Posts Tagged ‘Music’

Umbrella Action: Ethan Rose

Saturday, December 25th, 2010

Oregon artist Rose transforms a 30-voice choir into his studio for a new performance piece at Portland City Hall.

Best of 2010! part 1

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

Intransitive pals and supporters Joke Lanz, Simon Whetham, Steve Lowenthal, and more weigh in on their best anythings of the past year…

Should We Teach Experimental Music to Children? Part 3

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

For children, nothing is a problem if you present what you know as you know it and if you don’t try to oblige them with a detached attitude.

Nerve Net Noise: Giving the Circuit an Advantage

Sunday, November 14th, 2010

Hiroshi Kumakiri: “We’d be ecstatic if you felt a certain lovability from our song titles.”

Put Me on the Guest List: Non Event

Sunday, November 14th, 2010

A conversation with Susanna Bolle, one of four members of the Non-Event group: “We try to play an active role in shaping and defining the series, rather than just putting on shows by artists who happen to be passing through town.”

Scene Not Heard: Prague, Czech Republic

Saturday, October 30th, 2010

Jorge Boeringer, aka Core of the Coalman, talks about the experimental music scene in “the Twin Peaks of Europe”

Put Me on the Guest List: Cable# (Nantes)

Monday, October 4th, 2010

Will Guthrie: “I was tired of always being in a position of asking clubowners for a gig, sending demos, trying to lie and say our music was easy to listen to, asking, hustling, trying to get a gig, It just seemed so much easier to do it ourselves.”

The Illusion of “Pure” Music

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Even people who are aware of the effect of different listening conditions on sound have this idea of music existing without interference from the world around it, even though the world around it shapes the sound the music is made by.

My Favorite Gear: Simple Portraits of Aging Friends

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

by Mike Bullock I’m curious to know how much musicians’ relationships with their equipment is related to the music they play, and whether or not that music is “their own.” In the Autumn of 2006, I asked twenty experimental musicians about their relationships to their gear. The research was conducted in the context of a [...]