Hear works from transgender and non-binary artists that explore themes of liminal spaces, evolving identites, and self-discovery.  

Listen to electronic works like Hiro Kone’s Silvercoat the throng. Created during lockdown, their fourth album plays with space, shifting shapes, and timelessness through strings, synths and vocals. You’ll also hear a piece from Lyra Pramuk’s album, Fountain, which is the English translation of her last name. This album features Pramuk’s voice, sculpted by electronics, as the sole instrument. 

Rachika Nayar’s Our Hands Against The Dusk is composed of dynamic electronic soundscapes built up from her guitar that are inspired by touch - from the embrace to the impact. In MARANASATI 19111, Nina Keith at once reminiscences and reconciles with her past in her hometown of North East Philadelphia, whose zip code can be found in the album’s title. The song New Skin 16 Mirror Dream weaves together piano, vocals, and electronics in a fantastical frenzy. This and more on this edition of New Sounds. - Laura Boyman

Program #4632, Transitions and Transformations (First aired 6/10/22)

ARTIST: Hiro Kone
WORK: Mundus Patet
RECORDING: Silvercoat the throng
SOURCE: Dais Records
INFO: hirokone.bandcamp.com

ARTIST: Nina Keith
WORK: New Skin 16 Mirror Dream 
RECORDING: MARANASATI 19111
SOURCE: Grind Select
INFO: ninakeith.bandcamp.com/album/maranasati-19111  

ARTIST: Lyra Pramuk
WORK: Tendril 
RECORDING: Fountain
SOURCE: Bedroom Community
INFO: lyrapramuk.bandcamp.com/album/fountain 

ARTIST: Eyibra
WORK: 2Spirit
RECORDING: DIOMEDE
INFO: spotify.com/album 

ARTIST: Hiro Kone
WORK: Mist to petrifact
RECORDING: Silvercoat the throng
SOURCE: Dais Records
INFO: hirokone.bandcamp.com

ARTIST: Rachika Nayar
WORK: A Burning Plain
RECORDING: Our Hands Against The Dusk
SOURCE: NNA TapesINFO: rachika.bandcamp.com/album/our-hands-against-the-dusk 

ARTIST: Anohni (arr. Dessner)
WORK: Another World
RECORDING: Impermanence/Disintegration
SOURCE: 37d03d
INFO: brycedessneraustralianstringquartetsydneydancecompany.bandcamp.com

ARTIST: Inti Figgis-Vizueta
WORK: Music for Transitions
RECORDING: Recorded Live for National Sawdust's Digital Discovery Festival
INFO: inticomposes.com/music-for-transitions 

ARTIST: Yaz Lancaster
WORK: Articulated Objects - V. Cuts, Folds
INFO: soundcloud.com/yazjanelle/sets/articulated-objects 

ARTIST: Wendy Carlos
WORK: Poem for Bali
RECORDING: IBeauty In The Beast
SOURCE: Audion Records
INFO: discogs.com/master/19697-Wendy-Carlos-Beauty-In-The-Beast