Music the artform and artists
La pop nigériane mène la révolution de la musique panafricaine
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- Tuesday, 14 November 2017
De Guinée au Mozambique, du Botswana au Kenya, Davido, star de l'afropop et icône des jeunes Africains, parcourt le continent en jet privé et reçoit partout le même accueil: des stades remplis à craquer et des foules en délire.
When Pierre Boulez Went Electric
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- Tuesday, 31 October 2017
Pierre Boulez, the radical modernist composer who later in his career became one of the most sought-after conductors in the world, was famous for his polemics. “I suggested that it was not enough to add a moustache to the Mona Lisa,” he once said.
Studio for Electronic Music: Why was the German recording facility so innovative?
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- Tuesday, 31 October 2017
State-of-the-art Cologne production house paved the way for host of progressive new genres from krautrock to trance.
How video game music is finally getting the appreciation it deserves
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- Tuesday, 31 October 2017
“Several game soundtracks end up in the Top 10 on iTunes, not just in the soundtracks section, but in the ‘all albums’ section,”.
When classical music becomes another character in a movie
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- Tuesday, 31 October 2017
It’s a challenge to introduce a powerful work of art within another one. You lose control of your own narrative. You may not do justice to the work you’re incorporating, and if you do, the audience may wind up focusing on Beethoven rather than on you.
Revolutionary Arseny Avraamov
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- Tuesday, 31 October 2017
The tumultuous life and pioneering work of the composer and theorist who wanted to burn all pianos in Russia.
Comment l’électro a conquis le cœur des Tunisiens
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- Tuesday, 31 October 2017
La scène électronique est née quelques années avant le début des printemps arabes, mais Ahmed Loubiri parle de la révolution comme d’un « catalyseur » de cette culture en Tunisie.
Do Androids Dream Of Electronic Beats?
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- Tuesday, 17 October 2017
How Blade Runner impacted electronic music.
Thelonious Monk At 100
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- Tuesday, 17 October 2017
He was called "the high priest of bebop." With his goatee, dark sunglasses and exotic hats, Thelonious Monk was the quintessential hepcat.
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