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The Roulette Tapes

Roulette Intermedium
Roulette Intermedium
Gary Lucas
Wadada Leo Smith
Kenny Wollesen
Blue Gene Tyranny
Patricia Brennan
Squanderers
Wollesonic
Deep Listening
August Wilson
Jeanne Lee
Vicky Chow
New York City
Memory
Pauline Oliveros
Aruán Ortiz
Anaïs Maviel
Blues Music
Gayageum
Improvisation

New & Adventurous Music! Founded in 1978 and operating out of lofts and galleries for years, Roulette continues its mission to support new and established innovators in music and cross-media performing arts in a glorious 400 seat theater in Brooklyn. Podcasts and excerpts here; you can hear these full concerts, and hundreds more, at roulette.org/archive. Enjoy!

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Yasunao Tone (1935-2025) was a composer, sound artist, technology disrupter, theorist, and author who was a participant in the 1960s Japanese Fluxus movement, and an early influential innovator in noise and glitch music, conceptual art, chance operat... more

DoYeon Kim is known for her expansive and pioneering performances and compositions and for introducing the gayageum, an ancient Korean zither, into contemporary music. Trained extensively in jazz and improvisation as well as in the canon of classical... more

The guitarist and composer Gary Lucas, acclaimed for his technique, imagination, and fearless commitment to both tradition and innovation from his work with Captain Beefheart, Jeff Buckley, his band Gods & Monsters, scores for silent films, reviving ... more

Vocalist, percussionist, composer, music director, and community facilitator Anaïs Maviel has associated her practice with the inextricable currents that move spaces and people between times and lands. One passion is to explore the use of language, a... more

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Recent Guests

DoYeon Kim
Korean composer and Gayageum performer
Self / Contemporary East Ensemble / Roulette collaboration
Episode: DoYeon Kim: Korean Spirit
Gary Lucas
Guitarist, songwriter, and composer known for work with Captain Beefheart, Jeff Buckley, and Gods & Monsters
Independent artist
Episode: Gary Lucas: The Treasure Collector
Anaïs Maviel
Composer and vocalist focused on ritual-influenced performance
Roulette Intermedium
Episode: Anaïs Maviel: Ritual Alchemy
David Grubbs
Guitarist, improviser, and member of Squanderers
Squanderers
Episode: Wendy Eisenberg: Quasi-Mystical
Bonner Kramer
Ukulele bass player and producer for Squanderers
Squanderers
Episode: Wendy Eisenberg: Quasi-Mystical
Aruán Ortiz
Cuban-born pianist and composer
Independent musician
Episode: Aruán Ortiz: The Keys of Inspiration
Pauline Oliveros
Artist, composer, educator, author, philosopher
Independent composer/artist
Episode: Pauline Oliveros: Sonic Religion
Patricia Brennan
Composer and mallet percussionist
Based in Brooklyn; residency at Roulette
Episode: Patricia Brennan: Celestial Vibes
Vicky Chow
Pianist
Brooklyn-based contemporary classical pianist
Episode: Vicky Chow: The Piano Journey

Hosts

Susan James
Host of The Roulette Tapes, frequently guiding conversations and curating archival content; closely associated with Roulette Intermedium.
David Weinstein
Host at the desk, engages in deep-dive conversations and archival material, often guiding archival-focused episodes.

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Pauline Oliveros: Sonic Religion
Q: Tell me about becoming an independent composer and how that shift changed your career.
She details how adopting the label independent composer and moving away from traditional institutional paths allowed her to craft a diverse career—combining performances, lectures, workshops, and publications while maintaining financial viability through engagements and touring.
Pauline Oliveros: Sonic Religion
Q: Or junk it, as we go along. The first thing I would like to know is, what do you have in WACK, and how did you get yourself involved in WACK?
Oliveros explains that WACK invited her to contribute sonic meditations from the 1970s, and that involvement connected her to a broader feminist discourse and portfolio of works, including the Scum Manifesto-based pieces, while also highlighting how collaborative projects and recognition of influential women shaped her trajectory.

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An eclectic, artist-driven interview series focusing on contemporary and experimental music, improvisation, and cross-disciplinary performance. Episodes center on individual artists' journeys, compositional approaches, and live performance practices, often interleaving archival material, live roulette performances, and deep dives into creative processes. Guests frequently come from avant-garde jazz, contemporary classical, ritual or ritual-adjacent practices, and multidisciplinary art scenes, offering intimate reflections on influence, technique, and the role of performance spaces in shaping new work. Notable throughlines include personal narrative, exploration of space and listening, and a strong emphasis on collaboration and experimentati... more

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