Ambient music that resists defaults. Taiwan-born, Berlin-based composer and audio technologist Mei-Fang Liau, aka Floating Spectrum, will release her debut album A Point Between next month on Temporary Residence. The 7-track album was built using various pre- and self-fabricated synthesizers, a self-designed generative sound system that translates visual data into sound and a smattering of…
via Floating Spectrum debuts on Temporary Residence — FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music.
By Debbie Hagan As I read JoeAnn Hart’s page-turning memoir/crime story, Stamford ’76: A True Story of Murder, Corruption, Race, and Feminism in the 1970s, I traveled back some forty years to a more hopeful, idealistic time—the late sixties/early seventies. As Hart writes, “we closed our eyes and divined a future, a utopian world with […]
via A Review of JoeAnn Hart’s Stamford ‘76 — BREVITY’s Nonfiction Blog
But you’ll have to be quick. Earlier this month, Native Instruments announced it was celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Maschine controller with a highly limited, flame orange edition of the MK3 model. This week, the company revealed when you’ll be able to buy one: Tuesday, September 3, at 3pm CEST. According to NI, you’ll…
A title card at the beginning of James Gray’s strange, hypnotic space adventure Ad Astra, playing in competition here at the Venice Film Festival, tells us that the story we’re about to watch is set in the near future, when humanity has decided to look to the stars for intelligent life, evidently finding the cupboards…
via Brad Pitt Can Handle Outer Space But Not His Own Feelings in the Gorgeous Ad Astra — TIME
Surreal pop edits from the Manchester producer. Neana takes on a variety of Top 40 classics, including Estelle, Britney Spears, Vengaboys, Whigfield and Wheatus, on Top Of The Chops, his homage to the BBC institution. Come for ‘Toxic’ re-tooled as a deranged club heater, stay for an irresistible slow-jam version of ‘In My Room’. Top of…
It starts with a downbeat. Then there are the dissonant piano chords, the 808s and dramatic strings. The theme music for the HBO critical darling Succession has already become a classic of the form. The show, now in its second season, is a prestige drama that combines dry, cutting dialogue with a sharp critique of…
via Music Experts Explain Why the Succession Theme Song Is So Memorable — TIME
A harder-edged sound designed for sweaty clubs. DJ Lag has debuted on Diplo’s Good Enuff imprint with Uhuru, a new EP named after a tiny club in the producer’s township of Clermont. The new project showcases a version of gqom the producer calls ‘uThayela’, which translates literally as “corrugated iron” and is used to describe “a…
via DJ Lag showcases uThayela gqom on Uhuru EP — FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music.
The U.S. Navy is sending six warships out to sea to ride out Hurricane Dorian before the storm makes landfall. The coastal patrol ship USS Shamal––motto, “the Fury of the Storm”––left Naval Station Mayport outside Jacksonville on Thursday. Five other ships were scheduled to leave Mayport on Friday: the guided-missile destroyers USS Lassen, USS Paul…
via U.S. Navy Sends 6 Ships Out to Sea to Ride Out Hurricane Dorian — TIME
This week, Lana Del Rey’s Norman F—king Rockwell! comes out swinging as a statement of American despair over languid, beautiful melodies. Plus, Post Malone is back — this time with something more like a ballad — on the emotional “Circles.” Pop-soul singer Mapei puts forward a motivational anthem in “Rise Up.” Broadway’s Moulin Rouge! The…
via The 5 Best Songs of the Week, From Lana Del Rey to Post Malone — TIME
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