Chickenpox and Music...The AARP Way
Over 50 does not mean 'fossil' or 'dinosaur'. I am not sure that those responsible for launching this 'AARP' music did their homework first. Tony and Ray are fine but what about Lou Reed, David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Kronos Quartet, LCD Soundsystem to add a few to those I mentioned in my piece..We are still alive and kicking as Jim Kerr once said!
Clint Mansell - Requiem for a Dream OST Download
The soundtrack for the cult movie "Requiem for a Dream" was composed by reknowned composer Clint Mansell and performed by the Kronos Quartet. The track "Lux Aeterna" has been remixed numerous times by notable artists such as Paul Oakenfold, Josh Wink, Delerium, and even a psytrance mix by trancemaster GMS (Growling Mad Scientists).
The Sound of Science
Composers inspired by the cosmos?the Kronos Quartet, Brian Eno, Mike Oldfield and others?have produced interesting, if sometimes cringe-worthy, music. Now, science is adding a new wrinkle to spacey tones, using sound to represent information that is typically communicated visually.
In Memoriam: Hamza El-Din
This article includes a direct link to an audio-video digital archive of Hamza El-Din perforrming on the Millennium Stage of the Kennedy Center as well as links to articles, albums, etc., that trace the career of Nubia's master musician and composer, friend of Joan Baez, the Grateful Dead, and Kronos Quartet.
Pre-Spring Cleaning
My mess is your gain. At least when I get around to sorting through it. Readers, musicians, and promoters send me things. These things sometimes get onto SoundRoots quickly, sometimes fall behind the desk and collect dust. Well, today is cleaning day...
artist::HIJK:The Pen and The Letter
Inspired by Pinback, Bloc Party, Metric, and Modest Mouse, Oakland, California's art-rockers HIJK have a habit of turning conventional pop techniques upside down. Enrique Gonzalez Müller (Kronos Quartet, Nine Inch Nails), spent a year and a half pro...
Musical Straightjacket
Alright, I'll bite. Vinnie G. tagged me for a meme - 7 songs/cds on rotation this week. Oh, and let me say that Vinnie G.'s post Musical Chairs, should be more rightly entitled Musical Straightjacket. He has, bar none, the worst taste in music of...
Steve Reich - Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint
Oggi vi presento, per chi non lo conoscesse gią, un disco molto bello di Steve Reich, musicista e compositore statunitense. Qualcuno (il Village Voice) lo ha definito "il pił grande compositore vivente", devo dire non a torto. Fa parte della corren...
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