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I Love IDM!

admin — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:25:28 +0000

Ever since I was first introduced to Prefuse73, I had to search out more of this really cool new music that used static, blips, bleeps, gurgles and other strange noises to create music. This led to Squarepusher (another fellow bassplayer, yay!) After that I started listening to Mouse on Mars and Autechre. And now I’m discovering even more cool stuff every day!

Here are some definitions of IDM (which stands for Intelligent Dance Music):

AllMusic Guide def. of IDM
Wikipedia def. of IDM

Peter Rauhofer

admin — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:01:32 +0000

Sometimes I follow artists or labels, but I often also follow remixers. I stumbled upon Peter Rauhofer recently. He was the group called Club 69, back in the 90’s (remember “Style” and “I Look Good”?)

If you look up “Rauhofer” on iTunes, you’ll find of slew of lovely, dark, tribal, intense club remixes.

My favorite Rauhofer remixes right now are “Nasty Girl” by Inaya Day, “Beautiful” by Christina Aguilera, and “Boy” by Book of Love.

Fabric 17 - by Akufen (aka Marc Leclair)

admin — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:41:23 +0000

Best purchase of the year…

Check it out here.

Lots of wonderful glitchy, bleeps and pops over smooth, soothing house beats. Yay!

The cover is fascinating and grotesque at the same time, however.

I wish I could go to the real Fabric club in London and dance all night long. Where is the good house music like this in Philly?

What is the best music software?

admin — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:57:34 +0000

I have been playing with Ableton Live recently. I know Pro-Tools and Digital Performer are the industry standards, but Live’s emphasis on loop-based composition, DJ-ing and and live performance all seemed to jive better with my house music, hip-hop, experimental electronica tastes.

The interface is what really drew me in though. Some music apps look intimidating. Live has tutorials built into the application and lots of wonderful contextual help features.