Saturday, Feb 20th, at 8pm, techno god Jeff Mills and experimental pianist Kathleen Supové will take on Claude Debussy in an experimental fusion of classical and techno musics at Le Poisson Rouge, a NY, NY multimedia art cabaret. “The exploration of an intersection between Contemporary Classical and Techno music is more unusual than other kinds… Read More One Night Only! Techno God Jeff Mills VS Claude Debussy
The Black Dog has announced that their latest album, Music For Real Airports, will be a musical comeback to Brian Eno’s seminal ambient release, Music For Airports. Music For Real Airports combines new music with segments from over 200 hours of field recordings from airports in an effort to explore the ideas and associations that… Read More The Black Dog Responds To Brian Eno’s “Disappointing” Music For Airports
Artist Dirk Roessler created these awesome Kraftwerk action figures. As much as you might like to get your own set, though, they aren’t available for purchase. Roessler explains: I collect Kraftwerk records since about 1993. I’m a real fan of them! So in the year 2000 I’ve decided to sculpt them – just for myself.… Read More Kraftwerk Action Figures Made From Decapitated Ken Dolls
Image: joria “..hang the blessed dj, because the music that they constantly play it says nothing to me about my life..” via the Synthtopia Flickr Group
Norm Trooper, a gift to Scott Kirkland of The Crystal Method from his son, is on tour with TCM, traveling the world and hanging out with the likes of Leonard Cohen, below. You can follow Norm’s exploits on Facebook.
Just in time for Valentines Day, RJDJ has partnered with the French music duo Air to launch a new application, Love by Air (App Store link) that creates reactive music, based on their single Love. Air, made up of Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel, worked with RJDJ to create five, real-time “soundscapes” that enable fans… Read More Air & RjDj Spread The Reactive Music Love Just In Time For Valentines Day
Soundquest Fest 2010 is scheduled for October 23rd in Tucson. The lineup at this point is Steve Roach Erik Wøllo Byron Metcalf Mark Seelig Loren Nerell All artists will play both solo and in different collaborative configurations. The event will be at the Berger Center, a great performance theater in central Tucson where Steve last… Read More Soundquest Fest 2010 To Feature Steve Roach, Erik Wøllo And Others
Tod Machover is head of the Media Lab’s Hyperinstruments/Opera of the Future group. An influential composer, he has been praised for creating music that breaks traditional artistic and cultural boundaries; his music has been performed and commissioned by some of the world’s most important performers and ensembles. In 1995, he received a “Chevalier de l’Ordre… Read More MIT’s Tod Machover On Hyperinstruments & Opera Of The Future
This is a video demonstrating how to clean the contacts on a Sequential Circuit Prophet 600.
SomaFM is broadcasting a live mix of ambient music and Shuttle Endeavour STS-130 Live Mission Audio all this week on Mission Control. Note: Astronaut sleep periods are approximately from 6am pacific to 2pm pacific. There will be minimal mission audio at that time.
