wikipedia.org: "Amos was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and is noteworthy as one of the few modern pop music stars to use a piano as her primary instrument. She is known for lyrically opaque but emotionally intense songs that tackle a wide range of subjects, including sexuality, religion, patriarchy and personal tragedy.
Amos has experienced limited chart success in the United States and the United Kingdom, but has also enjoyed a large cult following, selling around 12 million albums worldwide during her lengthy solo career." More
Astralien Radio ABC hosts an interview as a downloadeble mp3 file and a mix of some of her songs. Download/listen here
Why didn't anybody tell me that Dr. Auratheft , the guy behind the fantastic Tsunami Terror Mixxx, a compilation of Sri Lanka dancehall & hiphop, has released a second King Tubby Mix ?!? Haven't downloaded it yet, but sure will.
allmusic.com "Though Donnacha Costello first began producing music back in 1989, it wasn't until late 2000 that he globally emerged as a truly remarkable producer. Long recognized as one of Dublin, Ireland's most talented producers, Costello may have began his musical career in 1989, but he first began to dabble in minimal electronic music around 1996 after completing his philosophy degree and immersing himself in the concepts of Steve Reich and John Cage. In fact, his inspiration led him away from Dublin to New York City, where he took his minimal take on electronic music a step farther, integrating the dub aesthetics and crackle sounds practiced by artists such as Pole." More
orchestra-of-bubbles.com: "While Apparat used to stand for an algorithms-based aesthetics and Ellen Allien fathomed the possible heights and depths of the dance floor widthways as well, for their joint production they dabble in a principle which electronic music is dedicated to from the very beginning and which is now only spelled differently: Contingency. Meaning, Ellen Allien and Apparat indeed take on the connections between Techno and IDM, but extend the original horizon with their thoughtful way of production where they interpenetrate, empathise and move their own artistic borders." More
earlabs.org: "Around 1970 Philips had its own recordlabel (as well as its own electronic studio, btw) and it released a series of records with state of the art electronic and electro-acoustic music which were all encased in a shiny silver sleeve. The series was called: Prospective 21e Siecle.
Currently these releases are well sought by collectors of ancient electronic music.
One of these release was a box with 4 records, each presenting the latest or the best of 4 electronic music studios: Utrecht, Warsaw, Paris and Tokyo.
Because this box is very hard to find - it is for sale on the web for $ 1,000!! - and I think it really presents the best of the electronic music from that time I present it here. This is the first release: Utrecht." Download here
Bob Ostertag: "I have decided to make all my recordings to which I have the rights freely available as digital downloads from my web site. These works are now covered by a Creative Commons "Attribution Non-commercial" license that permits you to freely download, copy, remix, sample, manipulate, fold, spindle, tamper with, defuse, detox, or deconstruct - as long as you credit my work as a source, and the work you make is not marketed commercially."
wikipedia.org: "Bob Ostertag (b. 1957, in New Mexico) is an experimental audio artist based in San Francisco. Raised in Colorado, he studied at the Conservatory. In 1976, he formed the improviser ensemble Fall Mountain with Ned Rothenberg (reeds) and Jim Katzin (violin), with himself on electronic keyboard. In 1979, he relocated to New York, where he befriended John Zorn, Fred Frith, Zeena Parkins and several other musical improvisers who were interested in collaborating in new forms of improvising. More
(K-RAA-K)³ is allways a resource of interesting and enjoyable music:
kraak.net "(K-RAA-K)3 is a platform for today's music. Rather than focusing on one specific genre, it offers you a wide range of diverse styles and genres, such as electronica, improvisation, postrock and pop. No matter what genre though, (K-RAA-K)3 always aims to bring you innovative, experimental and open-minded music. K-RAA-K)3 supports Flemish experimental musicians throughout repetitions, concerts, and the recording (and release) of their work, takes care of administrative jobs, and acts as the contact person for booking concerts."
tokafi.com: "A continous stream of great compositions: Classical Music, New/Avantgarde Music, Experimental, Electronics, Drones, Ambient and Classicaly inspired pieces. No talk, just music."
npr.org: "New-folk artists Iron and Wine join the roots rock group Calexico for a night of music at Washington, D.C.’s 9:30 Club. Hear and download full concerts by both bands, originally webcast live on NPR.org Nov. 30 with special guest, flamenco guitarist Salvador Duran." Download here
matadorrecords.com: "Mr Beast" is the band's fifth studio album and, as the title suggests, sees them returning to their first, true love - Rock with a capital "R" - after using a softer palette with more varied instrumentation for album number three ("Rock Action") and delivering a balanced summary of their work to date with 2003's "Happy Songs For Happy People". Mogwai of course, make their own rules in order to break them, so, alongside huge blocks of thrillingly implacable guitar noise, "Mr Beast" features exquisitely poignant piano passages (most of them played by keyboardist/guitarist/vocalist Barry Burns) and great, limpid spaces." More
THE DJ HOERSPIEL ENSEMBLE: FRANZ DOBLER [ TONTRÄGER, STIMME ] - HUBL GREINER [ MASCHINEN, TONTRÄGER ]
djhe.de: "präsentiert eine Form der Hörspielperformance, die mit typisch radiophonen Mitteln arbeitet und live auf der Bühne realisiert wird. Literatur ist nur ein Teil dieses Hörspiels. Der literarische Leitfaden, der sich durch dieses akustische Spektakel zieht, ist ein Krimi von Dashiell Hammett - Das große Umlegen, gelesen von Katharina Thalbach und Wiglaf Droste.
Erzählt wird nicht die Geschichte im eigentlichen Sinn, vielmehr werden Ausschnitte daraus immer wieder unterbrochen, verfremdet, vermischt, zerstückelt und neu geordnet. Die daraus entstehenden Klangstrukturen werden unerschrocken collagiert mit Bela Bartok, Gerhard Polt, bayerischen Jodlern, Eric Dolphy, Brecht, menschlichen Stimmen oder Naturgeräuschen zu einem Heer neuer unerhörter "Musik"." Weiter
roblord.org: "An experiment. "Post-rock" instrumentalism mixed to a fervent American doomsday cult's anti-rock music inculcation, a recording found in the vinyl stacks of Lou's Records. Build your platform to Hercules."
sixdegreesrecords.com: "Welcome to a world of cinematic lushness, orchestral delights, global voices, rhythms, vintage synthesizers and electronic bleeps. This is Bombay Dub Orchestra – the remarkable debut album from the U.K.-based duo of Garry Hughes (Björk, Sly & Robbie) and Andrew T. Mackay (VAST, Annie Leibovitz). Bombay Dub Orchestra is music that will stroke the senses and enamour the soul, with its uniquely brilliant crossover of orchestral arrangements, modern, lush beats and synthesizers and a heavy slant to the music of India.
That territory has been mapped by bands like Röyksopp, Air and Zero 7, but no one had dragged a 28-piece Indian string section into the arena before. And while the name "Bombay Dub Orchestra" conjures up visions of the garish pop of Bollywood's song-and-dance numbers, or the reverb-drenched, proto-psychedelic sounds of Jamaican dub, this music creates and sustains a very different mood." More
thewire.co.uk: "To mark the third anniversary of The Wire magazine's association with Resonance 104.4 FM, in February the magazine occupied the station's regular weekday Clear Spot slot for ten days to present Below The Radar, a series of specially commissioned live studio sessions featuring a variety of groups and musicians drawn from feral fringes of the UK's outsider/underground music communities. All the shows are archived here as downloadable and streamed mp3s."
emfmedia.org: "Mario Verandi, as composer and sound artist, works with new technologies to expand the artistic boundaries of music and sound. In addition to composing, he collaborates extensively with visual artists and choreographers in sound design for art installations, dance, theatre, film, and radio.
Born in 1960 in San Nicolás, Buenos Aires, Mario Verandi studied music in Argentina, at Phonos Studios in Barcelona, and at the University of Birmingham where he was a member of BEAST (Birmingham Electro-Acoustic Sound Theater).
His awards include the Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Competition (France), Musica Nova Competition (Prague), CIEJ Electronic Music Awards, Prix Ars Electronica (Linz), and Stockholm Electronic Art Awards (Sweden)."
allmusic.com: "Hailing from Sydney, Australia, Oren Ambarchi started as a free jazz drummer, went through a Japanoise phase, and ended up cutting himself a place under the avant-garde sun as a lowercase guitarist in the early 2000s, pushing his instrument into territories similar to the ones explored by contemporaries Rafael Toral and Kevin Drumm. His releases on Tzadik, Touch, and Staubgold attracted international interest, but he remained in his home country, working hard at developing a local scene with his What Is Music? festival." More
