brahms it up

Two years after I had the idea of blowing up Brahms scores by modifying the .jpg files, I finally have a done thing: Details and link to…

2014: tracks of the year

As you can see by the lack of shows, I barely went out this past year.  But, there were still some tunes that did serious…

2014: shows of the year

Well, MUTEK.  Tim Hecker, Shackleton, Holly Herndon, Robert Henke, Archie Pelago, Magic Mountain High, Ricardo Villalobos, Pinch, Lee Bannon, The Mole +  Family, and all…

2014: concerts of the year

As ever with concerts, the ‘honorable mentions’ should really get as much love as those mentioned in more detail… Erin Gee – Swarming Emotional Pianos I…

2014: albums of the year

Objekt – Flatland [Pan] To quote a good friend of mine in IRC, “what is happening”. FKA twigs – LP1 [Young Turks] Well, what is…

2014: sets of the year

Jam City – EARTHLY III Because it has such a sense of itself, of chromed-out Ballardian futures. Daniele Baldelli – Beats in Space, August 2014….

week 106

I also have lots of catching up to do, to say nothing of 2014 year-ends. – The bar optimizer:  Graph theory meets drink mixing. –…

there’s that sun again

Happy solstice, one and all.

week 105

– I got a paper about Xenakis accepted by CIM 2014, which is happening right now!  Thanks to the musicologists for trusting a programmer to know…

week 104

– E-Stonia, of course.  Anyone one who wants to predict the future should visit Estonia at least as much as they visit, say, San Francisco….