federico torres

baladí’s b.012 marks one year of the show. It opens with a collaborative soundscape made from @horriblehenry3 recordings of his day-to-day life in the Bay Area. From there, the show moves through music rooted in the region. With Pauline Oliveros and Terry Riley setting the tone, the show traces back to tape music as an early form of sound manipulation, whose influence continues to echo across many of the genres heard throughout Baladí’s first year. Oliveros’ idea of deep listening runs through it: the distinction between hearing and listening, and listening understood as the closest thing to consciousness. Baladí invites you to do both. Try lowering the volume and notice how the music blends with your space, then raise it and focus on how the room responds. Or just hear…

baladí - the schmeed *

charles amirkhanian - II – in praise of the venerable piano roll *

pauline oliveros - deep listening (lear) *

terry riley - in c *

marc kate - deface II

r beny - the romantic image of ruins

kk.shucko - another missed mirage

lucy liyou - fold the horse

grouper - moon is sharp

FYI birds - lourenço seven

jefre cantu-ledesma - mirrors death

chris otchy - un perrito tranquilo

christopher willits x ryuichi sakamoto - sentience

pauline oliveros - deep listening (ione)

* contains fragments pauline olivero’s talk ‘the difference between hearing and listening’