Posts In Category Music
My long, slow conversion to pop
on October 9, 2009 by admin in Music, Opinion, Comments (0)
What’s the point in pop? Well, quite a lot, actually. There’s more to music than being able to sneer at other people’s lack of knowledge or taste. This is the story of one man’s music journey from black and white to colour…
Faster Than Sound Festival
on July 11, 2008 by Jimmy in Music, Review, Comments (0)
Jimmy Tidey reviews the Faster Than Sound Festival. Where else can you see a miniature mechanical orchestra perform in the darkened recesses of the nation’s cold war infrastructure?
Tim Exile and Scroobius Pip
on May 14, 2008 by admin in Interview, Music, Comments (0)
Music Blowout: We report on Tim Exile’s latest tracks and interview hirsute rapper Scroobius Pip
The Rise of Online Radio
on April 5, 2008 by Jimmy in Music, Comments (0)
The rise of online radio: feature and interviews with key players in the scene, including Matt Cheetham of Samurai FM and DJ Whistla of SUBFM.
The Futurists
on March 16, 2008 by admin in Music, Comments (1)
The Futurists contrast rather starkly with the mood of toady, they were optimists about the newly developing technologies of the time and seemed to love the inhuman speed and violence of the modern world. You might call their judgement into doubt because of their unfortunate political tendencies, but they do represent a possibly unappreciated contribution to the beginning of the last century.
IDM
on February 17, 2008 by admin in Music, Comments (1)
Can intelligent dance music exist? Oly Wood discusses the genre’s canny ability to absorb the shock of change and where it might be headed next.
The Downloaders Divided: A Generation Lost in Digital Space
on January 20, 2008 by admin in Music, Opinion, Comments (5)
Simon Clancy talks about the gulf that’s opened between artist and audience in the era of the iPod, an era where the “whole package” of the album and is dead forever.
Downloading and The Big 4: Majors Screw Up
on January 19, 2008 by admin in Music, Opinion, Comments (4)
With Robbie Williams on strike and US CD sales down 19% in 2007 what’s going to happen to the ‘big four’ record labels? Should music lovers begin to worry? Probably not…
The Panacea: '5 tunes you should have heard but probably haven't'
on January 6, 2008 by admin in Interview, Music, Comments (1)
The Panacea, aka Mathew Mootz, styles himself ‘the digital version of Napalm Death’. It’s an apt description for his own brand of mashed up Drum and Bass, which he releases through his record label, Position Chrome. You may be surprised to discover he used to be a choir boy, or perhaps that helps to explain his music…
VJing – Projections and Reflections
on January 5, 2008 by admin in Music, Video, Comments (4)
In our unceasing quest to root out different cultures and scenes we use a specially trained bloodhound. As a puppy he was taught to make positive associations with exemplars of art and culture; pedigree chum served from a fauvist inspired bowl, squeaky toys in the shapes of Brancusi’s most influential sculptures. He now roams the collective consciousness searching for all that is new, exciting or evolving. This week, he’s discovered VJing.