Experimental

Don’t we all love to experiment with new sounds, well some are taking this quite seriously. As field recordings have become the new hype among electronic artists some prefer to create those unique sounds with test equipment. Like the German synthesist Hainbach for example who explores an early electronic music technique. But […]

Using Lab equipment to make electronic music

 in Experimental / Music Production  tagged ::vtol:: / Divina / Experimental / Hainbach / Soma / Telemetron / Zero-gravity by
We have done some cherry picking among the latest releases. Material that deserves a little more attention. First one out is an intriguing EP from Sweden. Peder Mannerfeld is at it again with a live recording from Berlin Atonal dubbed Roll the Dice. Live at Berlin Atonal 2017 collects four tracks recorded […]

Peder Mannerfelt’s Atonal performance on new EP, and a bunch ...

 in Music  tagged Atonal / Berlin / Einmusik / Electronic music / Experimental / Gabriel Ananda / Jeff Mills / Ljungblut / Nina Kraviz / Peder Mannenfelt / Prodigy / Techno by
Incorporating elements of video art, dance, and Lena Willikens’ eclectic sonic palette, the duo’s performance is described in a press release as “a socially-conducted, aesthetically-charged experience that whirrs, reels, and metamorphoses as a film playing in the deepest crevice of one’s mind.” Lena Williken has established herself in the forefront […]

Soundtrack – Lena Willikens and Sarah Szczesny to release their ...

 in Experimental / Music  tagged Atonal / Audiovisual art / Experimental / Lena Willikens / Phantom Kino Ballett / Sarah Szczesny by
Europe’s leading underground festival for experimental electronic music is gearing up. Berlin’s Atonal every year packs an impressive line up of musicians, artists that are pushing the boundaries in electronic music and more. https://berlin-atonal.com/wp-content/themes/berlinatonal/videos/video-1-desktop.mp4 In the second wave of artists for its 2018 edition, which takes place from August 22–26 […]

Berlin is yet again getting prepared for Atonal – Line ...

 in Concerts / DJ / Experimental / Music  tagged Atonal / Berlin / Electronic music / Experimental / Festival / Minimal Techno by
We’ve written before on both VR/Augmented reality and AI in music. But Fields takes it to the main streams of music lovers. It’s a new iOS app that allows you to create 3D spatial sound compositions using augmented reality. It also includes original installations by notable artists. So why not add […]

Augmented musicians rejoice – Explore the new Fields VR app

 in Experimental / Music / Music Production / Science  tagged Application / Augmented reality / Experimental / Fields / iOS / Planeta / Virtual Reality by
In the remote northern parts of Norway, in a city called Tromsö with merely 75000 inhabitants, one would hardly start the search for distinguished DJs. But this is actually the home base for Charlotte Bendiks, and to be correct she actually comes for an even smaller village outside of Tromsö. […]

Tromsø’s best music export – Intonal interview with Charlotte Bendiks

 in Interviews / Music  tagged Charlotte Bendiks / DJ / Experimental / House / Interview / INTONAL / Kåre / Maximo / Techno by
Intonal, Sweden’s foremost event in experimental and electronic music, took place in Malmö this past weekend. Stereoklang was on site to report on the acts and do some filming. We also had the great opportunity to interview the experimental rhythmic band GOAT from Japan – Read the Goat interview further […]

Intonal report: Experimental music festival – Feat interview with GOAT ...

 in Concerts / Experimental / Interviews / Music  tagged Alexis Langevin-Tétrault / Arpanet / Charlotte Bendiks / Deva / Electronic music / Experimental / Gerald Donald / Goat / Interview / INTONAL / Mokira / Nadine Byrne / Sarah Davachi by
We’ve reported on artificial intelligence in music before, as well as Google´s attempts in the field, and now we are seeing some concrete results. Google’s new A.I.-powered synthesizer, the NSynth Super is a device that can fuse the sounds of up to four different instruments—this can create a completely new sonic […]

Google’s new AI-powered synthesizer in action – NSynth Super

 in Experimental / Synthesizers  tagged Artificial Intelligence / Experimental / Google / Synthesizer by
The sound of metal and the ambient sound of liquid metals represent the latest venture that Sinjin Hawke and Zora Jones has introduced on their Fractal fantasy platform. The Barcelona pair Zora Jones and Sinjin Hawke have used Fractal Fantasy to release a series of supercharged, audio-visual club constructions, including Hawke’s collaborations with L-Vis 1990, MikeQ […]

The sound of liquid metals – New synth on the ...

 in Experimental / Music Production / Synthesizers  tagged Experimental by
Electronic artist, arranger and composer Hannah Peel’s work combines the tremendously deep, rich power of traditional brass with the uplifting arpeggiated patterns and unearthly sound textures of analogue synthesizers. Through an intergalactic journey from Earth to the star constellation of Cassiopeia, Peel explores one person’s journey through space, time and […]

Miss Peel on an intergalactic journey

 in Music  tagged Ambient / Experimental / Hannah Peel by
The underground electronic music scene have many faces and the choice of software, hardware, vocals and tools vary a lot. One person who have almost made this into her life quest is KYOKA. Her exploration of not only unconventional sounds and rhythms is quite unique. Her utilization of vocals, which often […]

Kyoka interview – Improvisation provide me with the unexpected – ...

 in Interviews  tagged Ambient / Experimental / Field recording / Interview / Kyoka / Minimal Techno / Noise by
To begin with audiovisual art is the exploration of kinetic abstract art and music or sound set in relation to each other. The exploration in audiovisual arts is not new, already back in the 1970’s guys like Walter Giers made a name of himself producing intriguing audiovisual installations often with […]

The elusiveness of Audiovisual Arts

 in Experimental / Science  tagged Amon Tobin / Audiovisual art / Evgeniy Vashchenko / Experimental / Joanie Lemercier / Lustmord / Mariska de Groot / Mark IJzerman / Noemi Schipfer / Raven Kwok / Takami Nakamotoo by
Katja Lindeberg aka HAJ300, co-founder of the Swedish female electronic music collective Drömfakulteten, has started off the new year with a fresh release dubbed ‘Swedish Tribal’, available through Bandcamp or if you are a retro-nerd – on cassette. So make sure to dig out that old tape recorder from the […]

New and exciting tribal rhythms from Drömfakulteten’s HAJ300

 in Music / Reviews  tagged Drömfakulteten / Electronic music / Experimental / HAJ300 / Tribal by
Robert Henke aka Monolake is an underground music profile who most likely needs no introduction. His work merges two separate, sometimes even conflicting concepts – technology and emotion. Being a renowned musician, sound engineer and software architect introducing cutting-edge concepts, he is also the man behind the Monolake project, which […]

Interview: Robert Henke (Monolake) and the art of symbolism

 in Interviews / Music  tagged Experimental / Interview / Minimal Techno / Monolake / Robert Henke / Techno by
In the borderlands of noise, ambient, experimental, industrial, minimal and techno we have iDEAL the Swedish label that has long been in the forefront of an alternative music scene. Started by Joachim Nordwall it has now grown to a force, promoting artists that are pushing the envelope in contemporary music. iDEAL […]

Breaking boundaries – iDEAL-fest report feat Puce Mary, Ectoplasm Girls, ...

 in Concerts / Music  tagged Ambient / Concert / Ectoplasm Girls / Experimental / Industrial / John Duncan / Noise / Puce Mary / Review / Saturn and the Sun by
DJ, Techno producer, composer, experimentalist, avant-gard artist – the labels we can put on Austria’s finest techno export, Electric Indigo, are many and they all blend well with the impressive back catalog of this forward looking artist. With her roots working in Berlin’s finest record store Hardwax to today’s techno […]

Interview: Electric Indigo keeps on pushing the boundaries in the ...

 in Interviews  tagged Electric Indigo / Experimental / Interview / Minimal Techno / Susanne Kirchmayr / Techno by
When discussing the use of electronic instruments in Jazz music you often end up talking about hammonds and electric guitars, but that’s a very narrow definition ruling out most of the evolution made in Jazz music over the past decades. NuJazz is such a sub genre within Jazz that really […]

Nu Jazz – Impressive contribution to electronic music

 in Experimental / Music  tagged Electronic music / Experimental / Flying Lotus / Jaga Jazzist / Jazz / Miles Davis / Nu Jazz / St Germain by