There’s a great profile of synth guru turned radical life-extension advocate Ray Kurzweil over at Wired. As a Kurzweil 2500 owner, I appreciate Kurzweil’s genius. But after reading this article, it’s hard not to think that he’s a bit wacky, too: Kurzweil is writing and producing an autobiographical movie, with walk-ons by Alan Dershowitz and… Read More Is Ray Kurzweil Crazy Or A Genius?
DJ/producer Paul Oakenfold has scored the upcoming video game Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Conspiracy. Oakenfold follows a long string of electronic music artists, including NIN & Amon Tobin, to score video games. “It was a rewarding experience to score The Bourne Conspiracy video game — I have always been a fan of the series and… Read More Paul Oakenfold Scores Bourne Conspiracy Video Game
Jean Michel Jarre on vintage synths: “When I got them out of storage and played them again, I realised something that even I had forgotten – that these analogue instruments are unique,” Jarre says. “Choosing to use these old synths instead of their modern equivalents is not a retro thing, it is not nostalgia, it… Read More Jean Michel Jarre On Vintage Synths, Oxygène
Only You (1999 Mix) This is something I never thought I’d see – Yazoo (Yaz in the US) have regrouped and announced tour dates. Here’s what we know: Vince Clarke & Alison Moyet have announced that they will reunite for the first time in over 25 years for The Reconnected Tour, a brief U.S trek… Read More Yaz (Yazoo) Announce Tour Dates
Miles was cutting edge 40 years ago. Check out what Der Bekannte Post-Industrielle Trompeter is doing now! Der Bekannte Post-Industrielle Trompeter (DBPIT) is an experimental/industrial project created by Flavio Rivabella. The trumpet is its main feature. Field-recording and electronics are also used, but hardly ever computer-generated or synthesized sounds. Each new DBPIT’s work is the… Read More Post-Industrial Trumpet
The Times reports that Mike Oldfield has regained the rights to his trademark work, Tubular Bells: This will be a landmark year for the musician and composer, now 54. In personal terms, it has brought an addition to his family in their new hillside home high above the Balearic island’s capital. And career-wise it will… Read More Mike Oldfield Gets Back The Rights To Tubular Bells
Electro-acoustic composer and author Allen Strange died last week at the age of 64.While Strange was probably best known to a generation of musicians as the author of one of the definitive books on electronic music – Electronic Music: Systems, Techniques, and Controls – he also was very active as a composer and performer of… Read More Allen Strange, 1942-2008
Sasha and John Digweed have announced dates (below) for a 2008 Spring tour. Sasha and Digweed will be bussing it through the country. However, unlike their massive Delta Heavy tour, this tour is about going back to their grass roots. “Its been six years since Delta Heavy,” says Digweed. “Both Sasha and myself have been… Read More Sasha and John Digweed Announce Spring Tour Dates
Jean Michel Jarre and 3 musicians will be touring, playing his classic Oxygene live on original vintage instruments for the 30th anniversary of the legendary album. Sounds like it could be a great opportunity to take a trip back in time to the early days of electronica. Tour Dates 16th March – Glasgow Royal Concert… Read More Jean Michell Jarre Announces Tour
moby is sharing a “mashup mix” of his new album, Last Night, as a free download from rcrdlbl: I love the fact that as the old/traditional infrastructure of the music business is breaking down it’s being replaced by new and more compelling institutions like RCRD LBL. The vice-grip hegemony of the corporate labels and corporate… Read More Free Moby Last Night Download
