Promo for a new movie about the life a DJ in the Berlin electronic music scene, Berlin Calling.
Berlin electronic music composer Martin (Paul Kalkbrenner), known as DJ Ickarus, is touring with his manager and girlfriend Mathilde (Rita Lengyel) from club to club around the globe and is about to release their biggest album to date. [...]

Spoken Wor(l)d’: In Celebration of Human Speech is the debut album of Peruvian electronic music artist Phileas.
Phileas describes it as an electronic music celebration of human diversity through speech and language.
Phileas spent three years wandering the globe collecting voice samples in more than 30 languages.
Phileas has been experimenting with human speech for 10 years, since [...]

Trash_Audio has an interesting look at Richard Devine’s new audio library - The Electronic Music Manuscript:
I wanted to make a library that would be useful for many different people. I was aiming for sound designers, composers working in Film/TV, radio, video games, and electronic music. I tried to create some really unique material that could [...]

DJ Jez sends word about an electronic music show he does for 216Productions with several other electronic music DJs.
Musique Non Suck : All Electronic Radio features a weekly DJ mix of electronic music. The DJ’s influences range from Jean-Michel Jarre to Eno to Soft Cell - so you won’t know what to expect until you [...]

Paul at Microscopics, a new UK net label, sent word about their first (re)release.
Microscopics is the label of Mat Jarvis, aka “Gas”, who had a cult electronic music hit with his CD Gas 0095, on the EM:T label.
Here’s info from the label on Gas 0095:
This first release on the new Microscopics label has been [...]

 

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Circuit bending is the process of creatively short-circuiting cheap electronic devices such as guitar effects, children’s toys and synthesizers to create new musical instruments and sound generators.
If you’re not familiar with it, you might want to check out this short preview for the circuit bending documentary by Derek Sajbel. The video features Q.R. Ghazala, Nebula [...]

Composer Barry Schrader is featured on the first interview of a new podcast series Alive and Composing, created by Innova Recordings under the direction of Philip Blackburn, right. Innova is one of the leading labels for new music by American composers.
The series premieres with an interview with Barry Schrader, a leading composer of electro-acoustic music [...]

UniversumKiosk has introduced two new sound libraries that feature the voltage-controlled sounds of rare classical electronic music studio gear.
The sound libraries were created in cooperation with the Institute of Sonology, Royal Conservatory The Hague.
The libaries are available in Kontakt II, EXS 24MKII, Reason, Gig 3.0 and Mach 5 formats for US $60 each.
Descriptions:
Sonic Sorcery Sounds [...]