The Indiana producer pulls from a host of influences to make music that proudly upsets tradition.
via Jlin’s Dizzying, Detail-Oriented Take on Footwork — Bandcamp Daily
DELIA’S REVERIE
Happy 80th Birthday Delia Derbyshire
On the 3rd of July 2001, British composer of electronic music and musique concrète (a form of electroacustic music) Delia Derbyshire died in Northampton, England. Alongside Daphne Oram and Maddalena Fagandini, she was one of the key female figures in the development of electronic music in the twentieth century. In 1962, she joined the BBC […]
via Delia Derbyshire’s Dr Who: Feminism in Electronic Music? — A R T L▼R K
Reblog – Interview with Nite Jewel
We talked to the Los Angeles-based musician/producer about why she opted to release her own music and why she’s happy to let her alter ego do the emotional heavy lifting.
via Nite Jewel on the Highs and Lows of Being a Woman in the Music Industry — Bandcamp Daily
Friday Focus – Girls Pushing Buttons
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Today’s Discovery – Light Sleep – Phew
“Propulsive rhythms from early drum machines, whirring electronics and dreamlike vocals make for a jaw-dropping late-career masterpiece from legendary Japanese musician Phew, recorded solo at Phew’s home in Tokyo.”
Japanese Experimental Pioneer Phew Is Back with Her First Solo Record in 20 Years
Friday Focus – Female Frequency
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Female Frequency is a music collective dedicated to empowering women & girls in the music industry through the creation of media that is entirely female generated.
Today’s Discovery – Solitude Nomade – Christine Ott
Modern Classical release that demonstrates just how contemporary and modern the Ondes Martenot is, despite its age – avant garde, modernist, frail and ethereal but also experimental.
Review Reblog – Christine Ott ~ Only Silence Remains
Christine Ott is “one of the few people in the world who can be considered an expert on the Ondes Martenot, a strange keyboard invented in 1928, which can sound like anything from a theremin to a screech of strings.” but it can sound otherworldly and beautiful.
This is one beguiling record. It starts with opera and ends with poetry, and in the end, only silence remains. The opening soprano segment makes an immediate statement: this is not conventional music. By the middle of the set, one may forget this fact, but on “Tempête” it returns with a vengeance.
The storied career of Christine Ott provides clues to understanding her approach. She’s been part of Yann Tiersen’s band, collaborated with Radiohead, worked alongside Oiseaux-Tempête, and is currently opening for Tindersticks. She’s also one of the few people in the world who can be considered an expert on the Ondes Martenot, a strange keyboard invented in 1928, which can sound like anything from a theremin to a screech of strings. For most of the album she holds back on this instrument, but sneaks it in, bit by bit, until it takes over the sound field. Those early moments…
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Reblog – Electronic music in 1937: a promotional 78 rpm record for the Ondes Martenot
A little bit of history.I just came across this wonderful old recording of the many sounds of one of the early electronic instruments, the Ondes Martenot.
A promotional 78 rpm record for the Ondes Martenot released during The Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne held in Paris in 1937. Transfer by Claude Fihman.
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