Likes birds of a feather, sound collectors flock together. A favored web-nest of late is the Freesound project, at freesound.iua.upf.edu, which hosts raw sound files for enthusiasts, researchers, sound designers and remixers. The “Remix! tree” at Freesound represents a …
In the future, one won’t simply use scents, cosmetics and jewelry to augment one’s appearance. One will filter one’s voice through electronic systems that will, if so desired, give each syllable a halo crunch of guitar-like feedback, accenting each phrase …
The Other Minds organization announced an upcoming performance in San Francisco of composer Daniel Bernard Roumain’s A Civil Rights Reader, in which Roumain is to perform his work on electric violin along with the Del Sol String Quartet and turntablist …
All the people in the house, say … “Blip. Bleep. Click.” True to the name of its netlabel, One Bit Wonder, Sven Tasnadi’s Love, Despair & Hope album is entirely lo-tech techhouse. On it, the thump of minimal techno is …
For its full hour or so, Rui Gato’s single-track Transit (MP3) transports the listener from one aural locale to another. Each spot on the itinerary is a mix of instrumental, found and synthesized sounds, be it acoustic guitar against …
An untitled crackup of mashed guitar snippets and broken beats is the latest entry in the “MP3 Rotor” at the kracfive.com collective. Credited to wwcarpen, the cut (MP3) is abstract more for the utter lack of supporting information …
Like many electronic musicians, John Kameel Farah posts MP3s of his work on his website, johnfarah.com. Unlike most, he also lists in detail the classical piano repertoire that he’s mastered, from such cornerstones as Bach’s toccatas and Beethoven sonatas, …