Sound Propositions

About Sound Propositions

Sound Propositions features conversations with artists exploring their creative practices and individual aesthetics, conceived of as a counter-narrative to a dominant trend in music journalism which fetishizes equipment and new technologies. Each episode combines interviews with music, field-recordings, and experimental sound design. For fans of experimental music, field-recording, drone, electro-acoustic, ambient, modern composition, and other contemporary electronic music genres. joseph@acloserlisten.com https://www.patreon.com/soundpropositions

Publisher

Joseph Sannicandro

Category

music

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Feb 2019

Latest episode

9 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

106 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 Oct 2026

   Ukrainian Field Notes / 8 October 2026 / with walakos

   Ukrainian Field Notes / 8 October 2026 / with walakos Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re Tracklist: walakos - 1,74B COP Anton Slepakov / Andrii Solokov (warнякання) - втрати Anton Slepakov / Andrii Solokov (warнякання) - Тарантіно Ліс Nosaj Thing - My Soul or Something (Instrumental) Mariia&Magdalyna and Bunht - Earth is a beautiful place SI Process & Dennis Adu - Just to be a human

2. 

   11 Sept 2026

   Ukrainian Field Notes / 10 September 2026 / with Daryna - Aza Nizi Maza

   Ukrainian Field Notes / 10 September 2026 / with Daryna - Aza Nizi Maza Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re Tracklist: headachee – хедейк Соня Хедекель – Унісон SadSvit – Той, хто пісню грав REGINA COLLAGE – Горизонт ХЖВИ – Они все nearr – Календар СТРУКТУРА ЩАСТЯ – Лесбіянство (не) модно Zhadan, Ojra, Kiritchenko – Чорнотроп Dirtbag Loris – Праска

3. 

   31 Jul 2026

   Episode 41: THE PILGRIMAGE - Part 5: WAITING ROOM  - with Hania Rani

   The final installment of a five-part pilgrimage to the 2026 BIG EARS festival (https://acloserlisten.com/2026/04/10/a-closer-look-big-ears-2026/). At Big Ears, the Polish pianist and composer moved between two modes: the orchestral expansiveness of her piano concerto Non Fiction with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, and the arpeggiated synth patterns of her solo electronic alter ego Chilling Bambino—a love letter to her Prophet 8 and a chance to escape the rigor of classical composition for smaller, weirder rooms. She discusses why she created the alias ("people who don't know Hania Rani can just enter with curiosity"), the value of creating space to think in an overscheduled world, and the festival's ethos of genre refusal, where listening means staying with what you don't yet understand. Sound Propositions should be available wherever you get your podcasts, so please keep an eye out and subscribe (and rate and review, it helps others who might be interested find us). You can support Sound Propositions on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/soundpropositions) if you are so inclined, or send a one-time donation via PayPal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/acloserlisten). The first two seasons are also available on Bandcamp (https://lostchildren.bandcamp.com/). I’m very grateful for any support, which will help ensure future episodes. Interview recorded in Knoxville, 29 March 2026 Produced and mixed in St Louis, July 2026 Episode 41: THE PILGRIMAGE - Part 5: WAITING ROOM  - with Hania Rani LINKS Hania Rani (https://haniarani.com/) Bandcamp (https://haniarani.bandcamp.com/) Sheet Music (https://haniarani.bandcamp.com/merch/home-sheet-music-book-incl-home-album-download) Non Fiction (https://haniaranius.lnk.to/NonFiction) Sonic Liberation Front / Radio alHara (https://radioalhara.net/) Big Ears (https://acloserlisten.com/2026/04/10/a-closer-look-big-ears-2026/) TRACKLIST ARTIST – “TITLE” (ALBUM, YEAR) Hania Rani,  “I.III Meno Mosso” (Non Fiction - Piano Concerto in Four Movements, 2025) SP INTRO Hania Rani presents Chilling Bambino, [excerpt] (Live at Tivoli Vredenburg 2025-11-09) Patrick Watson, “je te laisserai des mots (instrumental)” (2010) Hania Rani, “II.II Presto” (Non Fiction - Piano Concerto in Four Movements, 2025) Portico Quartet, “With, Beside, Against (Hania Rani Remix)” (Portico Quartet / Hania Rani, 2021) Hania Rani presents Chilling Bambino, [excerpt] (Live at Tivoli Vredenburg 2025-11-09) Hania Rani, “IV. Semplice” (Non Fiction - Piano Concerto in Four Movements, 2025) Hania Rani presents Chilling Bambino, [excerpt] (Live at Tivoli Vredenburg 2025-11-09) Hania Rani, “Struggle” (On Giacometti, 2023) Hania Rani, “There Will Be Hope” (Inner Symphonies, 2021) Hania Rani, “Waiting” (Music for Film and Theatre, 2021) —-Sound Propositions is written, recorded, mixed, and produced by Joseph Sannicandro (http://soundpropositions.com/).

Who has been a guest on Sound Propositions

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Бетон
• 1914
• Sasha Boole
• Vladyslav Putistin
• Lvcerate

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 37 / 100

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

Quality

42

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

81