The following sign is posted at Amoeba Records on Haight Street in San Francisco, near the hip-hop section, apparently reporting the death of a genre:
All Acid Jazz (CD, LP, + cass) titles have been divided and moved to soul, jazz …
Victor Gama’s album Pangeia Instrumentos is due out on October 20, 2003, from Rephlex Records, the label co-run by electronic-music star Aphex Twin. For the time being, all 12 of its tracks are downloadable as MP3 files (webpage) on …
The online series Sine Fiction has released three new sets of MP3 files in its ongoing project, producing scores for classic science-fiction novels: Arthur C. Clarke’s The Nine Billion Names of God, composed by Oeuf Korreckt (aka Frédrick Blouin); William …
The ninth entry from the Term label is Zeitraum, a set of three atmospheric files by the Japanese electro-acoustic quartet Minamo (webpage).
Newly available from the Red Antenna label, a five-minute MP3 song, “Anemone” — the slightly groovy title track from the new album by the electro-acoustic indie-electronic duo Tomorrowland (file).
Turntablist Kid Koala’s new Ninja Tune Records album, Some of My Best Friends Are DJ’s, is promoted with a download, the reggae-tinged track “Skanky Panky,” in the label’s download department (webpage). And for more Ninja streams and downloads, check …
Among the most recent posts to 8bitrecs.com are three MP3 files (all rich with abstract computerized percussion, and available as streams and downloads) from Barcelona-based, Denmark-born Heidi Mortenson (webpage).
The animated clip for Luke Vibert’s retro single, “I Love Acid” — off his new album, YosepH, on the Warp Records label (webpage). Can’t beat a breakdancing cat.
Postscript: Just for the record, this was the first entry in the …
From a conversation at slate.com about Jonathan Lethem’s new novel, The Fortress of Solitude:
That’s why the book ends with a flashback to a drive home with Abraham after Dylan gets kicked out of college. They’re listening to Brian …
News on Quiet, Minimal and Otherwise Atmospheric Music on the Big and Small Screens: (1) The good news: ambient-minded composer Cliff Martinez (Traffic, Solaris, Narc) scored Wonderland, the new film about porn star John Holmes. The bad news: there …