Interview: Roger Linn: The iconic drum machine designer on the limitations of today’s musical instruments and what he’s invented in response

Interview: Roger Linn


Without a multi-million dollar budget, high-tech research lab or an engineering degree, Roger Linn created the LM-1 Drum Computer in 1979, the first programmable drum machine that used digital…

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ListenUp: Experimental South London pop, Molly Ringwald’s favorite jazz tunes, dreamy synth-pop and more in our weekly look at music

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Ajukaja & Andrevski: Rare Birds The Estonians have infiltrated the realm of deep house—duo Raul “Ajukaja” Saaremets (“Aju” meaning brain and “Kaja” meaning echo) and longtime friend Andrevski composed analog jams on hand-built equipment in their studio located in the country’s capital, Tallinn….

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Link About It: This Week’s Picks : A Twitter-shaped short story, Google’s new Nest, Four Tet’s “Thriller” and more in our weekly look at the web

Link About It: This Week's Picks


1. Hero-Glyphics Designer, illustrator and self-proclaimed nerd, Josh Lane perfectly blends hieroglyphics with mythical superheroes through his series of “hero-glyphics,” in which the likes of Spiderman, the X Men and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles get the…

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Red Bull Music Academy: For the Record: Celebrating 15 years of collaboration and exploration in music with a hardcover featuring some of the industry’s most influential figures

Red Bull Music Academy: For the Record


Famed Austria-based energy drink company Red Bull may be best known for their involvement in alternative sports and prodigious adventure—from being a major sponsor in Travis Rice’s acclaimed snowboard film “The Art of Flight” to…

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ListenUp: John Talabot’s new single, Elliott Smith remembered and Jeff Carvalho’s Europop #PrivateJam in this week’s music recap

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Elliott Smith: Waltz #2 (XO) 10 years ago this past week, the world lost Elliott Smith: Songwriter, musician and vocalist whose masterful catalogue of brooding alternative folk inspired legions of fans and acts that followed. A centerpiece to his emotional potency, “…

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ListenUp: The music we tweeted this week had an unintentional theme: male vocalists with superb falsettos

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Active Child: Subtle (Feat. Mikky Ekko) Video-game textures and delayed synths meet choir music in “Subtle,” the first official single from Active Child’s upcoming EP. It’s an unusual departure for Active Child’s Pat Grossi, an LA-based…

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Interview: The Knocks: The New York-based electronic music duo on their debut full-length album, Endisco

Interview: The Knocks


The Knocks—Ben “B-Roc” Ruttner and James “JPatt” Patterson—are infiltrating the electronic music world with their distinct style of driving synths and disco grooves. Starting their music careers as producers by day and DJs by night, the…

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