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Electronica

Folktronica: Folk Singer Embraces the New for the Sake of Progress

Marcel Hidalgo | Posted 05.14.2013 | Arts
Read More: Celtic, Folktronica, The Beatles, Chords of Truth, South Carolina, Kingston Trio, Computers, Pete Seeger, Folk Music, Woody Guthrie, Joe Hill, Electronica, Music, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, Mccarthy Era, Jason Garriotte, Arts News
Marcel Hidalgo

Bob Dylan was smart enough to pull out an electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 and "rocktify" his folk music. Now, Jason Garriotte appears to be following in the steps of Dylan by reaching a different type of folk and changing the aspects of the experience.

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Ferris Bueller Does The Harlem Shake (VIDEO)

Shira Lazar | Posted 04.13.2013 | Technology
Read More: Harlem, Matthew Broderick, Pop Culture, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Shaytards, Music, Electronica, Movie, Video, Song, Star Wars, Top, Viral, Meme, Best, Ferris Bueller, Funny, Maker Studios, Shake, Crazy, Sourcefed, Parade, Cult, Stupid, Film, Mask, Original, Scene, Hilarious, Baauer, Youtube, Funniest, Dance, First, What's Trending, Technology News
Shira Lazar

It all started with this crazy video from music producer, Baauer. Then, everyone wanted to do it. And now, pop culture's favorite parade-crasher Ferris Bueller is jumping on the dance meme bandwagon, courtesy of What's Trending!

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Amatus: Critical Artist and Harbinger of Where Music Is Going

Charles Howard | Posted 01.02.2013 | Black Voices
Read More: Gun Violence, Art, Hip Hop, Trip-Hop, Impact News, American Muslims, Chicago, Black Voices News, Muslims, Electronica, Music News, Amatus, Video, Black Voices News
Charles Howard

Amatus-Sami's music has a well-rounded edginess to it. Her music is on the edge of many things. The edge of hip-hop, the edge of electronica, the cutting edge of production, the edge of breaking through.

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Casting for Gravity: Donny McCaslin's Adventure Into Electronica

Ralph A. Miriello | Posted 11.24.2012 | Arts
Read More: Boards of Canada, Portishead, Donny McCaslin, Jazz Review, Maria Schneider, David Binney, Aphex Twin, Jason Lindner, Modern Jazz, Ryan Truesdale, Cd Review, Electronica, Donny McCaslin's "Casting for Gravity", Mark Guiliana, Tim LeFebvre, Dave Douglas, Video, Arts News
Ralph A. Miriello

The saxophonist Donny McCaslin has been steadily adding to a body of work that is firmly establishing him as a powerful voice in modern creative music.

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Meet Chicago's Latest Indie Sensation -- YAWN

Salvatore Bono | Posted 09.12.2012 | Chicago
Read More: Passion Pit, Windy City, Yawn, Happy Tears, Yeasayer, Phoenix, Chicago, Indie, Dance, Electronica, Electronic, Chicago News
Salvatore Bono

As the summer heat rolls on, we all look for a song or an artist that will provide us with music for fun in the sun. Now you may look no further than the Windy City's own YAWN.

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Donna Summer 'Brought Disco From The Clubs To The Streets'

Hank Bordowitz | Posted 07.17.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Dance Music, Disco, Dance Rock, Donna Summer, Electronica, Post50 Celebrities, Queen of Disco, Donna Summer Disco, Donna Summer 70s, Slideexpand, Fifty News
Hank Bordowitz

More than any other performer of the mid-70s through the 80s, Donna Summer's recordings pushed the envelope of dance music.

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Australia's Gold Fields Shine in NYC Debut

Salvatore Bono | Posted 05.26.2012 | New York
Read More: Mercury Lounge, Gold Fields, Electronica, Sxsw, Electro, Gold Fields Music, Gold Fields Band, NY Around Town, Australian Bands, Glasslands Gallery, New York News
Salvatore Bono

When their set at Mercury Lounge started, Gold Fields immediately proved they were unlike any band you have seen play before at the intimate venue.

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Don't Think; Get The DVD Instead: How Chemical Brothers Took The Big Screen On The Way To The Small Screen

Phil West | Posted 04.10.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Dance Music, Don't Think, Chemical Brothers, Electronic Dance Music, Don't Think Movie, Concert Films, Concert Film, The Chemical Brothers, Electronica, Entertainment News
Phil West

Yesterday, good news arrived for Chemical Brothers fans. However this wasn't your typical DVD announcement.

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Are You A Fan Of Electronic Music? Listen To How It All Started

Posted 01.04.2012 | Home
Read More: The Daphne Oram Tapes, The Daphne Oram Tapes: Volume One, Oramics, Daphne Oram, Vinyl, Vinyl Records, Electronic Music, Music, Electronica, On Our Radar, Home News

Even if you don't know who Daphne Oram is, you probably hear her influence in the music you listen to. Oram, one of the early pioneers of electron...

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The Rise Of Poetronica

www.guardian.co.uk | Posted 12.31.2011 | Home
Read More: Electronica, Poetronica, Poetry, Home News

It's hardly surprising the year is ending with news that dubstep heavyweight Skream is set for a musical collaboration with poet Jodi Ann Bickley. The...

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Local Band Makes New Songs Free 'Til Dec. 6

The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 11.29.2011 | DC
Read More: DC News, Velvet Lounge, Bands, District of Columbia, Indie Bands, Music, Electronica, Wonderland Ballroom, Ra Ra Rasputin, DC News

WASHINGTON -- With the holiday season approaching, local band Ra Ra Rasputin seems to be in the giving spirit. To celebrate the release of its latest ...

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PHOTOS: Moby Documents His Life With "Destroyed"

Posted 12.03.2011 | Arts
Read More: Photography, Richard Melville, Moby "Go", Dance Music, Rave, Moby, Paul Kopeikin Gallery Techno Music, Electronic Dance Music, Electronica, Paul Kopeikin, Moby Album, Rave Music, Arts News

Moby, born Richard Melville Hall, has traveled the world, played for stadiums full of adoring fans and sold over 20 million albums worldwide, but now ...

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LA's Electro Kings: 5 Underground Artits To Watch

| Katie Bain | Posted 09.18.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: La Nightlife, La Around Town, La-Clubs, Hip Hop, La Music, Electronica, Los Angeles Clubs, LA Djs, Los Angeles News

Los Angeles’ electronic music scene is a multi-dimensional beat machine pumping out explosive sub-bass vibrations and good vibes. These artists--all...

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"Tear Us Apart" Exclusive: The Real Tuesday Weld Meets The Last Werewolf (audio)

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.21.2011 | Books
Read More: Chevrolet, Books, Skylight Books, The Real Tuesday Weld, Electronica, Pinkie Maclure, Stephen Coates, l.A. Noire, Piney Gir, The Last Werewolf, Joe Coles, I Lucifer, The Strand, Glen Duncan, Pop, Marcella Puppini (Puppini Sisters), Greenlight Books, City Lights, Pumajaw, Books News
Mike Ragogna

On July 12th, author Glen Duncan's book The Last Werewolf will hit the shelves in a unique way. An identically titled album by the UK group The Real Tuesday Weld will serve as the book's counterpart.

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An Environmental Experience: Electric Kulintang at the Atrium (VIDEO)

Michal Shapiro | Posted 07.22.2011 | Arts
Read More: Song of the Bird King, Susie Ibarra, Filipino Music, Philippino Music, World Music, Ecology, Drum Codes, Live Performance, Lincoln Center, Rubenstein Atrium, Electric Kulintang, Earth Day, Electronica, Roberto Rodriguez, Target Free Thursday, Arts News
Michal Shapiro

Electronica, as Rodriguez composes it, contains an invitation to trance that is an appropriate matrix for the shamanistic meditations inspired by the Kulintang.

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Black Eskimo: Something New

John Gascot | Posted 07.18.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Alternative Music, Tsunami, Charity, Lenny Kravitz, Black Eskimo, Madonna, Music Videos, Music, Electronica, Ingrid Chavez, Prince, Entertainment News
John Gascot

It seems almost obligatory that I should open with a few words on Ingrid Chavez's collaborations with ultra-famous rockers Prince and Lenny Kravitz. But if you are only familiar with those facets of Ingrid's career, you are missing out.

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150,000 Fans Descend on Miami for Ultra Music Festival

Farryn Weiner | Posted 06.01.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Ultra, Tiesto, Chemical Brothers, Kaskade, Miami Music Week, Electronic Music, Music Industry, Festival, Dubstep, Ultra Music Festival, Electronica, Miami, David Guetta, Slidepollajax, Entertainment News
Farryn Weiner

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British Buzz Boy James Blake Arrives in Brooklyn

Salvatore Bono | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: England, London, Universal Motown, Music Hall of Williamsburg, James Blake, Feist, Joni Mitchell, Dubstep, Electronica, James Blake Concert, New York News
Salvatore Bono

Blake's style of music is a hybrid of experimental dub step, lo-fi, and electronica and his lyrics show his vulnerability, passion and sensitivity.

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Tracking the Trek Toward TRON Legacy: Top Ten Daft Punk Songs

S.X. Rosenstock | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Coachella, Busta Rhymes, Tron Legacy, Daft Punk, Neptunes, Kanye West, Electronica, Janet Jackson, Grammy Awards, Entertainment News
S.X. Rosenstock

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Introducing JazzEktro!

Jeff Rivera | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Dance, Rock, Electronica, Music, Jazz, Jazzektro, Entertainment News
Jeff Rivera

In a world where every pop song today sounds well ... pretty much the same and every hip hop song has an interchangeable MC, I found new musical gro...

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The Evolution Will be ooVood

Mark Levine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Iran, Fela Kuti, Music, Green Revolution, Neda Agha Soltan, Skype, Electronica, Technology, Censorship, Oovoo, Freemuse, Technology News
Mark Levine

With governments still largely in control of the streets and able to monitor or block access to sites like YouTube, Myspace and Facebook, what technologies are left to overcome connect people in meaningful ways?

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Taiwan: Music Not Missiles

Michal Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Conscious Rap, Kou Chou Ching, Taiwanese Music, Performance Art, A Moving Sound, Electronica, Lim Geong, Entertainment News
Michal Shapiro

You can't live in a place like Taiwan and not be thinking about national identity. Martial law was only lifted in 1988 -- the space of one generation -- and the repercussions are still being felt.

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