Cross Waves 7 - "Top Songs" Curated by Eleanor King by NAISA published on 2015-12-14T16:47:05Z Cross Waves Series #7: Top Songs curated by Eleanor King Cross Waves is a Canadian Sound Art series that includes performances and internet radio programs curated by eight media artists representing various regional and cultural perspectives in Canada. This edition is curated by Eleanor King. King’s radio and performance program “Top Songs” features artists who consider the musical form of the pop song as a point of departure. Top Songs features artists who consider the musical form of the pop song as a point of departure. This diverse group of works investigates sound art and musicality through many lenses. Some works remix existing pop-culture styles or borrow structures from popular musical conventions. Others use music as their “raw” material: they re-arrange appropriated lyrics or musical phrases, or morph entire existing songs into new forms. Some composers identify as both musician and artist, while others present their work as academic scholarship. The works in this program carry on from lineages of contemporary music; from rock to rap, lullabies to show-tunes, blast beats to noise, EDM to meditative ambience. Top Songs do not fit tightly into any categorization. These artists cross-breed artistic forms to create new spaces for listening. — Genre Cross Waves
