Music the artform and artists
The best Arab independent musicians
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- Tuesday, 28 April 2020
If you ever need recommendations on which artists to listen to from the Arabic independent scene, then it’s best to go right to the source.
Why Do We Even Listen to New Music?
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- Tuesday, 28 April 2020
Our brains reward us for seeking out what we already know. So why should we reach to listen to something we don’t?
En musique, la trompette dans tous ses états
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- Tuesday, 28 April 2020
La majesté, la royauté, la force, la virilité... le son de la trompette est souvent associé aux éléments les plus puissants et impressionnants, sans oublier la représentation de la voix de Dieu elle-même !
10 essential Manu Dibango songs
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- Tuesday, 14 April 2020
The late Manu Dibango's career spanned three continents, six decades and many styles, making him a true innovator of African music.
The underground Arab producers making waves
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- Tuesday, 14 April 2020
By now, we’re all familiar with the likes of DJ Khaled and Noah “40” Shebib, but there’s a new crop of Arab producers taking the local music industry by storm.
Predicting Tectonic Changes in Classical Music
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- Tuesday, 14 April 2020
Not long after the last global pandemic, in which some 50 million people died from Spanish flu, a social change began to take place in living rooms across the world.
Hands Off: A 100th Anniversary Guide to Theremin Music
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- Tuesday, 14 April 2020
The year is 1920. At a government-run think tank in Petrograd, a brilliant young Soviet scientist harnesses the power of something called the “heterodyne beat frequency” to create a mysterious-looking, antennaed box that creates a high-pitched wail, which intensifies when his hands come closer to it.
Inside the world's largest dedicated collection of Latin American music
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- Tuesday, 14 April 2020
Considered one of the greatest collectors of music from the region in the world, her archive now includes over 50,000 recordings on LP, 78rpm, 7″ and CD, with an expanding collection of music films and DVDS.
Daphne Oram, pionnière oubliée de la musique électronique
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- Tuesday, 14 April 2020
Véritable génie, complètement sous-estimée à son époque, membre du mythique cabinet d'expériences sonores de la BBC avant d'en être chassée, Daphne Oram est une pionnière de la musique électronique.
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