Kranky Records have announced details of the new album from acclaimed Canadian musician/sound artist/designer Christopher Bissonnette, set for release on November 6th. ‘Pitch, Paper & Foil’ continues the lush, densely textured analogue synthesizer explorations of previous album ‘Essays In Idleness’. Bissonnette says “This new series of works reflects an evolution
Planet Mu has always been a label unafraid to push the boundaries. Over its twenty year life span, the label can count releases from some of electronic music’s most forward thinking artists amongst its stellar discography. To celebrate reaching this momentous milestone, the good people at Planet Mu have decided
Music streaming has reached a record high in 2015. 14.8 billion tracks were streamed in 2014, with 11.5 billion happening between January and June of 2015 already, reports the British Phonographic Industry. Geoff Taylor, the BPI’s Chief Executive, said: “The launch of Apple Music will give further impetus to the
Ezra Furman, Polar Bear, This Is The Kit, Meadow Lark, Scott Matthews, The Payroll Union, Eastern Seaboard Radio Station will now be joining GoGo Penguin, Diagrams, Hidden Orchestra and FURS to complete the Folk Forest stage line up at Sheffield’s Tramlines festival. Tramlines is one of the UK’s biggest inner-city
Convergence Festival has added new acts to their 2015 line-up. Inga Copeland, Dorian Concept, Gazelle Twin and Digits are the latest artists to join this year’s bill. Marshmallow Laser Feast, Scanner, Leafcutter John and Langham Research Centre have also been confirmed to take part in Convergence Sessions: a series of
Detroit veteran Carl Craig has announced that he plans to hit up selected cities with a new event concept, Detroit Love, and to release an album of the same name. Last month Amsterdam played host to a new club series called Detroit Love, pulling together the likes of Mike Banks,
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French software developers Arturia have just released iProphet, a recreation of the classic Sequential Circuits Prophet VS synth for the iPad. First produced in 1986, the original Prophet VS is recognised as one of the most influential pieces of hardware in the development of electronic music, and was featured in
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has released his first solo material since 2006’s The Eraser. In typically innovative style, Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes was released via a new version of BitTorrent, allowing fans to download a free bundle, which includes the single ‘A Brain in a Bottle’ and its accompanying video, or
According to the internet’s best site for quick information, Wikipedia, Rayon is ” a manufactured regenerated cellulose fiber. It is made from purified cellulose, primarily from wood pulp, which is chemically converted into a soluble compound,” which adds a strange synthetic quality to a track that otherwise feels so eloquent
Fabric nightclub has won its appeal against Islington Council. The Council voted in favour of introducing a range of restrictive and controlling conditions on the venue in 2014. These licensing conditions have been pending since last December and, if fully enforced, would have meant the venue introducing sniffer dogs on
