Five years after the release of the SSL 4000 E Channel Strip plugin for UAD systems, Universal Audio has updated it to capitalise on the greatly increased power of the latest UAD-2 and Apollo platforms, and rebranded it with the standard “Collection” suffix. Read more ›
Sony Music goes back to vinyl records
Sony Music, one of the big three global record companies, says it will start pressing its own vinyl releases again for the first time since 1989.The firm will resume in-house domestic vinyl production at a Japanese factory south-west of Tokyo by March 2018.The move comes amid renewed demand for old-fashioned black plastic records, which now occupy a key market niche.At one time, Read more ›
Πως τα τούνελ,το μετρό, οι υπόγειοι χώροι επηρέασαν την ηλεκτρονική (και όχι μόνο) μουσική
Η οριστική έξοδος του πρωτόγονου ανθρώπου απο το μεταφορικό και κυριολεκτικό σκοτάδι των σπηλαίων ,έχει απασχολήσει τις τέχνες και τις επιστήμες σε σημαντικό βαθμό στη διάρκεια της ανθρώπινης ιστορίας.Απο τις πρώτες απόπειρες των πρωτόγονων φυλών να φωτίσουν το σκοτάδι της σπηλιά τους με τη φωτιά, μέχρι τις μεταφυσικές αλληγορικές προσεγγίσεις του πλατωνικού σπηλαίου ,το Ορφικού ταξιδιού “στον κάτω κόσμο” η το ταξίδι του ήρωα στο σκοτάδι και η επιστροφή του σαν νικητή στο φως , είναι όλα μία παλιά ιστορία.
Posted in Music Production, Social consiousness Tagged with: electric nights, electronic music, αναδρομή, ηλεκτρονικά μουσικά είδη, ηλεκτρονική μουσική, μουσική
Are consumers just voluntary slaves?
Do you ever wonder about the purpose of life? Why are we all here and what are we doing with our lives? We live in an unprecedented time full of amazing opportunities on the one hand and terrible catastrophes on the other. Read more ›
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Pink Floyd-On the run (…no it’s not about “The wall”)
Excellent example of early minimalist electronica at its best.Straight from 1973.
Posted in Electronic music pioneers, Music
What the future sounded like-documentary
Βρετανικό ντοκιμαντέρ που περιγράφει την γέννηση της ηλεκτρονικής μουσικής στην μεγάλη βρετανία τις δεκαετίες του ’50 , του ’60, αλλά και αργότερα.Αλλόκοτα μηχανήματα,μυστήριοι τύποι που τα χειρίζονταν,avand garde ήχος και άλλα τέτοια ωραία 🙂
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Night photography in Tokyo’s back alleys
Japanese photographer Masashi Wakui captures the streets of Tokyo at night, especially neon lights and the atmosphere that emerges from the narrow streets and passages behind the shops. He accentuates the lights and the mist to add a little depth to his images similar to the aesthetics of the film BladeRunner by Ridley Scott. More photos in the gallery below and on his Flickr account.
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Posted in Visual Art
Ikutaro Kakehashi, founder of Roland and creator of the TR-808 dies at 87
Ikutaro Kakehashi, the founder of Roland and the man who helped to create a slew of iconic drum machines and synths, has died at the age of 87.
Kakehashi founded Roland in the 1970s, having previously created drum machines with Ace Tone branding. At Roland, he presided over a golden age of product innovation, giving the world not only the TR-808 and TR-909 drum machines, but also helping to create (among others) the TB-303, Jupiter-8 and D-50 synths.
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Roland museum interactive tour
One of the most interesting synthesizer museums,the Roland museum has an interactive youtube presentation that allows visitors to wander into the roland electronic music legacy.Interesting stuff, +a quick retrospective of classic rolands.
Posted in Classics, Equipment, Music Production Tagged with: analogue, roland, synthesizer, synthtopia
10 Dub techno tracks from past to present
Dub techno is an art form first appearing in the early 90s.Directly influenced from Jamaican dub ,dub techno is a hi tech version of deep bass,watery dub delays,and all the other elements that consist the dub soundscape,mixed with techno minimalism and depth. Read more ›
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