Archive for June, 2010
BBC coverage of Sonar 2010 – Includes DJ sets (Joy Orbison!), songs, interviews
Thursday, June 24th, 2010The Sonar festival in Barcelona has become a vital part of the European festival circuit. And by far the most important to the exposure of new electronic-based music. Billed as a festival of “Advanced Music and Multimedia Art”, the booking ranges far and wide (ie. it’s not just banging house and trance, or even just [...]
MAH, FlyLo, Roska, Joy Orbison – Sonar 2010 – Video
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010The Beeb has just posted a quick 8 minute video with Mary Anne Hobbs talking to the cats she brought with her to the Sonar Festival in Barcelona – Joy Orbison, Roska and Flying Lotus. Includes footage from the stage also. Of note: Flying Lotus making a point of mentioning the importance, to him, of [...]
“Hold On” by Rusko w/ Amber Coffman gets official vid!
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010Unlike the earlier vid for “Woo Boost”, this one pretty much straight ahead. Featuring our hero on the decks and standard pix of kids having a good time at a rave. Ho-hum, but still a reeeeaaallllyyyy good track from his new LP. Features Amber Coffman from Dirty Projectors. What really makes it for me is [...]
Has the internet killed local music scenes?
Friday, June 11th, 2010Interesting think piece : Has the internet killed local music scenes? Could this be said to explain the sameness of the Nike/Fader mixes we mentioned the other day?
World Cup fever yields fun mixes from unlikely(?) source
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010Using the World Cup as a peg, The Fader magazine and Nike Sportswear (?) have teamed up to bring us a series of music mixes. The series is called Pitch Perfect and it includes six mixes of music from various continents sending teams to the World Cup. So far we’ve seen mixes from South America, [...]