Electronica music played a major role in the opening of the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. Top Dutch DJ Tiësto performed during the parade of athletes, while Icelandic singer Björk‘s stunning performance proved to be one of the highlights of the event. Tiësto, twice voted the top DJ in the world, made Olympic history as… Read More Tiesto and Bjork Start Olympics With An Electronica Beat
KOCH Records is releasing a compilation album, Classic Regrooved, that will feature 15 classical music themes, re-mixed and re-imagined by some of the top names in the emerging world of electronic music: Electric Skychurch, Skylab 2000, Holmes Ives, EROS and more. The songs on Classics Regrooved use familiar melodies of some of the best-known classic… Read More Electronica Artists Take On The Classics
Alan Parson, best known for his concept albums I, Robot and Eye in the Sky, is leaving his long-time bandmates to explore electronica on his latest CD, A Valid Path. Guest artists on the CD include Nortec Collective, The Crystal Method, Shpongle, PJ Olsson, and Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour. The CD, scheduled for release in… Read More I, Robot Composer Alan Parsons Explores Electronica on New CD
RTi has put up an eclectic collection of electronic music tracks on his recently updated site. RTi, aka Matthew Cartwright, makes relatively short pieces that are quirky and full of invention. His site features many free mp3 downloads.
MPCsounds.com has released the Ethnic Hip Hop Collection, a new sound library for the Akai MPC 1000/2000/XL/3000/LE/4000 drum machines. The library is available on MPC CD-ROM, Zip disk, Floppy, or as Downloadable sets. The Ethnic Hip Hop Collection library is the largest MPC ethnic library offered today containing over 30 melodic ethnic instruments ranging from… Read More New Ethnic Hip-Hop Sample Collection in MPC Format
Peter Gabriel has been tremendously influential in promoting musicians from around the world. His work with WOMAD and Real World Music has brought sounds of the world to millions of listeners, and even more significantly, to the ears of the world’s musicians. His music for The Last Temptation of Christ, a film by Martin Scorsese,… Read More Peter Gabriel – Passion
Who Can You Trust? is the debut release for Morcheeba. It combines downtempo electronica grooves with traditional soul instrumentation and the delicious vocals of Skye Edwards. Morcheeba’s music is great for dancing or for just chilling out. The music is consistently chilled, with slow grooves, mellow lyrics, and Edward’s soulful voice. The instrumentation on Who… Read More Morcheeba – Who Can you Trust?
Debut was released in 1993, and it sounds as adventurous and free-spirited as ever. Bjork sings fearlessly, turning her relatively weak voice into one of the strongest voices in electronic pop music. Though the CD is over ten years old, few artists have caught up with Bjork. She explores all types of songs, arranging each… Read More Bjork – Debut
With Geogaddi, Boards of Canada continue in the style they defined on their debut album, Music Has the Right to Children. This oblique, psychedelic pop electronica has no immediately catchy tunes or hooks, but if you give it a chance, it will seep into your head, nevertheless. Boards of Canada is actually a Scottish duo,… Read More Boards of Canada – Geogaddi
Pink Floyd meets Kraftwerk and Burt Bacharach on 10,000 Hz Legend, as Air combines the strengths and quirks of various styles into psychedelic pop electronica. Air’s Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin had a big hit with their previous CD, Moon Safari. Like their previous album, 10,000 Hz Legend sounds like they’ve been listening to a… Read More Air – 10,000 Hz Legend
