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Happy 20th to Imogen Heap’s Speak for Yourself
Imogen Heap is always up to exciting new things, but let’s take a moment to celebrate 20 years ago. Her landmark Speak for Yourself turns 20, and it’s getting. a proper part with a vinyl release (at last), a remaster, and even the chance to listen to “Hide and Seek” in Spatial Audio on Apple Music. Good timing, too: the TikTok generation has made “Headlock” a surprise second smash from this album. Now the full record gets a second life.
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Quincy Jones in four essential interviews
The world lost legendary multi-disciplinary musical powerhouse Quincy Jones yesterday. He was 91. Here’s his vision in his own words at different stages of his life and career.
SOPHIE is international Google Doodle today on her birthday
September 17, 2024, would have been hyper pop legend Sophie Xenon’s 38th birthday. Just over three years after her death, Google has put her in the spotlight internationally on its “Doodle” on the search engine’s homepage—hopefully a chance for folks to discover or rediscover her music, which seems more prescient than ever.
In the 90s, this astrophysicist made trippy pop from star sounds
Peter Kirn - April 10, 2024
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Chantlings, an app where animated forest creatures sing along with you, is a marvel of design
Peter Kirn - August 25, 2022
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Watch this Kazakh pop video for the maximum weirdness of Casio’s singing robot keyboard
Peter Kirn - January 21, 2022
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An album released on Nintendo 64 cartridge – the next nerdy Remute ROM release
Peter Kirn - January 11, 2022
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