Michel Waisvisz, leader of the STEIM foundation in Amsterdam since the early eighties, has died. From the STEIM obituary: Michel Waisvisz died peacefully in his home last night after fighting the mean cells in his body for the last eight months. He was born on the 8th of July 1949 and lead STEIM as Director… Read More STEIM’s Michel Waisvisz Has Died
15 years ago, Kevin Kelly (Editor of Wired magazine) and Brian Eno (ambient music guru and super-producer) published a list of “unthinkable futures” – probabilities we tend to dismiss without thinking – in the Summer, 1993 issue of Whole Earth Review. Their intent was less to correctly predict the future (thus the silliness) and more… Read More The Unthinkable Futures of Kevin Kelly and Brian Eno
[display_podcast] David Byrne is keeping busy. While he just opened his audio installation Playing the Building, he’s working on a new project, involving animatronic robots. Byrne explains: About a year ago, I was approached by some Spanish curators to participate in a show scheduled to open at the Museo de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid… Read More David Byrne’s Creepy, Amazing Voice Of Julio
Electron-Users has a nice interview with Richard Devine that touches on his music and the gear he uses to create it. In the article, he (of course) talks about using Electron gear, but he also touches on his reasons for composing: What inspires you to compose? I find inspiration from many different sources. Sometimes I… Read More Richard Devine Interview
Last year, we brought you some great video of game creator Will Wright and Brian Eno on generative systems. Here’s the whole enchilada – their Long Now discussion of Spore and generative music and gaming. They touch on all sorts of topics, but it includes great discussions of generative processes and ambient music, fractals, compression… Read More Will Wright & Brian Eno On Generative Music & Gaming
Here’s the second part of the interview with Goldfrapp’s Will Gregory. Goldfrapp Interview pt. 1
There’s an interesting interview with electronic music pioneer Laurie Spiegel over at Tokafi. In it, she discusses her initial experience working with classic modular synthesizers: The first time I saw a synth (side note – we didn’t like that word then because of “synthetic” implying false or artificial instead of real music made on real… Read More Laurie Spiegel On Classic Synthesizers
The New York Times has a interview/overview of Trent Reznor today. In it he shares his thoughts on the state of digital music: Mr. Reznor has no global solution for how to sustain a long-term career as a recording musician, much less start one, when listeners take free digital music for granted. “It’s all out… Read More Trent Reznor On Free Music
Daft Punk is working on a live concert DVD, created from footage shot by the audience at the Bercy Live Show in Paris. The Daft Punk Alive 2007 DVD looks like it will be the Cloverfield of concert DVDs. It will feature high-quality sound recorded by Daft Punk synced to audience footage. A preview is… Read More Daft Punk Working On Live Concert DVD Shot By Fans
Erik Rask and Mika Forsling, aka Lurmusic, are couple of musicians from Malmo, Sweden, working with interactive performance and live loop music. They are known for their electronica shows where they combine projections that react to the music. Their latest project includes one Arduino board, the Tinker.it software to communicate to Flash and a shield… Read More The Bizarre World of Lurmusic
