KMS 25 – A Tribute To Detroit, May 27, 2012
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Category: Electronic Musicians
New All Buchla Album By Benge – Harmuna
Synthesist Benge has released a new all-Buchla album, Harmuna. Harmuna is intended as a companion piece to the previous work by Benge entitled Abstraxa. The five compositions featured on Harmuna were similarly realised on the Buchla modular synthesiser. Here’s what Benge has to say about the new album: If Abstraxa was an exploration of the… Read More New All Buchla Album By Benge – Harmuna
Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch Dead At 47
The Beastie Boy’s Adam Yauch, known to many as MCA, is dead at age 47. A Beastie Boys representative has confirmed that Yauch (August 5, 1964 – May 4, 2012) “passed away in his native New York City this morning, after a near-three-year battle with cancer.” The Beastie Boys started in 1979 as a punk band, but… Read More Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch Dead At 47
Carl Craig’s Modular Pursuits
http://vimeo.com/41126870 In April 2012, the producers of the upcoming documentary on modular synthesizers, I Dream of Wires, stopped by the studio of Detroit techno producer Carl Craig, to discuss his electronic music influences and production experiences, including his recent interest in Eurorack modular synthesis. Craig’s experiments in modular synthesis are best heard on 2010’s Modular… Read More Carl Craig’s Modular Pursuits
Electronic Musicians Celebrate Arbor Day With New Compilation
In celebration of Arbor Day on April 27th 2012, a group of artists have joined together to create an album to support the National Arbor Day Foundation. The artists, including John Koch-Northrup, Ian Boddy, John Sherwood, Joe McMahon, HG Fortune, Inner Dreamer, Shane King, Groupthink, Mystified, Shane Morris, Jack Hertz and Crystal Dreams have donated their… Read More Electronic Musicians Celebrate Arbor Day With New Compilation
Loom Concert To Feature Tangerine Dream’s Johannes Schmoelling and Jerome Froese
Producer Simon Iddol sent word of a pair of rare performances by Loom in Budapest, Sept 28-29th, 2012. If you’re not familiar with Loom, it’s made up of Tangerine Dream alumni Johannes Schmoelling and Jerome Froese, and producer Robert Waters. The group plans to perform the best of their solo work, Tangerine Dream classics and new material. The… Read More Loom Concert To Feature Tangerine Dream’s Johannes Schmoelling and Jerome Froese
Happy Birthday To Gary Wright, ‘The Dreamweaver’
It’s Gary Wright‘s 69th birthday today. While the sounds of his 1976 hits Dream Weaver & Love Is Alive may be familiar now, back in the day, this was some trippy-ass stuff. If you were alive back then, you can let us know what you did while listening to Dream Weaver in the comments!
The Godfather Of Modular Synthesis, Morton Subotnick, On Music & Imagination
Electronic music pioneer Morton Subotnick is featured in a new interview, by disquiet’s Marc Weidenbaum. In the interview, he talks about why he gave up on the clarinet and switched to electronics, and shared this interesting story that explains how his electronic music has been driven by his imagination: When my mother died, I got some… Read More The Godfather Of Modular Synthesis, Morton Subotnick, On Music & Imagination
New Kraftwerk Album Coming ‘Soon’
Kraftwerk has a new album in the works, according to sole remaining member Ralf Hütter. The New York Times published an interview with Hütter over the weekend, in which he discusses the group’s recent MoMA retrospective and more. In the interview, Hütter says a new Kraftwerk album was in the works. “We didn’t fall asleep,” he… Read More New Kraftwerk Album Coming ‘Soon’
Barbara Buchholz Thereminist, RIP
Reader Philip Miller Tate, aka MirlitronOne, sent word that Germina thereminist Barbara Buchholz has died: I have just received the sad news that Barbara Buchholz, virtuoso thereminist, died earlier today. She was 52. I had the pleasure of meeting her at the 2007 ‘Hands Off’ meeting. She was very friendly, helpful and encouraging and a fine multi-instrumentalist.… Read More Barbara Buchholz Thereminist, RIP
