Five Sci-fi Video Game Soundtracks for the End of the World
PopMatters looks to the sonic canvas of five sci-fi video game soundtracks, because every dystopia, no matter how bleak, deserves good music.
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Pauline Olivero’s Visual Music for Non-Musicians
Experimental electronic musician Pauline Oliveros’ Text Scores will fill a musician’s head with sound, a literature reader with poetry, and a visual artist with illustration.
Could Artificial Intelligence Help Us Become More Human? Mouse on Mars’ Jan St. Werner Says Yes
In this interview with Jan St. Werner, the veteran electronic musician discusses how Mouse on Mars have attempted to blur the distinction between machine intelligence and empathy on their new album AAI.
Wendy Carlos: Musical Pioneer, Reluctant Icon
Amanda Sewell's vastly informative new biography on musical trailblazer Wendy Carlos is both reverent and honest.
‘Live Wires’ Offers Inconsistent but Interesting Electronic Music History
This work serves as a preliminary resource, but it's certainly not the definitive history of electronic music.
The Weirdos Are the Heroes in This Brief History of Electronic Music
Live Wires rips open the definition of 'electronic' to tell the story of the how those tapes and wires and transistors came to transform music into what we take for granted today.
My Robot Friend: Open the Book
After seven years away from the spotlight, My Robot Friend returns with a record that's an awful lot of fun even when it lacks cohesion. Dean & Britta as well as Andre Williams join in.
Andy Stott to Preview New Music at Denovali Festival in London This Weekend
Manchester producer Andy Stott to preview forthcoming release at Denovali Festival, in London, on April 15th.
London’s Denovali Festival Kicks Off April 15th
The fourth edition of the experimental music festival will take place in London in mid-April.
Baauer: Aa
Though Aa is frustratingly short, it's nevertheless one of the best things the impressive young producer has created thus far.
Prins Thomas: Principe Del Norte
Prins Thomas doesn't waste a second of this 100-minute collection. And that's no small feat.
MMOTHS: Luneworks
Debut album from Irish electronic master takes listener on a trip through multiple moods with masterful precision.