Podcast 376: Peder Simonsen

Art + Music + Technology

Sometimes my attention is grabbed by something unexpected. In researching Peder Simonsen, I was very impressed with his production work, his work with modular system – but then I read about his work with the tuba. Microtonal tuba. In a group. That stopped me in my tracks, and I had to learn more. I ended up having a fascinating conversation with Peder, and got an amazing education about so many things!

In our discussion, we talk about microtonal tuba – and it, how does it work? – the application of microtonalism with his modular system, and his unique compositional and structural concepts. His recordings have a unique way of developing over time – there’s a linearity to them that I found really intriguing, and we explored how he hears the music that he’s making.

Peder is also involved in a lot of groups, and also does a fair amount of production work with others. This puts him in a position to work on many types of collaboration, and we dig into this as well. How do you write for a microtonal tuba trio? How do you mix a modular system with an experimental jazz orchestra? So damned interesting…

For more information, you can check out the following:

Peder’s web page: https://www.pedersimonsen.com/

Robin Hayward’s microtonal tuba - https://robinhayward.com/eng/mitontuba.php

Sofa Music - label of microtub and many other experimental Norwegians: https://www.sofamusic.no/

Tubbutec microtonal tuning module - https://tubbutec.de/%C2%B5tune/

Enjoy!

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