Access Music has published an interview with Hans Zimmer, in conjunction with the release of Dark Knight. There’s a lot of synth discussion throughout the interview, but a couple things caught my eye: Do you remember your first exposure to electronic music Yes, at school someone had brought in Switched on Bach and I thought… Read More Hans Zimmer Interview
Need proof that you don’t need the latest and greatest gear to make electronic music? Just check out the funk on the Chemical Brothers live gear set up! Here’s the extreme gear porn close up to make things clear for you: Their Roland SH-101 looks beat up, with tape on the corners. Their Octave Cat… Read More The Chemical Brothers’ Gear Sure Is Beat Up
Be glad you’re not Fatboy Slim. He may be a superstar DJ, but the Mail Online is ready to write him off as “ageing fast”, and ready to send to the glue factory: There wasn’t much youthful-looking about Fatboy Slim, who hit 45 last month, as he came back from his latest DJing jaunt at… Read More Be Glad You’re Not Fatboy
The Chemical Brothers are looking for your help to create a global video project for their track Brotherhood. Make your own short clip (from 2 to 20 seconds) or photograph about your favourite Chemical Brothers track. Then upload your work here on to the Google Map (after the jump) and tag it to it’s exact… Read More Help A Brother (Chemical Brother) Out
GetLoFi has a great interview with Reed Ghazala, the father of circuit bending.In the interview, Ghazala talks about his first experiences with circuit bending, chance art and more. Here he explains how his idea of circuit bending came about: “The sounds that came from that first short circuit back in the mid 1960’s were just… Read More Reed Ghazala Interview
David Byrne has announced the dates for his tour to promote his new album with Brian Eno, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today: Date City Venue Sep 16 2008 Bethlehem, PA Zoellner Arts Center – Baker Hall Sep 17 2008 Baltimore, MD Lyric Sep 18 2008 Newport News, VA Ferguson Center for the Arts Sep… Read More David Byrne Announces Tour Dates
German design studio Precious Forever has published an interesting interview with Kelli Cain and Brian Crabtree, the designers behind the Monome grid-based music controller. Excerpt: There are millions of electronic music controllers on the market. Regardless, many users seem to be unable to find a setup that is “just right” for them. Naturally, there’s no… Read More Designing The Monome
The New York Times today has an excellent article that looks at computer music pioneer Paul Lansky. Lansky is one of the pioneers of computer music, through both early works of computer music and the development of computer music languages and applications. As he reaches a time in his career when a lot of people… Read More Paul Lansky’s Secret: “I Basically Don’t Like Electronic Music.”
It’s been awhile since we highlighted any Chicks That Mix. There’s probably no better way to remedy that situation than drawing your attention to Little Boots‘ Victoria Hesketh. Hesketh is the former lead singer with Dead Disco, and now she does her own electronic dance music as Little Boots. “Little Boots is just me, Victoria,”… Read More Chicks That Mix: Little Boots’ Victoria Hesketh
Chris Randall wears a lot of hats: producer, label head, blogger, software developer and key figure in the nascent “grindhouse” style of electronic music. First and foremost, though, he’s a musician, and he wants to load up your iPod with a bunch of free music. So that pretty much everything you listen to will be… Read More Free Music From Chris Randall
