Listen To New Music Inspired By Karate's Olympic Debut
Musicians in the U.S. and Japan are collaborating in honor of the first Olympic karate competition: Composers tracked the brainwaves of people performing karate, and turned that data into music.
Composer Gene Coleman, a Guggenheim-winning luminary in the worlds of experimental film and avant-garde music, is more the type to show up for a residency at a prestigious music festival rather than at the Olympics.
"I'm not a big sports person," he confesses. But Coleman to compose a soundscape of music to celebrate the decision.
