This video is a profile of minimalist composer Steve Reich, in which he talks about his music, his influences, his very lo-fi ‘funky home tape recorders’ and other early gear, and his inspiration for his classic Music for 18 Musicians.
This audio podcast, via Boston’s WBUR, takes a look at the Resurgence Of Electronic Classical Music. “The question of what is music is an age-old question,” Cooper tells Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson. “I like to think of music as any sound that is organized and creates a reaction in the listener, which this certainly does.”
Innova has released a new album of music by Juan Blanco (1919-2008), a pioneer of electronic music in Cuba. Blanco’s work is not well known, but he’s considered the first Cuban composer to explore electroacoustics, spatial music and multimedia works. Nuestro Tiempo offers a retrospective work. The album features significant works from four decades in Blanco’s… Read More Juan Blanco – Nuestro Tiempo
Reader Matt Fellers writes, “I saw this amazing installation at the Church of San Lorenzo in Venice Italy this summer.” Cordiox, by Ariel Guzik, is a complex machine, four meters in height, which describes the environment through sound. This is due to its two complimentary elements: on one hand, 180 long, tense chords distributed throughout three… Read More Cordiox ‘Describes The Environment Through Sound’
Trios – Tristram Cary (edit) was uploaded by: the simonsound
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Sunday Synth Jam: This video captures a performance by Angelina Yershova of Italian composer Mario Bertoncini’s electroacoustic work Instantanee II. via Rod Mitchell
Conrad Tao: “iridescence,” for piano and iPad – From ‘Voyages’ was uploaded by: emiclassics
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The latest episode of Tweakers features Black Zenith, a modular synth duo from Singapore. Black Zenith is Darren Moore & Brian O’Reilly. The duo performs using analog modular synthesizers & moving images. They produce dense sonic textures that generate live visuals through the transformation of audio signals into images.
Shimmering Horizons for two guitars and iPad processing – Kurt James Werner + Mayank Sanganeria) was uploaded by: ccrmalite1
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VicMod Records has released The Course of the River, a vintage electronic music work by the late synthesist Richard Lainhart. It includes two parts: A River on a Cold Mountain 14:21 The Course of the River 31:48 The music was created in 1975 on the Moog CEMS System at SUNY Albany Electronic Music Studio. It’s… Read More Richard Lainhart – The Course of the River
