Just a few quick links today, to MP3s by a unique New Orleans electronic act. Be sure to check out the jury-rigged, light-sensitive synthesizer that is Quintron’s Drum Buddy, at drumbuddy.com. The site includes MP3s of a half dozen …
Robin Rimbaud, better known as Scanner, is often ahead of the game. Case in point, he’s posted his September update to his website, scannerdot.com, a few days early. Besides summarizing his various art-world activities, he’s substantially expanded the amount …
Jo Jena’s Rhythm ‘n’ Drones, from the test tube netlabel, could just as easily exchange that “‘n’” for an “or.” The album’s eight tracks are divided in two: half are titled “Rhythm I” through “Rhythm IV,” the other half “Drone …
Any email sent to me between late afternoon yesterday, August 28, and this morning, August 29, may have gone missing, coincident with some backend changes at my webhost. If you sent anything important during that time, and don’t hear back …
Quick Links and News: (1) The University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum will exhibit AudioFiles, with work by Celeste Boursier-Mougenot, Christian Marclay and Stephen Vitiello from September 9 through October 21 (usfcam.usf.edu). …
Rap trio the Beastie Boys are posting MP3s of a cappellas from their back catalog, one a week on Fridays for the foreseeable future, and inviting the world to remix ‘em. The entries so far are heavily weighted toward their …
Reports have circulated that composer Luc Ferrari passed away on August 22. And although at this late hour, some three days later, news.google.com still appears to call up no such search result, the sad news is confirmed at the …
Generally speaking, the Disquiet Downstream is focused on and restricted to legal downloads of full tracks from musicians and record labels, which, often as not in this aural realm, are one in the same. Case in point Steve Roach, the …
How many electronic musicians does it take to switch on a lightbulb? At the online project known as Freesound, the answer is: as many as want to. Freesound is a web community, founded in May of this year, dedicated to …
Robert Moog, as synonymous with electronic music as any individual, has passed away, according to an announcement on the website of his instrument company (moogmusic.com). He was 71, and was being treated for a brain tumor.
In lieu of a …