As far as I’m concerned, most artists and fans of a given genre are fairly content with the name they have for the kind of music they are involved in. Punks are proud to be punks, pop-music lovers can hardly argue that their current pop-icons are making popular music,...
Honnan jön a sampling és hova tart? Egy korokon, műfajokon és ideákon átívelő jelenség, amelynek megfejtését egy magazinközeli producer sample CD gyűjteményének megismerése inspirálta.
A Time Waster from Sydney
The musical explorations of Berlin based composer and multi-instrumentalist Oren Ambarchi take place mostly on the guitar. He is an avid collaborator and improviser who has worked with many of the leading personalities in today’s music scene (including Keiji Haino, Merzbow, Stephen O’Malley,...
There is a new genre in town: punchier than your average Billboard Top whatever queen, and witchier than anything these days; it would be like a warehouse rave party if everyone cared to dance with each other while holding hands. Where did it come from, what does it sound like,...
– "From Medellín, Colombia, here. HK4, Alfa, Delta, Juliet, Alejo Duque, greeting Florencia in Buenos Aires."
– "Lima Uniform 3 here, Charlie Uniform Romeo greeting Alejo. Looking forward to free media challenging monoculture."
I met Alejo Duque at a Latin American experimental radio gathering that I organised in...
Digital streaming platforms (DSPs) are mighty. The best known player is obviously Spotify. They manage an enormous amount of data: user, behavior, and the music itself. Distributors are constantly uploading tons of new music to these platforms. Ideally, DSPs would act as lighthouses, given their position and resources, and one...
Jessica Ekomane is a French-born and Berlin-based electronic musician and sound artist. Her quadraphonic performances, characterized by their physical affect, seek a cathartic effect through the interplay of psychoacoustics, the perception of rhythmic structures and the interchange of noise and melody. Her ever-changing and immersive sonic landscapes are grounded in...
