In case you haven’t been able to get away enough this summer, here’s a couple of lovely little slices of it, of being truly AWAY: The first via Beatriz da Costa from her vacation in Brittany. The second, via Logcabineer: “A light summer rain”, brings sitting on a porch at twilight right to your door.
Read Morekraftwerk mixtape + their new music generating app
Radioaktiv – Kraftwerk 1973-2000 by Djmq on Mixcloud Dangerous Minds posted this free hour-long mix of the now defunct band Kraftwerk’s pioneering electronic music. (It seemed revolutionary when it first appeared. Curiously, we read that they were heavily influenced by the Beach Boys, in addition to the German composer Stockhausen). It’s an example of what’s…
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We just discovered BBC’s World Routes, a new archive of world music, an eclectic and unusual collection of indigenous music. You can sample the sounds of more than 40 countries, from Brazil, Corsica, China, Cuba, to Iran, Mozambique and Turkey. We’ve just spent an hour listening to Appalachian music, much of it acapella, and the Bambara…
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