[Music] RIP Dieter Moebius

July 20, 2015 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

Extremely sad news today. The Quietus reports that Dieter Moebius, one-half of the legendary Cluster, along with Hans-Joachim Roedelius, a collaborator with Michael Rother in their Harmonia project, as well as Brian Eno, and a source of influence for so many musicians who delved into making electronic music, passed away today at the age of 71.

I had the pleasure of meeting Dieter and Achim a few times as they would pass through my home on tour. I wish his wife, Irene, Achim and his family, and all those who worked with him, much comfort in the days ahead.

[Music] Susumu Yokota Has Died

July 17, 2015 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

Terrible news from The WIRE. Susumu Yokota, ambient DJ and composer extraordinaire, passed away from complications in March of this year, but the family only recently made a public announcement of his passing.

You can read The WIRE obituary here, as well as notes from FACT Magazine, The Leaf Label and Natalie.mu.

To hear some of Susuma’s work, check out Gekkoh below:

[Music] Bernard Parmegiani – Espèces d’espaces

July 7, 2015 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

One of Bernard Parmegiani’s 21st Century compositions. Still very much avant-garde.

[Sample] Bjørnar Habbestad – Solo live at Landmark, June 2015

July 5, 2015 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

It pays to scroll through various social media from time to time. Today’s Soundcloud scroll brought me to the music of Bjørnar Habbestad, a Norwegian composer of avant-garde and improvisational music. I don’t know if this particular piece is part of a CD or just a live improv, but this made for some incredibly good listening this afternoon.

[Video] Ólafur Arnalds -Epilogue

July 5, 2015 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

Ólafur Arnalds produces the sort of gorgeous music Iceland seems to be noted for. He comes from an electronic/techno background, but his understanding of composition shows in his delicate compositions.

[Video] The Cinematic Orchestra – Life Of The Bird

June 30, 2015 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

The Cinematic Orchestra hail from London, and their sound matches their name splendidly. Rare is the band who can work comfortably in both electronica and something akin to soundtrack music. Some try, but they don’t quite pull it off as elegantly as these lads do.

[Sample] Marco Lucchi – Preludes and Fanfares

June 26, 2015 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

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Beautiful dark ambient my Italian composer Marco Lucci.

[Video] Polar Inertia – Antimatter

June 17, 2015 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

Nothing but mad respect for the Queen of tastemakers our of Beirut, Nadine Assaf, who always finds the choicest electronica.

Polar Inertia offer a wonderfully minimalistic beat-oriented experience, something almost cosmic in scope. You can get a bit more about this French troupe here.

[Review] Fake Cat Project – Fake Cat Songs

June 11, 2015 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

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Kirill Makushin (who also records under Kirill M and Crows In The Garden) is no stranger to this blog. He’s a bayan player who works well with experimental composition. In this EP for the Fake Cat Project (his new band), he works with the legendary Russian avant-garde music stalwart Alexei Borisov, and Igor Levshin, who contributes ‘vocals’ (meows, really).