Archive for October, 2007

Artist Spotlight - Brael

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

MGT ASKS:
Your hometown:
Ann Arbor
Instruments used in your music making:
Fender Stratocaster, Fender Precision Bass, Austin Acoustic-Electric, Guild Classical Acoustic, Prophet 600, Musser M 55-G Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Djembe, Casio SK1, Found Noise, Reason
What albums inspired you to start making music?
Smashing Pumpkins’ “Siamese Dream”
Autechre’s “Amber”
Cevin Key’s “Music for Cats”
Download’s “III”
Metallica’s “Master of Puppets”
What have you been working on […]

Jan Jelinek LIVE Oct. 23rd in NYC

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

FREE CMJ DANCEPARTY THIS SATURDAY! NYC

Friday, October 19th, 2007

CASSETTENYC & PERCUSSIONLAB PRESENT
AN OFFICIAL CMJ DANCEPARTY
Snake Mountain
With Brooklyn’s finests DJ’s:
JIMMY EDGAR (WARP)
MACHINEDRUM (NORMREX)
AARNIO (GHOSTLY/MOODGADGET)
EDG4R ROJAS (NORMREX)
Special Guest MC’s:
YO MAJESTY
KAPPS
ADDIQUIT
GIDGETSPARKS
SATURDAY OCTOBER 20th@ THE LUNA LOUNGE
361 METROPOLITAN AVE, BROOKLYN
DOORS AT 11:30PM til IT’S BEDTIME

5 DOLLAR COVER
FREE IF YOU RSVP TO:
RSVP@CASSETTENYC.COM

Our friend Tycho/ISO50 has a new site/blog

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

Our friend Scott Hansen has a new blog up, its definitely worth checking out . He usually posts everyday in the week with something very eye appealing or updates you on his new work .
Look for his EP to be out on Ghostly International in December
ISO50 Site
ISO50 Myspace
Tycho Myspace
Tycho on Virb

Artist Spotlight - Benoît Pioulard

Sunday, October 14th, 2007

MGT ASKS

What’s your hometown?
East Lansing, Michigan.
What Instruments do you use in your music making?
[see photo below] + bass, tape decks, harmonium, etc.

What albums inspired you to start making music?
Downward is heavenward by Hum
I care because you do by Aphex Twin
White light/white heat by the Velvet Underground
What have you been working on recently?
A new record for […]

Artist Spotlight - Warez

Friday, October 12th, 2007

Upbeat Glitch R&B? Soulful Experimental House? Call it what you like, but the music of Warez defies easy description. Raised on a steady diet of Jazz and R&B as a child, Warez quickly developed a fascination for the sonic mechanics and structure of pop music in all its various forms. He has since […]

Artist Spotlight - Tstewart

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

MGT ASKS
What’s your hometown
Hickory, North Carolina.
What instruments do you use in your music making?
Guitar, Piano, Violin, Drums, Vibraphone, Marimba, Trumpet, Vocals, Moog Prodigy, Impulse Tracker, Various Soft Synths, LoveLoveLove.
What albums inspired you to start making music?
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream , Skinny Puppy - Last Rites, Metallica - ..and Justice for All , Aphex […]

Tokyo Bloodworm & Brael to collaborate on UK Label

Monday, October 8th, 2007

Bandmates Andrew Sanchez (pictured on the left, aka Metakinetic) and Ryan Keane (pictured on the right) have teamed up with labelmates Brael
to release a collaborative record. The record will be coming out in Dec/Jan on Moteer Records (The Boats, Manyfingers, Remote Viewer) which will combine the beautiful sounds these two groups output.

Expanse at Low Levels Now Available on iTunes

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

For those of you who have been waiting to get ahold of the new Low Levels compilation on iTunes, your wait is now over!
BUY
| Beatport | Juno Download
MP3s
Tstewart + Benoît Pioulard - Wonders of Blunders | Praveen - Distant Snow

Small Sails Sail to Japan

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

Photo Credit: Becky Olstad
Longtime friends and heroes Small Sails ( Other Electricities, Resonant) head off to Japan to rock out on a couple of dates.

13 Oct 2007
17:00

Shibuya O-nest
Tokyo

14 Oct 2007
18:30

UrBANGUILD
Kyoto

Look for them on the next Suite, which is nearing completion!
VIDEO
Small Sails - Somnambulist