Episode 9: Bongga Bongga - April Aliermo
photo credit curtis perry.
A one-hour interview with Filipina-Canadian bassist and sound artist April Aliermo, who lives in Toronto Ontario.
about April Aliermo
For the last 10 years, playing bass, synths and samplers, April has extensively toured North America, Europe and Asia with her rock and electronic bands, Hooded Fang and Phèdre. In 2018, she began her solo foray into sound art. She mentored under pioneering sound artist Christina Kubisch at the Darmstadt Summer Course New Music Festival, studying and recording "hidden" electromagnetic sounds as well as site specific, immersive sound installations. Since then, she has performed and installed her own sound art pieces at The Music Gallery and Long Winter in Toronto, and Pique in Ottawa. As a Filipina-Canadian artist, April attempts to create sonic works that uncover clandestine narratives, while gently asking one to question socio-political systems and reality.
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Musical excerpts, in order of their placement in the interview:
Excerpt from Artemis of Colour - https://vimeo.com/314643403
Excerpt Zenith, by Phèdre - https://phedre.bandcamp.com/track/zenith-2
Excerpt from Happy Meal? 02 - https://soundcloud.com/apeyapey/happy-meal-02
Excerpt from Simula - https://vimeo.com/721063153
