From DAW Virtual synths to Moog, Korg, Roland and Yamaha hardware synthesizers, these are interesting times to be making electronic music.
With a popular approach to jazz that exploits electronics as well as the unique emotional and percussive nature of the acoustic piano, French composer and performer Édouard Ferlet creates mesmerizing sounds. We discuss his new album ‘PianoïD²’.
On ‘Privacy Policy,’ her just released 14 track set by Latex Cop, New Orleans-based artist Sara Storm reveals the inspiration she finds in studies of criminal justice.
In a new animated video created by filmmaker Tawd B. Dorenfeld, Los Angeles based singer/songwriter Harry Cloud flexes his awe-inspiring gift for strange sounds with “A Thin Layer Of Slugs.”
The just released Box Of Darkness is a lovely 8-track set released on Optik Muzak. Inspired initially by another U.S.-based electronic musician, Philip Glass, Glass Machine’s songs build on the mysterious, sometimes magical interaction between human, instrument and machine.
I was eager to chat with Levi Oak-Reid myself and get the straight dope. Law Abidin Citiz3n’s ‘SCUM (Self-Centered Urban Male)’ was recorded on Oak-Reid’s 2015 Apple computer with vocals recorded at Old Street Studios, which previously hosted Placebo and Killing Joke.
It’s no surprise then, that BlakLight’s gift to their fans this Christmas is somewhat gloomy. I got the chance to ask synthesist Adam Collier about the release, BlakChristmas, and its two tunes, “Mercy, Lies, Poison, Stain” and “You Will Never Be Alone.”
With his band The Tomicks, singer/songwriter and entrepreneur Tom Cridland just released the outstanding ten track set, Tomicks IV. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. As a podcaster, Cridland recently interviewed music industry legends Clive Davis and Davey Johnstone ( guitarist of the Elton John Band) and is set to embark on a 130-plus show tour of the U.S. with his Elton John Tribute, The Rocket Man Experience.