❝It was concrete resting on a balloon being supported by air, so in the areas where there’s a little bit of disruption of the surface, you get these pockets. So once in a while, depending on where you are standing, you have a parabolic where you have sound coming directly down into your ear but no one else can hear it.❞ — #SteveRoden https://www.kcrw.com/culture/articles/inside-the-last-bubble-house

After a long day of travelling, I’m very sad to hear the news of Steve Roden’s passing. His work has meant a great deal to me over the last two decades, and although I never had the privilege of meeting him, I felt I knew a little of him—as we often think we do—through his quietly questioning music, ideas and influence. Maybe it’s hyperbole but I feel like we’ve lost a major figure in late 20th and early 21st century sound art. Condolences to his family and friends.

#SteveRoden #lowercaseMusic

❝#SteveRoden had a porousness that allowed him to trace the relationships, as delicate as they might be, between object, sound, and space. It was then, just the case for him of allowing those things to resonate with one another. A gentle shift here, a repositioning there and Steve could create the most delightful orbits from the simplest of ideas and materials. Anything was possible, because everything was available.❞ — @room40 https://thequietus.com/articles/33373-steve-roden-obituary

#NowPlaying #SteveRoden “Winter Couplet” was created for the 2002 L.A. Freewaves festival. It was made using the sounds of 2 tea cups and played through 8 speakers connected to cardboard tubes. The tubes acted as resonators, inspired by the work of architect #ShigeruBan. This version is a stereo mix of the original work. https://room40.bandcamp.com/album/winter-couplet

Lawrence English (@room40 ) on #steveroden
https://thequietus.com/articles/33373-steve-roden-obituary

thanks for the quiet attention
rest in sound

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Steve Roden:
🎵 Winter Couplet (excerpt)

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https://open.spotify.com/track/1KfxjlcSjMDau441VhxX1u

I am now listening to Winter Couplet I by Steve Roden #SteveRoden
https://www.last.fm/music/Steve+Roden/_/Winter+Couplet+I

I am now listening to Winter Couplet I by Steve Roden #SteveRoden
https://www.last.fm/music/Steve+Roden/_/Winter+Couplet+I

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Steve Roden:
🎵 Winter Couplet

#SteveRoden