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Caterina Barbieri is launching her own label, light-years, and its first release is a collaborative track with Lyra Pramuk, titled ‘Knot Of Spirit’. Out now, the 10-minute track sees Barbieri pair her distinctive arpeggiated synths with Pramuk’s vocals. Offering more detail on her new label, Barbieri says: “After a period […]

Caterina Barbieri out with new material together with Lyra Pramuk

28 Jul, 2021 in Music tagged Caterina Barbieri / Lyra Pramuk by admin

We are not blessed with all that much interesting Japanese experimental electronic music, but occasinally they do show up. Some time ago we reported on Kyoka but today we will listen in on singer and improviser Phew who is out with new material. Phew, a Japanese singer and analogue electronics […]

Electronics artist Phew continues her experimental journey

19 Jul, 2021 in Art / Experimental / Music tagged Electronic music / Experimental / Holger Czukay / Jaki Liebezeit / Phew / Ryuichi Sakamoto by admin

If you are an EDM fan in general or a SHM in particular these news should be welcome. Mysterious billboards began popping up all over the globe this week teasing new music from the Swedish EDM trio, Swedish House Mafia. Posters emerged in New York, Stockholm, and Mexico City, among other places, featuring three […]

Is this the return of the Swedish House Mafia?

14 Jul, 2021 in DJ / Music tagged EDM / SHM / Swedish House Mafia by admin

Heading for the weekend with some nice tracks that will spark your day. Kicking off with ROMsets and a new low tech / minimal / techno / underground vibes. tune Then, moving on to Klaudia Gawlas´latest release. But it doesn’t end there we’re also listening in on a track from […]

ROMsets, Juan Atkins and more vibes for the weekend

2 Jul, 2021 in Music / Techno tagged Josh Wink / Juan Atkins / Klaudia Gawlas / Little Dragon / Machine Woman / Ryan Lee West / Sophia Saze by admin

For many creating visuals for your compositions can be a cumbersome process, but more and more tools are appearing that simplifies this process. VS’ multi-layered shader system allows you to create complex compositions by blending dynamic graphical elements using powerful controls. Portuguese developer Imaginando goes full on with the one-to-one […]

VS – Visual Synthesizer – Create visuals that react to ...

25 Jun, 2021 in Uncategorized tagged Imaginando / VS - Visual synthesizer by admin

One may discuss how far from noise the standard repertoire of The Cure is or not is, but it is clear that after 10 years in preparations we are now up for not one but two release from this iconic band, fronted by Robert Smith. Robert Smith has further alluded to […]

The Cure’s Robert Smith goes noise

8 Jun, 2021 in Music tagged CHVRCHES / Deftones / Gorillaz / The Cure by admin

A big energy company has for whatever reason decided to sponsor a live streaming session with the undisputed queen of underground techno – Ellen Allien. The event kicks of at 8PM CET tonight (May 27th) and will be broadcasted live from Kraftwerk in Berlin. Ellen has during the pandemic been […]

You don’t want to miss this! Ellen Allien tonight at ...

27 May, 2021 in Concerts / Techno tagged Ellen Allien by admin

Every now then new compilations appear that makes you wanna grab all the money you have left on the account to acquire something neat and this release surely aint an exception. No Photos On The Dancefloor by Various Artists ‘No Photos on the Dance Floor! Berlin Techno 1992–Today’, compiled by […]

Berlin Techno – No Photos On The Dance Floor! 1992–Today

20 May, 2021 in Music / Techno tagged Berlin / Compilation / Techno by admin

There’s a plethora of music documentaries out there, but sometime they all appear at once or at least it may feel that way. This week we’ve lined up four recent additions for you, ranging from rave to Brian Eno. How Synth-Pop Became Synth-Pop Brian Eno & Stewart Brand on Film, […]

Music documentary time – Rave, Synth pop, New Romantics…

7 May, 2021 in Interviews / Movie / Music / Techno tagged Brian Eno / New Romantic / Rave / Synth pop by admin

Known to most as Plastikman, the techno virtuoso Richie Hawtin has now teamed up with Endel to venture into the world of artificial intelligence. Their quest centers around soundscapes. Their new collaboration has been dubbed ‘Deeper Focus’. Backed by neuroscience, the partnership is part of a larger cultural shift of artists working […]

Richie Hawtin goes AI with ‘Deeper focus’

29 Apr, 2021 in Art / Experimental / Music / Techno tagged Endel / Plastikman / Richie Hawtin by admin

Especially so if the origin is coming from a cult classic like Telex. The Belgian trio has mesmerized us for decades with their utterly beautiful synth tracks powered by modular machines. Telex came up on our radar back in the 80’s and after a number of successful albums and a […]

You can never have enough blip blop

22 Apr, 2021 in Music / Synthesizers tagged Belgium / Electronic music / Modular synthesizers / Synth music / Telex by admin

Are you getting enticed by the dark and the beautiful? Music that is both bombastic and ambient? Well then there’s a good chance you will enjoy the generative arts produced by 404.zero. Kristina and Aleksandr create modern generative art and innovative tools that raise the bar on the synergistic possibilities […]

At the core of generative arts with 404.zero

15 Apr, 2021 in Art / Experimental / Music / Synthesizers tagged 404.zero / Experimental / Generative music by admin

As the European music scene is slowly coming back to life post the pandemic many clubs are still experimenting on how to keep the beats going. How about attending a rave event with only 4 people on the dance floor? Well this is what is happening in Sweden. The go-to […]

Minimal rave – the scene revisited at Inkonst

9 Apr, 2021 in Art / Concerts / DJ / Experimental / Music / Techno tagged DJ / Inkonst / INTONAL / Rave / Techno by admin

Although Moby has been fairly active, releasing stuff every now and then, not much has centered around him for the past decade or so. We guess the main story surfaced when Moby announced that he was going to sell off his massive drum machine collection (200-300 pcs or so). However, […]

Moby & Deutsche Grammophon – Who saw that one coming?

1 Apr, 2021 in Music / Music Production tagged Classical music / Deutsche Grammophon / Moby by admin

As Europe hopefully is about to open up many of us are eager to get going with life. And the new exhibition at The Strand will be something to really look forward to. The innovative Japanese artist Ryoji Ikeda is bringing London a brand new installation, and it’s going to […]

The Strand will host an ultra-immersive Ryoji Ikeda exhibition

25 Mar, 2021 in Art / Experimental / Video tagged Art / Exhibition / Experimental / Ryoji Ikeda / The Strand by admin

Few magazines have had such a fundamental impact in the electronic music scene. For many EB has become the go-to source for the latest in electronic music, arts and the underground arena. Now the crew at EB has decided to celebrate this with a massive 300 page coffee book that […]

Time to celebrate – Electronic Beats turns 20!

19 Mar, 2021 in Music / Techno tagged Electronic Beats by admin

Khyam Allami’s »Apotome« was unveiled during CTM 2021. This web-based software environment was developed in collaboration with creative studio Counterpoint. Apotome was created as a tool to help counter the cultural asymmetry embedded in modern music-making tools, which share a bias inherited from Western music theory and culture. With this […]

Generative arts on line with Apotome x CTM 2021

10 Mar, 2021 in Art / Concerts / Experimental / Music / Video tagged Apotome / CTM by admin

The waiting is over – announced already back in November 2020 Live 11 is finally here. Perhaps a small gift for those who also saw this week’s top headliner that Daft Punk has called it quits after 28 years. So, what is new in Live 11? In short: Flexible comping […]

Time for Ableton Live 11

24 Feb, 2021 in Music Production tagged Ableton / Ableton Live / DAW / Live 11 by admin

The Behringer Neutron has been out for a couple of years, but we believe it deserves a bit of extra attention. Within the space of modular synthesizers the Neutron is probably the closest you can get to a full fledged Eurorack without paying way beyond your budget. The Neutron encompasses […]

Behringer Neutron explored

17 Feb, 2021 in Experimental / Music / Music Production / Synthesizers / Techno tagged Behringer / Modular synthesizers / Neutron / Techno / TEGEL by admin

Cherry Audio has introduced Polymode Synthesizer, a new software synth, inspired by the Moog Polymoog synthesizer. What we like in particular is that Polymode is unique in that it’s not just a straight off remake but a reimagining of sorts – made to sound like the Moog but with contemporary features and better navigation. […]

Polymoog becomes Polymode in CA’s incarnation

3 Feb, 2021 in Music Production / Synthesizers tagged Cherry Audio / Moog / Soft synth / Synthesizer by admin

It do happens every now and then, but who can have enough of this ground breaking act. So for those who still hope for a new world tour, this can at least beef up the expectations. A tip – do act quick to watch it as these videos tend to […]

An unseen live video of DaftPunk has emerged online

26 Jan, 2021 in Concerts / DJ / Music / Techno / Video tagged Daft Punk by admin

Good things always come in pairs, but KORG is treating us with three in time for NAMM. KORG has announced some new synthesizers at NAMM’s Believe in Music week, delivering modern nods to past innovations with first looks at the ARP 2600 M, miniKORG 700FS and modwave. ARP 2600 M […]

New machines from KORG, incl. the ARP 2600

20 Jan, 2021 in Music Production / Synthesizers tagged KORG by admin

Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore has for a long time explored alternative routes in parallell with his engagement in DM. His endeavors often find him exploring more techno and experimental electro orientated styles and his latest release is no exception. ‘Howler’ is a crunching electronic cut with a haunting melody and […]

Martin Gore & Anfisa Letyago share new electronic beats and ...

13 Jan, 2021 in Music / Synthesizers / Techno / Uncategorized tagged Anfisa Letyago / Depeche Mode / Martin Gore / N:S:DA / Techno by admin

The KLF have released some of their music on streaming services for the first time in many regions. They have uploaded an eight-track greatest hits album Solid State Logik 1 that includes tracks like “3AM Eternal,” “Last Train to Trancentral” and “What Time is Love?” The music is also being uploaded to YouTube. There […]

Finally KLF is live on streaming

5 Jan, 2021 in Music tagged KLF by admin