When does sound become music? That’s a line blurred by Kevin Springer’s sound art. He designs sound and music for plays, including Tenesse Williams’ Summer and Smoke. He has also found a niche for his experimental electronic music online. We talk about how he works in this strange musical language.

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To hear Kevin’s theater scores and Disquiet Junto experimental music, visit ktspringer.com.

Episode Playlist

• 0:30 – “A Moment of Release” – Kevin Springer (Disquiet Junto #7, 2012)
• 1:10 – “Patterns of Love” – Kevin Springer (Disquiet Junto #50, 2012)
• 3:37 – Music from the play Slasher by Urban Samurai – Kevin Springer
• 4:24 – “December” – Kevin Springer (Summer and Smoke, 2012)
• 5:24 – “Taps” – Kevin Springer (Leave)
• 6:39 – “I Don’t Know How I’m Ever Going to Get Through the Summer” – Kevin Springer (Summer and Smoke, 2012)
• 7:12 – “Chart of Anatomy” – Kevin Springer (Summer and Smoke, 2012)
• 7:28 – “The Rectory” – Kevin Springer (Summer and Smoke, 2012)
• 8:18 – “Getting Up Early” – Kevin Springer (Disquiet Junto #11, 2012)
• 8:52 – “April 12th” – Kevin Springer (It Will Rain, It Will Rain, 2010)
• 10: 38 – “Birdie” – Kevin Springer (Disquiet Junto #9, 2012)
• 11:55 – “Living-breathing” – Kevin Springer (Disquiet Junto #34, 2012)
• 13:51 – “.recovered” – Kevin Springer (Disquiet Junto #36, 2012)
• 16:08 – “It Hz” – Kevin Springer (Disquiet Junto #27, 2012)
• 18:25 – “Cassette Artifice” – Kevin Springer (Disquiet Junto #49, 2012)
• 20:35 – “April 8th Pt. 2” – Kevin Springer (It Will Rain, It Will Rain, 2010)
• 22:16 – “At the Window” – Kevin Springer (Summer and Smoke, 2012)
• 25:20 – “Ghosts Pt. 1” – Kevin Springer
• 27:19 – “To Pray My Prayers” – Kevin Springer (Disquiet Junto #8, 2012)

Suggested Listening

• The Microphones – “I Want Wind to Blow” (Keeping guitar imperfections to add character)
• James Houston – “Big Ideas: Don’t Get Any” (Radiohead cover on printers and hard drives)
• Steve Reich – “Pendulum Music” (Swinging a microphone near a speaker to get feedback)
• John Fahey – “Dance of the Inhabitants of the Invisible City of Bladensburg” (One of Kevin’s influences for Summer and Smoke)

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