Experimental Frequencies
Adherents of lo-fi remind us that it is a recording technique, not a musical genre. But can we separate the two, the method from the ...
Artists thrive on emotional extremes, moments of unprecedented joy or crushing sadness. It is easier to transcribe these feelings into music. Middle grounds are much ...
Postcards From Italy: Rome – Simone Pappalardo
Simone Pappalardo teaches computer music, electroacoustic, and holds a workshop on improvisation with electroacoustic instruments at the Conservatory Ottorino Respighi in Latina. He began his career creating electroacoustic machines in collaboration with experimental theatre artists. He also creates musical compositions, especially for instruments (electronics or acoustics) that he designs… You have an academic background, could [...]
Underexposed: Taylor Deupree – Field (Beta)
During the creation of the music that would become my album Faint I was experimenting with a kit-built plastic 35mm camera photographing in the forest outside my studio. I used the drawbacks and idiosyncracies of the camera to come up with a technique that produced very other-wordly and dreamy photographs and instantly drew the parallel [...]
Light Folds…
In a few months Facture will be releasing a monster of an album by ‘The Seaman & The Tattered Sail’ (Craig Tattersall and Bill Seaman). Over seven hours of music will fit into a 2 x vinyl, 2 x CD and DVD. Years of work have resulted in some of the most beautiful heartfelt music [...]
Postcards From Italy: Rome – Simone Pappalardo
Simone Pappalardo teaches computer music, electroacoustic, and holds a workshop on improvisation with electroacoustic instruments at the Conservatory Ottorino Respighi in Latina. He began his career creating electroacoustic machines in collaboration with experimental theatre artists. He also creates musical compositions, especially for instruments (electronics or acoustics) that he designs… You have an academic background, could [...]
