One of the brightest talents in UK dance music is getting used to bigger stages, thanks to her infectiously fun tracks that draw deeply from black cultural historyNights out are a culmination of so many stimuli: pre-party rituals, journeys through the …
電子音楽の脱植民地化はソフトウェアから始まる
ソーシャルメディアをはじめとするあらゆるアルゴリズムが中立ではないように、電子音楽の制作ツールにも無意識のバイアスが組み込まれている。デフォルトで与えられる4ビートや平均律は、アフリカやアジアやラテンアメリカの音楽の特性を生かした曲づくりを根本のところで困難にしてきたのだ。「植民地化されてきた」音楽を解放しようと、グローバルなチューニングシステムの実験を促すプログラムがリリースされた。
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Richard H Kirk obituary
Experimental electronic musician and founding member of the Sheffield-based band Cabaret VoltaireRichard H Kirk, who has died aged 65, was a key figure in the development of British electronic and DIY music, from his co-founding of the Sheffield-based …
Erasure review – a heady cocktail of corsets and classics
SEC Armadillo, GlasgowOn the opening night of their first post-pandemic tour, the British synth-pop duo proved they haven’t lost their essenceIt’s hard to tell if Andy Bell spent 18 months or 18 seconds pondering his outfit for the opening night of Era…
Mathematicians discover music really can be infectious – like a virus
New music download patterns appear to closely resemble epidemic curves for infectious disease, study finds Pop music is often described as catchy, but it seems you really can infect friends with your music taste. The pattern of music downloads after th…
Richard H Kirk was prolific, hungry, angry and funky to the end
The Cabaret Voltaire musician exemplified Sheffield’s experimental mindset and transformed British club music• Richard H Kirk, founding member of Cabaret Voltaire, dies aged 65It’s fairly said that Richard H Kirk revolutionised music more than once. He…
Low: Hey What review | Alexis Petridis’s album of the week
(Sub Pop)The veteran group continue the scorched digital manipulations of 2018 masterpiece Double Negative, but their vocals are left pristine and beautifulLow seemed a singular band from the outset. They were a married, practising Mormon couple, devot…
Little Simz, Iron Maiden and more: September’s best album reviews
Discover all our four- and five-star album reviews from the last month, from pop to folk, classical and more Continue reading…
‘A summer of love!’ Musicians on the awesome, tearful return of gigs
From Sleaford Mods in London to Mogwai in France, bands and performers talk about the strange and wonderful experience of returning to the stage after 16 months of deprivationThere were those few weeks of strange, haunted gigs in autumn 2020, but for m…
Big Red Machine: How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last? review | Alexis Petridis’s album of the week
(Jagjaguwar)Aaron Dessner and Justin ‘Bon Iver’ Vernon recruit Taylor Swift, Fleet Foxes and more for this album full of misty autumnal beauty – and a quiet punchAaron Dessner cuts a very low-profile figure, even by the standards of both bookish US alt…