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Neil Young calls vinyl revival “a fashion statement”
 

Neil Young has dismissed the boom in sales of vinyl records as “nothing but a fashion statement”.

“A lot of people that buy vinyl today don’t realise that they’re listening to CD masters on vinyl, and that’s because the record companies have figured out that people want vinyl,” the Pono inventor told The Frame, an arts show on Southern California Public Radio.

“And they’re only making CD masters in digital, so all the new products that come out on vinyl are actually CDs on vinyl, which is really nothing but a fashion statement.”

 

http://www.factmag.com/2015/02/03/neil-young-calls-vinyl-revival-a-fashion-statement/

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Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon Has Some Harsh Words For Courtney Love And Billy Corgan In New Memoir

http://www.stereogum.com/1734437/sonic-youths-kim-gordon-has-some-harsh-words-for-courtney-love-and-billy-corgan-in-new-memoir/news/

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Disquiet Junto Project 0160: One Minute Past Midnight

The Assignment: Make a one-minute field recording starting right at midnight (wherever you are).

This week’s project is very simple. It asks that you make a field recording of sound, just one single minute, starting at a specific time: midnight.

http://disquiet.com/2015/01/22/disquiet0160-oneminutepastmidnight/

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Bipolar Guitar Makes a Guitar Sound Like an Eighties Video Game (But Much Cooler)

http://www.guitarworld.com/bipolar-guitar-makes-guitar-sound-eighties-video-game-video


Clever Hack Makes a Guitar Sound Just Like a Video Game

http://gizmodo.com/clever-hack-makes-a-guitar-sound-just-like-a-video-game-1683469185

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Study Finds Record Labels Take Most of the Streaming Money From Artists
 

Streaming music is controversial amongst many musicians who claim that they don't get a fair shake of the revenue that's being pulled in. A new study of the music industry by the French recording industry confirms suspicions that at least part of the reason artists are getting screwed is because labels are taking all the money.

 

http://gizmodo.com/spotify-to-taylor-swift-were-not-fucking-you-over-rec-1657397605/1683998289/+marioaguilar

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Words in the mouth: device lets you hear with your tongue

Researchers at Colorado State University are mapping human tongues in hopes of teaching the tongue to hear with a new device.

http://boingboing.net/2015/02/05/words-in-the-mouth-device-let.html

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Napalm Death's Mark "Barney" Greenway on Why He's Fighting to Save the Lives of Australian Nationals Sentenced to Death in Indonesia
 

Mark "Barney" Greenway has a few balls in the air, to say the least. Napalm Death have just released their new LP Apex Predator - Easy Meat via Century Media, their fifteenth overall. He's fielding interviews about that LP like crazy, including ours. Napalm Death is currently on a North American jaunt with the similarly legendary Voivod. But possibly more important than all of that, Greenway is involved in a fight to save the lives of two Australian nationals sentenced to death in Indonesia for drug smuggling. After becoming aware of the situation and the newly elected president’s fandom of his seminal band, Barney Greenway issued a statement that pleaded for the pair’s lives, highlighting the band’s lyrics as part of an open letter.

Currently on tour, we spoke to Barney Greenway about his thoughts Myuran Sukmaran and Andrew Chan, the Napalm Death loving president of Indonesia, and whether capital punishment is ever truly justified.

 

http://noisey.vice.com/blog/barney-greenway-indonesia

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Bob Dylan Disses His Critics And Gets Covered By Jack White, Beck, And Bruce Springsteen At MusiCares Tribute

http://www.stereogum.com/1735447/bob-dylan-disses-his-critics-and-gets-covered-by-jack-white-beck-and-bruce-springsteen-at-musicares-tribute/video/


Bob Dylan's Surprising Speech Highlights Unforgettable MusiCares Tribute

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/live-reviews/bob-dylans-surprising-speech-highlights-unforgettable-musicares-tribute-20150207


Jack White, Neil Young, Beck, Bruce Springsteen Perform Tribute to Bob Dylan, Dylan Gives Speech

http://pitchfork.com/news/58371-jack-white-neil-young-beck-bruce-springsteen-perform-tribute-to-bob-dylan-dylan-gives-speech/

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Acoustic Soundboard: It’s All in Your Head
 

The sound of an acoustic instrument being reproduced by a loudspeaker is like a painting. It’s a copy of reality—something that exists in your mind. As long as you can accept the notion that the sound of an amplified acoustic can never be an exact-but-louder replica of the same guitar played acoustically, then you’ve overcome a tremendous hurdle and can now start producing your own sonic painting. Like a painter uses light, shade, and color, you will be using a new palette of sounds, dynamics, and timbres to express your musical ideas and feelings.

 

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/22043-acoustic-soundboard-its-all-in-your-head

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2015 Grammys: Tenacious D Win Best Metal Performance Award for Dio ‘Last in Line’ Cover

http://loudwire.com/2015-grammys-tenacious-d-best-metal-performance-award-dio-last-in-line/


This Is Why It's Stupid Tenacious D Won the Grammy for Best Metal Performance

http://noisey.vice.com/blog/tenacious-d-grammy-best-metal

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In Search of Les Rallizes Dénudés
 

At last, I thought I’d found my untapped expert on Les Rallizes Dénudés, perhaps the most notoriously enigmatic and alluring band in the history of rock & roll. My copy of Great White Wonder, a four-disc bootleg box set capturing separate shows played between 1974 and 1980, had arrived by mail. It was number 900 in an edition of 1,000, but still, I cracked its seal like it was an unopened treasure chest. At the end of the liner notes – which described the band as “the ultimate manifestation of the Japanese underground’s urge to excess” – I found the byline of Moshe Idel, who had allegedly written those words in the mid-sized Spanish city of Toledo toward the end of 2010.

Much has been said about a very limited number of Les Rallizes Dénudés facts – there are more rumors, fables and legends regarding the band than historical confirmations. But we do know this (we think): Initially called Hadaka No Rallizes, the group emerged from Kyoto’s Doshisha University in the late ’60s. They were a particularly reactionary element of Japan’s post-World War II rock & roll exploration, and their aesthetic – from their shocking stage lights and high-volume shredding to the sunglasses and dark clothes of Takashi Mizutani, their leader, icon, iconoclast, madman, and perpetual rumor mill – had more to do with the psych and art rock of New York City than the pleasant folk-rock of California (or many of their best-selling Japanese peers). They were students responding to the post-war occupation of their country, a shock-rock jam band struggling against the prevailing politics of their day.

Those origins lead to the most infamous tale surrounding Les Rallizes Dénudés, the moment where everything becomes strange and secret. The band’s bass player Moriaki Wakabayashi participated in the hijacking of a commercial airplane in 1970 with a militant Communist faction subsequently called The Yodogō Group. In 2002, British newspaper The Guardian reported that Wakabayashi would return to his homeland to at last face charges. Yet, in May of this year, Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun published a photo of him using a desktop computer in the Korean village where the hijackers still live more than four decades after the incident. That snapshot means Wakabayashi has actually had more public exposure in the last decade or so than Mizutani.

Les Rallizes Dénudés remained a band for the next 26 years, sometimes shuffling through members at a rapid rate and sometimes locking into great lineups who created some of the most entrancing psychedelic records of all time. For most of that time, Les Rallizes Dénudés played the same set of a dozen or so songs in vastly different ways, jamming their own set of standards into and out of oblivion. But most of that music was never actually released, at least in any bona fide manner. Despite stints in studios and alleged talks with Richard Branson and Virgin Records, Les Rallizes Dénudés never issued any official material until 1991.

And when he wasn’t performing, Rallizes frontman Mizutani remained incredibly elusive. He didn’t do guest appearances, and despite being a unifying presence for decades of Japanese rock, he wasn’t exactly a dependable scene booster. Some attribute this to long-lasting paranoia, a result of Wakabayashi’s continual wanted status. Others say it was simply a way to conjure mystery, to attract allure. In any event, very few people seem to know where he is now, what he is doing or if he will ever return to a stage.

I wanted to find out.

 

http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/magazine/les-rallizes-denudes-feature

 

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Les Paul's 1954 Custom: The One & Only Original

http://www.guitarplayer.com/artists/1013/les-pauls-1954-custom-the-one--only-original/50803

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interviu (1996) cu Asahito Nanjo - http://www.squealermusic.com/reviews/nanjointerview.html

interviu (1996) cu Munehiro Narita - http://www.squealermusic.com/reviews/naritainterview.html
 

High Rise is an explosive power trio comprising the core of Asahito Nanjo on bass and vocals and Munehiro Narita on guitar, joined by a succession of drummers (including Yuro Ujiie, Pill and free-jazz veteran Shoji Hano in the past, and Koji Shimura currently). High Rise mix the jazz-influenced improvising of live Cream with the often brutal amphetamine-inspired rock of Blue Cheer. Narita is one of rock's unsung guitar players, and his dexterous fingering causes eruptions of pure electric joy. The other players are equally stunning in their total commitment to this high energy music that features the freedom of jazz and the power of rock.

 

http://www.squealermusic.com/catalog/hrise.html

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Surrounded by sound: how 3D audio hacks your brain
 

On a crisp afternoon late last year, I made my way to Manhattan’s Upper East Side to meet Edgar Choueiri, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University. Choueiri also heads the school’s 3D Audio and Applied Acoustics lab, and over the last decade, he has dedicated his time to the development, application, and refinement of binaural recording systems — a century-old method of audio recording that captures lifelike 3D audio in picture-perfect fidelity.

 

http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/12/8021733/3d-audio-3dio-binaural-immersive-vr-sound-times-square-new-york

[ggg]

So interesting

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/185027-the-vacuum-tube-strikes-back-nasas-tiny-460ghz-vacuum-transistor-that-could-one-day-replace-silicon-fets

[ADIDAS]

Nu e despre muzica. E despre educatie si cred ca ne priveste pe toti.

 

Doamna

 

http://www.contributors.ro/editorial/%E2%80%9Edoamna%E2%80%9D/

 

Ponta cei multi

 

http://www.contributors.ro/editorial/impostura-si-ratarea

Edited February 13, 2015 by ADIDAS

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In Deep with Early Blues Masters John Lee Hooker and Lightnin' Hopkins

In this edition of In Deep, we’ll be taking a look at the guitar work of two essential early blues guitar masters: John Lee Hooker and Lightnin’ Hopkins.

http://www.guitarworld.com/deep-john-lee-hooker-and-lightnin-hopkins

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Guitarist Randy Bachman Demystifies the Opening Chord of ‘A Hard Day’s Night’

 

You could call it the magical mystery chord. The opening clang of the Beatles’ 1964 hit, “A Hard Day’s Night,” is one of the most famous and distinctive sounds in rock and roll history, and yet for a long time no one could quite figure out what it was.

 

In this fascinating clip from the CBC radio show, Randy’s Vinyl Tap, the legendary Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive guitarist Randy Bachman unravels the mystery.

 

http://www.openculture.com/2011/12/guitarist_randy_bachman_demystifies_the_opening_chord_of_a_hard_days_night.html

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Judas Priest Talked to Us About Bikes, Blowjobs, and Tipper Gore

http://noisey.vice.com/blog/judas-priest-talked-to-us-about-bikes-blowjobs-and-tipper-gore

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Philosopher Jacques Derrida Interviews Jazz Legend Ornette Coleman: Talk Improvisation, Language & Racism (1997)

 

This most certainly ranks as one of my favorite things on the internet, and I dearly wish we had audio to share with you, though I doubt any exists. What we do have is an English translation from the French of an interview that originally took place in English between philosopher Jacques Derrida and jazz great Ornette Coleman. (We must squint for traces of the original conversation in this double linguistic mediation: exactly the kind of thing Derrida relishes). Now there are those who dismiss Derrida—who consider his methods fraudulent. If you’re one of them, this is obviously not for you. For those who appreciate the turns of his thought, and the fascinating possibilities inherent in a Derridian approach to jazz improvisation, not to mention the convergences and points of conflict between these two disparate cultural figures, read on.

 

http://www.openculture.com/2014/09/jacques-derrida-interviews-ornette-coleman.html

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Am ascultat piesele românești calificate la Eurovision, ca să nu faci tu asta
 

Eurovision e unul dintre cele mai tâmpite, haioase și urmărite spectacole muzicale anuale. Nu pentru că spectatorii sunt atașați de artiștii din țara lor și vor foarte mult să câștige, ci pentru că au șansa să vadă cât de penibilă e capra vecinului. E un loc în care aproape fiecare țară europeană își prezintă gunoiul muzical în speranța să câștige titlul de gunoiul muzical al continentului. Iar noi ne uităm pentru că e gunoi. Și ne place asta.

 

http://www.vice.com/ro/read/am-ascultat-toate-cele-12-piese-calificate-in-finala-eurovision-romania-252?preview&cb=1424265944

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Pussy Riot Releases ‘I Can’t Breathe,’ a Protest Song for Eric Garner
 

Two members of Pussy Riot, the Russian activist group, have made their first foray into English-language protest music, with the help of a who’s who of indie rockers. In a video released Wednesday for a song called “I Can’t Breathe,” Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, who were jailed for protesting in Russia, are buried in black dirt, while wearing Russian police uniforms. Their collaborators on the song, made in memory of Eric Garner and using his last words as its title and closing lyrics, include Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Andrew Wyatt of Miike Snow, as well as two Russian acts, Scofferlane and Jack Wood, which supplied the vocals (“It’s getting dark, New York City/I need to catch my breath”). Richard Hell, the punk musician and writer, reads out Mr. Garner’s last words.

 

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com//2015/02/18/pussy-riot-releases-i-cant-breathe-a-protest-song-for-eric-garner/

 

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Down in the Dumps: Inside Japanese Collector Culture
 

“If you go down to the dump today, you’re sure of a big surprise...” We know everyone’s taken a hobby too far but the Japanese propensity for mass collecting items is a quirk amongst all nations. We set out to track down hoarders of musical possessions to shed some light on why the Japanese are driven to the ends of their bank balance and beyond to fill their homes with just one item of obsession.

 

http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/magazine/japanese-collector-culture

 

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Rare Doctor Who-era synthesizer restored after decades in storage
 

Electronic Music Studios’ Synthi 100 modular synthesizer was first released in 1971, and it is most notable for its use by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop on their score for Doctor Who serial “The Sea Devils”. Like many of the modular synths of the era, the Synthi 100 is rare: EMS only made 30 before the company went into liquidation in 1979.

Australia’s ABC News reports on one of possibly the three remaining Synthi 100s in its original, working condition.

 

http://www.factmag.com/2015/02/19/rare-doctor-era-synthesizer-restored-decades-storage/

Edited February 19, 2015 by Guest

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The Origin of Joy Division's Most Famous Album Cover, Finally Revealed
 

The cover of Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures is famously graced with the radio pulses of a dying star. Its origins, however, have always been unclear. But now, Scientific American's Jen Christiansen has followed the rabbit hole to the very end—to an obscure 1970 PhD astronomy thesis and the guy who wrote it.

 

http://gizmodo.com/the-origin-of-joy-divisions-most-famous-album-cover-fi-1686589791

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Bernard Sumner Worries Ian Curtis Museum Will Become “Monument To Suicide”
 

Joy Division fans have been campaigning to turn Ian Curtis’ former house into a museum, but Bernard Sumner, who played in Joy Division with Curtis before founding New Order, has voiced some concern. Because Curtis committed suicide in his home, Sumner told NME he’s worried it will become a “monument to suicide.” Watch Sumner discuss the situation below.

 

http://www.stereogum.com/1740305/bernard-sumner-worries-ian-curtis-museum-will-become-monument-to-suicide/news/

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Last night, Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay paid $335,500 for a controversial guitar, Les Paul’s very own 1954 Les Paul Custom “Black Beauty.”

 

According to The New York Times, Irsay’s guitar curator, Christopher McKinney, placed the bid at the February 19 auction, which took place at Guernsey’s in New York City.

 

“I know there was a lot of negative talk from a few guys who were well respected but look, it’s an important guitar and I’m happy to have it as part of my collection,” Irsay told The Washington Post.

 

 

http://www.guitaraficionado.com/les-pauls-1954-gibson-black-beauty-guitar-sells-for-335500-at-auction.html

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Skate Guitar Project Turns Broken Skateboard Decks Into Eco-Friendly Instruments

 

http://www.guitarworld.com/skate-guitar-project-turns-broken-skateboard-decks-eco-friendly-instruments-video

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Antony and the Johnsons reveal Hopelessness album co-produced by Oneohtrix Point Never and Hudson Mohawke

http://www.factmag.com/2015/02/23/antony-johnsons-reveal-hopelessness-album-co-produced-oneohtrix-point-never-hudson-mohawke/


Godspeed You Black Emperor announce new album Asunder Sweet and Other Distress

http://www.factmag.com/2015/02/24/godspeed-you-black-emperor-announce-new-album-asunder-sweet-and-other-distress/

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Top 10 Weirdest Guitar Sounds Ever Recorded

Electricity can do strange things.

When it was added to the guitar, some years ago, it opened up new possibilities for players of the old box o’ six strings.

The following sonic scientists, using varying proportions of technique and effects, set out to discover just what these possibilities were.

The result? Guitars that don’t sound like guitars!

http://www.guitarworld.com/top-10-weirdest-guitar-sounds-ever-recorded