Electronic Music NewsSound of the generation Karsh Kale
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- Sound of the generation Karsh Kale
- Pulse of the universe
- Noe Valley Music Series: Manring Castro and Carbonne
- Planet Bollywood – Music Review – Race
- Q&A: Floyds Knobs coffee shop home to music-making duo
- P2P Threats Call In The Copyright Cops
- The Classical Music Network
Sound of the generation Karsh Kale
Hindu – Jan 26, 2008
You see growing up away from my roots I had this feeling of isolation” reasons the multi-instrumentalist composer and producer with four albums to his credit. His bent towards Indian music comes to the fore in every piece of sound he creates. Since there’s a heavy influence of rock hip hop and electronic music that flows alongside classical Indian music you wonder whether it is just another kind of fusion music. “We all are products of fusion of cultures. And music reveals what the society is like. My music is the sound of the generation. This is the kind of music that youngsters across the globe – be it from India or the U… What is it that bounded the two artistes together? “nce we both were discussing some timeless albums and what made them timeless. We wanted our album to have those qualities as well. The music also has less emphasis on electronic. ‘Breathing…’ is like a story where there are scenarios that people can relate to especially those who travel a lot” explains Karsh who is also the founding member of Tabla Beat Science along with Zakir Hussain and bassist Bill Laswell. What’s after this? “More of the same” is how he puts it. “I am also scoring music for a few films including a film based on Jhumpa Lahiri’s ‘Interpreter of Maladies. ’ ” MANGALA RAMAMRTHY Printer friendly.
Pulse of the universe
Daily News & Analysis – Jan 26, 2008
We might be headlining the Boom Festival in Portugal. And we are playing at the Full Moon festival in Germany in August. We are now based in Pushkar where we are in the process of opening an electronic music school. We are pulsing at the pulse of the universe. Swaraaj includes artists such as Tatva-Kundalini (India) Aguaflames (Russia) Key FX (Lebanon) Surbahar (Bulgaria) Ambrish (Germany) Agraman (Israel) Electronic Fakir (India) and Taamara (India) Home | Lifestyle PREVIUS PAGE 1 | 2 33 Latest in Lifestyle: Better sales next year Between the covers: Top 10 Commit to first class Fresh from Indian gardens kitchen exotica Recession terror put beauty on the back-burner.
Noe Valley Music Series: Manring Castro and Carbonne
Jazz-Quad – Jan 26, 2008
All three are accomplished composers arrangers as well as innovative bassists – moving the use of the instrument far beyond it’s usual role as an ensemble rhythm addition. His long-term collaboration and close friendship with the late acoustic guitar genius Michael Hedges led to a lengthy stint as house bassist for Windham Hill Records; a label for whom he also worked as a solo artist releasing four recordings under his own name: Unusual Weather (1986) Toward the Center of the Night (1989) Drastic Measures (1991) and Thonk (1994). These along with his 1998 release The Book of Flame on the Alchemy record label earned him an international reputation as “a master of the fretless bass without rival. ” (Guitar Club Magazine Italy). He has garnered two gold records Grammy and Bammie nominations a Berklee School of Music Distinguished Alumni Award two Just Plain Folks Awards and numerous Bass Player Magazine Reader’s Poll awards including 1994 Bassist of the Year.
Planet Bollywood – Music Review – Race
Planet Bollywood.com – Jan 26, 2008
However if you look closely at his music for those movies with a bigger profile it was actually a let down from a purely musical stance e. ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa’ ‘Darling’ ‘Naqaab’ alas that did not curtail his popularity nor sales!As a result the producers and directors (Abbas-Mustan) of ‘Naqaab’ continue to show faith in the talented music director for their latest thriller; Race which consists of a stellar cast including Saif Ali Khan Akshaye Khanna Anil Kapoor Bipasha Basu Katrina Kaif and Sameera Reddy. So can Pritam produce an early gem for 2008? r will it be commercialism and hype that sells the music?ut of the blocks we get the first of many dance tracks the ultra loud and in-your-face ‘Race Saanson Ki’ which has been aired on promos for the movie. n the surface it sounds like a wicked all out entertainer with addictive electronic guitar strings and heavy snyth beats but peel beneath the surface and you will wonder what all the fuss is about… ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa’ ‘Darling’ ‘Naqaab’ alas that did not curtail his popularity nor sales!As a result the producers and directors (Abbas-Mustan) of ‘Naqaab’ continue to show faith in the talented music director for their latest thriller; Race which consists of a stellar cast including Saif Ali Khan Akshaye Khanna Anil Kapoor Bipasha Basu Katrina Kaif and Sameera Reddy. So can Pritam produce an early gem for 2008? r will it be commercialism and hype that sells the music?ut of the blocks we get the first of many dance tracks the ultra loud and in-your-face ‘Race Saanson Ki’ which has been aired on promos for the movie. n the surface it sounds like a wicked all out entertainer with addictive electronic guitar strings and heavy snyth beats but peel beneath the surface and you will wonder what all the fuss is about. The composition is not a departure from Pritam’s repertoire of rock music and isn’t half as inspiring as it is intended to be. It also sounds heavily borrowed from tracks gone by e.
Q&A: Floyds Knobs coffee shop home to music-making duo
New Albany Tribune – Jan 26, 2008
com n a cold winter evening if you stop by Hobknobb Caf?n Floyds Knobs you may hear some unique music as you sip your coffee. We sat down to talk with McCoskey about his musical projects for The Evening News and The Tribune’s weekly Q&A series and how he learned to make such one-of-a-kind recordings. His friend and collaborator Josh Tinius 19 of Greenville joined in. QUESTIN: So how many albums have you recorded?MCCSKEY: “h let’s see … there’s “‘Fever Wings I’” —TINIUS: “‘The Sky is Def’” “‘Fever Wings II’ —”MCCSKEY: “‘The Sky is Dead’ ‘The Unholy Trinity’” — that’s a two-disc set. “‘Frog Jar’” was a solo project… ”TINIUS: “So underground no one knows us. But we have talked to Underground Sounds [an independent music store in Louisville] about putting some of our music out. ”MCCSKEY: “Mostly I just sell people CDs one-on-one. I’ve done some work doctoring other people’s music as an engineer and producer so people know about me that way too. ”Q: How would you describe your music? What genre?MCCSKEY: “Well our keyboardist is in a jazz group. ”Q: So is it jazz?TINIUS: “We’re probably covered every genre so far but I’d call it ‘experimental.
P2P Threats Call In The Copyright Cops
InformationWeek – Jan 26, 2008
The RIAA recommends three vendors for network monitoring and traffic screening: Audible Magic Enterasys and Red Lambda. All offer software to manage P2P traffic in the enterprise but each takes a slightly different approach to reducing file-sharing traffic… Heck even basic virtual LAN ACLs may minimize illicit internal file sharing without impacting access to legitimate resources. There are legitimate uses for peer-to-peer traffic and distribution of media files. To paraphrase P2P apps don’t pirate music people pirate music using P2P apps. Still IT pros should apply reasonable effort to lock nonbusiness P2P file-sharing applications off the network–better safe than sued. Continue to the sidebar:.
The Classical Music Network
ConcertoNet – Jan 26, 2008
A BallGiacomo Puccini: ” mio babbino caro” from Gianni SchicchiGaetano Donizetti: “Nel dolce incanto” from L’elisir d’amoreSergei Rachmaninov: excerpt from Rhapsody on a Theme of PaganiniBilly Joel: Waltz No. 2 – Steinway HallWink Goldman Stanton Heinemann Pai: Etude for PVC Pipes and rchestraBilly Joel: SongsDisella Larusdottir (soprano) Conrad Tao (piano) Blue Man Group Billy JoelPhiladelphia rchestra Christoph Eschenbach (conductor) Philadelphia’s rich and famous assemble at the Academy of Music every January for a gala concert celebrating the venerable house’s anniversary. The concerts have raised millions of dollars to renovate and maintain the oldest and most elegant opera house in the United States. For decades the concerts have featured the Philadelphia rchestra and famous musical artists. Fifty years ago Maria Callas joined Eugene rmandy and the orchestra. Renata Tebaldi and Van Cliburn performed on the same bill… The program for the 151st Anniversary Concert on January 26 proved even more of a mismatch. The headliner was Billy Joel in his debut with a major orchestra. Also on the bill was Blue Man Group a trio of musicians in blue face and black dress who use foam-rubber paddles to pound on an electronic percussion instrument. Blue Man Group’s performances usually include a “poncho section” in the front rows where audience members are provided with plastic ponchos to protect them from the food paint and other substances thrown or sprayed from the stage. Nothing as exciting as that happened during the noisy but tedious piece the group performed with the Philadelphia rchestra. At the end of the evening Billy Joel took the stage to sing a collection of his hits from the 1970s and 1980s. His voice is now an amplified shadow of itself hollow short on top and often shy of the pitch.