Vangelis has been one of the most acclaimed electronic musicians of all time. He has recorded a great variety of music over the last thirty years, won the academy award for musical score, composed hit songs, and written the scores for several ballets. Vangelis is best known for his music that was featured in the… Read More Vangelis
Robert Rich is one of the pioneers of ambient music. His music draws on elements of dark ambient, tribal and trance music. On over twenty albums, he has created music that always defies easy categorization, but always bears his distinctive mark. Rich is one of the most creative and inquisitive ambient musicians, and his music… Read More Robert Rich
DJ Sasha, aka Alexander Coe, has been one of the top DJs since the 90s, mixing trance and house tracks, working with Digweed and releasing best-selling artist CDs. Sasha started out as a club DJ in the eighties. He first gained national attention, though, spinning grooves at club Renaissance. There he helped establish the UK… Read More DJ Sasha
An excellent essay by ambient artist Brian Eno appears in the European version of Time magazine. In it , he looks at the changes that have occured in the US since he moved back to England, and especially since 9/11. “Europeans have always looked at America with a mixture of fascination and puzzlement, and now,… Read More Brian Eno – The U.S. Needs to Open Up to the World
American Mavericks is a 13-part series produced by Minnesota Public Radio that looks at innovation in music in the 20th century. It’s hosted by Suzanne Vega, and San Francisco Symphony Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas provides insight on the ideas behind the music. The website provides web radio streams of minimilism, ambient, electroacoustic and other… Read More American Mavericks
Paul Van Dyk is one of the world’s most popular DJ’s, remixers and electronic artists. Van Dyk was born in Germany in 1971. He has said that as a kid he listened to the music of the Depeche Mode and New order. In the late 80’s, he got into electronica and the club scene. He… Read More Paul Van Dyk – Electronic Dance Music Master
Klaus Schulze has earned his place as one of the fathers of modern electronica. He has been called the Godfather of Trance and the head of the Berlin School of electronica. He’s been exploring the boundaries of electronic music for over 30 years. He worked in one of the early incarnations of Tangerine Dream, and… Read More Klaus Schulze
Brian Eno, Peter Schmidt In 1975, Peter Schmidt and Brian Eno created the original pack of Oblique Strategies cards. The Oblique Strategies constitute a set of over 100 cards, each of which is a suggestion of a course of action or thinking to assist in creative situations. These famous cards have been used by many… Read More Eno’s Oblique Strategies Available!
Moby’s new restaurant, Teany, is a vegetarian cafe “where even non-vegetarians are happy to hang out.” Moby wants it to be a place where everyone feels comfortable, whether their vegetarian, vegan or carnivores. According to Moby, one of his favorite things about Teany is when a non-vegetarian comes in to eat and exclaims “Wow, I… Read More Teany – Moby’s Vegeterian Place
Charrissa Saverio, known as DJ Rap, is one of England’s hottest (in both senses of the word) DJs. Saverio travelled the world as a child. She was born in Singapore, and moved to England as a teenager. She modelled after getting out of school for a few years. At that time, she went to a… Read More DJ Rap
