Now and Xen

About Now and Xen

The podcast about contemporary microtonal and xenharmonic music, launched by Sevish and led by Stephen Weigel.

Publisher

Now and Xen

Category

arts · music

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Nov 2018

Latest episode

31 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

107 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   31 Aug 2026

   105 - Lore Amenabar

   "Welcome to Accordion August!" I mean… Today on the podcast we talk shop with Dr. Lore Amenabar Larrañaga, accordion extraordinaire! She has put out a new CD: "Ispilu: Works for Quarter-Tone Accordion" featuring some of the most stunning contemporary quarter-tone accordion compositions of the day. Be sure to check it out after you listen to the episode. All music is from the new album: L'eaurelle - Veli Kujala Die Stimme der Stadt - Christopher Fox L'eaurelle - Veli Kujala Barafostus' Dreame - David Gorton Permissible Self-Expression -  Michael Finnissy L'eaurelle - Veli Kujala Crystalline Air - Electra Perivolaris Barafostus' Dreame - David Gorton Check out "ISPILU" (meaning "mirror") here! https://www.loreamenabar.com/work Socials: https://www.instagram.com/lore.amenabar/?hl=en https://soundcloud.com/lore-amenabar-larranaga https://www.youtube.com/@loreamenabarlarranaga Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/nowandxen Follow http://nowandxen.libsyn.com https://twitter.com/now_xen https://www.facebook.com/nowxen/ Subscribe RSS: http://nowandxen.libsyn.com/rss iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/n… Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1mhnGsH… Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/nowxen Twitter: https://twitter.com/now_xen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nowxen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnmYNMpemAIq8DnK5HJ9gsA

2. 

   29 Aug 2026

   104 - Macrochip (Elaine Walker)

   "Welcome to Alien August!" Elaine Walker comes down from her celestial spaceship to give us the scoop on her microtonal mini-movie album, "Macrochip!" The album is constructed entirely in Bohlen-Pierce tuning and Elaine created all the clips using human-made stock footage (no AI). The album is classic Elaine, strikingly visual, timbre-rich, and tonal. All music from Elaine's "Macrochip" in Bohlen-Pierce tuning: Red Moon Rescue - Elaine Walker Roboty - Elaine Walker Robot Psyop - Elaine Walker We Come in Peace - Elaine Walker Subzero - Elaine Walker Red Moon Rescue - Elaine Walker [Outro] We Come in Peace - Elaine Walker Check out Elaine's new album "Macrochip!" https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL9-4t4QRF1fmXVJ6Z4KDXVLzudlVKyJj&si=IiKfawfFoteHVPSq https://ziaspace.bandcamp.com/album/macrochip-bohlen-pierce-scale-mini-movie-album Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/nowandxen Follow http://nowandxen.libsyn.com https://twitter.com/now_xen https://www.facebook.com/nowxen/ Subscribe RSS: http://nowandxen.libsyn.com/rss iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/n… Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1mhnGsH… Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/nowxen Twitter: https://twitter.com/now_xen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nowxen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnmYNMpemAIq8DnK5HJ9gsA

3. 

   26 Aug 2026

   103 - Tachy Bunker

   "Welcome to Alien August!" We present our conversation with certified extraterrestrial Tachy Bunker, the interdimensional shaman, conlanger, and electronic dance music producer. Tachy uses a huge variety of chromatic tunings mainly consisting of EDO's, high-dimensional just intonation (including primodalities), and mixtures of these in polysystemic music. Check him out live if you can for his primal energy! Music: Video footage from "Cult of cosmic microtones" Serres Cosmiques [Spiders from Space m. 17] - Tachy Bunker Métastase du Temps [Spiders from Space m. 1] - Tachy Bunker Circle of 37ths - Tachy Bunker Y-axis Overload (x/Yry ∅ 323:262) [Exomusica: Otoacoustic Poems] Video footage from "Treppenbar performance" in Munich (w/ Philip and Stephen W.) Video footage from "Will you join the cosmic cult?" Shorts featuring shasavistic chord diagrams - Tachy Bunker Outro: Monolithe Saignant [Spiders from Space m. 15] - Tachy Bunker Tachy's socials (first two links are the "Exomusica" project!) - join the cosmic cult https://exomusica.com/ (https://exomusica.com/) https://tachybunker.bandcamp.com/album/exomusica-otoacoustic-poems-v1 https://tachybunker.fr/ (https://tachybunker.fr/) https://tachybunker.bandcamp.com/album/spiders-from-space-microtonal-symphony https://www.youtube.com/@Tachy_Bunker/videos https://www.instagram.com/tachy_bunker/ Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/nowandxen Follow http://nowandxen.libsyn.com https://twitter.com/now_xen https://www.facebook.com/nowxen/ Subscribe RSS: http://nowandxen.libsyn.com/rss iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/n… Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1mhnGsH… Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/nowxen Twitter: https://twitter.com/now_xen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nowxen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnmYNMpemAIq8DnK5HJ9gsA

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

38,948

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

15 ratings

Spotify

4.4 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 72 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

79

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

85

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