No Other Radio audio archives (1/17)

LIVE performance + interview in the KPFA STUDIOS
TARA RODGERS ('Analog Tara')

hosted by dAS (and co-host ninah pixie...)

Tara performed a live mix of her recent compositions:
The 20 Largest State-to-State Migration Flows, 1995-2000 (Source: US Census Data)

20 compositions that render patterns of movement from census data in synthesized sound. Each sound pulse represents the movement of approximately 83 people. Altogether the sounds reference the state-to-state migrations of 4.6+ million people, many of which were due to economic factors or retirees moving from cold to warmer climates. In the compositions: latitude and longitude coordinates of state capitals determine pitch intervals. Elevation differences between cities generate rhythmic patterns. Directions of pitch intervals illustrate outflow or reverse migration. If pairs of states appeared twice on the list, the most populous cities were substituted for state capitals in the second occurrence.

Check out archived audio from the show (1/17/06):

http://157.22.130.4/data/200601181-Wed0000.mp3

Playlist is available at the No Other Radio blog

More photos of the live performance can be viewed here.