Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Phoenix, the band around Sofia Coppola’s husband Thomas Mars, is about to release some new stuff. As they stated on their MySpace blog, they just finished their forth studio album these days.    But the guys didn’t reveal much details. The album’s name is Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix and...

23/05/2008  We Call It Techno!

A documentary about Germany’s early Techno scene and culture on DVD   Inspired by new sounds, new technologies and the political events of the time, the early 90s sees the emergence of a scene that euphorically celebrates the dawning of a new era. In Berlin, Frankfurt and many other Germ...

Slices

22/05/2008  Slices 2-08 out soon!

Out: June 15, 2008   FEATURES Guy Gerber, Egyptian Lover, Radio Slave, Dave Clarke, Jake Fairley, Patric Catani, Cio D..Or, Johnny D.   LABEL FEATURE Oslo Records  TECH TALK Thomas Fehlmann   www.sensemusic.de  

Plant an mptree

16/05/2008  Plant an mptree

A German saying holds it that every man should plant a tree during his life (the other things on the to-do-list are building a house and making a child, but let's not focus on that here). You can come a lot closer to this in a rather surprising way: by planting an mptree. That is, of course, op...

Music meets technology, part 2

16/05/2008  Music meets technology, part 2

Detroit is where it all started: techno music was born here late in the last century, fueled by artists' creativity and technological advances. This week, technology envaded the scene of music again when a Honda robot led the Detriot Symphonic Orchestra in a performance.   The 98 musicia...

Pacemaker & Co

10/05/2008  DJing's latest innovations: Pacemaker & co

Ever since artists first started to mix their vinyl records, DJing has evolved into an art of its own - and it looks much different today than it used to. First, it moved from vinyls to CDs, then to laptops. And now, even laptops have become obsolete. The secret lies within a small device that...

08/05/2008  Infadels “Universe in Reverse”

Those who have attended an Infadels live show, whether as opener for The Rapture or on their own shows, know that these cats from Hackney/London can turn a venue upside-down. Their mixture of dirty electro and sleazy indierock is banging for sure and hits like „Love Like Semtex“, „Jagger `67“ a...