Music Stories
Emmanuel De La Paix’s Terre brûlée, scorched-earth post-ambient: interview, video premiere
Pulsing with electronic punctuation, fuzzy layers and distorted pianos across expansive introspective surfaces, Emmanuel De La Paix on Terre brûlée charts richly imaginative narrative ambient. We caught up with the Zurich-based artist to premiere the cinematic “Heathen” video, reflect on life and December breaks, and get an eclectic end-of-year playlist refresh.
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Canilla’s love ballads sing from code and dismantled accordions; LP first listen here
The ruins of fractured accordions are reanimated with hybrid mechanical-digital constructions, to sing the imagined love ballads of a wounded forest. Canilla’s latest creation deserves a full listen – so let’s premiere it here together, right now.
Peter Kirn - May 13, 2021
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Inside a note: explore minimalism with Björk home studio visits
“It’s very brave to look complex things in the eye and say, calm down.” Some Björk TV clips from the 90s explore minimalism, immediacy, tiny handheld instruments, and the work of the late Mika Vainio.
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
Archive Motion Music tech
Crisp Beats from Iceland’s Magnoose, Free to Download, with Videos
- February 15, 2013
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From Empty Bookshelves, Music Video Composes in Form: Chat with Harald Haraldsson
Peter Kirn - January 15, 2013
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