Echolocation

Oct 30 2024 44 ep. 4

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Echolocation aired on WGXC from May 2016 to December 2024.

Echolocation explores aspects of environmental art, especially the use of bioacoustics in sound art and musical composition. The show dwells at the junction between art, science, and natural sound, and features works by artists working in the fields of soundscape studies, deep listening, and acoustic ecology. Featured composers include R. Murray Schaffer, Doug Quin, Lisa Walker, Hildegard Westerkamp, Pauline Oliveros, and others. Each quarterly program includes news and updates from fields related to scientific and artistic studies of environmental sound. Submissions of locally recorded and produced pieces are encouraged. https://www.facebook.com/EcholocationWGXC

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Monster Mash-up - Echolocation

<p>On this broadcast we're going to hunker down and listen in to excerpts from past shows that explore animal communication that happens beyond the realm of human perception. We'll eavesdrop on treehoppers, spiders, narwhals, and owls. As we enter into the dark time of year, we'll be serenaded by musical compositions from Julia Kent, Lisa Schonberg, They Might

Bat Signals - Echolocation

<p>On this Summer 2024 broadcast, we’re getting back to basics and honoring one of the worlds most essential echolocators - bats! We’ll share some of the newest information that bioacoustic researchers are finding about bats, and listen to music that incorporates sounds of bats, or is inspired by the world’s only flying mammal. Music by Stuart Hyatt, Christina Vantzou,

Sounds of the Sky - Echolocation

<p>Explore the surprising aural aspect of three celestial events that happened during the spring of 2024 — the vernal equinox, total solar eclipse, and aurora borealis. Featuring music and sound art by Matthew Shaw, Corey Mwamba, The Science of Sound, Wayne Grim and the Kronos Quartet, The Knife, and Aurora Borealis.</p><p>Echolocation explores aspects of enviro

Take the Leap! Lucky 13 Broadcast - Echolocation

<p>Listen to 13 reasons to support WGXC during the Lucky 13 pledge drive, celebrating the station’s 13th anniversary. We hope you'll be inspired to take the leap from listener to supporter during this Leap Day broadcast. Featuring music and sound art from They Might Be Giants, Buke & Gase, Liam Singer, Joseph Bertolozzi, Susie Ibarra, Lisa Ann Schonberg, Mamoru Fuj

River Listening - Echolocation

<p>On this broadcast we’ll hear songs inspired by rivers, and field recordings of riparian soundscapes from around the world. The show features songs by Allison Miller, Lester Seven Star Greenwood & Michael Longrider, Hariprasad Chaurasia, and Bayoumi. Soundscapes by Andrew Skeoch, Annea Lockwood, and Jana Winderen.</p>

Natural Muses - Echolocation

<p>On this broadcast, we listen to the work of musicians and sound artists who meld their musicality with devotion to the natural world. The show features works on cello, piano, electronics and percussion by Julia Kent, Liam Singer, Jon Hopkins, and two Wave Farm 2023 artists-in-residence, Susie Ibarra and Lisa Schonberg. All the pieces include field recordings or are inspire

Songs of the Humpback Whale - Echolocation

<p>The groundbreaking 1970 album Songs of the Humpback Whale inspired a global movement to protect whales from hunting. Roger and Katy Payne were the bioacoustics researchers who recorded and analyzed these whale songs. Both were musicians and biologists who had long and distinguished careers in the field of animal communication. Roger Payne died in June, 2023. Learn about Ro

Polar Sounds - Echolocation

This broadcast of Echolocation features an initiative called Polar Sounds, which is described as “a unique project re-imagining some of the little-heard sounds of the Arctic and Antarctic regions, reflecting on climate change and the evolving sounds of the polar seascapes.” The show includes an interview with the leaders of Polar Sounds, Stuart Fowkes from Cities and Memory, an

Bridge Music - Echolocation

<p>During this winter 2022 broadcast, we listen to the 2009 release <I>Bridge Music,</I> an album composed with sounds recorded by playing an iconic landmark in our region: the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge, which crosses the river at Poughkeepsie. Poughkeepsie-based musician, composer, and sound artist Joseph Bertolozzi created the album by sampling

Ringing Rocks - Echolocation

Take a sonic field trip to the Ringing Rocks County Park in Upper Black Eddy, PA to hear boulders that sound like bells when struck. Featuring music made with and inspired by these sonorous stones by Michael Sterns and Ron Sunsinger, Stephen Bradley and Edward Ruchalski, Annelids, Prahnas, and the Gondwana Jazz band.<br> <br> Echolocation explores aspects of environment