Experimental music naturally brings with it a sense of risk, adventure, and endless possibility. And with the current state of technology, all it takes...
It's not every day that you can say electric guitar and John Philip Sousa in the same breath, but the music of the March King has helped pave the way...
Producer, guitarist, and composer Michael Brook was looking for a follow-up to RockPaperScissors (Canadian Rational, 2006), a world music album that melded...
Signal and sample processing have progressed by leaps and bounds since the dawn of computer-based music, and Carl Stone is one of the privileged few who...
Neat categories have never been a hallmark of Ryuichi Sakamoto's music. From bubblegum pop ditties to avant-garde classical fugues, the Japanese-born...
If you're a fan of the meditative side of jazz sometimes known as that Miles Davis pioneered and Nina Simone and Alice Coltrane expanded on, and you're...
Richard Linklater's 2006 film adaptation of A Scanner Darkly a jarring, rotoscope-animated view of the drug-addled future depicted by Philip K. Dick in...
Liz Pappademas's solo debut, 11 Songs, is gorgeous and lush in a sparse sort of way. The uncluttered arrangements and production allow her songwriting,...
In this era of digitally manipulated sound, pure electronic music that is, music based totally on analog synthesis could be considered a lost art. But...
The music on Balkan Beat Box's (BBB) latest CD, Nu Med (JDub, 2007), is an original blend of Middle Eastern folk influences and electronica. The band...
When Jeff Murphy describes his new solo album, Cantilever (Black Vinyl, 2007), he says it's all about the music and about being human. Murphy, who has...
Electronic Musician's Pro/File of Strange Angel, whose debut CD features a roster of guest stars, who are friends with the band's guitarist, Bryan Bell, a former studio tech....
At the core of the band WhiteRoom is the duo of Alex Dray and Eddy Silva, who started playing together during high school in Montreal, Canada. The pair...
This is drinking music, says John Bigham, front man for the Soul of John Black. I wanted to make down-home-blues party music, he says of the band's latest...
Electronic Musician's Pro/File of Monsieur Leroc, who's latest CD, I'm Not Young But I Need the Money, was put together without a lot of gear, but with a lot of creativity....
After years of touring and making several indie CDs, singer-songwriter Ari Hest's career was on the rise. He signed with Columbia Records and cut a CD's...
Lynda Kay Parker and Danny B. Harvey are the component parts of the quirky country duo Lonesome Spurs. Though both are native Texans, they're based in...
For Venus Hum's third full-length release, The Colors in the Wheel (Nettwerk/Mono-Fi, 2006), the electronic-pop trio eschewed synthesizers in favor of...
Should Jean-Pierre Smadja known as Smadj ever find himself marooned on a desert island, he wouldn't be in any rush to drop a message in a bottle or make...
So goes a hook-laden lyric from Psycho-Delic-Ghetto-Vibe (Artform Entertainment, 2006), the new release from SonnyBoy. Anyone who records as a one-man...
Sound Team is an Austin, Texas based six-piece band that melds indie rock and postpunk with German synth music and '80s pop. The group takes an exploratory...
Beth Thornley is an artist on the rise. Her smart and hooky lyrics, inventive compositions, and pop productions have been compared to artists such as...
It's always tempting to get scientific about reproducing the sound of old records you love. Replicate the instruments, mic placement, and signal path...
Pro/File: Cycles of Strings
Pro/File: Trance Formation
Pro/File: Mystic Voices
Pro/File: Making Waves
Pro/File: Lounge Fever
Pro/File: Live and Cinematic
Pro/File: Stark Lushness Illuminated
Pro/File: Cut, Paste, and Process
Pro/File: Modular Odyssey
Music Without Borders
PRO/FILE: Without Shoes
With Special Guests
Montreal Pop
Truly Gritty
Sonic Sculptor
Hest Makes Best
Texas in a Suitcase
Venus Hum Goes Organic
Track It and Drive
Groove Thyself
Exploring at Big Orange
Pop Solid
Tape Head
