Artist: Eliane Radigue

During the opening night of this two week-long Sound And Music -presented Triptych series on the work of the French minimalist composer Eliane Radigue, her archivist and collaborator Emmanuel Holterbach was discussing the young Radigue's interest in classical music. In what seemed like a fairly throwaway remark at the time, he mentioned that she was particularly fascinated by the pieces between movements. While he was talking about intersections, overlaps and cross fades in a very specific sense, the notion of transformation from one state to another is one that has huge resonance when discussing the work of Radigue. Having [...]

Amor de Días—the duo of Alasdair Maclean (Clientele) and Lupe Núñez-Fernández (Pipas)—just released debut album Street Of The Love Of Days via Merge. (Those of you who speak Spanish know that the band's moniker translates to "love of days," hence the album title.) Maclean and Núñez-Fernández worked on the 15-track LP for more than three [...]

A portrait of Eliane Radigue produced by the Austrian IMA (Institute for Media Archeology), which observes Eliane in her workspace, operating the ARP and talking about the process of composing and recording.

The queen of drone & tape music, Eliane Radigue is now 78 years old. Junkmedia had an article on the occasion a few weeks ago: Radigue's music is frequently described in terms that may make it sound like equal parts ether and airy space-bliss, a fair characterization of many of the current drone artists Radigue has influenced. In fact, she creates her sounds in a labor-intensive process of imperceptibly measured sonic increments, moving her hands between knobs, patches, potentiometers and a stop-watch, paradoxically creating the sensation of luxuriant drones outside of [...]

• Eliane Radigue - Onward 9,5

This is blog entry number 1968. The same year James "Sawyer" Ford was born. Coincidence? TRICK QUESTION! In LOST there are no coincidences! Oh my God, you guys - LOST premieres tonight. For the last time. I don't know whether to geek out and get all giddy, or shy away and try to hide my watery eyes. It's a lot like fathering a child, or finding the absolute best hamburger in the world. LOST is one of those things in life that can toy with your emotions on a whim, and it [...]

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