Review Reblog – Svetlana Maraš and Bodies Under The Waterfall ~ Angry Ambient Artists Vol. 2

Yes, you can be an angry ambient artist and this expresses the mood at the moment.
“What to do with all this anger?  The healthiest approach is to channel it into something positive” – Couldn’t agree more.

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fwd16_frontThere’s been a lot of news to be angry about this year, from terrorism to Brexit to the U.S. presidential elections to the ongoing crisis in Syria.  What to do with all this anger?  The healthiest approach is to channel it into something positive, which Svetlana Maraš and Bodies Under The Waterfall do in the second installment of Forwind’s Angry Ambient Artists series ~ ironically, once again ending up in the Drone category.  As the series progresses, we may determine that “angry ambient” is an oxymoron, but it’s still a catchy title.

Last time around, the artists involved (Machinefabriek and Phillippe Petit) were well-known for their softer works, as well as their forays into abrasion.  This time, the artists are new, which leads one to wonder if they were ever ambient at all.  Their stated goal:  “to make some creative sense of these dark times.”  These sounds are indeed…

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Pauline Oliveros

(1932 – 2016)

Quand un accordéon se tait ! Disparition de Pauline Oliveros — DESARTSONNANTS – SONOS//FAIRE

For one deep Listening Pauline Oliveros, décédée le 25 novembre à l’age de 84 ans, fut incontestablement une très grande dame de la musique contemporaine, expérimentale, minimaliste et de ce que l’on nomme aujourd’hui les arts sonores. Son accordéon ne soufflera plus à nos oreilles ses longues mélopées, ses drones envoûtants, ses accords resserrés, cette […]

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Today’s Discovery – KukitoMizu

“…just 2 women and some synths…”

News – Meryll Ampe — Tsuku Boshi Records

Meryll Ampe a sorti un premier EP sur label espagnol Audiotalaia http://www.audiotalaia.net/2016/11/at083-meryll-ampe-void-if-removed.html A écouter .. en attendant sur Tsuku🙂

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Today’s Discovery – Teresa Rampazzi

Teresa Rampazzi – Atmen Noch (1980)

Article Reblog – The New Faces of Japanese Chiptune — Bandcamp Daily

A younger generation active in the southern Japanese city of Fukuoka is ushering in a new wave of 8-bit music.

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Some time ago I was introduced by YIKIS to Akane  Hosaka who creates beautiful miniature loops using chiptune tech and over the past year I have heard more of this huge phenomena in electronic music creation. This is a great overview of the rise of Chiptune music, which has never gone away for me, as I’m a Game lover….

News Update – Writings on Teresa Rampazzi — laura zattra

Teresa Rampazzi website has finally a new page containing a list of articles, books, and other material dedicated to this awesome pioneer pf electroacoustic music: http://www.teresarampazzi.it/writings-on-t-rampazzi/) I contributed with many writings to this emerging literature, since my Master thesis in 2000, and I’m proud of this. The first text dedicated to her dates back to 1979, with an […]

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Reblog – Now Listening: Sarah Davachi — Many Many Women

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Now Listening: Courtesy to Many Many Women

A couple of Spotlights courtesy of Many Many Women

Shelley Knotts – Excerpt from Algorave set with UIAESK! (me + Holger Ballweg) at Power Lunches, London, UK. All sound live coded in SuperCollider

 

 

 

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Celebrating the eclecticism of Electronic Artists who identify as female