The 60-inch (“Mikrophonie”) tam-tam is a large piece of metal, a proto-sculpture. Brancusi might have altered it: rounding and tapering the edges, making an oval instead of a circle, polishing the surface into smooth gold. The tam-tam is also a vast sound landscape-an instrument that makes noise at the slightest provocation. A resonance is created [...]
10 Nov
Heavy Everywhere® proudly announces the release of a new Fine Art photography book by Phil Wolstenholme. This luxury hardback item features 92 color plates and a lengthy introduction on Phil’s digital manipulation techniques, particularly with regard to High Dynamic Range imaging, image-fusion, and image-stitching. Phil Wolstenholme is a digital artist based in Sheffield, Great Britain, [...]
27 Oct
With the release of Choral, Brooklyn’s ambient duo Mountains had snooty critics cross-referencing soundalikes as if playing a game of “Can You Find a More Obscure Reference Than…?” The record was softly-composed ambient music, purely pieced together by Brendon Anderegg and Koen Holtkamp, and it existed in a space all its own. Happily, the brand [...]
23 Oct
Nåid “Martin Landqvist” is underestimate an artist. His self titled debut album from 1995 is still amazing ear-candy to this day, and not a song sounds dated, Nåid has found a unique sound which makes his music special. danish singer Hanne Juul with Icelandic roots sings on several track on Nåid’s album giving it a [...]
23 Oct
The History Oskar Sala, born in 1910 in Thuringia, studied composition under Paul Hindemith at the Berlin Academy of Music. He also became acquainted there with Dr. Friedrich Trautwein who was working on an electronic musical instrument called the Trautonium. Nineteen-year-old Oskar Sala was so fascinated by the project that he began studying with Trautwein [...]
by kris
"hmmm , yeah i agree - its cynical and transparent. embarrassing if it had anything to do with me which ..."
27 Nov