Nuts And Bolts Podcast is back with the first episode of Season #4, where host Jessica Sligter interviews composer, sound artist, and researcher Cathy van Eck (1979 Belgium/Netherlands), whose work combines elements from performance art, electronic music, and visual arts. 

Cathy teaches at the Department for Sound Arts of the University of the Arts in Bern, Switzerland. In 2017 her seminal book Between Air and Electricity was published, detailing how musicians have explored how to transform microphones and loudspeakers from “inaudible” technology into genuinely new musical instruments. 

This episode was edited and mixed by Jessica Sligter. Made possible with the support of Norsk Kulturfond. 

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Nuts And Bolts S4E1 Cathy van Eck

The Dream Has Died

The State Of The Union

Krinein / collapsus-com

Outtake of demo-version by Sligter for Two Figures, a commissioned work for Oslo14 vocal ensemble in 2015.

Two Figures - outtake of demo-version (Sligter, 2015)

Outtake of State Of Insecurity (2021). Composition by Sligter, with improvised contributions by Audrey Chen and Xavier Lopez. Text by Sligter and quotes from Isabell Lorey and Elizabeth A. Povinelli. 
Audrey Chen - voice, objects
Xavier Lopez - synthesizer
Jessica Sligter - voice, electronics, artistic direction

Recorded by Baptiste Moulin in april 2021, mixed by Jessica Sligter.

State Of Insecurity (2021) Outtake

Buy full release at https://butlerandbutler.bandcamp.com/album/room-one

Played and recorded by Jessica Sligter at Elektronmusikstudioen EMS in Stockholm.
Edited and Mixed by Jessica Sligter.
Mastered by Lasse Marhaug.

released March 21, 2023
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Shrew (2023)

Shrill

Concept and composition by Jessica Sligter. 
Co-composition by Magda Mayas - prepared piano
Deborah Walker - cello
Sarah Saviet - violin
Recording by Jessica Sligter

Outtake soundtrack for Celler og Vev video-work by Mai Hofstad Gunnes (2022)

Composition and recording by Jessica Sligter.
Deborah Walker - cello
Maya Magdas - prepared piano
Sarah Saviet - violin

In this composition I combined working with an interpretation of the weaving element in Gunnes' work, more specifically the patterns in digital weaving machines and their likeness to digital dna patterning, in my scoring approach with the element of heterophony, something I'm used to as an avid shapenote singer. 

Heterophony: music with multiple voices that each have a level of independence while co-existing, rather than one being the lead and others accompanying. Heterophony was common in medieval european music and is common in shapenote singing still today.

As a result of the abstract mode of notation in the score, the players were confronted with and asked to resist the classical urges to coordinate their timings with one another, blend and use affect in their tones. Instead they had to co-exist in an autonomous manner as per heterophony, and had to try to un-do some of the aesthetical demands imbedded in classical music.

I chose pitches/frequencies that are slightly off kilter with one another, to disorientate the western classically schooled ear, create an open and playful space, that leaves the listener with questionmarks.

Outtake 2 soundtrack for Celler og Vev video-work by Mai Hofstad Gunnes (Sligter, 2022)

Rough mix of 'Weaving Shapes' - preview of the upcoming The Shapes album 'For A Closer Walk,' due to be released in may 2024.
The Shapes are: Owen Gardner, Tom Oldham, Meittam Govreen, Jessica Sligter. Composition by Jessica Sligter.

Weaving Shapes (Sligter, 2023) by The Shapes

From A Sense Of Growth, Jessica Sligter's 2016 release on Hubro

Wherever You Go

Surrounds, Surrounds Me

From 'Fear And The Framing' (Hubro, 2012)

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If That Was Crooked, This is Straight

The Finest Hour

The Endless End

Listen in a clear stereo soundfield - if in doubt about your soundsystem, headphones are a good alternative. Sine wave etude, composed/played/mixed by Jessica Sligter 2018.

Etude 1

Performers: Stine Janvin Motland, Anat Spiegel, and Jessica Sligter.
Composition by J. Sligter, with contributions by Motland and Spiegel.
(2011)

A A A - (Sligter, 2011) performed by Janvin Motland, Spiegel and Sligter

In the first episode of this series, Sligter talks to Norwegian artist and author Jenny Hval. Known for concept albums such as Blood Bitch, and the accompanying 'bloody' performances, Jenny Hval divulges her how concept and technology merge in her work process.

Nuts And Bolts is a podcast for music-lovers and music-makers. Jessica Sligter, a recording artist and producer herself, re-introduces listeners to some of their favourite artists from an angle otherwise rarely touched upon. Womxn artists are deeply involved in hardware and software, and Nuts And Bolts is there to nerd out with them.

Picture by Jenny Berger Myhre

Nuts And Bolts S1E1 Jenny Hval

Listen with headphones! 
Jessica Sligter with Sarah Hennies plays The Great Unveiling off Polycrisis:yes! (Butler & Butler 2018) at Femme Brutal, Kafé Hærverk, Oslo, november 2018.

The Great Unveiling - Jessica Sligter + Sarah Hennies - Live

New Mix! 
Live recording. Tøyen, Fil og Klafferi ensemblet (Kristine Tjøgersen, Hanne Rekdal, Eira B. Foss, and Kaja Ådne Thoresen), with Sligter on electronics play "Movements 1." Composition by Jessica Sligter. 

At NyMusikk Bergen concertseries, Gimle Kulturhus in Bergen. 2nd of november 2018. Recorded and mixed by Jessica Sligter.

Movements 1 (Sligter, 2018) by Tøyen, Fil og Klafferi Ensemble

Swedish composer and electronic musician Maria W Horn is our guest at Nuts And Bolts gear-talk podcast, episode #2.

Horn works immersively with electronics; her main weapon of choice, Supercollider, is but one of many software and hardware tools that she interacts and experiments with to create and manipulate her compositions. From mechanical electronic beats to multidisciplinary installations, to textural conceptual works, Horn lets us in on some of her techniques and thoughts about gear.

Nuts And Bolts is hosted and made by Jessica Sligter, co-engineered by Bridget Ferrill, and co-produced by Anne Gerd Grimsby Haarr. This episode was supported by NOPA and FoFoGoFo.

Nuts And Bolts S2E2 Maria W Horn

Straight from Steel Town, we talk to Jlin The Innovator on the third episode of Nuts And Bolts Season #2.
Growth and health in music production: it's not just about the skill, but also about the spiritual, says Jlin. Creating layered, propelling compositions, Jlin shares with us her tips on working on the road, affordable gear, and more.
Jlin caught everyone off guard with her thrilling albums Dark Energy and Black Origami. She has collaborated with amongst others choreographer Wayne McGregor, and musicians Holly Herndon and William Basinski.

Nuts And Bolts is hosted and made by Jessica Sligter, co-engineered by Bridget Ferrill, and co- produced by Anne Gerd Grimsby Haarr. This episode was supported by Norsk Kulturfond.

Nuts And Bolts S2E3 Jlin The Innovator

Season #2 of gear-talk podcast Nuts And Bolts comes to an end with a fourth episode, where host Jessica Sligter meets Maja S. K. Ratkje, at her home in the Norwegian woods. A prolific performer, improviser and composer, technology is a part of Ratkje’s practice across the board.

Chance versus control, working versus broken, throwing away versus fixing. Also oscillators, cassettes, making contact mics, tailor-made plugins, and more, where woven together with many impromptu demonstrations. A dense conversation, fuelled by skill and play.

An immenselysatisfying experience to end our season with. Before season #3 hits, Nuts And Bolts will be publishing their first video-series of artist portraits and gear-tutorials.

Seek us out on Instagram and Youtube, and stay tuned! Nuts And Bolts is hosted and made by Jessica Sligter, and co-engineered by Bridget Ferrill.

This episode was supported by NOPA and Norsk Kulturfond.

Nuts And Bolts S2E4 Maja S. K. Ratkje

From 'Fear And The Framing' (Hubro, 2012)

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Pricklet

The Great Unveiling from Sligter's upcoming album Polycrisis:yes! (2018). Featured in the HBO series The New Pope by Paolo Sorrentino.

The Great Unveiling

Lest I ever waited

(ENG below) Til Ekkofestivalen 2020 har Ideophone Records invitert Nuts & Bolts – podkastserien som tar et dypdykk i artisters fremgang og arbeidsmetode med elektroniske instrument, trommemaskiner og synthesizere – til samtale med Yhdessa, en av artistene som har remikset det Bergensbaserte labelets låter på den nye remiksskiva IDE003, som kommer i november/desember 2020. 

Yhdessa er et samarbeid mellom Grand River og Enrica Falqui, som startet i 2017 mens de delte et musikkstudio i Berlin.
Aimée Portioli, kjent som Grand River, er en nederlandsk-italiensk poly-instrumentalist og komponist med base i Berlin, og den italienske produsenten og djen Enrica Falqui er kjent fra den Berlin-baserte duoen ERIS.
 
Aimée og Enricas musikalske forening er fargerik og varm. Den viser en eksperimentell side med innslag av ambient og elektro fra de to komponistene som beveger seg mot dansbare breakbeats, abstrakt tekno og elektro.

Denne episoden ble klippet og mikset av intervjuer Jessica Sligter. Bilde av Barbara Camean. 

ENG: For Ekkofestival 2020 Ideophone Records invited Nuts & Bolts - the podcastseries which take a deep dive into artists' ways of using and working with electronic instruments - to a conversation with Yhdessa, one of the artists which remixed a track by the Bergen-based label on their new remix record IDE003, to be released in nov/dec 2020.

Yhdessa is a collaboration between Grand River and Enrica Falqui, which started in 2017 while they shared a rehearsal space in Berlin. Aimée Portioli, known as Grand River, is a Dutch-Italian poly-instrumentalist and composer based in Berlin, and the Italian producer and DJ Enrica Falqui is known from the Berlin-based duo ERIS. 

Aimée and Enricas musical marriage is colorful and warm. It shows an experimental side with elements of ambient and electro from the two composers who move towards danceable breakbeats, abstract techno and electro.

This episode was edited and mixed by interviewer Jessica Sligter. Photo by Barbara Camean.

Nuts And Bolts for Ekko Festival & Ideophone Records: Yhdessa

musician/composer/text writer
artistic director @ Nuts And Bolts
2023: Room One (Butler & Butler)
2022: Celler og Vev suite & Shapes I
2021: State Of Insecurity 
2018: Polycrisis:yes! (Butler & Butler) & Untitled #2/The Mute (Unsound) & Movements I (performed by Tøyen Fil og Klafferi)
2016: A Sense Of Growth (Hubro)
2012: Fear and the Framing (Hubro)
2010: Balls & Kittens, Draught & Strangling Rain (Hubro)
2008: The Forming of the Shaping EP(Dansefot)

2011: Window's A Fall (Trust Me Records) - Sacred Harp band
2007: Someone New (D'Autre Cordes Records) - The Story Of Modern Farming

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