A little belated, so apologies but I just wanted to say Happy New Year and I hope that 2015 is a very creative one for electronic arts and artists, so I can do my best to highlight as much of the fantastic work out there as I can.
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As has become my habit, I’m sitting down to reflect on the last year on New Years Day. I can’t reflect properly on the year until its actually over, and so I resist writing my End of Year list until then. (And didn’t Black Messiah prove that!?) It was a big year in a lot of ways, not least in the music world. I listen to a lot of new music since I’m always reviewing music, but as usual I tend to dig old records and revisiting old favorites, this year especially early Industrial/Noise music, musique conrete and hip hop. Many of my favorite releases of this year, including records by Kate Carr, Kyle Bobby Dunn, and Valerio Tricoli, have already been featured on our end of the year list so below I’m just going to spotlight some of my favorite records that we haven’t covered. I did a lot…
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OK humour me, this may not be electronic but it is as near to the original Robert Burns’ version that I could find.
Happy New Year and thanks for all the support.
See you in 2015
Due to the changes coming into force in just over 24 hours to the EU VAT rules many artists and labels have had to pull out of digital sales and particularly Bandcamp. Here is some news if you are interested as the consequences for digital music distribution and micro businesses are dire, that’s if you don’t want to go down the everything is free route..
EU’s New #VATMOSS Rules Could Create A #VATMESS For Startups
New EU VAT regulations could threaten micro-businesses
Darkfloor Bandcamp page is really good at demonstrating the effects on micro labels
Sign the Petition Uphold the VAT Exemption Threshold for businesses supplying digital products here
I don’t usually do this but this is important and affects all sellers and buyers of digital music, which means supporting Independent Labels and Artists.
Thank you for reading this.
Really really important to read….This means YOU
Featuring Felicia Atkinson, Kat Epple and Klara Lewis
Final part of our “Don’t Look Back” series; which is our look back on the year from the perspective of both musicians as well as various members of the arts community at large, who — despite varying geographical locations and backgrounds — all share the following in common: a deep passion and love for music. We’re both honored and delighted to be able to share the words of these special people through their personal accounts of the year that was: 2014.
Part 2 of a 2-part series.
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William Tyler (Nashville, USA)
William Tyler is a Nashville guitarist and composer who has played an integral part in world-renowned U.S. bands such as Lambchop, Silver Jews and Hiss Golden Messenger. In recent years, Tyler has carved out a deeply enriching solo path, beginning with 2010’s universally-acclaimed ‘Behold The Spirit’ (Tompkins Square) and its exquisite follow-up, ‘Impossible Truth’ (Merge Records), released in 2013. Last April marked the…
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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.
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