Music: Infected Mushroom’s new album satisfies the appetites of …

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- Music: Infected Mushroom’s new album satisfies the appetites of …
- ksym’s House Nation returns to Limelight
- Nylon Summer Music Tour 2009
- Music Making Helps Psychologically Disturbed Children

Music: Infected Mushroom’s new album satisfies the appetites of …
In Utah This Week
Amit Duvdevani and Erez Eisen could be the next Anthony Bourdain and Andrew Zimmern with their own show on the Travel Channel. The electronic duo known as Infected Mushroom have found the perks of the job by exploring the culinary traditions of cities they visit on their 100-plus shows per year. Duvdevani who goes by Duvdev even jokes that they tell the promoters they have to eat at a certain restaurant “or no party. ” With a thick accent and a passion in his voice he talks about how the duo’s love of food inspired Infected Mushroom’s upcoming album “Legend of the Black Shawarma.

ksym’s House Nation returns to Limelight
San Antonio Current
It’s a wonder the cops didn’t show up sooner. A decade ago the state of Texas burned bright as a hot spot for the electronic music movement. n weekends from the mid ’90s to early aughts thousands of thrill seekers in their early teens to late 20s flocked to the huge outdoor and warehouse parties known as raves. Think Pinocchio’s Fantasy Island for the Y Generation: Kids dressed in glitter make-up oversized clothing (the mercifully deceased phat pants) and handmade fantasy costumes. “Just imagine if Woodstock happened every week” recalls Richard Trujillo aka DJ Rise who played many of the parties back in the day. “You’re basically giving free rein to kids without parental supervision to be exposed to loud psychedelic music with pulsating lights.

Nylon Summer Music Tour 2009
New York Daily News
It all started 12 years ago when Wolf first experimented with car boot sale keyboards and tape recorders and has resulted in one of the most startlingly original and innovative voices now emerging in English pop music. The roots of Wolf’s music embrace everything from PJ Harvey to Stockhausen and English folk music to the legendary jazz trumpet player and singer Chet Baker. All this started however with a precocious obsession in early electronic music. Indeed Wolf was barely into his teens when he built his first Theremin one of the earliest fully electronic musical instruments invented in 1919 by Léon Theremin. The new album ‘The Magic Position’ was finished at the end of June and will be released on the 26th February 2007. The album was written produced and arranged by Wolf and features guest performances by Marianne Faithfull and Edward Larrikin from Larrikin Love as well as contributions from among others members of the Symphony rchestra of Vienna.
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Music Making Helps Psychologically Disturbed Children
The Epoch Times
"This study is the first of its kind using music as a catalyst for non-verbal and verbal disclosure leading to improved quality of life for troubled at-risk youth" said Bittman in the NAMM Foundation’s press release. According to the NAMM Foundation 52 adolescents were tested in groups of six to twelve. Each group was tested for six weeks and a facilitator guided them in playing percussion instruments and an electronic keyboard while “focusing on issues such as self-esteem tolerance dealing with grief and loss anger management and conflict resolution. ” Participants were then asked to write about their change. For example they would be asked to finish the sentence beginning with "When I recall the person I was at the first drum session and I think of myself now I realize…" The following are two responses from the subjects: "That even though I have been through so much I am capable to do anything that I put my mind to. I know that I'm not a failure. I am smart pretty and nice with a lot of confidence.


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