Discussions
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Richard Evans is author of Listening to the Music the Machines Make: Inventing Electronic Pop 1978—1983, a wonderfully detailed account of the impact that affordable synthesizer technology had on pop music some 40 years ago. Richard and I talked about what has been described as the definitive account of the period.
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Noémi Büchi is a clasically trained musician who makes fascinating sound art. Many of us heard her for the first time this year, with the release of her first EP for the OUS label called Hyle, and then later on in the year her debut LP Matter.
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Marco Alessi is the founder of Naviar Records, a fascinating label that has built a community of artists around a weekly music challenge. Participants are provided a haiku poem, and asked to interpret it in musical form.
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Surya Botofasina’s early days in music came growing up on an ashram run by the great Alice Coltrane. He produces beautifully peaceful music that bridges meditative ambient sounds with spiritual jazz. His latest is entitled Everyone’s Children. It’s out on Spiritmuse Records.
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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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Angel Marcloid makes music that is both timeless and entirely of our time. Drawing on inspirations that include jazz fusion, metal and much more, Fire-Toolz deserves your focused attention.
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