Teruglezen naar begin maart doet mij beseffen dat mrbungle.nl beter de domeinextensie .be had kunnen hebben. Eerst was daar het altijd geweldige KRAAK festival in Aalst (lees de erg vermakelijke recensie van makker Stefan hier en bekijk zeker de fantastische foto's van Krysztoff Dorion op Flickr ). Net bekomen typte ik recensies van Dolphins Into The Future , Kris Vanderstraeten , Sylvester Anfang II en Kiss The Anus Of A Black Cat , allen uit Vlaanderen. Als je ook nog eens bedenkt dat het best bekeken tv-programma in mijn geboorteland de naam [...]
Pulse Emitter - "Hermits" Seasoned cosmonaut Pulse Emitter (Daryl Groetsch), who's been pumping out sterling synth music at a healthy rate since his project's conception in 2003, has a new one out on Aguirre called Aeons . Tackling four different periods of time from ancient earth ("Pangaea") to the distant, virtual reality-dominated future ("Immortality"), the record comes equipped with some nice head trips and winding treks through the primordial ooze. Your journey [...]
(Excerpt from a column for Wired Magazine by Kevin Kelly's cryogenically preserved brain, Standard Year 2104. Note that we have pruned it down from 30k words. Images from Sci-fi-o-rama and 50watts ). I remember our apocalyptic fears at the beginning of the millennium. No, I'm not talking about your run-of-the-mill eschatology, the advent of the saviour, the Antichrist or an all-mighty Artificial Intelligence that would enslave us (although there was a lot of that too). No, the fears I am talking about were baser, more pedestrian, and better grounded. We were [...]
Neon Marshmallow Festival came and conquered last weekend with more than 30 experimental music acts and films taking over the Empty Bottle . I spent two days of the fest's three-day run having my ears, mind, and wallet blown (no Loud Loop liquor allowance) by some amazing sounds and drinks. Needless to say, it was a killer weekend. But fear not, dear reader. I did not come out of that hot mess of smoke and swill empty handed. Below are a few videos I shot from Sunday's line-up. If you're looking for some [...]
With festivals every single weekend, it's hard to imagine that any one could be that different from the rest. But if nothing else, Chicago's two-year old Neon Marshmallow Festival proves that assumption so very wrong. The noise/drone/electronic/general ly avant-garde acts that pummeled the crowd for three nights won't be filling out even the earliest of slots at Coachella or Lollapalooza, and the fans who filed into work Monday morning with damaged ear drums and huge grins on their faces wouldn't want it any other way. Neon Marshmallow is, in a word, weird. In two words, delightfully weird. [...]
The final line-up for this year's three-day Neon Marshmallow Music Festival has been announced. Top-billed artists this year, include: White Rainbow, Rene Hell, and, recently added, Lucky Dragons on Friday, June 10; Pelt, Bill Orcutt, and Oneothrix Point Never on Saturday, June 11; and Morton Subotnick, The Rita, and Pulse Emitter on Sunday, June 12. A full schedule can be found below. The experimental music fest, which is being hosted at the Empty Bottle , features a wide variety of electronic and electro-acoustic music, ranging from noise and free jazz to EAI and music concrete. [...]
Chicago-based experimental music festival Neon Marshmallow will return for a second installment Friday, June 10 through Sunday, June 12, 2011. Already the festival has released nearly 20 ambient noise, drone and electronica acts from all over the country and Canada including Pitchfork darlings and Brooklyn trance group OneOhTrix Point Never . Also appearing are legendary electronic composer Morton Subotnick, Portland psychedelic soloist White Rainbow, fellow Portland noise maker Pulse Emitter and Chicago synth enthusiast Beau Wanzer. There are some noticeable differences between Neon Marshmallow's inaugural year and the 2011 edition, [...]
Pulse Emitter - 1 I've never heard of either Grasslung or Pulse Emitter but when I read "pure analog synth" there wasn't much I could do to resist. And why would I even try? I'm a sucker for analog synths, especially of the drone variety, and this split's just what I needed (just what I needed). I don't think I've ever seen a split titled one way (Grasslung / Pulse Emitter) and have [...]
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