“It was an immense honour to create this collaboration piece in tribute to the inimitable Wendy Carlos. While she is best known for Switched-On Bach and her iconic collaborations with Stanley Kubrick, this project focuses in particular on the extraordinary sonic universe of her lesser-known ambient recordings.
Lara sourced the original CDs and transferred them to digital, and together we spent time immersed in these albums, absorbing their depth, beauty, and fearless originality. Sonic Seasonings and Digital Moonscapes served as key reference points: intimate yet expansive worlds where tuning bends, time stretches, and texture carries emotional weight.”—
@kate_simko
“It was an immense honour to craft a piece that pays homage to the visionary Wendy Carlos. Together with Kate Simko, it was a privilege to immerse ourselves in Wendy’s expansive sonic world. Her pioneering vision completely reshaped how we understand sound, tuning, and technology, and we wanted to honor that spirit by diving deeply into her universe—studying the way she sculpted texture and time. Together, Kate and I sculpted a world where processed harp, analogue glow, and her signature textures converse with Wendy’s legacy rather than imitate it. The process of making this track with Kate was profoundly transformative—shaping timbre as landscape, letting tuning bend and breathe, and blurring the boundaries between the acoustic and the electronic.
Wendy Carlos remains a guiding star—a pioneer whose sonic worlds continue to open portals for artists like us. This track is our heartfelt tribute to her brilliance, her courage, and the possibilities she unlocked for all of us.”—
@laraharp
From early theremin stages to tape machines, from Bauhaus theory to the San Francisco Tape Music Center, from ambient’s outer edges to contemporary club futurism, Pioneers reframes influence as active transmission.
Listen to Side B (link in Stories) 🎧
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