EARS HAVE EYES // Episode 51
Airing Wednesday, June 10, 2026 at 11 am & 8 pm MST
on CJSW 90.9 FM, NAISA, & Golden Co-Op Radio
ALGORYTHMIC:
computational acoustics & virtual soundscapes
FEATURING:
Daria Baiocchi
Hugo Paquete
Hui Kim
Owen Duff
Rosario Di Rosa
Stefanie Wasserman
Zak Colello
This program was hosted by Caitlind Brown and edited by Caitlind Brown. Thanks to CJSW, Golden Co-Op Radio, and NAISA (especially Kaamil, Claire, and Darren) for supporting the show.
EARS HAVE EYES is a monthly sound art radio program airing on CJSW 90.9 FM in Calgary/Mohkinstsis, Golden Co-op Radio in Golden, BC, and NAISA Radio in South River, Ontario. You can listen to podcasts of previous episodes here.
Algorithms are increasingly shaping our world, sculpting it to our individual tastes and interests in a self-perpetuating cycle of selective reinforcement. At best, these algorithms guide us towards information that is relevant to us, at worst, they create blind confirmation bias, shading us from “truths” that don’t match our own world-view. Regardless, a rhythm forms in the way we receive algorithmic information – a compressing and elongating of digital content. Our June episode asks, what if this rhythm was a sound? Thus, “algo – rythmic.”
Thanks to the participating artists and our friends at CJSW, NAISA, and Golden Co-op Radio!
Daria Baiocchi
Daria Baiocchi achieved an MA in piano, an MA in classical composition and an MA in electronic music. She earned her degree in Classical Literature from the University of Bologna
(Italy). She’s main Professor of Harmony and Music Analysis at “G.B.Pergolesi” Fermo Conservatory of Music, Sound Design Professor in Macerata Academy of Fine Arts and Sound Design Professor in Wuhan Academy of Fine Arts.
About Gelb:
“Wrapped in noise, the opening of this work draws the audience into a raw environment with an evolving texture. The various sections, bound together by the fil rouge of pure sounds flecked with varied repetitions of white noise, are followed by repeated sounds with differing envelopes sounds that recount a lunar myth in which the sonic material acquires reverberations and echoes of distant memories.”
Hugo Paquete
Hugo Paquete‘s music exists at the intersection of sound and computation. Through a practice of blending granular textures, algorithms, and spatial audio, his work navigates the space between post-techno drive and experimental sound art. Each release is a sonic system, an ecology of rhythm, noise, and resonance co-composed by machine precision and human perception.
About Solo: Alone in the Signal:
“Alone in the Signal, a piece from the 2025 release Yugen, composed by Hugo Paquete, delves into the profound isolation of the digital age. It soundscapes the experience of a disembodied presence within a continuous signal space, where the human performer fragments into a somatic avatar and selfhood dissolves into pure resonance. Premiering at Tanzhaus nrw in 2024 as part of a collaborative performance with Christine Bonansea Saulut and Chris Ziegler, the piece embodies a central tension of the Yugen project: the search for authentic expression within a technologically mediated environment. The music gives voice to this non-human stage, transforming choreography into data and the performer into a ghostly transmission, ultimately questioning the very nature of presence in a world of digital flux.
Solo: Alone in the Signal embodies a core tension of YUGEN: the search for expression within technologically mediated environments. It listens to the non-human pulse of the digital stage, where choreography becomes signal and the performer fades into pure transmission.”
Hui Kim
After studying piano and instrumental composition in Korea, Hui Kim went on to study electroacoustic composition in France. Her work is based on exploring objects from multiple perspectives through audiovisual media and photography.
About Ai All:
“Algorithms have the ability to reveal interests I had suppressed, revealing aspects of my subconscious that I hadn’t previously recognized. The experience of confronting my own truth through other people’s eyes – it’s akin to a celestial body that is made up of tiny particles that continually explode and vanish. Even my distorted tastes, which I would rather deny, are a vital element of who I am. I aspired to capture the moment when I accept myself as I am.”
Owen Duff
Owen Duff works across multiple musical and artistic fields: as a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist he has released multiple EPs and albums, creating the visuals that accompany them, from artwork to music videos. Owen scored the Queerty award-nominated web series Kissing Walls in 2019 and has written music and songs for various other independent films, while as a creator of experimental music and sound, he was Highly Commended in the ‘Composed with Sound’ category at Sound of the Year Awards in 2023 and has had several of his works broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and selected for ‘In The Dark’ listening events.
About The Meaning of Alexa (Ambient):
“This is part of a long-form sound design work derived from an improvised ‘duet’ I recorded with an Amazon Echo smart speaker, singing freely associated questions to the device and responding musically to the emotions I felt upon hearing its algorithmically generated answers. The piece explores the relationship between free expression and a technology that is designed to record, analyse and categorise human behaviour. Also incorporated is audio from Amazon’s servers of what the Echo recorded, as I wanted to include what it “heard”. The work attempts to express the alienation, frustration, stultification, yearning and confusion of humans as we relate to the technology we’ve invented.“
Stefanie Wasserman
Stefanie Wasserman is a performer /singer/writer/conceptual artist in Brooklyn, New York. Her work has been seen in 7 countries to include: the biennial in the Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC), Santiago, Chile; Sediento, Mostoles, Spain; the Granta Gallery, Istanbul, Türkiye; and venues in Argentina and Italy.
About The Algorithm of Desire:
“Algorithm of Desire is the 1st of a 6-part experimental sound and spoken-word series that integrates improvised percussive vocals with surrealist short stories. The 1st story poetically poses artificial intelligence against human expression and empathy; subsequent surrealist stories explore the brain, pattern recognition, invention, and art-making. Algorithm of Desire has been performed at the Museum of Digital Art (CCD) in Mexico City, the Mississippi Museum of Art (MMA), and the legendary theater club, “The Players”, in New York City. In 2026, Algorithm of Desire will be published by ETC: A Review of General Semantics.“
Zak Colello
Zakary Colello (he/him) is a sound artist from the Laurentians based in Montreal.
He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Composition and Sound Creation, and holds the position of research assistant for the Groupe de Recherche en Immersion Spatiale (GRIS) as well as student coordinator for Research Axis 4 at CIRMMT.
Zakary produces, records, mixes, and occasionally masters the work of artists from the Quebec music scene. He is a member of the group STAIRS. He composes electroacoustic music with a focus on ecology, unique narratives, and immersion. Occasionally, he designs interactive installations.
About I Am Sitting in a [B325_Stereo_Downmix]:
“I Am Sitting in a [B325_Stereo_Downmix] is the stereo version of an immersive experience presented in January 2026. The piece is directly inspired by Alvin Lucier’s I Am Sitting in a Room. The text is a pretext for exploiting the timbral characteristics of the room in which the experience was presented, and the narrative thread of the work. Acoustic resonances are exploited as sound material and mixed with synthesized sounds tuned to these same resonances. The text offers a reinterpretation of Lucier’s work, positioning the resonances of the room as a crisis and the sound of the voice as efforts of resistance in the face of the crisis.
Zak’s work lies between sound art, radio art, and acousmatic music. This piece is a variation on a series of works entitled I Am Sitting in a [ ], which is intended to be presented in several contexts, devices, and formats.”
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