Internet radio station, The Island Radio, will be exploring local musical talent tonight (Wednesday) from 7pm.
Between 7-10pm, Chris Dupre and Clive Lewis will be talking to and listening to the music of Tuuligan, this week’s guest.
Tuuligan will be in the studio with her ‘Synthesized chill-out sounds’. Find out why and how she’s gone from composing pieces for Classical keyboards to Synth.
Pop over to The Island Radio from 7pm to hear the show
Who is Tuuligan?
Tuuligan’s tracks are released on Soundcloud and her album of soundtracks is available on Bandcamp.
Tuuligan, the “musical hooligan”, is a classically trained pianist, composer and sound designer. Her piano works are described as “Debussy meeting the 21st century”, and indeed reflect the great influence of 19th century French music on her work and orchestrations.
Her electronic music is focused on cinematic soundscapes, ambient electronica and soundtracks composed on synthetic software-based instruments which she often builds herself. They also feature a heavy sound design element, particularly where field recordings are used.
Her soundtracks typically deviate from standard composition structures and instead follow a story line. Orchestration of these pieces include both musical (produced with human voice and musical instruments) and non-musical sounds, and often incorporate atonal and dissonant elements.
She collaborates with different artists, including a Japanese film music composer who is a specialist percussionist and a sculptor. Tuuligan and her Japanese collaborator have released two tracks, one of which is a trip hop track using hip hop beats and ambient soundscapes in one track.
The soundtrack for a sculpture made by an Island sculptor Ken Prust tells the story of the journey of the sculpture from the steel factory and forest to the workshop of the sculptor and, from there, to its location at Quarr Abbey. Many of the sound elements were recorded at the workshop of the sculptor working the materials.
