Summary: <blockquote> <p> <img alt="" src="//chirpradio.org/_/files/blog/trancendentalsynthtrip-matchess-600.jpg" style="width: 40%; height: 40%; float: right;">"So much of our lives are rationalized and routinized, and everything seems kind of known or knowable. So anything that feels like it's not quite knowable is what I like to do creatively. ... When there's no explanation for something, that's where I like to let my mind and my music stay."</p> </blockquote> <p> Last fall, Whitney Johnson came to the CHIRP studios to talk with Amelia Hruby about Johnson's solo electronic project, <a href="http://matchess.tumblr.com/">Matchess</a>. They discuss how she builds the multi-layered structures of her songs, the inspiration she draws from industrial field recordings, and what magic happens when you listen to repetitive sounds over and over again.</p> <p> <em>produced by Amelia Hruby (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/ajhruby">@ajhruby</a>)</em></p> <p> <em>photo by </em><em>Jeremy Deputat</em></p>
