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- Coachella: A chronological convergence in the desert
- Music Spotlight: Depeche Mode ‘Sounds f The Universe’
- Coachella ’09 Shows ff Its Eclectic Roots With My Bloody …
- Results tagged ‘delia derbyshire’ from Coventry Telegraph – The …
- Interview: I Am Robot Makes Game
- What pop music tells us about JG Ballard
Coachella: A chronological convergence in the desert
Los Angeles Times
The grousing began inearnest with Madonna's appearance three years ago: She's toocommercial. Last year's inclusion of headliners.
Music Spotlight: Depeche Mode ‘Sounds f The Universe’
Starpulse.com
The band’s sound and fragile tension are in itself the beauty of their thirty year legacy as a long-standing electronic music act. With this in mind Sounds of the Universe embraces the band’s analog vintage past and culminates here in full circle in what can be best described as “yesterday’s future. ” From beginning to end the band’s new release incorporates a variety of exciting new and old electronic sounds analog synths blues based rhythms moody atmospherics and challenging music topped off with a few new vocal treatments. Produced by Ben Hillier the latest release lyrically covers classic emotive Mode themes from lust love spirituality inner-conflict to hope with an underlying sense of dark Depeche Modian humor.
Coachella ’09 Shows ff Its Eclectic Roots With My Bloody …
Rolling Stone
Hip-hop revolutionaries Public Enemy mixed DJs and live musicians into a powerful new sound. The election of the first African-American president has not softened their approach though vocalist Flava Flav brought out his toddler son Karma to meet the crowd before diving back into such late-80s classics of agitation as “She Watch Channel Zero!?” and “Rebel Without a Pause. ”Earlier Peter Bjorn and John performed pop hooks rooted in ’80s modern rock while Antony and the Johnsons combined live strings and electronic keyboard for haunting and festive operatic pop with vocals equal parts Nina Simone and Jeff Buckley. DJ Roni Size and his band collided new breakbeats and modern meaningful soul. There was first-wave L. punk from X and Paul Weller’s afternoon set included an appearance by Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr just days after his former bandmate Morrissey’s set.
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Results tagged ‘delia derbyshire’ from Coventry Telegraph – The …
Coventry Telegraph
The audio-visual festival A Thing About Machines (ATAM) features several events at venues across Coventry. The aim is to pay tribute to the electronic music pioneer whose amazing ‘soundscapes’ have inspired many modern techno bands such as Sonic Boom Aphex Twin and the Chemical Brothers. Events and activities include live performances screenings of archive footage of Delia and exhibitions.
Interview: I Am Robot Makes Game
Gamasutra
]Toronto-based musician Shaw-Han Liem creates electronic music under the heading “I Am Robot and Proud. ” Following the release of his most recent album he performed in clubs in Tokyo Fukuoka Kyoto Nagoya and saka for his Uphill City tour. While away from the stage he was participating in the creation of his first game project a collaboration with.
What pop music tells us about JG Ballard
BBC News
Ah you don’t hear toe-tappers like that these days!Nigel Jackson ManchesterThe English Motorway System by Black Box Recorder is definitely Ballard-influenced. Alex LondonThat’s strange I was listening to Comsat Angels this morning looking forward to their reunion gig thinking of Ballard’s influence in their songs from the My Minds Eye album like They come from the sun and Red Planet the songs are full of a tense atmosphere. But one could go on for hours talking about all the musicians he’s influenced few other authors have left such an indelible mark on music especially on ‘darker’ music than he. Mark Allen Dublin IrelandI loved Ballard’s books so much I named my solo recording project ‘Ballard’. Sadly it nowhere near evokes his startling imagery and genius but it is pretty disposable and I guess disposable culture was a running theme throughout his work.