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Pro/File: Mystic Voices 

By Bill Murphy

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...

Pro/File: Making Waves 

By Bill Murphy

Neat categories have never been a hallmark of Ryuichi Sakamoto's music. From bubblegum pop ditties to avant-garde classical fugues, the Japanese-born...

Pro/File: Lounge Fever 

By Bill Murphy

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...

Pro/File: Live and Cinematic 

By Bill Murphy

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...

Pro/File: Stark Lushness Illuminated 

By Diane Gershuny

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,...

Pro/File: Cut, Paste, and Process 

By Bill Murphy

There's something beautifully off-kilter about the music of David P. Madson, aka Odd Nosdam. ...

Pro/File: Modular Odyssey 

By Bill Murphy

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...

Music Without Borders 

By Debbie Galante Block

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...

PRO/FILE: Without Shoes 

By Debbie Galante Block

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...

With Special Guests 

By Mike Levine

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....

Montreal Pop 

By Diane Gershuny

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...

Tracking in Soulville 

By Diane Gershuny

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...

Truly Gritty 

By Heather Johnson

Kevin and Anita Robinson, who constitute the Portland, Oregon-based guitar-drum duo Viva Voce, like to keep their fans guessing. ...

Sonic Sculptor 

By Diane Gershuny

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....

Hest Makes Best 

By Mike Levine

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...

Texas in a Suitcase 

By Diane Gershuny

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...

Venus Hum Goes Organic 

By Heather Johnson

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...

Track It and Drive 

By Kenneth Partridge

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...

Groove Thyself 

By Rich Maloof

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...

Exploring at Big Orange 

By Heather Johnson

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...

Pop Solid 

By Diane Gershuny

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...

Tape Head 

By Rich Maloof

It's always tempting to get scientific about reproducing the sound of old records you love. Replicate the instruments, mic placement, and signal path...

Topographic Tracks 

By Pete Prown

Throughout sessions for the Tangent's latest album, singer-keyboardist Andy Tillison kept the Yes classic Tales from Topographic Oceans (Atlantic, 1973)...

Sonic Brushstrokes 

By Brian Heller

Although some of Matthew Smith's symphonies last more than 40 minutes, it takes less than 30 seconds to realize how unusual they are. Smith, a painter...

Dynamic Duo 

By David Weiss

Spectacular vocals, exploratory synth work, and a dark, alluring image define the British synth-pop duo Goldfrapp. The pair, Alison Goldfrapp and Will...