Into the Music Library
It’s the music which has surrounded us our whole lives, but which most of us have never quite heard let alone listened...
View ArticleThe Theremin
In 1929 a Russian inventor brought an electronic musical instrument to the USA. His name was Leon Theremin, and at the time...
View ArticleJonny Greenwood and Krzysztof Penderecki
Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood and experimental composer Krzysztof Penderecki’s work appears side by side on a new Nonesuch recording. In an interview with BBC Radio...
View ArticleElectronic Music Production 2012
I was really impressed with a lot of the submissions for this year’s level 1 Electronic Music Production module. I’ve selected a...
View ArticleThe Influence Of Test Card Music
Bob Stanley of Saint Etienne talks to Radio 4′s Today programme about how test card music affected the 1970s TV watching audience....
View ArticleBrian Eno Lecture Moscow 2011
Recorded theatre becomes cinema. Recorded music becomes…insert noun here.
View ArticleVariations – the history of appropriative collage in music
I’ve been listening to this excellent 8 part series recently. Variations covers the history of appropriative collage in music i.e. using other...
View ArticleJohn Cage’s 4’33″ and other ‘daft’ compositions
It’s the 60th anniversary of the creation of John Cage’s Four Minutes, Thirty Three Seconds. In BBC Radio 4′s Today programme, Evan...
View ArticleExcellent Advice From Chilly Gonzales
I love Chilly Gonzales’s approach to playing and his compositions for the solo piano. In this clip from Rob Da Bank’s Dawn...
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