Maurice Jarre dies at 84; composer for ‘Lawrence of Arabia’
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- Maurice Jarre dies at 84; composer for ‘Lawrence of Arabia’
- Live: Ultra Music Festival in Miami
- Aversion News Wire:
- Music Review: Yeah Yeah Yeahs return with synths
Maurice Jarre dies at 84; composer for ‘Lawrence of Arabia’
Los Angeles Times
It’s not the technology is it? It’s about the music and the performance. “Burlingame said Jarre’s scores for the films for Lean and other directors “demonstrated his ability to work on a large canvas. ” But he said “he also was a pioneer in using electronic music in films which is now commonplace. He was using electronic instruments as far back as the 1950s. ” Jarre Burlingame said also was known for his astute use of ethnic instruments to evoke exotic locales — “whether it was Indian lutes in ‘The Man Who Would Be King’ or balalaikas in ‘Dr. Zhivago’ or Middle Eastern instruments in ‘Jesus of Nazareth. ‘ “The music Jarre told The Times in 1966 “must give the film an added dimension.
Live: Ultra Music Festival in Miami
Los Angeles Times
am of the Black Eyed Peas said in Miami on Saturday as the throb of the Ultra Music Festival vibrated the press tent around him. “In Europe Australia Brazil Los Angeles and New York electronic dance music really has this new inspirational energy. It reminds me of what hip-hop was in the 1980s. “The Peas chose Ultra the massive two-day flagship finale of the annual Winter Music Conference to play “Boom Boom Pow” their new beat-driven single being released digitally today. In terms of A-list talent in Miami they weren’t alone: Although DJs and dance-music mavens have been flocking to the WMC for decades now this year hip-hop was in the house.
Aversion News Wire:
Aversion
As Fever Ray The Knife’s Karin Dreijer Andersson steps away from the mounting legend surrounding her full-time practice to delve deeper and deeper into electronic music’s heart of darkness. In doing so she doesn’t merely craft an album with enough textures and mood to evoke the same unsettling plaintive feeling you get from a good Southern Gothic novella. She discovers a way to make electronic music sound world weary weighed down by tradition and old souls. Fever Ray lets electronic music creep stealthily into our cultural past going deeper than techno or rock’n'roll to find a long-lost primal connection with her music that’s so rare in the electronic world. If Fever Ray’s most obvious gift is her command of mood — loops drones and all manner of synthetic ticks and squeals swirl around underneath Andersson’s hood of gloom. Taking the minimalist percussive elements of The Creatures or Public Image Ltd. ’s The Flowers of Romance into a wholly electronic world Fever Ray is tribal drums for the information age.
Music Review: Yeah Yeah Yeahs return with synths
San Francisco Chronicle
It’s ’s quieter moments though that highlight her humanity and range. “Dragon Queen” has a great Talking Heads vibe with handclaps and staccato guitar complementing ’s New Wave croon and backing vocals from TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe. A far cry from ’s rock queen onslaught of shouts and groans on “Fever to Tell” but a side of the singer to explore. Sensitivity can be just as riot grrrl as fury. CHECK UT THIS TRACK: A piano melody backs up ’s pleas on “Runaway” which explodes into a burst of keyboard violins.
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