The title of this post sounds kind of like the name of a band. I picture this imaginary band playing ambient electronica with either an 8-bit sound or a Tree Wave style to their music (i.e. their instruments would consist of old computer hardware). But I knew there was an actual point to this post. [...]
Read more →Gregor Asch (a.k.a. DJ Olive) Need a little more ambience in your life? Or, to be more specific, some more ambient music? Then I give unto you DJ Olive, one of the better ambient composers out today. His particular style is what one might call “ambient dub,” which is basically a mix of ambient techno [...]
Read more →David Fridlund You may already know of David Fridlund as the frontman of the Swedish indie pop band David & the Citizens. Recently, he recorded a solo album called Amaterasu, which is very similar to his work with the Citizens yet somewhat simpler. While I’ll admit to not having heard much of their material, the [...]
Read more →Takanori Ishikawa Takanori Ishikawa (a.k.a. T.M.Revolution (a.k.a. Takanori Makes Revolution)) is a superstar in his home country of Japan where he has performed for audiences of 20,000 people, has provided music for Gundam Seed, and has even done voice acting for the previously mentioned anime as well as Rurouni Kenshin. But despite his popularity in [...]
Read more →The Flys So who here remembers the Flys? Not the punk band from the 70′s. I’m talking about the one-hit wonder from the late 90′s who made it big with their song, “Got You (Where I Want You).” You don’t hear it on the radio nowadays, but it was popular back in ’98. The thing [...]
Read more →I would like to apologize for the lack of posting in recent times. Things have been hectic on our end, but now Glenn and I have taken steps to make sure that posts will be up more frequently. It used to be that I would send Glenn any files that I wanted to post, since [...]
Read more →I just finished writing up a pretty major post and lost more than half of it when attempting to publish the damn thing. I’ll take another shot at it tomorrow, but right now all the creative juices have been sucked out of me. That and I’m just tired of typing. See you all tomorrow with [...]
Read more →Crappy photo, good band. Circle of Dust was Klayton’s last project before he started working under the alias of Celldweller. Klayton is basically a one-man band like Trent Reznor; he writes and performs his own material in studio but has musicians that support him on tour in the same way that Trent Reznor worked with [...]
Read more →Toni Halliday (Words) & Dean Garcia (Music) If you have never heard Curve then I’m about to shine a ray of hope on your tragic existence. Alright, maybe I’m being a bit melodramatic but Curve is still a great band… and I have a crush on Toni Halliday. Don’t judge me! I’m afflicted with a [...]
Read more →Bianca & Sierra Casady CocoRosie is a band with an intriguing sound and just as good a story. Formed in Paris, France by two reunited sisters, Sierra and Bianca Casady, CocoRosie is an experiment in improvisational musical composition. It all started when Sierra was studying opera at a conservatory in Paris when her sister Bianca [...]
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