Music Stories
Yes, Avicii’s death should be a wake-up call – and not just for EDM
The death of 28-year-old star producer/DJ Avicii comes as a shock to many. It’s also easy to reduce to another example of party world excess, or to say it’s just about big-money EDM and pop. But it should be a bigger wake up call than that.
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Shine: An LED Wall Looks Great, Tours Easily, And You Can Build It [Open Source Hardware]
Brilliant in more ways than one, this LED wall is affordable, practical, beautiful, and completely open source, from physical design to software. Hans Lindauer of Portland, Oregon sends us his project, constructed with collaborator Alex Norman for the band STRFKR, on tour with it now. Check it out in action: It defies the idea that […]
Peter Kirn - September 24, 2012
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Live Music Tools at the Bleeding Edge: Laura Escudé, From Herbie Hancock Collabs to Solo (Live Berlin, Sat)
It’s one thing to talk about tools. It’s quite another to put them into action, to make them withstand the rigors of creative process and idiosyncracy, let alone the torture test of touring. Laura Escudé is as deep in the trenches, on a day-to-day basis, as just about anyone on the planet. The music tech […]
Peter Kirn - July 27, 2012
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A Warmer Aspect: Follow Vlek From Brussels to Lithuania – And Off The Beat Grid
Peter Kirn - June 21, 2012
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Visualist Conversations: Joakim Faxvaag, Touring Lighting Designer and Visualist for Phoenix
Jaymis Loveday - March 1, 2010
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