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• Culture, General, Music, Nonsense

  techno as composition-the antidote to the “soul-less” charge

  02.18.09 | Permalink | 28 Comments

  Aside from the question of aesthetics and personal preference, few casual listeners realize that techno, unlike its more straightforward verse-chorus-verse-structured musical peers, does not rely on a recording of a performance, but on a recording of sound directly from the sheets of musical notation, as MIDI data performs the function of sheet music, in the [...]

• Culture, Music

  Intergalactic FM – On All Frequencies!

  02.18.09 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  I’ll be off to this at the weekend and can’t wait. I’ll also be playing some disco classix on the Saturday night. Recommend you come and check it if you’re in the area, having been to two of the CBS partys – they are always serious funtimes.

• Culture, General, Music

  Wax Poetics Anthologies

  01.07.09 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  Here in the UK, stockists of Wax Poetics are fairly scarce, and it’s only recently I’ve managed to pick up a few issues. Beautifully presented and packaged, the writing seems, for the most part, to be full of integrity, passion and enthusiam. I got wind of these anthologies and was lucky enough to receive the [...]

• Culture, Music

  Juju & Jordash Live @ Studio 80, Amsterdam

  11.28.08 | Permalink | 5 Comments

  Was kindly passed this great quality live footage of J&J playing live in Amsterdam by Jordash. Looks like a great party and the music sounds really nice. Enjoy. Juju & Jordash LIVE @ Studio 80, Amsterdam from Gno Pants on Vimeo.

• Culture, Music, Records

  House Music is Still House Music

  11.08.08 | Permalink | 34 Comments

  There’s been a silly amount of good new house records out recently. I’ve talked about a bunch of them, but I’ve got a bunch more even since then. Really this has to be one of the best runs of new records in years, it seems like every week there’s enough stuff out to make an [...]

• Culture, Music

  The Dream Machine featuring Intergalactic Gary (08/11/08)

  10.09.08 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  A heads up for those readers living in London or can reach for mine and fellow ISMer Meschi’s inaugural club night….. We are very pleased to welcome a DJ and producer acclaimed throughout the Cosmos – Intergalactic Gary. I-G started DJing professionally in 1990 at the acid squat parties, clubs and pirate radio stations of [...]

• Culture, Music

  DEAF 2008

  10.05.08 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  It’s October and for Irish electronic music fans that means that DEAF is coming. DEAF (the Dublin Electronic Arts Festival) has been going since 2002 and takes place every year during the Irish October bank holiday weekend, this year it runs from Thursday 23rd until Sunday 26th. It’s independently run by D1 Recordings. Over the [...]

• Culture, General, Interviews, Music

  Interview – Reggie Dokes (Psychostasia Recordings)

  08.31.08 | Permalink | 13 Comments

  Here at ISM, we like to give coverage to artists we respect and admire. It’s been a while since we last had an interview up, so here is the next installment. I caught up via email with DJ and producer Reggie Dokes, owner of Psychostasia Recordings, to talk music, the “D”, and being in a [...]

• Culture, General, Music

  RIP Isaac Hayes

  08.11.08 | Permalink | 5 Comments

  Isaac Hayes passed away on Sunday the 10th of August 2008 at his home in Memphis, Tennessee, aged 65. The man is a legend of soul and funk music. He started off as a session musician playing organ and keyboards in the Stax house band on Otis Redding cuts such as the Otis Blue album [...]

• Culture, Nonsense

  A Little More On “Action Without Thought”

  07.30.08 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  Digging around for a Sun-Ra CD case last night (which I never fucking found!), I happened upon the book that got me thinking about the idea of zen and deejaying a few years back. Entitled “The Unfettered Mind, it was lent to me by my man Chris Schubert who is a big fan of the [...]

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