Archive - The Liner Notes

The Rhythmic Series: an expansion of musical possibilities.

Could Pythagoras's ancient ideas build a rhythmic map for modern music?

Aug 9 •

July 2025

Music from an orbital perspective

The future of music depends on what perspective we adopt.

Jul 27 •

The power of Indian music's untranslatable words.

The vast vocabulary of South Indian Carnatic music fosters diverse ways of imagining music.

Jul 19 •

Music books for summer reading.

... Or winter, depending upon where you live.

Jul 12 •

Visual music: Tocsin

What happens when we 'see' music?

Jul 6 •

June 2025

Tocsin / New music.

The word tocsin describes an alarm call produced by bells, and this is a musical response to a world in crisis.

Jun 14 •

May 2025

A view from China

The music installation Cave of Sounds is being exhibited in China, more than a decade after its creation, and though situated in the modern world, it…

May 31 •

April 2025

The World of Irreversible Change

It is dynamic and transformative beyond the means of traditional art.

Apr 19 •

March 2025

The architecture of sound

Can the solid world of architecture provide insights into the intangible world of music?

Mar 22 •

February 2025

The creative possibilities of deep phasing

Deep phasing and its complexities.

Feb 22 •

December 2024

In memory of Zakir Hussain

'If I am going to sit and play only a particular kind of music, I am limiting myself as a creative artist.'

Dec 16, 2024 •

Films to watch for their music

Shifting film’s focus from visual to music and celebrating its composers.

Dec 7, 2024 •

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