Is this the future of electronic music?
There was a festival in Montreal called Mutek that covered (among other things) the future of electronic music. Yes, there was a lot of AI. (Via Sean)
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Ongoing History Daily: Using electronic music in medicine
We all know that music can have healing properties, which is why there is so much study into music therapy. But we’ve only just scratched the surface. here’s a device
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Random music news for Wednesday, May 15, 2024
German finger wrestling: It’s a thing. So is music news for Wednesday, May 15, 2024. More music new? Look here. BONUS: Hey, kids. This is how we used to play
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Into synths and electronic music? Then you need this doc series on Moog
Moog Music–originally led by Bob Moog–revolutionized music by inventing the first practical keyboard synthesizers. The company has a series of short documentaries called Giants which looks at the iconic people
Read MoreOngoing History Daily: Would you like a Ph.D. in EDM?
Thinking of going back to school? Here’s an option. Maybe. The department of music and design arts at the University of Huddlesfield in the UK has a new course in
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The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: A requiem for Daft Punk
It takes a special kind of band to deliberately obscure their appearance. But if you manage to do it right, then it moves from being a silly gimmick to an
Read MoreRandom music news for Thursday, March 11, 2021
Warp drive is possible! (And we didn’t need Zefram Cochrane, either.) Can First Contact be far behind? Let’s zip over to music news for March 11, 2021. If you’re a
Read MoreRandom music news for Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Now that the Super Bowl is in the books, the annual impeachment event starts today. This will be weird, of course. Cleanse your pallet with some music news for February
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If you’re into electronic music, pause for a moment to remember David Mullaney
David Mullaney may have started out as a jazz accordion player, but that didn’t stop him from changing the world of electronic music. At the end of the 60s, synthesizers
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Random Music News for Wednesday, October 18, 2017
This was a momentous day for music in 1954. Texas Instruments introduced the first-ever transistor radio: the Regency TR-1. And now, more music news for October 18. Why was Arcade
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Short-Circuited: Three Times Electronic Music Failed
Electronic music has been part of culture for going on almost fifty years now. We might have got into it sooner if a couple of inventors/composers/pioneers been a little luckier.
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