Yuri Suzuki is an artist and musician interested in “revamping and giving new forms and meanings to the turntable, a device which very few of us still have in their house. Music is become more and more digital and abstract, and Suzuki is interested in exploring the physical, tangible representation of sound. The Prepared Turntable,… Read More Yuri Suzuki Explores Physical Value Of Sound
Ready to chill out for the weekend with a bit of ambient music? Then check out Matthew Davidson’s gorgeous new release, A Towering Achievement of Indescribable Beauty. It’s a collection of piano improvisations, recorded May 27th – June 11th 2008, between 8:20 and 8:50am each day. Here’s what Davidson has to say about the album:… Read More Free Album Download: A Towering Achievement Of Indescribable Beauty
David Byrne has announced the opening of his electroacoustic installation Playing the Building. Playing the Building, a 9,000-square-foot, interactive, site-specific installation transforms the interior of the Battery Maritime Building in Lower Manhattan into a massive sound sculpture that all visitors are invited to sit and “play.” Byrne’s project consists of a retrofitted antique organ placed… Read More David Byrne’s Playing The Building Opens
Analog Suicide‘s Tara Busch visits Off The Wall Antiques to have a peek at the RCA-Victor “Electrified” Piano from 1939, a gorgeous Art Deco electroacoustic instrument.
Electronic music pioneer Herb Deutsch has released a new retrospective CD, From Moog To Mac, that includes historical gems such as Jazz Images, the first piece of music ever composed using a Moog synthesizer and The Abominatron, a tape recording from August, 1964 in which Bob Moog talks and plays as he describes his progress… Read More From Moog To Mac – Electronic Music by Herbert Deutsch
Kansas City Kansas Community College, Lewis University and the Conservatory of Music and Dance-University of Missouri at Kansas City have announced a call for scores for the Electronic Music Midwest Festival, to be held October 11-13, 2007 at Kansas City Kansas Community College. Each concert will feature an 8.1 speaker diffusion system. Any composer regardless… Read More Midwest Universities Want You To Score
March 02: It’s free electronic music month at Synthtopia. All month, we’re going to help you kick the RIAA habit by highlighting great electronic music that’s available for free on the Internet. Jeff Harrington is a classically-trained composer, a programmer and an advocate of music technology. He has dozens of musical works, ranging from piano… Read More Free Music Month: Electronic Music From Jeff Harrington
At the recent 2007 NAMM Expo,the classic Rhodes piano was reintroduced, with a flurry of recommendations from notable keyboardists. The new Rhodes Mark 7 A is a true electromechanical instrument, available in 88-, 73- and 61-key sizes. “You got it better than right, its unbelievable,” said Stevie Wonder., while Brian Auger of Oblivion Express said… Read More The Phoenix – Rhodes Intros New Mark 7 Electroacoustic Keyboard
SCREAM (The Southern California Resource for Electro-Acoustic Music) plans to celebrate its 20th anniversary with a concert of works by the original members of SCREAM. The concert will include the world premieres of Barry Schrader’s “Wu Xing: Cycle of Destruction” (solo electronic version) and Rodney Oakes’ “Variations on the Krakow Fanfare”. Also on the program… Read More SCREAM 2006 – 20th Anniversary Reunion Concert
Rhythmicon’s Feedback Machine is a mini-CDR release of experimental electro-acoustic music. The three tracks on Feedback Machine combine synth, saxophone, theremin and extensive electronic processing. The release captures a live event featuring Carya Amara on electronics and Hypnotique on theremin and sax. “The organisers of the event had asked performers to accomodate feedback from the… Read More Rhythmicon – Feedback Machine
