Signal & Form on KTRT tonight 5-7: prepared instruments, invented tools, and musical machines
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2025 1:38 pm
What happens when composers stop changing the notes, and start changing the instruments?
Tonight’s episode of Signal & Form explores music shaped by altered instruments, newly invented sound worlds, and machines built to realize ideas humans can’t easily play.
First hour:
• prepared instruments
• invented instruments built out of necessity
• machines that flip the relationship between composer and performer
Second hour opens things up with recent discoveries, requests, and some lighter — but still curious — listening.
No background required. Come listen for a bit.
— Signal & Form on KTRT
Tuesdays 5:00-7:00 PM
Listen live: https:/radioroot.com
Tonight’s episode of Signal & Form explores music shaped by altered instruments, newly invented sound worlds, and machines built to realize ideas humans can’t easily play.
First hour:
• prepared instruments
• invented instruments built out of necessity
• machines that flip the relationship between composer and performer
Second hour opens things up with recent discoveries, requests, and some lighter — but still curious — listening.
No background required. Come listen for a bit.
— Signal & Form on KTRT
Tuesdays 5:00-7:00 PM
Listen live: https:/radioroot.com