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Notes from the Western Edge is a collection of audio profiles of musicians working on the edges of Jazz, New Music, Electronics, and the sonic spaces in between.
Produced in Los Angeles by Richard Paske, NFWE was published monthly from January, 2006 through July, 2007 and now includes 38 profiles, with more to be added on an occasional basis. To listen, use the ISSUE menu or click on a name in the Artist list on the right.
Pauline Oliveros
Pauline Oliveros has been creating new pathways for sound since her first days with a tape recorder in 1953. Today, her work is mostly in the digital domain, but she still plays her childhood instrument, the accordian, and leads groups in her Sonic Meditations through her practice of Deep Listening. In addition to all that, she helps others to find their own creative pathways through her teaching at Mills College and at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. A co-founder of the San Francisco Tape Music Center in 1962, Oliveros continues to push the envelope of our sonic environment through her music. Photo: Giesela Gamper
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Carl Stone
Carl Stone was sampling before samplers existed. He is considered by the Japanese to be a "grandfather" in the world of laptop music, and while he thinks that that designation casts him as older than he really is, he doesn't hold that against them and continues to live, teach, and perform in Japan. A native Californian, I caught up with Stone in the mid-Wilshire district of Los Angeles on one of his trips home, a few days after a duo performance with guitarist Nels Cline (see January, 2006 issue). Photo: T. Fuyama
