Karen Power is a composer from Cork, Ireland whose work spans orchestral music, sound installation, music for dance and experimental film, and free improvisation. Since 2012, much of her work has been concerned with the use of field recordings and ambient sounds. Power has a new album with Quiet Music Ensemble out now on Other Minds Records, …we return to ground…, which surveys her field recording compositions written between 2015 and 2022. In the interview, we talk about field recordings, dialogue between natural sounds and human performers, and Power’s “aural scores.”
Music: instruments of ice by Karen Power, performed by Quiet Music Ensemble (Other Minds Records); sonic pollinators by Karen Power, performed by Quiet Music Ensemble (Other Minds Records); …we return to ground… by Karen Power, performed by Quiet Music Ensemble (Other Minds Records)
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The Other Minds Podcast is hosted and edited by Joseph Bohigian. Outro music is “Kings: Atahualpa” by Brian Baumbusch (Other Minds Records).