Machines for Listening were initially sketched during June of 2020, with the world in imperfect lockdown and raging against centuries of racial injustice. I’m indebted of course to the legacy of Pauline Oliveros, whom I had the pleasure of playing with many times years ago, and whose “machines for listening” are monumental.

Machines for Listening with Sō were composed in January of 2025, with the world in a different sort of dissembling rage. I’d like to think we

are all in this together, but clearly that is naïve, and cohabitating with these machines was a bit of a refuge for me while composing these; perhaps they will be for you as well. – Dan Trueman