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- Winners Announced at the 2007 Detroit Music Awards
- Spring Reverb fest is a ‘time to reverberate’
- Scars soothed by music
- Playlist – Shop Boyz – Stephan Bodzin – Gowns – Rihanna – Brad…
- MUSIC: PLAYLIST; Even Rappers Want to Be Rock Stars
- EARTH DAY 2007 TDAY’S EVENTS
- UMass professor’s animation to be showcased at Boston festival
Winners Announced at the 2007 Detroit Music Awards
eJazzNews – Apr 22, 2007
The awards administered by the Motor City Music Foundation were presented in 70 categories. Also Distinguished Achievement Awards were presented to longtime Detroit blues singer Alberta Adams and to the jazz club Baker?s Keyboard Lounge. "High Tech Soul" a documentary about Detroit?s electronic music scene received a Special Achievement Award. Performers at Friday?s ceremony included the Go Trick Trick Ectomorph Alexander Zonjic & Friends Mr. Wrong Alberta Adams God?s Army and the trio of Jeff Grand Jim McCarty & Bobby East. The show was hosted by MC Serch.
Spring Reverb fest is a ‘time to reverberate’
signonsandiego.com – Apr 22, 2007
It wasn't the first time mainstream media has seemed like an oppressive presence upon art subcultures that exist more for the joy of exploration rather than profit. But Fernandes who also runs the independent record label Accretions with Fjellestad and will be performing a duet with Masaoka seems to savor the underground nature of his art. “Electronic music is like a folk art because you can do it at home” he said. “If you have a computer you can make music and create sounds. You might never play the Sports Arena but that's not the point. It's the intimacy of being in that moment and part of that small audience but very connected. ”This will be Sushi's third year co-presenting the festival with Trummerflora along with such other organizations as the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.
Scars soothed by music
Boston Globe – Apr 22, 2007
He was 8 when they arrived in Lowell where they still live. Re-al will be playing a bodyguard in the opera but there are many parallels between his life and that of the main character Sam. Both Sam and Re-al work in the music industry as producers and they both returned to their birthplace as adults. “The only difference is I didn’t become a monk” said Re-al chuckling. “Where Elephants Weep” set in the years just after the Cambodian holocaust is being billed as that country’s first rock opera. But it’s also one of the rare artistic endeavors of any kind from a country still recovering from the devastation under Pol Pot. When the opera is performed for the first time this weekend it will be in Lowell where many residents have a direct connection to that history… This is originality. “Applying a hybrid musical style the opera integrates traditional Cambodian harmonies with a contemporary Western sound. Calling for a 10-member band the orchestration includes electric guitar electronic drums and keyboards as well as such Cambodian instruments as buffalo horns bamboo flutes gongs and the chapei an instrument like the violin. Many of the Cambodian instruments had to be modified for the score of Him Sophy a Russian-trained Cambodian composer who survived the genocide. The musical team added an extra row of bars to an Angkor-era xylophone and an extra ring of chimes to the gong. Pol Pot’s regime demanded the elimination of artists writers musicians and intellectuals. An estimated 90 percent of the country’s intellectuals perished over four years.
Playlist – Shop Boyz – Stephan Bodzin – Gowns – Rihanna – Brad…
New York Times – Apr 22, 2007
“You can stand under my umbrella” she keeps singing though that last word gets mutated: “Um-ba-rella ella ella eh eh eh. ” Ridiculous in the best sense of the world. Stephan Bodzin The German producer Stephan Bodzin has spent the past few years tantalizing dance-music fans with singles and remixes. Bodzin releases his long-awaited debut album “Liebe Ist… ‘s an artful way to keep people moving. And each one is a little marvel of electronic engineering: the gestures are small but there are so many that it seems misleading to call Mr. Bodzin a minimalist. “Meteor” uses an irrepressible synthesizer figure to nod slyly at the club-conquering genre known as progressive house; “Fahrenheit” builds drama from a smudged bass line and a descending arpeggio. Nonclubbers may be pleased to discover that these soothing spring-loaded tracks have plenty of other uses: this is also music to tidy your room by music to read by music to write newspaper articles by. Brad Paisley He’s one of country’s most mischievous stars and (not counting some Christmas songs) he’s got a good streak going: his last three singles “When I Get Where I’m Going” “The World” and “She’s Everything” all topped Billboard’s country chart.
MUSIC: PLAYLIST; Even Rappers Want to Be Rock Stars
nytimes.com – Apr 22, 2007
You can stand under my umbrella she keeps singing though that last word gets mutated: Um-ba-rella ella ella eh eh eh. Ridiculous in the best sense of the world. Stephan Bodzin The German producer Stephan Bodzin has spent the past few years tantalizing dance-music fans with singles and remixes. Bodzin releases his long-awaited debut album Liebe Ist (Herzblut) and its deceptively straightforward: 11 danceable instrumental tracks all 6 to 8 minutes long built entirely from computerized plinks and plonks. Each one is a tool meant to give D… s an artful way to keep people moving. And each one is a little marvel of electronic engineering: the gestures are small but there are so many that it seems misleading to call Mr. Bodzin a minimalist. Meteor uses an irrepressible synthesizer figure to nod slyly at the club-conquering genre known as progressive house; Fahrenheit builds drama from a smudged bass line and a descending arpeggio. Nonclubbers may be pleased to discover that these soothing spring-loaded tracks have plenty of other uses: this is also music to tidy your room by music to read by music to write newspaper articles by. Brad Paisley Hes one of countrys most mischievous stars and (not counting some Christmas songs) hes got a good streak going: his last three singles — When I Get Where Im Going The World and Shes Everything — all topped Billboards country chart.
EARTH DAY 2007 TDAY’S EVENTS
San Francisco Chronicle – Apr 22, 2007
Earth Day Cave — A concert featuring ancient and new music with the Tesla Group the Didj Heart Consort Ishaya Monks Ehecatl rchestra the Udu Group & Cymbals of Transformation. Hawk Hill Marin Headlands… Earth Day E-Waste Recycling Event — The city of Pleasanton and Electronic Waste Management hold this Earth Day e-waste disposal and recycling event. Call or go to Web site for a complete list of e-waste items accepted.
UMass professor’s animation to be showcased at Boston festival
SouthCoastToday.com – SouthCoastToday.com – Apr 22, 2007
The animation illuminates a study and investigation of the visual and sonic elements of cadence meter oscillation palpitation pressure and pulsation. The piece represents an attempt to amalgamate provoke and energize abstract imagery with abstract sound. “Visual music is an interdisciplinary artistic genre with roots dating back hundreds of years” says Northeastern Professor Dennis Miller the event’s artistic director and principal curator. “The emergence of film and video in the 20th century allowed this genre to reach its full potential with Walt Disney’s ‘Fantasia’ serving as a groundbreaking example. The artworks we are screening all take a modern perspective on this idea. “Northeastern received more than 300 artist submissions for the Marathon representing works from 34 different countries. f these 64 representing six hours of programming were selected for screening… The 2007 Boston Cyberarts Festival began Friday and runs through May 6 at museums galleries theaters universities and public spaces in and around the Boston area. The Festival is the first and largest collaboration of artists working in new technologies in all media in North America encompassing visual arts dance music electronic literature web art and public art.