Dolmetsch online "Minimalism has also been called repetitive music, mediative music and process music. It was developed in the 1960's primarily in America and during the 1970's became successful in Europe as well"
The Beatbugs are a network of eight hand-held percussion instruments that are designed to encourage people to play music together. Players can enter simple rhythmic motifs, manipulate and develop them, and collaborate with each other to perform and create music. In the composition ?Nerve? by Gili Weinberg, players choose between manipulating existing motives and entering their own material. This creates an evolving musical system driven by the interaction between the player's choices and the system's stochastic algorithm.
Does anyone not know who Douglas Adams is ? Well, here is an short introduction:
Douglas Adams created The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which originally appeared as a BBC Radio 4 series in March 1978. Since then it has been transformed into a series of best-selling novels, a television series, records, cassettes and CDs, a computer game, a website and several stage adaptations.
His first Hitchhiker book went straight to Number One in the UK Bestseller List and in 1984 he became the youngest author to be awarded a Golden Pan, the first of three of these awards. He was also nominated for the first Best of Young British Novelists awards. More
Ishkur has released version 2 of his Guide to Electronic Music. Ever wanted to know the difference between Nu Italo House and Synthtron? Or Darkcore and Techstep? Now you can look at their evolution with samples! 2 hours of awsome samples, from Jungle to J-pop!
The role of the Arabic, lute-like, stringed instrument, the oud, has been revolutionalized through the playing of Anouar Brahem. While used in the past to accompany vocalists, the oud is used by Brahem as an imaginative solo instrument. In 1988, Tunisian newspaper, "Tunis-Hebdo", wrote, "If we had to elect the musician of the 80s, we would have, without the least hesitation, chosen Anouar Brahem". The British daily newspaper, "The Guardian", that Brahem was "at the forefront of jazz because he is far beyond it". More at allmusic.org
A Journal of Criticism, Commentary, Research, and Scholarship
In the past few years more academic journals have been moving online, and some have been established to be solely available via the Internet. Edited by Thomas Koozin (a professor of music theory at the University of Houston), Music Theory Online has been online since 1993. Each issue usually contains several full-length scholarly articles, commentaries on previous works, and other like correspondence. At the site, visitors can read the contents of the entire journal, as well as every issue published since its inception. Along with a chronological list of journal contents, the site has an author and dissertation index. For parties interested in submitting material to the journal, there is a complete list of guidelines for contributors. Visitors can also elect to receive each issue of the journal electronically, along with the option to subscribe to a discussion forum, mto-talk. The site is rounded out by an assortment of links to other online music journals.
www.societymusictheory.org
In this two-part radio series from BBC Radio 4, the condition of synaesthesia is explored through interviews with scientists and those who have been diagnosed with the condition. Synaesthesia is a condition in which the five senses intermingle, so that stimulation in one sense may give rise to a stimulation in another sense. For one example, certain letters of the alphabet may be associated with certain colors for a synaesthete. The program here is divided into two 30-minute sections. The first program explores the experiences of several synaesthetes, such as James Wannerton who tastes spoken words, and Jane Mackay, who sees shapes and colors when she hears music. The second part of the program “examines the mounting evidence that we all start life with the potential for synaesthesia." The study of this condition is pushing the boundaries of neuroscience, and this provocative exploration of this condition and its study offered by the BBC is quite engaging and informative. Listen to the show
Links: For the rest of us, the poor people who can't see sound, I recommend the video game REZ
The BBC has published online a brief feature, with audioclips, about music experimentation, titled "Sex Drugs and Four Minutes of Silence." To borrow a now infamous bit of BBC phraseology, the title unnecessarily sexes up a story that stands on its on merits. It's an interesting collection of brief interviews, including the late John Cage recounting the epiphany he had as a result of entering an anechoic chamber, an entirely soundproof room. Found at Disquiet.com
Johnny Cash, whose five-decade career defined and refined American music, died early this morning of complications from diabetes; he was seventy-one.
Earlier this week, Cash had been released from a Nashville hospital after a two-week stay for pancreatitis. The singer had been in ill health for the past six years. He was initially diagnosed with Shy-Drager Syndrome, a type of Parkinson's Disease, but subsequent diagnosis found him to have autonomic neuropathy, which left him susceptible to bronchitis and pneumonia. More
Lab360.com is offering more than 40 DVD audio ripps. You can listen to movies like "The Big Lebowski" or "Bowling for Coloumbine" but also to stuff like "Dude, where's my car ?".
All the files can only be streamed, not downloaded.
Experimental hip-hop outfit U.N.K.L.E. was one of the original artists releasing material through noted U.K. label Mo'Wax, which helped launch the instrumental mid-'90s downtempo breakbeat revival eventually termed trip-hop. Though hardly the label's highest profile group (at least until the long-delayed release of their debut LP in 1998), U.N.K.L.E. numbered among its members label-head James Lavelle, who formed Mo'Wax while still in his teens as an antidote to the increasingly stale acid jazz/Northern soul scene. Read more
Statement by the artist:
My paintings comment on the melancholy beauty found in relics of our industrial past. Both the literal and evocative meanings of these subjects strike a responsive chord in me and provide variations on a theme that has been central to my paintings for a long time. The relics remind us that, in our rapidly changing world, the triumphs of technology are just a moment away from obsolescence. Yet these remains of collapsed power have a strength, grace and sadness that is both eloquent and impenetrable. Transfigured by time and light, which render the ordinary extraordinary, they form a visual requiem for the industrial age. More
John Clive's work deals with the tradional artist's concerns of studying and celebrating the interactions of light, texture, form and colour. His intention is not to portray nature but to explore and participate in its processes through simulation. More
After months of playing the visceral action game Quake III Arena (Q3A) with others online, Feng Mengbo used the games ability to create custom game characters, to develop his own version for his performance piece (called Q4U). In it, he inserts his likeness into the game, equipped with a mini DV camcorder in one hand and a weapon in the other. Visitors both at the Documenta 11 as well as at their computers at home are invited to play, though they are never clear as to if they're playing against the artist or other participants.
Feng Mengbo used the video game Quake very often for several projects. Read moe about Q4U an dhis other projects on his official homepage.
Last thursday a special event took place, here in Mannheim (near Heidelberg) Germany. Three of the bigger german netaudio lable, Thinnerism.com, Subsource.de and 2063 music.de met in "the Lounge"
I didn't know about this event, although I'm living in Mannheim. I had to find out about it, reading one of my favourite german weblogs: phlow.net
I've never beent to the lounge before, therefore I had to look for the entrance. While I was looking for a way to get in, I met two guys from Cologne, Moritz and Jörg. A few minutes later I discovered, that Moritz is the guy behind phlow.net ! So we allready "knew" each other, because we are both on the german netaudio mailinglist and he used some of my MP3 links on his weblog. The three of us spent the evening together at the lounge, joined by some of the DJs and organisers. We also met Stefan Schmidt, the guy behind nanoblogg, radio dj at bermudafunk
For me, this evening was also my first inofficial "blogger" meeting ! You can also read a german review of ths event from Moritz at phlow.net
Der Schrei - Ein Hörspiel von Robert Lindauer und Clas Neuefeind
It's a german "spoken word cd". I don't know if "spoken word" is the right term. I didn't found the time to listen to the whole cd yet, but what I heard so far, makes me wanna get more books and CDs from the mairisch lable. You can listen to an excerpt of "der Schrei" here
I also bought a book from mairisch: "Roberta Schneider - Der Guss"
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Aspen, a multimedia magazine of the arts originally published from 1965 to 1971. Each issue of Aspen was delivered to subscribers in a box, which contained a variety of media: printed matter in different formats, phonograph recordings, and even a reel of Super-8 film.
About Aspen Magazine
Aspen was conceived by Phyllis Johnson, a former editor for Women's Wear Daily and Advertising Age. While wintering in Aspen, Colorado, she got the idea for a multimedia magazine, designed by artists, that would showcase "culture along with play." So in the winter of 1965, she published her first issue. "We wanted to get away from the bound magazine format, which is really quite restrictive," said Johnson.
Each issue had a new designer and editor. "Aspen," Johnson said, "should be a time capsule of a certain period, point of view, or person." The subject matter of issue number 1 and issue number 2 stayed close to the magazine's namesake ski spa, with features on Aspen's film and music festivals, skiing, mountain wildlife, and local architecture. Andy Warhol and David Dalton broke that mold with issue number 3, the superb Pop Art issue, devoted to New York art and counterculture scenes. Quentin Fiore designed issue number 4, a McLuhanesque look at our media-made society. The next issue, a double issue number 5+6, was an imaginative, wide-ranging look at conceptual art, minimalist art, and postmodern critical theory. Issue number 6A, a freebie sent to ever-patient subscribers, was a review of the performance art scene centered at New York's Judson Gallery. Next came issue number 7, exploring new voices in British arts and culture. Issue number 8, designed by George Maciunas and edited by Dan Graham, was dominated by artists of the Fluxus group. Issue number 9 plumbed the art and literature of the psychedelic drug movement. The last Aspen, issue number 10, was devoted to Asia and Asian art history. [More]
Each original enclosure of the magazine can be downloaded or viewed at the homepage of the aspen online verson.
The "superb as usall" BBS Collective is running a feature on Sleeve-Designer. Julian House, ehquestionmark and Non-Format are featured in part one of three. Non-Format were also responsible for the overhaul The Wire, in April 2001. Andy Votel, Rick Myers and Designers Republic are talking about theire work in part two.
Does anyone not know who Douglas Adams is ? Well, here is an short introduction:
The role of the Arabic, lute-like, stringed instrument, the oud, has been revolutionalized through the playing of Anouar Brahem. While used in the past to accompany vocalists, the oud is used by Brahem as an imaginative solo instrument. In 1988, Tunisian newspaper, "Tunis-Hebdo", wrote, "If we had to elect the musician of the 80s, we would have, without the least hesitation, chosen Anouar Brahem". The British daily newspaper, "The Guardian", that Brahem was "at the forefront of jazz because he is far beyond it". 
In this two-part radio series from BBC Radio 4, the condition of synaesthesia is explored through interviews with scientists and those who have been diagnosed with the condition. Synaesthesia is a condition in which the five senses intermingle, so that stimulation in one sense may give rise to a stimulation in another sense. For one example, certain letters of the alphabet may be associated with certain colors for a synaesthete. The program here is divided into two 30-minute sections. The first program explores the experiences of several synaesthetes, such as James Wannerton who tastes spoken words, and Jane Mackay, who sees shapes and colors when she hears music. The second part of the program “examines the mounting evidence that we all start life with the potential for synaesthesia." The study of this condition is pushing the boundaries of neuroscience, and this provocative exploration of this condition and its study offered by the BBC is quite engaging and informative. 
Johnny Cash, whose five-decade career defined and refined American music, died early this morning of complications from diabetes; he was seventy-one.
Experimental hip-hop outfit U.N.K.L.E. was one of the original artists releasing material through noted U.K. label Mo'Wax, which helped launch the instrumental mid-'90s downtempo breakbeat revival eventually termed trip-hop. Though hardly the label's highest profile group (at least until the long-delayed release of their debut LP in 1998), U.N.K.L.E. numbered among its members label-head James Lavelle, who formed Mo'Wax while still in his teens as an antidote to the increasingly stale acid jazz/Northern soul scene. 
It's a german "spoken word cd". I don't know if "spoken word" is the right term. I didn't found the time to listen to the whole cd yet, but what I heard so far, makes me wanna get more books and CDs from the 
