Interviews

Ableton’s Robert Henke (Monolake) discusses Max For Live and his history with Max. Read more…

Imaginary Landscapes is a profile of visionary composer, artist and producer Brian Eno. It brings into focus Eno’s seemingly disparate work in sound, vision and light, and explores his music in visual terms, based on landscapes and images that have shaped his life as an artist.

Current.tv’s interview with Thievery Corporation goes from Washington, DC’s monuments and into the DJ duo’s custom studio, nightclub and restaurant.

Thievery Corporation’s Rob Garza and Eric Hilton show off the school tour version of DC – the White House, the Treasury Department, and the Washington Monument – calling it a “Disneyworld set for people to feel good about.” They also flash back to Operation Ceasefire, an event they DJ’d on the National Mall at the beginning of the Iraq War, which was quickly followed by an IRS audit of the band. But still, they’ve stuck close to home instead of moving to more traditional centers for music and entertainment.

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This is a deep interview with a deep guy – Ray Kurzweil – about some deep ideas.

In the early 80’s, Kurzweil developed the Kurzweil K250 digital synthesizer, which developed into one of the most influential digital synthesis platforms.

Kurzweil sold his music business in 1990 and in recent years has focused his attention on artificial intelligence, transhumanism and the technological singularity.

Some of his ideas for the future seem far out. But if you watch this video, you’ll hear Kurweil’s thoughts on exponential technological development and how it creates change that is difficult for our linear minds to predict. Read more…

In this short interview, prior to a performance with Ferry Corsten, BT explains why he’s not a DJ, discusses his influences and talks about some of the crazy stuff he did with electronics when he was a kid.

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