Nine Inch Nails’ CC-Licensed Ghosts I-IV Nominated For A Grammy Award

This week, the Grammy Awards nominations were announced – and, for the first time, a Creative Commons-licensed track and album are on the list.  Nine Inch Nails’ 34 Ghosts IV is nominated for Best Rock Instrumental Performance, while the album that track appears on, Ghosts I-IV, is up for Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package. Creative Commons… Read More Nine Inch Nails’ CC-Licensed Ghosts I-IV Nominated For A Grammy Award

Brian Eno On Singing

British composer, artist and activist Brian Eno was a founding member of the rock group Roxy Music, has produced recordings by Talking Heads and U2 and created the genre of ambient music. Eno’s latest album, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, is a collaboration with David Byrne. He recently talked with NPR, as part of… Read More Brian Eno On Singing

Twenty Systems: Music From 20 Years Of Synthesizers

Twenty Systems is the latest release from electronica artist and Expanding Records founder Ben Edwards, aka Benge. Twenty Systems features 20 tracks made on 20 synthesizers spanning 20 years, accompanied by 60 page color book with a foreword by Robin “Scanner” Rimbaud. Brian Eno describes the release as “A brilliant contribution to the archaeology of electronic music.”… Read More Twenty Systems: Music From 20 Years Of Synthesizers

Video Demo Of Bloom, Brian Eno’s iPhone Ambient Music Software

Here are a collection of video introductions to Brian Eno’s Bloom (App Store link), an ambient music application for the iPhone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTLo-iLMqFo A review of Bloom by AppVee.com. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHjVhhbU1SM “Bloom is an endless music machine, a music box for the 21st century. You can play it, and you can watch it play itself.” – Brian Eno… Read More Video Demo Of Bloom, Brian Eno’s iPhone Ambient Music Software