March was a busy month, saturated with music and thought. Here is a little of what I have heard (and retained!)
First, Holly Herndon (full disclosure, my wife) performed her latest work ’195′ at Mills College early in the month. The piece is due to be performed at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco in May, and explores the juxtaposition of acoustic, amplified, and processed voice.
It was a great month for techno, with Resident Advisor releasing a podcast from the mysterious ‘Horizontal Ground’ label, whose artists to this date remain anonymous.
Also, I received an advance copy of Berghain resident Marcel Dettmann’s debut full length, which is astounding. No playlists up online yet, but here is an older single of his as a taster.
Admittedly this is ridiculous, but a lazy Facebook trawl drew this to my attention. Utterly epic italo space synth from Eastern Europe. I have a soft spot for this kind of material, hopelessly dreamy and utopian. Evidently the future is what it used to be in Lodz, Poland!
Slightly unrelated, but this month the superb Ken Hollings also aired his latest documentary program ‘From Gameboy to Armageddon’ on BBC Radio, which is hauntingly prescient in light of the Wikileaks video that made it’s way into the public consciousness last week.
Currently reading ‘The Soul at Work: From Alienation to Autonomy’ by Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi
2 comments
Fractals says:
April 12, 2010 at 11:20 pm (UTC -8 )
I always feel so out of touch when I read your posts Matt. BTW – you should get Holly filling up that site of hers
Mat says:
April 13, 2010 at 10:48 am (UTC -8 )
Funnily enough, I was working on that just last night. Both our sites are looking a little healthier today but it will take some more work
There is no out of touch! Everything is happening simultaneously and you are just shifting dimensions for a second