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Mater Suspiria Vision
“Yea! I said Yea! unto thee. As the world did turn another genre was born. And the Lord saw that the genre was called drag. Or witch-house. Or ghost drone. (But those last two names were rubbish, so the Lord did cast them out.)
“And the new genre’s grandfather was Salem, born in the depths of history, three-score months ago.
“And there were other bands in the drag family, Balam Acab, White Ring and oOoOO.
“And Lo! The Guardian’s hallowed music pages did write a piece on the new genre. But the hallowed pages neglected both the finest and most evil of the whole drag family; Mater Suspiria Vision…” › Continue reading
MOF 018: Martin Connor
June’s installment of the MOF Band Podcast takeover sees us in the always reliable hands of the bands singer Martin Connor. Recently described as combining “the tenderness of Curtis Mayfield and the strength of James Brown” in his performances with the band he today gives his vocal chords a rest to pick a sweet selection of Reggae and Soul, perfect for any summers day.
Podcast: Download (duration: 73:10 — 67.0MB)
NOMAD043: European Man
Following on from his last mix as Erik XVI, European Man turns out a beautiful mix called “A Slow Drift Across the Intercontinental Dawn”. It sounds just like that too. Absolutely lovely stuff.
Podcast: Download (duration: 65:12 — 59.7MB)
1-Bit Symphony
Fed up with the music industries relentless pushing of hype over substance? Adding “value” to music in desperate ways to try to stay relevent in this ADHD age of stems, samples and synthesizers when in theory anyone with any interest in music can already produce any kind of music they want for free at home. The reality is even wider than the music company executives realise in that now people can not only use software on their home computers (such as the infamous garageband) but also create music online for free with such amazing services as Aviary:Myna, AudioTool and uJam, hell even check out jamstudio. Forget about music exec’s ideas on how people “should” interact with music by examing such pail concepts as Mxp4 and youSpins. In fact, audio hardware hacking has made a strong resurgance thanks to great products such as the Arduino and Processing, with a whole range of pocket synths and open source schematics available online. Recent favourite of mine has to be Tristan Perich’s fantastic 1-Bit Symphony…
Tristan Perich’s 1-Bit Symphony is an electronic composition in five movements on a single microchip. Though housed in a CD jewel case, 1-Bit Symphony is not a recording in the traditional sense; it literally “performs” its music live when turned on. A complete electronic circuit—programmed by the artist and assembled by hand—plays the music through a headphone jack mounted into the case itself.
Getchy’own! http://bangonacan.org/store/product/181
More info:
Cantaloupe Music: http://www.cantaloupemusic.com
1-Bit Symphony: http://www.1bitsymphony.com
Tristan Perich: http://www.tristanperich.com
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