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BLOOD PUMPING

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Vancouver-based Blood Diamonds‘ ‘Heart’ showers sultry electronic reprieve for these icier Sunday.  Take some time just to listen to that flute.

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METALLIC BEATCRAFT MEETS R’N'B

Thursday, October 17, 2013

A week ago Kelela released her first mixtape CUT 4 ME, which is being widely talked about since then. It’s been produced by the artists from the label Fade to Mind / Night Slugs, namely Kingdom, Nguzunguzu, Girl Unit, et al. Whilst you can definitely hear the influences of contemporary metallic beatcraft tunes, the volcas [...]

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BEETHOVISION

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

While the craft of classical music courts notoriety for its mathematical complexity, its interpreters often express themselves in literary rambunctiousness and visual cues, relishing in matching timbres with colors, flourishing upon movements hippos and dancing flora a la Fantasia.  Floating above the soup of sentiments, Jorinde Voigt charts soundscapes according to an invented emotional notation, you [...]

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ENOISMS #03: MICROSOFT

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

It’s one of the interesting details about Brian Eno that even though he works mostly in the shadows, most people will be much more familiar with his work than they realise – having an album by U2 or Coldplay on their iPod, or almost by default if they used a PC in the 90s, since [...]

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COMING APART

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

‘Well, we just kind of listen to each other. Sometimes I really like to stop playing and just listen to Bill. I enjoy his playing because he’s so good. It is always so amazing when I actually realize what he is doing. Some of the things partly form songs, but most of what we do [...]

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THE SHOWCASE OF THE FEMALE

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Sunday read in The Wire. The article looks at the appearance of female DJs at festivals. The statics proved that there is a massive imbalance. The reaction is a festival dedicated to female DJs. Perspectives is going to take place in Berlin, with workshops, talks, club nights with DJs and live performances. You can find the [...]

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CINE-NOISE: A conversation with Ricardo Da Silva

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Ricardo da Silva is a founding member of the film collective CINE-NOISE which he describes as “a variable geometry project involving sound artists and experimental film performers.” Through their work and actualizations the group tries “to bring noise music aesthetics into cinema and cinematics into noise music.” Having initially worked in an independent movie theatre [...]

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TEHERAN OUTLAWS

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Iranian indie rockers Langtunes from Teheran who are banned from playing in their home country made it out with the help of the Culture Department and are playing 20 gigs around Europe. On Friday August 2nd they’ll be at Amiga Club in Berlin.
02.08.2013 @ Amiga Club
Costs 5 Euro
Mengerzeile 1-3
12435 Berlin (Alt-Treptow near Görlitzer Park)

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BERLIN ATONAL 2013

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

I must begin by admitting total ignorance of a festival that last took place when I was two years old. That being said, the impressive six day programme for the first Berlin Atonal since 1990 is rapidly challenging the allure of the nearest lake/swimming pool/cool shower in this gorgeous summer heat.
Boasting a challenging array of [...]

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SLOW SUMMITS

Monday, May 27, 2013

Today’s a nice day for everyone waiting for the release of Slow Summits, the latest record by Glasgow residents The Pastels. Even though it was a long time in the coming (first full-length album in 16 years!), it was worth waiting, especially for tracks like ‘Summer Rain’ and ‘Check My Heart’. A triumphant return!

The Pastels [...]

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