Y’all want the new Boards of Canada so bad you crashed Warp’s server

May 29: that’s the date Boards of Canada is back with Inferno. And you must be excited about it, because Bleep is down. But we have a dreamy faux-VHS tape to watch and hear, anyway.

Centuries of Electronic Music, Now At Last Making Facebook Timeline Useful: Bleep Compilation

In case you’ve missed it, the project opens like this: “Bleep’s Guide to Electronic Music starts on 25th March, 1857 – the day Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville receives French patent #17,897/31,470 for the phonautograph.” The Facebook Timeline may seem just a tool for naval-gazing or privacy violation. But then, suddenly, you’re dialing back to the […]

Peter Kirn - July 10, 2012

Original Chris Cunningham, Jess Scott Hunter Music Video Masterpieces in Autechre Box Set

On Create Digital Music today, I note the availability of Warp’s 1991-2002 collection of Autechre EPs. With prices at US$30-50, every single version – even the MP3-only download of the set – also comes with music videos. That elevated the release to must-buy for Motion readers, too, because it includes three landmarks of music video […]

Peter Kirn - February 16, 2011