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Ugh, another link to bitchfork? I apologize in advance. But I thought this was a great read:
Heaven and Hell: The Jesus and Mary Chain story.

I don’t really give a crap about the fact that this is a walkman commercial, I’m just super into Atsuhiro Ito’s noise. Evidently he utilizes the flickering of a contact mic’d fluorescent bulb through various guitar pedals (a setup he calls the Optron) to achieve this effect. Wild.

Here’s another with his drummer as [...]

Wonderful, inspiring talk by Ben Burtt on how he did the sound design for Wall-E (thanks jdg).

Max Neuhaus died today, incredible percussionist and ‘audio sculptor’.
Max was one of the pioneers of sound installations, including his droning ‘Times Square’ piece which was permanently installed at a pedestrian island at 46th and Broadway. This piece was never officially announced, as he preferred to have people discover it on their own. [...]

Via disquiet: An interview with Christian Fennesz by the Wall Street Journal.
Also: Popmatters interviews Yo-Yo Ma (though not very well).

Aidan Baker (of Nadja fame) is a very prolific musician, and his doom-laden drones can be absolutely emotionally devastating. Imagine my surprise and pleasure when it was announced that the fruits of his collaboration with shoegazer Tim Hecker were going to be released on Alien 8 recordings.
Fantasma Parastasie is an epic journey of 8 [...]

Phantom Channel is a new (and promising) ambient netlabel. I’ve been listening to their first compilation and it’s surprisingly great. Well sequenced and equal parts ambience and noise, it definitely takes you on a journey. Featuring Engine7, Parhelion, Adam Trainer, and Mosca.
In the words of the netlabel: “Part 1 features nine predominantly [...]

Thanks all to everyone who came to see us play last night! I had a great time playing solo and with Unrecognizable Now. And Clue to Kalo were awesome - I loved their harmonies and their songs.
Warts and all, here is my live set from last night for this month’s track of the [...]

Bebe Barron, half of the Electronic Music composing team of Louis and Bebe Barron, died today. They were most well known for composing the “Forbidden Planet” soundtrack, for which Louis built various analog feedback circuits and literally recorded the sounds of them dying/overloading. Interestingly, they built circuits for each character, each with sonic [...]

I’m intrigued with Ulrich Maiss. He purports to do a solo cello recreation of Lou Reed’s Noise Album “Metal Machine Music”, the album where Lou basically recorded two guitars feeding back on themselves for 60 minutes. Of course, he combines two great loves: noise music and cello, so how can’t I be intrigued?
Unfortunately, [...]