Goofy Baby Songs with Isaac Schankler

Playlist: Here is a Spotify playlist with hand-picked selections from Chrysanthe, Thomas, and Isaac.

Music Featured in Interview:

"Alien Warp Etude" by Isaac Schankler, performed by Aron Kallay (iTunes / Spotify)
"Etudes, Op. 25: No. 1 in A-Flat Major ‘Aeolian Harp’" by Frédéric Chopin (iTunes / Spotify)
"Mouthfeel" by Isaac Schankler (artist website)
"Point of Origin" by Yanni (iTunes / Spotify)
"Return to Forever" by Chick Corea (Amazon / Spotify)
"Twirly Moustache" by The Shpil (iTunes / Spotify)
"Four Organs" by Steve Reich (iTunes / Spotify)
"Baby Is Bigger" by Isaac Schankler
"It’s Not Ero! (feat. Senah Kim)" from the Hate Plus video game soundtrack by Isaac Schankler (iTunes / Spotify)
"Everybody Dance" by Isaac Schankler
"Inconsolable Baby" by Isaac Schankler
"Pheromone" by Isaac Schankler, performed by Meerenai Shim and Jacob Abela (Bandcamp / YouTube)

Lightning Round:

What genre is your music? Electro-baby-non-pop.
Performance ritual? Isaac envisions a performance ritual in which the performer sits in the center of the room, there are speakers situated all around the edge of the room, and the audience chills out in the space between, just soaking in the music. Some people are in beanbags or even have books.
A modern/technological tool that’s extremely helpful to your practice? Graph paper
A failure that turned out for the best? Getting rejected from a ton of jobs after college. It was a good thing, because Isaac ended up looking outside of the box and getting into video game music, computer music research, etc.
Something besides music that you’re obsessed with right now? Their six-month old kid, Felix. "I miss him right now."
A piece of art that changed your life? The novels of Ursula K. Le Guin, including The Lathe of Heaven, Dispossessed, and The Left Hand of Darkness

Find Isaac Schankler online:

Website / Twitter / Bandcamp

Something Old: "Il Mercenario (L’ Arena)" (from The Mercenary) by Ennio Morricone (iTunes / Spotify)

Something New: "Chicken in the Pot" (from SOLO: A Star Wars Story) by John Powell (iTunes / Spotify)

Something Borrowed: "Nothing Is Real (Strawberry Fields Forever)" by Alvin Lucier (iTunes / Spotify)

Something Blue: "The River" by CFCF (iTunes / Spotify)

Credits:

Hosts: Chrysanthe Tan and Thomas Kotcheff
Guest: Isaac Schankler
Script: Chrysanthe Tan
Recording engineer: Mark Hatwan
Produced by: Chrysanthe Tan
Editing: Mark Hatwan
Underscore is an extension of the Classical KUSC family
Podcast theme: "Playground Day" by Chrysanthe Tan (iTunes / Spotify)

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