17 – August – 2012 – Electronic Beats

Kraftwerk New York — Picture of the Day

Kraftwerk

When Kraftwerk were staying in New York to perform their 12345678 retrospective at the MoMA in April, we were also in town. For the last issue of EB Magazine A.J. Samuels and Max Dax met with Klaus Biesenbach, Afrika Bambaataa, Glenn O’Brien, Emil Schult et al and interviewed them about Germany’s most elegant pop group. Read – more

When Kraftwerk were staying in New York to perform their 12345678 retrospective at the MoMA in April, we were also in town. For the last issue of EB Magazine A.J. Samuels and Max Dax met with Klaus Biesenbach, Afrika Bambaataa, Glenn O’Brien, Emil Schult et al and interviewed them about Germany’s most elegant pop group. Read the first part here. Photo: Max Dax

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— Two years prison for Pussy Riot, entire free world screams ‘Bullshit!’ on Wired — link sent by Daniel Jones
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— Today’s Supernatural from Animal Collective’s new album Centipede Hz, directed by Danny Perez on Motor — link sent by Moritz Gayard
— Download a free CSS remix of Gossip’s single ‘Move In The Right Direction’ on Tonspion — link sent by Udo Raaf
— German artist Michael Rohde takes pictures of rooms ‘From Below’ on iGNANT — link sent by The Pixel Issue
— Hear Major Lazer’s 2012 Carnival mix on Fact — link sent by Louise Brailey
— Double — Wheels for your iPad on Double Robotics — link sent by Ralf Rattay
— Amanar, the guitar Tuareg band from Northern Mali got remixed on sahelsounds — link sent by Moritz Gayard
— ‘Witch techno’? See for yourself and listen to Demdike Stare’s 40 minute live set on The Boiler Room — link sent by wwwacht
— 10 ads that killed dubstep — how marketing co-opted another musical genre that used to be cool on Adweek — link sent by Marcel Röttgers via Email
— Fostercare’s new EP inspired by ‘lyric poetry, black metal and singers like Kate Bush and Marianne Faithfull.’ on True Parameters — link sent by Daniel Jones

EB Exclusive: VCMG – Aftermaths (Gesaffelstein Remix)

We’ve been talking about this grande techno release since long. And today we’re serving the next portion, aka the exclusive pre-listening of Monsieur Gesaffelstein’s re-edit of VCMG’s instant classic, entitled ‘Aftermaths’ – more

Tech Talk: Thomas Fehlmann (Slices DVD Feature)

“I find that life in general is a source of inspiration and the vital spark to me where the music, let’s say produces the cement to achieve and to have a good mood.” — watch our Thomas Fehlmann Tech Talk video feature, taken from Slices DVD Issue 4-09. – more

EB Listening: Bobby Champs’ Drag Queen

Brighton’s Bobby Champs doesn’t mess around. His debut Moonlight EP specialised in brash, rough-around-the-edges-house which appealed directly to the pleasure principle. Follow up EP Drag Queen, released via Pictures Music (who include the likes of Lapalux and Rudi Zygadlo on their roster) teases his big room sound in a slightly odder direction, while maintaining the kinetic strut of his debut. – more

Interview: Vessel

When Vessel’s Nylon Sunset EP dropped in May 2011, it quickly revealed itself as one of the standout releases of the year. This year has seen his sound continue to evolve, moving from flinty, percussive club textures through altogether more vascular terrains. In short, it was no surprise to us when NY/Lon label Tri Angle snapped him up for his debut album. With Order of Noise due to hit in September, we thought the time was ripe to find out – more

A week in the life: 168 hrs Kraftwerk, NYC part 1

Photo: Max Dax Few bands cast a shadow as long (or wide) as electronic pioneers Kraftwerk. The influence of the band’s trail-blazing retro-futurism, conceptual precision and electronic minimalism is difficult to overestimate, extending beyond numerous genres of electronic music into the broader realm of art and popular culture. And the art world seems to – more