Here is my tribute to the great and legendary John Cage in the form of a Dubstep remix of his classic work: 4′ 33″ Genre: Dubstep Length:
It didn’t strike me until I was on my way home just how ungrateful a feat compiling the history of electronic music to a 90-minute lecture is. Wher
Felix Mendelssohn was a prolific composer of the Romantic period. He was a piano and violin virtuoso, a maestro and conductor. Fanny Mendelssohn was a
Click here to view the embedded video. San Francisco Community Music Center, July 20 – 23, 2011 The first sound of the festival’s Wednesday nigh
Andrew Ford’s “Illegal Harmonies” Andrew Ford. Photo: Jim Rolon “I’ve never had a grand plan. Never even had an ambition – I still
FACT Magazine has (rightly) been blowing John Cale's trumpet (perhaps that should be 'twanging his viola'): John Cale rarely leaves our thoughts, if t
FACT Magazine has (rightly) been blowing John Cale's trumpet (perhaps that should be 'twanging his viola'): John Cale rarely leaves our thoughts, if t
FACT Magazine has (rightly) been blowing John Cale's trumpet (perhaps that should be 'twanging his viola'): John Cale rarely leaves our thoughts, if t
FACT Magazine has (rightly) been blowing John Cale's trumpet (perhaps that should be 'twanging his viola'): John Cale rarely leaves our thoughts, if t
FACT Magazine has (rightly) been blowing John Cale's trumpet (perhaps that should be 'twanging his viola'): John Cale rarely leaves our thoughts, if t
FACT Magazine has (rightly) been blowing John Cale's trumpet (perhaps that should be 'twanging his viola'): John Cale rarely leaves our thoughts, if t
FACT Magazine has (rightly) been blowing John Cale's trumpet (perhaps that should be 'twanging his viola'): John Cale rarely leaves our thoughts, if t
FACT Magazine has (rightly) been blowing John Cale's trumpet (perhaps that should be 'twanging his viola'): John Cale rarely leaves our thoughts, if t
FACT Magazine has (rightly) been blowing John Cale's trumpet (perhaps that should be 'twanging his viola'): John Cale rarely leaves our thoughts, if t
Experimental avant-garde jazz. Four words guaranteed to send shivers down the spine of any self-proclaimed jazz-philistine. Lol Coxhill – or Lau
Enjoy The Silence Vol.2 (2011) Artist: VA Album: Enjoy The Silence Vol.2 Release: 2011 Genre: Ambient, Chill, Relax Format: MP3, VBR ~230 kbps Size: 1
Many instruments have their 99-cent toy counterpart: tiny play trumpets, cheap plastic recorders, pint-sized accordions, even mini drum-kits with cymb
Somewhat quietly, UK label Future Noise Music has been amassing a catalog of excellent reissues, and smart compilations that put the proper perspectiv
Morton Feldman. Photo credit: Barbara Monk Feldman. Anyone who thinks that straightened circumstances of a still sluggish economy have dampened the am
One of Chicago’s most notable chamber ensembles, Third Coast Percussion, joined forces on Tuesday evening with flutist Tim Munro (of eighth blackbi
From Alex Ross: The Rest is Noise: “According to the notes in this new Naxos release…the photograph was taken on June 28, 1925, two days
Album with 25 Tracks, out on Deutsche Grammophon. Released on Friday (03/18/2011) and available as MP3s.Francesco Tristano follows up his electronic
Interesting things happening at the South Bank 2011 and 2012, once you get past the "Festival of Britain" and Olympics hype that's infected everyone.
Henning Schmitz, langjähriger Kunde und Freund der Music Store Pro Audio Abteilung bietet in Kürze eine Reihe interessanter Workshops zum Thema Stud
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Steve Himmer's no
Any fan of Radiohead and their groundbreaking album, Kid A, must buy and absorb Marvin Lin’s detailed account of the band, the fans, the media a
April 23, 2001 By WILLIAM GRIMES Published in NY TIMES Max Mathews, often called the father of computer music, died on Thursday in San Francisco. He w
Nigel Slater?John Cage?I know whose food I'd rather eat. Minimalism has never been that appetising.... (
Death and Taxes previews the forthcoming Guided By Voices tribute album, Sing for Your Meat. The shortlist for the Orange Prize 2011 has been annou
VA - An Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music Compilation (2010) Genre: Noise Electric | Label: Sub Rosa Records | 10CD | MP3 192 kbps | 927 MB
I suoni se ne stanno nella musica per rendersi conto del silenzio che li separa. (Clicca sul titolo per continuare a leggere...) ... (
In every field of endeavor, there are people who are famous for being unknown. Perhaps unknown is the wrong word–more like known and admired m
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. As a satirist, Jo
Kinetic Tool – Spatulism Spatulism 1. Spatulism 13:17 Download Listen: Notes on Spatuli
Today we look at a particularly fun exhibition Object as Multiple: 1960-2000 at the Wirtz Gallery here in San Francisco. It presented examples of m
Music is as much of a time art as reading or looking at pictures because its subject, as John Ashbery once said about poetry, is always somehow about
I first heard about David Peace from Evelyn Toynton’s excellent career overview essay (subs req) in the June 2009 Harper&
Non mi piace essere forzato mentre sto ascoltando. Mi piace la musica che mi consente di ascoltare a modo mio. [[ This is a content summary only. Vis
(Houston, TX) On February 25th and 26th at 8pm and February 27th at 2:30 pm (the third date added due to popular demand), the Houston Chamber Choir an
John Zorn es de esos músicos que quizás cuando lo escuchas por primera vez te quedas bastante sorprendido por su singular forma de ejecutar su saxo
JACK Quartet presents two concerts in LA this coming Sunday and Monday. On 2/13, they’re giving an afternoon concert for the Da Camera Society
Song Books (Solos for Voice 3–92) is a collection of short works by John Cage, written and compiled by the composer in 1970.It contains pieces of fo
For some of my more regular visitors you might have noticed a distinct lack of my 'Weekly Roundup' posts on a Sunday. This wasn't really a deliberate
2010 was a vintage year for blasphemy and heresy. A post on Salvador Dali drew attention to his forgotten audiovisual opera-poem Être Dieu inspired b
mrG has left a new comment on your post "Classical music as synchronicitous soup":heh ... quantum entanglement isn't really needed, the Hameroff-Penr
A short film featuring Rahsaan Roland Kirk, John Cage and David Tudor among others. Directed by Dick Fontaine. ... (
Ah, this the Golden Age, my friends, when the mellifuous sound of Autotune is everywhere, bringing dulcet harmony and order to everything from the lat
Ekmeles rehearses Iddon On Tuesday 1/11, newish New York vocal ensemble Ekmeles presents a program of music by Martin Iddon, Alvin Lucier, and David L
Social media is hot, metaphysical media is not. Which means Facebook has replaced zazen in the search for enlightenment and silence is divorced from i
Our weekly recap of veteran artists on the current British music charts. Chart highlights: Let's jump right by the Album chart and move to the Single