Seventh Wave Festival To Feature Richard Barbieri, Thomas Dolby, Scanner

The Seventh Wave Festival of Electronic Music: Number Three is coming to Birmingham, UK, July 7-9, 2017. The event will feature: Thomas Dolby (this will be the UK book launch for his memoir ‘The Speed of Sound’); Richard Barbieri (Porcupine Tree/Japan and for whom anyone and everyone has been queuing up to praise his new… Read More Seventh Wave Festival To Feature Richard Barbieri, Thomas Dolby, Scanner

Free Music Friday: Scanner’s ‘Phenol Time’

https://soundcloud.com/scanner/phenol-time Free Music Friday: Scanner (Robin Rimbaud) shared this track, Phenol Time, as a free download, via SoundCloud. In the track, Rimbaud explores the abstracted emotional quality of processed vocals, along with the sound of the recently introduced Kilpatrick Audio Phenol synthesizer. Here’s what he has to say about the track:

Free Music From Scanner

Free Music Friday: This is an improvised set by Scanner (Robin Rimbaud), recorded live at WGXC 90.7-FM: Hands-on Radio, on July 2, 2011 in Hudson, NY. “None of this material will be released in this format or played again in this fashion,” notes Scanner. “Download it, share and enjoy.” via disquiet

Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Electronic Music Tips (For Aphex Twin, Plastikman & Others)

Back in 1995, classical composer and electronic music pioneer Karlheinz Stockhausen (22 August 1928 – 5 December 2007) took the time to give a listen to some then-current tracks by Aphex Twin, Plasticman, Scanner and Daniel Pemberton. While his comments are a few years old, they’re worth reading for his perspective. Stockhausen had these music… Read More Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Electronic Music Tips (For Aphex Twin, Plastikman & Others)