Further links: https://www.daphneoram.org/oramicsmachine/ https://www.daphneoram.org/wire330/ https://www.gold.ac.uk/ems/oram/ https://ra.co/features/1305 https://www.daphneoram.org/stillpoint/ https://tapeop.com/blog/2024/09/01/joe-meek-taboo-telstar/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Meekhttps://www.daphneoram.org/stillpoint/

    25 min

  7. 27/12/2024

    Toyama Michiko - Waka and Other Compositions

    Professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore dedicate this episode to Toyama Michiko, Japanese female pioneer of electroacoustic music, unearthing her work Waka and Other Compositions. Listen to Waka and Other Compositions here: https://michikotoyama.bandcamp.com/album/waka-and-other-compositions-contemporary-music-of-japan Useful links: https://events.rochester.edu/event/michiko_toyama_at_the_columbia-princeton_electronic_music_center https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/962E69F2A79E8E57E049FDC73961BAF1/S1478572223000191a.pdf/michiko-toyama-disrupts-the-historiography-of-modernism.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiko_Toyama https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waka_(poetry) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohwer_War_Relocation_Center https://anchoreditions.com/blog/dorothea-lange-censored-photographs https://japanhouse.illinois.edu/education/insights/shakuhachi

    24 min

  8. 09/12/2024

    Sofia Gubaidulina - Vivente-Non vivente

    In episode 21 of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore discuss the only electronic piece by celebrated Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina - Vivente-Non vivente (1970) and the ANS synthesiser. Listen to Vivente-Non vivente here: https://youtu.be/w6Ds1BEb430?si=2QsXglDj01xZY5LW Useful links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANS_synthesizer https://www.warmplace.ru/soft/ans/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Scriabin https://www.endpointaudio.com/optical-sound-detail https://www.facebook.com/nightradio/ https://www.new-east-archive.org/articles/show/13211/sofia-gubaidulina-soviet-composer-music-story   https://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/article/contemporary-composer-sofia-gubaidulina   https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/31/sofia-gubaidulina-unchained-melodies   https://brahms.ircam.fr/en/works/work/8940/   https://coldspring.bandcamp.com/track/vivente-non-vivente-alive-and-dead   https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005949/ https://youtu.be/WrF1PSoTN3A?si=rwDLet-SBK06uVCT

    26 min
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Welcome to Talk to the Chip! This is a podcast dedicated to the pioneers of electronic music and their works. Hosts Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore (Kumo) discuss works that stand out as special for them and link them to other ideas and perspectives from across the wider spectrum of music.

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  • Creator
    TalkToTheChip
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    28
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    Clean
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