Ben Eshbach Of The Sugarplastic

Ben Eshbach discusses his approach to composing the original score for ECHOES OF THE INVISIBLE, his stunning translations of Debussy's music for guitar, memories of meeting Carl Sagan, what he learned from his friendship with magicians Penn & Teller, and his experiences during filming for ECHOES at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland: https://www.steveelkins.net/Interviews/On-Music/Ben-Eshbach/

Morgan Henderson Of Fleet Foxes

Morgan Henderson talks about the original music composed for ECHOES OF THE INVISIBLE, the connection between long-distance running and artistic creativity, memories of working with Fugazi and The Walkmen, and diverse musical inspirations from around the globe: https://www.steveelkins.net/Interviews/On-Music/Morgan-Henderson/

Julianna Barwick And The Music Of Iceland

Julianna Barwick reflects on the music she contributed to ECHOES OF THE INVISIBLE, her experiences recording it in Iceland with members of Sigur Rós, transforming the sky into a live musical score in a project involving Björk, and inspirations ranging from the female choirs of Bulgaria to the many incredible women who pioneered electronic music: https://www.steveelkins.net/Interviews/On-Music/Julianna-Barwick/

Colin Stetson

Colin Stetson of Arcade Fire and Bon Iver dives into stories about the music he contributed to ECHOES OF THE INVISIBLE, the diverse influences (from ancient music to ‘90s electronica) that inspired his unique reinvention of how saxophones are played, connections between biological evolution and musical evolution, and the virtues of distortion. Along the way, they discuss Colin's transformative experiences with nomadic Tuaregs in Mali, Lurianic Kabbalah, Woody Allen, and Paul Salopek's global foot journey following the first migration paths humans took to discover the Earth. They also play a game to conjure stories of what Colin learned from his many legendary collaborators, including Tom Waits, Lou Reed, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Sinéad O'Connor, David Byrne, and many more: https://www.steveelkins.net/Interviews/On-Music/Colin-Stetson/

Pauline Oliveros

A reflection on the legendary Pauline Oliveros, who changed the course of 20th and 21st century music, generated paradigm shifts in society's relationship to technology, and (amongst countless other innovations) figured out how to bounce the sound of her accordion off the surface of the moon during her concerts (the ultimate delay pedal).

Along the way are detours into the work of other artists Pauline inspired such as Maryanne Amacher, who transformed massive buildings into musical instruments, made music from cosmic debris entering the cave under the pyramid of Teotihuacán, and created environments which allows you to actually hear the musical tones emitted by your own ear. A bonus interview is included with Argentina's utterly uncategorizable band Reynols (whose drummer Miguel Tomasín has Down's Syndrome), with whom Pauline performed concerts live via video link before the advent of the internet: https://www.steveelkins.net/Interviews/On-Music/Pauline-Oliveros/

Victor Gama And The Music Of Angola

Victor Gama invents 3D printed musical instruments, which are designed to reflect the global migration patterns of birds, constellations of the southern hemisphere, and Kongo-Angolan knowledge systems of central Africa. He discusses his music written for instruments children made out of tank parts and bullet shell casings during the thirty year war in Angola, his journey to Antarctica to research the connection between a disappeared anthropologist and nuclear testing near the South Pole, and his opera for the indigenous people of Colombia’s rainforests: https://www.steveelkins.net/Interviews/On-Music/Victor-Gama/

Valentina Süzükei and the Music of Tuva

Tuvans have developed a rare form of throat singing that uses the human throat as a microscope, enabling our ears to “magically” hear what is happening INSIDE musical notes (unlike most music, which is made by movement BETWEEN musical notes). This interview with the world’s leading expert on Tuvan music, Valentina Süzükei, took place during production in Kyzyl, Tuva (a very remote region in Siberia) while collaborating with Tuvan musicians and shamans living near the borders of Mongolia, Kazakhstan and China. Excerpts of this fascinating conversation appear in ECHOES OF THE INVISIBLE: https://www.steveelkins.net/Interviews/On-Music/Tuva/

NOTE: More interviews will be continuously added to this gallery, keep checking back for more.