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Composing Textures with Theater Sound Designer Kevin Springer

When does sound become music? That’s a line blurred by Kevin Springer’s sound art. He designs sound and music for plays, including Tenesse Williams’ Summer and Smoke. He has also found a niche for his experimental electronic music online. We talk about how he works in this strange musical language.

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Right click to download Ep. 5, or open in iTunes.

To hear Kevin’s theater scores and Disquiet Junto experimental music, visit ktspringer.com.

Episode Playlist

  • 0:30 – “A Moment of Release” – Kevin Springer (Disquiet Junto #7, 2012)
  • 1:10 – “Patterns of Love” – Kevin Springer (Disquiet Junto #50, 2012)
  • 3:37 – Music from the play Slasher by Urban Samurai – Kevin Springer
  • 4:24 – “December” – Kevin Springer (Summer and Smoke, 2012)
  • 5:24 – “Taps” – Kevin Springer (Leave)
  • 6:39 – “I Don’t Know How I’m Ever Going to Get Through the Summer” – Kevin Springer (Summer and Smoke, 2012)
  • 7:12 – “Chart of Anatomy” – Kevin Springer (Summer and Smoke, 2012)
  • 7:28 – “The Rectory” – Kevin Springer (Summer and Smoke, 2012)
  • 8:18 – “Getting Up Early” – Kevin Springer (Disquiet Junto #11, 2012)
  • 8:52 – “April 12th” – Kevin Springer (It Will Rain, It Will Rain, 2010)
  • 10: 38 – “Birdie” – Kevin Springer (Disquiet Junto #9, 2012)
  • 11:55 – “Living-breathing” – Kevin Springer (Disquiet Junto #34, 2012)
  • 13:51 – “.recovered” – Kevin Springer (Disquiet Junto #36, 2012)
  • 16:08 – “It Hz” – Kevin Springer (Disquiet Junto #27, 2012)
  • 18:25 – “Cassette Artifice” – Kevin Springer (Disquiet Junto #49, 2012)
  • 20:35 – “April 8th Pt. 2” – Kevin Springer (It Will Rain, It Will Rain, 2010)
  • 22:16 – “At the Window” – Kevin Springer (Summer and Smoke, 2012)
  • 25:20 – “Ghosts Pt. 1” – Kevin Springer
  • 27:19 – “To Pray My Prayers” – Kevin Springer (Disquiet Junto #8, 2012)

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3 comments

  1. Sarah Howes says:

    Kevin is an amazing sound designer. I worked with him on a show I produced in college. Fantastic mind and unique sound. I seriously was just bragging about him to a colleague of mine.

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