808 Day: free Roland e-Bjook, NTS Radio jams, animation

We could all use an 808 kick in our soul about now, so let’s get straight to the 808 Day goodness. Today’s a day to browse through Roland history with Bjooks, turn up NTS Radio, and immerse ourselves in a new animation featuring Mannie Fresh.

Ambient music you can time to a sunset, from Christopher Willits

Drop the inane Spotify “chill” playlists, forget the meditation app that isn’t working … what you need to really feel some peace is the gorgeous new Christopher Willits outing, Sunset. He even suggests hitting play just as the sun starts to come down.

Peter Kirn - June 18, 2019

Find tranquility in this film with Alva Noto, Ryuichi Sakamoto

Meditative sonic architecture meets a great work of modern architecture, as Alva Noto and Ryuchi Sakamoto invade Philip Johnson’s iconic Glass House.

Peter Kirn - November 14, 2016

Sakamoto and Alva Noto again create electronics, scoring masterpiece

Peter Kirn - February 4, 2016

Raster-Noton Gems, with Alva Noto, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Emptyset, Aoki Takamasa [Videos]

- June 10, 2013

Willits + Sakamoto Team Up Again; Hear the First Track [Stream]

Peter Kirn - June 14, 2012

Led by Deru, a Wonderful Band of Artists to Head to Iceland to Make a Soundtrack, Film

- July 29, 2011