Anwärter auf das hässlichste deutsche Cover des Jahres. Das us-amerikanische Cover finde ich ziemlich ansprechend, das britische ist so ein "mir fällt nun gar nichts ein" Cover, aber das deutsche...furchtbar. Der Titel lies eigentlich schon schlimmes ahnen. Cory Doctorow hatte allerdings noch mehr Pech, seine beiden letzen Bücher erschienen bei uns unter dem Titel "Back Up" bzw. "Upload".
dradio.de: "Ehemalige Söldner der Blackwater-Truppe, mysteriöse Geheimdienst-ler ohne klare Herkunft, Ex-CIA-Senioren, denen die Politik aus DC nicht mehr gefällt, dazu durchgeknallte Untergrundkünstler, ein Ben-zodiazepin-süchtiger panischer Russischstudent, ein Exilkubaner mit anwesenden Santeria-Göttern und Parcours-Fähigkeiten. Und alles ist ungefähr so leicht zu durchschauen wie eine stundenlang gekochte Soljanka. William Gibson hat heutzutage nichts mehr mit dem literarischen Erfinder von Cyberpunk und Neuromancer zu tun. Sowieso hat ja die Forschung seine gruseligen Visionen aus den Achtzigern längst einge-holt. Aber Technologie an sich interessiere ihn auch gar nicht, sagt er."
Quellcode Buchbesprechung William Gibson wird 60
earlabs.org: "Alireza Mashayekhi received his formal education in music at the Vienna Academy of Music and Performing Arts, where he studied composition with Hans Jelinek.
Mashayekhi's music is very hard to find. The combination of traditional middle eastern music with the cold computer sounds gives this music a special feeling." Download an untitled release here
npr.org: "Digital media — including MP3 players, peer-to-peer networks and music websites — are changing how we discover, listen to and share music. Writer Eliot Van Buskirk joins Fresh Air to discuss the new, digital landscape of music, and the resulting changes in the music industry.
Van Buskirk covers digital media for Wired.com on the blog, Listening Post. Formerly a senior editor for digital music and devices at CNET.com, he is the author of two books, Burning Down the House: Ripping, Recording, Remixing, and More! and iPod and iTunes QuickSteps." Listen here
"Here, on his RA podcast, Betke does the same, mixing classic dub tracks with the acknowledged sound of now: dubstep. It’s a place where old and new mingle, conversing with one another, all held together by overdubs and unreleased music by Pole himself."
"Throughout the week BBC World Service offers a wide range of documentaries and other factual programmes. This podcast offers you the chance to access landmark series from our archive."
wnyc.org: "In a time of plunging CD sales and the growth of Internet file sharing, musicians have to rethink their approach. WNYC's Lisa Chow reports on how some people could make music pay." Listen here
wnyc.org: "Nick Cave scored an unlikely (and potty-mouthed) hit last year with the debut of his side project, Grinderman. Now, the 50-year-old Australian songwriter is back with his longtime backing band, the Bad Seeds, for "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!" Good news: Grinderman’s howling rage has rubbed off on Cave's longtime ensemble."
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wikipedia: "Andrea Belfi (born 1979) is an Italian electro-acoustic musician and composer. He began playing drums at the age of 14, and studied art in Milan, before becoming involved in experimental music in 2000. Belfi is also a member of electronic outfit Medves.
In 2002 Belfi began a project titled Between Neck & Stomach, in which he attempted to turn a whole house into a musical instrument, by using sound vibrations to shake various items, such as pots, plates, and cupboards." Read on
The WIRE 289, review of Belfi's lates CD Knots: "29 year old Andrea Belfi is one ofthe more productive elements in Italy's minimal rock underground. His inventive, dirgelike drumming and enhanced electronics are a notable ingredient in groups like Christa Pfangen, Rosolina Mar, Medves and other assorted collaborations. Working alone, his music seems to emanate from some very private cocoon of improvisation, a bower of retreat wrought in hollow, funereal drumming, haloed by a drifting pollen of percussive effects." Read on
"Angel is Ilpo Väisänen (Pan sonic), Hildur Guðnadóttir (Lost In Hildurness) and Dirk Dresselhaus (Schneider TM). Väisänen and Dresselhaus have been playing freeform noise with a tendancy to drone things out since 1999. The whole thing is quite a noman`s landish affair : somewhere between and in the middle of industrial, dub, new music, indierock, blues and science fiction soundtracks."
It's called "The Devil, You + Me" The album will feature the Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra, a Berlin-based chamber orchestra that claims "to let classical and jazz musicians work together in an inventive context outside of the common 'jazz meets classical' clichés."
wikipedia: "Carla Bozulich is an American musician and performance artist, based in Los Angeles, known for her work as the lead singer of The Geraldine Fibbers and as a founding member of Ethyl Meatplow. Her 2006 album, Evangelista, was released by Constellation Records, and is their first release by a non-Canadian artist. In the past year, she has also named her ever-evolving touring group "Evangelista" despite the fact that the only other constant musician is bassist Tara Barnes. In keeping with this change, her most recent album, Hello, Voyager was released under the band name Evangelista. In addition to singing and composing music, she is known to play guitar and work with samples and sound experimentation."
npr.org:"In more than a decade of making music, Wilco has weathered a tumultuous label change, infighting and lineup changes, drug addiction, and depression. It's also emerged as one of the most innovative, influential, and widely revered bands making music today. Hear the group perform a full concert, webcast live on NPR.org from Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club." Listen here
The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
"Anyone who has ever gamely tried and failed to absorb, enjoy, and--especially--understand the complex works of Schoenberg, Mahler, Strauss, or even Philip Glass will allow themselves a wry smile reading New Yorker music critic Alex Ross's outstanding The Rest Is Noise. Not only does Ross manage to give historical, biographical, and social context to 20th-century pieces both major and minor, he brings the scores alive in language that's accessible and dramatic."
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Ace Records
To read Ace Records is to explore the history of modern music and to discover the stories of the people that made it. Visually stunning and hugely entertaining, the book chronicles this fascinating label and profiles a diverse range of artists including BB King, John Fahey, Lee Hazlewood and Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers.
"Legendary masters of all things electronica step up to the decks this week. Autechre are without doubt one of the most prominent and pioneering acts on Warp impressive roster. Taking in everything from acid to classical, with 2 Live Crew and Tangerine Dream in between, check out their exclusive mix on this weeks show." Download here
wnyc.org: "The Kills are an edgy rock duo from London who, as an LA Times critic describes: “make music so sexy and unsettling it can make you sweat on a cold night.” "
rarefrequency.com: "Anatolian grooves from the sixties and seventies. The show contains songs by some of the best-known Turkish psych artists, such as Erkin Koray, Mogollar (pictured here), and 3-Hurel, as well as Edip Akbayram, Bulent Ortacsil, Mazhar & Fuat, Ozemir Erdogan & his Orchestra, and the wonderful protest singer, Selda."
npr.org: "Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke shares some of his favorite music with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen. The two talk about Radiohead's latest work, In Rainbows and listen to some of the artists Yorke admires, including German electronica group Modeselektor, rap duo Madvillain, techno group Autechre and more." Listen here
wikipedia: "Carla Bozulich is an American musician and performance artist, based in Los Angeles, known for her work as the lead singer of The Geraldine Fibbers and as a founding member of Ethyl Meatplow. Her 2006 album, Evangelista, was released by Constellation Records, and is their first release by a non-Canadian artist. In the past year, she has also named her ever-evolving touring group "Evangelista" despite the fact that the only other constant musician is bassist Tara Barnes. In keeping with this change, her most recent album, Hello, Voyager was released under the band name Evangelista. In addition to singing and composing music, she is known to play guitar and work with samples and sound experimentation." 
A book about British Sound Artist Will Menter who is using slate, stone and wood.
"Anyone who has ever gamely tried and failed to absorb, enjoy, and--especially--understand the complex works of Schoenberg, Mahler, Strauss, or even Philip Glass will allow themselves a wry smile reading New Yorker music critic Alex Ross's outstanding The Rest Is Noise. Not only does Ross manage to give historical, biographical, and social context to 20th-century pieces both major and minor, he brings the scores alive in language that's accessible and dramatic." 
To read Ace Records is to explore the history of modern music and to discover the stories of the people that made it. Visually stunning and hugely entertaining, the book chronicles this fascinating label and profiles a diverse range of artists including BB King, John Fahey, Lee Hazlewood and Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers.
wnyc.org: "The Kills are an edgy rock duo from London who, as an LA Times critic describes: “make music so sexy and unsettling it can make you sweat on a cold night.” "
