KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Ode To Gravity: A Visit with Lars Gunnar Bodin

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

OTG.1971.02.25

Program Series

Ode To Gravity

Program Length

55 min

Dates

1971-02-25 | broadcast
| 1971-02-25 | created

Description

In a live broadcast, recorded on February 25, 1971, Charles Amirkhanian talked with Lars-Gunner Bodin, Music Director of the Swedish Center for Technological Art, and a long time member of the Fylkingen Society. The two talk about the two institutions and their role in promoting avant-garde electronic music, sound poetry, and inter-media art in Sweden and Europe in general. Several compositions produced at the Center are heard, including "Traces " by Bodin, "Don't Hesitate" by Sten Hanson, and "Mr. Smith in Rhodesia" by Ake Hodell.

Genres

Sound poetry
Electro-Acoustic / Electronic

Musical Selections

Traces I (1970) / Lars-Gunnar Bodin -- Don't Hesitate / Sten Hanson -- Cybo II (1967) / Lars-Gunnar Bodin -- Mr. Smith in Rhodesia (1971) / Åke Hodell

Subjects

Sound poetry
Text-sound compositions
Electro-acoustic
Electronic music

Related places

Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)
Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)

Related Entities

Fylkingen (Society)
Bodin, Lars-Gunnar, 1935-
Amirkhanian, Charles
Hanson, Sten, 1936-
Hodell, Åke