m*upi

Written for piano trio & electronics

Performed by Longleash (longleashtrio.com)

4/5/17

Something Strange

A piece for soprano, double bass, two bass drums, and electronics. Premiered as part of the New Music on the Point Festival in June 2019.  
Performed by
LIGAMENT (Soprano+Bass)
Jan Williams and Emerson Wahl (Percussion)

unpinned momentum

All mute things speak today for soprano and double bass
Performed by Anika Kildegaard and Will Yager (LIGAMENT Duo)
May 2019, Cortona, Italy

All mute things speak today
by Anna Margolin

All mute things speak today
the blue murmuring of a wispy cloud falls like dew
lofty words from the great dreamers of old
rustle in the treetops
and fall on my heart
with every leaf and every star.
Can you hear it?
How the sand is quivering
under the lonely, slow tread of night?
Solemnly and grandly 
a rich chant peals forth
from the gray, shrouded stone.
And you, my dear, my dear,
you are silent.

All mute things speak today

60 minutes of improvisations and meditations made during my week long residency at Villa Lena in Tuscany for NTS WIP.

Improvisations & Meditations from Villa Lena

Setting of Afghan folk poetry, Raftum az in Baagh. Performed by musicians at Cortona Sessions for New Music 2019.

رفتيم از اين باغ هجر تو حاصل
داغي تمنا چون لاله بر دل

هم از تو دوريم هم با تو نزديك
آيينه و دل با هم مقابل

هر جا كه رفتيم يادي تو كرديم
صحرا به صحرا منزل به منزل

رفتيم از اين باغ هجر تو حاصل
داغي تمنا چون لاله بر دل

Raftum az ein baagh, hijre tu hasel        
(Though I have left this garden, you have left me broken.)
Daghe tamana chun lalah bar dil            
(I bear a burning scar, like a lily, on my heart.)

Ham az tu durem ham baa tu nazdik       
(I am both near and far from you)
Ayena o dil bah ham meqabel                
(My heart’s mirror reflects only you.)
 
Har ja ke raftum yad tu kardem                
(Anywhere I go, your memory haunts me)
Sahara ba Sahra manzel ba manzel          
(From desert to desert, regardless my destination.)
 
Raftum az ein baagh hejre tu hasel        
(I have left this garden, and I am broken from our separation.)
Daghe tamana chun lalah bar dil             
(I bear a burning scar, like a lily, in my heart.)

Raftum Az In Baagh

My piece "what stretches", performed at the 2019 Cortona Sessions. Instrumentation is as follows:
clarinet in Bb
tenor sax
percussion
piano
violin
contrabass

Conductor: Dr. Barry Sharp

Thank you to everyone for putting as much as you could into this.

what stretches - Austin Conrad Smith (Cortona Sessions 2019)

"A Comma" by serpentwithfeet

Listen to this track and more at adultswim.com/singles

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"A Comma" by @serpentwithfeet. 
Written and produced by serpentwithfeet & Wynne Bennett.
From the new EP, Apparition.

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Adult Swim Singles 2019-2020

serpentwithfeet - "A Comma"

GAIKA (@gaikasays) has been hailed as one of Britain’s most vital rappers. His confrontational music — and writing — is proudly Black, addressing as it does issues of the immigrant experience, gentrification and violence. It’s been called everything from gothic dance hall to industrial electronics for the way it distills Caribbean traditions and the contemporary sound of London, while he sees himself more of an afropunk with eyes very much on the future. Next to a full length and a number of EPs on Warp, this month he has collaborated with NAAFI affiliates on his new EP 'Seguridad' — which is out now —, while his collective The Spectacular Empire continues with its series of streams aimed at celebrating Black culture and raising money for Black causes. 

Over the course of an hour on this week’s mix, GAIKA serves up a positive musical selection. There are times when things get impossibly smooth, but pained passages often follow. It means one minute glossy r&b and purple funk fest you up, then gorgeous original instrumentals and sombre strings bring you back down. Complex and wide-ranging, it’s a mix that goes way beyond club functionality, instead managing to tell the sort of personal stories that real mixtapes should.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 291 - GAIKA

NY-based composer, sound artist and producer.

Something Strange

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