London-based composer and guitarist Omri Kochavi on community gardens, jazz guitar, ancient text, and intuitive decision-making
Nurturing Patience: catching up with “5 for 5” commissioned composer Millicent B James
PRXLUDES’ first commissioned composer Millicent B James discusses The Legend of Zelda, folk traditions, the value of patience, and getting closer to nature
Claire Cope
Composer and bandleader Claire Cope on groove, emotional connections, becoming a mother, and “writing from the heart”
Ashkan Layegh
UK-based Iranian composer Ashkan Layegh on self-reflexivity, architecture, frames, and collective memory making
Crystalla Serghiou
UK-based Cypriot composer Crystalla Serghiou on “popera”, pastiche, Stepford wives, and staying authentic
Florence Anna Maunders
British composer Florence Anna Maunders on hyper-genre, writing for performers, main character syndrome, and the “post-experimental” age
Claire Victoria Roberts
Welsh composer and jazz vocalist Claire Victoria Roberts on musical inconsistency, schmaltzy sound worlds, and moving to Barcelona
Olivia Murphy
Composer and bandleader Olivia Murphy on organising a jazz orchestra, writing for voice, and accessibility of jazz composition
Andrew Chen
Australian composer Andrew Chen on anthropomorphosis, synthrumentation, self-promotion, and improvisation as compositional process
Ben Nobuto
British-Japanese composer Ben Nobuto on the hysterical sublime, accelerationism, postmodern hyperspace, and the “human 2.0”
Steve Tromans
Jazz pianist Steve Tromans on Derek Bailey, improv night Fizzle, and the musical-philosophical
Lara Jones
Saxophonist and composer Lara Jones on J Frisco, geodesic domes, and her relationship to the saxophone
Alex Paxton
British composer and trombonist Alex Paxton on play, Hieronymus Bosch, and celebrating childhood
Millicent James
Composer and songwriter Millicent James on her debut EP ‘Moyo’, reflection, identity, and writing for kora
Torsten Jensen
Bristolian pianist and bandleader Torsten Jensen on eclectic counterculture, Billy Cobham, and three-stage compositional process
Si Paton
Composer and improviser Si Paton on John Zorn, acoustic grindcore, and building grassroots music communities