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Interview with Machinefabriek
An Interview with Rutger Zuydervelt is always in danger of going out of date quickly. Since conducting the one you're about to read in late Summer of this year, thirteen ...2008-12-15
15 Questions to Christian Tetzlaff
Constructive criticism can occasionally be more rewarding than well-meant but ultimately misinformed praise. At the time of our interview, in August of this year, Christian Tetzlaff reiterated why he thought ...2008-12-11
15 Questions to Thurman Barker
"The music scene in the USA is terrible", Thurman Barker says, "there is no opportunity for an artist like myself". While others would use a similarly bleak outlook as an ...2008-12-08
Interview with Vincent Bergeron
It might have been unusual coming from someone else, but I wasn't really surprised when Vincent Bergeron not only offered a lot of valuable insight on the issues I sent ...2008-12-04
Interview with Stephen Vitiello
When Stephen Vitiello released his collaboration with romantic Dutch experimentalist Rutger Zuydervelt (aka machinefabriek) earlier this year, it wasn't just yet another fine work between the worlds of drone and ...2008-12-04
Interview with Christian Fennesz
There are several experimental artists who draw inspiration from the world of Pop and Rock, but few have done so as romantically and unironically as Christian Fennesz. Covering the Beach ...2008-11-24
15 Questions to Goran Krivokapic
18 is Goran Krivokapic' first magic number. It represents the awards he has scored at international competitions and which have turned him into a minor scale celebrity in his native ...2008-11-24
15 Questions to Alio Die
For almost two decades, Stefano Musso of Alio Die has gently pushed the Drone genre forward. In a still mysterious confluence of occurances, an entire generation of fresh artists set ...2008-11-24
Interview with Olafur Arnalds
In my past as a Metal journalist, one particular release stuck out from the tons of CDs I was being sent each week. "Antigone" by German formation Heaven Shall Burn ...2008-11-19
15 Questions to JB Floyd
JB Floyd loves to play. He has performed pieces by Chopin and Wayne Shorter, Prokofieff and Gershwin, Brahms and Jonny Green as well as his own work both in public ...2008-11-19
15 Questions to Voces8
Germany may have more orchestras and Italy more concert halls, but no other European country can match the choral tradition of England. There is even an entire, amazing website dedicated ...2008-11-19| 1 comment
15 Questions to Void of Coil
Argentina is hardly a country many will associate with Dark Ambient. There is some justification for that: Just like other forms of experimental music, the genre is only just starting ...2008-11-11| 1 comment
15 Questions to Frances White
If, next to an obsession for the most diverse kinds of music, you also hold a deep interest in contemporary cinema, then Frances White is a composer whose oeuvre you ...2008-10-24
15 Questions to Budhaditya Chattopadhyay
To many listeners and composers alike, field recordings and unprocessed sound are just building blocks for compositions, which need to be grouped and organised. To Budhaditya, they are demanding attention, ...2008-10-24
15 Questions to Elizabeth Brown
If the Interpretations series in New York has set out to erradicate artifical borders between genres and warring camps, then Elizabeth Brown should officially be named their ambassador. A latecomer ...2008-10-21

