Luke Bassuener's guest appearances

Luke Bassuener

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Tom Ray's Art Podcast

Tone Madison

Jason Scott

Caroline Lee

Ivan Brunetti

Jake Jensen

James Griffiths

Leonard Williams

Ben Walker

Stephen Lee

Jessica Abel

John Sanford

Mike Lloyd

Grant Baciocco

Paul Leonard

Ashley Shaw

John Porcellino

OwlTail

A couple weeks ago we wrote about Madison musician Luke Bassuener's latest release under his solo moniker Asumaya, Of Water, Land, &amp; Sky. The album is constructed mostly from field recordings of birds and Wisconsin wetlands, and grew out of a multidisciplinary arts residency of the same name. Setting aside Asumaya's usual looped array of percussion, bass, vocals, and thumb piano, Bassuener has instead created a set of rhythmic interpretations of the natural world."This album was also kind of just a challenge—to see how much would it sound like music if I only used those things?" Bassuener says.Bassuener spoke with us on the April 16 edition of Conduit, a livestream collaboration between Tone Madison, Communication, and UnderBelly. He'll be performing on April 17 in a livestream event on Arts + Literature Laboratory's Facebook page, which will also feature art and poetry from others involved in Of Water, Land, &amp; Sky.Bassuener is also a public-school art teacher in Madison. One of his ongoing projects is helping his students at the west side's Crestwood Elementary create animated short films based on myths from across different cultures. One of those, The Weaver Girl And The Cowherd, was scheduled to screen in this year's canceled Wisconsin Film Festival. It's available to watch online through the festival's Big Streams, Little Folks program. You can see more work from Crestwood students on YouTube.We also talked about Bassuener's work in the band Disaster Passport, which has created something of a local sensation over the past year with its original score for Godfrey Reggio's experimental documentary Koyaanisqatsi.The next Conduit session is on Thursday, April 23 at 6:30 p.m., and our guest will be Dan Shafer of the Milwaukee-based politics newsletter The Recombobulation Area. On April 30, we'll talk with Carlee Latimer of the Madison Public Library's Bubbler program, and on May 7, our guest will be artist Kay LeClaire. On. To join each week's conversation, Venmo $1 to info@communicationmadison.com and include your email address in the note. The money will be donated to a non-profit or artist of our guest's choosing, and we'll email you a Zoom link for the meeting.

A couple weeks ago we <a href="https://www.tonemadison.com/articles/spring-listens-1-shut-in-rhymes-live-electronics-water-sounds" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wrote about</a> Madison musician Luke Bassuener's latest release under his solo moniker Asumaya, <a href="https://petelarson.bandcamp.com/album/of-water-land-sky" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Of Water, Land, &amp; Sky</a>. The album is constructed mostly from field recordings of birds and Wisconsin wetlands, and grew out of a <a href="https://www.ofwaterlandandsky.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">multidisciplinary arts residency of the same name</a>. Setting aside Asumaya's usual looped array of percussion, bass, vocals, and thumb piano, Bassuener has instead created a set of rhythmic interpretations of the natural world."This album was also kind of just a challenge—to see how much would it sound like music if I only used those things?" Bassuener says.Bassuener spoke with us on the April 16 edition of <a href="http://tonemadison.com/conduit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Conduit</a>, a livestream collaboration between Tone Madison, <a href="http://communicationmadison.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Communication</a>, and <a href="http://underbelly.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">UnderBelly</a>. He'll be performing on April 17 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/2562057237370089" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">in a livestream event on Arts + Literature Laboratory's Facebook page</a>, which will also feature art and poetry from others involved in Of Water, Land, &amp; Sky.Bassuener is also a public-school art teacher in Madison. One of his ongoing projects is helping his students at the west side's Crestwood Elementary create animated short films based on myths from across different cultures. One of those, The Weaver Girl And The Cowherd, was scheduled to screen in this year's canceled Wisconsin Film Festival. It's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mZpyV_AnJA&amp;feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">available to watch online</a> through the festival's <a href="https://2020.wifilmfest.org/streaming-on-demand/#bslf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Big Streams, Little Folks</a> program. You can see more work from Crestwood students <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxU3eS8pXyjnva2dhhtY8yQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">on YouTube</a>.We also talked about Bassuener's work in the band Disaster Passport, which has created something of a local sensation over the past year with its <a href="https://petelarson.bandcamp.com/album/score" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">original score</a> for Godfrey Reggio's experimental documentary Koyaanisqatsi.The next Conduit session is on Thursday, April 23 at 6:30 p.m., and our guest will be Dan Shafer of the Milwaukee-based politics newsletter <a href="http://recombobulationarea.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Recombobulation Area</a>. On April 30, we'll talk with Carlee Latimer of <a href="http://madisonbubbler.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the Madison Public Library's Bubbler program</a>, and on May 7, our guest will be artist <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wetearthwoman/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kay LeClaire</a>. On. To join each week's conversation, Venmo $1 to <a href="mailto:info@communicationmadison.com">info@communicationmadison.com</a> and include your email address in the note. The money will be donated to a non-profit or artist of our guest's choosing, and we'll email you a Zoom link for the meeting.

Conduit: From birdsong to animation with Luke Bassuener

Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube The person that I meet today I read about in the Isthmus. He was creating a stop-motion film with the students he teaches in his art class at Crestwood Elementary school. And the film they made was screened at this year’s Wisconsin Film Festival. After reading that article I kind of had to talk to him. How could I not? And he’s a musician too. We decided to meet at the Monona Terrace during the Mini Makers Fair. But the pop-up interview I’m going to play for you this week took place just a few weeks ago when Merijoy and I had visited Browsers Bookstore on state street. After meeting the woman that worked there we just had to come back and talk to her again, because she was kind of awesome. See the animated short "A Valkyrie's Tale" on YouTube - https://youtu.be/LR6MB_4TeRM--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tomraysartpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tomraysartpodcast/support

Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube The person that I meet today I read about in the Isthmus. He was creating a stop-motion film with the students he teaches in his art class at Crestwood Elementary school. And the film they made was screened at this year’s Wisconsin Film Festival. After reading that article I kind of had to talk to him. How could I not? And he’s a musician too. We decided to meet at the Monona Terrace during the Mini Makers Fair. But the pop-up interview I’m going to play for you this week took place just a few weeks ago when Merijoy and I had visited Browsers Bookstore on state street. After meeting the woman that worked there we just had to come back and talk to her again, because she was kind of awesome. See the animated short "A Valkyrie's Tale" on YouTube - <a href="https://youtu.be/LR6MB_4TeRM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/LR6MB_4TeRM</a> --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tomraysartpodcast/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tomraysartpodcast/message</a> Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tomraysartpodcast/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tomraysartpodcast/support</a>

S03 Episode 11: Luke Bassuener, Art Teacher