Radio Concrete #49 - Assaf Shatil

Radio Concrete by Hagai Izenberg is a monthly experimental radio show which deals with live mixing and processing of field recordings together with radio broadcasting and concrete sounds. Fresh raw materials including everyday sounds, samples from tv & radio, news editions and advertisements are all gathered on a regular basis and then mixed together with live sources (FM and AM stations and other live online streaming sources) and objects (such as amplified/hacked toys).

This episode is a collage of excerpts from chamber works, installations and field recordings by Assaf Shatil edited by Hagai Izenberg and Assaf Shatil.

Assaf Shatil is an interdisciplinary composer, pianist, improviser, singer/songwriter and educator based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

His practice intersects sound and poetry, investigating the intricacies of performance as a liminal space imbued with aspects of ritual, contemplation, and transfigured temporality. Premieres of his work have been performed by ensembles such as Musica Nova(Israel), Israel Contemporary Players, The Jerusalem Symphony, Jack Quartet(NYC), WasteLAnd(LA), The Sound ensemble(Seattle), Ninth Planet(SF) and others.

He completed his DMA in music composition at the University of California, Santa Cruz where he worked with Larry Polansky, Michelle Lou and David Evan Jones.

Featuring excerpts from: Gardens, Propeller/ Woods Waves/ Myers Duo, Analogue Mountains, FSH Rain, Etude - maybe one more distant quiet now dreaming, Midrash - Jacob’s Ladder, How to assemble an Opera?, El Toch Yam, Repent, Insects in Shavei Zion, Ravel Ostinato, Porto, Etude, (In) One Movement, Oto, Leviathan and The Aleph.