Kevin Press
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This week’s favourites: Plus one from the archives:
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Jazz-O-Tech’s This is Techno Jazz party is going again this weekend at Sage Beach in Berlin. The event is in support of the label’s new compilation, This is Techno Jazz Vol. 2. The event, which kicks off at 4 pm, will feature five sets: Tickets are at ra.co.
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Multi-instrumentalist Patrick Shiroishi says it was not always his intention to be a professional musician. This will surprise admirers overwhelmed by the quantity – and consistent high quality – of his output to date.
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Music industry veteran Richard Evans has penned a review of electronic pop’s heydey between 1979 and 1983. Depeche Mode, Yazoo and Erasure founder Vice Clarke has written its foreward. From publishers Omnibus Press: “This definitive account explores how krautrock, disco, glam rock and punk inspired a new generation to rip up the rulebook and venture…
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Composer Rutger Zuydervelt (a.k.a. Machinefabriek) and sound designer Hugo Dijkstal have won best documentary score in this year’s International Sound & Film Music Festival in Croatia. Their work for Berg, directed by Joke Olthaar tied for the top position with Love Martinsen’s work with Maria Loohufvud on Calendar Girls. “I’m amazed by how beautiful Hugo…
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Contemporary music from everywhere.
