Ongoing History Daily: The earliest electronica EVER!
The idea of a computer device generating music is so common today that we don’t even think of it. But back in the late 40s and early 50s, getting a computer to play
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Random music news for Tuesday, October 6, 2020
The US presidential election is four weeks from today. Twenty-eight days. There’s still plenty of time for things to get even weirder. Distract yourself from the craziness by digging into music news for
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The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 818: The 90s, Part 7: The genres beyond grunge and punk
One of the great things about the alt-rock revolution of the 1990s was its seemingly endless diversity. The sounds from this part of the rock universe had always been varied because the idea
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Random Music News for Monday, December 26, 2016
Was Santa good to you? Or are you going to fill those empty spaces in your soul by shopping on Boxing Day? While you’re considering that, here’s some music news. Were these the
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Vintage classic Minimoog analog synthesizer. In production between 1970 and 1981, and costing between $4500-$9500. A staple of progressive rock music, but also used by the Beatles and many other bands. This photo taken 6/11/2011.
Weird News from the World of Synthesizers
Item 1: Kraftwerk Banned in Argentina Back in the 70s and 80s, there was a backlash against new electronic keyboards by musicians’ groups and unions, saying that such new machinery wasn’t “real” music
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Scientists Restore First-Ever Music Made by a Computer
The idea of a computer device generating music is so common today that we don’t even think of it. But back in the late 40s and early 50s, getting a computer to play
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Into Electronic Music? Watch This Documentary from the 90s
Remember when we called electronic music “electronica” instead of EDM? This doc from 1998 chronicles the scene of the era. Read more at Create Digital Music.
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Mr. Rogers Predicted Today’s EDM Scene–in 1968!
Okay, so maybe not. But this clip from 1968 is still pretty cool. (Via Open Culture) https://youtu.be/zmZqDfFDK5Y https://youtu.be/Yybwvm1r1Sg
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I Like This: GoGo Penguin
Jazzy stuff isn’t really my sort of thing, but I do make exceptions. Medeski, Martin & Wood, for example. Then there’s GoGo Penguin, a jazz-meets-electronica outfit from Manchester capable of creating instrumental jams
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I Like This: Lupa
Lupa (Latin for female wolf, by the way) is Imogen Jones, a 16 year-old singer-songwriter from Sydney, Australia, who, like Lorde sounds much older than her years. She’s classically trained, too. Check out
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I Like This: Flavr Blue
Hollis from The Flavr Blue shot me an email with a link to the group’s new music video for “We Can Go Blind” from their Bright Vices EP. It was directed by the
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