David Cope is an “…American author, composer, scientist, and professor emeritus of music at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His primary area of research involves artificial intelligence and music”.2 I recently stumbled across an interesting article about the computer generated music by Cope which includes some interesting quotes by Douglas Hofstadter,3 a very [...]
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Artist Highlight: Bop
Bop is a “… green tea-drinking, banana-eating vegan with a dog named Booyaka….” Hailing from “Saint-Petersburg in Russia, Bop is a new breed of producer intent on re-writing the rulebook with an intoxicating ice-cold sound; embracing influences from deep techno and minimalist dubstep through to IDM and ambient drum & bass.”
Artist Highlight: Tim Schuldt (Hard Guitar Psytrance)
This past Friday I was in “a mood”. Tim Schuldt’s hard guitar psytrance fitted my mood. I first heard Schuldt’s music on a mix tape many years ago. I recently discovered on YouTube that the track was Absurd from his Single-Collection (2000). YouTube user DennisRoshal says it well — the track is “epic”. [...]
The Best Music Listening Emoticon?
While on YouTube last week, I came across a really cool music listening emoticon that was so good, I felt obligated to share. Here it is:
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The emoticon was used by Razielts1 as a comment to the Astrix – Kali Gms Rmx Revolution Reloaded upload (psytrance):
Of course, I think you can understand why I like [...]
Nate Harrison on the “Amen Break” – the foundation of jungle/drum&bass
About the “Amen Break” from Wikipedia:
‘The “Amen break” was a brief drum solo performed in 1969 by Gregory Sylvester “G. C.” Coleman in The Winstons’s song “Amen, Brother”.
‘The “Amen Break”, “Amen”, or imitations thereof, are frequently used as sampled drum loops in hip hop, jungle, breakcore and drum and bass music. [...] ["Amen, Brother"] is [...]
