Episode Three: Harry Stafylakis

Harry Stafylakis is a metal-head turned composer, and we chat about travel stories, life in New York, and cat parenthood. His piece ‘Calibrating Friction’ has literary roots and was inspired by a Salman Rushdie quote! Dr. Kate is back, to explain the biology of dissonance, and how the “Devil’s tritone” is used today.

Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts! Full transcript here.

Shownotes:

Listen to the full 9 minutes of Calibrating Friction on Soundcloud (headphones recommended) here.

You can also check out Harry’s other projects on Soundcloud and his website.

Can’t get enough of Bruce the cat? He features regularly on Harry’s Twitter and Instagram.

Read more about those classy riots in 1913 here. Tritones were also known as the Devil’s Chord!

Follow the adventures of Music for PhD’s on Instagram.