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Ultima Podcast

By Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival

Going deeper into the music with the Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival. The team behind one of the biggest contemporary music festivals in Northern Europe open up the diverse and fascinating world of modern music and experimental sound with innovative sonic portraits with composers and performers. Ultima Festival happens every year in September: see ultima.no for details.

Presenter: Rob Young.
Producer: Regine Døsen Kristoffersen @ Filt Oslo.
Sound mixing: Daniel Daatland.
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Ep 4 2020: Health check: Pinquins

Ultima PodcastSep 10, 2020

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On the ocean with Pytheas Travels

On the ocean with Pytheas Travels

Rob Young travels with Maja S.K. Ratkje and Paola Palavidi as they prepare to launch Pytheas Travels, a musical/visual cocktail of surreal maritime experiences connecting ancient exploration with modern tourism. 

For more info, see https://www.ultima.no/en/pytheas-travels Ultima Festival 14–23 September 2023: ultima.no

Recorded and presented by: Rob Young

Sound editing: Silje Vemøy

Sound mix: Ådne Hallas at Filt Oslo

Original music: Kristine Tjøgersen

Thanks to Maja S.K. Ratkje and Hypercomf for permission to include sound clips from Pytheas Travels.

Sep 10, 202322:14
Inside Einstürzende Neubauten with Chris Bohn

Inside Einstürzende Neubauten with Chris Bohn

Rob Young discusses the music and legacy of German band Einstürzende Neubauten with Chris Bohn – Editor in Chief of The Wire magazine. As a music journalist with the New Musical Express in the early 1980s, Chris was the first British writer to interview and champion the group, whose name means 'collapsing new buildings'. In this conversation recorded live at Kulturhuset, Oslo, during the 2022 Ultima Festival, he shares inside stories from the group's history, apocalyptic sound, and the Cold War Berlin where they were formed. 

Presenter: Rob Young

Producer: Regine Døsen Kristoffersen @ Filt Oslo

Sound mix: Daniel Daatland

Original music: Kristine Tjøgersen

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Freedom is Around the Corner
Sep 12, 202215:15
Xenakis's Cassandra complex: Ultima's opening concert
Sep 09, 202215:24
Aspects of Øyunn: A new role for Siv Øyunn Kjenstad
Aug 30, 202212:00
Flock tactics: Prizewinning composer Jan Martin Smørdal
Jun 23, 202215:28
Organotopia – Organ-ised chaos with Nils Henrik Asheim

Organotopia – Organ-ised chaos with Nils Henrik Asheim

Rob Young meets composer, improvisor and organist Nils Henrik Asheim. Nils Henrik talks through his forthcoming Organotopia project, to be performed at Ultima Festival, Oslo, on 17 September 2022. Reinventing the organ at an audio-visual public art project taking over a church and park in central Oslo. 

Organotopia: organotopia.no

Ultima Festival 15–24 September 2022: ultima.no

Presenter: Rob Young

Producer: Regine Døsen Kristoffersen @ Filt Oslo

Sound mix: Daniel Daatland

Original music: Kristine Tjøgersen




May 13, 202212:26
Beyond time and place with Javid Afsari Rad

Beyond time and place with Javid Afsari Rad

Ultima Context – the podcast that takes you deeper into the world of contemporary and experimental music.

Composer and santur player Javid Afsari Rad talks about 'Bigah', his work for the NOWOR orchestra, an Oslo based collaboration between musicians from many different backgrounds and music traditions.. For more info: https://ultima.no/en/events/721cd2a5-6d40-4faf-b06d-7d3361003e1e

Presenter: Rob Young

Original music: Kristine Tjøgersen

Producer: Regine Døsen Kristoffersen @ Filt Oslo.

The Ultima Context Podcast is a production of Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival. Find out more at ultima.no

Sep 24, 202116:51
Bathing in sound with Marianne Stranger's Waterwork

Bathing in sound with Marianne Stranger's Waterwork

Ultima Context – the podcast that takes you deeper into the world of contemporary and experimental music.

At a mountain hotel outside Oslo, artist and composer Marianne Stranger is setting up an immersive sound installation called Vannverk (Waterwork), which includes audience members floating in the outdoor pool in large transparent inflatable bubbles. In this sound portrait she talks to Rob Young about the project and we hear extracts of the accompanying music. For more info: https://www.mariannestranger.net

Presenter: Rob Young

Original music: Kristine Tjøgersen

Producer: Regine Døsen Kristoffersen @ Filt Oslo.

The Ultima Context Podcast is a production of Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival. Find out more at ultima.no

Sep 23, 202112:42
Adventures in Ambient with Carmen Villain

Adventures in Ambient with Carmen Villain

Ultima Context – the podcast that takes you deeper into the world of contemporary and experimental music.

We meet Carmen Villain in her studio in central Oslo to talk about the revival of interest in Ambient music and her own production techniques. 

Presenter: Rob Young

Original music: Kristine Tjøgersen

Producer: Regine Døsen Kristoffersen @ Filt Oslo.

The Ultima Context Podcast is a production of Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival. Find out more at ultima.no

Sep 18, 202115:07
Ryoji Ikeda's cymbalism with Jennifer Torrence

Ryoji Ikeda's cymbalism with Jennifer Torrence

Ultima Context – the podcast that takes you deeper into the world of contemporary and experimental music. 

Jennifer Torrence, percussionist with Oslo based group Pinquins, talks about preparing to perform 100 Cymbals, a new work by the Japanese composer Ryoji Ikeda. The full group performing on 22.9.21 (https://ultima.no/en/events/1eecc959-1227-4bc1-8c2c-2324ebebc0e4) consists of: Michaela Antalová, Johanne Byhring, Sigrun Gomnæs, Ane Marthe Sørlien Holen, Nasra (Nasra Ali Omar), Ylva Bråten Rian, Matilda Rolfsson, Sanskriti Shrestha, Nora Sjøgren, Jennifer Torrence. Direction: Alexandre Babel. 

Presenter: Rob Young

Original music: Kristine Tjøgersen 

Producer: Regine Døsen Kristoffersen @ Filt Oslo. 

The Ultima Context Podcast is a production of Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival. Find out more at ultima.no


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Ep 9 2020: Protest and Survive: Agitation and the Avant Garde
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Ep 8 2020: Dilemmas in Contemporary Music Criticism
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Ep 7 2020: Don’t Forget to Laugh! New Music Can be Fun
Sep 29, 202046:09
Ep 6 2020: Rethinking Modern Music
Sep 29, 202046:27
Ep 5 2020: Adapt Or Die! How to Run a Music Festival in a Pandemic
Sep 29, 202036:14
Ep 4 2020: Health check: Pinquins
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Ep 3 2020: Composer Trond Reinholdtsen: Permanently under construction
Sep 08, 202011:12
Ep 2 2020: Kristine Tjøgersen on Household Objects
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Ep 1 2020: Risto Holopainen on Secrets of Radiophonic Art
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