The Internet Archive features a large collection of live concerts. The music in the collection is from trade-friendly artists, and is non-commercial. There are also public domain archives of a variety of older music. The site has a large collection, but unfortunately, it isn’t categorized. This makes it difficult to sample new bands. If you… Read More Internet Archive
Miss MP3.com? Then check out Soundclick. It offers streaming audio and free music downloads from well-known artists and unsigned bands. The site currently is adding more than 40,000 songs each month, and over 5,000 bands. For music fans, the biggest draw is probably the tons of free mp3 downloads. The site has streaming radio stations… Read More Soundclick
Garageband lets you listen to streaming audio of emerging artists, rate them, and download free mp3’s. User feedback is used to create charts, based on the user ratings. The charts are a good way to find some of the better new artists. The site has over 100,000 songs in their database. These songs have been… Read More Garageband
Artist Direct features electronica downloads in MP3 and WM format from popular electronica artists.
Ampcast is an online music community that provides opportunities for musicians to distribute their music, and for music lovers to find out about new artists. Ampcast delivers streaming audio and video. You can also download free mp3 files from a selection of their artists. Their selection of electronic music covers, abstract, ambient, dance, electronic classical,… Read More Ampcast
International Documentation of Electroacoustic Music – This site is the home of several databases of information about the production, research and teaching of electroacoustic music. Their are two databases. The first covers electronic music studios. The second covers the works that have been produced in these studios. You can search the databases online, or browse… Read More International Documentation of Electroacoustic Music
Fractal Music Lab provides examples and explanations of fractal music, music composed using the same types of iterative or recursive processes that are used to create fractal images. It includes discussions of algorithmic composition, random music, Voss music, chaotic attractor music, Mandelbrot music and more. Each section provides a short explanation of the idea behind… Read More Fractal Music Lab
Electronic Music Interactive is a multimedia primer for electronic music. Developed by the New Media Center at the University of Oregon, the Shockwave/Flash site provides sounds, diagrams and animations that explain the elements of electronic music. The site gives vistors an overview of the subject, and demonstrates concepts like the relationship between the shapes of… Read More Electronic Music Interactive
This site charts the history of electronic music instruments from 1870 to 1990. It’s a fascinating site that covers the most important early instruments, including the Telharmonium, Electronic Telegraph, Theremin, Ondes Martenot, Moog and even the electronic sackbut. The main focus is on instruments developed between 1900 and the 1960’s. This is one of the… Read More 120 Years of Electronic Music
Electronic Music Societies, Studios and Research Centers – Here you will find information on studios, organizations, and institutions concerned with the production, research, and teaching of electronic and electroacoustic music.
