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Inside the experimental mind of Flying Lotus

Shifting Focus
"I have less time to make music than I wish I did," says Steven Ellison, "so when I work on stuff, I mean it, you know?" Ellison is Flying Lotus, a soft-spoken 27-year-old from Los Angeles with a pause in his speech, like he just figured out where another piece goes in his puzzle.
By DAN WEISS | August 31, 2011

DJ Mehdi | Red, Black & Blue

Ed Banger/Because (2009)
No, Virginia, there's no Ed Banger. That is, you can go all over Paris looking for Monsieur Banger and you won't find him.
By GUSTAVO TURNER | January 05, 2010

Demdike Stare | Symbiosis

Modern Love (2009)
Do not adjust your speakers. There will be sounds emerging from them that would lead you to believe they’re malfunctioning, but fear not.
By GUSTAVO TURNER | November 17, 2009

Review: Speech Debelle | Speech Therapy

Big Dada (2009)
It's unfortunate that there's a glass ceiling in the US market for British hip-hop — but for the lovely, clipped London accent that gives truth to Speech Debelle's delivery, this release would be huge stateside.
By GUSTAVO TURNER | August 03, 2009

Bibio | Ambivalence Avenue

Warp (2009)
Since this new record by Wolverhampton's Stephen James Wilkinson (a/k/a Bibio) has done nothing but delight me, I'm going to honor the sentiments posted to his MySpace blog and spare him the f-word and all variants thereof.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR | July 01, 2009

The moving pictures

Pattern Is Movement reanimate the past
If one way that bands tie themselves to the past is through sonic reference — Fleet Foxes calling forth Crosby, Stills and Nash, or Animal Collective channeling the Grateful Dead — then there's been a number of bands who tie themselves to the past through cultural reference.
By DEVIN KING | May 12, 2009

Review: Humcrush | Rest at World's End

Rune Grammofon (2009)
Replete with bands who weave jazz, modern composition, and electronic music, the Rune Grammofon label captures a thriving scene of Norwegian improvisers and composers.
By DEVIN KING | January 13, 2009

Beyond tradition

Two concerts seek fresh ears for 'classical' music
On December 6 the University of Southern Maine Composers' Showcase will offer selections from new composers for eclectic ensembles, and on December 8 the Decompression Chamber Music Ensemble will offer an interactive concert pairing Robert Schumann with Philip Glass.
By EMILY PARKHURST | December 03, 2008

Max Tundra | Parallax Error Beheads You

Domino (2008)
It begins with a MIDI organ and Tundra singing like Little Orphan Annie: “I landed in somebody’s lap, between the iPod and yellow trucker cap.”
By DEVIN KING | November 11, 2008

Interview: Girl Talk

David Thorpe chats up Gregg Gillis
David Thorpe chats up Gregg Gillis
By DAVID THORPE | November 14, 2008

The BBC Radiophonic Workshop | BBC Radiophonic Music & The Radiophonic Workshop

Mute (2008)
First released in 1971 and 1975, these reissued Workshop compilations provide a neat summation of the outfit’s heyday.
By GUSTAVO TURNER | November 07, 2008

Versioning

Autechre loosen up
It’s been three years since Autechre’s Untilted , and it feels longer.
By SUSANNA BOLLE | April 08, 2008

M83

Digital Shades, Vol. 1 | Mute
M83 do something unexpected on Digital Shades, Vol. 1 , diving headlong into ambient music.
By RICHARD BECK | December 26, 2007

Reaching climax

Daft Punk, WaMu Theater, Seattle, WA, July 29, 2007
Ten years after the release of their classic debut, Homework , Daft Punk embark on a long-awaited tour across America with only seven dates on its roster.
By VICKI SIOLOS | August 03, 2007

The Tuss

Rushup Edge | Rephlex
Things often are not as they seem — then again, often they are.
By SUSANNA BOLLE | July 30, 2007

Loop dynamics

The ambient experiments of Area C
The warm, multi-layered drones of Area C are so lush and richly detailed, you could be forgiven for thinking they must be the work of multiple musicians.
By SUSANNA BOLLE | July 18, 2007

Dizzee Rascal

Maths + English | XL
Boy in da Corner may be the classic Dizzee will be forced to chase for the rest of his career.
By MATTHEW GASTEIER | June 12, 2007

DJ Food and DK

Now, Listen Again! | Ninja Tune
You’d be hard-pressed to find such proficient and seemingly effortless mixing.
By MATTHEW GASTEIER | May 08, 2007

Technophilia

Brazil’s Gui Boratto embraces IDM
The year being 2007, had I started off telling you this new Gui Boratto album is “intelligent dance music,” you’d have stopped reading right then and there.
By NICK SYLVESTER | March 27, 2007

Unhappy accident

Thom Yorke’s unwitting masterpiece
Don’t let the amicable interviews or the delighted dancing fool you. Thom Yorke is upset.
By WILL SPITZ | July 12, 2006

Damnocracy

Supergroup and the state of heavy-metal nation
Supergroup was the bastard son of two other VH1 shows — The Surreal Life and Behind the Music — in that it offered a new and bristling hybrid of “celebreality.”
By JAMES PARKER | July 11, 2006

Techno files

Hot Chip live, plus the return of the Orb
By the time the four-man disco band take the stage at Great Scott, the crowd is so jammed into the Allston venue, you’d swear it was a Saturday night.
By DAVID DAY | March 20, 2006

Canadian clubbed

Two new sides of DJ Ghislain Poirier
As red-hot underground DJs go, Ghislain Poirier is as understated as it gets.
By DAVID DAY | March 07, 2006

Idol threats

New England Idol; Cylob rocks T.T.’s
It remains to be seen whether he can top the pop charts, but J. Jewels has got Diddy-style diversification on lockdown.
By DAVID DAY | February 21, 2006

Look, Ma! No TV!

A democratic Youtube
As Internet video clips proliferate and spread like kudzu, it’s getting hard to keep up on all that’s out there just waiting to be watched.
By MIKE MILIARD | February 18, 2006