Music
RIP Dax Pierson, Árni Grétar Jóhannesson aka Futuregrapher
We’re barely into the new year, but already, we’ve got two untimely passings that leave significant holes in the world of electronic music: Dax Pierson and Árni Grétar Jóhannesson.
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Hungry maw of big data, dreamt as ghostly video for Dustin O’Halloran
Artist Owen Hindley, working in TouchDesigner, tackles the dense, pulsating track “Harmonic Dream Sequence” by Dustin O’Halloran (A Winged Victory For The Sullen). It’s a dark contemplation of the insatiable appetites of Big Data and AI, translated into strangely beautiful clouds of particles for an equally gorgeous track.
Emmanuel De La Paix on nature in mirrors, essence of clouds [LP, gallery]
Enter a meditative world of images of the “invisible essence” of things, as tranquil as an Alpine pool or wispy cirrus cloud. Multi-instrumentalist Emmanuel De La Paix teams up with engineer Jón Þór Birgisson (Jónsi, Sigur Rós) for a sublimely calm new LP, The Physics of Clouds.
Canilla’s love ballads sing from code and dismantled accordions; LP first listen here
Peter Kirn - May 13, 2021
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Inside a note: explore minimalism with Björk home studio visits
Peter Kirn - February 8, 2021
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An injury left Olafur Arnalds unable to play, so he turned to machines
Peter Kirn - June 10, 2019
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Sound of Threads: Music Extended Onto Strands of Icelandic Wool [AV Installations]
Peter Kirn - September 23, 2013
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