Glitch
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It is not an overstatement to say that South London’s William Emmanuel Bevan is more than simply an influential artist. He is one of a small number of music makers who have defined this decade. Two LPs – his 2006 self-titled debut and Untrue a year later – along with a string of EPs have…
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The notes that accompany Laurian Bardoș’ extraordinary new release Current report that the work is influenced by psychology. “From this perspective the evolution of his music has been greatly influenced by the study of perception and the Gestalt theory, which connects the spatial (geometric) form with the temporal form (sound).” Gestaltism comes from the Berlin…
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Music isn’t a language. It’s multiple languages. And like the world’s native tongues, some relate to one another. House and techno are both electronic in the same way that Italian and Spanish are both Latin-based. In this respect, multimedia artist and experimental composer Joshua Curry in San Jose, California can lay claim to a unique…
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It’s not polite to draw a distinction between musicians and artists. Most, if not all, musicians consider themselves as such. The unfortunate truth is that genuine artistry is no more common in modern music than it is in 21st century arts reporting. Take Cairo, Egypt’s Omar El Abd (omrr) as an example. The 34-year-old self-taught…
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Cue the dream sequence. Russian multimedia glitch artist Waveplay has produced what may be the most defiantly creative album of his 10-disc catalogue. On Hold offers 15 quick hits of heavily processed electronics. It is deeply weird and no less wonderful. If there is a recording on this album that plays at its natural speed, it…
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