Sleipnir

Sometimes desire is like a wolf, a savage beast too powerful to control or tame; this song is about the delights of that!

The Wolf

Richard Wyld's Album

Furz in Offentlichkeit

"PINK noise" is the first single release from Lola de la Mata's upcoming album around tinnitus: "Oceans on Azimuth", out May 8th 2024 + a 250 limited edition run colour vinyl. Pre-order now on Bandcamp

"PINK noise is a collaboration between myself and Lana Norris, resident musicologist at the Hudspeth Neuroscience Lab, NY. Our common interests were Maryanne Amacher and the inner ear…our diverging interests: opera, baroque music, prose for Lana. Improvisation, prepared violin, otoacoustic illusions for me. Our worlds and personalities truly collided in this performance style composition. I wanted to keep a raw quality to the piece, leaving space for the listener’s imagination to picture our duet in a domed architecture (hopefully a cochlea!). 

The text written by Lana is in fact a list of terminology overheard at the lab, taken from the language of statistics and auditory physocphysics - which, mirrors musical language but with alternate meanings. The piece intends to feel like vertigo induced play...3/4 of the way in, “Hopf” tingles the brain from the sudden hyper produced stereo realm, holding attention around the ears before descending back into reverberant improvisatory chaos.

It's an added bonus that the title references Tara Rodger's book on women within electronic music and sound "Pink noises"."

PINK noise

Oceans on Azimuth

Stereocilia

KOH - Klee - Uh (Remastered)

Introducing the latest auditory journey curated by Lola de la Mata for CLOT Magazine's mixtape series. Delving into the mysterious realms of sound, the experimental composer presents a meticulously crafted selection of tracks that traverse the boundless landscapes of sonic exploration.

Lola de la Mata, a London-born French/Spanish conceptual sound artist, composer, curator, and musician (violin/voice/theremin), boasts a diverse practice spanning performance art, installation, community projects, and electroacoustic composition.

Her first release, the feminist concept album REMISE EN BOUCHE (Pan y Rosas Discos 2018), was followed by The Embalmer (Nonclassical 2021) and KOH—Klee—uh (SA Recordings 2022), laying the groundwork for her latest album, Oceans on Azimuth, set for release on May 8th.

Currently, Lola’s artistic focus centres around listening and hearing practices, tinnitus and aural diversity, and chronic illness experiences, something she focused on after experiencing a trauma episode herself. Rather than giving up music after developing severe tinnitus and vertigo, as she was told, she decided to listen with a new ear and dive deep into the world of tinnitus to cope with the isolating condition and facilitate the connection between sufferers.

For Oceans on Azimuth, she reached out to A.J. Hudspeth in New York who runs the sensory cell lab where they study the cochlea. There, she found collaborators in biophysicists who offered her the unique experience of recording her tinnitus.

Drawing inspiration from the intricate forms of the cochlea and the inner ear, Lola's compositions emerge as avant-garde sonic tapestries, woven from the rhythmic pulsations of heartbeats and the ethereal whispers of tinnitus, transmuted through an array of innovative instruments. Metal, glass, ceramic, and ice converge to birth otherworldly timbres, while field recordings and traditional string instruments intertwine with inventions like the Claravox theremin and an ear canal-shaped gong.

On the other hand, the artist's influence also extends far beyond the realm of composition. As a multifaceted artist, curator, and musician, her tireless advocacy for inclusivity and representation reverberates through her work. From collaborations with fellow artists (musicians, dancers and queer performance artists, most recently with Eve Stainton to a PhD pursuit in tinnitus research. 

For this mix, she mentions: I treated the mix as a sonic collection of some of the artists I met and who inspired me along my project journey. With the exception of AYA and Tomoko Sauvage, whom I haven’t (yet?) had the chance to meet, some were chance meetings. Stephan Crasneanscki, founder of Soundwalk Collective and Maria Chávez at Rewire last year, for bagpipe player and composer Lise Barkas and I, it was mutual curiosity sitting by the Niki de Saint Phalle fountain outside IRCAM in Paris; while others such as Kepla are supporters of me and my work, and in Mira Calix’s case, whom this record is dedicated to, she adopted me as her mentee for two years before she passed. The other dedication on the record is to Anneka Swann - a friend who will retain part of my soul…with May 8th, the album release date marking one year since I last held her. Just as sombreness infused with respite flows through my body and left ear. The mix is imbued with grief, reflection and recalibration.


Tracklist
1. Left Ear - Lola de la Mata
2. Stereocilia - Lola de la Mata
3. Lo Becat - Lise Barkas & Lisa Käuffert 
4. Mummer Love - Soundwalk Collective with Patti Smith 
5. ASLEEP-AWAKE-EKAWA-PEELSA, Spring 2021 - Maria Chávez
6. Sinew (Mira Calix Remix) - House of Bedlam
7. Silence - Keeley Forsyth
8. A Clearing, Spectre in Autumn - Kepla
9. Whorling - Lola de la Mata
10. Icky Dream - Valentina Magaletti & Marlene Ribero 
11. Pearl Reservoir - Lola de la Mata
12. Clepsydra -Tomoko Sauvage 
13. what if i should fall asleep and slipp - AYA
14. Right Ear - Lola de la Mata

CLOT Magazine presents Lola de la Mata - Along a semi-circular bone

Welcome to Mathematics: In Sound Only!

This is the first of a series of programs attempting to explore some mathematical concepts, and even try to prove some of them, using nothing but sound.

In this first program we explore logarithms, a powerful concept that can unlock an understanding of growth in a truly enormous variety of contexts.

Script, music, sound effects and narration by Andrew Wyld.
Recording and production by Jordan Thomas.
Theme music is: https://soundcloud.com/andrew-wyld/shunting

Mathematics: In Sound Only! Episode 1: Logarithms #SoME2025

I Shook The Hand

A song about being covered in lipstick kisses by a beautiful woman.