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Dubway (all vocal)
Estradasphere is a band of multi-instrumentalists from an unlikely variety of musical backgrounds. Timb Harris (violin/trumpet), Jason Schimmel (guitar/banjo/keyboards/vocals), Tim Smolens (upright and electric bass/vocals), Kevin Kmetz (Tsugaru Shamisen/guitar/keyboards), Adam Stacey accordion/keyboards/clavinet), and Lee Smith (drums/percussion) were trained in disciplines ranging from classical and jazz to metal. This diverse instrumental and [...]
I love how it sound the Prelude to Wagner’s ‘Parcifal’ on Vladimir Ussachevsky’s electroacoustique composition: Wireless Fantasy (1960)
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They’re friends with Bjork! Now that I have your attention, please enjoy this bizarre experiment, that can only be classified as as a pop version of the musique concrète genre. Undone
Alarm Call
In 1998, Matmos remixed the Björk single Alarm Call. Subsequently, Matmos worked with Björk on her albums Vespertine (2001) and Medúlla (2004), as well as [...]
Etudes Schaefferiennes
Pierre Schaeffer (1910–1995) was a French composer, noted as the inventor of musique concrète. He is generally acknowledged as being the first composer to make music using magnetic tape. Accordind to Wikipedia, musique concrète (concrete music), is a style of avant-garde music that relies on recorded sounds, including natural environmental sounds and other non-inherently-musical [...]
“Poème électronique” (Electronic Poem) was composed in 1958 by Edgard Varèse, the father of electronic music, and Iannis Xénakis, one of the most important modernist composers of the 20th century, under the direction of Le Corbusier, one of the most important architects of the 20th century. This recording is only an approximation of the true nature [...]
A brilliant mix of Nude (Radiohead) by James Houston, played by old computer parts.
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WOW! WOW! WOW! http://www.myspace.com/jeanpaulgaultiermusic Like – Dislike
Hanayo & Ponpons — ISDN (no, it’s not your phone)
Joe le taxi
I liked the description: “she has the style of a little-girl-lost screaming and screeching.” Like – Dislike
Dat Politics is a French electronic music group. Its music is sometimes classified as musique concrète. The band creates their own art, as seen on their album covers, website, and music videos. They were present at this year’s Rokolectiv edition. www.myspace.com/datpolitics\ www.datpolitics.com
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Ross Bolleter (born 1946) is an Australian avantgarde composer and improviser notable for his experimentation on ruined pianos. He has been a member of The Blackeyed Susans and he is a co-founder of the WARPS Music label.
Preview: Piano Dreaming, Unfinished Business, Under Rookwood, Going to War Without the French is Like Going to War Without [...]
