The Crystal Method has released an iTunes-exclusive mix, Drive: Nike + Original Run. The mix is Crystal Method’s music for distance runs, or for people that just like a well-paced electronic set. The track is exclusive to Nike & iTunes. Tracks: “Starting Line” – The Crystal Method “It’s Time” – The Crystal Method “Roadhouse Blues… Read More Crystal Method – Drive
Electronica artist Ryuichi Sakamoto has created a new sound installation entitled Sonic Mandala for The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama, which opened to the public on Sunday, June 11th at the Fowler Museum of Cultural History at the University of California Los Angeles, and runs through September 6th. The Missing Peace is a… Read More Ryuichi Sakamoto Joins Dalai Lama in Quest for Peace
Jean-Jacques Perrey, electro-pop/lounge Moog pioneer, has a MySpace page. Not much to it yet, but he’s alive and kicking and working on a tour: “I love the “X-Files” and collect Sci-Fi comics! I am serious about humour as seriousness must be taken humorously. I am currently working on a New record in the MIX stage… Read More Jean-Jacques Perrey on MySpace
There’s an interesting interview with Robert Rich in the SFGate: “Harry Partch and Indonesian music are big influences,” Rich agrees. “A lot of the music comes from an analog modular synthesizer I’ve been building for the past few years, so I can create sounds that people have never heard before. I got into space music… Read More Robert Rich: Not Playing to Get Laid
Grammy-nominated musician Moby joined with Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), ranking Democrat on the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, to demand that Congress reject upcoming legislation that could allow AT&T, Verizon, and other telecommunications giants to take over the Internet. “If Congress guts Net Neutrality, independent music and news sites would be choked off,… Read More Moby Speaks Out for Internet Freedom
Paul Simon and Brian Eno have collaborated on Simon’s latest album, Surprise. Eno, in addition to his pioneering ambient music, has produced a variety of artists, including Devo, Talking Heads and U2. Simon returns with his first album in six years. Many are calling it his best work since 1990’s Rhythm of the Saints. Three… Read More Surprise – Brian Eno, Paul Simon Collaboration
YouTube has some interesting time capsules of Jean Michel Jarre and his music. Here’s Jean Michel Jarre in his studio in 1986: Bad video quality, and it’s in French, but it’s a time-capsule of synth excess. Stranger still is the scarily eightiestastic music video for Jarre’s Magnetic Fields II: Jean Michel Jarre provided an electronic… Read More Jean Michel Jarre Shows Off His Studio
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has made his annual selection of 50 sound recordings for the National Recording Registry. This year, the libary has selected some synth-heavy classics, including Walter/Wendy Carlos’ Switched on Bach, and Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life. Under the terms of the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000,… Read More Synth Pioneers Honored
Synth pioneer Thomas Dolby has started blogging, and proving that he?€™s not just a guru of music, he?€™s using WordPress, the popular open source blog application. “Modern blogging has all sorts of new ways for guys to jerk off,” notes Dolby, “but I will try hard to refrain from doing that here” Dolby, a five-time… Read More Thomas Dolby Blogging, Touring
Phil Hartnoll will always be known as one half of the ground-breaking and dance- music defining duo Orbital, who had world-wide success with their unique blend of electronic music from 1990 until 2004. Since the demise of Orbital, Hartnoll has been as busy as ever with DJ?€™ing and producing new music. He’s also got a… Read More Phil Hartnoll Gearing Up with Long Range
