The 13-track release features unreleased music from Ghostly artists Shigeto, Heathered Pearls, Lord RAJA, Dauwd, and Patricia among other artists. From the description “Ghostly Swim 2 combines zonked ambient textures with punch-drunk house and techno” . This is the second Ghostly Records/ Adult Swim album released. Click on album above to download.
I recently bought a Moog Theremini for my ever expanding synthesizer studio. The Theremini is a new take by Moog Music on the age old Theremin, one of the first electronic musical instruments ever made. The original Theremin generated sinus waves, which were triggered by moving your hands along two antenna’s. The new Theremini does the same, but uses digital instead of analog sound synthesis. This means it is capable of generating many more sounds than just a simple sinus waveform. This is the Moog promo video of the Theremini by thereminist Dorit Chrysler demonstrating the versatility of this renewed Moog theremin:
I have been interested in the Theremin from the 1980’s onwards. I even wrote an article on it and other ancient electronic instruments – such as the Telharmoniumand the Ondes Martenot– for a popular science magazine in the late ’80s. The instrument was invented in…
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Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas and a Peaceful New Year.
This is not your typical Christmas carol but this version of Popcorn by Sarah Angliss is my idea of one.
2014 marked the hugely anticipated release of Kansas-born composer Christina Vantzou’s breathtaking second album ‘N°2’, featuring, once again, Minna Choi of the San Francisco-based Magik*Magik Orchestra and Adam Wiltzie (Stars Of The Lid, A Winged Victory For The Sullen). Since its February 2014 album release on the Chicago-based Kranky label, Vantzou has also filmed and directed a film for each of the eleven pieces from ‘N°2’, as well as inviting a host of artists to remix and re-interpret the material from ‘N°2’.
Fractured Air 31: Australian Double-Triple (A Mixtape by Christina Vantzou)
“I made sure to keep some room for experimentation and failure. Leaving room for failure was very important to the overall process of ‘N°2’.”
—Christina Vantzou
To listen on Mixcloud:
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Tracklisting:
01. Grouper ‘Made of Metal’ (excerpt) [Kranky]
02. The Dead Texan ‘The Adversary of Evil Budd’ [N°1 DVD & Remixes / Self-Released]
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Someone recently asked me why Feminatronic is what it is?
When I told them that I preferred to write music rather than the written word and anyway I didn’t feel or want to comment, or make judgements on other peoples creativity, they gave me what I took as a positive moniker – Feminatronic acts as “soft PR” for female electronic artists from all genres and styles.
Of course,I not only plug female artists but also sites, releases, reviews, radio stations, videos and try to cover all genres and styles. In fact anything that I feel may be of relevance, interest or just spreading the word. This is a massive task and a constant work in progress.
Feminatronic is at least, eclectic and If I can give a little helping hand then why not?
Thanks to all who have visited Feminatronic, here, on Facebook and Twitter and who have read, followed, RT and supported my soft approach. In the long run it all goes towards getting the word out there that there are many great electronic (and I use that loosely) artists. Thank you. Have a Happy Christmas and Best Wishes to you all for 2015 Feminatronic
The music of Theresa Stroetges (Golden Diskó Ship) is beautiful, beguiling and bold. Why can’t more pop music be like this? Simultaneously more accessible and intricate than 2012’s Prehistoric Dance Party, her latest work cements her reputation as a dynamic composer. The “one girl orchestra” does it her way, and her talent pours from these grooves. Invisible Bonfire is lush and intimate: complex in design and personal in nature.
While Prehistoric Dance Party included one obvious single (“Girl in a Slower Ghostship”) among a host of pleasing concoctions, Invisible Bonfire works better as a full album. After a few plays, potential singles begin to stand out; after a few more, one realizes that nearly every track has a sneaky sensibility, with at least one segment that works its way into the subconscious: the late guitar riff of “these thoughts will never take shape” (4:44), the onomatopoeia…
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I think it’s fair to assume that if you follow this blog you will know what a soundwalk is. But for those unfamiliar with the term: this fun and interactive practice essentially involves a small group listening, and sometimes recording, while moving through a physical space at a slow walking pace.
Soundwalks can be powerful tools when used in creative and educational contexts, as they take everyday elements such as familiar soundscapes and the action of walking, and focus the attention of participants to events and structures (be it geographical, architectural or even social) that are often ignored. I like to use them often in my work, and also find myself going back to soundwalking even just to rediscover sounds I feel I’ve grown too accustomed to.
It can easily be argued that there are as many soundwalk styles as there are recordists, but recently I have come across a couple of interesting variations on the theme, which…
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OK I can hear people saying what has this to do with Feminatronic but it does put the whole process of creativity ( and how I work here at Feminatronic) into a great comic strip.
Before I mired my self in the land that is PhD, I used to be active in the theatre scene, directing and acting. This is a little comic that I drew for the writer of a short play I directed in 2012, about the creative process. It might not have much to do with gender, but I do have it stuck up at my desk at uni to remind me of good times with friends. It keeps me going during the rough troughs of writing my thesis, so I thought I’d share 🙂
MonoLogue is just one of the many projects of Rosa Maria Sarri (Marie e le Rose), who works as a sound designer and in music and art therapy in addition to producing lovely music. It seems to me that her professional activities lend a sophistication and a sensitivity to her musical compositions. At its best, her music remains organic and free flowing without being aimless, rooted in the particular concept of each project. We last heard from MonoLogue on Orlando, her collaboration with Con_cetta on a unique soundtrack to Virginia Woolfe’s novel of the same name. This year has also seen the release of The Twilight Tonecassette from her Moon Ra personality, a lunar/feminine counterpoint to the sun god’s cosmic excess, a bedroom synth heavy trip of somnambulant hallucinations. Such electronic excursions are well executed and often deeply engrossing, but Sarri’s work is most affective…
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