Make Noise Tape & Microsound Music Machine
The Tape and Microsound Music Machine is a small stereo Eurorack system, devoted to ‘capturing external sounds and sculpting them into new ones’.… Read More Make Noise Tape & Microsound Music Machine
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New Owner, Name For Buchla Electronic Musical Instruments
The company is under new management and now headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota and headed by CEO Eric Fox.… Read More New Owner, Name For Buchla Electronic Musical Instruments
Improvisation With Tape Machines & Sine Wave Generators
Sunday Synth Jam: Mid-century style electronic music artist Atomic Shadow performas a ‘semi improvisation featuring tape machines, sine wave generators, burst generator, tape echo, various effects, and a dash of reverb.” He adds, “This piece includes sounds recorded during a very recent trip to the hospital.”
Morton Subotnick Interview
The latest episode of Motherboard TV features an interview with electronic music pioneer Morton Subotnick. Subotnick co-founded the San Francisco Tape Music Center, played a key role in the development of the Buchla modular synthesizer, created the seminal album Silver Apples Of The Moon and has created educational computer music games for children. Subotnick is… Read More Morton Subotnick Interview
Steve Reich Discusses His Influences
In preparation for the 2012 Bloc Festival, organizers interviewed the headliners, including pioneering electroacoustic and classical composer Steve Reich. Reich talks about the relationship between West African and Balinese music and his early tape loop music. He goes on to discuss how this affected his early works. Reich’s work has been tremendously influential in electronic music,… Read More Steve Reich Discusses His Influences
Pierre Schaeffer’s Etude Aux Chemins De Fer
pierre schaeffer – “etude aux chemins de fer” was uploaded by: apopcollapse
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Berna Vintage Electronic Studio Now Available For Mac Users
http://vimeo.com/7305446 Berna Vintage Electronic Studio – a Mac OS X software recreation of the classical electronic music studio – is now available for 10.69€ as a digital download. A demo version is available. If you’ve used Berna, leave a comment with your thoughts!
Making Electronic Music In 1959
Kid Baltan and Tom Dissevelt 1959 was uploaded by: schreu26
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Metal Machine Music
Rolling Stone has a review of Lou Reed‘s recent live performance of Metal Machine Music – Reeds’ controversial symphony of noise. When Metal Machine Music was released in 1975, people did not know what to make of it. The album, influenced by the drone music of La Monte Young and John Cale, consists entirely of… Read More Metal Machine Music
William S. Burroughs On Cut-Ups
Matti Niinimäki created this video, which visualizes William S. Burrough‘s thoughts on the origin and theory of Tape Cut-Ups. via RichardMetzger
