Nov 14th, 2008 · When The Fireman released its 1993 debut (the instrumental dance and electronica mix Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest), the band's identity was a mystery. U.K. music magazine Melody Maker eventually exposed it as a duo featuring the bassist and producer known as Youth and, to everyone's surprise, Paul McCartney. Now, a decade after releasing its last album, The Fireman is back with a new studio album. Hear Electric Arguments in an exclusive sneak preview of the entire album.
Keywords: identity · magazine · music · UK · Paul · Mystery · Preview · youth · duo · album · instrumentation · studio
Nov 10th, 2008 · Yet another group catapulting into the public eye via a catchy iPod jingle, Chairlift is relatively new to the pop scene but quickly building a substantial reputation. The electronica-pop trio originated at the University of Colorado and recently re-located to Brooklyn.
Keywords: public · electronics · Brooklyn · iPod · trio · electronica · Chairlift · catapulted · University of Colorado
Oct 24th, 2008 · On his third and latest album, iii, Canadian musician Michael Milosh serves up a collection of seductive, down-tempo electronica, inspired by his year living and recording on Thailand's tropical Koh Samui island. A classically trained cellist since the age of 3, Milosh writes on his MySpace page that he's "always had an intense attraction to songs that are sad, soft and beautiful" and that in his music, he attempts to "ride that thin line of mixing technology with some heart." On iii, he's succeeded in doing just that.
Keywords: music · technology · Canadian · songs · Tropical · Island · album · beautiful · Thailand · Cellist · electronica · seductive
Oct 12th, 2008 · Azam Ali and Loga Ramin Torkian, of the Persian-Indian music trio Niyaz, sit down to talk about their new album Nine Heavens. The disc blends modern electronica with old Persian folk songs and mystical Sufi poems. Ali talks about how her transcontinental journey from Iran to India, and then to the U.S., has shaped her music.
Keywords: Iran · los · angeles · modern · India · music · poems · songs · journey · album · folk · mystical
Aug 20th, 2008 · The Grammy-nominated Nortec Collective brings together Mexican, electronica and dance music. Hear songs from the group's new album, Tijuana Sound Machine, when Bostich and Fussible come by WXPN's World Cafe with host David Dye.
Keywords: Grammy · Mexican · music · songs · WXPN · album · World Cafe · David Dye · nortec · Nortec Collective · electronica · Fussible
Aug 5th, 2008 · Chinese American music producer Dave Liang's upbringing was as culturally mixed as the Shanghai jazz scene of the 1930s. So he created a new ensemble combining traditional Chinese instruments with hip-hop and electronica.
Keywords: China · Hybrid · music · Traditional · restoration · Upbringing · Jazz · 1930 · instrumentation · Hip · Shanghai · Chinese American
Jul 2nd, 2008 · Martin Dosh is a percussionist from Minneapolis, Minn., but his solo work is far from simple drum work. With Wolves and Wishes, Dosh's fourth full-length release on the Anticon label, Dosh has composed a series of richly orchestrated, mostly instrumental electronica tracks with a cinematic grandeur. With collaborative help from such well-known artists as Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Andrew Bird, the record finds a nice balance between Dosh's trippy synth, keyboard and drum work, and the album's guitars, violins, clarinets and saxophones.
Keywords: artists · Minn · clarinets · album · percussionist · instrumentation · Wishing · guitar · Violin · orchestral · collaboration · cinematic
Jun 20th, 2008 · The name of the Nashville band Computer Vs. Banjo says it all: Johnny Mann and Beau Stapleton blend folky banjos and acoustic guitars with synth-heavy electronica and experimental beats. The computer tends to win the battle on the group's self-titled debut, but countless computerized samples of more traditional instruments give the record an eclectic, genre-bending sound.
Keywords: Vs · magazine · Computers · Traditional · acoustic · instrumentation · genre · Nashville · guitar · electronica · banjo · eclectic
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