01.06.2025
episode
Outsiders: SN Variations w/ Chris Watson & Musarc
The first half of SN Variations' show features a broadcast of a 1hr installation by Chris Watson, first performed and only previously heard at the ICA London in 2015. The piece was recorded in LA Selva tropical rain forest Costa Rica.
The second half features a selection of music by Joseph Kohlmaier Artistic Director of Musarc, an experimental choir base in London. Their next release, Affordances, by composer Heleen Van Haegenborgh, is released later in June on SN Variations.
Chris Watson
Chris Watson, Notes from the Forest Floor (2015)
MUSARC
Neil Luck, Bloody Sirens (2015)
Artist: Musarc, Cathy Heller Jones (conductor)
Album: Neil Luck, Bloody Sirens, Entr’acte 228 (2018)
Jan Hendrickse, Nafas ar-Rahman for overtone flutes (2024)
Artist: Musarc, David Young (conductor)
Recorded live at St Bonifatius, 23 March 2025
Olivia Block, Of Stations (2022)
Artist: Musarc, Jack Sheen (conductor)
Recorded at Resospace, ResonanceExtra, 20 April 2022
Sylvia Lim, Warum 3b (2024) Artist: Sylvia Lim, Musarc
Haunted Network Research Initiative, Pond Corpse (2023), extract Artist: Musarc, Jack Sheen (conductor)
Jack Sheen, Croon Harvest (2021–ongoing), extract Artist: Musarc, Jack Sheen (conductor)
Recorded at Resospace, ResonanceExtra, 20 April 2022
Heleen van Haegenborgh and Musarc, Hidden Affordance (2024)
Artist: Musarc, Oli Kitching (conductor)
Album: Heleen van Haegenborgh and Musarc, Affordances (2025), SNVariations SN15
Heleen van Haegenborgh and Musarc, Possible Affordance (2024)
Artist: Musarc, Oli Kitching (conductor)
Album: Heleen van Haegenborgh and Musarc, Affordances (2025), SNVariations SN15