Latin American Revolution Rocks
Across the history of Latin American music there have been remarkable bands and composers that have stood for an ideal and have screamed for revolution and change. Playing a major roll in transmitting political awareness to people, these musicians raised the hopes and beliefs of countries suffering under the tyranny of tough regimes and their...
Interview: Jean-Jacques Perrey – The Elephant Never Forgets
Well-known as one of the earliest pioneers of electronic music, Jean-Jacques Perrey has always believed in space as a perfect companion for his work. The friendly and inspiring 82-year-old Frenchman also invented a technique which imagines music in the most spatial way: he dreamed of cutting and glueing analogue tapes, which developed into present-day tape...
Balkan Electro: Origins and Branches
When electro was born out of the decline of disco in the late 70′s, it would have been hard to predict that it would, decades later, find a new bed-fellow in the mountain folk music of South-Eastern Europe. The truth is that electro has always been open to incorporate sounds from other styles of music...
