Episode 348 Lorin Benedict
From The Lydian Spin by Lydia Lunch
May 1, 2026 · 1h 24m · Season 2 · Episode 348
About this episode
Lorin Benedict discusses his dual career as an improvising vocalist and a physicist.
Lorin Benedict is a California-based improvising vocalist (scat singer, essentially), who operates in the fields of jazz and jazz-adjacent music. In addition, he works as a theoretical and computational applied physicist where his focus is on understanding the properties of materials in extreme conditions of pressure and temperature.
People in this episode
Host: Lydia Lunch
Guest: Lorin Benedict
Topics covered
- improvisation
- vocal performance
- jazz
- applied physics
- material science
Keywords
- improvising vocalist
- scat singer
- jazz
- applied physicist
- material properties
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Episode 348
Places: California
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