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Computer Love with Holly Herndon

Mary Anne Hobbs meets electronic musician and computing student Holly Herndon, who talks about the use of computers in music.

Mary Anne meets fearless electronic musician Holly Herndon, who talks about the use of computers in music.

Holly has become a leading light in contemporary alternative and electronic music. She experiments in the outer reaches of dance music and pop. Her new album 'Platform' was released on 4AD on May 18th.

Born in Tennessee, Holly spent years within Berlin's minimal techno scene before moving to San Francisco, where she studies as a doctoral candidate at Stanford's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics.

Throoughout the show, expect to hear some of best music ever made by computers.

3 hours

Last on

Sun 31 May 2015 07:00

Music Played

  • Blondie

    Rapture

    • Chrysalis.
  • Alabama Shakes

    Don't Wanna Fight

    • Rough Trade Records.
  • Holly Herndon

    Interference

    • Platform.
    • 4AD.
  • Cornershop

    Brimful of Asha

  • Kid Wave

    Honey

    • Heavenly Recordings.
  • Fleet Foxes

    Mykonos

    • CD SINGLE.
    • BELLA UNION.
    • 1.
  • Stealing Sheep

    Deadlock

    • Heavenly Recordings.
  • Dobie Gray

    The In Crowd

    • Originals 2 (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
  • Nadine Shah

    Fast Food

    • Apollo.
  • Bonobo

    Flashlight (6 Music Session, 25 Nov 2014)

  • Muse

    Mercy

    • Drones.
    • WB MUSIC CORP.
    • 4.
  • Pulp

    My Legendary Girlfriend

    • Fire Records.
  • The Staves

    Teeth White

    • Atlantic.
  • Julian Cope

    World Shut Your Mouth

    • Island.
  • The Slits

    I Heard It Through The Grapevine

    • Island.
  • Death Cab for Cutie

    The Ghosts Of Beverly Drive

    • Atlantic Records.
  • The Strokes

    Reptilia

    • Rough Trade Records.
  • Kraftwerk

    Computer Love

    • (Single).
    • EMI.
  • Squarepusher

    Stor Eiglass

    • Damogen Furies.
    • Warp.
  • Everything Everything

    Regret

    • RCA.
  • Maceo & the Macks

    Cross The Tracks (We Better Go Back)

    • Universal.
  • The Cribs

    Different Angle

    • Sonic Blew/Sony Red.
  • SBTRKT

    Temporary View

    • Young Turks.
  • Chastity Belt

    Joke

  • Laura Mvula

    Green Garden

  • Big Brother & the Holding Company

    Piece Of My Heart

    Singer: Janis Joplin.
    • CBS.
  • Leon Bridges

    Better Man

    • Better Man.
    • Columbia Records.
  • Jamie xx

    Loud Places (feat. Romy)

    • Young Turks.
  • St. Vincent

    Digital Witness

    • St Vincent.
    • LomaVista/Caroline International.
    • 001.
  • Holly Herndon

    Morning Sun

    • Beggars Banquet.
  • Holly Herndon : Making Music With Computers

  • Arca

    2 Blunted

  • East India Youth

    Beaming White

    • XL Recordings.
  • Panda Bear

    Boys Latin

  • The Beach Boys

    Don't Worry Baby

    • Capitol.
  • Belle and Sebastian

    Allie

    • Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance.
    • Matador Records.
  • Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot

    Bonnie and Clyde

    • Philips Records.
  • Ginger Johnson & His African Messengers

    Adura

  • Joni Mitchell

    Carey

    • Reprise.
  • Prince & The Revolution

    Anotherloverholenyohead

    • Paisley Park/Warner Bros.
  • Sunriser

    • Klavikon

      Kontrapunkd

Broadcast

  • Sun 31 May 2015 07:00