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Sounds from the MIDI East
The MIDI East project not only takes advantage of the new ways in which music is distributed but also involves the use of an “old” technology (MIDI) to provide music makers with a novel, shared system...
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Between crisis and creative escapism
It was almost 17 years ago, when the rave explosion in the UK and elsewhere arrived in Athens. Right from the first moment, the new subculture has spread widely in the city. Many years in a row, «the...
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Tape jam session pt.1: 1944 to 1959
In 1932 the German-Austrian engineer Fritz Pfleumer invented the magnetic tape. Now it was possible to edit, cut, loop and mix and easier to change speed and pitch of recorded sounds – a breeding...
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Travelling concepts in Balkan Electronic Dance Music
Popular electronic dance music is to such an extent a powerful genre that it can use various ideas from completely different repertoires. New tendencies in EDM separate the travelling of popular, jazz,...
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Sonic Traces – im Störschall
Für die Januarsendung der Norient-Radioshow Sonic Traces hat Simon Grab ein 50-minütiges Feature über Schweizer Noise-Künstler zusammengestellt. In den Interviews und Soundbeispielen durchbrechen Dave...
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Creating “the Ultimate Retro-Future”: Music, Nostalgia and Futurity in Tron...
Two humanoid figures stand facing each other across a sparse geometric plane. Both are dressed in full body suits and helmets encrusted in lines of light—one man's orange, the other, blue. Each holds...
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From the countryside to the club
Shazalakazoo from Belgrade transform traditional serbian music into electronic dance music – and reach mainly audiences in western Europe. Today they perform in Zürich at Stall 6 Gessnerallee, as part...
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Syrphe: Noise Music in Africa & Asia
In September Audition Records released Syrphe: Noise Music in Africa & Asia. This promotional compilation gives us an insight into the stock of a database, which is collecting experimental and...
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Electro Sha’abi: Autotune-Rebels in Cairo
Mahragan is the digital version of Sha'abi, the popular party sound of Cairo's satellite suburbs. The lyrics talk about banalities of everyday life and revolution-weariness – in biting sarcasm and with...
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Dancing under socialism: Ex-Yu Electronica
In the last couple of years, various collections of electronic music from former Yugoslavia popped up, ranging from numerous downloadable CDR mixtapes to official compilation albums. The Croatian film...
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