{"product_id":"sound-american-26-the-occam-issue","title":"Sound American #26 – The OCCAM Issue","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"accroche\"\u003eAn issue dedicated to Éliane Radigue's ground-breaking compositional work, \u003cem\u003eOCCAM Ocean\u003c\/em\u003e as seen through the eyes of her \u003cem\u003echevaliers de Occam\u003c\/em\u003e, the performers who, in collaboration with Radigue, have brought the sprawling musical eco-system to life.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"citation\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eSound American\u003c\/em\u003e releases for its twenty-sixth issue the \u003cem\u003eOCCAM Issue\u003c\/em\u003e, which focuses on the radical musical eco-system of French composer Éliane Radigue's \u003cem\u003eOCCAM Ocean\u003c\/em\u003e project. In a first for the publication, this issue is built solely around interviews with the performers that have collaborated with Radigue to produce this body of work over the last decade. Contributors include Charles Curtis, Carol Robinson, Rhodri Davies, Catherine Lamb, Julia Eckhardt, Silvia Tarozzi, Dafne Vicente-Sandoval, Laetitia Sonami, and Frédéric Blondy. All interviews were conducted by SA's editor, Nate Wooley, also a performer of Radigue's music. The issue features an opening invocation from Radigue herself, followed by writing on the history and practice of the \u003cem\u003eOCCAM\u003c\/em\u003e pieces, interviews, and a concluding essay by Wooley on his own experience performing \u003cem\u003eOCCAM X\u003c\/em\u003e. This special issue concludes with the last of a three-part series of “exquisite corpse” compositions, written especially for SA by inti figgis-vezueta in response to the preceding work of Moor Mother and Amirtha Kidambi.\u003cbr\u003eThis issue also comes with a special one-of-a-kind pull-out poster detailing the entire \u003cem\u003eOCCAM Ocean\u003c\/em\u003e composition in all of its interconnected glory. Designed by Remake Designs, this is a unique graphic perspective on the human web of collaboration that Radigue has created.[publisher's note]\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Sound American","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57357641777492,"sku":"A8B-29065","price":15.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1072\/9609\/6596\/files\/Scan_20210504_140955_005.jpg?v=1790812523","url":"https:\/\/after8books.com\/products\/sound-american-26-the-occam-issue","provider":"After 8 Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}