Ob Frauen tatsächlich häufiger vergessen, die Leerstelle am Anfang einer Kassette zu berücksichtigen, ob es beliebter ist, einen Spannungsbogen zu erzeugen oder dramatisch auf demselben Level zu bleiben, ob die Texte auf Mixtapes Botschaften sind oder ob die Hauptbotschaft in der Sammlung als Beweis für den tollen Geschmack des Tapers dient, ob es am Ende vielleicht doch nur darum geht, anderen eine Freude zu machen oder Erinnerungen festzuhalten, diese Frage war Inhalt eines kulturwissenschaftlichen Seminars an der Uni Hamburg. Parallel dazu ging es auf der Ausstellung "KassettenGeschichten" um die Menschen und Begebenheiten hinter (oder vor) ihren Mixtapes. Dazu fertigte der Fotograf Stefan Malzkorn lebensgroße Portraits der Urheber an , über die der Besucher einen direkten Einblick in eine ansonsten so persönliche Sache erhält. Die Ausstellung wandert nun bald von Hamburg nach Frankfurt
Yesterday I received an email from Anton Kaldal. (he's one of the artists fatured on my iceland compilaion), pointing to some other interesting reources of icelandic music:
www.tonik.tk :: my site ... mp3s (take a look at 'Yogapopp' for example) and info about me, gigs and my homemade releases...
www.rokk.is :: the largest site containing unsigned icelandic music
www.jon.is :: another large site, (click on the mp3 menu button)
www.icelandairwaves.com :: list of the bands/artist who played at iceland airwaves 2003 (bios in english and often mp3s)
www.musik.is :: artists and bands, some links outdated.
www.mp3.is :: this is a new one, similar to rokk.is
Accelera Deck is Chris Jeely from Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Chris played and recorded in numerous rock bands, influenced heavily by the textures of My Bloody Valentine, and the early 90s "shoegaze" scene. It was the release of Aphex Twin's 'Selected Ambient Works Volume II' and Seefeel's 'Quique' that inspired Chris to begin experimenting with guitar and sampler.
He released on plenta of labels, including Morr Music. More info
Forefather of all the zanier aspects of turntablism, Steinski created a succession of extra-legal works of studio art -- "Lesson One: The Payoff Mix," "Lesson Two: The James Brown Mix," "Lesson 3: The History of Hip-Hop" -- that quickly became DJ landmarks and some of the most valued bootlegs in rap history. More info.
A pioneer of the acid house sound, 808 State formed in Manchester, England in 1988 when Martin Price, the owner of the city's legendary record store Eastern Bloc and the founder of the independent label Creed, first joined forces with local musician and producer Graham Massey. After teaming with collaborator Gerald Simpson, 808 State recorded its debut EP Newbuild in 1988, and also began remixing tracks for groups like the Inspiral Carpets. More info
This record is based on Matthew Herbert's impressive live where he examplifies his PCCOM rules. In itself for those who had the chance to assist to the performance it remains a stunning experience. Herbert chastasises behemoth corporations, opinon leaders, show bizness and Nixon-era secretary of State Henry Kissinger by sampling the destruction of those entities's/people's output. The political statement is upfront and for all Herbert fans witnessing the transformation of a quaterpounder into Radiobotics is something completely mesmerizing. All the tracks featured on this Lp are made to be freely available and circulated amongst all interested.
Anton Maiden represented the ultimate in geek DIY culture. Using MIDI files of Iron Maiden songs cribbed off the Internet and a microphone plugged into his PC, 19-year-old Anton Gustafsson created energetic and excitable versions of his favorite band from his home in Sweden. His unusual recordings became a cult hit in the United States, mostly with college radio DJs and fans of "outsider music." More
a field recording of the hourly bell procession in barcelona's plaça catalunya, later turned into a minor minimalist epic by keith fulerton whitman via custom aleatoric attack-sensing band-pass filtering and special reverb algorithms. chilled...
Today I bought a new DVD,featuring the work of Chris Cunningham. The DVD was released as a part of the "Directors Label". Chris Cunningham is the director behind some of the most original music videos and I was eagerly awaiting the release of the DVD. I already knew most of his videos but previously they weren't availible commercially. At a really young age he was allready working a a special effects guy for movies like Alien 3 and Judge Dred. While searching for interseting links on him, I found out, that people here in Germany are writing interpretations on his clips in order to receive a "master" degree.
"My fascination for C64 cracktros began a long time ago. Here you can see a selection of my attempts to reproduce more or less famous cracktros in flash and some of my personal "doc snyder"-stuff as well.
Why Flash?
Well, my intention was to let people easily watch those little pieces of art from old times. 'Easily' means without the need of starting up an emulator or having to install certain plug-ins. Flash is a widely spread technology available for all sorts of operation systems which will allow nearly every user to play those flashtros."
E. Pouncey has managed throughout his career to mix his two passions, which are music and comics. As far as music is concerned, he is a regular contibutor to the magazine The Wire and is actively involved in other music publications. As far as graphic arts goes, he's been working under the pseudonym Savage Pencil, his peculiar style making him the ultimate rock'n'roll and underground cartoonist. More
Mulatta Records, the record company behind the records of the musical instruments, has even more "interesting" stuf. For example:
"The People's Choice: Music composed by Dave Soldier in collaboration with the painters Komar & Melamid with lyrics by Nina Mankin. The music is written according to a survey of likes and dislikes of the public, and features two tunes: a 5 minute song designed to be liked by the greatest number of listeners, and a 30 minute long song designed to be disliked by the greatest number of listeners."
The Thai Elephant Orchestra, an ensemble of improvising Asian elephant multi-instrumentalists from the jungle of Northern Thailand who play profoundly beautiful music on specially designed instruments. The orchestra, now numbering 12 elephants, plays 15 minute daily concerts at the Thai Elephant Conservation Center, which helps support it. The orchestra was cofounded by Dave Soldier and Richard Lair. More info and downloads
Will Menter is a musician and artist. He composes and performs using instruments he has made himself. He makes and exhibits sound sculptures. He collaborates with other artists. He directs cross art form projects under the company name resOnance. More
"The exhibition "adonnaM.mp3" is concerned with the phenomenons of audio filesharing, peer- to- peer- networking and the mp3-standard. It analyses the drastic changes which the use of this digital tool is effecting in society, the economy, art and design. File sharing is revealed as a contemporary vehicle that provides the basis for a new means of communication and is also an instrument of creative expression. Selected designerworks about the mp3-topic are enhancing the exhibition with sensual facets."
Looks like I missed another interesting exibition in Frankfurt. Nevertheless there is lots of interesting content, including an article on the history of MP3, available on the official homepage.
"Like in the years before we will start in January with 5 Borderline Extras about the yearly charts of the "most essential music magazine of the contemporary era" (Forced Exposure). The terrestrial broadcastings (in Northhesse: 105.8 FM) will be every friday in January between 20:00 and 21:00 (CET). The shows will be available in realaudio at www.borderline-extra.de three days after each broadcasting and will be archived there for 15 weeks. In addition you will find there in this 15 weeks the Borderline Extras about the Wire Charts of the years 2001 and 2002."
This is the newest invention from the Tangible Media Group at the MIT
The You're In Control system uses computation to enhance the act of urination. Sensors in the back of a urinal detect the position of impact of a stream of urine, enabling the user to play interactive games on a screen mounted above the urinal.Read the whole PDF document
specially produced for the wire ,given away to all subscribers to the wire magazine with copies of issue 238 december 03, archiv 1 is a new and exclusive compilation featuring material released by the german electronic music imprint, raster-noton. the cd contains 19 tracks by the likes of mika vainio, robert lippock, william basinksi, COH/christopherson/balance, ryoji ikeda, noto, signal, komet, senking and more.
If you aren't a subscriber, you still can listen to excerpts of most of the tracks featured on "archiv 1" at the raster-noton webpage.
Possessing a hyper-literate, intellectual style of rapping augmented with dizzying elocution that would tongue-tie even the fiercest auctioneer, Busdriver is eclectic and eccentric enough to cite vocalese jazz singer Jon Hendricks as a primary influence. Born Regan Farqhar, the Los Angeles MC was introduced to hip-hop culture early -- his father wrote the screenplay to one of the earliest films focusing on hip-hop, Krush Groove. More
Accelera Deck is Chris Jeely from Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Chris played and recorded in numerous rock bands, influenced heavily by the textures of My Bloody Valentine, and the early 90s "shoegaze" scene. It was the release of Aphex Twin's 'Selected Ambient Works Volume II' and Seefeel's 'Quique' that inspired Chris to begin experimenting with guitar and sampler.
Anton Maiden represented the ultimate in geek DIY culture. Using MIDI files of Iron Maiden songs cribbed off the Internet and a microphone plugged into his PC, 19-year-old Anton Gustafsson created energetic and excitable versions of his favorite band from his home in Sweden. His unusual recordings became a cult hit in the United States, mostly with college radio DJs and fans of "outsider music." 
Today I bought a new DVD,featuring the work of Chris Cunningham. The DVD was released as a part of the "Directors Label". Chris Cunningham is the director behind some of the most original music videos and I was eagerly awaiting the release of the DVD. I already knew most of his videos but previously they weren't availible commercially. At a really young age he was allready working a a special effects guy for movies like Alien 3 and Judge Dred. While searching for interseting links on him, I found out, that people here in Germany are writing interpretations on his clips in order to receive a "master" degree.
"My fascination for C64 cracktros began a long time ago. Here you can see a selection of my attempts to reproduce more or less famous cracktros in flash and some of my personal "doc snyder"-stuff as well.
The Thai Elephant Orchestra, an ensemble of improvising Asian elephant multi-instrumentalists from the jungle of Northern Thailand who play profoundly beautiful music on specially designed instruments. The orchestra, now numbering 12 elephants, plays 15 minute daily concerts at the Thai Elephant Conservation Center, which helps support it. The orchestra was cofounded by Dave Soldier and Richard Lair. 
Will Menter is a musician and artist. He composes and performs using instruments he has made himself. He makes and exhibits sound sculptures. He collaborates with other artists. He directs cross art form projects under the company name resOnance. 
"The exhibition "adonnaM.mp3" is concerned with the phenomenons of audio filesharing, peer- to- peer- networking and the mp3-standard. It analyses the drastic changes which the use of this digital tool is effecting in society, the economy, art and design. File sharing is revealed as a contemporary vehicle that provides the basis for a new means of communication and is also an instrument of creative expression. Selected designerworks about the mp3-topic are enhancing the exhibition with sensual facets."
specially produced for the wire ,given away to all subscribers to the wire magazine with copies of issue 238 december 03, archiv 1 is a new and exclusive compilation featuring material released by the german electronic music imprint, raster-noton. the cd contains 19 tracks by the likes of mika vainio, robert lippock, william basinksi, COH/christopherson/balance, ryoji ikeda, noto, signal, komet, senking and more.
Possessing a hyper-literate, intellectual style of rapping augmented with dizzying elocution that would tongue-tie even the fiercest auctioneer, Busdriver is eclectic and eccentric enough to cite vocalese jazz singer Jon Hendricks as a primary influence. Born Regan Farqhar, the Los Angeles MC was introduced to hip-hop culture early -- his father wrote the screenplay to one of the earliest films focusing on hip-hop, Krush Groove. 