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Tag Archives: Electronic music
Naaljos Ljom’s 2
Cutting edge electro-acoustic Nordic folk is as close as I can come to putting the music of Naaljos Ljom in a category. But why categorize, why not just listen? “Microtonal folk music mixed with electronics and noise” is the description … Continue reading
Pidgins’ Refrains of the Day, Vol. 1
Data driven. Content marketing. Regression analysis. Search optimization. And of course, This Simple Hack … If you’ve had any kind of job, or read anything online, or consumed any media at all in the past decade or so, you’ve been … Continue reading
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Tagged Electronic music, world music
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Suuns’ Fiction EP
Suuns is a Montreal-based band whose music is an intriguing blend of guitar-keyboard post-rock music and experimental electronic elements. And when Ben Shemie, Liam O’Neill and Joseph Yarmush team up with their longtime friend Radwan Ghazi Moumneh (who performs as … Continue reading
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Tagged Electronic music, indie rock, Middle Eastern music, music
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Ugasanie’s Border of Worlds
Ugansie is the name under which Russian musician Pavel Malyshkin creates his art, which is called dark polar ambient. Border of Worlds is his fourth release since he started making this kind of music in 2010. This one is focused … Continue reading
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Tagged ambient music, contemporary music, Electronic music, music
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Laurie Anderson’s Life On A String and Live at Town Hall New York City September 19-29, 2001
Cue the tape loop. A gentle female voice, almost human, sets up a rhythm, “ah ah ah ah … “. A violin, amplified, scratches. Then a melody finds its way out of the midst. You can imagine a blank canvas, … Continue reading
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Tagged Avant garde music, avant-pop, Electronic music
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