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Donald Erb, Composer of Early Electronic Music, Dies at 81 Donald Erb, a composer with a strong interest in electronic music who was prominent on the avant-garde scene of the 1960s and '70s, died Tuesday at his home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. He was 81. His death followed a long illness, said his wife, Lucille Erb.
The Vegetable Orchestra: Pass the carrots, pleaseThe utilization of various ever refined vegetable instruments creates a musically and aesthetically unique sound universe. The Vegetable Orchestra was founded in 1998. It consists of 11 musicians, a sound engineer and a video artist.
Died: Bebe Barron, co-composer of the first electronic film score, for 'Forbidden Planet'Bebe Barron, with her husband Louis, composed "electronic tonalities" for the film Forbidden Planet (1956), the first completely electronic score for any mainstream film.
King Hip is no longer - Joe Zawinul, 1932-2007A music giant has left us. Josef Erich "Joe" Zawinul -- who established a new school of music with Miles Davis and led the seminal Weather Report with Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius, et al.
What went wrong with the techno culture?"...it's time to form a new and pure techno culture, where inspiration for music and art comes from intelligence, futurism, innovation, science and technology and do our best to protect it."
Writing electronic music may seem like an easy task at first. All who have tried have realised that there is a difference between writing a piece that sounds either amateurish or too commercial and creating something truly unique.
How the old Doctor Who theme was composedIf you're a Doctor Who fan, check it out. If you're a fan of electronic music, check it out. If you're neither of those things, then I have nothing for you. Try checking back later.
The Green ChildrenThis is a really interesting flash site that talks about Muhammad Yunus, the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner. Music is really great too!
This episode is work safe.Bits and Pieces is the full length solo album from producer and musician known as LSA. It contains a mixture of trip hop, drum-n-bass and downtempo tracks that are sure to please.
A Musical EnigmaIn a recent tribute to mathematician Alan Turing, electronic music duo Matmos uses the sounds produced by an Enigma machine.
I've been wondering, why is electronic music so popular now a days? How come people seriously prefer algorithmic repetitive beats combined with laser beans and other kinds of weird noise to real music with real musicians playing real music instruments? How come "samples" became m
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