Today’s rather powerful Organ Thing of The Day xomes from conceptual sound artist Lola de la Mata, apparently we were fans of the first single shared from the record, KOH – Klee – Uh, released in 2022, returns with new single PINK noise and news of an album Oceans on Azimuth on May 8th. “An avant-garde, auditory odyssey into tinnitus”.

“Lola was told to give up music after developing severe tinnitus and vertigo. Instead, she decided to listen with a new ear, and dive deep into the world of tinnitus to cope with the isolating condition and facilitate connection between sufferers. For this record, she reached out to A.J. Hudspeth in New York who runs the sensory cell lab where they study the cochlea. There, she found collaborators in biophysicists who offered her the unique experience of recording her tinnitus. (She is also doing a PHD on this).

Through all this research and Lola’s innovativeness in sound, Lola’s new record has created avant-garde sonic landscapes crafted from throbbing heartbeats and tinnitus phantoms reimagined through metal, glass, ceramic and ice musical instruments all inspired by forms from the middle and inner ear, as well as field recordings, string instruments, a Claravox theremin, an ear canal shaped gong, and other inventions!”

www.loladelamata.com / Bandcamp

Here’s some more from 2022…

2 responses to “ORGAN THING: Conceptual Sound Artist Lola de la Mata has announced a new album Oceans on Azimuth – an Auditory Odyssey Into Tinnitus due out in May, the news comes with a new single ‘PINK noise’…”

  1. […] 2: Lola de la Mata – Stereocilia is the second single release from Lola de la Mata’s upcoming album around tinnitus: ‘Oceans on Azimuth’, out May 8th 2024 + a 250 limited edition run transparent vinyl. “Emerging from the depths of the cochlea, the fluttering voice on Stereocilia, together with the presence of the Claravox Theremin dance across fluctuating waves around one another, haunting the listener as if hearing into past” composition, lyrics and performance all by Lola de la Mata, more about and from the album here – ORGAN THING: Conceptual Sound Artist Lola de la Mata has  announced a new album Oceans on Azimu… […]

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