Elektron Analog Rytm MKII Now Available

Elektron today announced that the Analog Rytm MKII is now shipping. The Analog Rytm MKII is an 8-voice analog drum machine and sampler that combines analog drum synthesis with a digital sample engine and a sequencer. Here’s what’s new in the Analog Rytm MKII vs the MKI version: Sampling capability Crisp, large OLED screen providing optimal feedback in...

J.F.Burma – “1000 Pines”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Dy-_R0N4SU

Marco Bailey ‘Ryoko’

Earlier this month, Marco Bailey released his fifth studio album, Temper, via his label and events project Materia. Temper features seventeen tracks that stretch out across Bailey's sonic spectrum, organically flowing through dreamlike ambient explorations, stripped-back electro, low-key beat tracks, and the driving techno for which he is most known. Sitting at a run-time of an hour and a half, Temper is...

Phonon releases new ‘lollipop’ DJ headphones

The 02 Stick recalls the vintage style used by the likes of Larry Levan. Phonon has released a new model of headphone, the 02 Stick. The Japanese audio company took its SMB-02 design as the basis for the 02 Stick, which utilises Phonon's PHD technology. (The SMB-02 is a favourite of Dixon and the Innervisions...

James Holden & The Animal Spirits – Each Moment Like The First

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58y6Kdv9ZV4

Oscar Mulero Lines Up Experimental EP on Semantica

'Acceptance' EP will land on January 18. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xnz7CYY4LiE&feature=youtu.be Oscar Mulero is putting out an EP on Semantica, Acceptance, The six-track release will focus on his experimental sound and will hit the stores on January 18 in advance of an upcoming album on the same imprint in 2018. The EP is described as "six cuts of intelligent electronic music,...

Watch Ski Oakenfull Deconstruct an Acid House Classic From 808 State

'Pacific 707' is the subject of the deconstruction from Point Blank. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKAst6LQCrs&feature=youtu.be Last November, Point Blank held a day-long event with SARM Music Village, hosting masterclasses and workshops from acclaimed producers such as Trevor Horn and Point Blank’s lead course developer Ski Oakenfull. For his track deconstruction, Oakenfull looked to 808 State’s acid house classic "Pacific 707,"...

Steve Hauschildt & John Elliott at Ambient Church NYC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzifHNPs3Pw Filmed by http://www.simonefilms.com on 10.21.17 at Bushwick Methodist Church in Brooklyn. Projections by Eric Epstein -- http://najork.net.

Sónar celebrates 25th anniversary by transmitting music to outer space

Autechre, Carsten Nicolai, Nina Kraviz and Fatima Al Qadiri are some of the artists contributing to the project. Barcelona festival Sónar turns 25 in 2018, and its celebrations include an interstellar music broadcast directed at GJ 237b, a planet orbiting a star that's 12.4 light-years from Earth. Sónar Calling GJ 237b is billed as the first-ever attempt at communication...

BLADE RUNNER 2049 – “Black Out 2022” Anime Short

In 2022, an EMP detonation has caused a global blackout that has massive, destructive implications all over the world. Directed by Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo's Shinichiro Watanabe, Blade Runner Black Out 2022 is a new and highly-anticipated animated short which serves as a prologue for the upcoming feature film Blade Runner 2049. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrZk9sSgRyQ