iMMERSE! with Charlie Morrow

Latest Episodes:

Miya Masaoka - Being in Awe of What Eixsts in Nature 5 May 16, 2022

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Miya Masaoka is an utterly fascinating Fluxus-nfluenced artist who was inspired by her childhood fascination with her cat's purring vibrations. She often works with environmental sounds in natural settings and has produced intriguing performance duets with insects.

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David Toop - Echoes of Immersion 3 Apr 30, 2022

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David Toop, the poetic musician and author of Ocean of Sound & Haunted Weather who has followed the path of shamanism and sonic experience is here engaged in a fascinating conversation about memory & immersion. He is a respected improviser and thinks of all his creative activity as improvisation.

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Annea Lockwood - From Burning Pianos to Immersive Sound[s] 2 Apr 16, 2022

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Charlie Morrow & Annea Lockwood, New Zealand-born American composer & environmental musician discuss immersion. She has taught electronic music at Vassar College. She’s known for her explorations of natural acoustic sounds and environments, in works ranging from sound art & installations, to text-sound, performance art & concert music. She's recorded Fluxus-inspired pieces involving burning or drowning pianos. Her CDs include: Thousand Year Dreaming/Floating World, World Rhythms, A Sound Map of the Hudson River, Tiger Balm.

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Jaron Lanier - Co-Founder of Virtual Reality 1 Apr 03, 2022

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Charlie & Jaron Lanier, pioneer of virtual reality, met in the late 1970s at Rip Hayman's famous Ear Inn in New York. Jaron worked on EAR Magazine and created a cover with New York’s subway stops as musical instrument play buttons. He jammed in the Ocarina Orchestra. Jaron shares his earliest experiences with immersivity and some of his latest work. Read entire interview pdf here * production & audio backdrop: bart plantenga

The Gerzon Factor - Ambisonics & Immersive Sound 0 Mar 19, 2022

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Pilot broadcast of the immerse! podcast series is a special 80-minute celebration & investigation of the life & work of audio pioneer Michael Gerzon, inventor of Ambisonics & lossless audio, which revolutionized recorded sound. The podcast series launch came in conjunction with the immerse! online event: Celebration of the Vernal Equinox & Michael Gerzon on Sunday March 20, 2022.

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