Delia Derbyshire: the radical genius who built electronic music by hand
She invented the future, one razor blade splice at a time.
Electronic music
Mort Garson’s electronic magic: The life of a synthesizer pioneer of occult soundtracks
Tuning in to the Moog séance.
The German electronic music made by all three guys from the Police but totally wasn’t the Police
Sting with Eberhard Schoener, 1986 The Police were always very proud of their musicianship–all three members were top-notch musicians. For years the band’s line on…
Liaisons Dangereuses: 1981 New Wave dance floor classic predicts future of electronic dance music
Dig the proto acid house sound of German new wave group, Liaisons Dangereuses and their 1981 record “Los Nińos Del Parque” (“Little Kids in the…
Watch P-Orridge, Moog, Moroder, Can and many more in the electronic music documentary ‘Modulations’
Iara Lee’s ambitious 1998 documentary Modulations: Cinema for the Ear tries to fit the entire history of electronic music into 73 minutes. It’s a good…
Even if you hate electronic dance music, how could you not like The Grid?
I’m not–and have really never been–much of an electronic dance music fan. I just can’t listen to it at home and these days I’m too…
Listen to four electronic music tracks, supposedly by Aphex Twin’s young son
Earlier this year Aphex Twin (Richard D. James) released Syro, his first studio album since 2001’s Drukqs. Evidently the name of the album came from…
Is Rolling Stone trolling an entire generation of electronic music fans?
DJs. Criminals with a license to shoot shit into our eardrums. This commercial, directed by Federico Brugia and Filmmaster Productions, purports to be for Italian…
Stockhausen lectures on Electronic Music
German avant-garde composer and electronic music pioneer Karlheinz Stockhausen managed to find time to write articles on music theory and lecture on music in Europe…