taz.de: "Überzeugten vor allem durch das, was fehlte: Das Weglassen bewahrte Throbbing Gristle, die unschätzbar einflussreiche Industrialgruppe, bei ihrem Auftritt in der Volksbühne vor der Selbstkopie" Weiter
frankfurter-rundschau.de: "Im Pantheon der Pop-Historie angekommen: Throbbing Gristle melden sich mit zwei Konzerten, einer Ausstellung und einer Filmpremiere zurück" Mehr
Every year, Radio Borderline plays selected songs from The WIRE's top 50 records. Those shows are available online as Real Audio streams and will be online for a couple of month. Also available are the Top 50 selections from 2004 and 2003. Link
The people behind docopenhagen-about.blogspot.com have compiled a list of their 50 favourite music videos of 2005. Best hing is, all the videos can be downloaded or watched!
dradio.de: "Der französische Lehrer Brice Petit griff ein, als er zusehen musste, wie Polizisten einen Festgenommen misshandelten. Zwar wurde er vom Vorwurf der Beamtenbeleidigung freigesprochen, doch weil er die Anklageschrift im Internet veröffentlichte, wurde er wegen Diffamierung verurteilt. Literaten und Juristen sehen deshalb die Meinungsfreiheit in Frankreich gefährdet." Mehr
Tracklist:
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Break With
Faction - Cutter’s Way
Otomo Yoshihide’s New Jazz Orchestra - A-Shi-Ta
Mitchell Akiyama - Through Fall and Flicker
Oval - Aero Deck
AGF/Delay - Still Eatin’
Lydia Lunch - What is It?
The Lappetites - Funeral
Dntel - Fear of Corners
Kongorzul and Baterdene - The River Herlen
Ame - Sun Sugar
Ennio Morricone - Postludio alla Terza Mogile
Son of Scientist - Solution (dutty church rinse)
Deng Bai Ying - Shuang Shuang Yan
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incursion.org "Clearly breaking new ground, the music on this disc goes beyond ambient, beyond electroacoustic, beyond all things "Cologne", and into new and undiscovered territories. Using field recordings, concrete sounds and a vast array of acoustic instruments (harmonium, accordion, piano, clarinet, saxophone and guitar among others), this innovative duo has created nine completely unique soundworlds of such depth and precision, I cannot give this music enough praise."
brainwashed.com "French-born Cécile Schott has recorded two albums as Colleen. While the first one was primarily sounds reworked through software, her second album is a step backwards in technology, working more with live instrument playing and looping. The show was as fun to watch as it was to soak in the rich layered sounds."
allmusic.com "Biosphere's Geir Jenssen hails from Tromso, Norway, a city 500 miles above the Arctic Circle. A founding member of quasi-new age Norwegian trio Bel Canto, Jenssen recorded a pair of albums with that group for the Belgian Crammed label before departing to record solo, first as Bleep, then as Biosphere. He released a number of Bleep singles through the late '90s on Crammed subsidiary SSR, as well as the full-length The North Pole by Submarine, issued in 1990 and an acknowledged precursor of what became known as ambient techno. Fusing elements of composition derived from environmental experimentalists such as Brian Eno, Jon Hassell, and Walter Carlos with the rhythmic backbone of urban dance styles such as techno and acid house, ambient techno's popularity would grow with the popularity of artists such as the KLF, Irresistible Force, Higher Intelligence Agency; and of course Biosphere." More
raster-noton.de with "insen", alva noto (aka carsten nicolai) and ryuichi sakamoto continue their collaboration which started with "vrioon". The debut album released on raster-noton in 2003 was voted record of the year 2004 in the electronica category by british magazine "the wire". particular interest was shown in nicolai’s creation towards a new synergy of acoustic piano and digital post production that had not witnessed before, in his approach and interpretation of sakamoto’s piano clusters.
the strict splitting of the composition process on this record (piano: sakamoto; production and additional sounds: nicolai) reminds one of the debut album. however, "insen" carries a kind of "transcendental aura" of an early morning meditatory exercise but at the same time avoiding the field of new age philosophy. enriched by new elements, this "high-tech meditation" follows a consistent line." mp3 samples
Isoleé - My Hi-Matic
DJ Koze - don't Feed The Cat
Motiivi:Tunetmaton - 1939
Don Atom feat. Tea Time - Mueve La Cintura
Skream, Midnight Request Line
Tori Alamaze - Don't Cha
Les Visiteurs - Snoop's Acid Drop
Lindstrom - I Feel Space
Paul Kalkbrenner - Tatü-Tata
Matias Aguayo - Drums & Feathers
Hell - Follow You (Dominik Eulberg Remix)
Aswefall - Ride (Der Schmeisser Lovelysplintermix)
Rude 66 - Die Starke Der Vernichtenden Schlage
George Issakidis - Understand What I'M Saying
MANDY vs Booka - Shade Mandarine Girl
ON THE COVER: Rewind 2005: Eyes down for The Wire's annual selection of the year's best music, including the 50 Records of the Year, plus critics' and musicians' reflections on the last 12 month’s of underground music activity
FEATURES: Noah Howard, Invisible Jukebox: Nurse With Wound, Volcano The Bear, Tetuzi Akiyama, Burning Star Core, Dan Wilson, Yannis Kyriakides
REVIEWS:
SOUNDCHECK: Angels Of Light & Akron/Family, Robert Ashley, Aube/MB, Pierre Bastien, Bigg Jus, Blue Collar, Tom Carter & Robert Horton Duo, Gendos Chamzyryn, Echohce, Lawrence English, Gato Libre, Grizzly Bear, David Grubbs, Mats Gustafsson/David Stackenäs, Ben Gwilliam & Lee Patterson, Haco/Diane Labrosse/Martin Tétreault, Hasegawa-Shizuo, Fritz Hauser, Hecq, Kato Hideki, Initial Prayer, Ove Johansson, Nikaidoh Kazumi, K-Space, KTU, Christina Kubisch, Steve Lehman, Al Margolis/If, Bwana, Shawn David McMillen, Mi & L'au, Miminokoto, Minsk, Gordon Mumma, Neptune, Operettamorale, Henri Pousseur & Michel Butor, The Primetime Sublime, Community Orchestra, Steve Reid Ensemble, Terry Riley & Arte Quartett, Sawako +, David Shea, Spunk, Taurpis Tula, John Tilbury, Tortoise & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Various: Choubi Choubi! Folk And, Pop Sounds From Iraq, Stephen Vitiello & David Tronzo, Mark Wastell, Trevor Watts, Wilco, Peter Wright, Michiyo Yagi and more...
PRINT RUN: Xenakis, by Nouritza Matossian; Warp, by Rob Young with Adrian Shaughnessy; and Circular Breathing: The Cultural Politics Of Jazz In Britain by George McKay
CROSS PLATFORM: Black Mountain College & Playing John Cage: an exhibition and concert series at Bristol's Arnolfini explore the legacy of the legendary BMC; Sound And The City: Don Watson listens to Brian Eno and David Toop in Beijing. Reviews: Her Noise in London; Relay ~ NYC! in New York; The Nomi Song on DVD. Plus, The Inner Sleeve: Electrelane’s Emma Gaze on Bob Dylan's Bringing It All Back Home; and Go To: Our monthly Net trawl
ON LOCATION: LMC’s Annual Festival of Experimental Music, London, UK; Okeanos, London, UK; Anton Lukoszevieve: The Art Of The Curved Bow, Cambridge, UK; High Zero Festival, Baltimore, USA; Ruff Sqwad, London, UK; On The Outside, Newcastle, UK
PLUS: Epiphanies: The Sprawl's Iris Garrelfs and Douglas Benford on ten years of club running in London; Global Ear: Toronto; Savage Pencil's Trip Or Squeek and more
ONLINE WWW.THEWIRE.CO.UK
LISTEN to selections from our 50 Records of the Year
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pcworld.com: "Here's PC World's official (and entirely idiosyncratic) list of the top tech gadgets of the last half century."
I own 4 of them:
07. Atari Video Computer System (1977)
08. Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera (1972)
26. Nintendo Game Boy (1989)
27. Commodore 64 (1982) Read the whole story
10. 'Haute Cuisine' on Mars? (June 15)
9. Smart bees find land mines (August 17)
8. Robots with square wheels? (December 5)
7. How monarch butterflies fly without getting lost (August 22)
6. Controlling the speed of light — up and down (August 20)
4. Storing liquid CO2 in the oceans? (November 4)
3. World's first biogas train fueled by cows (October 27)
2. Our pillows are dangerous for our health (October 15)
A Master Equation for All Life Processes? (February 21)
dradio.de: "Wer beim Online-Kaufhaus Amazon angemeldet ist, kann zu Büchern, CDs oder Filmen seine Meinung schreiben. Leser können diese Rezension bewerten. Je mehr hilfreiche Rezensionen jemand schreibt, desto weiter oben steht er in der Rezensentenrangliste. Amerikanische Verlage umwerben die Amazon-Rezensenten - nicht so in Deutschland." Weiter lesen
MTV Wants You
MTV music has created customized MTV channels specifically designed to serve ethnic populations in the U.S. starting with South Asian, Korean and Chinese Americans. We'll talk to the head of MTV World about the transcultural aspirations of the music channel. And, we look transcultural celebration of music and spirituality. The Karlem born-poet Sekou Sundiata and the Tehran-born vocalist Sussan Deyyhim join us int he studio in advance of their concert at The Cathedral at St. John the Divine called, "Songs of the Spirit." Listen here
Music From Italy
Hear some works based on old Italian regional traditions on this edition of New Sounds. There’s music from the Neapolitan band Spaccanapoli, whose music is rooted in the traditions of the local working class, with its pulsing drums, passionate vocals and the wild dances of the Tarantella and Tammurriata." Listen here
New Music for Cello
New music for cello is the focus of this New Sounds program. Hear from composer, singer, and cellist Robert Een's latest infectious and energetic effort, "Mystery Dances" along with music from Maya Beiser, whose vocals and multiple tracks of cellos, on "world to come" creates walls of joyous sound. Plus works by Eric Friedlander and Joby Talbot, among others." Listen here
New Releases November 2005
John Schaefer picks through the bucketloads of CDs that have flooded his office this fall to find a sampling of new releases worthy of showcasing in tonight's New Sounds program. Look for the Ukrainian folk journey that is Mariana Sadovska along with some new music from rock-star cellist Matt Haimovitz. Plus, a brand-new release from Robert Fripp, and more." Listen here
Paper, Plastic-- Frying Pans?
There’s nothing new about recycling paper and plastic, but what about computers, cell phones and frying pans? Find out how to get creative with recycling thanks to a few specialized companies. And we’ll solicit recycling ideas from listeners." Listen here
wnyc.org: "Studio 360 shows you three composers who have responded to the machine age in music: Annie Gosfield, a young contemporary composer; Genesis P-Orridge and his 1970's rock band Throbbing Gristle; and George Antheil, one of the Futurist composers from the 1920's. Produced by Michael Raphael." Listen here
npr.org: "December 23, 2005 · Will new technologies fundamentally change what it means to be human? Inventor and author Ray Kurweil talks about technological change and its effects on everything from health to artificial intelligence." Listen here
wikipedia.org: "In his 2001 essay, The Law of Accelerating Returns, Ray Kurzweil proposed a generalization of Moore's law that forms the basis of many people's beliefs regarding a "Technological Singularity". Moore's law describes an exponential growth pattern in the complexity of integrated semiconductor circuits. Kurzweil extended this to include technologies from far before the integrated circuit to future forms of computation. He declared that, whenever a technology approaches some kind of a barrier, a new technology will be invented to allow us to cross that barrier. He predicts that such paradigm shifts will become more and more common as we approach the singularity. He believes that the exponential growth of Moore's law will continue beyond the use of integrated circuits into technologies that will lead to the "Singularity", which he defines as a technological change so rapid and profound it represents a rupture in the fabric of human history." More
Today it become official: the average German has no musical taste at all. Schnappi, the singing crocodile is the best selling song of 2005!
