In episode 1 we introduce the idea of a sound community, tell the story of mythological bad guy Balor of the Evil Eye and ask: are we the Formorians now? 
The soundscape was created using our gamelan instruments to create many layers of drones

Ep 1 - Are we the Formorians?

Discussing listening as distinct from hearing, and the work of Pauline Oliveros- http://www.paulineoliveros.us/
and Miriam Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann -  https://www.miriamrosefoundation.org.au/about-dadirri

Ep 2 - Deep Listening

A sound commons as a way to understand our movement through Covid lockdowns.
Jeff Todd Titon is a major influence and here is his blog on his 'Sound Ecology' project:https://sustainablemusic.blogspot.com/
Prana's soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/uchoeniro

Ep 3 - A Sound Commons

Link to the story about Haiku on Sherkin: https://westcorkpeople.ie/culture/together-apart-haiku-from-a-locked-down-sherkin/
Link to the story about the acoustic monitoring of the west Cork coast:
https://afloat.ie/marine-environment/marine-wildlife/item/49694-impact-of-ocean-noise-pollution-on-ireland-s-marine-life-examined-in-celtic-sea-study?fbclid=IwAR1Z571b4IdLxz8lxKee1IBaRRT6fmjauD8sXSHdzX4Lp2yOGkOmU8DedDU
They are also on Facebook @SmartWhaleSounds

Ep 4 - The Music of What Happens

Learn more about our gamelan orchestra here:
https://thewellbeingnetwork.ie/westcork/about-49-north-street/gamelan-spreacha-geala/
Jane Bennett's faculty webpage:
https://politicalscience.jhu.edu/directory/jane-bennett/

Ep 5 - Vibrant Matter

Have we been thinking about music all wrong in academia?

Link to more info on Jim Sykes' work, and a pdf of the intro to his book mentioned:
https://upenn.academia.edu/JimSykes

Link to the youtube student performance featuring gamelan:
https://youtu.be/fEk0_htxhgY

Ep 6 - Technology of Care

The soundcloud of Dr Markus Beuhler:
https://soundcloud.com/user-275864738

More info on the spider web sonification research:
https://news.mit.edu/2019/spider-web-music-inspiring-harmony-art-and-science-0108

Interestingly, two of the composers attached to the project are well known for their work with gamelan, Evan Ziporyn - http://www.ziporyn.com/
and Christine Southworth -https://www.creativeground.org/profile/christine-southworth-0

Ep 7 - The Extended Phenotype

The web blog of Timothy Morton:
http://ecologywithoutnature.blogspot.com/
And a really good 3 part BBC radio series Morton made a few years back:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000cl66

John Moriarty talking to Tommy Tiernan about wildness:
https://youtu.be/m6kfo4FahM0

Ep 8 - The Hostel at the End of the World

Jeff Todd Titon's Blog:
https://sustainablemusic.blogspot.com/
Info on the Visual Microphone:
https://people.csail.mit.edu/mrub/VisualMic/
Robin James' soundcloud page where she reads from her book:
https://soundcloud.com/robin-james-3/the-sonic-episteme-podcast-episode-1
More tracks from Prana:
https://soundcloud.com/prana456
More takes on the Song of Amergin:
http://www.anupictures.com/project/invoking/
https://www.rte.ie/culture/2020/0921/1166609-lyric-feature-decoding-the-mysteries-of-the-song-of-amergin/

Ep 9 - Amergin's Song

Gamelan Spreacha Geala improv Dec 1st 2021

GSG improv Dec 21

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