Chance Meeting
Friday September 1st, 2023 with Heavy Ben
Water Part II: Rüdiger Lorenz, Yu Su

Chance meeting on a river of a seaquake and rain Born today: German pharmacist and synthesist Rüdiger Lorenz (1941-2000). Lorenz was well-known for his massive collection of analog synthesizers, which he used to release over twenty albums over his lifetime - typically one every year throughout the 80s and 90s. He is noted as one of the pioneers of the DIY music community, building many of his own synthesizers. Lorenz also created his own record label to distribute his music, Syncord Records, with many of the albums becoming collectors’ items in recent years. Yu Su is a DJ and musician, born in Kaifeng, China, and based in Vancouver, BC. Tapping into an expansive repertoire of “fourth world” ambience and left-field dance music, Yu Su’s emotion-packed compositional punches are best described as organically groovy jazz-bient expeditions between coasts. A proficient multi-instrumentalist, she grew up learning classical piano and has cited the likes of Terry Riley, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Yasuaki Shimizu, and Laurie Anderson as inspirations. Her widely acclaimed first album Yellow River Blue was released in 2021 on bié (label Yu Su helped form alongside Meng Jinhui in China) and on Music From Memory (Holland). Music From Memory deep dives on Heavy Friends https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/410/42105.html https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/410/53589.html (to embiggen the show icon, right-click and choose "Open image in new tab")