Music

Thomas Dolby is back to the "music" getting ready for his first new album in 20 years: "A Map Of The Floating City." He'll be launching a social networking game and more interesting stuff from the guy who's always doing interesting stuff. He's taken some time to answer questions for Amy Steele over at Entrainment Realm. Dolby talks about his new record, returning to the music, his early career and more at http://entertainmentrealm.co...

Ringhausen has released "More" on SfintRecords Netlabel. The ten track album features a variety of Germany Elektro Underground music that gives a nod to classic German school and other influences that are quite entertaining. Get "More" from Ringhausen for free legal download at http://www.archive.org/detai...

Remastered by Greg Davis from the installation tapes made during the 1983 performance, this archival recording of a day-long open air concert in Seattle’s Seward Park was originally issued on cassette and has been sought and shared by collectors of early Northwest ambient/electronic works for nearly 30 years. Remastered with a bonus track from the performance tapes Music for Land and Water is in general release on Davis' Autumn Records, 50 copies are available from PoL in a signed and numbered edition.

Editor Stephen Fortner will be joining Motifator.com and Alan Parsons in a webcast this Thursday, March 31. Please post your synth, audio production and Yamaha Motif-related questions the , and then tune in to the FREE webcast for answers! Check out the webcast at http://www.artandscienceofso...

Horror is an essential element in modern music that aspires to break sonic boundaries and generate new spaces for expression and emotions. The Polish Unsound festival, celebrated every autumn in the cold climate of Kraków, knows that all to well, and that’s why the 2010 edition had the concept of horror as its central theme, with artists such as Ben Frost and Demdike Stare.

Once again we have the distinct pleasure of welcoming a new artist to the Earth Mantra family, this time Gregg Plummer, an artist we have long admired and whose music we have greatly enjoyed. With his new release "Three Graces", Gregg delivers to us a collection of three intelligent and captivating ambient pieces that we think our audience really needs to hear.

The first ever film about one of the most influential characters in the history of modern music. Musician, composer, producer, music theorist, singer and visual artist; probably best known for his early work with Roxy Music, his production duties for U2 & Coldplay, and as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.

If ever he were to play a live set anywhere, says Anthony Seeha, who sent us word of his video showcasing the possibility of what one can do with two Nintendo DSi's and just the Korg DS-10 plus. "This what I would play", declares Anthony. "By using two Nintendo DSi units with copies of Korg DS-10 Plus, I can mix my own songs back and forth. It's quite handy, and a lot of fun. Every sound you hear was created on Korg DS-10. Feel free to ask questions." Check it out below and enjoy and contact Anthony with questions at http://soundcloud.com/seehan...

Markus Reuter's Todmorden 513 is a complex work of algorithmic composition of an hour's duration. Given Reuter's linguistic background, one might think that the title is an exercise in existential dread in German as "Tod" means "death" and "morden" means "to murder" - forming a truly grim portmanteau.

Devo's recent concert at the Warfield in San Francisco featured a mix of their new album Somthing For Everybody as well as older material. Great mixture of visuals and music here along with a nice balance of minimal synths with minimal guitar and prominent real drums. The visual really express the lyrics to this song and video posted by tschak909 aka Thom.

Israeli funk musician and producer Kutiman, creator of the famed Thru-You, is back with an encore. Once again, he’s mixing the best performances of YouTube into a single video. Calling it a “mash-up” is perhaps unfair: this is really mix and remix. It’s no different than laying down multiple tracks in a studio, except that the players were working independently in different parts of the world. “My Favorite Color” is a jazzy, soulful number, particularly carried by those incredible vocals on the original song “Green.” The rest is really arrangement, and it works pretty darned-near perfectly. (An occasional ragged rhythmic edge seems only fitting to the form.)

Here is bit of way out electronics history. Check this AT&T promotional video from 1980 called "Microworld." This bit of techno-ephemera features everyone's favorite captain from Star Trek, William Shatner. As expected, he narrates this film with his signature cosmic cornball dialog about the shapes of things to come. The video covers the then burgeoning field of microprocessors accompanied a swell electronic music soundtrack. See more classic AT&T content at http://techchannel.att.com/a...

Just out is "CRACK WITCH" by Witch House music artist Mater Suspiria Vision. The special edition on LIVING TAPES 2011 is a white vinyl LP is limited to just 300 copies worldwide. Details on track listings and to purchase the album can be found on the artist's website at http://mater-suspiria-vision...

Machine Boy dropped us a line to let us know about his new EP titled "Village Machine." The 3 track instrumental releases feature Machine Boy laying down a wide range of sounds and styles ranging from ambient German school beats to expansive soundscapes. Download Village Machine EP at http://www.shotguncharlie.co...

Equinox, the newest release from musician and sound maestro Shane Morris, showcases the artist’s extraordinary musical voice and versatility in new, even counter-intuitive, ways.

Here is an interesting bit of news from one of the icons of rock guitar, Pete Townsend. In a recent interview, he remarked that he would done things different were he starting out today. Commenting that we would not joined a band: “What would I have done differently?” Townshend said. “I would never have joined a band. Even though I am quite a good gang member and a good trooper on the road, I am bad at creative collaboration.” That's a pretty shocking response from the author of "My Generation," the anthem of Rock N' Roll youth for decades. Read the interview at http://www.live4ever.uk.com/...

KVR audio has posted an interview with Jordan Rudess. The interveiw covers such topics as his favorite music, how he got into synthesizes, his views on using new technology with his current stable rig. developing MorphWiz and much more. Read the interview now at http://www.kvraudio.com/inte...

Altus presents "Sleep Theory Volume 1" This release can be downloaded for free, legally at: http://www.altusmusic.ca/sle...

Oh yea, the Stockhausen One returns joined by an Arp Axxe. Chris Aquilo is seen in this new video jamming with part of Stockausen One and arp axxe. The Stockhausen One is part of a prototype of a frequency Modulation Synthesizer designed and built by Chris Aquilo.

Tonight's Time Drone show will feature live music inspired by the substance that makes up 70% of your body: WATER. Tune in tonight Wednesday 23rd 8 PM EST / 5 PM PST / 0 GMT (Thurs) at http://radio.electro-music.com/