moses sumney

Big Ears is nearly upon us, so we invited festival founder Ashley Capps on the show to talk about what you can expect during this jam-packed weekend. 

Calvin Mattheis and Ryan Wilusz also share their best tips and tricks for navigating the festival and making the most of your experience — even if you don't have a ticket. 

With a ton of free performances and an international crowd descending on downtown, you don't want to miss this week's episode.  

"The Scruffy Stuff" is presented by knoxnews.com. 

When one song sits next to another, a new story is told. We talk with Moses Sumney about composing the arc of his album græ, making playlists, and how he honors his own work by refusing to define it. Welcome to Object Of Sound.

/ Show Notes /

For the playlist of songs curated for this episode visit here.

Moses referenced the album Speaker Box and The Love Below by Outkast. 

Hanif and Moses recommend cleaning your house to Future Nostalgia by Dua Lipa. 

Moses says the albums Forever, Ya Girl by KeiyaA and Hannah by Lomelda are the music that'll be his archive of this moment in time. 

Moses' two-part album is græ.

/ Credits / 

Object of Sound is a Sonos show produced by work x work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, and Babette Thomas. The show is additionally produced by Hanif Abdurraqib. Our engineers are Sam Bair and Josh Hahn of The Relic Room.

Goood Shit! In this episode, W & G list off each of their five favorite songs of 2020.

Good Shiiiit! In this episode, W & G list off each of their 5 favorite albums of 2020.

In this episode of Orms Air we're changing things up and are turning the microphones on ourselves to give you a glimpse into where producer Jess Semple and host Rachel Reeves seek creative enrichment.

We'd love to hear where you go to seek inspiration, get in touch with us by emailing ormsair@orms.co.za or by rating and commenting on this episode of Orms Air wherever you listen to your podcasts.

In this episode Jess Semple mentions:

• The Collective now known as Anthill Films and suggests the following documentaries ROAM and Seasons.
• Andrew Siwicki and suggests the following YouTube videos to find out more; I'm Into That Episode 4 and Investigating Conspiracies with Shane Dawson
• YouTuber Cody Ko and recommends the following article and YouTube video to find out more; Forbes article written by Tom Ward and BUILD series video
• Musician Logic, whose work can be found on Spotify and Apple Music. Jess suggests watching the Band Together documentary which can be found on YouTube here. If you're interested in her recommendations of which music videos are a great introduction to Logic's music be sure to check out Black SpiderMan, 1-800-273-8255 and Take It Back.

In this episode Rachel Reeves mentions:

• Author Philip Pullman and specifically his trilogy His Dark Materials, you can find out more information about Philip Pullmans work here. If you're interested in reading the His Dark Materials trilogy mentioned you can find it on Loot.co.za here.
• The following authors; Margaret Atwood, Zadie Smith, the late Toni Morrison and poet Naomi Shihab Nye.
• Musician Frank Ocean whose work can be found on Apple Music and Spotify. Frank Ocean's work can be found via his Blonded website as well as his Tumblr account. Rachel also references his photographic work a part of which can be found on Orms Connect here.
• Musician Moses Sumney whose work can be found on Apple Music

Creation in solitude, human connection, rhythms in collision. The Norwegian composer / singer discusses three important albums.

Hanne's picks:

1) Moses Sumney – Aromanticism

2) Kelela – Take Me Apart

3) Espen Reinertsen – Nattsyntese

Hanne is currently on tour for her new album Trust, which you can buy over at Musicglue. Check out her website here, her tour dates on Songkick here, and stream tracks from the new album via SoundCloud right here.

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