#24 - Aron Dahl, composer, improviser, explorer

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Sep 2

Photo by Roberto Bodiga

Norwegian musician and composer, Aron Dahl, is talking to us from Los Angeles where he's currently studying composition and film-making. The music in the episode are Aron's compositions, which includes parts of his saxophone concerto, and songs from his album 'Loosening Orion's Belt' from 2018.

00:00 'Alt flyter (Phanta Rei)' for saxophone and sinfonietta (2021)

Participants: Oriol Pares (saxofon), Athleas Sinfonietta, Pierre-André Valade (dir.)

02:20 Introduction

03:14 Aron introduces himself

05:00 On being a saxophone student in the classical tradition

10:45 On stability, creativity, studies and freelancing

17:45 'Daddy Issues' from 'Loosening Orion’s Belt' (2018)

Participants: Aron Dahl, Mija Milovic, Anja Rybacka, Lil Lacy, Hanne Marie LeFevre, Lo Ersare (vocals) Christian Balvig and Mija Milovic (arrangement) Mathias Bang Madsen and Andreas Pallisgaard (production)

19:08 Classical, experimental, free improv, minimalism, noise music

24:09 'Lied' (2019) From 'Sponge Hollow', puppet theater by Zach Dorn with music by Aron Dahl

25:50 On the album 'Loosening Orion's Belt' and the label 'Abstract Tits'

29:49 On working as a musician

33:33 'Proportions of time' (2019) 4 channel audio/video installation

35:43 The influence of John Cage, Morton Feldman, Roscoe Mitchell

40:15 On the near future, and the giant snail

44:38 'Musician', what does that mean?

47:17 'Love Song' from 'Loosening Orion’s Belt' (2018)

Participants: Aron Dahl (vocals, synth, production), Kristoffer Raasted (vocals), Andreas Pallisgaard (keys, production)

49:32 Outro

Aron's website