Arista has announced that on Dec 16th, they will be releasing Remixed – a collection of Sarah McLachan’s hits sliced and diced by some of the electronica world’s hottest artists. This means that Dec. 16th, the women of Lilith will be on the dancefloor. This should be an interesting CD. McLachlan’s vocals and songwriting are… Read More Sarah McLachlan Gets Remixed
Congress is considering a bill that would reduce the number of electronic music concerts, and keep promoters from hosting raves and other electronica concerts. If enacted, the Ecstasy Awareness Act would throw people in jail who organize raves or similar electronic dance events if some of their customers used drugs. This is one more way… Read More Congress Hates Electronica! Rave Act II is a Fascist’s Wet Dream!
Production is underway on documentary on Bob Moog, Moog synthesizers, and the effects Moog has had on today’s culture. Shooting began over the summer. The documentary is being filmed by Hans Fjellestad. Shooting started over the summer in Asheville, NC, at the factory of Moog Music. the filmakers visited the factory to see how Minimoog… Read More Moog Documentary in Production
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!
What would you pay for a semi-modular synthesizer that supports both subtractive synthesis and frequency modulation synthesis? One that has been called a masterpiece, and one of the best soft synths available? Amazingly, Green Oak’s Crystal synth is still available at no cost. If you haven’t tried it, it’s worth checking out. I’ve worked with… Read More Get a Free Synthesizer
This virtual instrument is one of the best free instruments available. It’s a Mac/PC VST instrument that emulates a subtractive synthesizer. It has 12-voice polyphony, 2 oscillators pervoice, an extensive modulation matrix, and 2 ADSFR envelopes. Download FreeAlpha at LinPlug’s website.
Apple’s experiment with online music retailing has demonstrated that there’s demand for online music, and Time magazine calls it the “Invention of the Year”. iTunes is great, but it doesn’t seem to be stemming the tide of MP3 file-sharing. There are 40 million people that have used file sharing tools to access music. Could iTunes… Read More iTunes the Invention of the Year
As of 12:00 PM PST, the MP3.com website will no longer be available in its current form. MP3.com has been bought by CNET Networks, who has announced plans to create a new MP3 serivce in the future. It will be called music.download.com, and will offer artists free file hosting and web space. MP3.com had stagnated… Read More MP3.com – RIP
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
Native Instruments has updated Traktor DJ Studio, one of the leading tools for laptop DJ mixing. Traktor lets you mix tracks in MP3, WAV, AIFF and audio CD formats. It has many features to make DJ’ing easier. It has a graphic waveform display, automatic tempo recognition and synchronization, real-time stretching, and a built-in track database.… Read More Native Instruments Releases Traktor 2.5
