D/B Album Feature: SMM: Context by Ghostly International
SMM: Context is the first release in Ghostly International’s new yearly compilation series of evocative, exploratory music. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]In 2004, Ghostly International introduced SMM, an unknown acronym used to evaporate the already-unspooling musical boundaries between classical minimalism, electronic and drone composition, film soundtracks, and fragile imaginary landscapes.
D/B Book Feature: CONSTRUCTED STYLES | LEGO Bricks in Urban Art
The CONSTRUCTED STYLES book covers 25 international artists and their stunning urban art sculptures, 3D-graffitis and room installations made from LEGO® Bricks. It features over 220 full-color photographs of cutting edge urban art pieces. The German street art crews Sketched and Buntlack, internationally renowned artists like Jan Vormann and graffiti artists of two generations have [...]
D/B Album Feature: Owl Splinters by Deaf Center
In 2005 Deaf Center left an indelible impression on the cinematic / modern-classical / dark ambient scenes with the release of their first LP Pale Ravine. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]After a long wait, the duo of Erik Skodvin (aka Svarte Greiner) and Otto Totland (aka Nest) arrive at their 2nd album in [...]
D/B Tech Feature: Elektron Octatrack
After 2 years of rumors and teasers the Elektron Octatrack is finally among us. Will it be another must, like the company’s previous products? Only time will tell, but let’s have a look at the details. In Elektron’s words “The Octatrack DPS-1 is an 8 track dynamic performance sampler. The Octatrack is ideal for radical [...]
D/B Movie Feature: Out of Bounds (Fuori dalle corde) by Fulvio Bernasconi | Trailer
The story of Mike, a young Italian boxer from Trieste. A troubled man, like many of his peers; thirty years old and still a dreamer. Mike’s dream, shared by his sister Anna, is to become a champ in the near future. But, as often happens real life is harsh, bitter, and full of hidden dangers.
D/B Recommended: Aidan Baker & Rivulets @ Bis auf’s Messer Berlin | Monday, 07.02.2011
Rivulets is the nom de plum of minimalist singer-songwriter Nathan Amundson. Nathan was born in Denver, CO, grew up in Anchorage, AK, & started Rivulets in Minneapolis, MN in the year 2000. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]Rivulets has relased albums on Chair Kickers’ Union & Important Records; & EPs on Silber, Acuarela, BlueSanct, [...]
D/B Recommended Exhibition: No cage by Lucas Lenglet @ Invaliden1 Galerie Berlin | 29.01. – 05.03.2011
Although based on architectonical approaches, Lucas Lenglet oeuvre extends over a range of materials and media including sculpture & photography. His site-specific project no cage presents one of the leading concerns in the work from Lucas Lenglet, staged architectural forms as point of departure for reflections.
D/B Recommended: The Notwist @ Huxleys Neue Welt Berlin | 27.01.2011
In the end 1998 “The Wire” was asking “Is Weilheim the new Seattle?” [Audio clip: view full post to listen]The Notwist are a German indie rock band. Formed in 1989, the band moved through several musical incarnations despite maintaining a relatively stable lineup.
D/B Recommended: Konono N°1 & Kompaktorama @ Berghain Berlin | Friday, 25.02.2011
Their first show in Berlin in 2007 has been a feast, now they are coming again: Konono No.1 is a collective of Congolese musicians standing for an indigenous urban sound of amplified likembĂ©s (thumb pianos). [Audio clip: view full post to listen]Taken together, the patterns of all of Konono No 1′s likembĂ©-players sum up to [...]
D/B Movie Featutre: Dogtooth by Giorgos Lanthimos | Trailer
Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Any word that comes from beyond their family abode is instantly assigned a new meaning.
D/B Recommended: Iron and Wine @ Berghain Berlin | Tuesday, 08.02.2011 | New Album, Tour & Stream
Today Iron & Wine release their first album for 4AD, Kiss Each Other Clean, on CD, LP and download. D/B highly Recommended! [Audio clip: view full post to listen]Returning from a three year recording hiatus, Kiss Each Other Clean proves Iron & Wine’s time away from the spotlight was well spent and represents the next [...]
D/B 11+3 Interview with Com Truise
11+3 is designed to give you an insight into the motivations and aspirations of the best creative minds in the world. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]This time with the mid-fi synth-wave, slow-motion funk producer and designer Seth Haley aka Com Truise. Each artist is asked 11 set questions and to contribute 3 “facts” [...]
D/B Recommended: Mogwai @ Postbahnhof Berlin | Tuesday, 29.03.2011 | New Video & Tour Dates
“Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will” is the new full-length Album from our favourite Scottish Bands Mogwai. Release Date is February 2011. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]Mogwai are a Scottish post-rock band, formed in 1995 in Glasgow. The band consists of Stuart Braithwaite (electric guitar, vocals), John Cummings (electric guitar, vocals), Barry [...]
D/B Book Review: The Beat Goes On – Calendarium of Deceased Musicians
Dear fellow music lovers. We’ve been thinking about having regular book reviews on D/B and we decided 2011 is the time to do it. For starters we would like to recommend this wonderful calendarium of deceased musicians. As death belongs to music even more than to life – in this calendar deaths of famous popular [...]
D/B Tech Feature: OP-1 by Teenage Engineering OP-1
Finally. After more than two years of development the OP-1 is now ready for production. The new OP-1 by Teenage Engineering is a highly compact synth, sequencer & sampler by Swedish developers Teenage Engineering. With a mini-USB socket to connect to a computer, built in FM radio receiver, a tape recorder and full midi control [...]
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